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Author:  Curiosity [ Sat Nov 09, 2013 14:18 ]
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I know.

But "Can only be humiliated" to "Can beat them away" via one signing (and missing half a dozen players) is a little much.

Fer chrissakes, even Bendtner got a game!
Author:  throughsilver [ Sat Nov 09, 2013 15:25 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
I know.

But "Can only be humiliated" to "Can beat them away" via one signing (and missing half a dozen players) is a little much.

Not really. For years, everyone (recently including, it would seem, Gazidis) has been harping on about how they need to buy *some* stars, and that fiscal sobriety will only get them so far. Buying Özil has given them more than assists and an awesome number 10. It's given them belief. So yeah, that one signing has been transformative. They scored against Dortmund away with pretty much their first shot. After over an hour. They'd have wilted previously.

Flamini has also been a big factor, on a practical level. That was a surprise, and also, IIRC, not signed at time of writing.

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Fer chrissakes, even Bendtner got a game!

And did nothing. As per. ;)
Author:  Curiosity [ Sat Nov 09, 2013 15:31 ]
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throughsilver wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
throughsilver wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
throughsilver wrote:
Runcle wrote:
Arsenal are in a pretty tough group. Dortmund are a great team, Napoli have spent a fair bit and have Rafa who has a knack of doing fairly well in Europe, and Marsielle although the weakest to me are still a very good team.

Napoli have spent, but they only have that money because they no longer have Cavani or Lavezzi.

Arsenal are an odd one. They could come a decent second. But they could lose to Marseille at the Emirates. Arsenal can win or lose to any of those teams, apart from Dortmund, who can only humiliate them.


O RLY?

Funny that you missed the owl pic in that meme, because their buying the owl-looking bloke has completely transformed them.

So yeah, I stand by what I wrote at that time.


Aaron Ramsay doesn't look like an owl, and they bought him years ago!

;)

Yes, and he was playing amazingly in the two seasons before Özil came along. Three Premier League goals for him in those two seasons in total.


To be fair, he scored three goals in four games before they signed Ozil, and for the past couple of seasons had been both hampered by injury and played out of position.

Admit it, they're better than you thought!
Author:  throughsilver [ Sat Nov 09, 2013 15:48 ]
Post subject:  Re: Football 2013/2014
Curiosity wrote:
throughsilver wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
throughsilver wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
throughsilver wrote:
Runcle wrote:
Arsenal are in a pretty tough group. Dortmund are a great team, Napoli have spent a fair bit and have Rafa who has a knack of doing fairly well in Europe, and Marsielle although the weakest to me are still a very good team.

Napoli have spent, but they only have that money because they no longer have Cavani or Lavezzi.

Arsenal are an odd one. They could come a decent second. But they could lose to Marseille at the Emirates. Arsenal can win or lose to any of those teams, apart from Dortmund, who can only humiliate them.


O RLY?

Funny that you missed the owl pic in that meme, because their buying the owl-looking bloke has completely transformed them.

So yeah, I stand by what I wrote at that time.


Aaron Ramsay doesn't look like an owl, and they bought him years ago!

;)

Yes, and he was playing amazingly in the two seasons before Özil came along. Three Premier League goals for him in those two seasons in total.


To be fair, he scored three goals in four games before they signed Ozil, and for the past couple of seasons had been both hampered by injury and played out of position.

Ramsey's big injury was nearly four years ago (when we met! Unrelated). I mentioned last two seasons specifically because a player could reasonably be expected to be up to speed by that point. But yes, he had been finding form in late summer. That said, Walcott had periods of being amazing last season, and I wouldn't fancy them to beat Dortmund at that point, either.

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Admit it, they're better than you thought!

They are better than I thought, but they weren't better than I thought. :p At the time I made that post, they'd lost to Villa and beat a shitty Fulham in the league. So yeah, they seemed a bit poor.
Author:  Curiosity [ Sat Nov 09, 2013 15:49 ]
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But Villa are by far the greatest team the world has ever seen, so you can't blame them for that.
Author:  throughsilver [ Sat Nov 09, 2013 15:52 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
But Villa are by far the greatest team the world has ever seen, so you can't blame them for that.

