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May 13 2018 09:03am
Quote (WNxIrvine @ 13 May 2018 17:02)
Don't think so bud. Never come across one.


too bad, its so much fun to see all highlights immediately and hear the commentators shouting
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May 13 2018 10:13am
dean whitehead came on for the last 5mins against arsenal he must be one of the ugliest players of all time.
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May 13 2018 10:16am
Remember 6 years ago when people here said La Liga was a joke because Madrid won the league with 100 points? Although the main difference was that back then the teams in that league were consistently challenging for EL and CL...

What about it now? Are we going to see some fanboyism and simpleminded league bashing again, or are we going to have some honest criticism and discuss what's wrong here?
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May 13 2018 10:17am
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dean whitehead came on for the last 5mins against arsenal he must be one of the ugliest players of all time.


I'm not watching football to give myself a boner tho
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May 13 2018 10:25am
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I'm not watching football to give myself a boner tho


it enhances the experience.
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May 13 2018 10:26am
conte is a complete depressive, whats the matter with him.
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May 13 2018 12:06pm
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Remember 6 years ago when people here said La Liga was a joke because Madrid won the league with 100 points? Although the main difference was that back then the teams in that league were consistently challenging for EL and CL...

What about it now? Are we going to see some fanboyism and simpleminded league bashing again, or are we going to have some honest criticism and discuss what's wrong here?


i think there is nothing wrong
several people here said that a top manager with the right team can demolish the prem, but that was always denied by most pl fans here

and now it happened

i expect something similar next season, pep is, aside from his ko stage bullshit, an expert league destroyer
or perhaps united signs an actual coach and starts playing football
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May 13 2018 01:23pm
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i think there is nothing wrong
several people here said that a top manager with the right team can demolish the prem, but that was always denied by most pl fans here

and now it happened

i expect something similar next season, pep is, aside from his ko stage bullshit, an expert league destroyer
or perhaps united signs an actual coach and starts playing football


It's wrong in the sense that teams have been exposed as outdated or weak. Some people here were saying crazy stuff like the prem deserving 6 CL spots because the top 6 teams in the league were among the top 10 teams in the world, and simply excusing the bad results in european competitions... now those overhyped teams have been demolished domestically. A good manager with the right resources to build a proper team was all that was needed. It should be obvious now that many teams in the league need to undergo some serious changes if they want to compete with City or the big teams in Europe. It also makes you wonder about the state of the other 14 teams which, aside from a freak performance like Leicester two years ago and some rare run by Southampton or Everton, have no realistic chance of finishing in the top 6.

The problem is that City can constantly print out money, and that will be hard to compete against.
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Quote (zarkadon @ 13 May 2018 17:16)
Remember 6 years ago when people here said La Liga was a joke because Madrid won the league with 100 points? Although the main difference was that back then the teams in that league were consistently challenging for EL and CL...

What about it now? Are we going to see some fanboyism and simpleminded league bashing again, or are we going to have some honest criticism and discuss what's wrong here?


Quote (zarkadon @ 13 May 2018 20:23)
It's wrong in the sense that teams have been exposed as outdated or weak. Some people here were saying crazy stuff like the prem deserving 6 CL spots because the top 6 teams in the league were among the top 10 teams in the world, and simply excusing the bad results in european competitions... now those overhyped teams have been demolished domestically. A good manager with the right resources to build a proper team was all that was needed. It should be obvious now that many teams in the league need to undergo some serious changes if they want to compete with City or the big teams in Europe. It also makes you wonder about the state of the other 14 teams which, aside from a freak performance like Leicester two years ago and some rare run by Southampton or Everton, have no realistic chance of finishing in the top 6.

The problem is that City can constantly print out money, and that will be hard to compete against.


you're making a lot of sense here, there's just one problem: you're expecting a certain degree of objectivity and honesty from people who said that ridiculous stuff in the first place. it wasn't even close to reasonable at ANY point, pep's city is just exposing it further.

only a freak performance by liverpool in the CL covers up the fact that compared to other european leagues, the premier league still is behind (especially tactically, can't emphasise this aspect enough) - despite all the crazy money (and therefore individual class) they have at their disposal...
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Quote (zarkadon @ 13 May 2018 21:23)
It's wrong in the sense that teams have been exposed as outdated or weak. Some people here were saying crazy stuff like the prem deserving 6 CL spots because the top 6 teams in the league were among the top 10 teams in the world, and simply excusing the bad results in european competitions... now those overhyped teams have been demolished domestically. A good manager with the right resources to build a proper team was all that was needed. It should be obvious now that many teams in the league need to undergo some serious changes if they want to compete with City or the big teams in Europe. It also makes you wonder about the state of the other 14 teams which, aside from a freak performance like Leicester two years ago and some rare run by Southampton or Everton, have no realistic chance of finishing in the top 6.

The problem is that City can constantly print out money, and that will be hard to compete against.


so can united and chelsea and some rumours suggest that klopp will get 200 million pounds for the summer
especially united however need something resembling a coach to compete
its true that the teams beyond the top 6 are very poor compared to the money they have

to be fair though, one cant say that many bundesliga teams except bayern have shown impressive football this season, very defensive approaches have created some terrible games
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