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massive season finale that.

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What a save by the Malaga keeper against Atletico in the last minute! Would have won them the league if they scored. Huge game next week now.

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Congratulations to Man City. Great season for them. Would love to play then in CL next season if we qualify for the group stages.

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Agreed you will need strength in depth next season as you will be playing a lot more games at a higher level.

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I can just see the Utd board tomorrow. They wont know whats hit them - no european football next year. tut tut

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Why? They and anyone else with half a brain knew United would not qualify ages ago, Europa Cup is no great loss.

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It will hit when CL football is being played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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I'm not so sure. I've heard they've planned an extensive tour of America through the summer and sporadically during the season. It won't bring in anywhere near the same amount of revenue but they'll get a decent return on it plus it'll be used to increase the brand presence over there.

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thats a fair bit of travel

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Ashley Cole left out of world cup squad SSN

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http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/88...to-2014-a.html

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BBC up to it as well

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2014/05/27.jpg

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Hows Luke this morning Julian.:Yes:

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...ay-sky-sources

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And this will cheer you up even more my dear chap.:D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27371960

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Southampton are going to pull everyones trousers down.

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And this was quite inevitable as well.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27372342

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:rofl:

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The beautiful game not as we know it.:D

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The Barca v Atlético title decider seems to be next Saturday at 5pm. Isn't there something else happening at the same time...

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This will please Man City fans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27372851

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Rumours are rife that Luke Shaw will sign for United in the next day or so which is great but there's still that gaping hole in central midfield...

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And who would you be happy with in midfield Russ?.

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ffs! :mad:

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Not sure about that team, Rooney been out of form this season, as has Welbeck. Sturridge has had a blinding season so hopefully he can take that form into the World Cup. Wilshere only just back from injury, I predict that by the end of the first game he is back on the injured list.

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Congratulations to "The Wall" :D:D

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We can only pray and hope.

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BBC Sport ‏@BBCSport · 9m
West Bromwich Albion confirm they have parted company with Pepe Mel by mutual consent #wbafc pic.twitter.com/4ycUWcVcQH

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And Tim and Big Sam will be next and then after that probably the head butting madman.:redcard::redcard:

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Wonder how bad the Norwich board feel today, got to wonder had they stuck with Hughton would they have stayed up?

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All three clubs that went down got rid of their managers and nowt did it help them.

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Sunderland changed their manager, and they were bottom

Didn't wigan change their manager too? And they are in play offs.

Keeping same manager is not necessarily the solution.

My rule, it is up to the owner, no one else.

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Norwich should have accepted fate and prepared for the Championship but the minimum requirement was probably stay in the league and he failed so sacked he was. I do agree, it is up to the owner(s) to make choices but some are too rash but then we don't know whats going on behind closed down. May be he wasn't motivating the club as he once did.

Pepe Mel was a punt. Some work out, some don't.

Whats going to happen at Southampton? It seems real cringe that the owners are showing too much front, not on the sales but on the manager front, extending his contract.

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Overrated

Although his style will probably work with Chelsea/Mourinho

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A bargain compared to Torres.

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I dunno about being overrated, he has a good scoring record the last few years. Strikers that go from Atletico to England seem to do quite well. He wouldn't look out of place wearing a cowboy hat and poncho in a spaghetti western. He'll wind people up, of that I have no doubt.

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Bah. Everyone already getting players.

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Hes had one good goal scoring year, before that he was average at best. Its a risk taking a player on one good season, but as you said, strikers from Atletico seem to do well in England.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27386066

Not really a surprise but I did hope he'd stay on in some capacity.

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36 in 50 so far this season, 20 in 44 last season and 10 in 16 the year before, that's not to shabby, and he's only 25. Different league granted, and I ain't trying to big him up to be some sort of magical scoring machine mate, honest! He's done enough to make people notice. I think Liverpool wanted him last summer. Him and Suarez would have been interesting to say the least. To me he's a play-acting, nasty, grappling, sneaky and sometimes naughty front man. Ticks all the right boxes :D

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Good striker, but as you say, dirty as well. Suarez has a rival :)

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Costa is a big signing for Chelsea. Its also good to see Chelsea move early so Arsenal can have a certain other striker ;)

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he could well be a decent signing for someone

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well deserved :clap:

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He is quite in your face like the great Didier Drogba but whether he is Drogba's class remains to be seen.

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He's not and never will be, two different players. Look no further than Lukaku for the next Drogba. If he isn't playing for Chelsea next season then he needs to find his way out of Stamford Bridge because the guy is destined to be a monster in front of goal.

Lukaku at 20 years old has scored more goals in the Premier League than Alan Shearer did at that age.

Alan Shearer 118 games for Southampton and a mere 22 goals (Yes we all know he went on to wreck the league)
Lukaku for Everton and WBA 66 games and 32 goals.. 20 years old.

I want to see this kid get a proper season at Chelsea but you just don't know with Mourinho.

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Tim Sherwood sacked by Spurs.:rolleyes:

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...r-tim-sherwood

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was biggest certainty in football

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Daniel Levy has not a clue what he is doing as first of all he wants the latest fashionable foreign model and then after that he wants the all English model but alas that did not last.

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exactly new manager every year don't work

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The question is, was sherwood best to do the job.

Personally, i am not convinced. That said, not my decision :)

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But whether he was the best or not for the job you can't keep replacing your managers willy nilly at the whim of a owner who clearly does not know what he is doing.

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Sherwood has a 59% win percentage, the best by any Spurs manager in the Premiership years.;)

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John Terry sign 1 year extention to contract SSN

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Shame. Was looking forward to him and Ferdinand leaving this summer. Oh well, another year to abuse him.

