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Premier League Gameweek 1 + Midweek EFL
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Probably with his headKanes had 2 touches in the Everton penalty area for fecks sake.
Spurs are woeful, that team does not make top half let alone top 6. Winks and Hojbjerg are totally meh in midfield, was like when they had Dier in there, no progressive forward play from him at all. Hojbjerg workman like, Winks a tidy short passer and technician, happy to cover ground and harry players when not in possession. But no creativity or drive through the centre, just safe passes out to the wide players. What happened to that Lo Celso guy? Looked Spurs best player leading up to the end of last season.
He would be perfect for the national team. Portugal now have a squad that is top 5 even without Ronaldo.
Whatever, he needs to stop managing at Premier League. He's forcing it way too much but it's clear his methods aren't working as well anymore. While his teams weren't known to be great in attacking, they were known to be extremely tough to break down and near impossible to score against. Now his teams leak goals for fun. It's time to step down from such level to either an inferior league or as you said, national teams. It happens to most managers imo. Except for Sir Alex, most managers needed to step down at one point.
Where was Lo Celso today? I thought he was the Eriksen replacement
feck me, that Mourinho interview went on forever. I was waiting for him to snap.
Fair enough
Everton dark horses for a top six finish if their first team stays more or less fit. At least they are going to spoil some parties for sure.
I think it's the opposite. Portugal have enough quality to go at basically any team in the world. Even though not losing is very important at international level, Jose doesn't even do that well these days. He loses quite a lot, while having the team play terribly while doing so. It would be a complete waste for Portugal to hand over this crop of players to Jose.
Hmm... Where have I heard that before?
He did indeed. And despite his popularity, most of us agreed that Matt was the future. Funny old game.
My goodness. This rolls back to our darkest era. Every man and his dog know that Spurs and Mou are a match made in hell. From an entertaining attacking football to a parking bus tactic.
Too short
I got flashbacks
Yes, the transition into a Jose team is nearly complete. It did pain me to see Son and Lucas looking Clueless and Kane looking helpless up front.
Glad it's not us is all I can say!
Spurs didn’t play entertaining football for about 18 months prior to Mourinho going there.
If you told Everton fans or anyone 5 years ago that James Rodriguez would play for their club, you would get laughed at. Seems like anything is possible in football these days. How surreal it must be for Everton fans. They must be pinching themselves.
To think he was light years ahead of the mainstream tactical setup in England when he first arrived with his 4-3-3.
Now he is washed up. I know a lot of people will disagree with me but it is quite sad to see how far he has declined.
Can't help thinking that kneeling before PL matches is a cynical marketing ploy. To be clear Black Lives Matter 100%, but it's a US issue, has little to do with England. Do you see it in other championships? In Spain? Italy? Germany? France? Just curious.
I think they've stopped doing it in France when the new season kicked off last week. The West Ham-Newcastle pre kick off kneel went all kind of wrong last night.
Really. Sorry to hear that.
It’s 50-50 for me. Of course it’s a great gesture and brings a lot of attention to the matter due to the mass viewership of the PL but I’m sure the men in suits also had the thought of marketing and making money when deciding on the kneel.
Put it this way: where do you feel a cop may kill black people without restraint? US for sure, UK maybe, EU not yet.
Thankfully I’m not a part of that bunch. That was a brilliant general performance by Richarlison yesterday, on par with Neymar’s in the CL quarters and semis. Finishing was woeful, like Neymar’s in those two games, but that’ll improve as the season goes on too.
Richarlison was great yesterday but his finishing let him down a touch. If he can master the cutting inside on his right and shooting technique then he could score a lot of goals this year with the ease James was finding him with the switch of play.
My housemate supports Everton and he's over the moon. It's quite interesting actually given how low his expectations generally are and how happy he is with the transfers they've made this season (including Allan and Doucoure too). Must be quite nice to support a smaller club and see a bit of ambition, as opposed to being a United fan and feeling that we're not being ambitious enough
True and it's unbelievable how much space he had/made for himself. Doherty couldn't handle him.
I don't remember them ever playing attacking football. I was one of those that didn't see Poch as one who plays attacking style anyway. They were fast, pressing hard and great on counters. They had players who could create from nowhere like Eriksen, and Alli was actually good at one point.
Ultimately Mourinho's problem there is bigger than not playing "attacking football". It's that he still doesn't know his best lineup and his tactical changes during games are pretty weird.
I said before the game I was surprised when Everton actually managed to have a very good lineup like this. If they stay mostly injury free and lived up this main lineup potential, I think they'll be a big nuisance this season. It's their most balanced lineup for year and under a manager who even, though he's past his best too, can do a pretty good job in terms of results, if not football played. Looking forward to see what they'll do this season.
I feel like I've been waiting 3 years for Havertz to make his Chelsea debut. Buzzing for tonight. I really hope he hits the ground running.
1-0 to Brighton is assured, isn't it?
A solid Chelsea loss to start the season would be nice. How many of their new signings can we expect to see tonight?
Ziyech, Chilwell, and Thiago Silva will not be available. Ziyech and Chilwell are currently injured, whilst Thiago Silva started his training late. Havertz is the only new signing who's fit and ready to go.
EDIT: Werner as well
2, Havertz and Werner.
Might have to give it a watch then.
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Not even close, I am assuming you meant that tongue in cheek though? His tactics are just getting old and worn out now. On paper i think he has a better CV than Pep. However, much as i still love the guy, i think there is an argument to be had that he needs a club with heavy financial backing to be successful. I forget how much he spent at Inter tbh. Although Porto weren't exactly a sugar daddy club, but could still almost cherry pick the Portugese league.
Perfect day for football. What I’d do to be on the kop now shielding my eyes from the sun 