EPL 2023/2024
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Wow! Who comes in? I have a feeling they'll go very hard at Xabi Alonso.
He always said he was gonna leave in 2024 in fairness.
He extended his contract until 2026.
We knew it wasn’t forever but it is still hard to take hearing the news
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He extended his contract until 2026.
We knew it wasn’t forever but it is still hard to take hearing the news
@DaGrubster Let's be honest, contracts mean shit in football.
Gerrard lol, we did Liverpool a massive favour by giving him a gig and showing them how bad a manager he was.
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@KiwiPie said in EPL 2023/2024:
Sam Kerr does her ACL - think there needs to be some serious work to prevent so many ACL injuries in the women's game.
Contemplating this after seeing an article in Stuff with a slightly clickbaity headline as follows:
It seems women are made different to men (1. Maybe one for the Trans debate thread, 2. Who da thunk?).
Learned this with teenage daughter playing netball. Said daughter apparently had Osgood-Schlatters Diease and Sinding-Larsen-Johannsen Syndrome, not uncommon in developing teenage girls. Essentially girl's hips, legs knees develop with different angles.
Given the specific rigours and dynamics of netball knee and ankle injuries are common, exacerbated by physiological development, and Aus netball has a specific programme to try and combat it. But has not eliminated the issue.
I wasn't aware until I talked to the physio, but hope this is drummed into coaches.
Kind of thing that needs to be developed in soccer?
But I digress...
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Big risk to take on Alonso for both parties - similar to taking over from Fergie or Wenger, when the whole club has been shaped around one manager, the next man in has a really tough job.
Last day of the transfer window and no big moves announced yet as far as I know.
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Big risk to take on Alonso for both parties - similar to taking over from Fergie or Wenger, when the whole club has been shaped around one manager, the next man in has a really tough job.
Last day of the transfer window and no big moves announced yet as far as I know.
@KiwiPie said in EPL 2023/2024:
Last day of the transfer window and no big moves announced yet as far as I know.
I think more clubs would have been certainly recruiting if they didn't have threat of losing points.
City having KDB back almost seems like a transfer lol, what an immediate impact
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Big risk to take on Alonso for both parties - similar to taking over from Fergie or Wenger, when the whole club has been shaped around one manager, the next man in has a really tough job.
Last day of the transfer window and no big moves announced yet as far as I know.
@KiwiPie People being scared off now that they're actually policing ffp for once
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final deadline getting interesting, ex Man C flop Enes Unal signed on loan to Bournemouth, papers hoping it will trigger a Solanke move, however I suspect this allows club to sell Moore to Sunderland/Ipswich
Who knows though funny things can happen on a deadline -
final deadline getting interesting, ex Man C flop Enes Unal signed on loan to Bournemouth, papers hoping it will trigger a Solanke move, however I suspect this allows club to sell Moore to Sunderland/Ipswich
Who knows though funny things can happen on a deadline -
Big risk to take on Alonso for both parties - similar to taking over from Fergie or Wenger, when the whole club has been shaped around one manager, the next man in has a really tough job.
Last day of the transfer window and no big moves announced yet as far as I know.
@KiwiPie said in EPL 2023/2024:
Big risk to take on Alonso for both parties - similar to taking over from Fergie or Wenger, when the whole club has been shaped around one manager, the next man in has a really tough job.
On the plus side, at Klopp's salary, you'd only have to stick it out for a month to collect your first million pounds....
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@bayimports well tipped.Ipswich it is and another youngster on loan to Hibs
@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
@bayimports well tipped.Ipswich it is and another youngster on loan to Hibs
Broja looks like a good loan move too for Fulham.
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@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
@bayimports well tipped.Ipswich it is and another youngster on loan to Hibs
Broja looks like a good loan move too for Fulham.
@bayimports said in EPL 2023/2024:
@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
@bayimports well tipped.Ipswich it is and another youngster on loan to Hibs
Broja looks like a good loan move too for Fulham.
Yeah he’s brilliant but needs pitch time to find his feet.
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The young northern Irish lad for Liverpool was savage good vs Chelsea.
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@bayimports said in EPL 2023/2024:
@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
@bayimports well tipped.Ipswich it is and another youngster on loan to Hibs
Broja looks like a good loan move too for Fulham.
Yeah he’s brilliant but needs pitch time to find his feet.
@MajorRage @bayimports
We certainly need someone who can put it in the back of the net. I'm getting sick of commentators going on about the good football that Fulham play. Pretty triangles are meaningless if you are anaemic in the final third.
My only concern with Broja is can he will come back from his long term injury and be the player he seemed to be before.
What were Chelsea thinking slapping a 50 mill valuation on him? He can't get in their first team ahead of a guy they paid half that for in the summer.
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@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
City will be happy with todays result
Arsenal really bossed Liverpool today, it is looking like a 3 way title race, at least it is at the moment. Liverpool exposed by doing their usual run around crazily pressing but Arsenal good enough to pass through it to find a lot of space. And not having a real full back against Martinelli is dangerous.
Some crazy games over the whole weekend, Newcastle v Luton the highlight. In the end most of the relegation contenders drew and Sheff U (and probably Burnley) look goneburger.
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Well the arsenal Liverpool game brought back memories of those “minties moments” ads…
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@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
City will be happy with todays result
Arsenal really bossed Liverpool today, it is looking like a 3 way title race, at least it is at the moment. Liverpool exposed by doing their usual run around crazily pressing but Arsenal good enough to pass through it to find a lot of space. And not having a real full back against Martinelli is dangerous.
Some crazy games over the whole weekend, Newcastle v Luton the highlight. In the end most of the relegation contenders drew and Sheff U (and probably Burnley) look goneburger.
@KiwiPie said in EPL 2023/2024:
@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
City will be happy with todays result
Arsenal really bossed Liverpool today, it is looking like a 3 way title race, at least it is at the moment. Liverpool exposed by doing their usual run around crazily pressing but Arsenal good enough to pass through it to find a lot of space. And not having a real full back against Martinelli is dangerous.
Some crazy games over the whole weekend, Newcastle v Luton the highlight. In the end most of the relegation contenders drew and Sheff U (and probably Burnley) look goneburger.
I think Luton might well survive. They should be odds on to pick up 3 points this weekend at home to the hapless Sheffield.
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I hope Luton avoid the drop. Having the three promoted teams go straight down and the three relegated teams bounce straight back up (quite possible) is a bad look.
Whatever happens the 24/5 EPL looks likely to be quite a bit stronger than this current class.
Relegation could still be decided by points deductions. If Forest get pinged I reckon they're down.
