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It also probably doesn't help that Roman will fire managers at the first sign of trouble. Like, they've had 7 different managers this decade, and that'll soon jump to 8 after Conte is inevitably let go. I feel like regardless of how good your players are, that much managerial instability is not going to translate into consistent good form.
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TheBigAristotle posted:It's always interesting when people come to the league and flop, they always have like that 3 week period where people are like 'oh man, he's good' then a couple weeks later they're absolute trash. Chelsea selling Matic is still so utterly baffling. Wasn't that a move driven mainly by fiscal reasons and homegrown league requirements? From what I remember, the whole reason for adding people like Drinkwater and Barkley was to get enough English players back into the squad without violating PL rules. Plus, given how differently they have been spending compared to the past, it looks like the club have definitely tried to cut transfer spending in the short term. I'm sure getting rid of Matic cleaned up some room in the wage bill and Matic has aged past that early-to-mid 20s sweetspot where most clubs expect a player to keep improving.
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It is also still tough to see Conte being sacked before they are out against Barca, which means they would have to get something out of City and United (along with WBA and Palace). It is a rough stretch even if everything was going right, but if they do drop 5 or so points out of the next 4 league games, they might be a bit off the pace.
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Brony Car posted:Wasn't that a move driven mainly by fiscal reasons and homegrown league requirements? From what I remember, the whole reason for adding people like Drinkwater and Barkley was to get enough English players back into the squad without violating PL rules. Plus, given how differently they have been spending compared to the past, it looks like the club have definitely tried to cut transfer spending in the short term. I'd have to imagine there was a foreign player on that squad worth jettisoning over Matic? Maybe not, looking at their roster last season. Crazy to think they sold Salah for 14.5 mill
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sassassin posted:Most of their first 11 from their good run are injured. They're done. Just a bunch of poo poo cloggers now. Have you sent Carvalhal your balls yet? He's earned it, I think
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considering his time in Madrid, London, and Manchester, Mourinho must be one of the worst judges of talent in the modern game. his whole strategy is to succeed despite a limited squad, and he can’t identify ways to improve. he’s a sculptor, never a painter.
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TheBigAristotle posted:Have you sent Carvalhal your balls yet? He's earned it, I think I didn't post my balls as a reward. And I still think we'll go down.
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https://twitter.com/MsiDouglas/status/963389392747458560 Ryan mason has retired after cahill fractured his skull last year
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Jose posted:https://twitter.com/MsiDouglas/status/963389392747458560 Man that’s a bummer.
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blue footed boobie posted:Man that’s a bummer. turn on your monitor haha
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RideTheSpiral posted:turn on your monitor haha 
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lacazatte is out for a month
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It's almost like Pulis is a good relegation avoiding manager or something. Meanwhile Chelsea play Hull again on Friday, that could be... fun.
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oliwan posted:lacazatte is out for a month Injured feelings.
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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/13/sky-bt-sport-premier-league-tv-rightsquote:The Premier League has announced details for five of the seven live television packages, with BT Sport and Sky paying a combined £4.464bn.
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Dunno why amazon didn’t just buy it and make itself untouchable
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Even they probably can't throw around £6billion on essentially 1 TV show. They've probably got some games from the other 2 packages.
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Does that deal have any impact on how Americans watch EPL (which for me is all NBC Sports Network)?
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Libertine posted:Does that deal have any impact on how Americans watch EPL (which for me is all NBC Sports Network)? No. NBC has an agreement ending after 2021-2022 season
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psyer posted:No. NBC has an agreement ending after 2021-2022 season This is why amazon didn’t bite probably. The rights are all fractured between regions, whereas amazon would probably want at least USA & Europe, if not Asia too before it became worthwhile to them. Also there are national blackouts in the UK that mean that more than half the games can’t be shown live at all. Ah well, I’m morally against paying for Sky (or anything else associated with Rupert Murdoch), so this saves money at least.
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has BT dropped the number of games they're showing? cos if that's the case im dropping my bt sports sub
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Looke posted:has BT dropped the number of games they're showing? cos if that's the case im dropping my bt sports sub I’m thinking the same. Shite value. All their games this year have been shite n all
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Looke posted:has BT dropped the number of games they're showing? cos if that's the case im dropping my bt sports sub from 19-20 yes, they are down to 32 games
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I think the content sharing thingy comes in next season so you should be able to get sky content on BT and vice versa without having to sort out a second sub if you are on Sky or get the two channels on BT which might lower the price slightly.
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fat gay nonce posted:from 19-20 yes, they are down to 32 games i thought it was more than that - still pretty poo poo in comparison to sky tho i thought the content sharing was next year as well i'll see how it goes when it comes to renewing my bt hopefully they'll give me a good enough offer to retain sports
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There's still a couple of packages for sale though, yeah? From what I've read, the league set a reserve price on those that hasn't been met. They were hoping for Facebook or Netflix, etc to go in for them, but they haven't. I assume if those are put back up for auction, Sky/BT could go in for them? My understanding is that they're full rounds of fixtures rather than one or two games a week, so may not make a huge impact.
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Mickolution posted:There's still a couple of packages for sale though, yeah? From what I've read, the league set a reserve price on those that hasn't been met. They were hoping for Facebook or Netflix, etc to go in for them, but they haven't. Sky has got 4 packages so far so they could get 1 more, no company can get more than 5.
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Predictably, the content sharing deal does not apply to Ireland 
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julian assflange posted:Predictably, the content sharing deal does not apply to Ireland Shite. Possibly something to do with a huge amount of people (anyone on Virgin Media) unable to access BT at all. At least we get poo poo 3pm kickoffs, though...
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he doesn't say anything controversial but i hope this causes it to kick off next time https://twitter.com/MsiDouglas/status/964501851671531520 https://twitter.com/WBA/status/964504483253207040 Jose fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Feb 16, 2018 |
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Apparently they stole a taxi to get home at 5am It's even better, they tried to go to some clubs but they were all shut because it was 4am so bailed to Maccy D's. They then left in the taxi but without the taxi driver, dumped it at the hotel and went to bed.
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Why are the clubs closed at 4am
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Jose posted:he doesn't say anything controversial but i hope this causes it to kick off next time He's not fam, blud.
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I think he's misplacing his criticism, here. There is no one on this planet that loves having a moan and sharing, commiserating, wallowing in it, than the English. Robbie has identified this and has monetized it. It's not Robbie's fault that Arsenal has been a bit poo poo, and easy to complain about.
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how long has he been in London, his English is great. I can hear a London accent more than his Spanish
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EvilHawk posted:It's even better, they tried to go to some clubs but they were all shut because it was 4am so bailed to Maccy D's. They then left in the taxi but without the taxi driver, dumped it at the hotel and went to bed. Even better yet, apparently it was Gaz Baz and Jonny Evans, two men in their mid-thirties, who did it.
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r.y.f.s.o. posted:I think he's misplacing his criticism, here. Yeah I don’t really understand the complaint. People like to bitch about their lovely teams. This gives them a platform for their bitching, and someone makes money for providing a service. The only people that get harmed are the lovely players, and they could correct it all by being less lovely.
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Eau de MacGowan posted:Even better yet, apparently it was Gaz Baz and Jonny Evans, two men in their mid-thirties, who did it. I'm their age and I wish I could go clubbing in Spain and steal a taxi
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