2023-24 Football Season: Managerial Exodus

[Outer Sparta]

YES LIVERPOOL WON!!! Also Frank Lampard has done more to win Liverpool the Premier League than Steven Gerrard

[Krytenia]

That slightly confusing moment when you realise Rob Holding can actually defend.

Now to blunt the Blades at the weekend and march towards Number Fourteen!

[Twicetagram and JYPe]

Congrats to the Reds. They've been playing so well this season, and they truly deserve it.
TBF the only other interesting thing I'm interested in is the relegation battle.

[Outer Sparta]

Premier League standings:

1. Liverpool - 86
2. Man City - 63
3. Leicester - 55
4. Chelsea - 54
5. Man United - 49 (+17)
6. Wolverhamtpon - 49 (+10)
7. Tottenham - 45
8. Sheffield United - 44
9. Arsenal - 43
10. Crystal Palace - 42 (-8)
11. Burnley - 42 (-10)
12. Everton - 41
13. Newcastle 39
14. Southampton - 37
15. Brighton - 33
16. Watford - 28
17. West Ham - 27 (-19)
18. Bournemouth - 27 (-21)
19. Aston Villa - 27 (-23)
20. Norwich - 21

Very close races for the European competition slots and there's a tight relegation battle going on at the bottom.

[American Pere Housh]

Its pretty fun when y'all soccer football. There is one type of football and that is played on the Gridiron.

[Outer Sparta]

Its pretty fun when y'all soccer football. There is one type of football and that is played on the Gridiron.

Lol then post in the NFL discussion thread if you want to talk about that.

[Ayytaly]

Its pretty fun when y'all soccer football. There is one type of football and that is played on the Gridiron.

The one where cavemen dressed as crash dummies concuss each other, and come home to abuse their spouse?

[Outer Sparta]

Its pretty fun when y'all soccer football. There is one type of football and that is played on the Gridiron.

The one where cavemen dressed as crash dummies concuss each other, and come home to abuse their spouse?

How's the Serie A going?

[Twicetagram and JYPe]

Its pretty fun when y'all soccer football. There is one type of football and that is played on the Gridiron.

Ah yes, Gridiron, where outfield players use hands more than they use the foot to pass the ball.

[Outer Sparta]

Its pretty fun when y'all soccer football. There is one type of football and that is played on the Gridiron.

Ah yes, Gridiron, where outfield players use hands more than they use the foot to pass the ball.

Lol that particular sport has more similar characteristics to rugby. But of course the only times you use your hands in football are with throw-ins, if you're a goalie, or if you're Thierry Henry, Diego Maradona, and Luis Suarez.

[The Alma Mater]

Its pretty fun when y'all soccer football. There is one type of football and that is played on the Gridiron.

Soccer = Association Football
But seriously, since Hand-egg is an insignificant sport and everybody else on the planet calls the game where one plays the ball with the foot most of the time "football"; let us bow down to the trillions of dollars

[Outer Sparta]

Wolverhampton beats Aston Villa 1-0 as they move up to 5th place (though Man United still leads in goal difference if they win their next game).

[Outer Sparta]

Man City crushes Liverpool 4-0 and the Reds clearly didn't even care about that game after their title is clinched.

Real Madrid beat Getafe 1-0 to go four points ahead of Barcelona.

[Forsher]

Thoughts on this combined Chelsea/Arsenal XI?

I mean... they're not two fantastic defences but one conceded six more goals (in the league) than the other so I feel like the defence is suspect.

[The Two Jerseys]

Thoughts on this combined Chelsea/Arsenal XI?

I mean... they're not two fantastic defences but one conceded six more goals (in the league) than the other so I feel like the defence is suspect.

No complaints about Leno, Tierney, and Aubameyang, they're basically the only Arsenal players worth a damn right now. You Chelsea fans can argue among yourselves about the other eight.

[Outer Sparta]

Thoughts on this combined Chelsea/Arsenal XI?

I mean... they're not two fantastic defences but one conceded six more goals (in the league) than the other so I feel like the defence is suspect.

Arsenal, Chelsea, and Man City all need to work on their defensive line.

[The Champions League]

Ciro Immobile joined Gino Rossetti and Gonzalo Higuain as the joint-record Capocannoniere with 36 goals after scoring against Napoli today

[Forsher]

Thoughts on this combined Chelsea/Arsenal XI?

I mean... they're not two fantastic defences but one conceded six more goals (in the league) than the other so I feel like the defence is suspect.

Arsenal, Chelsea, and Man City all need to work on their defensive line.

Ironically the one Chelsea defender I thought deserved to be in there... was the one that gave away the penalty.

The difference between Chelsea's defence and Arsenal's is that the latter can defend when it has to (e.g. Manchester City, Liverpool) whereas Chelsea's hasn't shown that.

Manchester City's defence is merely worse than its attack by a quite considerable margin rather than being actively poor. Second fewest goals conceded and that's with Ederson who's clearly what should be called an offensive goalie rather than a defensive one (i.e. he gets caught in poor defensive positions all the time and saves just shy of what he should save... compare Pickford or Kepa who concede substantially more goals than he should and contrast Leno or Martinez who I'd say are better keepers but definitely inferior players).

[Outer Sparta]

Arsenal, Chelsea, and Man City all need to work on their defensive line.

Ironically the one Chelsea defender I thought deserved to be in there... was the one that gave away the penalty.

The difference between Chelsea's defence and Arsenal's is that the latter can defend when it has to (e.g. Manchester City, Liverpool) whereas Chelsea's hasn't shown that.

Manchester City's defence is merely worse than its attack by a quite considerable margin rather than being actively poor. Second fewest goals conceded and that's with Ederson who's clearly what should be called an offensive goalie rather than a defensive one (i.e. he gets caught in poor defensive positions all the time and saves just shy of what he should save... compare Pickford or Kepa who concede substantially more goals than he should and contrast Leno or Martinez who I'd say are better keepers but definitely inferior players).

City keeps on spending a lot on defenders and falls short compared to Liverpool. If they got their hands on van Dijk, no way Liverpool would win any titles and City would already have a CL.

[Outer Sparta]

Also Aubameyang is very underrated as a striker and deserves more attention. Pulisic's injury is quite terrible and hamstring ones are quite a fickle to deal with.

[Twicetagram and JYPe]

Do you guys Brentford deserves a chance in the Prem, or is Fulham more worthy of that.

TBH I'd rather Brentford. They've been fantastic all season round and it's a shame that they lost to Barnsley on the last day. Still hyped up.

[The Champions League]

Any thoughts/predictions on the Champions League and Europa League?
Both competitions resume this week

[Outer Sparta]

Do you guys Brentford deserves a chance in the Prem, or is Fulham more worthy of that.

TBH I'd rather Brentford. They've been fantastic all season round and it's a shame that they lost to Barnsley on the last day. Still hyped up.

And if Brentford wins, Irish Guy of HITC Sport has to get a Pontus Jansson tattoo.

[Outer Sparta]

Update: Fulham beats Brentford 2-1 to secure promotion!

[Twicetagram and JYPe]

What the fuck Brentford. You had two, not just one, jobs: beat Barnsley for automatic promotion, and beat Fulham. You failed.