Ended the season well with 3 wins and 2 draws to get a top half finish. I like what he has done with the integration of young players - Caicedo looks a gem, Moder is really talented and obviously Lamptey was brought in from Chelsea’s youth team and was an immediate star.
Given their finances and reasonable expectations of what they can do, I’d say a 9th place finish is just about Brighton’s equivalent of a CL place. They really can’t do a lot more.
Excellent shout on Gelhardt and Lukaku.
Fuck Bruno Lage. What exactly has he “done”? I have zero respect for any job he’s done at Wolves. If anything I’d call them underachievers. Caught a good patch of form and had a real shot at one of the European places then wilted. Pack it in tight then nick a goal. Revolutionary.
Although I’m sure it was mostly anecdotal, but hilarious pathetic nonetheless, he “helped” Benfica with all his Liverpool notes and scouting prior to our matches with them in CL.
Completely agree start to finish Matty, well said.
I was impressed with how Brentford carried themselves all season.
As for West Ham, I’ve said on here many times I’ve been fascinated by their club down the years. I’m by no means a Moyes apologist but he’s done some job. Them being good is great for the league. Was a bit put off by how they acted after playing us in November but I’m sure it was a big result and they got carried away. I also read a statistic that said they made the fewest changes to their starting XI all season. Amazing they went as far as they did.
And Potter, I mean no disrespect bc he has his fans here, but I’ve never understood the hype. And again, absolutely no disrespect to those that like him.
Vincent Kompany ready to leave his role at Andelecht to become Burnley new manager 
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That just makes their relegation all the better for us. You just know that would be a guaranteed 6 points for Shitty
Wrong thread for this, since they’ve been relegated. Come on, la…
When the bitters get their points deduction Burnley will be replacing them in the Premier League. 
It’s a very unpopular opinion, but at the peak of his powers at Everton through the mid 2000s he had a team that actually played entertaining football. It was unfashionable at the time because I think the game in the UK was developing a sense of faux sophistication that looked down its nose at hard working, high energy sides, but it’s far more aligned with what we’ve come to appreciate now that good football can be. No side with Osman and Piennar out wide, the likes of Van Der Meyde, Gravenson, McFadden, Arteta more centrally are set up to defend for the sake of defending or to kick you off the park. It was a team put together to work hard and try to score goals when the opportunity presented itself to attack.
I absolutely love how little Lukaku seems to care for Chelsea. He seems like a really nice bloke too, he just doesn’t give a shit. Nice one Rom.
Also a liverpool fan. Gelhardt i.e
Brentford could have been in trouble and might have gotten themselves in a relegation fight but the punt on Eriksen worked wonders for them. They should give the coming season a good fight and hopefully stick on.
I think Dyche didn’t bother figuring out how to properly use him, and when Jackson took charge I think he lost his place to Barnes. He became very frustrated at the end.
Which team (aside Liverpool) was the most impressive?
Brentford
Which team was the underachiever (Everton doesn’t count)?
Chelsea. League winners in Sept.
Best young talent (aside Trent).
Harvey Elliot
Biggest flop (Maguire doesn’t count)?
Arteta
Best manager (aside Klopp)
Thomas Frank
Yeah I don’t want to see Burnley back while he is in charge, I have a feeling he will make Steve Bruce look like a tough manager for Man Utd to face.
We’ve been there a whole bunch of times with Gelhardt. Had him on trial multiple times for a number of years but we never made the move. Just a level below what we were looking for.
Doesnt mean he hasnt made the step up now.
I’m not sure Arteta really flopped. Finished 8th the season before, and got them pushing for C/L till the last game, but still got E/L so has to been classed as improvement.
Yes, you can look at their implosion in the final few weeks to say he flopped, but did he really or did he meet the expected target?
A bit like Rodgers really, when it really mattered he was outside the top 4.
I think Conte is a more matured manager and his squad is more matured than that of Arsenal.