PhillippaT

What's the weather like up there atm? Snowing in Burnley...

TBH, his crossing since the start of last season has been pretty cwap - (though his little chip for Vardy last week was great). The difference yesterday, was that he played it on the floor at lot more, and so the only crosses he really put in were the corners - which were also cwap... If he can get his radar working properly, again, it'd be awesome, but if he keeps playing like yesterday, we'll make do without them.

I've gone for 3-0... Been a really good weekend for my BBC Predictions - 4 exact scores, 3 correct results, so far - up to 4114 in their overall league (with one exact score (from Bournemouth vs Southampton) to be added to my place)

My eyes don't like Liverpool's away (3rd?) kit... Is it worth starting a petition?

I think I let my (BBC Predictor) predictions this week get a little out of hand - predicted what I wanted to see instead of what I expected - apart from the LCFC vs Spurs match, of course - if there was ever a time to do that... Not doing so well... At least Arsenal won/demolished Huddersfield, so my wife is happy

It's the move into space to receive the ball that's the real problem, esp. in midfield - (see my previous post).

God moaning! IMO (of course) the most important thing anyone can do with our midfield atm. is to get them running forwards into the space where people can pass to them between the opposition players, esp. inside the wingers - so many times on Friday Albrighton etc. would have the ball on the touch line, with a gap infield, but no midfielder would run forwards for him to pass to them though the gap - (especially on the run towards their defence...) Watching other teams play like that is just so frustrating right now Ndidi and Iborra like to hang back too much - if Silva can get forward into space where people can (and should!) pass him the ball then it would be a big improvement.

Does it matter?

I doubt anyone is surprised by this? It's more of a question of who joins them... (Ulloa/Slim?)

At least you've got a choice - my wife is an Arsenal fan, so I don't (if I want her to support Leicester, too). (Anyway, time for beddies...)

Our midfield isn't good at finding space for him to pass to on the inside though, so he usually ends up either having to run at their defence and do it all himself, (which is where getting marked by 3 players stops him dead), try and squirt a pass through to Vardy, if even possible, or passing it back to Simpson... Getting the MF free on the inside as a possible outlet for the wingers is currently a big difference between our team and better teams we play against atm, IMO.

The problem with Albrighton is he's not the type of winger England seem to want - the same thing with Simpson in defence. Albrighton's problem atm. is that without being able to bang the crosses in properly/accurately, he offers little going forward - an out of form Albrighton is a full back, not a winger, and we don't need him there atm.. Gray, however, at least offers something going forward, even if not as good going backwards, and right now, that's what we need, and what England want, both from their wingers AND their fullbacks, it seems.

Which is why it's so annoying when they get a decent team together who play well and win too many matches!

Sorry for not making a distinction between accidental fouls and a deliberate bear-hug - which is want I meant by needless (as opposed to accidental).

I don't remember Fuchs completely bear-hugging his opponent... Perhaps I have a short memory?

If he could stop the odd needless foul, then...

Time for a Rachel pic?

Yep, purely Vettel's fault that lot... At least he didn't get away with it for once...

Meh. (Well, a bit gutted for him, obviously, but still...)

If Silva signs, I assume Drinky will go?

That was a great header by Chelsea - oh, wait...

I was wondering where Fuchs was, at the time, since he wasn't at the back post? (Like he should have been!) Having two Arsenal players undefended at the back post is asking for trouble... But as I said (just now) in the post-match thread - our defence seemed to fall asleep at the ends of each half... Still lack of mental fitness/sharpness?

To quote my wife: "It twue, it so twue..."

For the same reason F1 drivers like saying 'for sure', probably Well, that's the long term replacement for Morgan sorted then... How about Huth?

But that's boring...