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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by TheSecondStain, Jun 28, 2016.

  1. Schad

    Schad Well-Known Member

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    Nice to see Mkhitaryan getting a chance to play in a system that suits him. Probably too late for Arsenal to rescue a CL spot, but they'll be absurdly fun to watch for the remainder of the season.
     
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    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    We’ve played them twice, right? (Please say we have!)
     
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  3. Schad

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    Nope! We play them in April, at the Emirates.

    I quite like what Liverpool and Arsenal are doing...not necessarily because they're great teams, but because they have set themselves up such that it's fun watching them win, and equally fun when their utter rejection of the concept of defense results in losses. It's wonderful to finally see big clubs embracing what really matters: my entertainment.
     
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    Nope.
     
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    But directly in between the two legs of the EL QFs.

    I know Wenger isn't known for putting strong sides out in the cups, especially the EL. But if they're in the QFs, it'll almost certainly be a more likely route into the CL for them than the league. As with Utd & Jose last year, he might have to take it seriously come that stage. So play a weak team vs us.
     
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    Ramsey hattrick, you know what that means.

    Everyone protect David Attenborough!
     
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  7. Schad

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    Especially if Arsenal gets turned over by Spurs (and Man City thereafter). Those Europey games will be the most important of their season.
     
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    It's been said a trillion times before, but my word Eddie Howe is a fudging miracle worker. Bournemouth's recent form is madness. How does he do it?
     
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    Lols @ Raheem Sterling
     
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    Doesn't hurt that his players think the world of him. Benik Afobe wanted to go on loan back to Wolves, Howe didn't want to lose a useful player, albeit one that didn't start often. Howe changed his mind because he knew how strongly Afobe felt about it, and his desire to see Afobe succeed trumped his desire for striking cover:

    http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42924016

     
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    Sterling reminding us he's still ****. Even with the goals he's scored, the chances he's missed are incredible
     
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    Check this out from 0:27

     
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    Some may remember that I really think Kyle Walker is a **** defender. His defending for the Burnley equaliser is beyond schoolboy.

    £50m <laugh>
     
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    Pardiolo just hasn’t had that bounce this time has he? He normally has one, but I think they’ve only won one league game under him.
     
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    Maybe there’s only so much bounce available and all the other knee jerk teams used it up. We knew this so have stuck with our genius.
     
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    Swansea City midfielder Leroy Fer and striker Wilfried Bony have both been ruled out for the rest of the season.

    Both players require surgery after suffering injuries in Swansea's 1-1 draw at Leicester City.

    Fer, who was stretchered off in the first half, has ruptured his Achilles.

    Bony, a summer signing from Manchester City, will also need an operation after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.

    Swansea are 17th in the Premier League.
     
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    Careful FLT, your irrational hatred of Pardew is bordering on the obsessive...<laugh>
     
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    I caught it off @Le Tissier's Laces. He’s worse than me.

    :)
     
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    Watching the Newcastle game. I wonder if we should have tried to loan Kenedy as a backup to the Promes deal.
     
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  20. ihatemyselfandwanttodie

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    Nah, I heard he is easily distracted by a cheap peroxide and the Nine Inch Nails. Not useful in a relegation scrap.
     
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