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peanut- posted:I don't want a more sensible Christmas schedule, games every 2 days rounded off by sending everyone to get kicked by league 2 teams playing in the biggest game of their career was fun. I agree - it's the likes of Wenger and Guardiola whining about it while happily rolling around in the TV money pile who want telling...
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Manc Hill posted:The Christmas schedule was clearly altered even more than usual for TV - Sky were running ads in the run up bragging about how they had the most games on TV over Christmas ever this year. Some of the rounds were spread over 4 days with 6 or 7 games shown - there is no way they can fit that into one day without showing them at the same time - which means less viewers. I'm sure even Sky realise that most people will not watch football non-stop from dawn til dusk - better to spread it out over a few days for maximum viewing figures. It probably would get fewer viewers, but do they really care about that in a one off situation where they're still getting huge audiences anyway? Other than advertisement money (not sure what proportion of Sky/BT's revenue this makes up), it shouldn't affect things that much as people are still paying their subs. They could definitely have an early game, one at 5.30 and a late one, like that Saturday before Christmas, which is only one game fewer than was on TV out of that round this season. I assume the 3pm blackout in the UK still applies on Boxing Day? I'm not saying they're going to do this, just an idea that might work.
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I -think- the 3pm blackout only applies to Saturdays but I could be wrong.
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Ninpo posted:I -think- the 3pm blackout only applies to Saturdays but I could be wrong. I'm not sure if it counts for Boxing Day, but I don't I can remember 3pm games being on UK Tv on that day before. There wasn't any this year, as far as i remember and it was a Tuesday.
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United have apparently put in a £25m bid for Alexis.
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Shrapnig posted:United have apparently put in a £25m bid for Alexis. His motivation is to win major honours so doubt he’ll be going there somehow 
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how will sheikh mansour ever come up with five million pounds?????????
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the rumour is Micky going the other way as part of the deal... swap deals never happen but he would fit in perfectly at Arsenal.
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Ninpo posted:Cursory Googling only seems to mention Saturdays I think Boxing Day counts as a Saturday in relation to this, as I don't think they've ever shown 3pm kickoffs on that day. Not that I can remember, at least. I could be wrong, but I would guess the rule is something to do with whenever there's a full round of games throughout the divisions, maybe?
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Shrapnig posted:United have apparently put in a £25m bid for Alexis. I’m so glad arsenal showed everyone and made Alexis stay for another four months.
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Mkhitaryan coming the other way would make things more interesting and in the end could be good if he ever plays as well as he did at dortmund
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Mkhitaryan coming the other way would make things more interesting and in the end could be good if he ever plays as well as he did at dortmund I'm sure this player swap deal, like all other rumoured player swap deals, is definitely real and will happen
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Shrapnig posted:United have apparently put in a £25m bid for Alexis. Everybody should, what squad wouldn't he improve and what better player could anyone get for that price? And you destabilise Arsenal while driving up the price for City.
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They've actually done it https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/951469542387134465
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pik_d posted:They've actually done it Lmao this is great
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He hasn't played a game in ages and the fee is wayyyy more than he's worth, nbd to be honest
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greazeball posted:Everybody should, what squad wouldn't he improve and what better player could anyone get for that price? And you destabilise Arsenal while driving up the price for City. It’s probably more destabilising for Arsenal to keep hold of these wantaway players that are running their contracts down rather than selling them and being forced to buy replacements.
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Remember when coquelin showed great quality before Wenger ruined him and shipped him off to Spain?
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Vegetable posted:He hasn't played a game in ages and the fee is wayyyy more than he's worth, nbd to be honest He played 2 weeks ago
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tarbrush posted:I do love that Arsene's answer to concerns about squad size and motivation is to sell one of his more useful and loyal players. Classic Arsenal. Can't wait to see who else we sell with no buys. Also Arsene has played Elneny (twice) and Coquelin (once) at CB this year due to lack of depth in the central defense, so it's good to see that area of the pitch get thinned out more.
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Libertine posted:Classic Arsenal. Can't wait to see who else we sell with no buys. Also Arsene has played Elneny (twice) and Coquelin (once) at CB this year due to lack of depth in the central defense, so it's good to see that area of the pitch get thinned out more. They signed that young greek CB who I'm guessing will fulfill the role of 6th choice CB as a Elneny/Coq replacement.
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Ainsley Maitland-Niles is apparently slated to replace Coquelin in the midfield.
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Vegetable posted:He hasn't played a game in ages and the fee is wayyyy more than he's worth, nbd to be honest £12m seems like a fair price for him? IMO he should have been getting more playing time, and Arsenal are already looking short of quality in midfield. At the moment Xhaka, Elneny, and Maitland Niles (who has never played a premier league match in the center of midfield) are the only healthy midfielders. And Now I guess we’re short at fullback? greazeball posted:Everybody should, what squad wouldn't he improve and what better player could anyone get for that price? And you destabilise Arsenal while driving up the price for City. I get the impression that his wage demands are really astronomical, and he is 29 so clubs may be put off to the extent he’s looking for a long term contract. It is still surprising more teams aren’t in for him, though. blue footed boobie fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Jan 11, 2018 |
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blue footed boobie posted:and he is 29 Blimey, doesn't seem that long ago he was at Udinese being raved about. fake edit: loving hell that was nearly 10 years ago 
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UnderFreddy posted:They signed that young greek CB who I'm guessing will fulfill the role of 6th choice CB as a Elneny/Coq replacement. he was immediately shipped out on loan lol edit: turns out im loving retarded and gay and also wrong about this post. UnlimitedSpessmans fucked around with this message at 20:49 on Jan 11, 2018 |
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looks like arsenal are keeping that greek kid rather than loaning to werder or wherever
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UnlimitedSpessmans posted:he was immediately shipped out on loan lol Wengy immediately said he was going out on loan because he was angry they gave the new scout a fancy new title, but then he actually had a look at the kid and decided to keep him.
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Bacon Terrorist posted:The kid was scouted by the new guy rather than Wenger? That’s very promising. Supposedly the Greek kid and Malcolm are the new guy’s picks. Ornstein said Sanchez will go if Arsenal can find a replacement, and their primary target is Malcolm, so I guess that’s real.
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blue footed boobie posted:Supposedly the Greek kid and Malcolm are the new guy’s picks. Ornstein said Sanchez will go if Arsenal can find a replacement, and their primary target is Malcolm, so I guess that’s real. Malcom, its easy to remember because it rhymes with Jordom
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Blue Star Error posted:Malcom, its easy to remember because it rhymes with Jordom Jordon
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Blue Star Error posted:Malcom, its easy to remember because it rhymes with Jordom Malcom Douglas
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blue footed boobie posted:Supposedly the Greek kid and Malcolm are the new guy’s picks. Ornstein said Sanchez will go if Arsenal can find a replacement, and their primary target is Malcolm, so I guess that’s real. life is unfair
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To be fair the way Wenger is doing things at the moment the new guy could bring in Lionel Messi’s regen and Wenger would still ruin him.
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Wenger has always stated that he's vehemently against any kind of Messi-style regen.
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Shrapnig posted:Wenger has always stated that he's vehemently against any kind of Messi-style regen. You're thinking of Glenn Hoddle
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Blue Star Error posted:You're thinking of Glenn Hoddle loving lol
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Blue Star Error posted:You're thinking of Glenn Hoddle heeheehee
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