@Bovidae said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
Does anyone remember those Commando war comics
Where I got all my WWII history from...
Eat lead Fritz!!
@dogmeat said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@Bovidae said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
Does anyone remember those Commando war comics
Where I got all my WWII history from...
Eat lead Fritz!!
Loved Commando comics. Achtung spitfire!
@dogmeat said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@canefan selling for up to $120 reserve on Trade Me
Unopened originals?
@Bovidae said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
Does anyone remember those Commando war comics? I used to read those a lot when I was younger. They always had a picture and profile of football players of the era on the front and back inside covers. It might have been Liam Brady or Alan Sunderland, I can't remember which, but I've supported Arsenal since then.
Yep. The commando and there was another comic. Don't remember the player pictures but there was a Shoot mag with a team each month in the centerfold.
@MajorRage said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@Billy-Tell said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@posters
What makes you support a certain team? Like are you from Bournemouth bay imports or did you just randomly choose them?
I lived beside Stamford Bridge for a while in 2002. Loved match day and I also had a few kiwi pals that supported Chelsea
Feel quite distant from the club now TBH, too much turnover snd not enough players there long enough to build a feeling. Kante and Azpil kind of it now. Thought Mount a chance for next Lamps but who knows.
Looking forward reading all the bullshit Liverpool replies ….
Played soccer as a kid and me and all my mates just wanted to ball like John Barnes and Ian Rush. Didn't follow Liverpool per se until a few years later, after I'd stopped playing soccer, and all my old soccer mates had switched over the following Man U. That rankled and so I decided to stick with Liverpool. Went to the city a few years later when visiting family who live in the Wirral, managed to go Anfield. Honestly find followj g Liverpool, and the whole EPL thing in general, to be highly addictive - but in the same way social media is addictive - equal parts enjoyment and outrage. The product they have is great and they know exaclty what buttons to push to get you hooked and to get you coming back for more. Wish I felt that way about rugby generally - the ABs is the only rugby I won't miss these days
@junior said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@MajorRage said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@Billy-Tell said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@posters
What makes you support a certain team? Like are you from Bournemouth bay imports or did you just randomly choose them?
I lived beside Stamford Bridge for a while in 2002. Loved match day and I also had a few kiwi pals that supported Chelsea
Feel quite distant from the club now TBH, too much turnover snd not enough players there long enough to build a feeling. Kante and Azpil kind of it now. Thought Mount a chance for next Lamps but who knows.
Looking forward reading all the bullshit Liverpool replies ….
Played soccer as a kid and me and all my mates just wanted to ball like John Barnes and Ian Rush. Didn't follow Liverpool per se until a few years later, after I'd stopped playing soccer, and all my old soccer mates had switched over the following Man U. That rankled and so I decided to stick with Liverpool. Went to the city a few years later when visiting family who live in the Wirral, managed to go Anfield. Honestly find followj g Liverpool, and the whole EPL thing in general, to be highly addictive - but in the same way social media is addictive - equal parts enjoyment and outrage. The product they have is great and they know exaclty what buttons to push to get you hooked and to get you coming back for more. Wish I felt that way about rugby generally - the ABs is the only rugby I won't miss these days
So far this season I've only watched one full super rugby game: Chiefs vs Canes in the weekend. Otherwise it's just been highlights. But I won't be missing City vs Arsenal. The history of Super Rugby is how to ruin a once great competition by stupid expansion. The Super 12 is how it should have stayed! Else Super 15 if we really had to give the SA another team and appease the Australians. With Pacific Island players given more room to play for franchises, especially the Aussie ones.
@junior I saw the 89 Cup Final including the last 20 minutes of the game and all of extra time from pitch side (i was in charge of stewards and we went onto the ground to prevent any crowd incurions). Watching Barnes taking a corner from no more than 3 metres away is a memory I will have forever. Along with how small football players are / were.
Currently losing to the bottom placed team in the premier league is an A-level choke. It’s all over for arsenal you’d think.
Then again….
@Billy-Tell Hardly a choke. Man City is simply a better team and could run the table with wins. Is there a game you foresee them losing?
They will beat Arsenal by at least 3 when they play next and will win the title. Heck they would win without Haarland.
Well done Arsenal securing the draw..the bottom half of the prem take a sigh of relief as Southampton remain rooted to the floor lol
@broughie said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@Billy-Tell Hardly a choke. Man City is simply a better team and could run the table with wins. Is there a game you foresee them losing?
They will beat Arsenal by at least 3 when they play next and will win the title. Heck they would win without Haarland.
That won't make it feel any better, feeling like they had a chance to win only to fall in the final run home
I know it's the lower leagues, but Wrexham are poised to return to the football league after years in the wilderness. I'm looking forward to Welcome to Wrexham series 2
Oh well, Arsenal will have to add the Etihad to the list of other stadium (Anfield, WHL, Old Trafford) where they've won the PL.
