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You know what really grinds my sporting gears?
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GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Good post
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
This is a pretty good thread tbh. Some seriously intelligent conversation.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
If anything I've become less happy. It's the expectation that kills you.
andruid
Cricketer Of The Year
Gor Mahia v. AFC Leopards.
Making the city of Nairobi damn near ungovernable every time they play one another, or drop points against anyone. Idiot fans have cost their clubs all credibility with corporate sponsors, and hence the possibility that these two storied clubs could ever be more than modest fish in a tiny pond. Such flippin' idiots!
On a slightly less gear grinding note is Kenyan long distance track runners refusing to push the pace early on allowing Mo Farah, and or several Ethiopians to burn them on the final lap time after time after time.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
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GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
'twas a good read back through. Mainly because Jono was wrong.
ripper868
International Coach
Still stand by this.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Considering Gimp liked this post I'll bring it back up. It was always my opinion at the time that the top 4 were good, because they were, well, good, and they showed this in Europe. 3 winners and a finalist in Champions League.Indeed, it's not ideal, but you just have to realise the top 4 are exceedingly well run clubs. Well three are, and one have a multi-billionaire owner. Nothing much can be done about it, and any restrictions, just means that the other European leagues will outstrip our competition.
Really pointless comparing it to AFL or any of the American sports as they're the only gig in town really.
Exeter haven't been in the two top leagues of the divisions for our 100 plus years in pro-football, so not much has changed really. I'm not really stressing about the dominance of the top-four, it has to be said
Hull, Wigan and Stoke does show that it's possible for a smaller club to get in the top division, mind.
Much prefer football nowadays, to days of yore. Players were always ***** when I met them, now we just read more about it in the tabs. The culture is twenty times more civilised, and personally I'm pleased that skill is not hoofed off the pitch any more. (well mostly, Torquay and Stoke excluded, obviously).
All of a sudden, three of the teams don't look like they're going to make it in the top 4, and the other is considered (by many) to be a disaster season.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Was a good post.
Around the end of the last decade there was an assumption the 'top 4' was set in stone for years to come. Liverpool fell off a cliff in 2010, Ferguson retired, Tottenham have had a couple of decent seasons, City got rich, Leicester happened.
Money will always dictate the state of play to a large degree and I don't think anybody would dispute it but there will always be evolution. In many ways it's why Wenger deserves a lot of respect, but at the same time he really should have been able to win a title given the consistent placing in and around the top.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I'm not going to look it up but I reckon 03/04 and then 05/06 through to 08/09?
As Grecian said though, they were all seriously good at the time. Arsenal in the CL final in 06, Liverpool 07, United beat Chelsea in 08 I think after Chelsea knocked Liverpool out in the semis, and Liverpool had beaten Arsenal in the previous round?
Was just an era of the three top clubs historically all being strong + the Chelsea millions.
Since then, Liverpool have only made the top four once, United have missed out once and a second time now seems likely, Chelsea have finished outside twice (though they won the CL in one of those).
I think in sports, things like that always seem like they'll last forever, but they never do.
As Grecian said though, they were all seriously good at the time. Arsenal in the CL final in 06, Liverpool 07, United beat Chelsea in 08 I think after Chelsea knocked Liverpool out in the semis, and Liverpool had beaten Arsenal in the previous round?
Was just an era of the three top clubs historically all being strong + the Chelsea millions.
Since then, Liverpool have only made the top four once, United have missed out once and a second time now seems likely, Chelsea have finished outside twice (though they won the CL in one of those).
I think in sports, things like that always seem like they'll last forever, but they never do.
Be surprised if this one has not come up before but EPPP. Now I am not going to argue it is the whole reason for this Brentford set to close academy three years after it opened - Get West London, but hard to think it has had nothing to do with it.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
That's just what Yeovil did after they got to the Championship I think.
There's been myriad of posts about this on exeweb, and they generally make my head hurt.
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Uppercut
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Yeah completely. It's the incredible thing about Leicester being 5000/1 to win the title. Like, that's how much the entire footballing world bought into the idea that the current "elite" clubs were in a permanent, unassailable position. It hadn't really been the case for any of the league's 130 year history, but we all thought this time was different.
grecian
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The one thing I will say for the EPPP is that at least the club does get something if they don't sign a pro-contract. I mean we've got a reasonable amount for Goss at United, which is in direct contrast with when Peter Fox's son went to Manure when we got **** all. We will also make something from Ampadu.
Yet, yes the money, to keep it going is pretty prohibitive, even if you do get it matched.
I mean, think we've done okay out of it, so I'm probably one of the few fans. Especially now we've picked up Yeovil's and Torquays best players.
Yet, yes the money, to keep it going is pretty prohibitive, even if you do get it matched.
I mean, think we've done okay out of it, so I'm probably one of the few fans. Especially now we've picked up Yeovil's and Torquays best players.
