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Coz hes a left back?
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Probably because he's a left back.
Bradesmaen
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Whoopsiedaisy. I should concentrate on my work instead.
TubbsFarquhar
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Are they really better though? No doubt we're s**t but I don't think NZ are any better than we are. A 5-0 win over the Solomons is like when we beat Nepal by the same margin. We're probably level-pegging with them tbh. It'd be interesting to see where NZ would finish up if they were in the AFC like us. I think they'd do enough to make the final round but probably sit at an Oman/Iraq level and just fall short of the play-offs.
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Magma
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chris wood is better than everyone we've got
Bradesmaen
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Thought you were talking as a city fan and almost spat out my drink
Magma
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well based on how many out and out strikers there are at city
chris wood vs liam delap
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They also struggled to beat Tahiti 3 days ago. That was with Chris Wood.
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That's good I guess considering he's a left back.
EDIT - damn it, I should have clicked on to the next page before replying.
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I saw some of the recent Aussie games and I'd never heard of any of the players outside of Mat Ryan.
We're awful.
We're awful.
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That's good I guess considering he's a left back.
EDIT - damn it, I should have clicked on to the next page before replying.
I reckon Spinazzola just shades Robbo but he's been out since the Euros.
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Not sure whether this is unpopular or not, but I think once City win the league title this season there can be no dispute that Guardiola's Manchester City is the greatest English league side of the PL era (perhaps of all time).
4 out of 5 titles and won a bunch of domestic cups along the way. 100, 98, 95 point seasons - which are 1st, 3rd, =5th best in PL history. Individual players with the quality to rival any other team from any other era. Will add yet more titles in the years to come.
4 out of 5 titles and won a bunch of domestic cups along the way. 100, 98, 95 point seasons - which are 1st, 3rd, =5th best in PL history. Individual players with the quality to rival any other team from any other era. Will add yet more titles in the years to come.
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Not a bad call, but like you said, probably not unpopular.
No he didn’t. The guy before him did a better job with a worse squad. Funny how everyone is conveniently ignoring that now..
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There's the Jose melt
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TBF Jose getting United to 2nd now seems like a gargantuan performance.
He said himself - probably a little tongue in cheek though knowing Jose - that doing that was his greatest achievement.
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Just because others after him have done even worse doesn't make what Mourinho did any more of a success. He was a bang average manager for them.
Weird interpretation considering the manager before and the managers after. If he was bang average.. what were they?
Yes what a ‘melt’. You’re cool at the internet bro.
moomba
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It's not about finishing 2nd or 3rd or 4th being a success. It's about moving the club forward, and on that score United haven't had a good manager since about t years before Ferguson quit.
Would suggest finishing position is part of the equation when evaluating whether a club has moved forward. Big teams who are financially adventorous strive to finish high in the league, qualify for the champions league and win trophies.
moomba
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Part of the equation, but only a part. In the long run Mourinho took over a team that had finished 5th, and finished 6th, 2nd (19 poi ts behind the champions) and 6th (when sacked). He spent £300m on new players, 3 of which are still at the club (Lindelof, Dalot and Fred).
So getting United into the champions league, something they've done 4 times in 8 years since Ferguson left isn't that great of an achievement in my book. By far the more significant achievement for me was adding a few cups to the trophy cabinet.
Its hard as on one hand all that is all true but on the other when you can spend an unlimited amount of money to create squads that contain such quality you'll get a disinterested shrug from most when comparing Pep's achievements to everyone else.
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