EPT2019 - 2020 Football Thread - Page 204
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GTR
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DropBear
Australia4400 Posts
Was very open this year, Lewandowski possibly the slight favourite. Understandable but still a shame. Oh derp I didn't see evilfatsh1ts post, my bad | ||
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sharkie
Austria18635 Posts
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he respects Arsenal on the pitch - but he cannot say the same about how the Gunners conduct themselves off it. Well right back at you Pep | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7180 Posts
80 Mil € now and up to 30 Mil € over the course of the next years depending on sucess | ||
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KobraKay
Portugal4290 Posts
On July 21 2020 10:47 GTR wrote: mile svilar from benfica is a good option to invest in for the future too. Benfica burned him so badly that I honestly doubt that his career can recover, unless he goes to a very small team and does wonders to restore his confidence in a pressure free environment. Otherwise, just another guy with a lot of potential victim of bad mental strenght and poor club management as well. | ||
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DropBear
Australia4400 Posts
On July 21 2020 14:28 sharkie wrote: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53479675 Well right back at you Pep I don't get what Pep's problem is. The other clubs wanted a quick decision so there was clarity over what they needed to do to qualify for Europe. That seems pretty reasonable to me. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On July 21 2020 20:45 Harris1st wrote: Havertz to Chelsea apparently a done deal. About 9 Mil € / year (little less than Werner) for 5 years 80 Mil € now and up to 30 Mil € over the course of the next years depending on sucess Chelsea building that spine of Germans, yummy. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26763 Posts
On July 22 2020 02:30 DropBear wrote: I don't get what Pep's problem is. The other clubs wanted a quick decision so there was clarity over what they needed to do to qualify for Europe. That seems pretty reasonable to me. But City are the victims of a conspiracy from UEFA and other jealous clubs right? | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26763 Posts
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
Villa beat Arsenal to move ahead of (and out of the relegation zone) Watford only on goal difference and then only by one goal. Watford themselves been thumped by City 4:0 to get us to this point. If City only scored 3 last night would they be level on points and goal difference? Anyway Villa play West Ham on the last day while Watford have the same Arsenal team that Aston Villa just beat so anything could happen. Bury have been reformed as a completely new club playing in the same stadium with the same fans right at the bottom of the Football League pyramid. So hopefully they can slowly make their way back up again like Real Wimbledon. Leeds will be playing Premier League football next season if anyone missed that. And Neither West Brom or Brentford can decide if they want to win another game or try their luck in the play offs. Brentford is a tiny team by the way and I'm getting bored of West Brom's yoyo up and downs so maybe it would be fun to have Brentford in the Premier Leagu (There are still play offs for one more team) And alos 5 substitutes is still totally toxic and must not be allowed to seep into to football. I'll keep reminding everyone of this. | ||
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Melliflue
United Kingdom1389 Posts
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
On July 22 2020 16:40 Melliflue wrote: Before their relegation 2 years ago West Brom had been in the Premier League for 8 consecutive seasons. For context, half of the current Premier League teams have been there for less than 8 seasons (in their current run). Yeah that's a pretty good run in the top flight. They have been relegated and promoted 4 times though. I'm not completely wrong about their yo-yo status. It's hard to stay in the top Flight. It's also pretty hard to get out of The Championship as Leeds have demonstrated, So it's not necessarily an insult to call a club a Yo-yo club. It's hard to get out of the Championship in the right direction. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18635 Posts
Best player played against? "This is where I wanted to pick two. In my early days it was Zinedine Zidane. I was in my early 20s and it was probably the first time I had gone onto a football pitch and come off and been in total shock because I'd been in awe of someone. Just the size, the physicality, the power, the strength, skill, the size of his feet and the way he manipulated the ball. "The other one is Lionel Messi for sure. He is just a freak footballer, there are some that operate on a different planet from the rest of us. He is my modern day Diego Maradona." Steven Gerrard saying who the two best players he ever played against were :D | ||
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Melliflue
United Kingdom1389 Posts
On July 22 2020 16:48 Greg_J wrote: Yeah that's a pretty good run in the top flight. They have been relegated and promoted 4 times though. I'm not completely wrong about their yo-yo status. It's hard to stay in the top Flight. It's also pretty hard to get out of The Championship as Leeds have demonstrated, So it's not necessarily an insult to call a club a Yo-yo club. It's hard to get out of the Championship in the right direction. They definitely earned the yo-yo club title in the past. I'm a West Brom fan and while it would have been nice to not yo-yo around I was happy that they weren't spending more money than they had on gambling on staying up. So we were in that weird state of being good enough to get promoted but not good enough to survive for several years. Hopefully that doesn't happen again, but I would take financial stability over gambling on winning promotion/avoiding relegation. | ||
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Kotreb
Croatia1392 Posts
On July 22 2020 18:12 Melliflue wrote: They definitely earned the yo-yo club title in the past. I'm a West Brom fan and while it would have been nice to not yo-yo around I was happy that they weren't spending more money than they had on gambling on staying up. So we were in that weird state of being good enough to get promoted but not good enough to survive for several years. Hopefully that doesn't happen again, but I would take financial stability over gambling on winning promotion/avoiding relegation. Don't worry, my boy Slaven got this  | ||
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
Edit: Again YoYo may not sound like a complement but getting promoted to the Premier League four times is still a big achievement/s. edit: I misspelt were as where and you already quoted me on it. Damit. I'll pretend English isn't my first language, that's believable based on my posting history. | ||
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Melliflue
United Kingdom1389 Posts
On July 22 2020 18:51 Greg_J wrote: Yeah there are different routes to go. Burnley where happy to come up spend no money get relegated and come back in a stronger position. QPR went the other way going down swinging making it rain, spending silly money and then still getting relegated. So that's not necessarily better. Edit: Again YoYo may not sound like a complement but getting promoted to the Premier League four times is still a big achievement/s. That's cool. I thought you meant it as insult because of the context "bored of West Brom's yoyo up and downs". I'm probably a little over-sensitive about WBA because they've often been overlooked/dismissed. There are a worrying number of teams in the Championship running up big debts. Slaven is a great manager. He found some gems this season and he is getting the best out of Livermore. If only they could handle pressure ...  | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7180 Posts
On July 22 2020 17:15 sharkie wrote: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53478257 Steven Gerrard saying who the two best players he ever played against were :D And he was no slouch himself either. I can agree with this, though with CR7 and maybe Ronaldinho close behind. The latter kinda turned a sport into an art by himself | ||
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
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