EPL 18/19
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@mariner4life said in EPL 18/19:
Brendan Rodgers back in the Prem, taking the Leicester job
Do they have to play City again? He may do his old club a favour?
Rafa did his part.
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In the end, Liverpool's 5-0 over Watford means no more than City's 1-0 over the Hammers. But jesus they needed a decent performance after the last month or so.
Current crisis club Chelsea knocking over Spurs probably goes close to shutting out Tottenham's last outside chance at knicking it. Arsenal v Spurs this weekend is suddenly very tasty.
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Even before this sacking I was only musing yesterday how tragic it is to have given up on your team before March.
TBF we didn't get the Premiership winning Ranieri but the real issue has to be with the leadership of the club and more specifically recruitment.
We spent $100 mill over the summer bringing in 12 players which clearly unsettled the side. More importantly we did nothing to address the obvious defensive frailties. The Manager has negligible influence on who is bought and I wonder if the owners stick their nose into selection as well in order to try and justify their purchases as some of the teams chosen have been bizarre.
On top of all that some of the really high profile signings have simply not fronted and Ranieri has refused to play the key players from last season.
Must be something wrong with the culture in the squad as well because they have now twice this year demonstrably given up trying for two different gaffers.
All so different to 12 months ago. Fulham is clearly a vanity project for Shahid Khan who is demonstrating he is the worst king of owner. Both times we've gone down on his watch he's gone through 3 Managers in a season. It's inexcuseable. Despite its shortcomings the Fulham squad should not be in this position. I truly believe we probably would have been better off with last seasons starting line up.
Fucking disgraceful.
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Even before this sacking I was only musing yesterday how tragic it is to have given up on your team before March.
TBF we didn't get the Premiership winning Ranieri but the real issue has to be with the leadership of the club and more specifically recruitment.
We spent $100 mill over the summer bringing in 12 players which clearly unsettled the side. More importantly we did nothing to address the obvious defensive frailties. The Manager has negligible influence on who is bought and I wonder if the owners stick their nose into selection as well in order to try and justify their purchases as some of the teams chosen have been bizarre.
On top of all that some of the really high profile signings have simply not fronted and Ranieri has refused to play the key players from last season.
Must be something wrong with the culture in the squad as well because they have now twice this year demonstrably given up trying for two different gaffers.
All so different to 12 months ago. Fulham is clearly a vanity project for Shahid Khan who is demonstrating he is the worst king of owner. Both times we've gone down on his watch he's gone through 3 Managers in a season. It's inexcuseable. Despite its shortcomings the Fulham squad should not be in this position. I truly believe we probably would have been better off with last seasons starting line up.
Fucking disgraceful.
oh this has appointing Sam Allardyce written all over it.
Yuck.
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@mariner4life said in EPL 18/19:
Even before this sacking I was only musing yesterday how tragic it is to have given up on your team before March.
TBF we didn't get the Premiership winning Ranieri but the real issue has to be with the leadership of the club and more specifically recruitment.
We spent $100 mill over the summer bringing in 12 players which clearly unsettled the side. More importantly we did nothing to address the obvious defensive frailties. The Manager has negligible influence on who is bought and I wonder if the owners stick their nose into selection as well in order to try and justify their purchases as some of the teams chosen have been bizarre.
On top of all that some of the really high profile signings have simply not fronted and Ranieri has refused to play the key players from last season.
Must be something wrong with the culture in the squad as well because they have now twice this year demonstrably given up trying for two different gaffers.
All so different to 12 months ago. Fulham is clearly a vanity project for Shahid Khan who is demonstrating he is the worst king of owner. Both times we've gone down on his watch he's gone through 3 Managers in a season. It's inexcuseable. Despite its shortcomings the Fulham squad should not be in this position. I truly believe we probably would have been better off with last seasons starting line up.
Fucking disgraceful.
oh this has appointing Sam Allardyce written all over it.
Yuck.
Scott Parker is caretaker at the moment. It does seem like a job for one of the EPL's perennial bale out merchants
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@mariner4life said in EPL 18/19:
Even before this sacking I was only musing yesterday how tragic it is to have given up on your team before March.
TBF we didn't get the Premiership winning Ranieri but the real issue has to be with the leadership of the club and more specifically recruitment.
We spent $100 mill over the summer bringing in 12 players which clearly unsettled the side. More importantly we did nothing to address the obvious defensive frailties. The Manager has negligible influence on who is bought and I wonder if the owners stick their nose into selection as well in order to try and justify their purchases as some of the teams chosen have been bizarre.
On top of all that some of the really high profile signings have simply not fronted and Ranieri has refused to play the key players from last season.
Must be something wrong with the culture in the squad as well because they have now twice this year demonstrably given up trying for two different gaffers.
All so different to 12 months ago. Fulham is clearly a vanity project for Shahid Khan who is demonstrating he is the worst king of owner. Both times we've gone down on his watch he's gone through 3 Managers in a season. It's inexcuseable. Despite its shortcomings the Fulham squad should not be in this position. I truly believe we probably would have been better off with last seasons starting line up.
Fucking disgraceful.
oh this has appointing Sam Allardyce written all over it.
