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StraferJack

StraferJack

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Anyway, now that the season is over, how do we fell overall? (apologies for Premiership focus)


I thought it was a cracker. I have obvious disappointments, and yesterday was possibly slightly anti-climatic but there was PLENTY to get your teeth into this season


Tight race between several teams at the top

Congested bottom half where so many teams got sucked in

mini-miracle revivals at Sunderland and Palace

sense of change in the Natural Order of Things

That Wilshire goal


etc etc

El Pibe

El Pibe

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aye, well done city. on a more mundane note, sam can go on about safety and 13th, but we've been relegated on more than 40 points before, with better teams playing better football.

A horrible year. Distubed by reports in the press saying he's safe in his job.


On a happier note Cole retires from international football.

Jah Lush

Jah Lush

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Man City fully deserved it. Scored the most goals and played some fantastic football along the way. Does Mick Mac watch a different game to the rest of us? Hurling perhaps?


A very disappointing season at Spurs. Played dead boring football under AVB. Not impressed with Sherwood. Took some hidings off the big teams and beaten three times by the Hammers. Wasted money on seven players who'd never played in the Premiership before. The chairman and DOF have a lot to answer for. We need stability at the club. I'm now of the opinion that Harry should never have been sacked despite him taking his eye off the ball when the England job came up.

Mick Mac

Mick Mac

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Not keen to see the most expensively constructed team winning on this occasion. Good as they are I feel its a shame.


I think a Liverpool win would have been a success for coaching and a coach who achieved the sum of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. A team for less than 100m winning the league would have been good to see. Call me an old romantic, but I'd like to have seen that and Mourinho's tactics against Liverpool were just destructive, I don't like to see that winning through either. Rodgers showed some weaknesses too of course.


Man City are a possession team with the best players.


Liverpool was very much, we will score more than you. Great fun and the best season for a while, for me.


What will be interesting is whether Liverpool now spend as the others have done. They will probably need to as they significantly overperformed their resources this year.

titch juicy

titch juicy

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Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Not keen to see the most expensively constructed

> team winning on this occasion. Good as they are I

> feel its a shame.

>

> I think a Liverpool win would have been a success

> for coaching and a coach who achieved the sum of

> the whole being greater than the sum of the parts.

> A team for less than 100m winning the league would

> have been good to see. Call me an old romantic,

> but I'd like to have seen that and Mourinho's

> tactics against Liverpool were just destructive, I

> don't like to see that winning through either.

> Rodgers showed some weaknesses too of course.

>

> Man City are a possession team with the best

> players.

>

> Liverpool was very much, we will score more than

> you. Great fun and the best season for a while,

> for me.

>

> What will be interesting is whether Liverpool now

> spend as the others have done. They will probably

> need to as they significantly overperformed their

> resources this year.



i agree entirely

Otta

Otta

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I'm all for taking a younger team to the WC and hope he drops the likes of Lampard.


BUT


If we do get to say a quarter final and Baines gets injured, I think I'd have liked to have had Cole's experience to step in. Not a fan of the man but can't really fault the player even if he is past his peak.

Mick Mac

Mick Mac

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StraferJack Wrote:

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> If the target is 2016 then to find England in

> later stages this summer will be invaluable for

> younger players

>

> All bonus

>

> Targeting this tournament is unrealistic



Latter stages? If England are good enough to get out of their group they are a better team than I thought.

El Pibe

El Pibe

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Noone thought too much about the euro 96 team going into it, amazing how a bit of success can turn a national mood around and make legends out of players, people were screaming for shearer to be dropped prior to that, leave alone the likes of sick-note!!


Of course in reality I'm invclined to agree....but the national mood could do with a bit of lifting (or are my just projecting my own mood thanks to these endless EFFING GREY CLOUDS!!!!)

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