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If the Brighton Southampton/Burnley Wolves and Palace Huddersfield scores remain the same, Huddersfield are relegated.

Yip, they've gone.

And next time Fulham drop 3 points they are gone as well.
 
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BrunelGooner said:
You both could be right, but to be honest, I think the move does make sense. What else were they supposed to do?

They tried going for a manager, with a good reputation (at the time) and was doing well on a meagre budget, at the behest of SAF in David Moyes. But he took them from league winners to 7th place. Lasted all of 10 months in charge.

Then they went for a multiple-league and European cup winner Louis van Gaal. That didn't work out either.

So they then went for the big name - Jose Mourinho. Whilst he had a shocking end to his Chelsea tenure and his reputation was somewhat dwindling, he'd just won the league the season before he was dismissed at Chelsea. Also, his name was still synonymous with winning trophies. Surely, this one couldn't go wrong....but it did.

Every option they have exercised thus far hasn't paid off. They tried going for SAF's recommendation - it flopped. They tried going for the big names, with trophy-laden careers, and this wasn't good enough, either.

Surely it makes sense to bring someone in who understands the fabric of the club, connects with the fans and knows what it means to be at Manchester United?

You have to remember they've not just signed OGS, but Mike Phelan was signed as assistant manager too, and he was very popular/well-respected at the club.
So it's the whole set-up that has changed and so far, they are reaping the rewards.
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Fair enough comments. However still think he's not the man for the job. Watford had all the game today and were unlucky. He's had a lot of luck (though I can't wait for the first pundit to say "you make your own luck" - which is a contradiction and bollocks of course). Wanted to specifically mention though that in the media's "deep analysis" (TM) of this excellent appointment, several have referred to his excellent gameplan that enabled them to beat us at Wembley. No! We lost that match, United didn't win it - very different things. We gifted them a goal and then failed to convert more shots on target than you would normally get in two or three games. Plus Pogba could have easily been sent off. If that's an example of a great gameplan then I suspect they're not going to get very far against Barcelona!
 
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Outrageous performance by the officials, no way should Cardiff be losing this game. How can ALL the officials fail to see TWO penalties for Cardiff and an offside goal for Chelsea. Disgusting.
 
I'm no fan of Colin or Cardiff, but that offside goal is outrageous and will condemn them to relegation. The red/yellow card debatable.
Wonder how those decisions would have gone if teams reversed....
 
Even from a terrible angle, there's just no way that anyone should get that wrong:
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This sort of luck has seen Chelsea higher in the table than they actually deserve to be over many seasons.
 
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