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The headloss we've caused among Spurs and Palace fans is something to behold. Yet what have we actually done wrong?
OK if it turns out with Palace that we have actually asked UEFA to remove them from the Europa League then I could understand the reaction. But we don't know what that mythical letter contains yet (we might next week).
I don't see we've done anything wrong with Spurs though. It seems they either found out about the release clause illegally or didn't meet all the terms or both, and we've stood our ground.
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Might as well say goodbye to little Brentford already because on yesterdays evidence they are already down.
Taking nothing away from us but they were absolute dog shyte.
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Id like to see them go down to be fair. Strange one appointing Andrews when Frank took half his backroom staff with him. They probably needed a complete reset.
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Brentford, Brighton, Bournemouth all need to go before football can right itself again. Leeds, Sunderland and at a stretch Burnley back is going in the right direction. Now just that last 3. To be replaced with Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke and maybe Norwich.
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At least they are not deluded
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(18-08-2025, 10:01 AM)McDurban Wrote: At least they are not deluded
I think they were before kick-off, then reality set in!
There’s hope for them though, Schade was dangerous when he came on, Outtara has just signed. They can improve like us under Cooper, but looks like it will be a struggle.
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You can't rule anyone out for the season after the first game but they have a lot of work to do.
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Was gonna say thinking of Sunderland we need to see them against a better team to see if it’s a fluke but their next two are Burnley and then Brentford…
If Brentford have a bad game against Villa they probably don’t wanna face a rampant Sunderland!
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You cant write any team off after one game. Brentford showed in the 2nd half they have some qualities, even if they were playing against a team going through the motions with the game won. Sunderland had a great result but at some point the true weight of the prem will kick in for the 3 promoted sides and it becomes a slog. Remember, Ipswich were OK-ish early on last season, and Luton the year before.
Id say this is the year when maybe 2 of the 3 could have a chance of staying up but its probably not Brentford who they'll be replacing. Wolves and West Ham for me (Especially West Ham who I'm convinced have a fraud of a manager who's got this massive reputation but never actually done anything).
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(18-08-2025, 12:10 PM)Paplane Wrote: You cant write any team off after one game. Brentford showed in the 2nd half they have some qualities, even if they were playing against a team going through the motions with the game won. Sunderland had a great result but at some point the true weight of the prem will kick in for the 3 promoted sides and it becomes a slog. Remember, Ipswich were OK-ish early on last season, and Luton the year before.
Id say this is the year when maybe 2 of the 3 could have a chance of staying up but its probably not Brentford who they'll be replacing. Wolves and West Ham for me (Especially West Ham who I'm convinced have a fraud of a manager who's got this massive reputation but never actually done anything).
Potter suited Brighton and their model. Other than that he's really struggled with older pros. Ostersunds was another youthful squad. probably the issue for him.
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(18-08-2025, 01:16 PM)DeesideRed Wrote: (18-08-2025, 12:10 PM)Paplane Wrote: You cant write any team off after one game. Brentford showed in the 2nd half they have some qualities, even if they were playing against a team going through the motions with the game won. Sunderland had a great result but at some point the true weight of the prem will kick in for the 3 promoted sides and it becomes a slog. Remember, Ipswich were OK-ish early on last season, and Luton the year before.
Id say this is the year when maybe 2 of the 3 could have a chance of staying up but its probably not Brentford who they'll be replacing. Wolves and West Ham for me (Especially West Ham who I'm convinced have a fraud of a manager who's got this massive reputation but never actually done anything).
Potter suited Brighton and their model. Other than that he's really struggled with older pros. Ostersunds was another youthful squad. probably the issue for him.
Did Potter do anything at Brighton? Yes, they're a top 6/10 club now but successive managers have done that there, no problem it seems. Don't know anything about Ostersunds, all I've witnessed is what he's done at Swansea, Brighton and Chelsea. Which is not much really.
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(18-08-2025, 02:01 PM)Paplane Wrote: (18-08-2025, 01:16 PM)DeesideRed Wrote: (18-08-2025, 12:10 PM)Paplane Wrote: You cant write any team off after one game. Brentford showed in the 2nd half they have some qualities, even if they were playing against a team going through the motions with the game won. Sunderland had a great result but at some point the true weight of the prem will kick in for the 3 promoted sides and it becomes a slog. Remember, Ipswich were OK-ish early on last season, and Luton the year before.
Id say this is the year when maybe 2 of the 3 could have a chance of staying up but its probably not Brentford who they'll be replacing. Wolves and West Ham for me (Especially West Ham who I'm convinced have a fraud of a manager who's got this massive reputation but never actually done anything).
Potter suited Brighton and their model. Other than that he's really struggled with older pros. Ostersunds was another youthful squad. probably the issue for him.
Did Potter do anything at Brighton? Yes, they're a top 6/10 club now but successive managers have done that there, no problem it seems. Don't know anything about Ostersunds, all I've witnessed is what he's done at Swansea, Brighton and Chelsea. Which is not much really.
He made his name at Ostersunds where took a 4th tier swedish team to the Europa league knockout phase (after league phase) losing to arsenal. Did ok at Swansea which led to Brighton nabbing him to replace Hughton, he was the one who really started the brighton thing before de zerbi etc took it on. Obviously since the circus at chelsea been very different for him.
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