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  1. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Perhaps he should do what clubs like Brighton and Brentford do, replace them with better players ...

    ... he took advantage of a good squad and won the FA Cup but brought in some pretty ineffectual players.
     
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  2. Hudson92

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    Looking forward to the pizza cup, matete and Mumba both start
     
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  3. Snaggey

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    West Ham currently up to 14th, just shows how tight the bottom of the PL is.
     
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  4. Flash Gordon

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    Pretty much like Brentford and Brighton, the manager isn't the main driver in transfers. Leicester have a head of recruitment and director of football. This summer, they sold their club captain and £80m defender and bought in a defender on deadline day for £15m whilst pretty much every other club in the league was spending.

    He didn't take over when Leicester were champions. They'd finished 12th and 9th in their 2 previous seasons. In his 4 full seasons in charge before this one, they've finished 9th, 5th, 5th and 8th with an FA Cup win thrown in. That's a decent return for a club of Leicester's size, investing the amounts they do.

    This season though has been poor and they're probably right to move him on.
     
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  5. Flash Gordon

    Flash Gordon Well-Known Member

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    The Premier League between 12th and 20th is possibly the most exciting it has ever been. Any of them could go down.
     
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    Terrible start for Plymouth
     
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  7. Saf

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    Highest spenders in the league when it comes to wages and turnover. They've been overspending and now they're in a mess because of it.
     
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  8. Hudson92

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    Bolton absolutely flying
     
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  9. monty987

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    WHU were not offside against Soton today ! 3 players were what a joke that is another fiddle going on for London teams. Talking about Plymouth we could be going there and Soton next season, two long journeys
     
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  10. gelders pie

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    Haven’t seen all of the game , but from what I have , don’t think our lads would be much worried by either West Ham or soton
     
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  11. Smug in Boots

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    You probably have a more balanced view mate, I just can't abide his smug patter tbh ...

    ... although in my defence, that squad is better than second bottom below Bournemouth, Forest, Palace, Wolves, etc.
     
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  12. Smug in Boots

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    Neither as good as Fulham ....
     
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  13. Gil T Azell

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    Looks like WHU supporters leave early like our mob. Lot of empty seats in that ground now.
     
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  14. JammySAFC

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    Plymouth have been so flat. Bolton look so dangerous on the counter
     
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  15. RTB

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    Matete taken off at HT
     
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  16. Oliver's Army

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    Matete hooked.
     
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  17. RTB

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    Game over
    3-0 Bolton
     
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  18. marcusblackcat

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    Interesting that, at 92:55, Southampton get the ball forward and the ref blows his whistle. First time in ANY game I’ve ever seen a ref finish a game before the full amount has been played
     
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    That was weird, 8 second half subs too :emoticon-0126-nerd:
     
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  20. RTB

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    A great day for my mate from Bolton
     
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