You can't give up soft goals by losing possession in your own half against any team. A great comeback but the last two games have been about not converting goal-scoring opportunities.
@broughie said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@Billy-Tell Hardly a choke. Man City is simply a better team and could run the table with wins. Is there a game you foresee them losing?
They will beat Arsenal by at least 3 when they play next and will win the title. Heck they would win without Haarland.
Not getting 3 points at home to Southampton is a complete choke. What are you smoking?
@Billy-Tell said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@broughie said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@Billy-Tell Hardly a choke. Man City is simply a better team and could run the table with wins. Is there a game you foresee them losing?
They will beat Arsenal by at least 3 when they play next and will win the title. Heck they would win without Haarland.
Not getting 3 points at home to Southampton is a complete choke. What are you smoking?
I support Spurs so I should know. We are the King of Choke! Very Spursy from the Arse
@Billy-Tell Yes not a good result at home but I stand by my point the Man City is the best team and would win despite the result today. What are you smoking? Is City the best team and if your were a betting man who would you bet on? I am an Arsenal fan but can see the limitations of this team.
@broughie said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@Billy-Tell Yes not a good result at home but I stand by my point the Man City is the best team and would win despite the result today. What are you smoking? Is City the best team and if your were a betting man who would you bet on? I am an Arsenal fan but can see the limitations of this team.
Arsenal who were leading comfortably have now have had 3 consecutive draws. 2 after leading 2-0 and last night scoring two late goals to salvage a draw at home against the worst side on the league. That is choking. Losing to city at city is to be expected. But if they had won the last 3 games they could afford that loss.
@Billy-Tell Choking or exposing their weaknesses as a season has progressed and highlighting the depth and experience of a team like Man City. Arsenal are a very young team.
Just watching the game and unless Tierney was injured how the hell is Zinchenko picked over him? He is a defensive liability. Sloppy seconds from Chelsea right?
Ramsdale's error was bad and I get a sense he is a little rattled and a change might be good. He has not looked poised recently. Arteta won't make a change though.
All in all it will be a good season for Arsenal and will be interesting who they can bring in next year to solidify the defense and midfield. Xhaka and Partey type players with some starch. We have enough playmaker types.
@KiwiPie well at least they're openly supporting Notts County for the other spot!
Hammers smash Bournemouth overnight which has me a bit nervous. Was expecting a point to be honest given recent form. Haven't seen the game but down 0-2 after 12 minutes probably did it. I hope that pulls their head in for the Southampton match up next.
I don't understand the hate towards Wrexham. Having rich owners is how you succeed in modern football.
@KiwiMurph not to mention they seem genuinely invested in the team too.
@bayimports If we had secured top spot, I would be supporting Wrexham for the play-offs as well. We're certain to lose our 2 best players to higher leagues at the end of the summer so we do need this promotion to attract some top replacements.
Saw the brief headlines of the Bournemouth game and it looked like set pieces and free headers and game over. Hammers pretty much safe now and able to concentrate on Europe. Bournemouth safe if they beat Saints I reckon.
@KiwiMurph said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
I don't understand the hate towards Wrexham. Having rich owners is how you succeed in modern football.
Do we think Ryan Reynolds could be convinced to buy the All Blacks… 
@KiwiMurph said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
I don't understand the hate towards Wrexham. Having rich owners is how you succeed in modern football.
I’ve only seen the love for what’s going on.
Great series but I wish they would do a more up to date version than waiting until end of season. It’s addictive as smack
@Hooroo said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@KiwiMurph said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
I don't understand the hate towards Wrexham. Having rich owners is how you succeed in modern football.
I’ve only seen the love for what’s going on.
Great series but I wish they would do a more up to date version than waiting until end of season. It’s addictive as smack
Just like Drive to Survive, Break Point and all the other similar shows, I guess it's difficult to provide a quality show on the fly. It takes time to form the narrative based on hours and hours of footage, and turn it into a cohesive series
@Hooroo said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@KiwiMurph said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
I don't understand the hate towards Wrexham. Having rich owners is how you succeed in modern football.
I’ve only seen the love for what’s going on.
Great series but I wish they would do a more up to date version than waiting until end of season. It’s addictive as smack
I struggle to find hate too its a great story of which Notts have also played a great part, if "bloody Wrexham" is hate then I don't think @KiwiMurph hasn't read through the thread and the context of KP's team. Unless it was something else..
F*ck Arsenal on the other hand...kidding how's those nerves @Hooroo?, at least you're battling for top of table, Im hoping to survive the drop ha ha
Big big match tomorrow ... Arsenal City.
