EPL 16/17
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Agree with the decision to sack Ranieri.
Sentiment won't get you anywhere and Leicester clearly in all sorts of bother.
Pretty much every other team in the PL would be sacking their manager if their team was in the same position on the ladder as Leicester are, and performing as Leicester are.
No idea who new manager might be or if he can arrest the slide and don't particularly care but agree with the decision to sack.
It depends what you are trying to do. If your goal is to win the league Raineri has a better job of doing that than anyone else. I wouldn't have sacked Raineri even if Leicester had got relegated. I would at least back Raineri to pull Leicester back up.
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And Liverpool, true to form, lose 3-1 away to Leicester ffs.
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fuck the dead cat bounce.
Another wasted season of irrelevance for the once mighty Liverpool. Seriously, its time we embraced our true level, a domestic cup/UEFA cup side. We should be putting our efforts in to those comps, and making sure we come inside the top 6 every year.
This year is proving what a fluke Leicester was last year, to get City, Chelsea, and Man U all having shit years at the same time. Arsenal and Spurs can fight out 4th so they can get knocked out of the Champs League at the first challenge.
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I reckon Man United might be good for second in the league ... Yeah, it's only the league cup they won, but still, confidence breeds confidence, and with Mourinho and Ibrahimovich arguable the most confident people on the world ... I can see a fantastic end of season surge.
They are too far behind Chelsea to push for the league though.
Liverpool and Arsenal stay true to form for the last 20 and 10 years respectively ...
Wenger must be out at the end of this season, surely.
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That EFL final was tough on Southampton. Valid goal disallowed, going 2-0 down and coming back to 2-2 and then being denied extra time.
Ibrahimovic is the man - his reputation in England has soared given I reckon most people considered him a bit of a show pony who always played for dominant clubs in Europe. The man is a real pro and who would have thought he would have played so many games at 35 when he was signed.
Leicester finally played as they did last season and blew Liverpool away - will be interesting to see whether they can keep that up now the emotion of Ranieri leaving is over and they play lesser teams (such as Hull this weekend).
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And Pool beat Arsenal 3-1.
There's something weird when it's the donkey teams we struggle with.
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@antipodean I dunno mate, I thought your lot looked far from struggling against us....
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@antipodean said in EPL 16/17:
And Pool beat Arsenal 3-1.
There's something weird when it's the donkey teams we struggle with.
Looks like Sanchez was actually dropped rather than rotated - he won't be there next season unless Wenger goes and even then, I suspect he will leave. A really chance that the Arse will miss the top 4 this time but they do have the habit of steaming through late - and finishing above Spurs. Man U's long unbeaten run continues but they still can't rise above 6th - their problem has been a lack of goals, Ibra has been fantastic but they are still below 40 goals when all the teams above them are above 50.
Bottom 3 favourites are now Boro, Hull and Sunderland with Swansea, Palace and Leicester all sprinting away. Hard to see any of those 3 teams notching the number of wins required to survive given they all struggle to score.
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Is there a bigger cliche than Man U getting a 94th minute penalty at Old Trafford to salvage a point?
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@mariner4life Fergie time is now Mourinho time.
I'm hoping that Man City gets a win or draw tomorrow vs Chelski to make things interesting, for Spurs at least.
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@MajorRage the comp needs something. It started so promising, but has really degenerated. Chelsea are great, Spurs are pretty good, but not really top draw. City, liverpool and Man U have serious flaws holding them back, and Arsenal have fallen in a heap. Meaning the "race for the top 4" is a 4 way shit-fight of mediocrity (highlighted by their absolute failure in Europe).
And there are some very ordinary teams in the mid-table down section. The whole season is just a bit "meh"
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Plenty happening in tonight's round of matches.
As it stands with Chelsea leading Man City 2-1 and Spurs down to Swansea, the title is headed Chelsea's way.
West Ham now 10.0 for relegation.
Leicester safe, their odds of relegation before they sacked Ranieri were 3.3, now > 100/1.
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Plenty happening in tonight's round of matches.
As it stands with Chelsea leading Man City 2-1 and Spurs down to Swansea, the title is headed Chelsea's way.
West Ham now 10.0 for relegation.
Leicester safe, their odds of relegation before they sacked Ranieri were 3.3, now > 100/1.
Chelsea hold out for a 2-1 but Spurs come back from 1-0 down in the 88th minute to win 3-1! Keeps the title race alive at a 7 point margin - 10 points would have been too much in 8 games.
Bournemouth come back to draw with Liverpool, the Arse beat the Hammers, Hull are out of the bottom 3 after beating Boro and Swansea are in - could be a dogfight to avoid that last spot with a few teams needing a couple of wins.
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Wow .. this is getting very very interesting!!!
4 points is still 2 games though .. and with only 6 to play ...Chelsea have Southampton, Everton, Boro, West Brom, Watford and Sunderland ... .Spurs have leicester, palace, arsenal, west ham, united and hull ...
Chelsea run in definitely easier ... but have they got the bottle?
Was this time last year when Spurs started falling over - have they learned from that?
Brilliant season.
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@MajorRage said in EPL 16/17:
Wow .. this is getting very very interesting!!!
4 points is still 2 games though .. and with only 6 to play ...Chelsea have Southampton, Everton, Boro, West Brom, Watford and Sunderland ... .Spurs have leicester, palace, arsenal, west ham, united and hull ...
Chelsea run in definitely easier ... but have they got the bottle?
Was this time last year when Spurs started falling over - have they learned from that?
Brilliant season.
Chelsea won't stumble more from here. No chance
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No let up at the top with all the top 7 constantly winning, any slips are ruthlessly exploited.