As are Munich, and I wouldn't fancy Arsenal to beat Dortmund after losing to them either :)

You don't have to be good in order to lose to the best teams!
Author:  RuySan [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 16:38 ]
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Like if it wasn't enough to be qualified again with a little help from the refree, FIFA changes the draw so that France can have a chance to avoid the stronger teams

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-05/france-may-avoid-soccer-powers-in-world-cup-as-fifa-changes-draw.html

ridiculous
Author:  myp [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 16:44 ]
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I wonder if Monsieur Platini lobbied on behalf of that, by any chance.
Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 16:53 ]
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SilentNight wrote:
I wonder if Monsieur Platini lobbied on behalf of that, by any chance.


Platini wrote:
“I am not the only Frenchman in FIFA.”
Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 18:18 ]
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Uruguay, Italy, Costa Rica and England.

Pfffff... Maybe 2018 will be our year.
Author:  RuySan [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 18:27 ]
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Group E: Switzerland, Ecuador, France, Honduras

Mission accomplished for FIFA
Author:  myp [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 18:53 ]
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Who are we likely to lose to in our miserable 2nd round defeat?
Author:  Curiosity [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 19:21 ]
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SilentNight wrote:
Who are we likely to lose to in our miserable 2nd round defeat?


2nd round? Did you not see the draw?
Author:  myp [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 19:49 ]
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Curiositree wrote:
SilentNight wrote:
Who are we likely to lose to in our miserable 2nd round defeat?


2nd round? Did you not see the draw?

I'm nothing if not an eternal optimist!
Author:  gospvg [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 20:01 ]
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Tough draw but I still think we will get through.
Author:  Curiosity [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 20:35 ]
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B and D are the two hardest ones.
Author:  nickachu [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 21:35 ]
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easy group for belgium. The could go far!
Author:  throughsilver [ Sat Dec 07, 2013 14:49 ]
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gospvg wrote:
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Tough draw but I still think we will get through.

Who is 'we' in that table? England?!

nickachu wrote:
easy group for belgium. The could go far!

If group H plays group G qualifiers in round 2, they will get as far as losing to Portugal or Germany.
Author:  gospvg [ Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:51 ]
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Yep England
Author:  throughsilver [ Sun Dec 08, 2013 12:37 ]
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gospvg wrote:
Yep England

I have a sneaking suspicion every team in that group will end up on 4 points...
Author:  myp [ Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:39 ]
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Boom! Burton dispatched. Roll on Liverpool in the 4th Round!
Author:  Curiosity [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:01 ]
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Gotta wonder what is going on at Southampton. Cortese and Pochettino have done some great stuff there.
Author:  myp [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:27 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
Gotta wonder what is going on at Southampton. Cortese and Pochettino have done some great stuff there.

I'm loving it.
Author:  Agent Starling [ Sun Jan 19, 2014 19:01 ]
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So pleasing to witness Man Utd's empire crumbling in such spectacular fashion. :D

Moyes is such a dull manager.
Author:  myp [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:11 ]
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Well, things are getting a bit ridiculous at Bournemouth, but in a good way. Five wins in a row, two points off the Championship play-offs with five games left. We've just beaten QPR and Reading who are both above us.

Do we dare to dream??!?
Author:  nickachu [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:16 ]
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British Nervoso wrote:
Well, things are getting a bit ridiculous at Bournemouth, but in a good way. Five wins in a row, two points off the Championship play-offs with five games left. We've just beaten QPR and Reading who are both above us.

Do we dare to dream??!?


Na Blackburn are only 4 points off the playoffs now and on a run.
Author:  myp [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:21 ]
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nickachu wrote:
British Nervoso wrote:
Well, things are getting a bit ridiculous at Bournemouth, but in a good way. Five wins in a row, two points off the Championship play-offs with five games left. We've just beaten QPR and Reading who are both above us.

