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Hopefully they don't just lews, but get a proper hiding in the first leg tonight, then the 2nd leg infront of a '40,000' home crowd will be absolewtly toxic, marra. Beeeeew

Why is thos its own thread? Delete and merge with another IMO. As to the point - teams are getting younger but not to a teenage level typically. Inter are in the final with the oldest team since 2017. A lot of the modern game requires elite athleticism which leans towards a younger profile. I really like the mix of youth and experience our team has. I wouldn't want to become a Spurs that lacks leadership and authority. Happy to continue our transfer approach and wouldn't mind the odd older signing.

And this Estevao who is joining Chelsea next season looks really talented as well.

I'm not sure it's as common as it used to be to be honest. Teams are more likely to buy players than nurture talents these days I think We had a period of the likes of Walcott, Rooney, Fabregas, Owen, Milner all breaking through ridiculously early I read something a little while ago (I think it was by the journalist Jonathan Wilson) that states that players often only have a certain amount of games in their legs (say 400 games). It means players who start early are often burnt out by the time they reach their late 20s

I can smell it lads Bournemouth 2-1 Villa NUFC 2-0 Chelsea Forest 1-1 Leicester

You couldn't fucking waterboard this information out of me.

You also can’t just kick fuck out of people the way you used to be able to.

I didn't. Was always going to be a bonus. Liverpool winning the league and a good win at Fulham tilted my perspective on Chelsea. They've got a good chance of making it, I expected them to finish 6th/7th. We should beat them. But i expect they will still be in the race come GW38 with a win probably enough to secure it. We need to beat Chelsea man. Not beating Chelsea opens the gates for a GW38 draw that would see both Forest & Chelsea qualify, which we need to avoid.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvg7gk8xwyno

I've not come across an article on this, but it seems to me that we now have more and more teenagers breaking into the first teams of major clubs. Last night, there was a 16 year old starting for Chelsea. 17 year old Yamal already looks like one of the best players in the world. Nwaneri at Arsenal looks completely at home in that level of football. There are so many other examples of this. I can only think that the training of young players, (which now seems to start at a much earlier age than before), is now able to develop raw talent more quickly and thoroughly. It may be just my impression, but a lot of these players seem to be of African heritage.

Fernandez making runs into the box from deep seems to have been Chelsea's secret weapon lately. That could work well against us unless we're really switched on to it.

Can't beat steaming into a labia!

Great post except this. Love being woke me like,

Class Don't mind Keane at all, although I do think he plays on his dour nature too much at times.

Waiting for the big man to go steaming into Labia.

Getting one as good as Barnes who will come to sit on the bench would be like

Still. That’s infinitely better than Man U winning it.

I'm actually going to go against the grain and say that I'd much prefer sides that actually won something to get into the champions league. For example qualification in England should look like: PL winners Runners Up FA cup winners Carabao Cup winners If the PL winners/runners up also win a cup then 3rd place gets in and 4th if both. So if you win Europa Conference/ Europa League then yes you should get in the CL. It also adds more reward for winning cups, which means sides try harder and play their better players, which makes it more enjoyable and engaging. We are just unfortunate that two absolute rotten sides are in the final, in a normal year a Villa or a Forest or us would likely get the benefit.

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I’d suggest the main thing that says he is, is his ability.