Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - New season, same old United

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1. I had no idea Roberto Mancini was the Saudi NT manager.

2. He walked off the pitch and into the tunnel before his team lost to South Korea in penalties. :francis:
I had the same reaction, then I looked it up, they are paying him $25M/year until 2027.
At that point I'm sure he'll retire off into the sunset with a bag.

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i thought he had thicker skin by now
Well he should considering:
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shyt was a pipe dream to begin with. Pro-Barca press trying to speak shyt into reality. This is the same press corps that said Messi could stay in Barcelona (if he didn't get paid for two years) in fine print.
Its funny. In this day and age Arteta has a bigger chance of winning a trophy at Arsenal than winning one with Barca.
 

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this is gonna be ugly

One thing I like about ESR, is that he'll shoot if he has a look. For some reason only Saka, Trossard and ESR have the balls to just put their foot through the ball sometimes.

I don't understand how players/managers at this level don't understand or refuse to acknowledge that when teams are in low blocks you may have to shoot through them and be direct. I never understood that.
 

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One thing I like about ESR, is that he'll shoot if he has a look. For some reason only Saka, Trossard and ESR have the balls to just put their foot through the ball sometimes.

I don't understand how players/managers at this level don't understand or refuse to acknowledge that when teams are in low blocks you may have to shoot through them and be direct. I never understood that.
you cant score if you dont shoot but ....most of those shots will hit a player. Maybe a corner can save us
 
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