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I had calmed down after last night until I saw that the March thread had begun in February instead of ten days in as is tradition.
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PirateBob posted:Liverpool's wages rose from £166m (2015) to £208m (2016) Not sure on the exact details but that summer we trimmed a lot of deadweight and replaced them with (also terrible) first teams. The only notable leavers were Gerrard and Sterling, we added Milner (free but fairly high wages), Ings, Firmino, Clyne, and Benteke. I'm fairly sure there were some contract extensions in that time as well.
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Mar 5, 2017 12:06
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They'll ban the both of them (probably for four matches each), but had Zlatan not retaliated Mings probably could have argued that it was accidental.
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Mar 6, 2017 00:16
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Thom P. Tiers posted:lotta games in hand surrounding fourth place pool There are but IIRC most of the top six have to play each other on multiple occasions (isn't Arsenal's game in had v United?) whereas we only have to play City.
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Mar 14, 2017 18:43
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gtkor posted:Yeah but the top six are basically the only teams Liverpool play well against. More of a negative than a positive at this point. More the fact that they are going to take points off each other. Spurs: Chelsea, Arsenal, United City: Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea United, Chelsea, Arsenal, United Arsenal: Chelsea, City, United So that's a decent number of points that each of our rivals are guaranteed to drop in the run in (and importantly, apart from City at least two games against the others), so games in hand don't really mean as much. Like you said we're fairly poo poo against the other teams but the games in hand really aren't as much as a bonus as people are saying.
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Mar 14, 2017 19:09
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webmeister posted:United are also playing Everton, away to Burnley, and three relegation-desperate teams (Sunderland, Palace and Swansea) as well as Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs in the run-in. Wouldn't be surprised to see another seventh-placed finish Don't United face some serious financial penalties from sponsorship deals if they miss out on CL football in consecutive seasons? I seem to remember it being a big part of the Chevrolet deal.
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Cuban Chowder Factory posted:Spurs do not play Chelsea in the league again this season... Oh my bad that's the Fa cup of course, I just looked at the fixture list
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Mar 14, 2017 22:24
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Every team that goes deep into the European competitions complains about fixture scheduling (myself included), and fans of all their rivals laugh at them (myself included). Especially if you're competing on 3+ fronts. I think there was a point last season when if we went further in the FA cup there wouldn't have been enough weeks to fit in all the fixtures without moving a bunch of stuff around. Yes other leagues (particularly La Liga) do a lot to assist the likes of Real and Barca, but also those teams basically run the league so can dictate terms.
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Mar 17, 2017 17:42
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It obviously doesn't work all the time, but IIRC La Liga are a lot more flexible around kick off times etc. giving teams in Europe the maximum time between fixtures (usually) Dunban posted:No, other leagues just don't have a retarded cup system like England That's true and it'd be nice if the League Cup was wrapped up by the New Year (around the same time as a winter break) so you're not playing two-three months in four competitions.
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Mar 17, 2017 21:03
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trem_two posted:The Mirror have a story (with no legitimate quotes backing up the info) tomorrow claiming that Wenger is announcing a contract extension this coming week. Called it weeks ago. Allegedly he's already been looking at transfer targets in the summer. He's far too proud to walk and the board too weak to sack him.
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Mar 20, 2017 00:48
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blue footed boobie posted:How this is being reported is kind of interesting. The Mirror is saying he's staying, but the gist of the article is that Wenger wants to stay. The telegraph is saying that Wenger will tell Arsenal that he wants to stay. The Guardian is saying that Arsenal are already looking for a new manager, in spite of the fact that Wenger wants to stay. So I guess what I'm saying here is that it looks like Wengy wants to stay. From what I've read the ball is very much in Wenger's court. Kroenke doesn't seem to have any real desire to replace him (because he consistently gets top four) so if Arsene says he wants to stay that's what will happen.
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Xabi posted:Lallana injured of course. Please nuke international football. gently caress England and gently caress international football forever.
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