Premier League 2024/25 (Part 2)

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Goldbridge mentioned this in his daily whinge.

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He’s coming across worse than AVB did. If you want to switch to 3-4-3 at least wait until you have the right players. He is simultaneously gutting their season, destroying squad confidence, and dropping any resale value there might be of the players he doesn’t fancy. Hojland and Garnacho look like shadows of their former selves. At least during ETH’s time they were productive.

Also, since Mourinho, has it become a required thing for Portuguese managers to give off arrogant prick vibes?

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He’s obviously in over his head, but to be fair he’s been consistent in saying he won’t adapt his system, and he told the United brass that he didn’t want to come to them until summer. They gave him a ā€œnow or neverā€ ultimatum and he took the job. He’s been horribly bad, but the fault lies with the stupid cunts running the operation.

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I think you’ll find that Conte shifted to his system almost immediately after he arrived in Chelsea. He played two matches with a back 4 and got spanked. Shifted to a back 3 and won the league.

There’s precedent of having someone making a back 3 work almost immediately. But that’s with the caveat that Chelsea had a far better squad than United do have at this point. And Conte had the preseason with Chelsea. And Conte is/was a better manager than Amorim.

Amorim might or might not be tactically flexible. Sticking to his guns there w.r.t the formation doesn’t mean he’s not open to tweaks etc. But that assumes that the United players he has have enough game intelligence to execute his plans and it’s clear to see that those players are absolutely dumb AF.

This will end most likely in disaster for Amorim but he’s not majorly to blame for that.

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Conte is also not committed to a back 3, it is not ā€˜his system’. He will use it, because he often likes defending in a 5-3-2, but just this season has Napoli has also played in a 4-5-1. He is not particularly dogmatic, and as a manager demands a lot of tactical learning and awareness of his players, but equally he tailors his formations to the players he has.

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The Athletic has a run down on our remaining fixtures here ;

I’ve mentally done the same for the Arse and predict we’ll finish on 87pts and they’ll amass 82.

:crossed_fingers:

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Did they factor in referees being cunts?

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32 points to win the title

Liverpool
12 matches remaining, 7 at Anfield
18-7-1=61 points or 2.35 ppg
H 9-2-1=29 or 2.42 ppg
A 9-5-0=32 or 2.29 ppg

Arsenal
13 matches remaining, 7 at The Emirates
15-8-2=53 points or 2.12 ppg
H 8-4-0=28 2.33 ppg
A 7-4-2=25 1.92 ppg

Arsenal can only win 92 points
Liverpool to 93 points, need 32 or 2.67 ppg
10-2-0

Projected
Liverpool to 88 points, need 27 or 2.25 ppg
Liverpool 8-3-1=27

Arsenal to 88 points, need 35 or 2.69 ppg
11-2-0

Liverpool to 84 points, need 23 or 1.92 ppg
7-2-2
6-5-1
H 5-2-0
A 1-3-1

Arsenal to 84 points, need 31 or 2.38 ppg
10-1-2
9-4-0

84-88 points should be enough to win the title
8-3-1
6-5-1

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Nice breakdown. I’ve said for a while that 85 points wins the title this season and I’m sticking to that. If Liverpool reach 85 points and don’t win it, I’ll eat my own arse.

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Dont tempt fate.

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And don’t post the video here if it does happen.

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I’m gonna spam your inbox with it, sunshine.

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Arse cheek pie…

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I think if we win it, @PeachesEnRegalia should be forced to change his avatar…

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Ps. DO NOT Google ā€˜man kissing own arse’…I saw men kissing arses, but they weren’t their own.

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@Livvy @Maria beware

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too much hair.

It’s a win-win

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Insert Mark Cuban gif

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@mods we need a :face_vomiting: reaction