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Works fine for Chelsea

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Only because Roman insist on it.

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So it works for them then, works for real Madrid to

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Romans had a brilliant strategy in hindsight ;)

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But unlike Norwich, Cardiff etc, Chelski and Real Madrid also throw countless millions onto the pitch as well, and Man City have gone through a few managers recently but they are also doing well due to the massive financial investment.

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As bizarre as it might sound, I think Roman is possibly the longest serving outright owner of a Premier League club.

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Sigh, longest manager, longest out right owner yada yada yada

None of that matters. Results count, and once season is over, you look to the next season. Everyone starts at the same level, and then it gets interesting. :D

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The owner doesn't matter? Course he does Colin. We kept getting told he'd be gone within a couple of years, yet it turns out he's possibly what I posted. It's a bizarre thought, that's all, nothing more. It's not intended as a slight on anything or anyone else.

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Then newcastle should be ecstatic, their owner is still there.

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:LOL: But he's not there for the same reasons mine and yours are. Have I annoyed you or something?

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And so is the idiot Pardew.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27410692

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Sorry, not attacking you. Just saying that whether a club has had a manager (arsenal), an owner (chelsea) for the longest (or longer) period, doesn't make any club better or worse than others.

It is the players, and ultimately the results that count.

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The question is how do you get to achieve those results? I can't agree that Southampton are not one of the best run clubs in the country when you look at the amount of talented players they've produced but the results are not spectacular by Premier League standards.

Also I think you either need to spend a lot on great players or give a manager time to build a squad. What Wenger did with his first post Emirates team was an achievement even if he didn't have the trophy to show it.

Spurs want instant success but don't want to pay for it and as such they have a merry-go-round of managers. One season, maybe next season, they'll break into the top 4 again but the mismanagement of the club would leave me to suspect it would be temporary. They had one manager who did break into the top 4, twice, and still they fired him because the second time Levy actually wanted third (as Chelsea won the Champions League). They allowed AVB to spend £100 million on players and then fired him a few months into the season because he had a bad spell, not even an especially serious one, and now have lumbered a subsequent manager with a expense squad he didn't assemble.

Most clubs cannot afford a City or Chelsea style blowout on a team. They need to find other ways to build their squad and slow investment over several seasons (United, Liverpool) or promoting youth (Southampton) are the best ways to go. IMO.

In the end it's only 'the players' if you really outclass everyone. Otherwise it's the manager and the team as a whole. Liverpool almost beat City to the title and they have, overall, far worse players than City.

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8 major European finals lost in a row now for Benfica. Maybe the curse is real...?

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Cardiff and Norwich we're the third and fifth highest spenders in the summer but that's irrelevant to the original question anyway.

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Sorry, I was just pointing out that longevity does not make a good manager or owner.

You can still have good manager, and change every few years. That then begs question, what constitutes a good season. For some teams, playing good football and being in the "mix" is a good season. Eg Swansea last year, southhampton this year. It is up to each club to measure that success.

Look at liverpool, and crystal palace, bot touted as best managers of the year, and no trophies

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Its such a shame as it reminds me of Jimmy White in the snooker who reached 6 finals and never won any.

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I don't want him.

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He has always been overrated in my opinion.

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He wouldn't be a bad choice IMO. Lots of teams looking for strikers and he is one of those who I would take.

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Personally l find his workrate as a player quite poor and Arsenal need someone up front who is quick and skilful.

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Cavani is the striker Arsenal need to get unless someone better becomes available which is unlikely.

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£60 million might help to start with but then again its up to the player to decide in the end.

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Arsenal have the money and Cavani isn't happy playing second fiddle at PSG.

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That's what we are led to believe with Cavani.

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Was he cursed by someone to

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I heard today that Celtic are playing Spurs in Helsinki, in August.

Has anyone got any news if this will be televised like all pre season friendlies.

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Oh dear Arsenal could be losing one of their better players.;)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27432814

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He has just signed a new deal. There is zero chance of him leaving unless a crazy offer comes in.

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Another reason for Wigan to win :D

Since Arsenal last won anything..

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l wonder which Arsenal will turn up tomorrow because as Jose says they are expert serial losers.;):D

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Coming up short yes. Losers not really ;) :p:

You mean Hull City?

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Lol yes, Hull. Was having a chat in another window with someone about Wigan :D

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What about Wigan ? ;)

I expect Arsenal to make things harder than they should be. And thats not me being arrogant. I'm just saying Arsenal do fluff a lot of chances.

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Birmingham springs to mind.

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That cannot happen again :shocked:

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You hope.:)

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The fine isn't high enough.

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http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/...0_DOWNLOAD.pdf

commercials examination? how did they examine them?

thats a decent sanction.

i wonder what other perks they had in store for employees ;)

so its time for Man City to put the thinking hat on but i do reckon they, Man City haven't been tested as much as they should have been. may be im being too biased.

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Yes you are

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They only used 21 players last season anyway. Just don't get it, the clowns who have ruined Leeds, Portsmouth and one or two others walk away scot free, and the like of the Glazers purloin millions from United yet people who actually invest in the game are penalised.:rolleyes:

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I think they probably need to add additional rules about money that goes into clubs from owners, i.e can't do the loan thing or leveraged buyouts.

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It is football, common sense does not come into it. Unless you are willing to give backhanders to the top officials

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the FA want shot for having a 5pm kick off :mad::mad::mad:

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+1

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+2

i want to watch the barca vs madrid game as well as Arsenal. Not the same watching one on the pc or tablet