Do we dare to dream??!?


Na Blackburn are only 4 points off the playoffs now and on a run.

On a run? You're doing ok. Bournemouth are on a run!

http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D1/oform.html
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:31 ]
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I really hope Bournemouth beat QPR to/in the play offs!

Also, Burnley need 5 points from 5 games to achieve promotion! I can safely say I didn't see that coming at the beginning of the season.
Author:  nickachu [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:32 ]
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British Nervoso wrote:
nickachu wrote:
British Nervoso wrote:
Well, things are getting a bit ridiculous at Bournemouth, but in a good way. Five wins in a row, two points off the Championship play-offs with five games left. We've just beaten QPR and Reading who are both above us.

Do we dare to dream??!?


Na Blackburn are only 4 points off the playoffs now and on a run.

On a run? You're doing ok. Bournemouth are on a run!

http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D1/oform.html


Unbeaten in 7 I think. And we just beat QPR and Ipswich who are above us.
Author:  nickachu [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:33 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote:
I really hope Bournemouth beat QPR to/in the play offs!

Also, Burnley need 5 points from 5 games to achieve promotion! I can safely say I didn't see that coming at the beginning of the season.


Fucking Burnley.
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:35 ]
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Thanks for beating QPR.
Author:  Curiosity [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 13:18 ]
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Would love to see Burnley get promoted, though I'd be amazed if they could stay up.

Bournemouth going up would be absolutely hilarious.
Author:  myp [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 13:23 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
Bournemouth going up would be absolutely hilarious.

I KNOW!!!!!
Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 13:41 ]
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Don't worry, Boro will beat Burnley
Author:  Curiosity [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 14:15 ]
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British Nervoso wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
Bournemouth going up would be absolutely hilarious.

I KNOW!!!!!


Riles would probably cry
Author:  myp [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 14:25 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
Riles would probably cry

But Wolves are top of League 1 - what more does he want?
Author:  ApplePieOfDestiny [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 14:52 ]
Post subject:  Re: Football 2013/2014
British Nervoso wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
Riles would probably cry

But Wolves are top of League 1 - what more does he want?

The season is a failure if we don't top 100 points.
Author:  DavPaz [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 17:37 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
Don't worry, Boro will beat Burnley

Told you
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 17:38 ]
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Bollocks!
Author:  Curiosity [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 17:51 ]
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I'm still pretty sure you're okay to go up.

We're looking over our shoulders a bit though!
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 18:49 ]
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I ain't counting any chickens!
Author:  myp [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 20:07 ]
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If we'd scored 11 more goals today we'd be 6th right now. :(
Author:  Grim... [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 20:10 ]
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Are Liverpool going to win?
Author:  DavPaz [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 21:25 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Are Liverpool going to win?

It's hilarious. None of them dare speak of it out loud. "One game at a time" is a mantra.

But... it's looking more than possible
Author:  Curiosity [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 21:42 ]
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They're definitely the favourites now
Author:  Grim... [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 22:56 ]
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Yay!
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Mon Apr 21, 2014 18:22 ]
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Well, I didn't think it would happen, but yay!
Author:  myp [ Mon Apr 21, 2014 21:08 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote:
Well, I didn't think it would happen, but yay!

Congrats. Looks like Eddie Howe coming back to Bournemouth didn't just help us. ;)

I think we're out of the playoff picture now. We've drawn 2 and lost 1 of the last three games. Needed to beat Ipswich today.
Author:  nickachu [ Mon Apr 21, 2014 21:22 ]
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We're unbeaten in 11 now. 2 points off the playoffs, there's a slight glimmer of hope for us.
Author:  nickachu [ Sat May 03, 2014 14:14 ]
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Well Brighton beat us to the playoffs.
Still happy ending the season on a 12 match unbeaten run, if we played like that all season we'd probably have been up there contesting for automatic promotion.
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