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You've got Balo, Lambert and Markovic - you should be fine

The point is why did they refuse to listen when the player spoke out?! We have a routine that hasn't seen Sturridge injured during training at lfc yet several trips for the national team see the player miss out. At least twice it was due to their imposed training methods and not on the pitch (which I could understand). Fucking idiots. If BR starts doing a whiskey nose, and simply pulling his players out, just watch the knives get sharpened.

Didn't Moyes get a whole load of criticism for a similar prehistoric approach to players@united?

/rubs hands/

Porn hub? I know you need it all warmed up before kick off....

What's the obsession with Walcott's speed? If he wants to run fast perhaps he should've become a sprinter. I honestly don't see it as his strength as he's average in everything else, if he'd focus a bit more on control, tactics, defence, spatial awareness and his teammates he'd be a much better player.

can out for 6 weeks
i was looking forward to seeing him vs villa after that midweek performance

We've had this before. He's actually a good finisher.
http://eplindex.com/34533/evolution-theo-walcott-stat-analysis.html

This is the age old argument of why managers don't want to send their players off on national team duty. I doubt it's as clear cut as England's training methods being prehistoric, there would appear to be some hyperbole coming from the LFC PR machine.

Barcelona to drop home kit for Catalan colours against Athletic Bilbao

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/12/barcelona-drop-home-kit-catalan-colours-athletic-bilbao

Quite a bold statement for the club to impose on its players.

I'm not buying that rhetoric. He hasn't really progressed and arsenal have gone into terminal decline ever since he's been in the starting lineup.

Would any of the CL chasers be interested in him should he become available?

Why? They've had kits with the Catalan flag on it for ages.

No. But Arsenal would.

He's played an average of 60 minutes for every PL appearance he's made.
He has had 2 "good" seasons in a very average arsenal squad and I'd very much doubt that he'd improve the Spurs or Everton attack.
He'd fit in well at Swansea, Southampton or Sunderland. Big fish in a small pond.

Yes - City, Liverpool and United

Not sure if trolling.

yeah sorry, didn't realise that at first. Didn't realise it was their regular away kit either and as such thought it was a bigger deal. I just thought if you were an international player, or Catalan and not pro-independence, you may not be comfortable making that statement yourself.

You missed my point. If he was available, Arsenal WOULD buy him.

I nearly just told @jaw to stop bitching about other people's clubs, then I realised we were bitching about Arsenal... As you were.

Too subtle...

you could argue, that Henry retiring/leaving had a lot more to do with it

I doubt it's as clear cut as England's training methods being prehistoric, there would appear to be some hyperbole coming from the LFC PR machine.

Agreed, Rodgers is pissed off, as he is entitled to be. But if you are gonna sign international level players, that's the risk you take. It's like managers complaining about Africa Cup of Nations. So the player wasn't African when you bought them? You couldn't possibly expect they might be playing in that tournament?

Of course it sucks for us, but it's a price you have to accept for having players of that quality. Personally I'd like to see clubs insist they players sign an agreement to opt out of international football when they sign. Realistic? Not sure, but it would stop these issues.

This is the age old argument of why managers don't want to send their players off on national team duty. I doubt it's as clear cut as England's training methods being prehistoric, there would appear to be some hyperbole coming from the LFC PR machine.

Players getting injured playing football happens- I don't take issue with that (see Can) but I do take issue when you are told, your one size fits all methodology...doesn't actually fit all, leading the player to get injured again in training. EVERYONE here would take issue if it were one of your own players whose advice were ignored and they come back crocked...again.

I just think it's easy to blame the England setup but there were plenty of other players with dodgy injury records who've come out un-scathed from this recent session, so I'll take it with a pinch of salt.

But yes, I would be pissed off if one of the Arsenal team got injured in the same manner. I just think it's one of those things.

why no chat from the midlands posse @Chalfie, @Ramsaye, @Prole., @roboto, about the Forest Derby game on the weekend?
Thought there would be more pre match bravado before kick off.

Did you not read the last page?

I don't think any of us want to show ourselves up like an overconfident kopite whopper.

Forest have started the season better than expected and we've yet to reach the standard we set last season. I think it'll be a tight game whichever way it goes. I don't foresee a repeat of the 5-0 from the end of last season. Fingers crossed for a repeat though.

Stupid, lazy and factually incorrect. Hope you get bummed