We have got 3 games left and City have 4. We play against Bournemouth tomorrow, Man United Away and Everton on the last day of the season. City have Wolves, Fulham, Tottenham and West Ham to play. There is only one outcome of this… unless the gods decide to do us a favor.
The only way we can win the title this season is that City drop points (a loss, even a draw would do), and we win all of ours. We don’t need god for the latter.
Everyone’s fit, even Jurrien Timber. But if you are thinking that Mikel will start him in last 3 games of the season when there’s still some hope left for winning the title, and when he has played only a U-21 game in almost a year, then you are wrong. He can turn out to be a better player than Zinchenko and Kiwior combined in that LB position but now is not the time to test it. Lets stick to what’s working.
Chelsea schooled Tottenham last night and Spurs have to play Liverpool next. And I’m sure by the time they play City, they will be out of top 4 fight and hopeless. That’s not a good thing for us, because we needed them to put up a fight against City. However, looking at the sad state and misery they are in, makes me happy. There’s only 1 big club in London and the boys there wear red and white.
2 more weeks left for the season to end, and we are already hearing transfer rumours. It seems like we are open to selling Gabriel Jesus, and Zinchenko. Thomas Partey could leave too. There will a bunch of clearance to fund the CF and a Saka’s back up. Nketiah, Nelson, ESR, Vieira, Ramsdale might be in that list.
Going till the end for two consecutive seasons and falling short by a game, highlights how difficult Pep has made everyone’s life. Frankly, after last season’s collapse towards the end, I thought we would sulk and the players that gave everything would lose the motivation to try again (similar to Leicester’s winning season) but I was wrong. All of them stood up, and played even better. We lost few games that we should have won and those points could have been very crucial now, but that’s not the talk today. Two seasons, neck to neck against the 115 charges and Pep and we are still in the fight is an improvement to our last 10-15 years of football.
If we don’t make this season, we will do in the next. I don’t have any agenda as such for today, I will be back with the match day blog tomorrow.
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Vera
A lot of posts channelling your inner Sheldon, not much football chat
You’re as bad at editing your rage posts as you are at sensible football discussion. I can call you coach if it makes you feel better when you waffle away.
How about some PSG disruption.
Cheeky bids for Mbappe, Hakimi and Zaire Emery.
Come and join a proper team.
I won’t be angry if they don’t come.
Achole—clearly you don’t know what the fuck “waffle” means…no need to call me coach, unless it’s somehow part of your court-mandated recovery program…maybe just saying the word evokes fond memories of the only time you made the cut due to your private “sessions” with your favourite skipper…just a thought, why don’t you enjoy a little full circle moment today by planting your tulips
little ole Dortmund are back in the CL final for the 2nd time in the last 11 years…it seems like only yesterday some twat was spouting nonsense about us being overmatched no matter whom we would have faced in the semis…anyone who considers us to be inferior to a side that’s currently in 5th place, some 24 points behind the Bundesliga leaders, should get their head examined
TRVL
If ever there is a ground where the supporters give the team a lift it is BVD’s. If anybody can suck a ball into the net it is them. They make the Geordies look like choirboys.
Trvl
Less waffle, more football.
It would appear, given the results, that everyone bar possibly Munich and Madrid are overmatched by Dortmund.
They’re in the final you see. Pay attention coach.
“Crappy opinions from Vera” chapter 114
@Aitcho
“Auba’s contract turned out to be an error in hindsight. So it was rectified. That’s what a good manager should do if he wants to improve the culture in an organisation.”
Is this supposed to be putting Arteta into a positive light? He gets paid millions to make decisions that are not supposed to be in error after 6 months. After all was this not supposed to be a project which means a clear vision for the future was required, not a 6 month fuck up. Or even worst Barca making 12mill on that error in hindsight.
“It was rumoured we were in for Guimares, I don’t know why it fell through.”
In that Jan TW we were more then interested in Bruno especially after Arteta’s player clean out it was expected for players to come in. But Arteta went on record that there was no one of quality available in that Jan TW. This is just supporting that Edu & Arteta are not too good at spotting talent and even worst on selling with a profit. Don’t even get me started on Arteta wanting to send Saliba out on another loan.
Killjoy
Where did thus six months come from?
Sounds like another episode of ‘Tales From Vera’.
He signed shortly after we won the FA Cup. Left after he missed games again. He may well have been part of a vision but the least he could do was turn up to games on time or just turn up. He did neither, that’s on him not Tets.
