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He'll get a nice hefty payout from it all least. We often say managers who take this type of poisoned chalice job can come out of it with their reputation relatively unscathed but I'm not sure that's the case here. He struggles to get another top job until he shows himself working elsewhere and with more flexibility than he has shown here.
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People don't have a problem with the "Shots" and "Shots on Target" stat and have long quoted them in discussions. xG is just an attempt to be a more detailed and accurate measure than them. High xG = "you created lots of/good quality chances" - something we can all agree is a Good Thing.
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You can see why we were looking to buy a CB in the summer. Once again PSR ladies and gentlemen. Even if money was available anything we spent limits what we could do in future windows so presumably the call in the end was we thought we could get another year out of the defence we had. I think it's pretty clear that Trippier and Schar are past their peak and well into the decline phase. Trippier I still think is one of the most impactful signings in the clubs history. And Schar has low key been one of the leagues best defenders. Age catches up with everyone. The club clearly identified it was an area we needed to address but the rules are really limiting our ability to do so.
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And if he's performing well I wouldn't object to Joelinton spending a bit of time on the bench in the knowledge he has to bring his A game when he gets his chance.
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Fair enough if that's how you were reading it. I think it's pretty much a given though that our lack of transfer activity at this point is PSR related even if the term people are using is "backed".
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I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. You're saying we can't spend as much as we like because we have spent money previously and the rules limit how much we are allowed to spend. This is pretty self evident. If you're making the argument we should have been shifting Gordon or another purple to rebuild then that's fine but it's not the point people are making. I've not seen today's performance yet. It was by all accounts a poor one where we for whatever reason got our setup wrong and the players were out of sorts. It happens. Learn and move on. But on the transfer front it's also pretty obvious that we were beaten by a team who are allowed to spend money. And one of the players they spent good money on scored a hat trick for them. That doesn't completely absolve our performance of course but it's a pretty obvious advantage to City being able to try and buy their way out of their poor form.
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I was reading about why Poch left and it seems he wanted to sign some more experienced players to go along with the youngsters. Exactly what people in this thread are identifying as Chelsea's problem.
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Still reckon they were mad to lose Pochettino. 2nd half of last season Chelsea looked really good and I would say had he carried on to this season he'd be up there with Liverpool and Arsenal. Maresca carried some of that momentum for a while but it's turned into his team now and it isn't doing well.
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I think the one above tops it. Utterly ridiculous that wasn't overturned. How anyone who has ever watched football can possibly thing that's a penalty is beyond me.
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Interested to see how Liverpool see the season out. At the start of the season I wasn't convinced. Felt like they were getting the rub of the green a bit. But was hard to argue with the run they went on.
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Don't think his suicide attacking play suits a team towards the bottom.
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Him not getting injured was the highlight of the match for me.
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Can't decide if he meant that assist or not which tells you all you need to know.
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Wtf are the BBC showing Leyton Orient vs Man City rather than Leeds vs Millwall?