cheeky bid for vardy?
FA Premier League - 05/04/25 to 07/04/25
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
Newcastle should fill their boots here.
Newcastle can get a few here tonight
Leicester are so poor, Ruud's time there as been a disaster
Leicester are so poor, Ruud's time there as been a disaster
Isak captain surely has to pay off here
Those Leicester players must be dreading going onto the pitch.
You're not that desperate are you?
Newcastle could help their GD a fair bit here if they want to.
Think he's the worst. Say it every week but how he still gets minutes in the PL baffles me. Should be a sackable offence by every manager that's done it.
Think Leicester could go very close to another relegation next season like Luton.
Huge stench of decay around the club. For them to get good again they need new ownership.
Huge stench of decay around the club. For them to get good again they need new ownership.
Okoli played regularly under Cooper but RVN quickly decided he wanted to go with Faes and Vestegaard (who was terrible five years back at Southampton).
Other CB option is Conor Coady who was dropped from your near relegation team two years ago.
Leicester side is a complete mess and Van Nistelrooy must be one of the worst mid season hires by any top level club in recent times.
I've got a sneaking suspicion that Ruud isn't a good manager.
Juric levels of bad. 1 win in 16 (since that 2-2 draw with Brighton)
Erm. Looks at table scoring record.
I reckon Leicester are going to end their goal drought here. Newcastle don't look great defending.
Ndidi buy maybe? We have to pick the bones of these going down clubs.
Can he handle the step up to 13th?
Coady is far better than that joker (yes, even with the he can't play in a four myth).
Barnes.
Brutal for Leicester.
Juric had no chance at Southampton with their squad so don't really count him.
Probably the most damming thing is Wolves were only on about 9 points when RVN took over Leicester and now they're 15 points clear of them.
Comically bad from Leicester today.
Terrible, terrible stint for Ruud. That’s him done in England
Incredible that just two years back all of Tielemans-Maddison-Barnes were in Leicester midfield (Ndidi was also much better than than he is now).
I still maintain that was the best group of players ever to get relegated from the premier league.
Aslong as Newcastle win. City will be playing catch up.
Any particular reason for why they would stick with RvN? Blind faith?
Agreed. Think we should go for Dibling from Southampton
Have some doubts Ruud can turn this around
We will develop him into a solid midtable player no worries.
West Ham in 2003? Some proper names in that squad
I mean you're still 12 goals better off than Leicester.
City are 6th now 1 point behind Newcastle having played a game more, they arnt getting Champions League are they?
Just looked, they have a relatively easy run-in (compared to Newcastle/Chelsea). City - Villa in 2 weeks is their hardest game. And will be a massive one, especially if they don't manage to win at Goodison.
That's the team that usually gets referenced but plenty of them were still fairly young and inexperienced at prem level....Defoe, Carrick and even Joe Cole.
I just noticed they had Raimond Van Der Gouw in their squad that season, I honestly cant remember him going there
did Bellamy just say he thought Villa would win the CL? 
Defoe and Cole were still very good players, they got moves to top PL clubs at the end of the season. Cole was even their captain. They also had Kanouté, Les Ferdinand and Di Canio up front. David James in goal, Lee Bowyer, Trevor Sinclair, all England internationals, Carrick played all but 4 games in the middle, Glen Johnson and Anton Ferdinand at the back…
Looking it up, they lost just once in their last 11 games that season and went down with 42 points!
No; you can't be a winger or WB. Wing back, is a very very specialised position. That's the reason Amorim's tactics aren't working. You can't just make an attacking full back a wing back, or a capable winger a wing back. Oh no! It's very specialised. They are the key to making a team world class, it can't be done without them, and only a very few, very special players can play that position.