Isn't Noble getting on a bit now? Surely he'll be the next big player to be replaced?
Tbh, that place is between him and Kouyaté, and Fernandes was very impressive at times last season. I'd like it if we could get a CM and CB in the squad to develop.Isn't Noble getting on a bit now? Surely he'll be the next big player to be replaced?
Weird thing to say. Liverpool hasn't been in a title race since 2013-2014, how exactly do they deserve to win the league? And Spurs was beaten twice in a row by clearly superior opponents.I've been rooting for Spurs to win the league since a couple seasons ago.
No other team deserves it atm. Except for Liverpool, perhaps.
Tbh, that place is between him and Kouyaté, and Fernandes was very impressive at times last season. I'd like it if we could get a CM and CB in the squad to develop.
Weird thing to say. Liverpool hasn't been in a title race since 2013-2014, how exactly do they deserve to win the league? And Spurs was beaten twice in a row by clearly superior opponents.
Tbh, that place is between him and Kouyaté, and Fernandes was very impressive at times last season. I'd like it if we could get a CM and CB in the squad to develop.
He just wasn't very good in the last few months of the season. Maybe he was just still finding his feet with us and will improve but right now, he's not a starter if Ogbonna and Reid are fit.Poor Fonte
I love Cresswell too much.Ooh, there's probably a discussion about Masuaka(?) and Kouyate for Cresswell and Nobes...
And why doesn't Liverpool deserve to win it?
lol
No one deserves to win the league except the team that amasses the most points.
And why doesn't Liverpool deserve to win it?
Maybe because they ended 4th, 17 points behind the league winners?
Your point? Leicester was 20th place before they ended up winning the league the following season. Did they not deserve to win it?
West Ham have signed 31 strikers since 2010, 20 have scored less then 3 goals. Mad
Are you taking that from that BBC article, because a lot of them were loan signings/U-21 players?West Ham have signed 31 strikers since 2010, 20 have scored less then 3 goals. Mad
Your point? Leicester was 20th place before they ended up winning the league the following season. Did they not deserve to win it?
Are you taking that from that BBC article, because a lot of them were loan signings/U-21 players?
Yes they did, basing it on that phenomenal season. C'mon man you can't say who really deserves it until all 38 games are played. Pool's football is more attractive than most sure but that doesn't mean we deserve the trophy.
That and the money spent on City's defense are just unfathomable to me. How have they not found something that actually works?*
*Mendy and such pending.
Don't get me wrong, we've signed a lot of bad strikers. A lot the time the one thing holding us back over the years has been a consistent striker. Either we've signed complete carthorses or our best strikers get injured all the time, see: Ashton and Carroll.Is it? i only saw the article. Did think it was a lil mad. Least you are getting Hernandez now though.
After the slip I kinda just accepted that Liverpool won't win the league in my lifetime. I mean I'm only 23, but still.. that was some divine intervention bullshit.
Fuck Spurs winning the league, their fans are insufferable enough as it is
Y'know I've always found it weird how people have this perception about that season that Liverpool 'threw it away'. I know they only won the league by 2 points but City were really good that year; Kompany, Touré and Agüero were just immense all season. Liverpool were just more entertaining to watch so City's consistency kinda went under the radar (remember Liverpool AND Man City both scored over 100 goals). Also, Chelsea should've been much closer to the top but for some reason it seemed like Mourinho didn't actually want to win, in a weird way.After the slip I kinda just accepted that Liverpool won't win the league in my lifetime. I mean I'm only 23, but still.. that was some divine intervention bullshit.
I feel similar, but in the back of my mind I hope and dream that one season it will go badly for the other rivals and we get our shit together.
After the slip I kinda just accepted that Liverpool won't win the league in my lifetime. I mean I'm only 23, but still.. that was some divine intervention bullshit.
I would say that no team deserved a title that didn't win the title.
I would say there are a few players who deserved one for years of incredible play though. Zola, Gerrard, Carra etc.
Y'know I've always found it weird how people have this perception about that season that Liverpool 'threw it away'. I know they only won the league by 2 points but City were really good that year; Kompany, Touré and Agüero were just immense all season. Liverpool were just more entertaining to watch so City's consistency kinda went under the radar (remember Liverpool AND Man City both scored over 100 goals). Also, Chelsea should've been much closer to the top but for some reason it seemed like Mourinho didn't actually want to win, in a weird way.
I just remember results like that Cardiff game and even at the time thought it was a miracle Liverpool were still in with a chance of winning the league given how shite their defence was. They went on that incredible unbeaten run and even though they looked like no one was gonna beat them the fixtures just looked really ominous. It's such a stereotypical Chelsea thing, a stereotypical Mourinho thing to upset things and the 3-3 draw at Palace just shows how important defence is to a title win.
