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  1. On 9/8/2022 at 7:44 PM, pink_triangle said:

    If Southgate does leave after the world cup then that's the obvious successor in a job he won't want to leave. The only English managers left in the premiership (unless I am forgetting someone) are Howe (also unlikely to leave) Gerrard and Lampard. Could it be the return of big Sam!

    The obvious solution is to choose Lampard and Gerrard as joint managers - am sure they’d work really well together. 

  2. All the Chelsea fans I know haven’t been happy with team selection and tactics for a long time. Add the fact that it appears he’s now got a number of senior players unhappy with his management it’s not all that surprising. 

  3. 7 hours ago, pink_triangle said:

    Apparently Gibbs White is half that and the 44.5 is only if unlikely add ons are met.

    Half of it is still too much. 

    Not that it matters too much, the Greek lad is surely just money laundering so won’t care he’s paying over the odds. 

    Wolves don’t care, they’ve replaced MGW with a player infinitely better for a similar amount of money - another thoroughly dodgy Mendes recruit. 

    Football stinks - but what’s new…

  4. It’s a meaningless award that I’m surprised is discussed with any gusto. 


     

    Aguerd could be an astute signing - hope it’s confirmed. Suspect were he French rather than Moroccan his fee would be substantially larger. 

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    6 hours ago, lost said:

    Especially with a European run. I can't think of a time the club without a super league 6 size squad qualifies for Europe and then doesn't go onto have a terrible season the year after. Ipswich already mentioned but also Burnley only got out of the bottom 3 one year after being knocked out. Those Sunday games after Thursdays trip to Europe always seem to be rich pickings for opposition teams.

    If we’d made the right two transfers in January I’m convinced we’d now be qualified for the champions league. 

    Instead we didn’t make any signings…coulda, woulda, shoulda. 

    Anyway, that’s just my opinion - and as we know opinions are like arseholes, everybody has one. 

  6. 13 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

    I think that Brentford squad is one of the weakest in recent times, maybe I'm also influenced by thinking of Brentford as a league 1/League 2 team as they were most of my life. Your right about repeating, I remember Ipswich finishing high (I think top 6)  with Marcus Stewart banging them in, then relegated the next season.

    Brentford have basically been playing moneyball for ages - be interesting to see if they can continue it.

    Southampton I’d guess usually finish higher than their wage bill should naturally see them place too. 

    To be honest, I don’t think it’s that hard. There’s usually a good number of clubs that are run so poorly as to not make it much of a challenge. 

    Remember that Ipswich side well if only because we were linked to with Stewart heavily over the summer - turns out boards of directors do get some decisions right occasionally…

  7. 33 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

    I would argue that no newly promoted team with a squad and wage Budget of Brentford has finished as high as 13th in recent memory. Really blows out of the water those argument that the likes of Norwich, Watford, Fulham etc are destined to fail.

    I don’t think it’s that unusual. It’s repeating the trick that is. 

  8. On 4/15/2022 at 10:30 AM, Hugh Jass II said:

    Can’t think of anything more unappealing than a West Ham v Rangers European final.

    Dildo Bros v Sectarian c**ts

    (yes, yes, Celtic are just as bad)

    If it’s a question of West Ham v Rangers in the final versus not being in the final, I’ll take Rangers thank you. 

  9. 2 hours ago, DareToDibble said:

    I reckon they just bin off Wembley and come back here to host finals at the Millennium Stadium again (refuse to use it's new name).

    Great location (so close to the centre), crap ground and too small for the Final. 

  10. 2 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

    I meant they should shift this one now we know who's in it, not shift all of them there. I used to enjoy a semi at Villa Park.

    Ah gotcha.

    They trot out the tired excuse that they can’t do this anymore due to the time it takes to undertake all the necessary organisation. 

    That is, and always has been, bollocks. 

    A Man City / Liverpool semi final should never be played in London. A Brighton / Southampton semi final should never be played in Manchester. 

    It’s not fucking hard (it’s only a semi…)

  11. 8 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

    Having the semis at Wembley has always been crap anyway,

    Agreed. 

    8 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

    they should shift it to Old Trafford.

    Disagree. They should decide once the semi finalists are known. 

  12. 1 hour ago, pink_triangle said:

    I have little sympathy for Chelsea fans who were happy to take the Russian money to buy success.

    What about for the vast majority of Chelsea fans who realised they had no choice in the matter ?

  13. 20 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

    A club like Chelsea wouldn't be destroyed, if it went bust they would reform and work their way up the pyramid. If fans were glory hunters and felt themselves above non league football then that would be their call.

    I’m not sure that makes much sense. If you’re suggesting they reform, you’re agreeing they’ve been destroyed? Else why the need to reform…

  14. 1 hour ago, efcfanwirral said:

    haha any decent football fan shouldn't wish destruction on another club. Especially for something related to the owner and not the club itself. 

    Spot on.

    I’d laugh my arse off if Chelsea got relegated. For football reasons. 

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