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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18572 Posts
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KobraKay
Portugal4238 Posts
On January 16 2022 10:56 Pandemona wrote: Lol was pointing more towards the schedule and covid causing players to play more get injured and thus the weaker players playing xD on the schedule claims...i havent done the research myself, but one of the football talk shows the other day was showing stats of games each club played in 2021 vs a decade or 2 ago and the number was pretty much the same. again, without looking into actual numbers...an EPL top team has the home league (same number of matches for a very long time), both cups (as far as i understand same format for a very long time as well) and champs league (either the same or less games, no longer 2 group stages). so in theory, the current trend should be blame national teams and their prep matches. then the question is, are national teams playing that much more than before? (as in more than 2 or 3 extra games per year) on covid, fully agreed. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9768 Posts
He may well turn out to be manager of the year in the EFL this year. They've had a 21 points deduction and transfer embargoes and gone into administration and he's still managed to get them off the bottom of the table with a weak, demoralized squad. I didn't think he would make a good manager at all but he's working wonders there. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26225 Posts
They’ve basically got a free hit without the pressure of expectation and players playing for their futures, with the easy to instil siege mentality. Plus fewer egos to deal with given those circumstances and such a thin squad. There’s a whole load of factors that would be present in a more normal season An administrator might be good at being ruthless and preventing a business going into oblivion, but they wouldn’t necessarily be the best option to run a regular business that isn’t crippled. Not to be a curmudgeon, Rooney’s been doing a fantastic job in this particular gig, I’m just not sure how much that would necessarily translate to the next one, or Derby if they find a buyer and more regular conditions are resumed | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9768 Posts
On January 16 2022 22:14 WombaT wrote: I’m not sure, Rooney’s certainly done very well but these aren’t normal circumstances. They’ve basically got a free hit without the pressure of expectation and players playing for their futures, with the easy to instil siege mentality. Plus fewer egos to deal with given those circumstances and such a thin squad. There’s a whole load of factors that would be present in a more normal season An administrator might be good at being ruthless and preventing a business going into oblivion, but they wouldn’t necessarily be the best option to run a regular business that isn’t crippled. Not to be a curmudgeon, Rooney’s been doing a fantastic job in this particular gig, I’m just not sure how much that would necessarily translate to the next one, or Derby if they find a buyer and more regular conditions are resumed Well his biggest test is yet to come. They look like they could manage to stay up, so the free hit aspect isn't going to stay there forever. At some point the pressure to stay in the Championship will really kick in and then we're going to see what they're made of. Other teams are strengthening to deal with injuries too, which Derby can't do, so they are at an even bigger disadvantage. A manager still needs to be able to implement that siege mentality and get the players really believing, and I'm surprised that Rooney has managed to do that, its not something I would have thought of him. | ||
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DropBear
Australia4388 Posts
Everton Football Club can confirm the departure of Rafael Benitez as First Team manager. Benitez, who joined Everton in June 2021, has left the Club with immediate effect. An update on a permanent replacement will be made in due course. Official Everton statement | ||
GTR
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Finwazo
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sharkie
Austria18572 Posts
Arsenal fan channel AFTV bans regular contributor ‘DT’ after prison sentence extended https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-aftv-dt-liam-goodenough-b1994676.html | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
Hopefully he gets mental help while he is incarcerated. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18199 Posts
On January 18 2022 03:25 sharkie wrote: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-aftv-dt-liam-goodenough-b1994676.html Turns out angry guy ranting on YouTube was angry irl too... where it was a lot less funny :/ | ||
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Finwazo
5 Posts
AFTV funny how the fans were so entitled to good football after only 10-15 years of being good. Compared to great teams in England football history they had a bit of time and jury out whether they will be more than just mid-table/europe team like many others for foreseeable. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26225 Posts
Not quite as warped mind, | ||
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18572 Posts
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DropBear
Australia4388 Posts
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GoloSC2
712 Posts
meanwhile, i encourage you to check out the final pen of köln vs hamburg from yesterday. what a way to go out, fml streamja.com + Show Spoiler + in case its not clear from this version, he slipped which led to him shooting his left leg --> pen was counted as a miss b/c he hit the ball twice | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On January 19 2022 18:22 sharkie wrote: If Arsenal and Spurs were to win all the games Chelsea would actually lose their top4 spot :o Spurs play vs Chelsea sunday so doubt that, we are bad but not Spurs level bad. | ||
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aseq
Netherlands3993 Posts
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