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Then City bought Mahrez and Chelsea bought Kante, and that was that for Leicester.
"But we're the opposition to the cartel".
Good grief.
The cartel clubs will love a Leicester City miracle. Why? Because they won the Premier League, lost their best players, couldn’t sustain financially and are now languishing in League One a decade later. They were never going to be a long-term threat.
Villa, Newcastle and the rest are the same. One great season, maybe a CL spot, then the best players get picked off and they fall back down the table. The rules make sure they're not going to be a long-term threat.
City are different. We stayed at the top. Season after season. For more than a decade. We matched them for players, trophies, revenue and global reach. We became a sustained threat to the order they had built.
And that’s why they want us gone. That's why they will go to any lengths to damage our reputation, spread hatred in the media and leak misinformation. They want us to burn.
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Enormous pleasure having a pint with (& interviewing) legendary ex-BBC broadcaster Ray Stubbs & hearing his many tales involving Maradona, Best, Shankly, Gazza & the legendary Eagle Sunday League team. Someone ought to give him a book deal (or podcast)
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Pound for pound, who are the best recruiters in the football business? Brighton? Brentford? Liverpool? (circa 2015-24)... actually, there's a strong argument that it's non-league Boreham Wood. telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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Over to you Jurgen… substack.com/@chrisbascombe/…
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First time LFC have kept three consecutive clean sheets in Premier League since the start of Arne Slot’s reign in Aug/Sep 2024.
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Lewis Koumas with a fantastic imitation of Adam Lallana at White Hart Lane in October 2015 - Klopp’s first game. Iraola can show the video clips to his front three & say ‘that’s the standard…’
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Michael Carrick’s result’s since he took over Man Utd have been fantastic!
But this season he has been pushed harder by the media, & unfortunately for him that may continue if results don’t go well this week, as he’s still seen as an interim manager.
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A few years back, a PL executive boldly claimed ‘virtual season tickets’ were coming - where you could be anywhere in world & feel you’re inside arena watching live match. Now the technology exists to make it part of next PL broadcast deal.
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It’s now 18 of last 46. Iraola needs same space & time as Klopp in 2015 - crazy as that is given money spent. Many forget Klopp inherited an expensive, underperforming team, too. Last Wednesday night was very good. Yesterday poor. It will likely be a theme for a while.
LFC have won 17 of their 44 Premier League games since the day they won title. There’s no quick fix for Iraola. Despite extraordinary, extravagant, unbelievable (insert more appropriate adjectives 😩) money spent in past 14 months, he’ll likely need a few windows. Buckle up.
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First interviewed Michael Owen in 1998. He hasn’t changed much - except age brings reflection… telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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Chris Bascombe retweeted
Arsenal missed out on Vinicius Junior & Julian Alvarez, world class attackers to take them to another level.
Bukayo Saka should be looking to be that guy now for Arsenal & use the lack of stardust narrative as motivation!
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LFC have won 17 of their 44 Premier League games since the day they won title. There’s no quick fix for Iraola. Despite extraordinary, extravagant, unbelievable (insert more appropriate adjectives 😩) money spent in past 14 months, he’ll likely need a few windows. Buckle up.
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“By denying Joe Root’s team a Test here next summer, the ECB has actively reduced England’s chances of regaining the Ashes"
“Once again, English cricket’s suits are not doing what is right for the men in boots”
@timwig criticises the decision ⬇️
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Chris Bascombe retweeted
Liverpool need & will want Florian Wirtz to start producing the goods very quickly.
But so should the PL, there’s a lack of top quality & flair in a league dominated by set pieces last season.
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“I don’t want to have to watch that stupid f****** celebration again.”
Interview with Cantril Farm’s most prolific striker about his opening day Premier League hat-trick for Coventry at Arsenal.
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Curt Smith from the rather marvellous Tears for Fears is part of a consortium buying a football club in the 7th tier of English football. So I interviewed him & asked him why.
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