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It's such a shame we're so injury depleted. Cash, Lenglet, Mings, Kamara, Ramsey would likely all be starting if they were fit and we had a preferred European night's team. As it is, we can't rotate our center backs, we have to play one of them at right back, we have to play an inexperienced or makeshift DM, and we have to play an out of form option in LM. That's such a crippling set of factors. And yet, despite the above having been the case for nearly the whole season, Emery keeps pulling out results. Yes, things are biting a bit more now with the lack of rotation starting to hurt our fitness, but this first leg comes at a good time for us if we're willing to go full strength. Watkins has had a mini rest, Zaniolo is showing signs of getting in to form, Rogers has scored his first goal and should be perfectly match fit and relatively well rested, Diaby is back in form and barely played the last game, Luiz won't have to conserve himself for the weekend, and McGinn is back from suspension so should be very well rested (but maybe a little rusty). It's going to be a really tough game with Lille very much on form, but we have to play to our strengths. Those strengths will be in attack. Go all out, get an early goal and knock their confidence. Get the fans on their feet and we can press on and get 2 or 3. Can't wait for tonight.
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The problem is there far more bad than good. And, with the caveat of us being a top 4 club, the good just feels like him being gifted open goals rather than actually delivering something. I want him to be good, as it means we don't have to fire and pay him off, but I've yet to see anything from him, that is independently attributable to him, that I like. You forgot AU50 as well. The crest situation is probably his most egregious failure though, given the track record he came with from the 76ers
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Isn't what they're doing similar to what wwe were planning or others proposed NSWE did. Essentially the owner would fund the North stand/new stadium themselves and lease it back to the club so the FFP impacts are none existent as there's no debt or interest on the club itself? This is totally feasible within the realms of FFP. What isn't feasible is that they'll be able to go on a mega spending spree now or any time in the next 6 years, or that they'll have sole use of the stadium. Whether they long term become successful or find the lease payments too steep for the club to sustain will be interesting. Edit: what's more interesting is whether it actually even happens.
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I assure you there was zero luck involved in that transaction.
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Interesting point. I think the right result came about from what the ref did, even though it wasn't "allowed" by the rules. Hence why I'm intrigued to see how the powers that be handle it. I'm guessing it will be swept under the rug. Tuchel clearly wouldn't have wanted to give them the ball back if a penalty was given so I very much doubt that most teams would miss on purpose these days. Too much money in footbal for it to be considered a game played fairly.
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Yeah I meant picked it up as in pointed out to the ref he'd got it wrong. So there was an angle of VAR incompetence which the OP suggested wasn't a factor. Certainly not the main talking point anyway! I thought the ref did very well really. I'd be interested to see what FIFA/Uefa say about the handball. Its not like there's a rule that permits you to handball it if there isn't any danger nearby. Weirdly I had a ref blow for a handball against my Sunday league team in somewhat similar circumstances. I was taking a throw near half way line, but our big centre back was going to launch it forward (classic tactic). Already having raised my arms back to take it, I dropped the ball forwards towards him. He picked it up, ref blew for handball. It was clearly not a valid throwing action so should have been a foul throw rather than handball probably, but my kids mistake didn't get let off.
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VAR should have picked up the Kane elbow really. The ref missed or didn't have a full clear view of what he'd done I don't think. The others the ref saw and opined on at the time. The hand ball by the Arsenal player is utterly bizarre. I can understand the ref not wanting to make such a huge non-sporting mistake a match deciding event... but the ball was in play and the arsenal player picked it up.
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Interesting video. He looks quite comfortable doing the sprints to the player makers and arguably fully fit, then seems to hobble back to the central position looking like he has no confidence in his legs. Great sign that he's progressing though, far more intensity in those little bursts than the last video I saw of. The way he plays you just know he'll be desperate to get out there and working towards a bench appearance this season. That would be quite some achievement for him! And hopefully our physios do a better job than they have done with other players of late and don't let him do that before he's ready!
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Good that he got a little rest the last couple of weeks. Seems to be over his injury based on that performance, and it's given Duran a bit of time to get used to our style and some more experience. But if we want to finish in the top 4 he needs to be playing in all our games. He's such a class above that, just like Pau missing from defence, the whole team struggles when he's not playing. It just corrupts our shape and way of playing too much. For that reason, there's no amount of money that i'd accept for him, at least none that any club would offer. Talking needing above world record fee. He's clearly very determined, and just like he left Brentford to come to us, he'd leave us to take a step up as well if the opportunity arose. I doubt he's the type to kick up a fuss or down tools if we rejected a £100m bid for him though, so it's a no brainer to keep him for me. There are less key jigsaw pieces we can sell (although again I wouldn't want to) if we are struggling to meet FFP.
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Spot on. In the games against ambition-less opposition he copes without Kamara. But against a side trying to attack he's always exposed and whilst he gets away with it some times it's defintely putting more strain and demand on him. Hopefully we get to see Tim given some game time now and he takes the opportunity so that when Luiz comes back he's trusted to play alongside him and has the confidence to do so.
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He absolutely was trying to get the ball back. He thought he could win it and if he didn't then the game was going to end in a draw. That foul was not a booking anyway. The ref ignored Ajer for 97 minutes despite committing more fouls and more cynical ones than that one from Luiz. And he needed a rest anyway. He's been off the boil for a few games so I don't think he'll be especially missed compared with when he was on top form, and it may give him chance to get back to that form. He'll still be playing 90 minutes a week anyway because of the Europa conference games, so this isn't the disaster it could have been, and he'll probably learn from this that picking up some of the more stupid bookings he did earlier in the season will come back to bite him.
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Softest booking for Luiz. Thanks you shit ref that had no control, let everything go against us in the first half then called everything for them in the second. Absolute awful game, should never concede three. 4th still ours to lose but why do we have to make it so fecking hard for ourselves.
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Get in Ollie
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Can't understand why Diaby hasn't been brought on.
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Come on Nico. Show them how it's done
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For **** sake. Screw your heads on. Wake the **** up. Has to make some serious subs as the ones on the pitch have given up.
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Not really. We've lost far less points from winning positions than other teams.
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Unbelievable. You just don't expect an Emery team to capitulate like that. That's totally shambolic.
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Imagine positing a meltdown about United winning and then not coming back here to get thrilled about them throwing it away. It can't be much fun only posting negative views all the time, why do it? The race for the champions league has never included United, despite the media's attempts to claim otherwise. It involves us, Spurs, and potentially our uefa co-efficient. That's it.
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Truly weird. Like he was congratulating him on his hattrick. Don't think the most biased ref in the world in our favour would have changed the outcome of this game, but still hardly professional. If we can avoid conceding again I'll be happy.
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@tomav84 I was thinking the same thing. A squad illness would explain a lot. And if the option is name noone or a player that's got the shits on the bench then the latter will win. Imodium then up and hope they last 45 minutes if needed at half time.
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That's in response to no Martinez. Pau was a miss, martinez a disaster
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Oh fk
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Pep motivation tactic. Surely will come off the bench to score. Let's hope it's them chasing the game 3-0 down and getting desperate though. Hey, I can dream.
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Hmm...I do hope you meant their . It would be one of the longest cons ever if you were really a closet Man City fan.
