Penalties with short run-ups always get blasted over the bar
Weird feelings of football
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You shouldn't take more than 1 penalty in a game
Absolutely.
James Ward-Prowse is a good measuring stick for how the game has evolved because as recently as ten years ago he absolutely would have been bought by a bigger club with the manager saying he's worth it "for the free kicks alone".
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We never draw tight games under Guardiola, we either win or lose
Arsenal score outside the box in every game played v Man utd at the emirates.
United always play teams after they sack their manager
And Xhaka must have done it like 4 times so far in his career vs us.
I've probably posted it before but Arsenal always seem to have games in hand.
All the way back to the 90s
All the way back to the 90s
Liverpool once had two managers at the same time: Roy Evans and Gerard Houllier
What were they thinking and has it ever been done before/since?
What were they thinking and has it ever been done before/since?
That wasn't a feeling that was a fahct
Not only that, but whenever I check their fixtures, their upcoming game is always a home game against a random mid table team.
There are few strong teams in the league this year. Apart from Arsenal, there's City, United, Newcastle, Brighton and Brentford who can beat anybody on their day. I don't include Spurs because they look like a poor team that occasionally pulls off a big result.
I don't think Arsenal are facing any of the form teams in a row either.
French players get injured more than any others 
Bournemouth has been in the Championship this season
Blackburn Rovers have never not had a player in their squad called Gallagher. Possibly every player they've ever had has been called Gallagher.
No goalkeeper has ever made a world class save in the pre match warm up.
Joint manager arrangements were not usual in English football in the past but the practice has died out. Last one I can remember was Bryan Robson and Terry Venables at Middlesbrough circa about 2000ish. It was a disaster.
Edit: Here's a list of joint manager pairings. It lists the Robson/Venables pairing as an "awkward success" given they avoided the drop and finished 14th although I certainly remember reading about why it was "awkward". Robson certainly wasn't happy about it.
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/footballs-managerial-pairings-deadly-duos-or-dead-water
There were a lot more of these when you go further into the past I'm sure.
Samuel Eto'o played for Everton..
Antonio Conte only wins the league when nobody is looking.
Haaland has bionic legs.
We always win when ten haag wears his red polo neck
Dortmund and Bayern are always close in the league when they play. Bayern always smash them and fly up the table whereas Dortmund go into free fall. Seems like every season.
A referee will very rarely book or send send off player in the first 10 minutes of the game regardless of how bad the challenges are.
And again
Chelsea haven't won all season and could realistically be on about 11 points.
Proper Mandela effect one here.
I could’ve sworn Michael Tarnat and Danny Tiatto were involved in a swap deal with eachother, possibly involving Man City and Blackburn. Just looked it up and not only did it never happen, the two were never even linked in any way. Why the feck have I spent 20 years telling myself this happened?
I could’ve sworn Michael Tarnat and Danny Tiatto were involved in a swap deal with eachother, possibly involving Man City and Blackburn. Just looked it up and not only did it never happen, the two were never even linked in any way. Why the feck have I spent 20 years telling myself this happened?
Thank God, I'm not the only one who noticed this. It always seems to be a striker as well!
We’ve had an excellent season so far.
Spurs have been terrible this season.
They are only 3 points behind us.
Spurs have been terrible this season.
They are only 3 points behind us.
Chelsea have lost pretty much every game since Christmas but still remain comfortable in the table.
We actually play like a cohesive team with a plan and purpose at times
Matthijs de Ligt is Belgian and I have clear memories of him playing together with Tielemans, De Bruyne, Alderweireld, etc.
Metatarsal injuries only happen during an end of season run-in. No one breaks their metatarsal in September.
Remembering 2002 World Cup ruling out Gary Neville, Gerrard, Murphy, Kieran Dyer and nearly Beckham and it felt like all of them did their metatarsal even though it wasn’t that.
Although Rooney booked the trend doing it in the first game of 2007-08 against Reading
Messi getting more penalty awarded than Ronaldo
Brazilian players like to party only and skip trainings.
On any Saturday 3pm kickoff if Chelsea or Spurs are winning in the first half they will inevitably be losing in the second half. Likewise if the are losing in the first half they will be ahead in the second half.
If RVP had stayed, Arsenal would have won the league with him and Ozil.
Casemiro is the only Brazilian top player in history that hasn't immediately dropped off a cliff upon turning 30.