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Santos relegated from the top flight of Brazilian football for the first time in their history; just leaves Flamengo and Sao Paulo to have never gone down.

I understand them failing in the CL group is a bad thing, but overall ten Hag is overachieving and I just don't really understand the narrative.

3rd and a cup last season was overachieving, they're 3 points behind City, level with Spurs and above Newcastle. And their squad isn't even that good?

Not rubbish, but based on price tag/hype, I genuinely don't know what Enzo does. Every game I watch Chelsea, he seems like such a passenger.

I love this man. He's really helped bring the club it's soul back. He's so respectful towards the fans and the club as a whole, so humble. 

Things have been impossibly good under him. Hard to really put in to words how he's turned this team around despite regularly starting 8 players he hasn't even signed. Real markings of a elite level coach.

16 minutes ago, JPJCB said:

He’s a bit overrated isn’t he. Dont get me wrong the stats don’t lie and he is an unbelievable goal scorer. But if you asked the average city fan if they’d rather he was suspended or Rodri for tonight’s game they’d have said haaland

Whoscored has him as the highest rated player in the league this season.

I like the use of stats in football, but I think far too many people stop watching games and just look at stats. He scores goals but his overall play this season has been poor.

He spent 80 minutes basically just taking the absolute piss out of Gvardiol. One of the best defenders in World football.

When he's on his game, his trickery, pace and directness are a nightmare for anyone to handle.

Perfection. 

The catch from the cross in was ridiculous. I know it was offside anyway, but 100% of keepers don't hold that and have to palm it out. 

Ridiculous. 

To a man, perfection. 

Barely a misplaced pass or poor decision made. 

I can't think of such a flawless performance I've seen before this. 

1 hour ago, Genie said:

The problem at United is that they (the people above the manager) won’t accept that the club is a mess to start with. LvG and Jose in particular get branded trouble makers for speaking the truth and telling them where they are going wrong. 

If Ferguson decided to have another go he’d completely gut the place, and they’d back him because of who he is. Anyone else, no, they won’t fully back them. So it’s rinse and repeat.

I reckon once a couple of big names are shipped out there would be enough panic around for everyone to start doubling their efforts.

If United sacked off Rashford and Martial in January the place would lift, but the club won’t back the manager as it would be see as too expensive, but I reckon it would be cheaper in the long run.

The fact Pogba mugged them off for 5 years and they still offered him a new deal sums them up. Clueless.

This.

They're so desperate to be good 'next season', and won't accept a few years of rebuild. But by constantly chasing that instant transformation they're going through so many coaches and players and never reaching it.

Just look at Arsenal. A couple of seasons of real dross, but Arsenal are certainly reaping the benefits of being patient.

I can't see it making a difference at all. What's the biggest gap we've ever had between 17th an 18th? I just can't see the 3 promoted clubs picking up many points.

Rashford just seems to play with a massive chip on his shoulder. Always looks miserable, even when he scores it's like he's at a funeral. Wouldn't be surprised if he said he just isn't a football fan and it's a job.

14 hours ago, Mantis said:

Their squad the last time they were in the Premier League in 2009/10. So much to pick out.

 

No wonder they went down, can't compete over 38 games with a squad that small.

18 minutes ago, ThunderPower_14 said:

I'm really not sure how it's Delph like. Delph left about a week after saying he was staying.

Grealish just maintained he was a Villa fan, and still does.

Plenty of players who would call themselves Villa fans play a lot of their career away from the club, and the one recent notable Villa fan who spent his entire career here is wildly unpopular.

This.

I think football fans in general don't show the same loyalty to players that they expect players to show the club. Even those, like Gabby, he spent their entire career here get slated for various reasons. As soon as a player is 'not good enough', fans are all to happy to see the back of them.

Beautiful send off for Filipe Luis and Rodrigo Caio at the Maracana the other night.

That's mostly my point. This would be the state of officiating without VAR. The fact VAR overturns so many decisions only compounds that.

I'm not a fan of these weird rules that only certain things can be reviewed as well. Not giving a clear and obvious yellow for a pull is a failure in refereeing and VAR should intervene, but they aren't allowed to.

Never bad to see Eagles get stomped all over.

So you can go undefeated in a good conference and lose out to teams who aren't undefeated? 

What's the point? 

Refs blowing up early, linesmen incorrectly flagging when the ball hasn't gone out. 

It's like they're desperate to stop goal scoring opportunities. 

VAR will take all the headlines, but another disasterclass of a refereeing performance that had nothing to do with VAR. 

Both in our game and City. 

10 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said:

So poor. Apparently the best refs in the best league in the world don’t know the absolute basics. 

England has by far the weakest refs I've seen. Terrified to make a decision. 

My confusion is why it takes 5 minutes to draw lines, and then on TV we can see the lines drawn and the decision shows offside. 

Why does it then take another few minutes to get this decision to the referee? 

Wasn't Bruno part of the Lyon team thatturned City over in Covid CL?

This kid will hit the floor running too.