Hello, I am here for my Patrick Vieira L

Supposedly he didn't love Levy's transfer policy over the Summer, but now he's fine to coach Spurs? Weird shit, man.

Like, I imagine he'll get as much out of the roster as he can, but how much talent is really on that roster? It doesn't seem like any better than a 5th or 6th place squad even playing at maximum potential...so yeah, has Conte been promised big signings? Why else would he want the gig?

bc its Tottenham

Don’t put your A squad on the pitch against Chelsea.

Just don’t do it.... save yourselves the embarrassment and
throw your academy players out there....

That way you have a valid excuse for getting
beatdown.

Magilla, what’s up with your squad? Middle table
might not be in the cards.

Leon Bailey's played fewer than 200 minutes, and he's the most direct replacement for Grealish that we've got. Sanson's been available for like 10 games since he joined in January. Buendia's been stop-start integrating into the team between injuries and the travel issues with the international break. Traore's been out too, so playing the 4-3-3 that the squad is comfortable with is damn near impossible, and the 5-3-2 hasn't worked except for at OT. Add some bad breaks in against Wolves and Arsenal and West Ham being in top form when we played them and we've got some shit to deal with.

...

go to Tottenham, and now we're not only stinking it up vs. Atalanta (again) but Varane is already off injured probably from being rushed back too soon in the first place.

i mean how dare a manager hold them to task and expect them to do their jobs.

Great strike

god forbid someone actually does their job, lol.

lord we might be winless w/o him lol

>lord we might be winless w/o him lol

our medical staff and defense need a major overhaul smfh

https://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/story/4511778/sepp-blattermichel-platini-indicted-on-fraud-charges

Can't lie, I'm excited. Cautiously excited.

City pretty capable of scoring their own.

Hopefully, we get everyone healthy by the end of the
month.

Oh well I am a bundesliga fan now anyway! Lol
I am enjoying watching it on E+ until they remind you it’s the Bayern invitational. Shame too I think the league could be big in the US if it wasn’t a 1 team event

Today’s a sad day, man.

Also, Steve Bruce? Fuck off. He was shit the last time he was here.

Hoping they continue to surprise folks.

C’mon

Working on getting all of his assistants in as well. Good to have Gary Mac back, as I thought he did enough to have earned a run at the top job when Houllier had to step away. Michael Beale also looks an excellent coach. Looks like a smart move as the big thing that Villa got away from this year (poss down to Richard O'Kelly walking in the summer) was pressing as a unit, and that's something Gerrard got Rangers doing quite well. Hope this is the right guy to build on what Smith had going.

Also, Ecstatic that we're keeping Neil Cutler as goalkeeping coach- he's been excellent since he came on board. It was also awesome to hear just what he does so well in his interview with Ben Foster: https://t.co/569KFdREM6

French/PSG player Aminita Diallo was arrested for allegedly arranging for two men to attach her teammate Kheira Hamraoui after the team dinner after yesterday's UWCL match I guess. She's in hospital with leg/hand injuries. on some Tonya Harding, wants her starting position back thing.

A couple more weeks of UWCL group stage games started yesterday. Some weird momentary blackouts during the Barcelona game, like power surges, where all the lights went out and it was completely black in the middle of the game, only twice though.

The shit talking. It’s different, and part of the sport like fighting in Hockey.
To see 60-70 year olds marching down the street saying fock Chelsea is
hilarious to me.

I once had a supporter tell that me he hoped Chelsea’s bus blows up on
the way to the stadium. You can’t do that here with American sports. It will
get personal and exaggerated. You will never see fans of a team singing
songs saying screw the other team’s manager or whatever at a NFL game or
NBA game.

All of that is like sweet talk compared to the brutality that used to take place among
different supporters.

You guys always talk shit to me about Chelsea and I give it back...and vice versa.
It adds to the rivalries.

Can’t do that shit about basketball... I get attacked on some personal shit.

Steffen stepped up 1st half

Obviously Xavi coming in a manager. First game this weekend.
Dani Alves back. Don't think he should start, but as a late game sub and to help Dest and Mingueza develop he could be great.
Rumors about trying to bring Thiago back. It's a few years too late for that imo, but, I would still be ecstatic.
Trying to get Sterling on loan with an option.
Pursuing Karim Adeyemi at Salzburg
Riqui Puig will likely see a lot more time under Xavi.

Patience is key, but this is exciting.

That Alves return came out of nowhere to me but happy to see it. I too think that Xavi will give Puig more tick.

If we get Thiago-- o boy.

https://twitter.com/samwallacetel/status/1461425390153568263?s=21

Eh,

Not a fan of this to be honest. I was hoping ESPN would take it and fold the rights into ESPN +

Fuck peacock especially, unless this deal spurs NBC to upgrade that ( bs I have to wait for replays, can’t record,etc

I guess it could be worse where I’m living in the UK & have to pay for more than 1 avenue to watch

and they will continue to treat it like a priority unlike ESPN.

why? so we can listen to more Taylor Twellman?

i'm good.

i like NBC's PL coverage. plus, i really like their YouTube content which is where i get MOST of my content these days.

like, if i'm gone all morning on the weekend which i usually am? i can quickly watch a 10-15 minute package for EVERY PL game that day. love it.

Hopefully with this new deal NBC decides to fix that (give us the wherewithal to either record, or at the least make the replay available earlier than 24 hours for those 0430 PST games)

I couldn't care less re: the talking heads with soccer in the US (Roy Keane is great with Sky, if you've got 1 of those pirate boxes), though I generally hate that 'analysis' on TV.

