Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

[Gilver]

Love Erik but imagine starting Ronaldo and VDB and expecting intensity.

Tbf his hand was forced but I'd have rather started with 9 players.

 

[Hater]

Expected this tbf New manager bounce

 

[DapMeUp!]

To give hope to United, Unai don't play no defense, so a comeback will always be on. nikka used to piss me off at Arsenal

Nah Unai the GOAT with mid tier teams

 

[sportscribe]

I never understood why Chelsea got rid of Werner can a fan fill me in? He wasnt clinical but still a good useful plsayer for the team

He was brought in to score goals, but wasn't able to do so.

Despite not getting on the score sheet, he was a workhorse and was able to get in behind defenders due to his speed.

You can't really blame the board for wanting another striker because he's just not good in front of goal. Ironically, he's probably also too good to keep on the bench. Best compromise was to move to a lesser team.

 

[Regular Developer]

Nah Unai the GOAT with mid tier teams

This is also a good point...

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[nyknick]

this man ETH had a team put performance of the season and never played that team again

And he went ahead and made the man that didn't play that match and sulked about it a captain

Love Erik but imagine starting Ronaldo and VDB and expecting intensity.

Tbf his hand was forced but I'd have rather started with 9 players.

He could've moved Eriksen up higher and played Fred alongside Casemiro. Eriksen doesn't have the wheels to play this deep consistently.

 

[EA]

That new manager bounce is like a DBZ power up. Villa haven’t played this good all season

 

[Black Magisterialness]

Nah Unai the GOAT with mid tier teams

Exactly, he needs to over perform on middling expectations. Big clubs have big goals and he's never been good at that.

Europa league qualifications for Villa is stupendous, and Unai owns that competition.

 

[sportscribe]

Man Utd are due to ship more goals in this game.

Absolutely no midfield pressure.

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

Slick hair and trench coat SZN

 

[Regular Developer]

Did Emi Martinez play under Unai at all, or was he still on loan?

 

[mastermind]

Did Emi Martinez play under Unai at all, or was he still on loan?

He didn’t play

 

[MikelArteta]

Did Emi Martinez play under Unai at all, or was he still on loan?

nah but calum chambers did

 

[MikelArteta]

Slick hair and trench coat SZN

 

[TobiOT]

We actually look worse with Bruno's hero ball.