Inch Satan!
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At this moment you have to say our current rivals are Man City and Arsenal. Those are the two weโve spent the title seasons fighting out with.
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True, but I wouldnโt be surprised if the other two were in the mix.
The thing this season, is the top teams will all be playing in Europe also. Fixture list will take its toil on them allโฆ
If we can play well from the off and pick up a good points haul, we might just begin to lead from the front againโฆ Only this season, the teams below, will know we can stand the course - It will put extra pressure on them
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Praying they avoid relegation is my bet
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Suppose itโs been a while since he was a prem manager, but donโt see what other thread this could go in. 
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Sack Race potentiallyโฆeven though he hasnโt got a job.
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No doubt heโs paid for the mural as an investment to allow future pies and pints of wine to be purchased as the legend of Samuel Allerdici spreads and desperate chairmen in November put out the fat call.
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The west ham in my family seems to think the Paqueta decision will be out today. I reckon heโll be done.
If Paqueta is guilty I can see that accelerating pursuit of Elliott as heโll be who they go for to fill the gap
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Guess I was wrong, set to be cleared of charges apparently
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Really not a fan of thatโฆ itโs way too much.
Net transfer spend over the past nine transfer windows, including this one to date
Chelsea โฌ174.6 million
ManU โฌ155.0 million
Arsenal โฌ127.9 million
Spurs โฌ122.2 million
Liverpool โฌ95.6 million
ManC โฌ73.4 million
Transfer spend is only part of a clubโs overall budget, but even if we shell out ยฃ140 million for Isak, weโre still in the same ballpark as Arsenal and Spurs.
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Here are the last 19 transfer windows, including select continental clubs
ManU โฌ134 million
Chelsea โฌ117 million
ManC โฌ100 million
Arsenal โฌ98 million
PSG โฌ93 million
Spurs โฌ84 million
Liverpool โฌ63 million
Juventus โฌ52 million
Barcelona โฌ33 million
Real Madrid โฌ32 million
Bayern Munich โฌ28 million
Probably screwed him out of a big money move to City as well. There could be more damages coming.
West Ham must be fuming, seems to remember at the time City were bidding either 80 mil or 50+Palmer, for him.
Donโt think their owners wouldโve had the foresight to take Palmer, but 80 is still a lot of money. Especially for West Ham.
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I know this sort of info is either: a) used to point and laugh at opposing fans at how much theyโve spent compared to us while winning nothing, or, b) used to take a dig at the ownership group, but this really does feel like at least mostly a Klopp decision.
Sure at the start he would have understood that there was some restrictions on spending, but he also seemed like one of his principles was to make do and build a group with what he had and spend big when there was a desperate need (Virg, Ali).
It might also be one of his flaws. Iโm sure he realised by the end that he didnโt even come close to taking advantage of our rise after 19/20, and leaving the spending to when thereโs a noticeable issue means youโre trying to buy at a low point in terms of the clubโs attractiveness.
Look at Slot now. I donโt think he gives a fuck about how much is spent, so long as the club operates within FFP. Last year the entire world thought we were on a steep downward trajectory and we had limited leverage in the transfer market, and it was a case of not being able to attract the right talent because of it.
What we are doing now is what should have happened in the mid and late Klopp years, keeping the squad turning over with new players bringing the winning desire, even if they came at the cost of keeping what Klopp always referred to lovingly as his family.
As an aside, I really would be interested to see Klopp managing another club with decent finances and see whether he learnt anything from it.
How I think the owners fit in this? Hey, they struck gold with Klopp. I actually reckon they would have spent what was necessary if they were asked. Maybe Iโm missing instances of reliable reports of the club knocking back Klopp, but I feel we also made some serious plays for big players that were not within our reach (IMO partly because we didnโt attempt the transfer when the club was in the ascendency). We shall see if (assuming we make this Isak move) this seasonโs big spending is like the owners clearing the โsquad refreshโ backlog with new players that we maybe should have done a bit more regularly under Klopp, or if this is the new norm and we see big spending each season.
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100%
Iโve been banging on for ages about turning over 3-5 players in the squad every season. Group goes stale if changes arenโt occuring and loyalty can be a fault when it comes to staying at the top when it comes at the expense of making these changes. The Paisley-Shankly comparison with Klopp and Slot works on a number of levels.
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Bashundhara Kings is our version of sportswashing club. Their owner Bashundhara Group is a conglomerate of consumer products, media, properties business. The media outlets are spawning grounds for misinformation and disinformation, while the property business long used intimidation, harassment, and murder to gain lucrative lands in/around Dhaka. The ownerโs son is accused of murder, and rape.
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๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฬ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง!
โLast year we had a new manager with a clear vision. Before the season even started, he told us what we needed to do to win the Premier League. We just followed his plan โ and we succeeded.โ
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ:
โWe need to take both the good and bad from last season and learn from it. We were champions โ but thatโs done. Now we have to start again and try to do even better.โ
๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐-๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ โ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ:
โThis season will be very difficult. Every team wants to beat us. We have to train like this, in tough conditions, to be ready for whatโs coming.โ
๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง:
โYes, you can all see how hard weโre working. But itโs necessary. We have to push ourselves now so weโre ready for a long, demanding season.โ
๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฬ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐
๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ก๐ญ ๐
๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ:
โOf course Iโm helping him. If youโre older than someone coming into the club, itโs only natural to look after them โ help them adjust to the club, the city, anything he needs.โ
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ:
โWeโve got a great culture here. Everyone supports new players. Itโs not about one person โ weโre all here to help each other.โ
๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ฅโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ:
โWeโve brought in some great players. I donโt want to put pressure on them. They just need time to adapt โ and with the people we have in this squad, that transition will be easy.โ
๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ: ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ. 
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