EPL 2023/2024
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Big risk to take on Alonso for both parties - similar to taking over from Fergie or Wenger, when the whole club has been shaped around one manager, the next man in has a really tough job.
Last day of the transfer window and no big moves announced yet as far as I know.
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@KiwiPie said in EPL 2023/2024:
Last day of the transfer window and no big moves announced yet as far as I know.
I think more clubs would have been certainly recruiting if they didn't have threat of losing points.
City having KDB back almost seems like a transfer lol, what an immediate impact
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final deadline getting interesting, ex Man C flop Enes Unal signed on loan to Bournemouth, papers hoping it will trigger a Solanke move, however I suspect this allows club to sell Moore to Sunderland/Ipswich
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@bayimports well tipped.Ipswich it is and another youngster on loan to Hibs
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@KiwiPie said in EPL 2023/2024:
Big risk to take on Alonso for both parties - similar to taking over from Fergie or Wenger, when the whole club has been shaped around one manager, the next man in has a really tough job.
On the plus side, at Klopp's salary, you'd only have to stick it out for a month to collect your first million pounds....
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@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
@bayimports well tipped.Ipswich it is and another youngster on loan to Hibs
Broja looks like a good loan move too for Fulham.
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@bayimports said in EPL 2023/2024:
@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
@bayimports well tipped.Ipswich it is and another youngster on loan to Hibs
Broja looks like a good loan move too for Fulham.
Yeah he’s brilliant but needs pitch time to find his feet.
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The young northern Irish lad for Liverpool was savage good vs Chelsea.
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We certainly need someone who can put it in the back of the net. I'm getting sick of commentators going on about the good football that Fulham play. Pretty triangles are meaningless if you are anaemic in the final third.
My only concern with Broja is can he will come back from his long term injury and be the player he seemed to be before.
What were Chelsea thinking slapping a 50 mill valuation on him? He can't get in their first team ahead of a guy they paid half that for in the summer.
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@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
City will be happy with todays result
Arsenal really bossed Liverpool today, it is looking like a 3 way title race, at least it is at the moment. Liverpool exposed by doing their usual run around crazily pressing but Arsenal good enough to pass through it to find a lot of space. And not having a real full back against Martinelli is dangerous.
Some crazy games over the whole weekend, Newcastle v Luton the highlight. In the end most of the relegation contenders drew and Sheff U (and probably Burnley) look goneburger.
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Well the arsenal Liverpool game brought back memories of those “minties moments” ads…
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@KiwiPie said in EPL 2023/2024:
@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
City will be happy with todays result
Arsenal really bossed Liverpool today, it is looking like a 3 way title race, at least it is at the moment. Liverpool exposed by doing their usual run around crazily pressing but Arsenal good enough to pass through it to find a lot of space. And not having a real full back against Martinelli is dangerous.
Some crazy games over the whole weekend, Newcastle v Luton the highlight. In the end most of the relegation contenders drew and Sheff U (and probably Burnley) look goneburger.
I think Luton might well survive. They should be odds on to pick up 3 points this weekend at home to the hapless Sheffield.
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I hope Luton avoid the drop. Having the three promoted teams go straight down and the three relegated teams bounce straight back up (quite possible) is a bad look.
Whatever happens the 24/5 EPL looks likely to be quite a bit stronger than this current class.
Relegation could still be decided by points deductions. If Forest get pinged I reckon they're down.
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@dogmeat said in EPL 2023/2024:
I hope Luton avoid the drop. Having the three promoted teams go straight down and the three relegated teams bounce straight back up (quite possible) is a bad look.
Whatever happens the 24/5 EPL looks likely to be quite a bit stronger than this current class.
Relegation could still be decided by points deductions. If Forest get pinged I reckon they're down.
Luton have surprised me, they looked very limited early on in the season but now Barkley is looking like the player he should have been (he was in the England World Cup squad in 2014) they have some real attacking threat. Happy if they stay up.
Forest's penalty looks fairly nailed on as far as I know. As they didn't sell Johnson before June 30, their outgoings were way above their income. And Everton may get another deduction, not sure if it will be this season though?
(Players still active from the Eng 2014 World Cup squad: Joe Hart, Danny Welbeck, Chris Smalling, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Milner, Raheem Sterling, Adam Lallana, Ross Barkley, Fraser Forster, Luke Shaw
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Luton look every bit a team that will stay up. The only other team not mentioned that needs to be careful right now is Palace. Eze and Olise injured and the longer they hold on to old Roy, the longer they will drift closer to the zone. It’s a big call, but Luton, Forest and Everton are showing enough fight. This is of course assuming further deductions don’t enter the chat!
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You would have to think Luton have every chance of staying up after their last few displays. Would be huge as they were everyone’s first choice to go down a few months ago.
Like you Dogmeat I am sick of Fulham being praised for pretty losing football. The loss of Mitrovic is even worse than I thought and I think the risk is still there for us to drop right in the relegation zone. I wrote something similar in the friends of Fulham forum and they have banned me for life. -
@middleman I think we will be fine. There are still three sides worse than us and as @KiwiPie says Forests penalty looks nailed on. Even if they only get a couple of points deduction they'll be in trouble.
Burnley Sheffield Forest Palace Everton and Luton should all be more concerned than Fulham. Us Brentford and Bournemouth battling for 12-14th.
Next year though could be a worry. We need to rebuild the squad. Some are getting too old, some will leave Palhinha, Tosin, Tete, Jedi. Plus there's always the worry Marco will up sticks. Pretty thankless task as the moment. The Khan's don't seem to match his ambition.
