A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Yep, City are on a leisurely stroll to defend their title. Chelsea was basically the last game to get something remotely related to suspense back into it. Since City won that match more easily than the 1-0 score line suggests, it's really sleep walking to the title for Pep. Next stop summer wndow to bring in a new striker, defend the title and chase that elusive CL title. Good thing that Fraudiola was finally found out in the EPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Now rumors say Roberto is the board's favourite. Just close the club down. No need to torture it. I'm out if he's in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 6 hours ago, Iskaral Pust said: ...It’s a sad state for Rafa and for Everton. I couldn’t see anything positive he generated for them this season, and somehow they’ve gone badly backward as a club since they were bought by a billionaire who wanted to fund their success. It's an old saw, but still completely true: You can't buy common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 No, but you can buy competence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 22 hours ago, Consigliere said: It's a longshot but not inconceivable that they could make up the ~8-10 point gap and get themselves out of the relegation zone. Aye. And, considering the overall state of Derby County FC, if he manages to pull it off it will have to go down as one of the greatest achievements in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 16 hours ago, Rorschach - 2 said: Now rumors say Roberto is the board's favourite. Just close the club down. No need to torture it. I'm out if he's in. That would be like a dog eating its own vomit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 26 minutes ago, Spockydog said: That would be like a dog eating its own vomit. Seems that's what Kenwright wants. Stupid beyond belief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 20 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: So what about those rumors, that Rangnick wants Haidara (Leipzig), but the board vetoeing him. I mean Haidara or Samassekou (Hoffenhheim) are the kinda players you kinda need/want. Haven't seen these rumours. Probably coming from unreliable hacks. What I have read is that Leipzig do not want to sell Haidara during this window and his release clause only becomes active at the end of the season. Also, from what I've seen of Haidara, he looks to be much better when played as an 8 so it might be better to wait until the end of the season when Pogba leaves to make a move for him or Kessie. DM is the position United really need right now instead of trying to shoehorn another #8 into the DM role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 Martinez going back to Everton would be fucking hilarious. Might give Belgium a chance to win the world cup, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Nah, Qatar is realistically the last chance for their golden generation to actually win it. They are not heavy favorites with or without Martinez. Eden Hazard has been wank ever since he left that famers league for Spain. A few of their promising younger talents are not on a WC winning level, yet. KDB is 30 now, so in his prime. In four years, he will be, well four years older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 13 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Nah, Qatar is realistically the last chance for their golden generation to actually win it. Well yes that is what I was referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I just don't see Belgium winning it, even without the Martinez handycap England and France are as of right now the two favorites to win it. Belgium are among the teams in the next tier could win it, if things really go their way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 3 hours ago, polishgenius said: Martinez going back to Everton would be fucking hilarious. Might give Belgium a chance to win the world cup, though. Not .... quite the words I'd use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 6 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: I just don't see Belgium winning it, even without the Martinez handycap England and France are as of right now the two favorites to win it. Belgium are among the teams in the next tier could win it, if things really go their way. England and France were also the favorites to win the Euros... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Yep, and with good reason. Those two nations have right now the biggest talent pool to pick from. England came very close to winning it afterall. And if I were forced to bet on a team, they'd be it right now. Which would be your pick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Surely Belgium's golden generation are basically long gone. There was a period a few years ago when you looked at the best and most exciting players in the prem and they all turned out to be from Belgium. It was kinda funny at the time. Such an intimidating bunch of players. Now, outside of De Bruyne, they are pretty much a team of mid table prem players. Dendonker? Trossard? Origi!? Hard to say if they were wasted under Martinez, he got some good results out of them occasionally, but it does feel like their time is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunland Lord Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Heartofice said: Now, outside of De Bruyne, they are pretty much a team of mid table prem players. Dendonker? Trossard? Origi!? Mmmm...Lukaku? I agree btw. I don't think they are in the first bracket of favourites to win. Probably in the second. But their playing doesn't suggest they can make up for their deficiencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Apparently fat Frank is in the running for Everton. Hahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryk Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 8 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Yep, and with good reason. Those two nations have right now the biggest talent pool to pick from. England came very close to winning it afterall. And if I were forced to bet on a team, they'd be it right now. Which would be your pick? I would put Italy and Germany in there as favorites, they both have fantastic coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 England do have a lot of good players, but they're a bit short on quality at centre back, centre forward and manager, so I wouldn't put them at the top of any lists. All of the top teams should put us away handily. And if any of the Harrys are horribly out of form, England are completely fucked as Southgate is going to play them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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