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The Changing Man said:
Possible that Chelsea might miss out on Champions League - Wolves will be up for it on Sunday and there maybe some Chelsea eyes/minds on the cup final if they lose a draw between Leicester and Utd will see them both finish above them.
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A Leicester win will also knock Chelsea out if they lose, since they're level on points with Man U and far back in GD.

For the second straight year, the question is, who's more desperate to fall out of the CL spots?

If Leicester, Chelsea or Man U win on Sunday, they're in. If they don't win

Man U need a draw or a Chelsea loss.
Chelsea need a draw or a Leicester loss
Leicester need a draw and a Chelsea loss
 
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Alfie Conn said:
If Wigan go down due to the 12 point deduction the EFL should hang its head in shame, the same thing for Charton as well, both clubs supporters shafted by dodgy owners that the EFL should have banned from purchasing the clubs, this should be a warning to all clubs
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It's long been obvious that "Fit & Proper" simply means "When the cheque clears" and has been since Thaksin Shinawatra was deemed fit and proper to buy Man City as if those human rights abuses were committed by the other Thaksin Shinawatra
 
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humanbeingincroydon said:
It's long been obvious that "Fit & Proper" simply means "When the cheque clears" and has been since Thaksin Shinawatra was deemed fit and proper to buy Man City as if those human rights abuses were committed by the other Thaksin Shinawatra
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At least they're not owned by human rights abusers now, eh? Oh...
 
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It took them ages to decide that Pogba had handballed it. I wonder what it's like to get a penalty at Old Trafford?
I think it was going off target, but I'd like to have seen something confirm that.
Fernandes' little headbutt attempt should be red, of course, but the VAR lot don't bother with those.
Lerma did the same to Sissoko when we drew with Bournemouth and they ignored it, too.
 
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Ok, this is quite funny, but it's also a great example of the importance of defending as a team and being switched on all the time.
When Kane wasn't playing well and wasn't scoring goals, he was still there at the back on set-pieces, winning those headers.
Aubameyang has a laugh and turns off for a split second and it results in a game winning goal.
It's a relatively minor mistake in that moment, but it decides the result.
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
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Ok, this is quite funny, but it's also a great example of the importance of defending as a team and being switched on all the time.
When Kane wasn't playing well and wasn't scoring goals, he was still there at the back on set-pieces, winning those headers.
Aubameyang has a laugh and turns off for a split second and it results in a game winning goal.
It's a relatively minor mistake in that moment, but it decides the result.
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...and they're offering him £250k a week to stay
 
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Ok, this is quite funny, but it's also a great example of the importance of defending as a team and being switched on all the time.
When Kane wasn't playing well and wasn't scoring goals, he was still there at the back on set-pieces, winning those headers.
Aubameyang has a laugh and turns off for a split second and it results in a game winning goal.
It's a relatively minor mistake in that moment, but it decides the result.
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There were a catalogue of errors in the build up to the goal (no man on the post, Cedric didn't react and turned his back on Trezeguet's shot), but seeing this was really disappointing from our club captain. I know Aubameyang likes to joke around, however, there's a time and place for it. On the pitch, his undivided attention should be helping the team. This doesn't just mean scoring goals, it means doing the other less glamorous side of things.

I've no doubt it'll be looked at and hopefully won't happen again.
 
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humanbeingincroydon said:
...and they're offering him £250k a week to stay
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Rightly so. He's an elite goalscorer, displayed no signs of slowing down and, frankly, we'd be screwed without him. That one mistake doesn't mean we shouldn't be trying to keep him.

He's done far more to justify a wage of that magnitude than Ozil did.
 
BrunelGunner said:
There were a catalogue of errors in the build up to the goal (no man on the post, Cedric didn't react and turned his back on Trezeguet's shot), but seeing this was really disappointing from our club captain. I know Aubameyang likes to joke around, however, there's a time and place for it. On the pitch, his undivided attention should be helping the team. This doesn't just mean scoring goals.

I've no doubt it'll be looked at and hopefully won't happen again.
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Cedric didn't react brilliantly, but he's already marking Somatta.
There are seven Arsenal players marking the remaining three Villa men in the box and nobody on Trezeguet or watching the edge of the box.
There's about five men about Mings and he still wins the flick-on, which reaches a totally unmarked player.
It's a bad set-up as a whole and should've been spotted before the corner's taken.

David Luiz looks like he's just standing around on the edge of the six yard box. Totally lost.
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
Cedric didn't react brilliantly, but he's already marking Somatta.
There are seven Arsenal players marking the remaining three Villa men in the box and nobody on Trezeguet or watching the edge of the box.
There's about five men abour Mings and he still wins the flick-on, which reaches a totally unmarked player.
It's a bad set-up as a whole and should've been spotted before the corner's taken.

David Luiz looks like he's just standing around on the edge of the six yard box. Totally lost.
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Yeah, we don't do well from defending set-pieces and it's strange because, for all the flaws we had under Emery, we actually rarely conceded from a corner or free-kick when he was here. I don't know why our organisation has been this bad.

Set pieces are also Chelsea's Achilles' heel, so you've got two teams who struggle from set plays and have erratic defences against each other in a cup final...should be interesting.
 
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Somebody might want to tell Bollomore there's plenty more, such as...

Nantes: Emiliano Sala's no.9
Wolves: Carl Ikeme's no.1
Shakhtar Donetsk: Darijo Srna's no.33
New York Taurine: Bradley Wright Phillips' no.99...while he was still using it
Bayern Munich, Lazio, Atalanta, PSV, Feyenoord, Fenerbahce, Dynamo Kyiv, Monterrey, Guadalajara, PAOK, Red Star Belgrade, Malmo...: the fans' no.12
Larissa: Kobe Bryant's no.24. Yes, you did read that correctly
 
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