Yuck.
BAN HIM!!!
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Liverpool draw 0-0 at Everton. That is two goalless draws in a week. Man City a point clear at the top of the table.
Along with daffodils and the sound of cuckoos, the English Spring is heralded by the Liverpool FC players bottling it. No wonder it is soooooooooo many years since that club last won the League.
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@mariner4life said in EPL 18/19:
Even before this sacking I was only musing yesterday how tragic it is to have given up on your team before March.
TBF we didn't get the Premiership winning Ranieri but the real issue has to be with the leadership of the club and more specifically recruitment.
We spent $100 mill over the summer bringing in 12 players which clearly unsettled the side. More importantly we did nothing to address the obvious defensive frailties. The Manager has negligible influence on who is bought and I wonder if the owners stick their nose into selection as well in order to try and justify their purchases as some of the teams chosen have been bizarre.
On top of all that some of the really high profile signings have simply not fronted and Ranieri has refused to play the key players from last season.
Must be something wrong with the culture in the squad as well because they have now twice this year demonstrably given up trying for two different gaffers.
All so different to 12 months ago. Fulham is clearly a vanity project for Shahid Khan who is demonstrating he is the worst king of owner. Both times we've gone down on his watch he's gone through 3 Managers in a season. It's inexcuseable. Despite its shortcomings the Fulham squad should not be in this position. I truly believe we probably would have been better off with last seasons starting line up.
Fucking disgraceful.
oh this has appointing Sam Allardyce written all over it.
Yuck.
BAN HIM!!!
No way Sam A will take over Fulham now even if they wanted him. He's the master of making a team difficult to beat and Fulham can't survive with 0-0 draws
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Liverpool draw 0-0 at Everton. That is two goalless draws in a week. Man City a point clear at the top of the table.
Along with daffodils and the sound of cuckoos, the English Spring is heralded by the Liverpool FC players bottling it. No wonder it is soooooooooo many years since that club last won the League.
yea, bottling it. Lost once all season, those absolute cowards.
Fucking Everton, little brother wouldn't play that had against anyone else. Fuckers.
It's so shit that Liverpool will set a club record for points scored in a season and come 2nd. Fucking City.
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@mariner4life said in EPL 18/19:
Liverpool draw 0-0 at Everton. That is two goalless draws in a week. Man City a point clear at the top of the table.
Along with daffodils and the sound of cuckoos, the English Spring is heralded by the Liverpool FC players bottling it. No wonder it is soooooooooo many years since that club last won the League.
yea, bottling it. Lost once all season, those absolute cowards.
Fucking Everton, little brother wouldn't play that had against anyone else. Fuckers.
It's so shit that Liverpool will set a club record for points scored in a season and come 2nd. Fucking City.
Same with Spurs I think. Hard to beat those petro-dollars. Financial fair play working?
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@mariner4life said in EPL 18/19:
Liverpool draw 0-0 at Everton. That is two goalless draws in a week. Man City a point clear at the top of the table.
Along with daffodils and the sound of cuckoos, the English Spring is heralded by the Liverpool FC players bottling it. No wonder it is soooooooooo many years since that club last won the League.
yea, bottling it. Lost once all season, those absolute cowards.
Fucking Everton, little brother wouldn't play that had against anyone else. Fuckers.
It's so shit that Liverpool will set a club record for points scored in a season and come 2nd. Fucking City.
Same with Spurs I think. Hard to beat those petro-dollars. Financial fair play working?
i have no problem with it. Soccer has been a financial arms race for a couple of decades really. It's either petro-dollars, or your club was lucky enough to be good at a time that the profitability of the league exploded. So have a good crack at it, and if you do amazing, but still get beat, then thems the breaks.
It's not like Liverpool is a cheaply assembled team of plucky locals. It's not like any of the top sides are.
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Crap penalty call for Spurs against Arsenal but crap penalty taken at the end.
That last arsenal pen should never have been given, if the prem had VAR I reckon both pens would not have been allowed. A lucky escape for us, we are struggling to recapture our form since Kane got back
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Crap penalty call for Spurs against Arsenal but crap penalty taken at the end.
That last arsenal pen should never have been given, if the prem had VAR I reckon both pens would not have been allowed. A lucky escape for us, we are struggling to recapture our form since Kane got back
Do you think they have to play a different style with Kane back compared to when Son was leading the line?
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Crap penalty call for Spurs against Arsenal but crap penalty taken at the end.
That last arsenal pen should never have been given, if the prem had VAR I reckon both pens would not have been allowed. A lucky escape for us, we are struggling to recapture our form since Kane got back
Do you think they have to play a different style with Kane back compared to when Son was leading the line?
I'm not sure. The formation is slightly different but I would have thought having Harry back would force defenders to mark more closely and open space for the others. Perhaps the fighting mentality they showed while he was away has gone because they sub consciously ball watch? We are always good for a few big errors and lately we have been made to pay for them. The mistake that lead to the Ramsay goal was farcical
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Excellent analysis on Liverpool and what has gone wrong for the Scousers. They remain rock solid in defence but are not clinical enough in front of goal to be champions:
