EPL 2023/2024

sparky

@MajorRage It wouldn’t surprise me if Mrs Becks hadn’t played away from home a bit too.

They are absolutely minted now apparently. In the top 20 richest couples in the UK.

sparky

Newcastle’s Sandro Tonali banned for 10 months for breaching gambling rules.

African Monkey

@sparky Funny how AC Milan got crucified in the media for letting him go without a fight. Seems like they knew exactly what they were doing haha.

canefan

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67179160

Wrexham in the top 3. How does promotion relegation work in league 2?

KiwiPie

@canefan You didn't mention it when we (Notts County) were top of the table! Top 3 plus one from the play-offs go up. Much easier to get promotion from L2 to L1 than from National League to L2.

16,000 at the game today - great to see.

canefan

@KiwiPie said in EPL 2023/2024:

@canefan You didn't mention it when we (Notts County) were top of the table! Top 3 plus one from the play-offs go up. Much easier to get promotion from L2 to L1 than from National League to L2.

16,000 at the game today - great to see.

To be fair I only saw the headline. Would be amazing if both of the promoted teams made a second jump together

sparky

Harry Kane scored from his own half yesterday.

sparky

Jude Bellingham has overhauled the great Zinedine Zidane’s record goal haul in a season for Real Madrid. It’s October and Jude Bellingham is 20 years old. Unreal talent.

mofitzy_

England's real golden generation. Will make anything less than silverware even more painful.

Billy Tell

United are really really average. City not out of 2nd gear and it’s already 2-0.

sparky

The gap between Man City and Man Utd is an enormous chasm currently.

Mind you, Tottenham, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa are all challenging Man City in the league at least for the moment.

MajorRage

Ten Hag could be in trouble here.

That squad shouldn’t get destroyed like that.

Billy Tell

@sparky said in EPL 2023/2024:

The gap between Man City and Man Utd is an enormous chasm currently.

Mind you, Tottenham, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa are all challenging Man City in the league at least for the moment.

MU are currently a mid-table team. Anyone and everyone will think they have a chance. MC strolled to victory.

sparky

@Billy-Tell I also don’t think Manchester United’s problems are easy to fix with one or two marquee signings. They’ve spent a fortune on a squad full of middle-of-road or past their prime players for whom mid-table is about right.

Bovidae

@mofitzy_ said in EPL 2023/2024:

England's real golden generation. Will make anything less than silverware even more painful.

A golden generation can't include Maguire at centre back. England always promise a lot and deliver less.

dogmeat

@canefan said in EPL 2023/2024:

Would be amazing if both of the promoted teams made a second jump together

Most pundits pre-season picked both Notts County and Wrexham to go up this season - along with Stockport.

@mofitzy_ said in EPL 2023/2024:

England's real golden generation. Will make anything less than silverware even more painful.

BBC recently did a poll and gave their own opinion of what a blended team of the current squad and the Beckham era 'golden generation' would look like. It was a pretty even balance with 2004 6 vs today's 5.

Billy Tell

@sparky said in EPL 2023/2024:

@Billy-Tell I also don’t think Manchester United’s problems are easy to fix with one or two marquee signings. They’ve spent a fortune on a squad full of middle-of-road or past their prime players for whom mid-table is about right.

Their defensive backs are hopeless. The only player I reckon that is top notch is Bruno Fernandes. But you can’t be a one man team. Casemiro is decent too but didn’t play today.

KiwiPie

@dogmeat Good point for Fulham today.

That combined front 6 has no balance at all, just shoehorning the players in - although polls do that. Kane up front with peak Rooney would be interesting.

Rapido

@sparky said in EPL 2023/2024:

Jude Bellingham has overhauled the great Zinedine Zidane’s record goal haul in a season for Real Madrid. It’s October and Jude Bellingham is 20 years old. Unreal talent.

Huh? what record goal haul in a season for Real Madrid did Zinedine Zidane even have?

sparky

@Rapido The most goals Zidane achieved in a whole season at Madrid was 12 in 2001-2 and 2002-3. Jude Bellingham already has 13 goals this season.

The Silver Fern

EPL 2023/2024