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Its the season of frozen pitches and plenty of foot. The table: Here's what Santa has in store:      Britain First poster boy and degenerate gambler Jamie Vardy made it 11/11 and this month will now take his first step on the Bad English Striker Who Did Something Cool Once journey:  Diego Costa is getting shoved in a Turkish stocking  Alexis Sanchez got shoved down a hole and now joins Santi Cazorla, Laurent Koscielny, Danny Welbeck, Jack Wilshere, Tomas Rosicky, Kieran Gibbs, Theo Walcott, Francis Coquelin and Mikel Arteta in the Arsenal physio room. Fortunately Arsene will definitely definitely spend big in Jan and the fourth place trophy will be a loving walk. Man City top the table but there's nothing cool or good to say about them. Bournemouth are the best team at the bottom and I hope they stay up. Newcastle and Villa are a shambles and deserve to be cornholed into the Championship.
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The only thing Arsene is investing in in January is a bigger physio room.
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Dec 1, 2015 09:28
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Phwoar that ball to Vardy
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Dec 1, 2015 11:06
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City weren't satisfied with having only limitless money so they let a few more billionaires sign up for a stake. Guess that Leo Messi on £800k p/w rumour might actually be feasible under FFP after all.
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Dec 1, 2015 11:47
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Diafra Sakho is out until late January/early February. Now we're left with the fully sick strike partnership of Carroll/Jelavic. On the plus side, Valencia's injury might be healed sooner than expected and he could be back by the Christmas schedule.
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Dec 1, 2015 12:22
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Ziggy Tzardust posted:Diafra Sakho is out until late January/early February. Now we're left with the fully sick strike partnership of Carroll/Jelavic. Hopefully Carroll gets injured before the Swansea game.
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Dec 1, 2015 12:38
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Newcastle, West Brom, Watford, Leicester, and Sunderland looks like a pretty easy month for Liverpool in theory (with the exception of Vardymania running wild), let's see if Klopp can shake the traditional fuckups in games the team is expected to win.
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Dec 1, 2015 14:21
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vyelkin posted:Newcastle, West Brom, Watford, Leicester, and Sunderland looks like a pretty easy month for Liverpool in theory (with the exception of Vardymania running wild), let's see if Klopp can shake the traditional fuckups in games the team is expected to win. Never use the word easy with Liverpool...
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Dec 1, 2015 14:43
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December is full of games United should be capable of winning, many of them comfortably... so look for them to lose a couple and have inordinate amounts of trouble in the rest.
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Dec 1, 2015 14:44
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Leicester have a fairly tough month ahead (city, liverpool, everton) but we also get to play swansea and chelsea so it could be worse. 9 points out of those games and no injuries would be a pretty great result.
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Dec 1, 2015 14:54
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Spurs have a run of pretty easy games. Wouldn't be surprised if they went undefeated for the month.
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Dec 1, 2015 15:13
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Blasmeister posted:Leicester have a fairly tough month ahead (city, liverpool, everton) but we also get to play swansea and chelsea so it could be worse. 9 points out of those games and no injuries would be a pretty great result. The Vardy party will be ended by Bartley.
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Dec 1, 2015 15:22
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Swansea are going to court again at the end of January because of the "swap" deal they did with Spurs over Michel Vorm. Such an evil, scummy club.
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Dec 1, 2015 15:59
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Blinkz0rz posted:Spurs have a run of pretty easy games. Wouldn't be surprised if they went undefeated for the month. I don't know if they can keep up this high tempo pressing game for long. They'll run out of gas eventually
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Dec 1, 2015 16:27
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i love reading the tentative positive expectations for the month from posters at the beginning of the thread. i will predict arsenal lose every game so my expectations can be matched or exceeded.
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Dec 1, 2015 17:17
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vyelkin posted:Newcastle, West Brom, Watford, Leicester, and Sunderland looks like a pretty easy month for Liverpool in theory (with the exception of Vardymania running wild), let's see if Klopp can shake the traditional fuckups in games the team is expected to win. Sunderland will bring it and Allardyce will be smug.
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Dec 1, 2015 17:25
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vyelkin posted:Newcastle, West Brom, Watford, Leicester, and Sunderland looks like a pretty easy month for Liverpool in theory (with the exception of Vardymania running wild), let's see if Klopp can shake the traditional fuckups in games the team is expected to win. We'll get 7 points
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Dec 1, 2015 17:49
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sassassin posted:Swansea are going to court again at the end of January because of the "swap" deal they did with Spurs over Michel Vorm. What did Swansea do?
