Clrnc I actually said this to my mate not long after the final whistle. I said they might all think it's great and funny now but at some point for absolute certain, for any of them that aren't completely braindead, there will be a moment that night when it starts to sink in how truly pathetic it was. Small time doesn't begin to describe it.
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Clrnc there's clearly some truth to what he's saying. That being said, can't dispute that Spurs are much more serious force now than they were during his time (just still not serious enough) - regardless of club loyalties, Levy is probably significantly responsible for that.
The challenge now though is that they face a very tough period of paying off a stadium without CL football for who knows how long. That could undo all the progress they've made (fingers crossed).
They probably do need a manager who through force of will can reshape the club culture like Arteta did. Not an easy job and I have no idea whether Ange would be capable of that (even if the intent is there).
The PL Chief Executive attending the Arsenal-Everton game so he doesn't have to present 115 Charges with the PL trophy. What a surreal situation.
I'd rather referees came to the right decision, however long it takes, then for them to make the wrong one. Whilst VAR has had its issues, the overall number of correct decisions has gone up so giving that up for more mistakes is ludicrous. However, whilst I can understand referees making mistakes due to the speed of the game, making them when you have the benefit of replays is just unacceptable, hence why for me refereeing feels far worse than its ever been. Regardless, the issue is not with VAR but the officials using the tool. If they did end up scrapping it, I don't think I could continue watching this shit.
goon i would rather the PL got this case right. By all accounts we will have another full season before we get a verdict. This team has made a mockery of fair play. But hopefully the premier league has its ducks in a row and doesn’t get caught out on a technicality- “your honor, UAE doesn’t own the club, we just give it unlimited funds through our various state owned entities.”
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Claudius Do you genuinely think there's a chance of any significant punishment? It's quite political when it's an oil nation state. Can they just threaten to restrict UK's access to their oil in response to any sanctions? Wouldn't be surprised if those conversations are happening behind closed doors.
invisibleman18 Saudi pumps out 3x as much oil as UAE. I don’t thin these guys have oil leverage. This is purely a football issue. The PL likes them because they have brought us Haaland, KDB, Guardiola and the champions league. But at what cost to competition?
For the league this judgement is still quietly framed by the Johnson government's threat of an "independent regulator" after the last attempt at a breakaway ESL. It's impurely an impure football issue.
As for the geopolitics, I think they'd be more likely to play a part of sorts if that hypothetical "independent regulator" were involved. The UK government has no track record of stepping up to Gulf monarchies.
Burnwinter their underlying stats have been alright all season, they just kept missing their chances. This was pretty much always coming.
Qwiss Ah good, so we don't need to sign a striker any more
Burnwinter our strikers don't have high xG, thats one of the problems. Saka has our highest xG.
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Ange definitely has the right mentality. I don’t know if he’s tactically good enough, but either way I reckon he’ll be a good manager for them.
JazzG but why would them playing the best they can yet conceding 5 goals mean people would question his integrity?
It would be the opposite, no?
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert the point is that if they shipped 5, people would believe they weren't playing the best they could.
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert Like Quincy says I think the point he is trying to make is even if Spurs play well Man City have the ability to blow them out of the water. IF that happened some would question his and the clubs integrity as there would no doubt be rumours forever that they threw the game.
goon Actually showed good tactical flexibility against Man City, changed up midfield and front three to make themselves more compact. They probably played good enough for a draw that day.
He's realising now what a shit show he has taken on.
Lmao just when Chelsea is coming good they sack Poch
Joke of a club.
Hahaha they nerfed themselves just as I thought they were turning a corner
Bet they appoint Southgate
Unfortunately good decision for them, Poch is a serial loser and would have ultimately got sacked sooner or later at some point next season.
Don’t be fooled by their end of season form, looked better than it is when they played with non pressure and most of their opponents were on the beach.
Yeah I had them down for 4th next season too! Their xg differential was 4th so thought that was a good indicator and he seemed to finally start getting to grips with the team. Ah wells 
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Lolz, good luck progressing Chelsea. Hopefully, they bring in a new manager who wants to bring in his own players and complete disrupts the current setup.
Wonder if Bayern will go in for Poch?
Wonder if De Zerbi goes to Chelsea...?
De Zerbi is free. Maybe they go after his defense free football. Crazy business this.
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Suffering from FFP and now you spend a good chunk of your budget paying a manager and his entire backroom staff off. Brilliant
Sicario2 - Tier 1 Don’t be fooled by their end of season form, looked better than it is when they played with non pressure and most of their opponents were on the beach.
Their late season form was the return to normal. Their underlying stats were there all season.
This guy speaks so well. What a manager. Whatever he said to them is also relevant to us to some extent.
It's quite funny that Liverpool farewell livestream had over 200k views at that time and City livestream of them winning the trophy and celebrations had less than 20k.
Clrnc Suffering from FFP and now you spend a good chunk of your budget paying a manager and his entire backroom staff off. Brilliant
Chelsea are remarkably consistent. They haven't had a manager last longer than 2 years since Mourinho left in 2007. Most don't even stay a year.
FEBravo yeah, felt the same thing at the time. That being Liverpool were set up for success when Klopp came in. We weren't when Wenger, so Klopp may have struggled to make things work.