Recent content by zakk88

I think the 50+1 rule is a good idea but there are many potential negatives with it, the biggest drawback of the 50+1 rule is that it limits the financial capacity of the clubs. Without being able to captain the ship, external investors would not like to channel heavy funds into a team and...

Sadly the formation of the ESL was inevitable, football stopped being a working man's sport with the Premier league breakaway in 1992. When broadcaster's put in billions of pounds, and players are paid £100k + a week it became more about the money.

They cant just walk out because they are all under contracts with their respective clubs, I'd imagine they will all be dragged to court and made to pay millions for breach of contract

I think he is trying highlight how the media cover bad stories about black players more extensively than they do with white players. Look at how different Greenwood and Foden were treated in the aftermath of their Iceland debacle. Bearing in mind Foden was the one with the girlfriend and a baby...

Yeah he was always regarded highly in the youth set up, Reece won the academy player of the year ahead of Hudson Odoi and he was also captain of the youth FA cup winning team.

The problem is the new handball rules, it does not consider intent by a player. If the ball hits a player who has made their body "unnaturally bigger" then a foul will be awarded.

I'll take this any day over our start last season, where we played so well against United only to lose 4 nil, with pundits praising our effort

Chelsea's defence was actually not as bad last season.We conceded the 3rd least shots per game behind city and liverpool. Kepa was the main problem, he let in 56% of shots he faced, so a better keeper will drastically improve our defence. I also lost count of how many times we dominated a team...

The £96m loss was mainly due to the club missing out on champions league the previous season, paying £26m to terminate Conte's contract and the last panic buy of Kepa for £72m

The problem with alonso is that he lacks the pace to be an effective left back, he can cross and he can't beat his man. He always seemed to be constantly out of position, with no recovery pace.

I think Chelsea's defensive problem is mostly down to how bad their goalkeeper has been. Statistically they were 3rd in the least amount of shots conceded per game in the league behind Liverpool and City. But they are 10th in the most amount of goals conceded in the league, this mostly down to...

There seems to be a misconception that Pulisic just showed up after lockdown and that this is a purple patch. Pulisic has been good all season, before his 5 month lay off he was arguably the most information player in the team, He had 5 goals and 2 assists and from just 15 starts. He was also...

This is only being reported by the Sun, I call bullsh*t

People seem to underestimate how vital Hazard was to chelsea. Chelsea heavily depended on him for goals and assists in Sarri's season, he contributed to over 50% of Chelsea's goals the season he left, he essentially carried the team to the Europa leage and 3rd. No one saw where Chelsea's goals...

No that only happened because chelsea finished 10th that season, so they didn't qualify via the league