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    The Special Ones (manager talk)

    There is a not-entirely-implausible scenario in which United hire McKenna, Chelsea hire Maresca, and between those two and Kompany we end up with three of the biggest clubs in the world managed by guys whose main managerial achievement is securing promotion out of the Championship.
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    The Special Ones (manager talk)

    I can only really understand it if they plan to rip the squad apart this summer and next and basically just want a fall guy.
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    The Special Ones (manager talk)

    https://x.com/JacobSteinberg/status/1793363548602847702 I have a lot of time for Kompany as a player and think he was dealt a tough hand this year in the PL but....seriously?
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    The Special Ones (manager talk)

    It feels like another example of Boehly et al trying to impose a baseball model on European football. I think on some level they're also locked into this kind of dynamic by the financial choices they've already made. Pochettino reportedly didn't want to sell Gallagher, a key player and...
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    The Special Ones (manager talk)

    Chelsea can't get out of their own way and I'm here for it.
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    There isn’t a Man City thread this year

    1. Rodri 2. KDB 3. Bernardo 4. Everybody else
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    Liverpool 24-25: Going Dutch

    My wild ass guesses as a non-Liverpool supporter. Edwards is too smart not to sell Salah to Saudi Arabia if a substantial offer comes in this summer. Statements about Liverpool planning around him and Saudi Arabia being happy to wait for next year are just posturing. I have no idea who the...
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    Arsenal 23-24: Watch this Space

    That was a disappointing (if unsurprising) end to a wonderful season. You can't lose sight of just how good Arsenal was this year. Various models will produce slightly different overall estimates, but XG models concur that by XG differential Arsenal just had the second best non-Pep season in...
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    GW38: The Final Gameweek

    Arsenal are the first team ever to finish with an XG differential better than Pep’s City. That’s an insane stat.
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    GW38: The Final Gameweek

    Wasn’t expecting much from West Ham but this is next level pathetic.
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    No Offense, But.... (The 2024 Summer Transfer Window Thread)

    Chelsea are signing 17 year old Brazilian wonderkid Estevao for 40+25m euro from Palmeiras. This kid has scored 3 goals in senior football and played less than 500 minutes. Everybody loves the idea of signing the next Neymar or Vini but I don't think there is great value in these moves. Even...
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    I'm back baby! The 2023-24 EFL Championship

    The Smallbone jokes really write themselves.
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    VAR What is it good for?

    I don't necessarily disagree but think that's a separate issue. They have a system in place, the foundation of it is that they draw the lines when a decision is reasonably close to make sure they get it "right," and they seem to have just failed to do that for inexplicable reasons in one of the...
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    VAR What is it good for?

    A number of accounts on Twitter, at least one of whom has a very good track record with this kind of stuff in my experience, are claiming that VAR never checked to see whether KDB was offside on the goal against Spurs that made it 1-0. He very well may be onside here. I really have no idea...
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    No Offense, But.... (The 2024 Summer Transfer Window Thread)

    FWIW, rumors about Zubimendi have gone very cold on the Arsenal side and all the talk recently has been about the club looking hard at Bruno Guimaraes or Joao Neves as a midfielder to sign. So that would square with your impressions from the Spanish side.
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    No Offense, But.... (The 2024 Summer Transfer Window Thread)

    Yeah, my guess is that Lopetegui got guarantees that West Ham wouldn't be selling key players on his arrival, other than maybe Paqueta (who seemingly would have gone to City last summer if not for the weird betting issue).
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    No Offense, But.... (The 2024 Summer Transfer Window Thread)

    I think Openda is probably the most intriguing player on this list. No idea if RBL would be open to selling so soon though. I really like Sesko a lot. The variety of his goals in his comps videos really pops - remarkably two footed striker, good with his head, seemingly knows how to make a...
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    GW37: The Penultimate GW

    Meh, when you lose the title by one result than almost any match can be seen as plausibly decisive. City have set an incredible standard for the PL, making the league far harder to win than in any other era. Roughly matching that standard is itself a huge accomplishment but, as Liverpool...
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    GW37: The Penultimate GW

    IMO, it was perfectly understandable and relatable for Spurs fans to be conflicted about the whole situation in the run up to the match. I think it would be similar for many fan bases if the shoe was on the other foot. But if you're actually going to attend the match, and you see your team...
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    No Offense, But.... (The 2024 Summer Transfer Window Thread)

    Thanks for the la liga insights as always. Rodrygo would be a really interesting option if he became available. Everything I have read about Nico Williams suggests that he has a low release clause but very high wages for a player his age, potentially prohibitively so for many clubs that...
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