Premier League Gameweek 10

Nou_Camp99

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If we took him away from Leicester, it most likely would've scuppered the Maguire deal.
Rather have kept Smalling, £40m and got Tielmanns than just Maguire personally.

I do rate Maguire but if he stopped us adding a midfielder in the summer because if his cost it was a bad move. We had Tuanzebe ready to go too.
 

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Leicester didn't get the memo. A new manager needs at least a couple of years and various expensive signings before he can produce good attacking football and a decent league position.
 

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Rather have kept Smalling, £40m and got Tielmanns than just Maguire personally.

I do rate Maguire but if he stopped us adding a midfielder in the summer because if his cost it was a bad move. We had Tuanzebe ready to go too.
Exactly.

Maguire will never be worth £80mil to us; had we kept Smalling, signed Teilemans & spent £35-£40mil on another offensive player/players it outdoes the Maguire effect.
 

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I remember the Celtic fans who were annoyed that Rodgers was leaving them aswell :lol:
 

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I remember when United were linked to Ayoze Perez under Van Gaal.
 

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Just tuned in, good lord what's happened here? Leicester 4-0 up before HT. I was hoping they'd lose with them being hot on our tail, they look good favourites for a top 4 finish definitely.

edit: 0-5!
 

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Chris Sutton said that Celtic Reserves are bigger than Leicester :lol:
Indeed, absolute nonsense. I reckon things will even out and they’ll just miss out on top 4 but they’ll get 5th this year.
 

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Leicester didn't get the memo. A new manager needs at least a couple of years and various expensive signings before he can produce good attacking football and a decent league position.
Honestly baffled how anybody still buys the ‘worse before we get better’ crap that OgS spouts.

Our fanbase have been taken for idiots.
 

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Exactly.

Maguire will never be worth £80mil to us; had we kept Smalling, signed Teilemans & spent £35-£40mil on another offensive player/players it outdoes the Maguire effect.
100%. And I like Maguire but that transfer alone seems to have cost us any chance of top 4 because we have no goals in us.

Tielmanns plus £40m towards another offensive player makes us a better team as you rightly say.
 

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Can anybody really seriously argue that Leicester aren't better coached than us?
 

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I mean the red card has killed them but jeez Leicester are being ruthless.

Compare them to us when Southampton had 10 men.
 

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Hard not to compare us to far superior teams such as Leicester. How many goals did we score against 10-men Southampton? Fecking shameful.
 

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Leicester have simple, effective, well drilled patterns of attacking play all over the shop and follow them precisely.
 

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Can anybody really seriously argue that Leicester aren't better coached than us?
I dont know whats going on behind the scenes, but I can see with my eyes that they have a much more balanced team, with players being played in their natural positions, so that they perform better and more cohesively.
 

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Can’t believe Southampton are still playing that Yoshida bloke ffs.