EPT4-1 City. Game over.
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
4-1 City. Game over. | ||
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mAKiTO
Colombia4171 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18562 Posts
On April 27 2023 06:08 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Now it is City's title to lose. It has been City's title to lose since Arsenal lost at home to them | ||
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mAKiTO
Colombia4171 Posts
For a treble ? | ||
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sharkie
Austria18562 Posts
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DropBear
Australia4386 Posts
It would be pretty funny for United to beat City in the FA Cup and wind up with a cup double despite some of the humiliations they've had this year | ||
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Malinor
Germany4732 Posts
On the one hand I have this deep admiration for Guardiola, how he manages to keep the team always on top of the league, keep this winning machine running every single year. Also the admiration for Haaland who seems to be send from another dimension to dominate mere mortals. On the other hand the utter disgust on how this team was built, endless streams of money and resources with no regard to any regulation whatsoever - just stall in court or buy ciritques off, and it works amazingly well. When Real Madrid are the good guys in the semis, that is kind of hilarious given their own spending habits. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7029 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18562 Posts
On April 27 2023 16:17 Malinor wrote: It is really hard to balance the competing feelings towards City. On the one hand I have this deep admiration for Guardiola, how he manages to keep the team always on top of the league, keep this winning machine running every single year. Also the admiration for Haaland who seems to be send from another dimension to dominate mere mortals. On the other hand the utter disgust on how this team was built, endless streams of money and resources with no regard to any regulation whatsoever - just stall in court or buy ciritques off, and it works amazingly well. When Real Madrid are the good guys in the semis, that is kind of hilarious given their own spending habits. For me its just disgust. If you have a player like Mahrez who would be on the starting eleven in 19 of the PL teams on the bench for 72 minutes its just ridiculous. Only reason City has won so many titles the past few years is squad depth. Liverpool was better in 3 years, but only won once. This season Arsenal was also better than City but couldnt cope with loss of Partey/Xhaka and then Saliba | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16022 Posts
On April 27 2023 17:57 sharkie wrote: For me its just disgust. If you have a player like Mahrez who would be on the starting eleven in 19 of the PL teams on the bench for 72 minutes its just ridiculous. Only reason City has won so many titles the past few years is squad depth. Liverpool was better in 3 years, but only won once. This season Arsenal was also better than City but couldnt cope with loss of Partey/Xhaka and then Saliba Nah Guardiola is a huge factor in City doing so well. ManU and Chelsea also spend gross amounts of money but they aren't nearly as succesful. PSG also doesn't work anywhere as well as City | ||
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gTank
Austria2601 Posts
Yeah I think we can wrap up this season. | ||
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MJG
United Kingdom1382 Posts
On April 27 2023 19:33 Charoisaur wrote: Nah Guardiola is a huge factor in City doing so well. ManU and Chelsea also spend gross amounts of money but they aren't nearly as succesful. PSG also doesn't work anywhere as well as City Only one of the four teams you mentioned made their money on the pitch. That's the difference. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16022 Posts
On April 27 2023 20:21 MJG wrote: Only one of the four teams you mentioned made their money on the pitch. That's the difference. That's not the point, the point is that money doesn't guarantee success. | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8785 Posts
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DropBear
Australia4386 Posts
He inherited a title winning team at Bayern, gutted his main rival and achieved the bare minimum for that club. He consistently failed in the Champions League against other top sides and other top managers. He inherited an illegally assembled recent title winner at Man City, had a terrible first season then broke FFP to build a new one. He consistently failed in the Champions League against other top sides and other top managers. By now he had a reputation for over-thinking knockout ties and bottling them. Guardiola has always had greater resources than all his domestic rivals and having more money and depth than everyone else your entire career does not make you a great tactician. He's not been the best tactician at any of the clubs he has ever been at, let alone of all time. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9763 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On April 27 2023 17:57 sharkie wrote: For me its just disgust. If you have a player like Mahrez who would be on the starting eleven in 19 of the PL teams on the bench for 72 minutes its just ridiculous. Only reason City has won so many titles the past few years is squad depth. Liverpool was better in 3 years, but only won once. This season Arsenal was also better than City but couldnt cope with loss of Partey/Xhaka and then Saliba I agree with up until you said Arsenal was better this season, don't know how you can say that when in 3 games this season, Arsenal have been blown away by Man City, both times Man City weren't deemed to be in form either. Fa cup and first league meeting was when City were still shakey and dropping points due to De Bruyne not being back on form post world cup. I just see so much "luck" in Arsenal this season, they have been much better than they were last season no questions, but so many games they are coming back to win, the biggest one is watching Jorginho, who only scores penalties, rattle one in from 35 yards off the underside of the bar to somehow win away at Villa, this has happened many many times this season. You normally get the odd bit of luck, but not the amount Arsenal have had this season thats for sure. | ||
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KobraKay
Portugal4235 Posts
On April 27 2023 23:07 DropBear wrote: Guardiola won 2 rigged Champions Leagues at Barcelona, and who knows how legit his league titles were after the recent revelations. Tiki-taka was the most insipidly boring football has ever been. He inherited a title winning team at Bayern, gutted his main rival and achieved the bare minimum for that club. He consistently failed in the Champions League against other top sides and other top managers. He inherited an illegally assembled recent title winner at Man City, had a terrible first season then broke FFP to build a new one. He consistently failed in the Champions League against other top sides and other top managers. By now he had a reputation for over-thinking knockout ties and bottling them. Guardiola has always had greater resources than all his domestic rivals and having more money and depth than everyone else your entire career does not make you a great tactician. He's not been the best tactician at any of the clubs he has ever been at, let alone of all time. what? That barça team played probably the best football i've ever watched and only the 3 or so seasons ago city ever came close to that level of amazing play. See how subjective stuff works? | ||
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