Not wanting to wish injury on anyone but if ASM joins him on the sidelines for any significant period of time then they could be right back to being in real trouble again I notice there doesn’t seem to have been much effort put in to rearranging our game
Must say, though I HATE watching them play, Bruno Lage has done an incredible job at Wolves. I didn't think he'd even last a season, and he's proving to be way beyond everyone's expectations. Mind you, they're very Puel-y. I don't see anyone selling him to a bigger club though?
Perhaps if the Chelsea job came up? They have more of a history of pragmatic managers. The other suspects want a manager more in keeping with their perceived "way". We saw how Nuno fared with the Spurs fans.
The oddity is that the biggest complaint about Lage's tenure at Benfica was that they were free-scoring but also a bit sieve-like. In his one full season, Benfica scored 14 goals in 8 European matches...but shipped 16.
I think that the six points from the last two games is sadly probably enough to keep them above water.
Those six points are a boon, but I think they've won 3 on trot, just to underline their momentum. I think Brentford will be the team just above the trap door by the end, whoever it is, it could be with the lowest points required for survival ever.
A number of games still to be rearranged. I suspect the PL are waiting to see how the next round of the FA Cup goes, because that will determine which PL games can go ahead on the weekend of 19th/20th March (QF weekend).
This is how a typical 'football' conversation goes for the BIG 6 ... "So far this season, United have earned €35.5m (£29.8m) in prize money in reaching the last 16 of the Champions League - they travel to Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their tie on Wednesday, 23 February. Had they achieved the same results in reaching the last 16 of the Europa League, the figure would have been €8.74m (£7.33m) and in the Europa Conference League it would have been €6.32m (£5.3m). There is additional income to be added in from the TV pool, but the gap in revenue is clear - and these gaps are not quite as insignificant as they were in the immediate aftermath of Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement in 2013. For the first time, United have fallen behind Manchester City in overall revenue. The situation will change next year when matchday revenue will rise to more normal levels, but a near €90m (£75.5m) gap underlines how successful on the pitch the blue half of the city has been compared to the red. And, while they clearly have their own issues to deal with, Tottenham have the capacity to generate higher matchday revenue in their new stadium than United have at Old Trafford, which is presently being assessed for a pretty expensive upgrade" No mention of football whatsoever I'm sure it's a thrilling read for accountants
Conte reminds me of a girlfriend I had many years ago. Very pretty, and my mates were constantly telling me how lucky I was. But bloody hell she was a miserable git, always unhappy and moaning, time with her always left one demoralized and feeling you couldn't do anything right. I wonder if Conte, while saying his squad was weakened by players leaving in the transfer window, ever considers if he'd played a part in them running away.
Why do Spurs managers always seem surprised when the club don’t engage in the transfer market, they always appear shocked yet it is blatantly obvious that they operate in this fashion, so why join in the first place?
Spurs have spent quite a bit in the last couple years, now that they've covered a fair portion of the expenditure on the stadium. They just haven't spent well (at least in the short-term). From this year's signings Emerson Royal has been pretty shaky defensively, while Bryan Gil and Pape Sarr aren't ready. Last year's big purchases were Lo Celso (barely played, now on loan), Reguilon (good LB), Doherty (barely playing), Hojbjerg (solid starter) and Rodon (barely playing). The year before it was Ndombele (absolute nightmare of a record signing), Bergwijn (played sporadically and not that well) and Sessignon (loaned out last year, barely playing this). That's about £260m spent on 11 players, and for their troubles they have two solid-to-good starters, a middling starting RB, and a bunch of guys either not good enough or too young to make an impact. The curse of losing Paul Mitchell strikes again.
His comments are so disingenuous as he claims 4 important players were moved on which is not true at all. Most hardly played
