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Northern Ireland27464 Posts
Fascinating last 25 mins or so were shaping up, then that terrible yellow decision.
Disappointing as a neutral, was clearly one of those ‘you’re on your last chance now’ kind of tackles.
Perhaps such a system would be liable to abuse, I’d still prefer to see a trial of VAR being used with managerial appeals allocated.
That aside, Pulisic has been looking some player, interested to see what he can do if he can keep fit/isn’t rotated out of rhythm with all of Chelsea’s signings.
Arsenal look to be capable of being resilient and beating top teams in one-off games lately, the trick Arteta has to pull is finding an alternative way of playing consistently when Arsenal have the lion’s share of the ball against weaker opposition. I’m rather intrigued to see what he can do with a bit more time and perhaps a few choice signings.
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Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Yeah worse thing possible to happen to use were arguably our best two players getting hamstring injuries, now no chance vs bayern even if you only thought it was a 10% chance i had faith and now thats gone lol.
Such a shame way to end the season for us but still was entertaining a bit.
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On August 02 2020 05:28 Pandemona wrote:
Yeah worse thing possible to happen to use were arguably our best two players getting hamstring injuries, now no chance vs bayern even if you only thought it was a 10% chance i had faith and now thats gone lol.
Such a shame way to end the season for us but still was entertaining a bit.
I think even 10% is very generous when you're 3-0 down vs Bayern after the first leg at home 
I'm more worried about recovery from hamstring injuries when there's just something like 6 to 7 weeks till the next PL start. Google says smaller tears heal in something like 4-8 weeks. A Major one could be 3 months.
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no surprises, howe has done all he could and it's amazing how he was able to keep them in the premier league for 5 (!) seasons.
best for him would be to take a bit of a break and take over a big six team next season whenever they fire their manager (so most likely spurs).
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On August 02 2020 16:19 GTR wrote:
best for him would be to take a bit of a break and take over a big six team next season whenever they fire their manager (so most likely spurs).
I think Spurs are still going to stick with Mou unless there's a total collapse on the 2nd season already.
I'm kind of curious what Howe could do with some of these financially big underperformers like Everton or West Ham or such.
Edit: Maybe even Villa could be interested. They put in huge money this season if my memory serves me right. Basically almost any Prem club is going to be a financial upgrade for Howe. There's a lot of interesting options around even if the top 6 don't sack anyone next season.
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Northern Ireland27464 Posts
On August 02 2020 17:02 Bacillus wrote:Show nested quote +On August 02 2020 16:19 GTR wrote:
best for him would be to take a bit of a break and take over a big six team next season whenever they fire their manager (so most likely spurs). I think Spurs are still going to stick with Mou unless there's a total collapse on the 2nd season already. I'm kind of curious what Howe could do with some of these financially big underperformers like Everton or West Ham or such. Edit: Maybe even Villa could be interested. They put in huge money this season if my memory serves me right. Basically almost any Prem club is going to be a financial upgrade for Howe. There's a lot of interesting options around even if the top 6 don't sack anyone next season.
I too think his best option is a sabbatical where he can look at different approaches and maybe fill in some of the holes in his own methodology. It must be a very stressful job at that level so it might do him some good mentally, plus if he has a gap out people will start to emphasise the 5 years he kept Bournemouth in the Prem rather than the most recent season he took them down.
Howe hasn’t exactly got a great record when he has got the club to loosen the pursestrings. Perhaps as a coach he is better suited to building a club from a lower starting point than being given 1/2 seasons to try and make an immediate impact at a big club?
