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Chelsea are out of sorts right now but Ziyech, Silva, Mendy and Chilwell are not the problem. Havertz and Werner are the ones struggling and Lampard absolutely needs to figure out how to get them integrated into the side, but they're also young players in their first season in England Chelsea's spending is pretty similar to Man Utd in that both teams had squads full of aging players, players that didn't fit, young players with potential, and flops. I think it's too soon to say who spent better, but I will point out that Chelsea sold Hazard and Morata, let Pedro and William leave, and will likely sell Jorginho, Marcos Alonso, Rudiger, Batshuayi, Zappacosta and Bakayoko. Those balance out the spending and also are transfers that pretty much everyone agrees with.
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wooger posted:What even are the rules on postponement vs just carrying on with a few players missing? one article I read said that you can only ask for a postponement if you have fewer than 14 players fit to play, so maybe City are claiming that their entire squad might have been infected and they couldn't field 14 players without potentially infecting Everton players
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It’s weird they haven’t released who it is. They did last week
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I don't get Everton's angle -- did they want the game to go ahead? Just so they could play against a weakened City squad?
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That's absolutely what they want
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Vegetable posted:I don't get Everton's angle -- did they want the game to go ahead? Just so they could play against a weakened City squad? You've cracked the code.
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Vegetable posted:I don't get Everton's angle -- did they want the game to go ahead? Just so they could play against a weakened City squad? Can you blame them? It's not their fault Walker can't stop hosting orgies with team mates.
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Bape Culture posted:It’s weird they haven’t released who it is. They did last week It's considered personal medical information and will only be released if the players/staff concent. Theres been rumours of quite a few Liverpool players having had the rona already without it being made public.
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Vegetable posted:I don't get Everton's angle -- did they want the game to go ahead? Just so they could play against a weakened City squad? Their angle is probably that the schdeule is already turbofucked and they'd like to at least be kept in the loop before its hosed even further
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It seems very short-sighted for Everton to want the game to go ahead. If City has that many players exposed, there's every chance the remaining players/staff will infect the Everton team.
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Vegetable posted:I don't get Everton's angle -- did they want the game to go ahead? Just so they could play against a weakened City squad? They showed up to get 3 points without having to do anything. Juventus did the same thing earlier against Napoli but have had it overturned and now they'll have to play the match anyway. I imagine the same thign will happen here except not getting the three points by default.
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CyberPingu posted:Can you blame them? It's not their fault Walker can't stop hosting orgies with team mates. exactly what i imagine the 'team bonding' training session is in fm
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bewbies posted:Today I learned that not only are Rangers a team again, but they've won 18 of 20 games scoring 54 goals and allowing 5. Also Steve Gerrard is involved somehow So is Gary McAllister. In all comps it’s 26 in 31, 85:16. It’s loving awesome.
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The Athletic are saying City had three players test positive. I dunno what is required for quarantine, etc, but it feels like other teams have had to play under similar conditions.
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blue footed boobie posted:The Athletic are saying City had three players test positive. I dunno what is required for quarantine, etc, but it feels like other teams have had to play under similar conditions. Didn't everyone figure that big clubs would be afforded a ton more leeway in terms of the number of players required to quarantine and whether they could postpone games?
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Blinkz0rz posted:Didn't everyone figure that big clubs would be afforded a ton more leeway in terms of the number of players required to quarantine and whether they could postpone games? Sure but whatever they’re doing they should be applying it equally across all teams, although I obviously don’t know what happened here.
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I suspect that Newcastle game being postponed gave them the cover they needed.
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I quite like west brom but I'm glad Leeds gave them a shoeing so I don't have to read 9001 full colour photos of big sam's big smug face because he out-tacticed bielsa
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Shrapnig posted:You've cracked the code. Don't forget the 2000 gate fees since it seems likely fans will be disallowed on Merseyside soon enough
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2 week break after tonight innit now?
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Bape Culture posted:2 week break after tonight innit now? Matches all weekend mate.
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The commentators in the United game said summat about it being cancelled for lockdown v5.69
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:Chelsea are out of sorts right now but Ziyech, Silva, Mendy and Chilwell are not the problem. Havertz and Werner are the ones struggling and Lampard absolutely needs to figure out how to get them integrated into the side, but they're also young players in their first season in England Playing Werner as a winger seems dumb. Wasn't he part of a front 2 when he scored all those goals for Leipzig?
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:Chelsea are out of sorts right now but Ziyech, Silva, Mendy and Chilwell are not the problem. Havertz and Werner are the ones struggling and Lampard absolutely needs to figure out how to get them integrated into the side, but they're also young players in their first season in England lol net spend
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I don’t like festive fixtures, yall.
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tao of lmao posted:I don’t like festive fixtures, yall. 
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tao of lmao posted:I don’t like festive fixtures, yall. Me neither.
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I like festive fixtures when the big boy managers have a massive cry about Otherwise just give me a game on boxing day and new years day and I'd be set
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My paper thin team can’t handle 3 games in 8 days.
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Spurs-Fulham is postponed due to Covid in the Fulham squad
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So Burneley are the newest members of the American owners club: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55495853 Anyone know anything about ALK Capital or if it will be anything but absolute doom for Burnley?
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steve bruce is doing a great job and newcastle fans should stfu and be thankful for him
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He got a point against Liverpool. Who gives a poo poo about the stats tbh.
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CyberPingu posted:He got a point against Liverpool. Who gives a poo poo about the stats tbh. If only the season was decided by one freak result.
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greazeball posted:So Burneley are the newest members of the American owners club: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55495853 Odd choice for someone looking in from abroad to go for Burnley imo, you’d expect literally any club in a major city to be a better buy long term. Or at least one not surrounded by bigger clubs in all directions. I guess being in the premier league + being for sale for cheap is enough, but the potential in Newcastle, Sheffield, Nottingham, Bristol must be higher.
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sassassin posted:If only the season was decided by one freak result. If only games were decided on scores and not stats
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Jose posted:steve bruce is doing a great job and newcastle fans should stfu and be thankful for him You’re a point off of being in the top 10 if you win your game in hand with an absolute dogshit squad. Bruce is probably doing a better job than he should.
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wooger posted:
Are you thinking of the same Burnley which is a 40 minute trip to Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool?
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He's missing Villa, City, and Watford
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