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  • No_Moose3536@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Odegaards goal yesterday is the perfect demonstration of why we haven’t been as fluid this season. Teams are now aware that if they don’t have enough players behind the ball we will carve them open with ease like we did with that goal yesterday. That’s why nearly every team we play has been stuffing the box with 7 or 8 men and we haven’t had the same space to operate.

  • Financial_Height188@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    First time since probably he joined Chelsea that Havertz looked like the one at Leverkusen, just looked fluid like he had his movement back.

    • phar0aht@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      If he starts passing forward I may have a few servings of humble pie toneat

    • e1_duder@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This contrasts with the approach in the US, where the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB) have publicly-available policies for players, or staff, who have been accused of sexual or domestic violence.

      This is also because there are very different procedural rules around naming individuals prior to indictment and the nature of libel laws. It’s not an instance where it’s just on the club, PL, or FA to develop better policies.

    • bearwoodgoxers@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      As much as his performances for us last season were top quality I would rather see him move on at this point. He’s already spent half his arsenal career injured and we’ve always got these allegations hanging over him/the club - we need to move on.

  • fallen-straws@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Was at the match so not sure if this has been mentioned but did the TV coverage talk about the Lens fans throwing a flare up into Club Level and it hitting someone?

    • FootlongGarlicBread@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Nope, didn’t say anything about it on BT/TNT. Did seem lively their end though, could have sworn I saw a couple of bits getting chucked at Jesus when he celebrated near them, but could be wrong. I think Zinchenko pulled Martinelli away from them during his celebrations too.

  • aesn1394@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    What’s going on with Partey? I’m seeing a lot of rivals saying we’re harbouring a “grapist” (I don’t know if I can say the actual word here). Did he actually get convicted and found guilty? If so, then get rid for sure.

  • Kensei400@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    At least our lineup and performance yesterday will put to bed the theory that Arteta was starting Jorginho for our ball progression instead of defensive security. It just never made sense considering the fixtures Jorginho started which were out of choice rather than necessity due to injuries.

    Also, Havertz was good yesterday but it’s not because he was playing the role of a second phase midfielder. Rather it was Odegaard who did it - one of the few times he’s played the role this season, with the other times being against PSV, Lens away, and Bournemouth to a lesser extent. Odegaard’s touch maps in these fixtures were incredible, almost box-to-box like instead of being usually stuck next to Saka playing 1-2’s.

  • dpatel211@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Although I doubt we will if we potentially fully rotate, I hope we get our lick back against PSV after they beat us in the away fixture of the UEL group stages last year.

  • GrooveMerchant12@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Why do I feel like PGMOL is going to even the score of bad calls against wolves at our expense on Saturday?

      • danmac0817@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Tribalism does mad things to people. We’ve seen it with other clubs, no reason to think it’s any different here.

    • Complex-Ad7708@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      it’s so in character for this sub lmao. says something when r/soccer was more sympathetic to rape victims and nuanced about rape allegations during the whole mendy shitshow than this cesspool.

  • redditforprez1@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    What’s everyone’s lineup for the PSV game? Asked in the Nov 29th dd but figure more people are awake now