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    @MajorRage said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

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    That is one odd looking prem league table …. Look at the 3 in the relegation zone!!

    How da fuk ate fulham up there

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    Arsenal did not go into their shell a 2-2 which shows a lot of confidence. Great game and goals.

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    Lampard gooorn

    Surprised he's lasted as long as he has TBH

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    @Mackerzzzz

    The main reason is a good Manager.

    Fulham should have stayed up in 2022 - the squad was definitely talented enough but Parker was shite

    Fortunately he pissed off as otherwise we were going to lose key (disenchanted) players.

    Silva came in and pretty much the same squad pissed the Championship. He and his staff have really improved a host of players; Mitro, Ream, Harrison.

    Then we bought wisely. Palhinha, Leno, Willian, Perreira (another who has improved) all have added quality to the existing squad. Really happy team that know their roles.

    Couyld all come unstuck in the summer though as I expect we will get picked over. We still need to add depth too so some key injuries could still fuck us.

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    @dogmeat said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

    Lampard gooorn

    Surprised he's lasted as long as he has TBH

    He never seemed to have much clue and Everton is a basket case of a club anyway. Talk of Bielsa going there which promises massive amusement and probably relegation (too short a period for him to change the playing style). Also Ralph recently of Southampton and naturally Dyche who becomes a better manager the longer he is out of work.

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    @KiwiPie You'd have to be desperate ot a massive egoist (or both) to go near the Everton Manager's job.

    They will have the nicest stadium in the Championship if it is finished in time

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    @dogmeat said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

    @KiwiPie You'd have to be desperate ot a massive egoist (or both) to go near the Everton Manager's job.

    They will have the nicest stadium in the Championship if it is finished in time

    When they'll get bought by a petro-state.

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    When was it that Everton fancied themselves as part of a 'big six'? I'd love to see them go down.

    Lampard seems a hopeless manager but what are the odds that he gets yet another gig in the premier league?

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    @Cyclops said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

    When was it that Everton fancied themselves as part of a 'big six'?

    The "Big Six" is a more recent thing but Everton would have been in the 1980s when they won titles.

    As to their new manager, get Rooney for laughs.

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    @Cyclops said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

    When was it that Everton fancied themselves as part of a 'big six'? I'd love to see them go down.

    Lampard seems a hopeless manager but what are the odds that he gets yet another gig in the premier league?

    Close to zero, honestly.

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    @Bovidae The big 6 was always a thing, but it was based on crowd support, financial muscle and to some extent history more than anything else. Chelsea only joined the top table when they gained all the roubles. City weren't really a top 6 side either until the petro dollars they were a fringe contender.

    On those three criteria Everton were a top 6 club. In the 80's under Kendall they actually performed like one.

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    @dogmeat said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

    @Bovidae The big 6 was always a thing, but it was based on crowd support, financial muscle and to some extent history more than anything else. Chelsea only joined the top table when they gained all the roubles. City weren't really a top 6 side either until the petro dollars they were a fringe contender.

    On those three criteria Everton were a top 6 club. In the 80's under Kendall they actually performed like one.

    Under Moyes they played in the champions league/European Cup

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    @canefan Fair point but under Kendall they actually won stuff.

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    I'll bung this in here rather than start a new thread and someone can move it if necessary.

    It is the centennial of the Chatham Cup
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    14 December 2022 marks 100 years since the crew of the HMS Chatham presented the Chatham Cup to the New Zealand Football Association.

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    @dogmeat said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

    @canefan Fair point but under Kendall they actually won stuff.

    Yeah I wasn't saying you were wrong, just adding to your idea that Everton used to be pretty good

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    Watched the 10 min highlights package, without knowing result, of Fulham v Sunderland in the FA Cup.

    Time well spent.

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    Thoughts on Dyche to Everton, 100 players to Chelsea (Enzo Fernandez becomes most expensive player in England) but Jorginho to the Arse, Cancelo out to Bayern, yet more players for Forest?

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    Every sympathy for Dyche. I guess expectations are low but nevertheless. Everton. Owner has to go. Board has to go and they're better off being relegated and starting again in the Championship - but not sure how that would impact the new stadium. If they do go down it's not certain they will bounce back up. Particularly under the current structure

    100 players for Chelsea - 89 Mill quid seems a lot to be paying for a guy that couldn't get in the Shaktar first team until Fulham signed Manor Soloman. Chelsea are playing a risky game. They're getting around FFP by signing everyone on long term contracts so the amortised amount isn't that much. But (big BUT) that is mortgaging their future. If they don't make Champions League will it all come unstuck?

    Clever signing of Jorginho. Cancelo seemed to be on the outer and Pep hasn't repeated his summer mistakes of strengthening a direct competitor for EPL. Forest seemed to be coming right after a slog to get the team right. Is that three teams they've signed this season? It seems like. Great way to solidify team unity. they look as though they're safe but if it was to go tits up they might be lucky if it's only another 30 years in the lower divisions. I'm old school but I find their approach abhorrent

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    I'm pretty bored of the Chelsea bullshit.

    Really sick of playing stupid money for players, only for them to not turn out. I really think desire to play for a club is everything, and clearly a lot of these guys have little interest in it.

    Another 100mm gone to another player over much hype. This could well be another Lukaku load of shit. It's just an approach of throwing money at players to try and build a squad. Meanwhile, one our best players of our last few years has gone to Arsenal and it's barely a murmur.

    Lame crap, which reeks of an owner having too much say.

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    Chelsea are certainly paying overs for players without any obvious plan in place. That does suggest the owner and manager aren't on the same wavelength. How is Potter going to please all these players? And then they can only register 3 of the new signings for the CL. And still no striker.

    From an Arsenal perspective, they obviously wanted Mudryk, and he wanted to go to Arsenal. But it all came down to money as Shakhtar wanted to maximise their fee, and Chelsea were only too happy to oblige. Benfica are laughing all the way to the bank as well (10x what they paid for Fernandez less than a year ago). Trossard and Jorginho should prove to be good signings to provide some depth. Experienced and EPL-ready. Arsenal's no.1 target in the summer is still Declan Rice.

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