***Official*** English Football Season 2020-21

[Furball]

Not so sure about that. City noticeably did the opposite for the two years prior and were just as successful.

City have had the strongest squad, so Pep has been able to rotate whilst still sending out a strong team.

Personal issues aside, Pep could play a front 3 of Sterling, Foden and Aguero midweek in the Champions League, which is pretty strong and none of them started at the weekend.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Credit to Manure for the second half. Not so much credit to Celtic.

 

[Furball]

I doubt that anything will stop Celtic winning everything in Scotland though.

Whoops

 

[Lillian Thomson]

It would be funny if they won nothing.

 

[Niall]

Not sure Rangers should be celebrating anything that will speed up the departure of Lennon tbf.

 

[Furball]

Not sure Rangers should be celebrating anything that will speed up the departure of Lennon tbf.

I'm actually pissed off that this wasn't a league game.

Although Celtic are so badly run at boardroom level that I'm not particularly concerned if Lennon does get sacked tbh.

 

[grecian]

That was ****e.

 

[Furball]

Tierney getting destroyed by Traore is good to see. Over-rated wee fanny.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

That was ****e.

You watched Shrewsbury v Oxford City too did you?

We were shocking.

 

[sledger]

Oh man

Oh god

Oh man oh god

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Arsenal fans should just make a YUK stencil.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well the early promise under Arteta has vanished quickly.

 

[Furball]

Rioting at Celtic Park because they've lost a cup game for the first time in 4½ years

 

[duffer]

Well the early promise under Arteta has vanished quickly.

This job was way too big for a grad hire. I don't think he has the experience to turn it around either.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

This job was way too big for a grad hire. I don't think he has the experience to turn it around either.

You say **** like this but what other choices did you have?

 

[harsh.ag]

You say **** like this but what other choices did you have?

Michael Laudrup

 

[duffer]

You say **** like this but what other choices did you have?

Apparently the final 4 candidates we interviewed were Arteta, Ancelotti, Allegri and Nuno.

 

[sledger]

Don't blame them picking Arteta really tbh. Bloke is/was exceptionally exceptionally well-regarded by basically anyone he's ever worked with. The other choices (other than Nuno) wouldn't exactly have been very inspired. I like Ancelotti but he would have been a very 'safe' option and not really someone I could see hanging around to see a long term overhaul, the likes of which is needed. Never really liked Allegri much myself for some reason.

I still think he needs to be given time, because as alluded to above, it's a massive job with no quick fix. But make no mistake about it, it's a turgid state of affairs right now.

I really hope they don't sack him tbh, because honestly what would be the point? They're not suddenly going to start competing for the league, already waaay too late for that, and who else is there for the job? Tony Adams?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Apparently the final 4 candidates we interviewed were Arteta, Ancelotti, Allegri and Nuno.

None of the other options would have done any better. The whole system is broken from the top down.

 

[Uppercut]

Nuno can't coach an attack either, I'd say you'd look pretty similar under him as under Arteta. Ancelotti was exactly the wrong type of coach for where Arsenal were. Allegri, meh. He's a good tactician but he tends to leave clubs in worse shape than they were when he arrived. Again, not what Arsenal needed.

Arteta was always likely to "fail" because he inherited a mid-table squad with expectations of a top four challenge. But he had good upside and made sense given the club's situation at the time. Just because it might not work out doesn't mean he was the wrong choice.