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After high press Ralph, long ball Jones, tiki taka Martin and man marking, no CBs Juric I will settle for anyone that likes to play in a system that is suited to the squad.
I know many of the players are not good enough but those who have been here for the last 3 seasons have been asked to adapt to vastly different styles of play so I can cut them a bit of slack, especially as they probably grew up playing bog standard 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 etc.
 
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San Tejón said:
After high press Ralph, long ball Jones, tiki taka Martin and man marking, no CBs Juric I will settle for anyone that likes to play in a system that is suited to the squad.
I know many of the players are not good enough but those who have been here for the last 3 seasons have been asked to adapt to vastly different styles of play so I can cut them a bit of slack, especially as they probably grew up playing bog standard 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 etc.
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Wasn't he in Led Zep?
 
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From t’Athletic …

“In 1993, the Premier League’s central income was £45million, while the EFL’s clubs shared £34m, about 75 per cent of the top flight’s total. In 2023, the Premier League made £3.5billion, the EFL a shade over £200m, only six per cent of the top flight’s total”

They need to spread that wealth a bit better, the gap between EFL and EPL is destroying competitiveness

In the 60s, 18 different clubs won the 3 major English Trophies, how many are likely to now
(This years FAC is an outlier and Citeh may go on and win it anyway)
 
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shoot_spiderman said:
From t’Athletic …

“In 1993, the Premier League’s central income was £45million, while the EFL’s clubs shared £34m, about 75 per cent of the top flight’s total. In 2023, the Premier League made £3.5billion, the EFL a shade over £200m, only six per cent of the top flight’s total”

They need to spread that wealth a bit better, the gap between EFL and EPL is destroying competitiveness

In the 60s, 18 different clubs won the 3 major English Trophies, how many are likely to now
(This years FAC is an outlier and Citeh may go on and win it anyway)
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Problem is, that gap is pretty much what the Premier League was created to do.
 
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Problem is, that gap is pretty much what the Premier League was created to do.
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Well Yes, but different stakeholders would offer different opinions on whether it needs to be more generous to the structure that supports it

EPL is the Global TV money machine, but The Football Pyramid is the Goose that lays the golden egg, they need to nurture it

As are fans who go to games and create atmosphere
 
shoot_spiderman said:
From t’Athletic …

“In 1993, the Premier League’s central income was £45million, while the EFL’s clubs shared £34m, about 75 per cent of the top flight’s total. In 2023, the Premier League made £3.5billion, the EFL a shade over £200m, only six per cent of the top flight’s total”

They need to spread that wealth a bit better, the gap between EFL and EPL is destroying competitiveness

In the 60s, 18 different clubs won the 3 major English Trophies, how many are likely to now
(This years FAC is an outlier and Citeh may go on and win it anyway)
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Do Man City suddenly become good again when Rodri returns? Is it because they kind of let their team and squad stagnate a bit too much over the last few years that even their recent splurge is too little too late? Or is it just that the PL and football have moved on and Peps style is outdated and ineffective?
 
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Do Man City suddenly become good again when Rodri returns? Is it because they kind of let their team and squad stagnate a bit too much over the last few years that even their recent splurge is too little too late? Or is it just that the PL and football have moved on and Peps style is outdated and ineffective?
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Probably a combination of all three.

I would love this to be the beginning of the end to Pep's style of football. But my fear is that City will instead just go and spend millions more on improving their squad, such that his style returns to bringing results again.

I've always said that the success of his style relies on having great players. Rather than the style itself being what has brought the success.
 
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If Arsenal beat Man Utd today and West Ham can get a point of more against Newcastle tomorrow, Man Utd would drop to 16th. Man Utd being **** is just about the only enjoyable thing about this season. Though they aren't going to get any lower than that really as it's then a 10 point gap to Wolves in 17th. Got to enjoy the little things.
 
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If Arsenal beat Man Utd today and West Ham can get a point of more against Newcastle tomorrow, Man Utd would drop to 16th. Man Utd being **** is just about the only enjoyable thing about this season. Though they aren't going to get any lower than that really as it's then a 10 point gap to Wolves in 17th. Got to enjoy the little things.
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I’m also enjoying Forest and Bomo being so bloody good

Also, Villa’s 2nd goal (disallowed by VAR for offside)

Great goal, just what you pay to see
But, his knee was a millimetre or two ‘offside’ so you get to see fastidiouly accurate refereeing instead, Hoo-fooling-ray

Effectively we’re a gnats todger away from returning to the **** old rule of in line being offside, except now we haves to wait 5 minutes for a decision too. Ridiculous

**** VAR!
 
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