Premier League Gameweek 6

Sleigh

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How long until you try and buy Forfana from us?

He’s looked a beast since signing.
 

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Erm, for the Arsenal disallowed goal... Surely he's offside because he impacts Justin's ability to clear the ball?

In the studio they're just talking about impacting the keeper...
 

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What a horrible, horrible weekend of football.
Did not spend single second on Rawk.
Did spend some time on Blumoon.
Ok, not that horrible weekend.
 

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I wonder if Ole will aim for a draw against Arsenal. Hopefully we can be a bit more adventurous.
Don't think Ole aimed for a draw yesterday. Didn't create many chances, but think that was more down to personnel rather than the way we set up. We got into good positions but poor decision making and lack of tempo meant we struggled to break down a disciplined Chelsea side. Ultimately, Ole will be the one to blame, but his intentions when he brought on Pogba, Greenwood and Cavani were clear.
 

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What a horrible, horrible weekend of football.
Did not spend single second on Rawk.
Did spend some time on Blumoon.
Ok, not that horrible weekend.
Conversely, what a great weekend of football. One of those where almost every other match benefits your team.
 

Sleigh

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Do you have a sporting director? Some of Leicester's buys have been very astute.
Our Director Of Football is Jon Rudkin.

It’s widely acknowledged that we have a solid recruitment team.

In 15/16 it was Steve Walsh, who subsequently left for Everton and had a mare.

He was replaced by Eduardo Macia (previously at Liverpool / Valencia with Rafa) but left when Rodgers joined.

We now have Lee Congerton, who in fairness wasn’t viewed favourably on arrival. He was chief Scout at Chelsea I believe from 2005 - 2012, before they cleared the entire system out. He then went to Sunderland / Hamburg and had some questionable signings. Then he followed Rodgers to Celtic and ourselves.

We’ve had some real duds of signings as well in fairness. These get glossed over due to the better business we’ve undertook. Slimani, Silva, Ghezzal, Kaputska, Musa and Diabate are all considered at flops. Perez, Benkovic, Ward and Ihenacho for the financial outlay don’t give a great return.
 

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Don't think Ole aimed for a draw yesterday. Didn't create many chances, but think that was more down to personnel rather than the way we set up. We got into good positions but poor decision making and lack of tempo meant we struggled to break down a disciplined Chelsea side. Ultimately, Ole will be the one to blame, but his intentions when he brought on Pogba, Greenwood and Cavani were clear.
I disagree. Lack of tempo was a result of cautious mindset by Ole. If you watch the first half, you will see players making good runs and Bruno/Mata ignoring it. If we were set up to win they wouldn't do that.

In second half we felt we can grab a win, but lost our shape after Mata was gone and Bruno on the right.

We were very close to winning mind you, and if Rashford would've scored we would be praising a clinical performance. But that wasn't the case and it's on Ole.
 

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Arsenal are so poor. But I expect them to be full of running and energy against us.
The ironic thing is if Arsenal won last night Saints would have been above Leicester on the anniversary of that 9-0!
 

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Bet the offical viewing figures for this Brighton v WBA match are huge.
 

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If Jose keeps instructing them to pump high balls into Burnley's half, it'll play right into their hands
 

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Pope is not doing very well is he? He can't be like that against Man City. Jesus will take him to the cleaners.