Just make all the games readily available, whether it's a la carte PPV for one's favorite team, or a monthly fee for 1 platform

listening to him and graham le saux on a weekend morning is therapy.

surely the way we look vs fucking watford is enough to pull the plug on this

When he was managing Chelsea.

Klopp has the size, but Arteta has the edge in fitness. Thinking if Klopp doesn't drop him in the first couple of rounds, he tires and Arteta wins the decision.

Crazy part is it coulda been worse if not for Ramsdale

Hopefully this doesn't wreck confidence, as I'm still confident in their chances for 5th

Could have been 8 without him.

Think Arsenal was a little too optimistic about how they'd have to deal with the press.

We played pretty well. But shit. We have a serious hole in the attack. With Fati and Dembele (always) injured... we have no goal scorers outside of Memphis. The kid Abde looked really fucking good, though. He's exciting. The other kid Akhomach... not so much.
The team was playing a lot more like a Barça team but we need some forwards, bad.

throwing crazy money at attackers that don't (or won't) fit any semblance of a system.

until they switched off mentally. and araujo > pique now, just need xavi to embrace that

17, just came up, barely even time in barca b. Definitely played timid and Abde was super promising and fun to watch, I agree.

But Ilias is likely to be the better player in the long run if he keeps growing.

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you think we playing chess, but i'm playing mad-making. Basaglia

Youngy rolling back the years springing the counter for Ollie.

lord knows i have no idea. let the fuckery continue i guess.

at least we have one of the most talented squads out there. maybe them getting some actual coaching (however minimal because clearly Ole and them weren't doing ANY coaching) will be a massive improvement

so fuck it lets see what happens.

We served him up that deep dish special, STUFFED!

Serie A is supposed to be a great defensive league, I thought.

I just see a bunch a dudes getting their wig split by some
of our backup players.

We taking all the trophies this year.....we ain’t leaving nothing available.

City done fired up the artillery.

Like, the counter is fast and awesome, but outside of a few moments, City just owned them, and did so without DeBruyne.

and its not like the mid/defense is anything amazing. their whole setup is just too comfortable an environment.

also in the league their point total flatters them a bit. their games are quite an adventure as far as the general play.

How's the bronzed one helping his squad?

Oh.

You flexing on that?

Let's talk about this Xavi renaissance tho!

ETH coming in the summer to pickup from Ralf seems written in the stars.

we got a good thing going here

actual video clip. pretty blunt.
https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1464007100808499200

i am still shocked he took that job of all jobs. squad is well past its sell by date and he won't get the funds he needs to overhaul that team

That’s about as good as we’ve looked all year. Nakamba especially was a different fucking level- dude looked like he drank the Kante super serum.

Wait for it.

If he was half of what he has been we'd be alright.

But man...

We just couldn’t finish for some strange reason.

Be happy with the draw, and sit y’all asses down.

Y’all aint been shit since Anelka was in the league.


We still have only one loss on the season.

y'all fucking SORRY.

Y’all parading around and hosting Ronaldo’s retirement tour, while
Pogba colors his hair bangs once a week.

Y’all can’t event get a prominent company as a kit sponsor...

Doo Doo United

Sheesh.

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you think we playing chess, but i'm playing mad-making. Basaglia

Bit of a lifetime achievement feel about it.

remember, Lewa's squad flamed out in the Euros while Messi led his team to a Copa America victory


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you think we playing chess, but i'm playing mad-making. Basaglia

>remember, Lewa's squad flamed out in the Euros

He should then be penalized for the misfortune of being born Polish.

Lord help Haaland in a year or two. He has no shot.

while Messi
>led his team to a Copa America victory

While Messi is rewarded for being Argentinian and managing to beat, well, just Brazil, really.

Are you sure you're arguing in good faith?

while winning golden boot and player of the tourney and putting up what would be insane stats except we're used to it from messi so it was "subpar" while being remarkably close to Lewa while playing for a clearly less impressive club team.

i'm not saying it was a blow out, but it certainly wasn't a snub.

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you think we playing chess, but i'm playing mad-making. Basaglia

Copa America is a tough tournament. And since Messi's been playing in it, it's been won by Brasil twice, Chile twice, and Uruguay. If it were just a matter of beating Brasil, they would have won it already.
So, while Messi has been shit on for damn near his whole career for not winning anything with Argentina, when he finally does it and is undoubtedly the best player in the tournament, it's suddenly "so?"

Lewandowski should have gotten the trophy in 2020. That's clear.
But in 2021? Based on what? Winning the German league? C'mon.
Based on goals? If that's all it takes then Messi should have 2-3 more Golden Balls than he does. Because he was the leader in goals+assists in several years when he didn't get the award.

for helping Chelsea to win the CL and for leading the Italian National team
to victory in the Euro Cup.

He won the biggest competition of them all for both club and country.

Your bias is showing.

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you think we playing chess, but i'm playing mad-making. Basaglia

That was a hell of a match otherwise. Would have been nuts if Carney converted that chance around the 77th minute though.

He's just too wet behind the ears right now for United which is a HUGE job.

He might get there one day though. Not sure how he is tactically which is a fair question since he was there for Ole so either Ole ignored his advice or his advice was bad (probably more the former since his tactics seemed pretty solid albeit in a small sample size), but what I DO like about him is his demeanor. He seems to have the right temperment.

like an upgrade on Scott Parker, kinda like he was as a player.

WHU got some juju at home.

We just played a few days ago. It is what is.

I’ll take the L. It’s only the second loss of the season. Lukaku just returned
and is totally out of form. And Kante is still injured...

This team hasn’t been fully healthy in over a month.