Smithy89
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Chelsea have barely won this season but have never been out of the top 4.
Chelsea have barely won this season but have never been out of the top 4.
They had a great early run between second and third international break. Then they lost to City and didn't recover.
When you watch Athletic Bilbao play is always filled with small, ridiculous talented players which you always wonder when Barcelona is gonna snatch them, but then you look at the La Liga table and theyre always in the bottom half even though they win every match you catch on tv by chance
Bump. 19-6 in fouls to Chelsea when Pogba got a yellow, I think?Posted it in the matchday thread, but it's better here.
When a team keeps drawing tactical fouls during a game, the other team always ends up getting the first booking of the game for their first or second foul.
I'll never forget the battering they gave us
Nobody ever gets a result when they play in their kit from next season early at the end of the current one.
Just noticed City lost to Arsenal wearing next seasons kit.
It's definitely a thing.
They even knew how many goals they would scoreLook at the other semi final for a change in trend
To be fair, apart from the Norwich game, they've either scored 3 or conceded 3 in every game since they got their sponsors changedThey even knew how many goals they would score
Wigan usually are the best footballing team on the planet every April and May.
The promoted team that spends the most on tranfers always ends up being relegated.
The promoted team that spends the most on tranfers always ends up being relegated.
Well isn’t that because of the catchment area rules for the academies so the majority of youth set ups will be local lads.Despite the top English teams having a vast scouting network across the UK, you will only be given a chance if you are a youth player born localy.
Examples - United Rashford and Lingard.
Chelsea - Loftus Cheek, Reece James, Hudson Udoi, Tammy Abraham.
Arsenal - Maitland-Miles, Saka
Everton - Davies, Kenny, Gordon, Deeney.
Spurs - Harry Kane.
Man City - Foden.
There's also plenty examply of very good players having to break through from their obscure local sides such as Dele Alli from Milton Keynes Don's.
I know this isn't the thread for it but I remember one sweet victory just after lockdown.Brighton haven't won a single game this season, just draws and losses.
You can add Nuno Gomes to that list.Re-watched some Euro 2004 highlights these and my findings are
- Every Croatian player has long wet hair with a lace around their head
- Helder Postiga, Maniche and Costinha only existed in Euro competitions
- Sven Goran Erikson looks like exact same now as he did in 2004
Along with some potent Colombian strikers who you never hear about during the World Cup or any other international competition. In fact, they belong to an interesting subset of South American players who seemingly never played for their national teams nor ever played in their home countries (I'm thinking of your Jardels, your Elbers, your Belletti, your Roque Santa Cruzes...)Atalanta have a bunch of 6'2 cyborgs from northern or eastern europe who are all interchangeable. Ilicic, De Roon, Malinowsky etc
Arsenal and Chelsea haven't had a memorable game since Wenger leftEvery season in England Chelsea vs Arsenal is the final of something and it's never resulted in a memorable game.
Then it doesn't need to be in this thread.Maybe not weird. But Silva should he celebrated. What a player. Wanted him at United ever since I saw him at Valencia. Shame he spent a decade at City.