EPL 2022/2023

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:06 pm

I don't just want Conte fired, I want to see his head displayed on a pike outside the stadium.

I have never seen a coach trying this hard to get shit canned.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:41 pm

Now this is a firing offence

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:20 pm

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:06 pm I don't just want Conte fired, I want to see his head displayed on a pike outside the stadium.

I have never seen a coach trying this hard to get shit canned.

There better be universal non-outrage if Richarlison decides to simply beat him until he quits.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 4:39 pm

Hope that Ryanair flight was a one way ticket.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 5:51 pm

Baloney wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 4:39 pm Hope that Ryanair flight was a one way ticket.

And I thought Mourinho was a bad hire.

15 million pounds a season for that? An athlete pulls shit like Conte did, he'd be rightly pilloried.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:24 am

Tottenham is sitting 4th (but the next three I think have games in hand) and are having an assistant play out the season? Is that weird given how clubs will hire guys to keep them up or is he young enough that he could do well and keep the job? Or are they just cheap?

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:33 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:24 am Tottenham is sitting 4th (but the next three I think have games in hand) and are having an assistant play out the season? Is that weird given how clubs will hire guys to keep them up or is he young enough that he could do well and keep the job? Or are they just cheap?

I think it's because none of the big money coaches looking for work will walk into the situation at Tottenham right now. Guys like Nagelsman and others may as well collect their severance pay and then sign in the summer. It's a precarious spot for Spurs as they are more than likely to not make the Champions League/

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:38 pm

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 5:51 pm 15 million pounds a season for that? An athlete pulls shit like Conte did, he'd be rightly pilloried.

One of the guys on today's "Football Weekly" podcast (Lars Sivertsen I think?) said "that was his out loud voice...can you imagine what his internal monologue was saying?".

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:21 am

Liverpool's defense is shambolic.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:25 am

But they have so many big names!

Post by **Shirley** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:47 pm

I held out as long as I could, but now I'm ready to admit that Chelsea needs to blow things up and start over. They still have a lot of parts that could be key players on a strong team, but at this point, any change is fair game (although I have to think that Reece James is still pretty untouchable). I expect it'll be a very different team next fall.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 4:34 pm

Reece James? Certainly the training staff have touched him a lot this season.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 10:16 pm

You're probably right, but it is incredible that a club that spent so much money is in a position like this.

It is incredible that Spurs - with the team's ongoing shitshow - are somehow ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Apr 02, 2023 8:25 am

Broge --- Sacked!

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Apr 02, 2023 2:41 pm

Potter....sacked!

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:30 pm

It has become abundantly clear that without Harry Kane, Spurs would be Wolves.

Fuck that team.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:43 am

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:30 pm It has become abundantly clear that without Harry Kane, Spurs would be Wolves.

Fuck that team.

Square Rob · Post by **Square Rob** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:56 am

My word that Keane goal was something else.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:19 am

Mitrovic gets an 8 week ban for shoving the ref.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 4:25 pm

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 5:08 pm

Square Rob wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:56 am My word that Keane goal was something else.

Yeah, I watched that a solid two dozen times #onthetoilet

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 5:53 pm

will just comment in some state of shock that for the first time in my ~12? years of pulling for Aston Villa the team has more wins than losses after the new year, let alone in April. 7th seems not quite right, other than when they were in the Championship.

...but definitely savouring it.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Apr 05, 2023 1:01 pm

Chelsea about to hire fat Frank as caretaker manager is LOL. I suppose they may not have Europe in their sights, and be nearly mathematically safe from the drop, but he is not a good manager at all.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:57 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 1:01 pm Chelsea about to hire fat Frank as caretaker manager is LOL. I suppose they may not have Europe in their sights, and be nearly mathematically safe from the drop, but he is not a good manager at all.

Now official

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Apr 06, 2023 9:53 am

Baloney wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:57 am
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 1:01 pm Chelsea about to hire fat Frank as caretaker manager is LOL. I suppose they may not have Europe in their sights, and be nearly mathematically safe from the drop, but he is not a good manager at all.
Now official

Just baffling. If they wanted to get a disposable manager to see out the year before a splashy summer hire, why the Chelsea legend who's already recently been fired twice (including by Chelsea)? It just makes no sense to me.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Apr 06, 2023 10:42 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 9:53 am
Baloney wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:57 am
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 1:01 pm Chelsea about to hire fat Frank as caretaker manager is LOL. I suppose they may not have Europe in their sights, and be nearly mathematically safe from the drop, but he is not a good manager at all.
Now official
Just baffling. If they wanted to get a disposable manager to see out the year before a splashy summer hire, why the Chelsea legend who's already recently been fired twice (including by Chelsea)? It just makes no sense to me.

