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Lovely imagery, the PL is absolutely rotten to its core. Hard to imagine a scenario where it’s not rotten but it’s about to get turned inside out

Show some faith in Bandit, lads

FFP edition was a bestseller but the wages versus turnover expansion won DLC of the year

Anyone know when Spreadsheet Manager ‘25 is due to land?

More, must whine than must win

People are massively underrating Pochettino. The job at Chelsea is an absolute nightmare and there are some genuine signs that he’s offering stability. If he gets sacked then they’re totally fucked

What’s happening with Everton’s second charge? Still awaiting a decision?

All teams below the “real top six” need to be docked at least ten points at the start of every season and then if they end up going on a quality run of form, dock another ten points for being try-hards

Can’t pass up the opportunity for a bit of NETD bragging rights

We’d have set up our own league by now. Would have been us and a few feeder clubs bending over for us every game. WWWWW’s al owa the shop

Chris Grayling will be receiving the call right now

I think the rest of this season will be hard to draw conclusions. The summer and then into next season, I’m extremely confident that Eddie will have us in fantastic shape in August and we’ll be putting form together that matches last season

“His back-up capacitor is running at 93% efficiency, plus or minus 2% for data slippage. Initial ROI reports indicate a centralisation of funding in the upper quadrant, with the likelihood of a realisation of equity with front-end and back-end growth markers”

Well done Jamaal

Those extra 200 miles though

I’ve enjoyed our chat. I do massively rate Dalot too. Let’s see how your summer window goes and where we’re at this time next year with Ten Hag, Howe and Poch. Would be good if you could put a pin or reminder into the forum to come back to stuff a year later

Less injuries, yes, better depth of squad yes, form in terms of results you’re doing better. I think if both Ten Hag and Pochettino are here next season then Chelsea will finish higher than Man U or Ten Hag will be sacked before this happens. Chelsea play better football than Man U, their CBs are problematic but their full backs are quality, Enzo is a great player, Mudryk is finally starting to settle, Cole Palmer is quality. There’s question marks over Nkunku’s fitness but if he gets a run of games he’ll be class. I still don’t think Jackson will ever be a top striker. At Man U, you’ve got Bruno Fernandes, world class. Kobbie Mainoo, looks quality. Hojlund, excellent target man striker with strength and pace as well. He’ll continue to develop. Garnacho is a fantastic player. Onana, poor keeper, your defence needs work, you need more quality in midfield. I think Ten Hag is shite in the transfer market. Hojlund was a good buy, Mason Mount shocking, Antony very poor buy, Onana, very poor buy. Those are major warning signs against Ten Hag

Not going to deny there’s bias there but I’m not basing it purely on wins or where people are placed in the league. I’m placing it based on the squad people are working with, injuries, and form. I know Howe is one of the top six managers on that list and he’ll show it again convincingly with us or with someone else if he ever moves on. Pochettino will get that Chelsea team cemented as a top six side unless he goes or they have to gut the squad. Man U, I have no idea what the future holds. I genuinely believe Ten Hag is an average manager or below average. If he’s here next season we’ll see more of that, if he goes, he’ll struggle elsewhere at a top team. Also, Thomas Frank has been without a top class striker for the vast majority of the season

Chelsea are one of the few teams that can rival your jokers for how poorly they’ve been ran for years. The difference is they have just kept throwing money at it and have a squad that’s very difficult to piece together. Pochettino is finally getting performances out of the side and some parts of their play look good. Unfortunately, Ten Hag is still largely producing poor performances. With Pochettino there are signs of improvement, with Ten Hag he’s gone backwards from last season and it’s not like the quality of the play last season was that great anyway, you just had a lethal forward

Ten Hag is absolutely shite. Pochettino is turning Chelsea around and is still a quality manager. Thomas Frank has done a very good job at Brentford. Take a long hard look in the mirror Frog

For where these managers are right now rather than where they’ve been in the past: Pep Guardiola Jurgen Klopp Mikel Arteta Roberto De Zerbi Unai Emery Eddie Howe Ange Postecoglou Marco Silva Gary O’Neil David Moyes Thomas Frank Mauricio Pochettino Andoni Iraola Nuno Espírito Santo Rob Edwards Erik Ten Hag Sean Dyche Vincent Kompany Oliver Glasner (no idea about him) Chris Wilder

They’re not real Spaceman. New Zealand’s finest has not joined N-O sadly

Thanks Kane, a bump of some worth there