His Name Is Death Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 (edited) Surely the Mudryk deal was some kind of money laundering? He looked a fine enough player at Donetsk but the amount spent on him was absurd. Edited May 26, 2023 by His Name Is Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 14 minutes ago, His Name Is Death said: Surely the Mudryk deal was some kind of money laundering? He looked a fine enough player at Donetsk but the amount spent on him was absurd. Wasnt Arsenal looking tp bid about 50 million and Brentford about 20 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Lampard has 19 points in 28 Premier League games this season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 8 minutes ago, Zatman said: Lampard has 19 points in 28 Premier League games this season It’s a miracle he hasn’t relegated at least 1 club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Not without the right manager they won't and even then could need time I dunno, Poch should be the right manager and whilst they've wasted a lot of money but there's still huge amounts of talent in the team and they'll sign more. GK: Kepa, Mendy RB: Reece James, Azpilicueta CB: Koulibaly, Fofana, Badiashile, Colwill, Chalobah LB: Chilwell, Cucurella CM: Enzo, Kovacic, Carney, Gallagher Wingers: Sterling, Madueke, Mudryk, Pulisic, Ziyech Strikers: Nkunku, Havertz, Broja Nkunku has the potential to take the league by storm, that defence + Enzo *should* be good. The rest of their midfield needs work - if they're smart theyll be gunning for Ours and Brightons midfielders Edited May 26, 2023 by HalfTimePost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 As a swerve on mudryk and going shakhtar in general - Anyone seen Marcos Antonio play for lazio? FM wonderkid Also Bournemouth signed zabarnyi seen nothing of him this year (he was Kiev) theres also then trubin of FM one of the best rated young keepers, I'm sure some here were pissed where Leicester got tete too he's another I've heard nothing about all year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: I dunno, Poch should be the right manager and whilst they've wasted a lot of money but there's still huge amounts of talent in the team and they'll sign more. GK: Kepa, Mendy RB: Reece James, Azpilicueta CB: Koulibaly, Fofana, Badiashile, Colwill, Chalobah LB: Chilwell, Cucurella CM: Enzo, Kovacic, Carney, Gallagher Wingers: Sterling, Madueke, Mudryk, Pulisic, Ziyech Strikers: Nkunku, Havertz, Broja Nkunku has the potential to take the league by storm, that defence + Enzo *should* be good. The rest of their midfield needs work - if they're smart theyll be gunning for Ours and Brightons midfielders The manager isn't the problem, neither are the players The mentality and club culture is the problem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 11 hours ago, HalfTimePost said: Their revenue was £481m in their last accounts. They'll be part of the 'big 6' for a while yet regardless of whether their on field form is deserving of the title Their revenue would decrease, at least relative to other clubs, if they spent years in mid-table. Losing as many games as they won isn't a great attraction to the corporate pound. In any case, I know it would be a good while yet and they probably will be back in the top 6 mix within the next season or two, BUT supposing they mess up the next couple of manager appointments and then get held back by more rigourously enforcement FFP leaving them unable to pass mid-table, how long before another team takes their big 6 place? With the media's long held love of Newcastle (I still remember $ky covering Michael Owen's signing like it was a monarch's coronation), I wonder if they'd be knocking Chelsea or maybe even Spurs out within say 4 to 6 years or just creating a 'big 7'? Two more questions - Why does there even need to be a 'big X', where X is 4, 5 or 6, depending on the decade since the nineties? I don't remember that artificial concept before the Premier League was created, yet top league football had been around for a century previous. How large could X be, if a big club like Villa or Newcastle achieved continuous success over the 5+ years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Lampard has 19 points in 28 Premier League games this season But add that to Gerrard's points average and it'd be half decent. People said they couldn't play together, but Lampard and Gerrard as co-managers equals double bubble! They even rhyme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: The manager isn't the problem, neither are the players The mentality and club culture is the problem Not disagreeing at all, but what does a club mentality and culture actually mean in demonstrable terms? After all, if the investment is there, they're not actively trying to recruit bad staff and players or make wrong decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 12 minutes ago, brommy said: Not disagreeing at all, but what does a club mentality and culture actually mean in demonstrable terms? After all, if the investment is there, they're not actively trying to recruit bad staff and players or make wrong decisions. Phoning it in, playing at 70% Personally I think footballers are proper skiving bastards, any excuse to drop off and they will Look at Chelseas second seasons with Jose, conte and tuchel, they just gave up Chelsea are not as bad as how they're playing buy while everyone blames the owner and Frank who cares We could have it coming....the Thursday to Sunday game drop off caused by the EL is a huge myth that the players take advantage of 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 33 minutes ago, brommy said: Two more questions - Why does there even need to be a 'big X', where X is 4, 5 or 6, depending on the decade since the nineties? I don't remember that artificial concept before the Premier League was created, yet top league football had been around for a century previous. How large could X be, if a big club like Villa or Newcastle achieved continuous success over the 5+ years? I guess that came about with the new CL format. Back in the day of course only the league winner’s qualified for the European Cup so it would have been termed “the big one” and pornhub probably already have the copyright for that term Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 19 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Phoning it in, playing at 70% Personally I think footballers are proper skiving bastards, any excuse to drop off and they will Look at Chelseas second seasons with Jose, conte and tuchel, they just gave up Chelsea are not as bad as how they're playing buy while everyone blames the owner and Frank who cares We could have it coming....the Thursday to Sunday game drop off caused by the EL is a huge myth that the players take advantage of I think it was a bit early with Tuchel but Conte and Mourinho have track records of it eventually going tits up. The ultimate destroy and exit managers. Chelsea have plumbed new depths this time under Lampard because he is out of his depth and the squad is so unbalanced which I think is different to Conte and Mourinho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Weirdest thing about all these conversations is the narrative x teams have had a bad season and it won't happen next season. We demonstrably have a manager that on form has put us in the top 4 since he joined and is loving life after the shit he got from the Arsenal stint and people think we won't be in the mix next season because of more than a decade of can't have nice things. **** that and all the other teams. We're ascending 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 10 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Not without the right manager they won't and even then could need time It doesn't take much though to go from lower mid-table to chasing the top 6 though. See: us this season. Chelsea have still got a decent squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Mantis said: It doesn't take much though to go from lower mid-table to chasing the top 6 though. See: us this season. Chelsea have still got a decent squad. Definitely. The correct management structure and work ethos could see them back in the top 6 as early as next season. My earlier posts were purely hypothetical. I think it's too early to predict the medium term top level demise of either Chelsea or Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 (edited) Poch to Chelsea confirmed on a two year deal. Sky Sports News with 86 articles on why he’s the perfect fit for Chelsea. !!NEWSFLASH!! Nobody gives a shit. Edited May 29, 2023 by It's Your Round 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNVillan Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 2 hours ago, It's Your Round said: Poch to Chelsea confirmed on a two year deal. Sky Sports News with 86 articles on why he’s the perfect fit for Chelsea. !!NEWSFLASH!! Nobody gives a shit. 2 year deal? Thought it would be like 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 2 hours ago, MNVillan said: 2 year deal? Thought it would be like 8. Poch has a brain lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Got a feeling Poch won't work for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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