Greenlizard0 Premier League Football Thread ** spoilers ** [5th - 6th October 2024]

Still don't understand the yellow for Slabhead.

If the ref thinks it's a deliberate elbow to the face = red.

If not then let the semblance of the game go on.
 
GarethSouthgate said:
Mid table squad..?
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I’d say so but with the slight issue title winning squad wages which means the narrative is they should be doing better.

Robbo said:
Nope, the squad is capable of more, but not under this manager.

Besides, it's a squad of his players - so he's obviously clueless in terms of how good they are/what's required in this league.
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I’ve tried to get a response to something similar before. Go through the squad, who’s good? Be realistic though. There’s no one world class. There’s certainly no one anywhere near the top of the tree for their position they play.
 
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Robbo said:
Nope, the squad is capable of more, but not under this manager.

Besides, it's a squad of his players - so he's obviously clueless in terms of how good they are/what's required in this league.
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I'm thinking ahead though, the players aren't going anywhere any time soon, even if/when the manager changes. They're just not that good.
 
Reuben klang said:
I’ve tried to get a response to something similar before. Go through the squad, who’s good? Be realistic though. There’s no one world class. There’s certainly no one anywhere near the top of the tree for their position they play.
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It's a team game, that Aston Villa side is hardly full of top class players but look what they've achieved. What's the common factor? Manager.

GarethSouthgate said:
I'm thinking ahead though, the players aren't going anywhere any time soon, even if/when the manager changes. They're just not that good.
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That will be for the next manager to look at, and the owners, hopefully very soon.

GarethSouthgate said:
Ref is probably a Liverpool fan :o
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Except he declined to send Rashford off...
 
Reuben klang said:
I’d say so but with the slight issue title winning squad wages which means the narrative is they should be doing better.



I’ve tried to get a response to something similar before. Go through the squad, who’s good? Be realistic though. There’s no one world class. There’s certainly no one anywhere near the top of the tree for their position they play.
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Bruno? Well he was world-class.
 
I think we're going to have to accept being lower/mid-table for the foreseeable future. The reports after the match speak of 'easing' the pressure on Ten Hag - have the journalists gone insane? We're 14th for god sake and every statistic is terrible, among the worst in the league. He's benched £300m worth of his players and had to call on Jonny Evans to try and save his job. Crazy.

His post match interview comments are just mind-boggling as well.

We deserve to be mocked.
 
Robbo said:
I think we're going to have to accept being lower/mid-table for the foreseeable future. The reports after the match speak of 'easing' the pressure on Ten Hag - have the journalists gone insane? We're 14th for god sake and every statistic is terrible, among the worst in the league. He's benched £300m worth of his players and had to call on Jonny Evans to try and save his job. Crazy.

His post match interview comments are just mind-boggling as well.

We deserve to be mocked.
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It does ease it because it was a difficult game away. Villa were heavily favoured almost odds on.

Lower mid table team as you’ve said going away to a team wanting top 4 is a good result.
 
Reuben klang said:
It does ease it because it was a difficult game away. Villa were heavily favoured almost odds on.

Lower mid table team as you’ve said going away to a team wanting top 4 is a good result.
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But this shouldn't be the situation - it's an acceptance that Ten Hag and his signings have been a catastrophic failure.

Villa were particularly awful and Evans played a blinder, that was about it.
 
Robbo said:
But this shouldn't be the situation - it's an acceptance that Ten Hag and his signings have been a catastrophic failure.

Villa were particularly awful and Evans played a blinder, that was about it.
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I don’t disagree. It’s been going on for a decade now. Fellaini, adm, Alexis etc etc etc if you keep signing dross, or players who are simply not up for it for what ever reason you’re going to be in a situation like this. There’s also the other signing of players who are just past it or not good enough for so called similar level clubs like the 3 summer signings this year they aren’t going to get you up the table! Years gone by these players would be moving to lower/mid table clubs and thus United have become that club.
 
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