LondonLax

7 hours ago, StefanAVFC said:

For a shite mid table team Chelsea get an absolute tonne of penalties don’t they?

Chelsea are actually pretty good in attack. Their Xg is typically much higher than the number of goals they score. 

Their biggest problem is they have no striker to finish those chances. 

7 minutes ago, Genie said:

They moan at Chelsea because they aren’t winning anything and not close to getting back into the CL. The players were expensive but not actually top tier.

City are possibly the best club in the world, paying top money and winning trophies. 

Nobody would complain about being there.

They only became the best club in the world once Guardiola arrived there. 

17 minutes ago, Tom13 said:

Emi would have saved the FK though.

He’s not superman. He would have been covering the other side if the goal like any keeper. 

6 minutes ago, Jareth said:

I guarantee I won’t be disappointed. Look at what we’ve achieved with what we’ve got, then imagine a gear above that. Extra income will not be spent on cast offs from Man U but that money, with the lure of UCL will see us get deals over the line with the likes of Nico Williams, who previously were not convinced enough. Im not sure the wider world understands the opportunity that Emery sees, he won’t say it out loud but UCL is his target, his only target. 

It will bring some extra revenue, it might get a new signing over the line or help with sponsorship negotiations. What it won’t do is turn us into the new Tottenham or Arsenal. The same way it hasn’t for Newcastle and didn’t for Leicester. 

I would predict we are more likely than not to finish outside the Champions League the season after and I expect the club would be planning for that scenario in their spending. 

32 minutes ago, Jareth said:

Are yo crazy? It will make a massive difference to the calibre of player we will bring in this summer which will be pivotal to us climbing higher next season. Unai has worked miracles with the current squad but we are a couple of engines down and running on fumes as we approach the runway. Massive upgrade ahead if we make it. 

I think you might be disappointed. We will not be spending at a level that assumes we are now have Champions League revenue for the foreseeable. 

6 hours ago, rodders129 said:

I’m suddenly feeling pretty chill about the ‘race for Champions League’. I read that Spurs forum post saying they’re not that interested in UCL anymore and it made me think. People get sucked into this idea that if we make the UCL next season it will change the future of the club forever. I’m not so sure. I think the next few years are about enjoying the Unai ride, aiming to get consistently better each year and trying to compete for trophies. Look at Newcastle this year…the big prize of the UCL turned into ash in their mouths. Just enjoy the journey and dream of a trophy…be it UECL this year, domestic or Europa next year or whatever 

Oh absolutely. Making the Champions League is not going to change our world the way some people seem to think. 

17 hours ago, Chicken Field said:

Would love it if they stay up, especially if it means everton get relegated. 

Luton have played some really impressive football throughout the season, although they seem to concede so many late goals. They do remind me a lot of Blackpool. 

Can't remember a team conceding so many late goals and losing so many leads before in the premier league, vut their ability to score (and determination) means they are capable of picking up some points. 

It’s the orange shirts

5 minutes ago, bojong said:

Played well. But seems like he always concedes at least four and we always lose when he plays 

Not sure about that. 

I believe he has played 6 times for us this season and we have won five of those matches (tonight being his first loss). 

I remember last season he was keeper in our 2-0 win at Tottenham as well. 

He’s no Martinez but he’s been better under Emery than he used to be. 

6 minutes ago, T-Dog said:

Really? If Emi was in goal, don't you think that would have been very different? The wall was poor, but good god it was a grubber of shot that. 

We gonna be talking about the Foden free kick, well, ever again? No, it was a shite freekick. The wall should have done better, Olson should have done better.

A keeper can’t cover the whole goal on a free kick from that close. They rely on a wall to cover off one portion so they are free to concentrate on another. If the wall doesn’t do their job that is the fault of the wall, not the keeper. 

We played pretty well but a few mistakes at key times cost us.

Iroegbunam deserves a mention for putting in a good performance in the middle of the pitch in one of the most difficult matches in football. 

1 minute ago, villa4europe said:

It's crazy that they don't even step toe around it, they talk about the strength of their bench but never even mention that city have spent near £2bn compared to villas circa £500m (?) and not only does the disparity kill the league and city winning it for a 4th time would be **** shite it's all built on cheating 

But the PL is so exciting who cares? 

And when we play Brentford they won’t mention how much more we have spent either.  The Premier League has been about the biggest budgets winning the league for as long as I have followed it. 

2 minutes ago, Herman22 said:

I know I’m miserable but I’d love to see someone break both Fodens legs. A proper little scumbag. 

Is there something more to this than just being frustrated at him scoring against us? 

Just now, villa89 said:

Not as painful as seeing us get bludgeoned by man city. 

Yeah but for different reasons. Luton were pathetic to watch, we have had heart. 

I reckon that Foden kid’s got a future in this game 

Played well. Frustrating to concede to a soft free kick through the wall

7 minutes ago, Awol said:

This ref giving us absolutely nothing 

Nor them. Seems pretty consistent.

We don’t seem to be dominating them quite as much as the last time we played but the pace of our front three is causing them problems 

Seeing Luton being bludgeoned by Arsenal is painful to watch.

6 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said:

I've had a variation of this chat with some friends of mine who were asserting that "gender shouldn't be self determined". I argued that surely gender can only be self determined - but that we agreed if what they really meant was that the Law should not be self affirming though. Despite accusations of engaging in a semantic argument, I think there's a massive difference. Their suggestion that gender can be determined externally is rather silly to my mind. How people identify and what the Law should do about that are very different questions that are unlikely to be answered with a simple catch-all statement.

 

Well how a person describes themselves is entirely up to themselves of course.

Surely the only discussion to be had though is around how the rest of society should regard a person, both regarding the law as well as social norms?

5 minutes ago, Pinebro said:

We play today. We both play at the weekend

Ergo they have a game in hand.

Their official game in hand is Chelsea

We also have a game in hand, against Man City. 

After today they will have a game in hand over us but they don’t right now.

At some point they will even have two games in hand because they only play 3 matches this month. 

15 minutes ago, Pinebro said:

Yes they do.

Their game in hand is Chelsea

We have 8 games in hand, as do they. 

5 minutes ago, RichW said:

Oh I’m not saying they will win, I think they will lose that game. But I was just saying they still have in game in hand on us as LondonLax doesn’t think they do. They are going to have 2 games in hand on us soon though thankfully they will be  2 difficult fixtures and will cause some fixture congestion towards the end of the season. 

Yes at some point they will have two matches in hand but right now they don’t. I think the current table is a fair reflection of where both teams are at. 

10 minutes ago, RichW said:

Well they do. Since we play tonight it will be back to us playing 31 and Spurs 30. 

We both have 8 matches remaining 

1 hour ago, ben1505 said:

When do Spurs get awarded their 3 points from their game in hand?

They don’t have a game in hand. 

1 minute ago, RichW said:

I’ve watched Kudus play against Villa and Spurs in the past few and I have not come away from those games thinking he was good. Probably shines against the poor teams in the division but then again it could be Moyes tactics. 

He has quick feet but seems to make poor decisions with the ball. I think he could be coached into a top player though.