Annoyingly, it's on BT sport here.
However, matches which are deemed to be "In The National Interest" must be broadcast on free to air ... BT sport have often put these on youtube.
Fingers crossed.
@bayimports said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@Hooroo said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@KiwiMurph said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
I don't understand the hate towards Wrexham. Having rich owners is how you succeed in modern football.
I’ve only seen the love for what’s going on.
Great series but I wish they would do a more up to date version than waiting until end of season. It’s addictive as smack
I struggle to find hate too its a great story of which Notts have also played a great part, if "bloody Wrexham" is hate then I don't think @KiwiMurph hasn't read through the thread and the context of KP's team. Unless it was something else..
F*ck Arsenal on the other hand...kidding how's those nerves @Hooroo?, at least you're battling for top of table, Im hoping to survive the drop ha ha
I have mostly thought that we would be caught. Got a young squad so could be competitive for a while which is nice for the future.
@bayimports said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@Hooroo said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@KiwiMurph said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
I don't understand the hate towards Wrexham. Having rich owners is how you succeed in modern football.
I’ve only seen the love for what’s going on.
Great series but I wish they would do a more up to date version than waiting until end of season. It’s addictive as smack
I struggle to find hate too its a great story of which Notts have also played a great part, if "bloody Wrexham" is hate then I don't think @KiwiMurph hasn't read through the thread and the context of KP's team. Unless it was something else..
F*ck Arsenal on the other hand...kidding how's those nerves @Hooroo?, at least you're battling for top of table, Im hoping to survive the drop ha ha
Not sure how much money the owners are prepared to put in to Wrexham - they have enough for them to climb up the leagues by buying someone like Mullin who would be sought after in the championship. But to get higher than the championship will require major investment. Also interesting to see if this is the next model for sport - the content for the documentary becomes more important than success on the field.
@KiwiPie said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@bayimports said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@Hooroo said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@KiwiMurph said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
I don't understand the hate towards Wrexham. Having rich owners is how you succeed in modern football.
I’ve only seen the love for what’s going on.
Great series but I wish they would do a more up to date version than waiting until end of season. It’s addictive as smack
I struggle to find hate too its a great story of which Notts have also played a great part, if "bloody Wrexham" is hate then I don't think @KiwiMurph hasn't read through the thread and the context of KP's team. Unless it was something else..
F*ck Arsenal on the other hand...kidding how's those nerves @Hooroo?, at least you're battling for top of table, Im hoping to survive the drop ha ha
Not sure how much money the owners are prepared to put in to Wrexham - they have enough for them to climb up the leagues by buying someone like Mullin who would be sought after in the championship. But to get higher than the championship will require major investment. Also interesting to see if this is the next model for sport - the content for the documentary becomes more important than success on the field.
Although Reynolds has plenty, I'm not sure he's going to want to spend it all on the club. But he's smart so I'd expect he'll work it out, or bring in an investor
@Hooroo said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@bayimports said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@Hooroo said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
@KiwiMurph said in EPL 2022 / 2023:
I don't understand the hate towards Wrexham. Having rich owners is how you succeed in modern football.
I’ve only seen the love for what’s going on.
Great series but I wish they would do a more up to date version than waiting until end of season. It’s addictive as smack
I struggle to find hate too its a great story of which Notts have also played a great part, if "bloody Wrexham" is hate then I don't think @KiwiMurph hasn't read through the thread and the context of KP's team. Unless it was something else..
F*ck Arsenal on the other hand...kidding how's those nerves @Hooroo?, at least you're battling for top of table, Im hoping to survive the drop ha ha
I have mostly thought that we would be caught. Got a young squad so could be competitive for a while which is nice for the future.
Arsenal have stayed at the top until the end of the season - that's quite an achievement and especially given that they don't really have much quality below the first XI (Saliba getting injured was a real blow for them). And they can still win the league, just go to City and win and it is back in their hands!
Not just Saliba, Tomiyasu being out for the year limits the options in defence. Arsenal's fortunes tend to go with Partey's form, and he has been poor in recent games. I don't think that Holding has been too bad. He wasn't directly responsible for the goals conceded in the last couple of games.
Let's face it. Man City have unlimited funds so their 2nd XI is top 6 quality. No other team can say that.
Arsenal aren't "bottling" the league, they are still on target for 89 points. Up until about 2017 that won the league more often than not
It's just that this City side have pushed the points needed up by at least 6, so what used to be just common dropped points are now fatal. They do shit like win 13 games straight to win the league. It's fucked.
They're kissed on the dick by injury too. They've actually used the least number of players in the Premier League this year.
Torville & Dean, Warne & McGrath, Nonu & Smith, the rowing lads whose name I forget, Pippen & Jordan
De Bruyne & Haaling