Today's Football 2017-18 Season
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I'm fine with that
They retain the cup and then Loew comes to us for a new challenge
And then there were 2.
Rook
Player Valuation: £80m
yea pretty solid top to bottom, D might be a bit old. keeper backed up Szczesny last year so he might be a weak link too (never saw him play so dunno).
Big_nev
Player Valuation: £25m
Which is a reflection of the cowardly tactics Mourinho pulled. That Man Utd squad have more than enough quality to dispatch the current Sevilla side with little bother yet they set up last night like they were against Barcelona. It's probably one of the strangest games I've seen for some time and that includes us away to Southampton mate.
Sevilla putting them out doesn't automatically mean Sevilla would be in second place in the Prem just like Spurs smashing Real Madrid doesn't make them better than the back to back winners. Atletico Madrid got smoked out of a group containing the 5th placed Chelsea and 3rd placed Roma and yet sit comfortably second in the league.
Hopefully I've made the point - The quality of domestic football shouldn't be judged and decided by a game of knockout football. It's a hell of a lot more complicated than that. Just like other sports, styles mean everything.
Rook
Player Valuation: £80m
Despite all the money being thrown around the quality of play has definitely declined. There are a bunch of reasons but I think I big thing is the loan system. The bigger clubs (including to a much lesser extent us) are just using the loan system as a profit center. These players aren't developing and the clubs don't really care as long as the money rolls in. Pep and Conte probably haven't even met let alone know most of whom they have out on loan and why should they, they'll never play a minute for them. Even more than the money disparity IMO its the biggest problem in the prem. Clubs can't sign young players so they are left to bid exorbant fees on utter @#$t. We were linked with Phil $%^ing Jones the other day, who will probably only cost (pardon me while I throw up in my mouth) around 15-20M. You fix the loan system to what its intended for (only allowing 2-3 players out that you are high on but want exp, you know like Lookman) and/or have roster caps and its the strongest league in the world top to bottom.
Why do people keep appointing Hughes!??!? Should have sold them fat Sam for 2 million. My new favourites to join Brom.
I don't agree their success is solely down to the Russian. They were a good team, arguably better than us even before Roman, starting from the late 90s. I would say they started to become very good once Ken Bates starting investing money into players like Gullit, Zola, Desailly, and they got 3rd in 1999, following year they reached Quarters of CL and won FA cup.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
If City and Liverpool had drawn anyone difficult in the round of 16, would we be talking about a surge in English football? We basically saw Spurs having a good run and United and Liverpool having piss easy groups. So far no English side has beaten a decent team in a 2 leg knock out. Until they do you can’t say the English clubs are back.
USABlue
Player Valuation: £70m
City is the only team with a chance. RS will cave next round
What an incentive for Hughes though to send down the club that sacked him by keeping his new club up.
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