Problem with City is they let all their rbs and lbs get way too old all at once
Yes they did, basing it on that phenomenal season. C'mon man you can't say who really deserves it until all 38 games are played. Pool's football is more attractive than most sure but that doesn't mean we deserve the trophy.
? I'm talking about last season obviously.
Saying that team X does or does not deserve to win the PL title of the upcoming season is completely pointless and ridiculous.
I think Liverpool went into that Chelsea game on a run of like 12 consecutive victories (or something like that, am too lazy to look up exact figure), and then would have probably needed another 3 after that to win the league. Looking at it in the most black and white way possible, Liverpool did throw it away due to the manner they dropped points vs Chelsea and then Palace, but really they were always going to drop points somewhere in that run.
Really, the matches over new year vs City and Chelsea (when Mig made errors, and the referee was more favourable to City and Chelsea), and dropping points in the start of the season to Southampton and Villa were probably more damaging to losing out on the title, Liverpool basically had no room for error to be able to win it after those
But who are you to say what team deserve to win or doesn't deserve to win.
Annoying thing is whenever we get our act together there's always one other team that has the season of their life. I mean fair play to Leicester for winning it, and they fully deserved to, but everyone else was garbage. 08/09 we were up against one of Ferguson's strongest ever Utd sides (seriously, that was some squad), and 13/14 we were up against a relentless City side that like us were scoring goals for fun, and had a lot more squad depth.I feel similar, but in the back of my mind I hope and dream that one season it will go badly for the other rivals and we get our shit together.
We threw it away in the sense that we'd managed to get in a position where all we had to do was come out of the Chelsea game with a draw (and win the remaining 2) and the league would have been ours iirc. Instead that slip, a freak miscontrol of the ball, by one of England's greatest ever players happens and then we lose our heads against Palace because we tried to make up the GD.Y'know I've always found it weird how people have this perception about that season that Liverpool 'threw it away'. I know they only won the league by 2 points but City were really good that year; Kompany, Touré and Agüero were just immense all season. Liverpool were just more entertaining to watch so City's consistency kinda went under the radar (remember Liverpool AND Man City both scored over 100 goals). Also, Chelsea should've been much closer to the top but for some reason it seemed like Mourinho didn't actually want to win, in a weird way.
I just remember results like that Cardiff game and even at the time thought it was a miracle Liverpool were still in with a chance of winning the league given how shite their defence was. They went on that incredible unbeaten run and even though they looked like no one was gonna beat them the fixtures just looked really ominous. It's such a stereotypical Chelsea thing, a stereotypical Mourinho thing to upset things and the 3-3 draw at Palace just shows how important defence is to a title win.
Half of my family is made up of Mancs, so unfortunately I do!You got no idea how much that slip meant to United fans. Seriously, anyone but Liverpool. All because you're close to our record. City are so far down the list they are easy to ignore lol.
i'm just another armchair football expert
but i think it's fair to say Sunderland did not deserve to win the Premier League title last season
same goes for Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal and Man Utd imo
one could make the case for Spurs but they ended 7 points behind Chelsea
So my extremely controversial conclusion is that Chelsea deserved to win the PL 2016-2017.
We threw it away in the sense that we'd managed to get in a position where all we had to do was come out of the Chelsea game with a draw (and win the remaining 2) and the league would have been ours iirc. Instead that slip, a freak miscontrol of the ball, by one of England's greatest ever players happens and then we lose our heads against Palace because we tried to make up the GD.
Half of my family is made up of Mancs, so unfortunately I do!
i'm just another armchair football expert
but i think it's fair to say Sunderland did not deserve to win the Premier League title last season
same goes for Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal and Man Utd imo
one could make the case for Spurs but they ended 7 points behind Chelsea
So my extremely controversial conclusion is that Chelsea deserved to win the PL 2016-2017.
A spokesman for RB Leipzig has said Keita will 100% not be sold this season
Bet you'd love that. Ya Liverpool-hating cunt.
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Marca say Neymar will sign six-year PSG deal on £500,000 a week. Total cost £352m. £196m release clause + £156m wages
Half of my family is made up of Mancs, so unfortunately I do!
I suddenly don't feel so bad about some of my FM buys.
So assuming the Neymar transfer actually happens, and it almost doubling the transfer record set by Pogba, how long before Neymar's record is broken?
It seems like such an obscene number that part of me wonders if it will ever be broken.
Barca fucked up by paying their front three way too much. Should get rid of Saurez or Messi and keep Neymar and make him the star.
Barca fucked up by paying their front three way too much. Should get rid of Saurez or Messi and keep Neymar and make him the star.
Not sure why Beefy is getting shade.
Luis is always welcome back.