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Biesla is a fun manager but I straight up do not think he understands how to turn a shit situation around, he's fantastic whenever he has a group of hungry kids ready to overperform and create a positive feedback loop that can result in them wanting to die for the club but he straight up had no way of turning Leeds around. I think deep down it'd have been fine if Leeds went back down with Biesla because he'd have managed to seriously overperform again and do a Fulham tier performance to get straight back up, but with the amount of money in the Premier League you can't really justify going down for a year if you can help it.

Marsh is going to save them from relegation but do an absolutely dogshit job to the point where they WILL go down next year.
 
I don't think Bielsa can play another way that could save him tbh. He was doomed the second half his starting 11 got injured and he would never be able to recover. Hoping Marsh does well for Leeds and keeps them up
 
Abramovich is selling Chelsea, and says he's going to donate the money to Ukraine. Pretty insane. I'm sure he'll still be castigated because RUSSIA MAN BAD.

Remember when football was a nice distraction from the real world? Between covid, BLM, and now the war, it's been completely consumed by current affairs bullshit. There's nothing left.
 
Kerwin White said:
Abramovich is selling Chelsea, and says he's going to donate the money to Ukraine. Pretty insane. I'm sure he'll still be castigated because RUSSIA MAN BAD.

Remember when football was a nice distraction from the real world? Between covid, BLM, and now the war, it's been completely consumed by current affairs bullshit. There's nothing left.
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There will be no distractions because they want no distractions. Its utter bullshit
 
Hell of an ongoing saga in Scotland atm.

So there's a footballer called David Goodwillie. In 2011 he gets accused of rape - he's charged and while the authorities don't press criminal charges on him, he is fined for criminal injuries compensation. The accuser later takes civil action against him and in 2016 he's found to have raped her (I use 'found' deliberately - it's the wording all sources use, presumably as it wasn't tried as a criminal case).

Anyway for the next five years plays low league football seemingly without incident (he even gets named club captain). Then this year a higher league team, Raith Rovers, sign him. It leads to a massive outcry in Scotland, with the First Minister and a former PM wading in; the women's team cuts ties as do various sponsors. Knowing that no good can come from him playing for the club, Raith decide to loan him back to Clyde, the club he's spent the last five years at no problem.

Except now the entire Clyde women's team has quit, the local council are refusing to renew the club's lease, and have effectively banned Goodwillie from the stadium.

It's a bizarre story mostly because of that five year gap inbetween where no one seemed to be bothered about him at all.
 
LetterlandMafia said:
Hell of an ongoing saga in Scotland atm.

So there's a footballer called David Goodwillie. In 2011 he gets accused of rape - he's charged and while the authorities don't press criminal charges on him, he is fined for criminal injuries compensation. The accuser later takes civil action against him and in 2016 he's found to have raped her (I use 'found' deliberately - it's the wording all sources use, presumably as it wasn't tried as a criminal case).

Anyway for the next five years plays low league football seemingly without incident (he even gets named club captain). Then this year a higher league team, Raith Rovers, sign him. It leads to a massive outcry in Scotland, with the First Minister and a former PM wading in; the women's team cuts ties as do various sponsors. Knowing that no good can come from him playing for the club, Raith decide to loan him back to Clyde, the club he's spent the last five years at no problem.

Except now the entire Clyde women's team has quit, the local council are refusing to renew the club's lease, and have effectively banned Goodwillie from the stadium.

It's a bizarre story mostly because of that five year gap inbetween where no one seemed to be bothered about him at all.
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That island has nearly perfected the one of the greatest sports on the planet and they are going to let a bunch of commies inject their beliefs into it and ruin the sport
 
I hope the USA gt to play L Tri in an empty Azteca later this month.
 
DSP's Tax Lawyer said:
I imagine/hope it will be Chelsea 3rd, Arsenal 4th, West Ham 5th, Tottenham 6th, United 7th, Wolves 8th
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Optimistic on Hammers, form is poor at the moment and I can see 7th place. Liverpool game was good but the current problem of poor finishing was exemplified there.
 
Shining Wit said:
Optimistic on Hammers, form is poor at the moment and I can see 7th place. Liverpool game was good but the current problem of poor finishing was exemplified there.
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Yeah it is optimistic but I think West Ham have enough quality to finish in 5th. I just don't trust United or Tottenham's form compared to the Hammers form
 
Anchors-Away said:
No, I want to see them in the Europa Conference Cup. I want to see AFTV defend the cup. I want to see Pepe get an instant red against Ludogorets on a cold Tuesday night.
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Ha you don't know Arsenal then. If they screw up 4th, they aren't gonna drop into the Europa Conference Cup. If they screw up the 4th title, they will end up 9th or 10th
 
DSP's Tax Lawyer said:
Ha you don't know Arsenal then. If they screw up 4th, they aren't gonna drop into the Europa Conference Cup. If they screw up the 4th title, they will end up 9th or 10th
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Alternatively: Leicester despite finishing something like 11th, win the Europa Conference Cup and take Arsenal's place in the Europa Cup. Similar to when Liverpool denied Everton Champions League action via winning the cup over AC Milan
 
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