Well, with Ozil and Ramsey going great guns so far, hopefully he'll have some of that pressure taken off him this season.
Ramsey again! And no one's died yet either! :D
Surprising in and of itself, but made even more so because it's Rayo Vallecano. A manifestation of Martino's different approach.
Because they used the money well. They went on their spending spree because they knew he was gonna leave.
I hope so, because he's our main goal threat, even with Ramsey's two goals today.
In other news, the inhabitants of a small island off the coast of Australia have all mysteriously died. An eye witness claims "bodies just started dropping like dominoes." He claims this incident took place mere seconds after someone called "Aaron Ramsey" had scored the second of two goals in a Barclay's Premier League match between Sunderland and Arsenal.
Deserved win, but got lucky with Sunderland's "second goal." Should have scored at least three in the first half with all the chances we had.
Been seeing some interesting reactions to this. Does it have to do more with the fact that Real sold Ozil at all, or just that it was to Arsenal he was sold?
Saw this comment in the link:
"Arsenal - Gervinho to Roma
Roma - Lamela to Spurs
Spurs - Bale to RM
RM - Ozil to Arsenal."
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
I'm also starting to hear rumbles across the net that the people supposedly representing Utd were actually imposters and not connected with them at all. Can't tell how true or not that is, though I suppose it's unlikely, right?
@imtiyaz6
"Injuries are the only thing that could mar our season."
As they always do and seem to be doing a good job of this season as well.
We REALLY need to figure something out when it comes to injuries.
Well, look on the bright side - you've instantly made back half the money you just spent on Bale.
Plus, with Isco there, I doubt it will impact Real too much.
We need to remember that, while we have a decent starting 11, we don't have a deep squad. Obviously Ozil is more than just a squad player. He's very likely to push the likes of Arteta and even now Flamini down the pecking order. But for the sake of squad depth, that's actually a good thing. It means we actually have high quality backup we can rely on.
More importantly, Wenger can now go a lot easier on Wilshere now, especially given his current injury record.
In terms of the run of play, Tottenham were the better team. This really was a ground-out 1-0 win. Pleasantly surprised by the resilience shown to keep them out in the closing stages. More of that when needed would be great. -_-
Now please use what's left of the transfer window to add no less than two players (who could actually be useful) to our threadbare squad...
Once again, Arsenal don't look like getting anywhere near the top this season*, so I'd love to see Liverpool win it. They look solid, at least so far.
(*yes, even after our 1-0 win over Spurs a while ago)
I think I've disqualified myself from the Moderator Bonus award. *oops*
More than a little surprised by this result.
Is Cardiff gonna be "that team" this season?
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"confident that his players will bounce back after losing to Aston Villa."
Well, I'm not. This season will be a disaster of epic proportions. The only good thing is that I get to accept that from early instead of wasting time and effort hoping in vain throughout the season. Only teams with good players that employ sound tactics have a chance of "bouncing back" if they ever need to.
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"What does the scouter say about our incompetence level?"
"...it's over 9000!!!"
He's been error prone like that from last season. His head hasn't been right for whatever reason, likely arrogance.
Still think he's ever so slightly overrated.