EPT2024 - 2026 Football Thread - Page 5
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GTR
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DropBear
Australia4356 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25482 Posts
On August 24 2024 17:33 DropBear wrote: I can't find any videos with English subtitles (besides the youtube auto-generated ones) but Antonio Conte has taken one whole game at Napoli to accuse the players of lacking mentality. + Show Spoiler [YouTube video] + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt37sZHz4rQ Conte gonna Conte | ||
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GTR
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KobraKay
Portugal4231 Posts
Is he on a goal and 3 assists now!? So much regret in that switch to isak as captain  In other news, Felix started this chelsea stint with a goal instead of a red card. Maybe it will go better this time around? | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25482 Posts
Not bad! I still think if you are a drilled machine like Man City, Foden is your man, but if you’re not I think Cole Palmer can just seize moments and make things happen. Makes me chuckle remembering how many people called Harry Kane a one-season wonder, then a two-season wonder, then a third haha. Of course they eventually pivoted to the ‘he isn’t won a trophy’ angle. | ||
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KobraKay
Portugal4231 Posts
Now just some 20 players left to sell before the transfer window ends. On our end, i hope we get fabio vieira back even though up front is where we have more options (even if quality is sketchy on some) as he will bring the home guy vibe and is a class guy. Sad it didnt work out for him at arsenal. Now we are missing at least 2 CB it would be nice to get someone decent from chelsea for a bargain xD | ||
FlaShFTW
United States10170 Posts
LFC actually look pretty damn good, some lovely and brilliant ball movement so far from the team, though sadly all of our actual goals so far have been pretty much old-Klopp style ball with counters off set pieces or a simple ball won from the high press and pushed forward extremely quickly. That being said, you can see the team starting to gel around Slot's system. The 1-touch pass sequence around the box where Salah goes from the right wing all the way to the left wing making triangle passes in and out of the box was a thing of beauty, sad that we didn't score off that but might be the best passing sequence I've seen in many many years. In other news, maybe buying Chielsa for 15m as a RW backup for Salah and another option as striker? I see he's pretty flexible in any of the front 3 positions, 15m is pretty cheap and we also have flexiblity in our wage structure after losing both Thiago and Matip so it would be a nice, low risk grab. | ||
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DropBear
Australia4356 Posts
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KobraKay
Portugal4231 Posts
Maybe he wanted to visit australia 😁 | ||
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FlaShFTW
United States10170 Posts
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gTank
Austria2569 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18418 Posts
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KobraKay
Portugal4231 Posts
Maybe this is just my bias from him failing my fantasy team. | ||
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FlaShFTW
United States10170 Posts
On August 29 2024 03:35 KobraKay wrote: Am i the only one who doesnt rate chiesa? He always feels flashy but then inconsequential. Maybe this is just my bias from him failing my fantasy team. I think it depends if you think that his decline after his ACL was more due to his injury, or if it was more due to the system and the team. Lot of Juve fans do seem to still rate him but that he simply doesn't fit into the team anymore and that his demand for higher wages was outrageous considering his place in the team. He's a low risk backup option for any of our front 3 when we inevitably pick up an injury somewhere so honestly I'm totally fine with this. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25482 Posts
He strikes me as a very double-edged sword kind of player. He’ll try things and take responsibility, if he’s playing well that might see that bit of magic and him dragging the team to 3 points. If he isn’t, well he’ll make bad decisions and lose the ball. These days even more than past epochs the top teams are very cohesive, drilled units that don’t tend to accommodate too many players like that. He’s for me actually the kind of player who’d be better at a lower level team, where he’s the main man and can make his undoubted quality count. But these days it’s rare for a player of his level to spend much time at a club of that level. Either way, for me it’s definitely one of the more interesting bits of transfer business. Very interested to see how that goes | ||
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KobraKay
Portugal4231 Posts
Im just not as excited for him as i used to be. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25482 Posts
On August 29 2024 15:16 KobraKay wrote: For the low price i do believe its a good gamble to take as the potential upside is there. Im just not as excited for him as i used to be. It’s crazy to think at one point Italy had 3 creative forward type players as Baggio, Del Piero and Totti all having a big career overlap, where Chiesa might be the best of the bunch now even with him not quite recovering his best form. There is some hope with 2 of those two having great careers even post big ACL injuries . Also crazy to think how good Baggio, ADP and Ronaldo could have been without them. They were still obviously great players, but they were never quite the same. It’s 10 million, which these days is pocket change. So it’s not a massive gamble. I gotta say a lot of business done this summer is pretty insane in terms of some of the fees. Especially the horse-trading the likes of Chelsea, Villa, Everton were doing right at the start of the window which totally wasn’t dodgy or intended to manipulate the books… No wonder very few clubs turn much of a profit if every time they pull in more income, the transfer market just inflates! | ||
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sharkie
Austria18418 Posts
On August 29 2024 15:30 WombaT wrote: It’s crazy to think at one point Italy had 3 creative forward type players as Baggio, Del Piero and Totti all having a big career overlap, where Chiesa might be the best of the bunch now even with him not quite recovering his best form. There is some hope with 2 of those two having great careers even post big ACL injuries . Also crazy to think how good Baggio, ADP and Ronaldo could have been without them. They were still obviously great players, but they were never quite the same. It’s 10 million, which these days is pocket change. So it’s not a massive gamble. I gotta say a lot of business done this summer is pretty insane in terms of some of the fees. Especially the horse-trading the likes of Chelsea, Villa, Everton were doing right at the start of the window which totally wasn’t dodgy or intended to manipulate the books… No wonder very few clubs turn much of a profit if every time they pull in more income, the transfer market just inflates! Solanke's fee made me explode my head | ||
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KobraKay
Portugal4231 Posts
Harder to get the difficulty of ones path just at the glance but some good games are in order | ||
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