Weekend Football

[Ascotexgunner]

Seriously, Arteta is costing Arsenal the title.
Absolutely cowardly tactics and starting lineup, go a goal down and zero ideas other than tippy happy round the box.....
Even the Stoke tactic is wearing thin.

[Orion1871]

Title sealed for Liverpool.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Liverpool not playing great and looking pretty unconvincing, but already 5 points clear. Will their performance levels improve? Or will results start to slip?

And even if their results tail off a little, will anyone take advantage? Arsenal and City don't look great. Last season Liverpool were pretty average after the New Year and nobody applied pressure on them.

After a few years of having two exceptional teams in Klopp's Liverpool and Guardiola's City v.1, it seems there is a bit of a lull now. Arguably it makes the league more competitive and exciting, but the title races and matches those two had were awesome.

I also wonder what the future is for Arsenal and Arteta. He's done a good job and has made them consistently compete at the top level, but if he can't complete the job this season, is it time for someone else to have a go? As outlined above, he's not competing with exceptional teams.

[Ascotexgunner]

Liverpool not playing great and looking pretty unconvincing, but already 5 points clear. Will their performance levels improve? Or will results start to slip?

And even if their results tail off a little, will anyone take advantage? Arsenal and City don't look great. Last season Liverpool were pretty average after the New Year and nobody applied pressure on them.

After a few years of having two exceptional teams in Klopp's Liverpool and Guardiola's City v.1, it seems there is a bit of a lull now. Arguably it makes the league more competitive and exciting, but the title races and matches those two had were awesome.

I also wonder what the future is for Arsenal and Arteta. He's done a good job and has made them consistently compete at the top level, but if he can't complete the job this season, is it time for someone else to have a go? As outlined above, he's not competing with exceptional teams.

As mentioned by a friend. Arteta is the Spanish Southgate. Gets his team to that next level but not capable of getting over the line and come the big game, pulls the hand break up.

[BRO_BOT]

#21 is coming

[windermereROYAL]

5 games gone 33 to play, after next week Arsenal will have played united Liverpool Newcastle away and city at home in their first 6 games, Liverpool have played Arsenal home and Newcastle away.

On todays game, that twat Neville called city`s performance a masterclass in defending while in the past he`s slated Arsenal for exactly the same thing, remember city away with 10 men last year? Keane and Carragher are no better, hypocrisy of the highest level.

[BRO_BOT]

5 games gone 33 to play, after next week Arsenal will have played united Liverpool Newcastle away and city at home in their first 6 games, Liverpool have played Arsenal home and Newcastle away.

On todays game, that twat Neville called city`s performance a masterclass in defending while in the past he`s slated Arsenal for exactly the same thing, remember city away with 10 men last year? Keane and Carragher are no better, hypocrisy of the highest level.

or they HAVE actually played:

AFC:
promoted Leeds
15th place Utd
7th place Forest
3rd place City
1st Champions LFC

Quite interesting to see who others have played

LFC:
promoted Burnley
13th Everton
9th Bournemouth
5th Newcastle
2nd Arsenal

UTD:
promoted Burnley
11th Fulham
4th Chelsea
3rd Man City
2nd Arsenal

SPURS:
promoted Burnley
14th West Ham
9th Bournemouth
8th Brighton
3rd Man City

BOURNEMOUTH:
17th Spurs
16th Wolves
8th Brighton
5th Newcastle
1st LFC

[Sanguine]

Evens out a bit over the coming weeks, with Liverpool's next two league fixtures being trips to Palace and Chelsea. If Liverpool win those two and stretch their lead again, Paddy Power might even pay out on the title race, as they do with this kind of thing.

I think a lot is being made of Liverpool 'not being at their best', but that's only defensively, and in moments. I don't think their attacking play and intricate passing and fluid movement is getting much coverage. Look so hard to beat.

[Sanguine]

Returning as I do to Crystal Palace and the extraordinary turnaround made at the club by Oliver Glasner and his players. Now unbeaten in 17 games in all competitions, dating back to their (really odd) 5-0 defeat at Newcastle in April. Just so tough to beat, they've conceded only 11 goals in those games. And brilliant on their travels too - only three away defeats in all competitions dating back to last October, 25 games.

[South Coast Royal]

Seriously, Arteta is costing Arsenal the title.
Absolutely cowardly tactics and starting lineup, go a goal down and zero ideas other than tippy happy round the box.....
Even the Stoke tactic is wearing thin.

I thought that but Rice ,when interviewed afterwards, said they had played really wel (is this part of the modern football philosophy that you must always look at the positives regardless of what has happened?).
For once I agreed with Carra when he said that Arsenal's problem is not being without a decent striker it is that they fail to make enough chances.

As fot the long throws and corners this is not Wimbledon it is Arsenal who have spent a small fortune on good footballers but seem to want to rely on goalmouth scrambles for their goals.
Very un-Spanish.