augie wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:38 amrodders999 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:52 amYou’re really reaching there Augie. They’ve 1 point from 12 and shit housed their way to that point yesterday after being wiped off the pitch for most of the game.augie wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:51 pmIW8Goalmachine wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:30 pmThe spuds are in an injury crisis and still managed to get a point there.
FFS we would have folded.
Remember last season when we lost Saliba we were crying about the injuries killing our season - they have far more players out than we had but played with balls and got a draw at citeeh. No doubt they rode their luck at times, and no doubt we have a far better team than they have, but whether some of you want to accept it or not, they are playing with more drive and belief than we did in the same situation
I know we all love a good old xG stat on here and who am I to disappoint -
Man City (3.09) 3-3 (0.56) Tottenham
That’s next levels of shit-housery right there. Don’t be fooled by the spin and media narrative you’re now going to be force fed all week about how Ange Mate orchestrated a result for the ages yesterday, they fucking robbed it and if it wasn’t for the woodwork and the fact that Barbie had an off day they would have shipped 6 or 7 easily.
When they were top and people up and down the country were getting sticky undies syndrome predicting they’d win the lot I was steadfast on here saying what they were doing was completely unsustainable. You can’t keep robbing results every week, eventually you’ll get found out and found out they’ve been and in some style.
Ange Mate has 1 point from 12 after being top of the league. In those games they imploded by having 2 players sent off against the chavs which saw him then play a suicidal high line that if I saw the manager of our local under 10s do I’d demand he was removed from his position as he clearly knew fuck all about the game. Yet Ange Mate was lauded for it, he’s a revolutionary!
Same after yesterday, he’s a genius for coming out of a game with a point when they should have been humiliated.
My eyes tell me everything I need to know about the scum and no bullshit media narrative about how incredible they are will convince me otherwise.
1 point from 12 - he’s a fucking messiah mate
Yeah they’ve a few injuries, so fucking what - so does everyone. They’ve one game a week so should be a lot fresher than most of the teams they’re facing yet they continue to produce absolute horse shite most weeks.
Fuck em.
Thing is rodders, they are not the only north london team riding their luck so far this season cos we are nowhere near the level we were at last season
Only their deluded scum fans and the meeja w*nkers expected them to stay near the top of the table cos most of us (and tbf many of their own fans) knew that their squad is light in quality - however many on here predicted all sorts of nonsense about them going to be in a relegation battle and ange going to be sacked by November, and there seems to be an absolute refusal to concede still that they are doing better than predicted. Reality is that the quality in this league is so low these days that they were never going to struggle like some predicted, and yes that is more of a reflection on the other clubs than it is on them, but likewise our team that came second last wouldnt have been without a country mile of that position 10 years ago, and likewise this current scum team would be in trouble if they were playing in a better league
I agree that every team has injuries, but my point was that el basque had three seasons to build a squad and yet we collapsed when we lost Saliba for last seasons run in - the aussie is only just in the door, took over a mediocre quality squad, and then lost his best player and captain just a few days before the transfer window closed and had no time to replace him, and yes they got lucky yesterday, but by same token they played with balls against citeeh and against the chavs when down to 9 players and I believe in same circumstances we would have bent over like a bitch. I still dont think they will get top 6 cos when you see the names dier and skipp on the team sheet then you know they are still shit (), but that only makes what they are doing to be more credible imo
I detest the scum as much (probably more) than the next man, but agree with Augie here. In fact, I’ll go further and say that with a full side out they’re a good side. When they lost Kane I thought they’d struggle big time, but they’ve made some good signings.
I’ve said it before on here, but I rate their two fullbacks and although Udogie is a bit raw, he’s tough and uncompromising and can play too. He’s very young but will be a quality player. Porro is strong, can defend and gets forward well. Haven’t seen much of the injured Van Der Ven, but he looks like a good signing too. I also can’t believe that they’ve picked up a keeper from Empoli who I’ve been impressed with.
I’ve also said before that I can’t help liking Ange. No stupid touchline histrionics, no hyperbole and nonsense when interviewed and behaves like a man, not a fucking diva.
Yes, they should have been buried by half time (and Ange admitted that much) but they made City look ordinary in the second half and dug out a draw with half a second string team.
Nothing I’d like more than to see the scum disappear off the face of the earth, but fuck me, we have to be grown up about this stuff and not behave like 12 year olds and I think Postecoglu has improved them no end. First and foremost, they’re clearly playing for him and giving 110%.
Now I’ll fuck off down the Lane.
