GWT: EPL - Matchweek 17

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Sarr has to score that ach

 

[maclean]

Good to see Raya sharp there

 

[maclean]

Glad to see Calafiori back, Rice coming on good too, glad he's getting the subs in early

Lol, Jesus denied the hattrick again

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

That’s smart from Martinelli, words I seldom say

 

[Epictetus]

Pep is looking like a fraud

 

[maclean]

That wasn't a corner but I appreciate Saliba being professional about it

 

[Cloned]

Pep is looking like a fraud

They miss the depth they used to have. People underestimate how important guys like Cancelo and Mahrez were.

 

[Epictetus]

Right - but even the very best managers make do with what they have and find ways to plan around it. Those saying he can only succeed when he has the most perfect conditions might be right.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Man, this is a very harsh scorline

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Pep is looking like a fraud

Man people are hilarious.

 

[bluesfan94]

Man people are hilarious.

To be fair, he’s won 1 of his last 12 and has 9 losses in that time.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

To be fair, he’s won 1 of his last 12 and has 9 losses in that time.

Ah yes what have you done for me lately. You either win the league every year or you’re a fraud. I’m guessing everyone else is a fraud because no one can compete with his resume. The post is incredibly stupid to argue otherwise is to live in an alternate reality.

 

[PeteWorrell]

Ah yes what have you done for me lately. You either win the league every year or you’re a fraud. I’m guessing everyone else is a fraud because no one can compete with his resume. The post is incredibly stupid to argue otherwise is to live in an alternate reality.

His resume takes a hard hit if City are found guilty. But i would not go as far as to say that he is a fraud because of that.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

His resume takes a hard hit if City are found guilty. But i would not go as far as to say that he is a fraud because of that.

How so?. You still have to win and coaches have to coach. The players reputation wouldn’t take a hit why would the coach? Is Kdb lesser of a player if you remove his epl titles?

From my understanding it’s deals made prior to pep anyway. I think we don’t need the court of law to say city probably are guilty of financial crimes. It doesn’t make their dominance on the field any less impressive. At the end of the day they’re all crooks.

 

[robertmac43]

Was at a family gathering all day and playing catchup now.

Brighton - pretty mid performance. Best part was seeing Veltman back in action. On the Estupinan challenge, I'm genuinely shocked he didn't see red there. Brutal tackle.

Arsenal - 5 goals, yay! Saka out, sad.

 

[PeteWorrell]

How so?. You still have to win and coaches have to coach. The players reputation wouldn’t take a hit why would the coach? Is Kdb lesser of a player if you remove his epl titles?

From my understanding it’s deals made prior to pep anyway. I think we don’t need the court of law to say city probably are guilty of financial crimes. It doesn’t make their dominance on the field any less impressive. At the end of the day they’re all crooks.

Their biggest strength was the ridiculous depth that they had. That depth was only possible due to financial doping.

Many years where they won the title, teams like Liverpool and Arsenal were able to keep up up to a certain point but ultimately failed most years because their teams got too injured and tired down the stretch.

City loses their depth and suddenly they can't keep up at all because of an aging squad and injuries. This just makes what Liverpool and Arsenal did more impressive considering they were able to keep up until the final weeks.

 

[AlanHUK]

Another great win for Forest, blanking Brentford and handing them their first home defeat of the season

From my understanding it’s deals made prior to pep anyway.

This is a rough breakdown of the charges and the span they cover, so roughly 50% of the charges are covering his time at city

Charge	Number of charges	Seasons
Failure to provide accurate financial information	54	2009/10 - 2017/18
Failure to provide accurate player and manager payments	14	2009/10 - 2017/18
Failure to comply with EUFA rules	5	2013/14 - 2017/18
Breaching EPL PSR rules	7	2015/16 - 2017/18
Failure to cooperate with investigations	35	2018/19 - 2022/23

 

[Blender]

 

[hatterson]

Rashford not in squad again:

 

[PeteWorrell]

Rashford not in squad again:

It's weird how the manager wants Rashford to stay but then keeps him out of the squad. Unless that's not his decision.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Insane weather at Goodison

 

[Jussi]

It's weird how the manager wants Rashford to stay but then keeps him out of the squad. Unless that's not his decision.

It's almost like he wants Rashford to earn that position...

 

[hatterson]

It's weird how the manager wants Rashford to stay but then keeps him out of the squad. Unless that's not his decision.

My assumption is he sees a ton of talent in him and think if Rashford can fix some of his stuff he can get back to being was he was before.

Maybe 30 goals all comps like a couple years ago is a bit above what you can regularly expect, but something like low to mid 20s shouldn't be unreasonably given his talents.

 

[Blender]

HOW DID THAT NOT GO?

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Caicedo… man f***ing Caicedo

HOW DID THAT NOT GO?

That’s a tough finish for Nico, ball behind him he really had to pull forward