I'll be shocked if he does well, and if he doesn't, wouldn't it further show how out of his depth he is? Baffling on both sides.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:19 pm

Talking to my mother last night and she gave me a report on the game she watched. Apparently West Ham got demolished by White Castle. I thought White Castle just demolished digestive tracts.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:10 am

Wolves with a worldie!

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:31 pm

Spurs with the luckiest win I have seen in ages. The VAR crew must have been high

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:33 pm

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:31 pm Spurs with the luckiest win I have seen in ages. The VAR crew must have been high

Plus we got some Italian vs Italian crime between the managers!

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Sat Apr 08, 2023 4:58 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:33 pm
Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:31 pm Spurs with the luckiest win I have seen in ages. The VAR crew must have been high
Plus we got some Italian vs Italian crime between the managers!

Spurs games of late have probably been great fun for the neutrals watching, but so angering for Spurs fans. Agitating De Zerbi is probably the only thing that Stellini actually accomplished during the game.

You watch well-managed teams like Brighton or Newcastle play and you just have to wonder how dinosaurs like Mourinho and Conte (and his acolytes) are still so highly rated.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 11:02 am

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 4:58 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:33 pm
Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:31 pm Spurs with the luckiest win I have seen in ages. The VAR crew must have been high
Plus we got some Italian vs Italian crime between the managers!
Spurs games of late have probably been great fun for the neutrals watching, but so angering for Spurs fans. Agitating De Zerbi is probably the only thing that Stellini actually accomplished during the game.

You watch well-managed teams like Brighton or Newcastle play and you just have to wonder how dinosaurs like Mourinho and Conte (and his acolytes) are still so highly rated.

Is it time to add Klopp to that list? Yikes, they are a shell of a team.

Post by **Shirley** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 2:28 pm

What are the odds that Klopp is coaching Chelsea at the start of next season?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 2:47 pm

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 2:56 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 11:02 am
Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 4:58 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:33 pm
Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:31 pm Spurs with the luckiest win I have seen in ages. The VAR crew must have been high
Plus we got some Italian vs Italian crime between the managers!
Spurs games of late have probably been great fun for the neutrals watching, but so angering for Spurs fans. Agitating De Zerbi is probably the only thing that Stellini actually accomplished during the game.

You watch well-managed teams like Brighton or Newcastle play and you just have to wonder how dinosaurs like Mourinho and Conte (and his acolytes) are still so highly rated.
Is it time to add Klopp to that list? Yikes, they are a shell of a team.

Liverpool looked really damned good in the second half.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 4:50 pm

One of the things I can’t wrap my head around as an avid yet casual (and relatively new American) PL fan is how a coach who has done what Klopp has can seemingly be in trouble after one down season. Is it just the fact that the British media is always in overdrive and needs content or is the CL cash really that important or am I too casual and missing something else?

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:28 pm

rass wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 4:50 pm One of the things I can’t wrap my head around as an avid yet casual (and relatively new American) PL fan is how a coach who has done what Klopp has can seemingly be in trouble after one down season. Is it just the fact that the British media is always in overdrive and needs content or is the CL cash really that important or am I too casual and missing something else?

He's not in trouble...but the does need to freshen up the squad next year.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:37 pm

Marsh to Leicester on a 3 year deal is the rumor. Vardy and Marsh. Should be fun.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:49 pm

The year leicester won remains my biggest wtf experience with the pl since every pundit on NBC and whoever it was that SXM rebroadcasts insisted up until the very end that it wasn’t gonna happen.

That season also may have also cemented me as a dude who watches every weekend.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sun Apr 09, 2023 6:02 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:28 pmHe's not in trouble...but the does need to freshen up the squad next year.

They could obviously do a little midfield work but I’m hoping the real problem is that at all times 2-3 of their big name back 4 is actually/playing pretty awful defensively. That’s a much harder fix.