Premier League 2018/19

[Hobo]

Probably would've been sacked after a year, tbh 

Just realized Loftus Cheek is one of the millions of Chelsea loanees yet he's a World cup semi finalist with England. That's madness.

Chelsea is weird.

[FLiam]

34 minutes ago, Hobo said:

Probably would've been sacked after a year, tbh 

Just realized Loftus Cheek is one of the millions of Chelsea loanees yet he's a World cup semi finalist with England. That's madness.

Chelsea is weird.

Yep, and there's still no indication that he'll play any part at Chelsea and will most likely be loaned out. 

Then again, he does have Ross Barkley to compete with for a first team squad place.

[Gazz]

It works for me though. I'm technically still at Chelsea and have been 'out on loan' for the last fourteen years at twenty grand a week. I've even had a testimonial at Vitesse. It's like 90's WCW when they had Randy Savage's brother on contract and never even called him to work once.

[stokeriño]

21 minutes ago, Gazzlory Hunter said:

It's like 90's WCW

Now there's a comparison that chills me to the bone. 

[Noah]

2 hours ago, Sto Kerea said:

Now there's a comparison that chills me to the bone. 

Jose's Dungeon of Doom vs Contemania.

[Gazz]

Watchya gonna doo brother, when Eden Hazard runs wild on Real Madrid's transfer budget?'

[stokeriño]

Conte started pre-season training today.

lol?

[King Ellis]

Where has that guy with the glasses been out on loan at?

[stokeriño]

10 hours ago, King of Pain Ellis said:

Where has that guy with the glasses been out on loan at?

He's been Serie B's defender of the year for two straight seasons now.

[Arjen Robben]

[MDK]

That concussion is serious

[Lineker]

I feel sorry for him. Honestly.

[Adam]

6 minutes ago, Switzerlineker said:

I feel sorry for him. Honestly.

Me too. No way him (or anyone) doing that in a meaningless friendly for fitness against Tranmere is going to be spread round social media if not for the previous error. Piling on him isn't going to help matters.

[Noah]

 

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'DON'T BE LIKE LIVERPOOL!' – MAN UTD MUST BE PATIENT WITH MOURINHO, SAYS BOSNICH

The club's former goalkeeper is confident the current manager can bring the glory days back to Old Trafford if he is given time.

Manchester United have been urged to show patience with Jose Mourinho by Mark Bosnich, with the club's former goalkeeper telling the Red Devils not to be drawn into regular changes like rivals Liverpool.

In his second season in charge at Old Trafford, Mourinho failed to deliver a trophy, but United finished second behind record-breaking rivals Manchester City in the Premier League.

That came a campaign after Mourinho led United to a Europa League and EFL Cup double.

Bosnich, who had two spells at United, says the Portuguese tactician needs more time and the club should avoid following Liverpool's lead, the Merseyside giants having made numerous changes in their bid to win a first league title since 1990.

"Just stand by him [Mourinho]. Give him the opportunity, he is second against a team in Man City who can afford anyone and get anything," he told Omnisport and Goal. "Sometimes, even after such dominance, you have got to be patient. You don't want to fall in a situation like Liverpool, after all those years of dominance and then all of a sudden you want to chop and change."

The former Premier League winner goes on to say.

 "People can say what they want. In modern-day football, after we saw the experience with Barcelona, that started with Pep Guardiola, out of something good can come something bad, and vice-versa. But, after that, just like after the Leicester thing with chairman saying 'well why can’t we do that', we saw a lot of people say 'why can’t we play like that?' So, I think a lot of teams suffer for the comparison, that’s one of the greatest club sides that anyone has ever seen playing in a way that no one has ever seen before."

Bosnich recalled similar impatience at United under the great Sir Alex Ferguson, who led the club to 13 league titles in 27 years. The former Australia international believes Ferguson's tale is a reminder that managers need backing.

 "What everyone has got to realise is that not last season but the season before, they won three trophies [United also won the Community Shield]. That is an amazing achievement no matter where you are at,"

Bosnich further said of Mourinho's United.

"This season? Okay, no trophies but far more points than last season and in second place. It takes time. People have short memories. I was at Manchester United in 1990, I think Fergie had only been there for four years, there was a game against Crystal Palace in the season that they won the FA Cup. Half the crowd sat down because he left Mark Hughes on the bench. They were calling for 'Fergie out'. He went onto win the FA Cup, ironically against Crystal Palace that year. The rest, as they say, is history."

 

I'm bored at work. 

[The Lusophone]

Difference between Jose and Sir Alex is that the latter hadn't spent 250 million quid.

[stokeriño]

3 minutes ago, MexicoJack said:

Difference between Jose and Sir Alex is that the latter hadn't spent 250 million quid.

Although you could point out that SAF didn't have to contend with other clubs also spending 250 million quid.

[The Lusophone]

Just now, Sto Kerea said:

Although you could point out that SAF didn't have to contend with other clubs also spending 250 million quid.

Please don't interrupt my agenda with facts 😛

[stokeriño]

Would have been fun to spend £250 million in 1990. You could pretty much have bought the entire of the First Division.

[Baddar]

Pretty sure SAF still spent a lot of money relative to the rest of the league, mind.

[Gazz]

I'll be honest, Liverpool are not a club I associate with chopping and changing managers. They have had six managers in twenty years.