EPL 2022/2023

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Stevie G....sacked!



Guess that means he's no longer next in line at Liverpool.
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This whole hiring ex-players with no experience doesn't really seem to work at the Premier League level.
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Pruitt3 wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:21 pm This whole hiring ex-players with no experience doesn't really seem to work at the Premier League level.
He had pretty good success at Rangers.
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Will be interesting to see if former Blackpool manager Neil Critchley - who left the Pool to become Gerrard's assistant - will get a shot at the gig. Probably not, and I imagine they'll go after a big name like Poch, Dyche or Tuchel.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:43 pm
Pruitt3 wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:21 pm This whole hiring ex-players with no experience doesn't really seem to work at the Premier League level.
He had pretty good success at Rangers.
Scotland is single A ball except for Rangers and Celtic who might be AAA.
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Pruitt3 wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 6:25 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:43 pm
Pruitt3 wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:21 pm This whole hiring ex-players with no experience doesn't really seem to work at the Premier League level.
He had pretty good success at Rangers.
Scotland is single A ball except for Rangers and Celtic who might be AAA.
So, Rangers doesn’t count as experience?
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For sure.
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If Nottingham Forest fail to beat Liverpool this weekend, there will have been three British PMs since they last won a match.
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Baloney wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 7:19 am If Nottingham Forest fail to beat Liverpool this weekend, there will have been three British PMs since they last won a match.
Not to jinx them with 10 minutes left but wish I’d checked the score before I walked downtown for a cup of coffee.
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The end of that Man U-Chelsea game was a gut punch. I mean, Man U was probably the better team for most of the game, but to give up 2 points in the final 2 minutes of a game ... by less than inch. Tough.

BTW, that's the best, most organized and energetic I've seen Man U look in a few seasons at least.

Chelsea is just barely holding on with all these games and so many injuries. James and Kante, probably their two best field players, out for a while. Fofana and Koulibaly also out with knee problems and Kovacic has been playing hurt. It's making them have to constantly rotate their lineups and formations, leading to poor continuity. Kind of amazing the results they've gotten the past few weeks, because they haven't really looked that great (except Kepa who's been fantastic in goal).
Totally Kafkaesque
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Oh my, Spurs suck so badly right now.

Conte's insistence on playing his "system" when it means that players like Emerson Royal and Ryan Sessegnon who can not cross the ball are playing as wingers makes me wonder about him.
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I'd be very surprised if Marsch lasts to the weekend. Dropped into the relegation zone and it's all just gotten very sloppy.
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Hopefully closer to the World Cup so no club can jump in and snatch him up.
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Unai Emery is back......with Villa
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In the scores section of the Yahoo sports app, they abbreviate each team name to three letters (such as WHU for West Ham United).

I’m always stumped when I see AFC, because I never remember it’s their dumb abbreviation of AFC Bournemouth.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 9:13 am I'd be very surprised if Marsch lasts to the weekend. Dropped into the relegation zone and it's all just gotten very sloppy.
So, of course they beat Liverpool.
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Hate I missed that.
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sancarlos wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 4:59 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 9:13 am I'd be very surprised if Marsch lasts to the weekend. Dropped into the relegation zone and it's all just gotten very sloppy.
So, of course they beat Liverpool.
Exactly. That league really is a fun ride.

He's pretty much OK if they can claw up out of constant relegation danger. Maybe not long-term, but the pressure release from that turn is MASSIVE on the team and the coaching staff.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 5:14 pm
sancarlos wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 4:59 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 9:13 am I'd be very surprised if Marsch lasts to the weekend. Dropped into the relegation zone and it's all just gotten very sloppy.
So, of course they beat Liverpool.
Exactly. That league really is a fun ride.
Liverpool is a mess. VVD is a shell of his former self.
He's pretty much OK if they can claw up out of constant relegation danger. Maybe not long-term, but the pressure release from that turn is MASSIVE on the team and the coaching staff.
The post-game show was thinking that if they can beat Bournemouth next weekend, he should be safe until the transfer window.
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League one, but bonkers.

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
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Madness!
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That was wild
Totally Kafkaesque
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And that's why you take it to the corner and work the clock. Ipswich was pushing forward with speed despite the lead, and lost the ball in the box going for another goal. If they work it into the corner and chew the clock, they win. Hometown announcers were great.
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Wow this Leeds v Bournemouth game has a last day of the season relegation battle vibe about it
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so fucking cool

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Daniel Snyder getting right back in the game?
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tennbengal wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 4:27 pm so fucking cool

I bailed on this game after the 3rd Bournemouth goal.

Incredible.

(They can't keep playing D like this... it's shambolic.)

ETA - Just went back and looked at the table... Leeds are now 3 points above the drop zone, but sitting in 12th place. The relegation battle this year is going to be insane.
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I need a crowd of Leeds supporters at the office when I hit send on a Motion etc. Could use that kind of uplift on a workday.
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BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS

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Ivan "shoulda made World Cup" Toney is legit.

Could it really be Arsenals year?
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"What a bunch of pedantic pricks." - sybian
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My best friend from high school texted me a pic this morning and said “guess where I am”. Motherfucker was at Anfield.

He’s not even a soccer fan. He’s visiting his daughter who’s doing a semester in Liverpool.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Arsenal 5 points clear going into the WC!!! Unbelievable. Just hope they don’t lose momentum taking a 6 week break. So fucking stupid playing a WC in November. Fuck FIFA.
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CR7 going scorched Earth
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rass wrote: Sun Nov 13, 2022 7:11 pm CR7 going scorched Earth
He's gonna end up in the MLS hinterlands at this point...
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rass wrote: Sun Nov 13, 2022 7:11 pm CR7 going scorched Earth
Not surprised, but fucks sake he has no self awareness. He’s been awful this year. Awful. The team looks much better without him. Only a small subset of the fans like him. And like it or not, ETH will he given the chance to build the team as he sees fit. CR is not the manager, nor will he be. Fucks sake, he’s walked out on his teammates early TWICE this year, and only got a slap on the wrist. Then cries about being disrespected.

I wanted him to fuck off when he first left for Madrid and was happy to see him go then. I was hoping when he came back that he would have matured. Dumb.
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This, except he was awful last year as well.
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Ashton Utd getting their 15 minutes of fame

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Oh wow so convenient they waited until AFTER he scored in stoppage time to announce this uhhh bias much???
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mister d wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 2:55 pm

Oh wow so convenient they waited until AFTER he scored in stoppage time to announce this uhhh bias much???
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