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Dec 1, 2015 18:00
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Arsenal have S'land, Villa, City, Southampton, and Bournemouth. I really have no clue what to say about Arsenal at the moment, but I'm gonna say 7 points.
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Dec 1, 2015 18:01
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Most of those Boxing Day fixtures are crap but I will be watching them anyway.
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Dec 1, 2015 18:05
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34968159 How did Arsenal manage to spend so much on agents last year, they hardly signed anyone.
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Dec 1, 2015 18:55
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Lot 49 posted:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34968159 Weren't there a few big contract renewals?
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Dec 1, 2015 18:57
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Lot 49 posted:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34968159 Sanchez/Ozil/Walcott contract renewals? Anyone else I'm missing?
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Dec 1, 2015 18:57
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Apparently City's oil sheiks have sold 13% of the club to the Chinese for 265 million quid. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34972478
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Dec 1, 2015 19:03
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Der Shovel posted:Apparently City's oil sheiks have sold 13% of the club to the Chinese for 265 million quid. Apres Sepp, le deluge.
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Dec 1, 2015 19:23
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Der Shovel posted:Apparently City's oil sheiks have sold 13% of the club to the Chinese for 265 million quid. Gotta ensure that Financial Fair Play status is protected.
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Dec 1, 2015 19:24
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Spangly A posted:Sanchez/Ozil/Walcott contract renewals? Anyone else I'm missing? I don't think either of Ozil or Sanchez have signed new contracts. Walcott did and for a big pay increase as well so I guess his agent just took Arsenal to the cleaners.
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Dec 1, 2015 19:45
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Der Shovel posted:Apparently City's oil sheiks have sold 13% of the club to the Chinese for 265 million quid. That places the total valuation of the club at over 2 billion pounds 
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Dec 1, 2015 19:46
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blue footed boobie posted:Arsenal have S'land, Villa, City, Southampton, and Bournemouth. That sounds about right, OP.
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Dec 1, 2015 20:34
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blue footed boobie posted:Arsenal have S'land, Villa, City, Southampton, and Bournemouth. lmao I remember when i saw this stretch on the calendar. "WBA, Norwich, Sunderland, Villa? We'll be able to coast until City"
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Dec 1, 2015 20:39
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tekz posted:I don't know if they can keep up this high tempo pressing game for long. They'll run out of gas eventually That's what the Brits were saying up until '41
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Dec 1, 2015 20:46
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MrBling posted:What did Swansea do? They owed Utrecht 20% of any fee they got for Vorm but declared his value as £0 during the swap so they wouldn't have to pay anything.
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Dec 1, 2015 21:37
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Broletariat posted:lmao Meltdown incoming... Here's what will happen: they'll huff and puff to a goalless draw against Sunderland followed by a dynamic performance away to Olympiakos to secure that sweet Champions League money. This will of course be followed by a dire 1-0 loss to Villa before righting the ship and putting in a strong counterattacking display to beat City. They'll go on to beat Southampton in a tight affair after which everyone will claim Arsenal have turned the corner and then they'll proceed to struggle against Bournemouth and Newcastle because would you honestly expect anything else?
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Dec 1, 2015 22:32
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/01/arsenal-santi-cazorla-ligamentquote:Santi Cazorla has damaged the ligaments in a knee, which has added to the sense of worry over his fitness prospects, although Arsenal are still unclear as to the precise time-frame for his absence. lmao
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Dec 1, 2015 22:40
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That's pretty terrible. It's being reported that Sanchez will be back for City, which helps a bit. The biggest worry is that Arsenal has not been able to play convincingly without something approximating their best XI on the pitch. There are enough players to cope with these injuries (for now), but unfortunately they can't seem to play particularly well together.
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Dec 1, 2015 23:09
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It's almost as if the true contenders for the titles have good AND deep squads and Arsenal's thinness has been a repeated and convincing argument against them.
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Dec 1, 2015 23:41
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It's almost as if Wenger must walk
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Dec 2, 2015 04:54
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triple sulk posted:It's almost as if Wenger must walk Hell, its not like anyone else at Arsenal will be able to soon
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Dec 2, 2015 05:56
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vyelkin posted:That places the total valuation of the club at over 2 billion pounds I thought it was the City group as a whole and not just Man City the club. Still pretty
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