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Not really. That would only be an issue if they were skint. They've spent unbelievable amounts on wages and fees, more than enough to win the league and the Champions League.

Watch Match Of The Day from last night you absolute div.

No, you're just wrong to say that there is "no such thing as the league table at the moment". There is, and it's been that way for at least a decade. At least. It gets published from the start, not after three games which is the old way of doing it. Published in papers and on TV and so on. Official on the league website and everywhere. It's not complicated, you're just wrong.

It's just incorrect to say there isn't a league table now. There is, it's here, published on the official Premier League website. Newsflash: It's not 1991 anymore. https://www.premierleague.com/matchweek/7831/table Teams with zero points and zero goal difference are above us in the table. Its not that complicated.

There's no early International Break weekend this season, its not until end of September this time. Basically that feels like an obvious working deadline for any club looking to go early with a manager change. Edit: thats 7 games including homes against Brentford and Leeds plus a couple of aways we should expect to get something from. Would be a fair assessment period for a manager 3 years in.

Such a silly question. Get someone else. Just like Pochettino was someone else once. Just like Ralph was someone else once. He wasn't some universally suggested name on this forum at the time. Adkins wasn't either. Koeman wasn't. They were just someone else. I think Sports Republic have some ideas.

If MLG thinks he can score 15 goals that's a real confidence boost for me because he is across all the stats. Great news for the season👍 👍

OK, whatever. Anyone can say "no one knows" about anything and everything forever. Doesn't really make for an interesting forum. The original exchange was this That post seems a strange reply coming from someone who themselves doesn't actually think we have improved the first team squad.

So you think we have improved the spine of the team but also don't think we're better than last season. Absolutely crystal clear. Well done all involved for our pre-season/transfer activity to get us to this place where we aren't better than last season.

Before anyone replies I'll save you the bother. Livramento Livramento Livramento every young kid we sign is Livramento. Livramento did it so they all will do it. Livramento Livramento Livramento.

A young kid keeper from League One, a kid in midfield from, er, no appearances anywhere ever and a player from a league where Elyounoussi looked a world beater. What a spine improvement. Baz is probably going to be better than shit McCarthy. But that's hardly an accolade. Let's hope they come good but let's not pretend we are significantly better than last season. If that really is tomorrow's line up then we are in serious trouble.

Which away days are people looking forward to most next season? QPR? Preston? Hull is always a good night out.

But it says "Excl" right there, which is journalistic for "exclusive". He knows his stuff.

When was the last time a team actually had a significant marked improvement in their league position because of a change to backroom staff? I know it is an obsession on this forum but when it is observed anywhere else in English League football? When did Wolves or Burnley or West Ham or Leicester or Palace change a first team coach or a fitness coach and that in and of itself made a huge impact?

Seems fair enough. Anyone predicting us to finish anywhere in the bottom six I think is realistic. Stone last or 15th both possible.

Makes stuff happen in the box.

Quite. Posturing that will piss off some of their fans when he is in a jolly little welcome-to-Chelsea video thing in three days time.

Someone needs to give you a medal

Not really. I would've spent the first 200 or so telling you this angle is utter horseshit. Its only in the last, say, four years I've had to resort to just berating you for saying the same piss weak argument over and over and over again.

Congratulations to you on the 450th time you have posted a variant on this observation on this forum 👏 👏 👏 👏

He's never going to be a regular goal machine but he is a pretty decent player for us. He's clearly reached his level - Che us either staying with us or moving sideways. He ain't going to a top 8 team. We'd need two really rather good strikers in for this to feel like the right move right now.

Agree. Such a shame that is Hummel producing such rubbish. The blue away, yes, fine, get it. Aways can be a bit nuts, I don't like it but its not for me. But the home kit shouldn't be that difficult and it is dreadful, just far too much white. Awful on TV. The club did a better version of that style of kit when we had our own-brand kit 20 years ago, so it is laughable that a major brand can't do it.

I don't remember mentioning Leeds at all but yeah whatever. There is a significant difference between Risdale Leeds and Leicester in that Ridsdale spent huge sums to win the league/regularly compete in the Champions League, and it collapsed when they failed to qualify. But they went out to spend their way to the top 4. It was a clear, demonstrable aim. Leicester did not set out to win the league, they did not invest to win the league, but they did anyway. In a complete freak season. Their FA Cup season and Euro qualifications are more by design and intent, but its interesting that that is turning out to not be sustainable either.

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Leicester is odd, in that if you look on twitter only a few months back there is loads of stuff about them being a "debt-free" club. It's nonsense of course - it's all being covered by the Thai family but it's still debt and in the world of Financial Fair Play they clearly can't spend any more. They are expanding the stadium as well so that might also be holding them back as it did for Arsenal a few years ago. Will be lovely to see them down a peg or two.