'Even allowing for inflation, this thread is not worth 198 Terry Francises' - EPL 2017-18

Oh fuck off

Fellaini's jam selects itself

Lean mean ManU machine <3

Has any other promoted team ever gone for their first three games without conceding? Serious question.

1998-08-15  Newcastle United   - Charlton Athletic  0-0
1998-08-22  Charlton Athletic  - Southampton        5-0
1998-08-29  Arsenal            - Charlton Athletic  0-0

were relegated even so

Another interesting fact is that Redfearn was in that team, and no side with that ugly motherfucking face in the crowd at a Dewsbury EFL rally in it ever stayed in the top flight. According to MOTD it was all about the 2 chances they didn't put away, not really a good reflection of our overall dominance and the multitude of chances we created over the 90 mins. But never mind, I prefer dislike to condescension any day.

lol I meant to put EDL, but Redfearn is so entwined into 90's EFL history!

Everton are muck

Sanchez in the Arsenal team

Welbeck preferred to Lacazette up front...

And Mignolet 'rested'? Rested from what?

Neville and Carragher ripping Arsenal to shreds lol

Davies and Son reminding me why they're bench options. Rest of team like a well oiled machine, they're giving it away for fun

Stunning counter attack goal from 'Pool

Bizarre incident between Alli and lowton there. Alli gets foul, lowton lucky not to break a leg, probably the right idk?

outstanding mane goal

this is an Arsenal performance for the ages

Mane goal was fucking great

xpost they'll concede another couple of goals yet

Amazing :D

and it's a paddling

salah looks useful

Arsenal so bad it's starting to look like self-sabotage.

That Karius though, yikes..

Wenger Out season starts earlier every year

This is a cracking game at Wembley tbh

Wembley: Theatre of Deems

Cannot overstate the gulf between every other player in our team and Davies

And I mean sissoko is now on the pitch

Exhibition stuff at one nil up

idk idk

Alexis smirking on the bench again

could look this up but electing to ask here: is Spurs actually on tv? I'm in Gareth Bale's awful sports bar, 20 screens all showing the Arsenal game

Arsenal: 0 shots on goal today

Not that I'm aware mencap, I'm sopcasting

Burnley all a sudden look like utd 99

Oh trippier trippier trippier

Just cost poch his job imo

yeah score just flashed up. christ

There was absolutely nothing to that game until 84 minutes. We were pissing about after scoring, training ground stuff. With a few minutes to go they started going direct and we were last in countering and slack in defending and tbh it was completely deserved.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/27/liverpool-arsenal-premier-league-match-report

posting only because the first sentence is just astoundingly bad, I haven't read any further

"Three games into a new season, it is not being wise after the event if the thought should occur that maybe it would have better for everyone, not least Arsène Wenger himself, if he had guaranteed a happy ending after winning the FA Cup in May and spared himself these kind of ordeals."

Oof

Paid per word perhaps?

thats taking the piss altogether

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBOT0Tqpbag

paid per if per sentence

"Huddersfield have spent fucking more than us!" :D

He needs to chill, 4th is still up for grabs!

"He needs to chill" is a good tagline for Arsenal Fan TV

I feel very bad," Seri, who sat out Nice's 3-0 loss to Amiens at the weekend, told the Catalan newspaper. "I'm not going to lie to you, I'm really hurt. For me, football has always been a party, a source of joy.

"I didn't play with Nice this weekend because I didn't have my head on football. My dream to go to Barca has been broken, and that -- for me -- is terrible.

"The conversations between the two clubs went from bad to worse. As far as I can tell, I've not left Nice due to financial reasons.

"After the [Champions League playoff against Napoli] I met with Barcelona's directors for more than an hour and they didn't tell me anything about not going through with signing me. I went home really happy; then the next day I read the news. I was stunned.

"I went to the Nice offices to see the board and find out what happened. I exploded! The walls shook. They didn't say anything to me, they didn't look me straight in the eye. They had promised me one thing, but didn't keep their word and asked for more money."

Seri said his agent had received a five-year contract offer from Barcelona, and rejected the suggestion the Catalan club had pulled out of the deal because of his below-par performance in Nice's loss to Napoli.

"Do you think it's true Barca would pay 30m for a player they don't know?" Seri asked.

The player's agent, Franklin Mala, claimed last week that Paris Saint-Germain had called Nice and offered to pay more than €40m "to screw Barca over."

Seri, who was also linked with a move to Anfield earlier in the summer, said he would be open to joining PSG, Liverpool or another of the European giants, although he still hopes he could make a move to the Camp Nou.

"I want to be optimistic and think there are still options, that the clubs will sit down and talk calmly again and reach an agreement. We're not just talking about any club where you go just for money. I want to join one of the big European clubs, like Juventus, PSG, Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool...

"For example, Roma have made several offers. I have spoken many times to Monchi, but the transfer didn't happen for financial reasons. Monchi got tired of the Nice board! Roma is a good option, but nothing like Barca!"

Liverpool have agreed a club-record deal to sign Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita, with the player officially joining on 1 July 2018.

The Reds have agreed to pay the £48m release clause that will allow him to move next summer, plus an undisclosed premium.

The 22-year-old had been one of Jurgen Klopp's primary targets this summer, but Leipzig had refused to sell.

The deal will surpass the £35m they paid Newcastle to sign Andy Carroll.

Hmm

Good business imo. Liverpool ended up paying a lot less for him.

strange for a lad doing a medical to sign a deal for next summer

Not really. You'd want to check if his heart etc are ok.