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Re Zaha...
He is a cheat. Dives as soon as he is touched.
He also come across as an arrogant twat.
Just my view not a fact.

I have the same view of Vardy, Maddison and Grealish.

So I would call them all arrogant diving twats.

Only a **** brings skin colour into it.

Should find them, bring them on the pitch at half time, make them lay on their backs in the centre circle and allow everyone in the crowd the opportunity to take the knee...right into their bollocks.

There endeth the simplistic thought of the day from RCL.

I'd pay our season ticket prices to watch that.
 
IIRC covid guidelines in Spain restrict public arenas to one third of their capacity so as to allow for social distancing etc.

Which is just as well, as tbh even without covid Barca would struggle to get more than 50% of the seats filled.
They dropped that a little while ago. El Clasico had 86,422 last week.
 
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I watched the PSG game and they played sideways ,backwards and their left winger kept giving the ball away.The opposition went through the PSG defence like a knife through butter,but two Di Maria acts got them the points. Great manager Paris have got. I wonder......?

You're right Smithy. It seems our Plan A at the moment is waiting for Poch to fail to they sack him and we can rehire him. I love the guy like the older brother I never had and will always remember the times he brought to Spurs, but with the riches now at his disposal he should be waltzing Ligue 1 and at the very least making the CL final.

If he doesn't manage that, I'd have severe reservations in bringing him back as it reinforces the theory that he was the right place at the right time for Spurs, when the perfect crop of youngsters came through with an unusually shrewd recruitment drive while our rivals went through various crises.

In other words: the stars aligned perfectly from 2016-19, but the chances of that happening again are microscopic.

The fact he saw something in Lo Celso and Ndombele is already more than enough cause for concern.

I'd be very worried if we do bring him back.
 
<laugh> I know. Nearly 50k down in a week!

I wonder if we are witnessing a changing of the guard of sorts on the continent?

Barca are a shadow of the team they should be, as are Juve. Both teams in mountains of debt which won't go away any time soon (although Juve arguably have more saleable assets).
 
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I wonder if we are witnessing a changing of the guard of sorts on the continent?

Barca are a shadow of the team they should be, as are Juve. Both teams in mountains of debt which won't go away any time soon (although Juve arguably have more saleable assets).
They could both just get shot of most of their squads and wait a season.
Barca's wage bill is ridiculous when you compare it to what it's actually paying for.
£453? How are they paying nearly £200m more than Man City or Chelsea?

Juventus just need to flog a couple of players to Newcastle in January.
 
They are good to watch but it's very telling that Villa have put up a much better fight against them with 10 men this half than we did with 11.

All their players want the ball, they fight for every loose ball, and they attack with speed and purpose.

They and Moyes deserve all the praise they are getting tbh
 
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They are good to watch but it's very telling that Villa have put up a much better fight against them with 10 men this half than we did with 11.

All their players want the ball, they fight for every loose ball, and they attack with speed and purpose.

They and Moyes deserve all the praise they are getting tbh

It's impressive how Moyes has reinvented himself. if they can keep their best XI fit they are a shoo in for a top 6 finish IMO.
 
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It's impressive how Moyes has reinvented himself. if they can keep their best XI fit they are a shoo in for a top 6 finish IMO.
Never understood why he took the United job tbh. Whoever took over from SAF was always gonna crash and burn.
I think West Ham play some lovely football...remember when we did that kind of thing
*sigh*
 
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They are good to watch but it's very telling that Villa have put up a much better fight against them with 10 men this half than we did with 11.

All their players want the ball, they fight for every loose ball, and they attack with speed and purpose.

They and Moyes deserve all the praise they are getting tbh

Just shows what the right tactics, system and coaching can do for a team.

Whilst they've got a few very good players, I'd say a number of their XI are sort of middle of the road ones yet are currently performing at a top six calibre due to how they're set up and trained.

Meanwhile we're making Son, Kane and others look like they should be playing in the Championship.
 
Never understood why he took the United job tbh. Whoever took over from SAF was always gonna crash and burn.
I think West Ham play some lovely football...remember when we did that kind of thing
*sigh*
Moyes should have kept the backroom staff when he came to Utd and delegated a number of tasks to them as SAF had done, so that he could concentrate on coaching and selecting the first team. He should have been given better advice and help about phasing out the older players and bringing in new ones. If you remember the club messed up on transfers during his brief time there - paying more for Fellaini than the amount of his buy-out clause! He wasn't helped as he should have been.
But three Managers' Association Manager of trhe Year awards tells you how highly he's rated within the game.