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    Senior Member Spikey M's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    I can't be arsed to find out what the various rainbows mean, but I quite like that.

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    All about the chevrons.

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    lol at 'Kepa' and his McDonald's haircut.

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    Where were those dogshit penalties against United you bums?

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    You don't waste good penalties on a friendly.

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    My takeaways from that match that I didn't watch. Kepa looks much better with longer hair, Jorginho looks like a knob with that hair.

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    The Artist Formerly Known as Taz
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    Last top competition that a side other than Liverpool win this season. Enjoy it, lads.

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    Lovely moment there with Mendy giving it large on his behalf.

    Chalobah really looked the part to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    Last top competition that a side other than Liverpool win this season. Enjoy it, lads.
    Wouldn’t be surprised if you boys finish 7th

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    City are winning the league by miles. The question is who comes second, third and fourth out of the Chels, y-nytid and Liverpool.

    On another note, Kai Havertz might be the first man ever to become 10x less handsome when he smiles.

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    Waff, put down the beers lad.

    City are finishing third behind Chelsea if they think they're going into the season with Ferran Torres and Jesus as their forward options.

    Rio thinks this is a good opportunity to try it but would like to see if Tuchel would make the keeper call in a CL/FA Cup game that 'really matters' later in the season, the fucking thick cunt.

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    This is the first game I've had BT at home, it really is a load of shite isn't it. Jake Humphrey just screams cunt.

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    Someone is a grumpy Gus today. @Don.

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    He's not wrong about Rio, though. One of the worst pundits around. He's basically Jenas mixed with roids and spray on hair.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    City are winning the league by miles. The question is who comes second, third and fourth out of the Chels, y-nytid and Liverpool.

    On another note, Kai Havertz might be the first man ever to become 10x less handsome when he smiles.
    I really think Chelsea can run City close. I'm really looking forward to the fallout when United come fourth despite being better than last season.

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    If kakkers fires from the word go and stays firing, I guess we could get close to them. Otherwise I think we'll likely drop too many random points in random off games to be within 10.

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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58179956

    As much as I love all things Brentford, this Danish cunt is one tryhard wanker. Shame his ego is unavoidably going to have to be fed massively throughout the season.

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    The news has announced that we are bidding for the 2030 and 2034 World Cup.

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    I don't think the teams will go for a 4 year quarantine before, between and after the 2 World Cups tbh.

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    Nah you get used to it I promise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by -james- View Post
    I'm really looking forward to the fallout when United come fourth despite being better than last season.
    All the "OGB must be doing something right because he came third then second!" seems to ignore how utterly shite everything behind City was last season.

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    It depends on injuries this year but I'd be surprised if we weren't able to get the balance better this year and have more points of attack than Bruno. Defensively, you'd like to hope Varane reduces the need for McFred.

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    Do we have a prediction thread?

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    Not until you start one.

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    BT Sport all set up for the big game on Saturday night.

    That's PSG vs Strasbourg is case clarification were needed.

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    Yeah I thought yesterday that we're definitely getting a BBC live text about a game nobody gives even one single shit about just because MESSI DEBUT!!!!!!!!

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    I have complete and utter faith in Mat Sels between the sticks.

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    I'm slightly at a loss as to why everyone thinks Chelsea are suddenly going to win the league.

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    Yeah, the BBC pundits mostly have Man City and the rest have Chelsea. I'd have expected City to dominate that but I'm surprised to see no predictions for Liverpool in there if they weren't down as favourites.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    I'm slightly at a loss as to why everyone thinks Chelsea are suddenly going to win the league.
    Because they're not starting on -20 points by employing a binman like last season.
    I'm a twit

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    How many more reasons do you need?

    1. We are Champions of Europe
    2. We have an Intelligent German Manager
    3. We have just bought/are about to buy Romelu Lukaku - And He Guarantees Goals
    4. We thrashed Villarreal 1-1 last night
    5. Michy Batshuayi

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    6. Selling Tammy.

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    Tammy was giving it large in the celebrations last night, soaking up every last moment of winning something before he moves to the dreaded artillery store.

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    In my limited knowledge of the top of the league there, I thought with van Dijk back then Liverpool would have to be favourites wouldn’t they? They’ve most of their league winning team intact.

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    Intact and two years older. They'll be up there but City with their vast depth have to be favourites.

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    City
    Liverpool
    Chelsea
    United

    That’s my uneducated guess.

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    I struggle to believe VVD is the sole difference between the Liverpool that won the league with 99 points and the one that shat the bed last year.

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    ...and the other 6 CBs between him and whatever we were fielding last season.

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    It must be hard being the only team with injuries.

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    Considering shitting the bed is finishing third he probably is, at least in terms of the difference between being a contender to win the league as opposed to simply jockeying for a top 4 finish.

    Think those 90 point seasons were rather the exception though, for both Liverpool, and the league winning threshhold.

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    Their midfield is meh and Salah Will have to hard carry again, which I doubt will happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Considering shitting the bed is finishing third he probably is, at least in terms of the difference between being a contender to win the league as opposed to simply jockeying for a top 4 finish.

    Think those 90 point seasons were rather the exception though, for both Liverpool, and the league winning threshhold.
    Finishing third with 31 less points. There's no player in the world making that much difference.

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    I seem to remember they only hit silly form when he turned up in the first place, so I can buy it.

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    Also I'm happy doubting Salah as much as the next man but fact is he's [probably] the top scorer in the league over the 4 seasons he's been there so he'll more than likely clock another 20 league goals.

    He just needs the rest of the team to be less shit than they were last year.

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    That the total for winning the league went up to basically 98 points from usually just getting mid 80's or so, is mental.

    That being said, Liverpool and City then were magnitudes better than anyone else. Chelsea now without Binman should get to that level. United will likely be held back by their own Binman at key points. This is the first time he's going to have proper expectation on him too.

    The top 4 could finish in any given order this year. It should be fun.

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    The Spanish heatwave is gonna create some interesting conditions this weekend. Sevilla has their kick-off on Sunday that has been pushed to 10.15, where it is expected to still be 37C.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray Fox View Post
    That the total for winning the league went up to basically 98 points from usually just getting mid 80's or so, is mental.

    That being said, Liverpool and City then were magnitudes better than anyone else. Chelsea now without Binman should get to that level. United will likely be held back by their own Binman at key points. This is the first time he's going to have proper expectation on him too.
    I think that's fair. This season is "it" for Solskjaer. He finished second last season, he's been backed with 2 excellent signings. There's no hiding now.

    It's not win or bust, but if we're out of the title race by March then I reckon he's taken us as far as he can.

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    Chelsea should be favourites alongside City. They have the most delete alongside Man City and about to sign someone who will finish a lot more chances than anybody was able to last year. They won the Champions League last year easier than any team in recent memory. They could probably do with signing another centre mid though as Jorginho/Kovacic are hopeless without Kante.

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    His carer counting her payments.

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    What’s that programme?
    I'm a twit

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