Mancgull
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Won’t be an easy game against Everton. We’ll need to keep the ball better than Leicester did tonight.
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[Albion] Premier League 29/4 - 2/5/23
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Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
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Right, end of the snooker
At the right club I think Harvey Barnes will be a PL star.
At the Amex I found him annoyingly dangerous and effective.
Nice one Everton. 
Hope they stay up. Gutsy result and performance tonight.
Hope they stay up. Gutsy result and performance tonight.
Baldseagull
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I think De Zerbi gives the players such detailed instruction, that there are few situations where they are really having to make decisions, they see the patterns on the pitch and know what to do.
- Nov 11, 2009
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Cracking game. Both teams going for it. Both could've won, draw about right.
DCLs open goal muff from 1 yard may haunt them.
That's quite likely based on our respective possession stats, isn't it? Leicester actually had 55% of the ball tonight which is well above their average but well below ours.
That's fantastic. Leicester must look at that and feel like absolute idiots.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
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Blackburn are worse 4 years. Won in 1995, relegated in 1999.
See post #368...............................
I think Everton will be alright. The fans have got to make Goodison Park a fortress between now and the end of the season.
Yes, they've spent a lot of money (like Nottingham Forest although over a longer period) but they took Neal Maupay off our hands for a crazy fee. I want Neal to start scoring though. I've never met any arrogant Evertonians - having to put up with that scarlet club across Stanley Park would drive me crazy with the media love-in.
I especially liked him at the Amex the year before, when he got TWO Leicester goals from corners, ruled out for offside, by standing next to Sanchez.
Oh but Chelsea are so much fun...
if they drop points tonight (unlikely) and then are beaten at Newcastle (plausible) we can hand the title to City by avoiding defeat at the Emirates... hopefully that makes them nervy, they realise the game is up and fold. City then send the kids barely turn up against us because they've already won the league and have two cup finals to prepare for.
Simple.
Chelsea will get something tonight. I reckon they will win
- Jul 7, 2003
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Leicester are such a strange side. On paper, they have some decent players- certainly better ones than a lot of the clubs down there. In terms of quality, I tend to look at it in terms of which players would be in demand from Premier League clubs if they went down?
Southampton- Ward-Prowse might get a go at a Villa type team, but he's not going to get a top six club. Other than that? Very few. Livramento might have been a target if he hadn't had that ACL injury last season. The rest are garbage.
Forest- perhaps Gibbs-White might attract a lower/mid table buyer, but you'd imagine his wages will put clubs off (assuming they match the fee Forest paid for him). Johnson hasn't been too bad but is still young. The rest are either Championship quality or ageing wasters who went to Forest for a pay day.
Leeds- Gnonto should find a new home somewhere (or is he only on loan?). Can't help feeling Bamford's ship has sailed. Nobody will be queuing up for the rest of their Championship quality squad. Rodrigo will leave regardless. The rest of them are either awful or young enough to benefit from a season in the Championship next year.
Leicester- Maddison will obviously be wanted elsewhere. Vardy is too old. Tielemans is available on a free so will inevitably go somewhere. Barnes should be a good investment for somebody. Perhaps James Justin if he's fit (a rare thing). I suspect a few of their other players, however, have a misguided belief that they will be in demand if Leicester goes down, and therefore aren't all that bothered. It's certainly looked like that from the way they've played this season. I also think they're in for a nasty shock if they do go down, as I'm not convinced there will be a queue of eager suitors.
Everton- Pickford? Would he be in demand? Maybe Doucoure or Iwobi would go to somebody like Sheffield United, but any fee for those two isn't exactly going to clear the debts, is it? I honestly can't think of a single Everton player who other clubs would want to shell out a decent fee for, which is a pretty miserable reflection on their squad.
Southampton- Ward-Prowse might get a go at a Villa type team, but he's not going to get a top six club. Other than that? Very few. Livramento might have been a target if he hadn't had that ACL injury last season. The rest are garbage.
Forest- perhaps Gibbs-White might attract a lower/mid table buyer, but you'd imagine his wages will put clubs off (assuming they match the fee Forest paid for him). Johnson hasn't been too bad but is still young. The rest are either Championship quality or ageing wasters who went to Forest for a pay day.
Leeds- Gnonto should find a new home somewhere (or is he only on loan?). Can't help feeling Bamford's ship has sailed. Nobody will be queuing up for the rest of their Championship quality squad. Rodrigo will leave regardless. The rest of them are either awful or young enough to benefit from a season in the Championship next year.
Leicester- Maddison will obviously be wanted elsewhere. Vardy is too old. Tielemans is available on a free so will inevitably go somewhere. Barnes should be a good investment for somebody. Perhaps James Justin if he's fit (a rare thing). I suspect a few of their other players, however, have a misguided belief that they will be in demand if Leicester goes down, and therefore aren't all that bothered. It's certainly looked like that from the way they've played this season. I also think they're in for a nasty shock if they do go down, as I'm not convinced there will be a queue of eager suitors.
Everton- Pickford? Would he be in demand? Maybe Doucoure or Iwobi would go to somebody like Sheffield United, but any fee for those two isn't exactly going to clear the debts, is it? I honestly can't think of a single Everton player who other clubs would want to shell out a decent fee for, which is a pretty miserable reflection on their squad.
You can see it happening, but I can't get past the fact Chelsea scored ONE goal in April, and that was a fluke. I reckon Arsenal will score first but the chavs will grab a draw.