Either we were interested in Guimares and the deal feel through or there was no deal and we can’t spot talent.
I suspect we spotted the talent but didn’t have the cash to flash that Newcastle did fresh off the Saudi buyout. It would be a more logical reason for him to join the then relegation battlers above others suitors at the time including us and Juventus and others reportedly interested.
Robinho to ManC vibes.
Given the last four windows, it’s fair to say Edu and Tets are still good at spotting talent as we move on.
Killroy
Aitcho is a fan boy – apparently Arteta fixed his mistake after 6 months? He put him on £300 odd grand a week, paid him off to leave (circa £7 million) so he signs for Barca on a free and then Chelsea paid £10 million for him 6 months after that.
The idea that Arteta has a great eye for talent is also bullshit – I’d put money on signings like Ode being based on City scouting reports. When Arteta buys a “we’ve signed who?” for a low fee who 10 minutes into his first appearance is “fuck me this guys good” I’ll celebrate his eye for talent.
Aitcho
Bruno had the pen in his hand – not as you describe. It was a last minute change of mind. Almost a costly moment if you discount the time of Gasper and 3 well paid staff one of which is a legal supplied by a well known company and of course the private jet to Portugal – but that is peanuts these days.
Tets and Edu talent spotting – are we talking a goalie or two, Sambi, Viera. Edu does have an eye – Gabriel, Partey (despite protestations from El B) and of course his opening shot – Martinelli.
Norg-I certainly agree with your sentiments about SI park, as I had the good fortune of seeing them square off against Munich, when Klopp was still their manager…that said, they’ve struggled at times to get results at home this season, with 4 losses and 3 ties, so it’s certainly not the kind of advantage that would guarantee them a spot in the CL final…I’m happy for them though, as I admire their organizational model and rabid fanbase, but for some delusional halfwit like that Achole to suggest that we would be outclassed by them or PSG is straight-up nonsense…the most intriguing aspect about this particular CL campaign was the fact that the door was actual open for someone unexpected to win the chip…even the presumptive favourties, City and Real, appeared more vulnerable, which likely won’t be the case this time next year…Cheers
Norg
Arteta’s spent circa £650 million. Look at the value of the players in the first team that he bought and then add on the fees of Trossard, at a push Jesus (looking surplus to requirements) and Timber (who can’t be judged yet but why by a RB to play LB?).
The rest of the money was poorly spent – the horror gets nasty when you start to look at the money pissed up the wall in destroying the value of players he doesn’t want. Isn’t our record fee received still the Ox for £35 – £40 million?
TRVL
Its staggering the fan boys will one second praise Arteta as the chosen one and then make excuses for him when he has a BILLION £ squad the next.
It makes religious zealots look rational.
Marc & Norg—how dare you question the unbiased genius of Achole…only someone with his tongue so far up our skipper’s asshole would have the unmitigated gall to throw stones from his glass fucking manor
Lisping Arry Kane after another trophy less season.
Really thad after loothing in th’pain. They thwore blind I’d win thilverware thith theathon.
Fucking cheating mekon-headed wanker….
Marc-he will be so disappointed that he’s been met with such resistance, as his plan all along was to divide and conquer the LIR crew by trying to isolate myself and maybe Tony, who he’s now referring to as Tiny…Cheers to you for seeing right through his waffling shit show
Thanks for putting the spotlight on where it belongs on A**hole’s troll comments. Hope you will make the same resolve that I have made namely not to dignify his BS comments with answers, because he must get an erection out of it. On the positive side I know now what to scroll past in a hurry.
KP-Real pulled another one out of the fire in the waning minutes, just like they did against City in the finals a few years back…makes me wonder what might have been if our manager didn’t have a flat spot where a pair of balls normally resides…he’s like a living breathing fucking Ken Doll
Glad to see that not only PGMOL does make major Ref fuck ups but also the so called best in the world who reffed a CL final before. On the De Ligt goal the Linesman should have kept his flag down because it was a very tight offside call, that is the rule and here is the 1st error. Next the on-field Ref should have noted the Linesman’s flag and decided OK I see you but I am waiting with the whistle during this attacking phase, that is the rule, but he blew the whistle and VAR can now no longer get involved. Two major Ref fuck ups, guess that this is the last high profile game this Polish Ref team will officiated.