joel
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maybe the standout difference between arsenal-city in this run in will be hunger. most of city’s high performing players rn (semenyo cherki guehi NOR etc) are ones that haven’t won the title. arsenal’s whole squad (give or take) hasn’t
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for the rest of the pl season watch for managers working through solutions in poss. they might not all be obvious (ie work well) but it really won’t take long
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thing about this “death of football” narrative is it’s nothing more than a temporary lull. m2m marking+the ridiculous athletic level has essentially maxed out defending. but defending is by nature always ‘reactive.’ proactive beats reactive, good attack beats good defence
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football does not have a low block problem. if teams were all playing low blocks that top 10 passers list would look the same as it did in 14/15
Football has a low block problem and one of the greatest minds that has ever graced the game somehow thought of a way to make it worse. I’m flabbergasted
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really isn’t spoken about enough that this is the team defending the title. [and sure neither are available tonight but] also the team that twice broke the british transfer record in the summer. genuinely pathetic season from them
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watching leipzig for diomande opens your eyes to how good a 9 romulo is. looks like an absolute dream to play with
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pen and a red for cunha chucking himself to the floor after a slight tug outside the box. grim that
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genuinely disgusting how many celebrating dubai getting bombed. i despise the word “performative” but.. you pick a side in a conflict between oppressive regimes? halfway across the world, no regard for civilian life? for woke points on twitter? the very definition of performative
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development isn’t linear. 22 goals for a middling reims side at 21 a few years back. getting back to that level and the boy’s still only 24
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