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On August 02 2020 20:23 Wombat_NI wrote:Show nested quote +On August 02 2020 17:02 Bacillus wrote:On August 02 2020 16:19 GTR wrote:
best for him would be to take a bit of a break and take over a big six team next season whenever they fire their manager (so most likely spurs). I think Spurs are still going to stick with Mou unless there's a total collapse on the 2nd season already. I'm kind of curious what Howe could do with some of these financially big underperformers like Everton or West Ham or such. Edit: Maybe even Villa could be interested. They put in huge money this season if my memory serves me right. Basically almost any Prem club is going to be a financial upgrade for Howe. There's a lot of interesting options around even if the top 6 don't sack anyone next season. I too think his best option is a sabbatical where he can look at different approaches and maybe fill in some of the holes in his own methodology. It must be a very stressful job at that level so it might do him some good mentally, plus if he has a gap out people will start to emphasise the 5 years he kept Bournemouth in the Prem rather than the most recent season he took them down.
Yeah. I think sabbatical is a decent call here, but it's also such a personal matter between Howe and his family that I feel it's usually better to just speculate on the options available IF he decides to get back into business right away.
The summer break is unusually short due to the Corona stuff, so I guess any managerial fireworks bound to happen quite soon already.
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The footi thread dormant for 2 days???!
I feel like a necro now ^^
3 days until CL is on
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Northern Ireland27464 Posts
Shit it’s only 3 days? Man I’m losing track of what day it is haha
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Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Napoli and Barca game super intriguing. Napoli seem to be up and down in Serie A since restart but Barca seem at an all time low in terms of morale.
Some fun matches though.
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I feel like all games can go either way despite Bayern Chelsea. Very exciting!
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It's quite interesting that teams are done with their domestic leagues, so they can probably do some unusual preparation for these if they feel like. Could be some cool tactical stuff or awkward defensive borefests, I guess.
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51703 Posts
grats to fulham for winning the championship playoff. didn't think scott motherfucking parker would have it in him to guide them to promotion.
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Bearded Elder29905 Posts
Holy shit CL is back on friday O_o
SO GOOD, CAN'T WAIT
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Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Yeah Brentford going to get gutted i think as well, had some very promising talent, Watkins upfront and Benrahma outwide look very good.
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Prediction time!
Juve 2:0 Lyon. Juve advances
City 2:1 Madrid. City advances
Munich 3:1 Chelsea. Munich advances
Barca 1:1 Napoli. Overtime. Penalty. Napoli advances (fingers crossed)
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Keeping it Arsenal related, they should be close to signing Willian for a 3 year deal. Feel like Arsenal and Chelsea have switched roles. Arsenal is becoming a veteran team that plays more conservative. And Chelsea a team full of young promising players with attacking mindset.
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On August 06 2020 17:18 Harris1st wrote:
Prediction time!
Juve 2:0 Lyon. Juve advances
City 2:1 Madrid. City advances
Munich 3:1 Chelsea. Munich advances
Barca 1:1 Napoli. Overtime. Penalty. Napoli advances (fingers crossed)
I can see Lyon giving some trouble to Juventus, but I'd lean more towards a very defensive setup that's too much for their own good and a clinical 2 or 3-0 for Juve in the end.
City is the better team and can destroy Real in the counters as they don't need to go for goal. I'd say a very tight game, 2-2 with a lot of sweat on Pep's bald head.
Munich goes through, not an interesting one.
And finally Barça through with an easy 2-0, then a goal from Napoli around the 80th and Barça trembling for 10-15mn but, hopefully, this time not breaking. 2-1.
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Northern Ireland27464 Posts
Has anyone here subbed to the Athletic? Interested to give it a go, although I’m subbed to way too many podcasts already that feature some of their writers so not sure how much additional mileage I would get!
Disappointing to say the least from Arsenal. They will no doubt reverse this decision based on public outcry and it’ll be forgotten. These owners and billionaire types will fuck over the little guy and gal given any chance whatsoever.
Mesut Ozil is looking increasingly vindicated in not taking that pay cut eh? Wonder if him being frozen out is more than just a purely footballing decision at this stage...
For those unaware, Ozil’s given rationale to not take a pay cut was he wanted assurances as to how that saved money would be used, and if it would safeguard staff jobs etc.
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