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On February 12 2015 05:55 Steveling wrote: I love his confidence though, the man can't score tap ins yet he tries to lob the keeper from the middle, haha.
He nearly did it too.
Tim Howard is an absolute beast today. Getting the feeling Everton might steal it with Lukaku scoring.
OMG it nearly happened the second I said it.
Oh Lukaku how you miss dat !
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Cech still better than Courtois Still Lukaku should bury that.
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On February 12 2015 06:13 Ysellian wrote:Cech still better than Courtois  Still Lukaku should bury that.
My god he shoud have a brace. You can misshit those in.
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In other news, Chris Smalling has scored 2 goals against Burnley.
And Carroll seems like he's picked up yet another injury.
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Dat disallowed goal
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Maaan I am minutes behind you guys. I only just got to see the disallowed goal.
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Pheeeeeew!!! Also, im liking zouma.
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Well if there was any doubt. This season is all Chelsea. Ive been sold for a while but everytime you doubt its quickly removed.
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Same here Rebs, just when you think Chelsea are going to lose points they just get there in the end (with often a lot of luck). Hell Lukaku should have scored at least 1 of his chances and things would have been very difficult for Chelsea without Costa.
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Tim howard made plenty of good saves. Hes still got it.
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Ten-man (effectively nine with Carroll injured towards the end) West Ham hold out away at St. Mary's to clinch a point. Time for Southampton to start looking over their shoulders with other teams around them in form.
Pardew takes a point off his former team.
Pulis saving Ideye's PL career. 2 goals and an assist from his last two games.
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Just finished reading an article about the new TV deal for the PL.
Burnley are a richer club than Ajax? Really?
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just a testament to how much promotion means in the english game.
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On February 12 2015 07:34 GTR wrote: just a testament to how much promotion means in the english game. Speaking of which the draw between Bournemouth and Derby leaves Middlesbrough in poll position for that biggest of pay days.
59pts Middlesbrough 58pts AFC Bournemouth 58pts Derby County 54pts Ipswich Town
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Mascherano is just the fucking boss recovering balls.
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What the hell was Aguero doing with that hand ball it was going in anyway? Oh well didn't make much difference in the end.
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Villa have fired Lambert. Feels like it had to happen. Absolutely awful football and no real signs of improvement. Still a shame for Lambert, who's been working on a tight budget for a long while. Should have probably sold Benteke, but them's the breaks.
Given Villa's excellent academy, this could be a good job for Tactics Tim.
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On February 12 2015 04:25 Twisted wrote: The thing is, I don't agree with your assessment that he's the type of manager who leaves a club in shambles after he had his success with it. The reason why he's a slow starter is because he wants to change the entire philosophy of a club, not just the first team. He wants all the teams within the club to play a certain style and it takes time for a club to become accustomed to it. Also the players in the first team have to get used to it. Managers you describe like Mourinho look at their squad and choose the playstyle that fits the players best. van Gaal expects the players to do what he thinks even though they've been doing something else their entire career.
mourinho is a pragmatic, but the only way he left any club in shambles (assuming you refer to inter and his first spell at chelsea) is through being so good that expectations are built that the successor can't live up to, creating discontent at what would have been considered decent results before his arrival and thus also the habitual changing of coaches. 
mourinho is also a slow starter (always better second than first season), and while he is pragmatic, he also has a preferred playstyle he tries to incorporate into all his teams. it's just that he's willing to deviate in particularly important games - especially before he is done with the creation phase/when facing teams he considers better than his own (squad wise). If you mostly watch his big games, you'll see him as a more defensive manager than if you watch his average league games - and his teams also score plenty goals.
honestly I think van gaal and mourinho are very much alike, with the key difference being that mourinho is much more charismatic and "media friendly".
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