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Does Pool beg Klopp to comeback? This team is cooked. No way they can buy anyone in January and they're stuck with Mo(I love the guy but it was a season too long).
Whoa, let's not be hasty. If return of Klopp is actually possible, I say give Arne more time to re-kindle the magic of last year! Unless the real alternative is to give the job to Stevie G., then go ahead, be ruthless, let's get Anfield's favorite non-league winning player into the manager job right now.
Just one completely unbiased opinion from an outside observer…
Just one completely unbiased opinion from an outside observer…
I still have an illogical theory that the Isak signing is to blame… or rather, the administrative dumbassery that led to such a signing is to blame.
Taking off the tin-foil hat, it kinda feels like bad luck. The club tries to do the right thing and keep old players like Mo and VVD (no one is calling him out so much yet but as a neutral, I will). Realistically, you know players over 30 could start declining at any time, sometimes rapidly… it seems like the decline is in full force. Keepers last longer, but Allison's absence has also been huge.
Or maybe it's a combo of both. Regardless, as an outsider it seems like it's a perfect storm of bad, and not really Slot's fault, per se… but maybe he's not the right manager to adapt to the perfect storm.
Taking off the tin-foil hat, it kinda feels like bad luck. The club tries to do the right thing and keep old players like Mo and VVD (no one is calling him out so much yet but as a neutral, I will). Realistically, you know players over 30 could start declining at any time, sometimes rapidly… it seems like the decline is in full force. Keepers last longer, but Allison's absence has also been huge.
Or maybe it's a combo of both. Regardless, as an outsider it seems like it's a perfect storm of bad, and not really Slot's fault, per se… but maybe he's not the right manager to adapt to the perfect storm.
deadbq03 said:
I still have an illogical theory that the Isak signing is to blame… or rather, the administrative dumbassery that led to such a signing is to blame.
I said well before he was signed that it was a needlessly high risk move in the short/medium term that seemed to make little sense. It might still work out in the long term. They made the assessment that they needed two strikers which is fine. But committing 120m to a player who has sat out an entire pre-season and who occupies the exact same space/has a very similar profile as the 80m player you JUST SIGNED who's 23 and started the season well (3 G 1 A in the league in his first 5 starts) is just poor capital allocation and with a high likelihood of pain. They created a problem where there wasn't one.
They're like a blackjack player who played perfect strategy and slowly 10xed their monehy. Then started to double down YOLO when the dealer was showing face cards and aces.
Yeah and besides the tactical reasons it didn't make sense, it was also a massive risk of creating locker room drama.
Both moves, but especially Isak didn't fit the culture they created under Klopp. With the exception of VVD, their bread and butter was the very-good-but-not-yet-elite signings in the 30-50 range. They had a culture of players trying hard to prove themselves. You sign a guy for 3-4 times that and you're gonna get a player who's got an entirely different attitude.
Both moves, but especially Isak didn't fit the culture they created under Klopp. With the exception of VVD, their bread and butter was the very-good-but-not-yet-elite signings in the 30-50 range. They had a culture of players trying hard to prove themselves. You sign a guy for 3-4 times that and you're gonna get a player who's got an entirely different attitude.
Did Mohammad Salah turn into Cristiano Ronaldo? Probably at least a little truth to what he says but blowing up your coach and the club you claim to love because you didn't start 3 games is some elite whiny behavior. He's basically whining because he's been **** but so have all of his teammates and he's Mo Salah so he should keep his place.
I'm disappointed. But then that's my fault for actually having some affinity for a Liverpool player. Should have known better.
I'm disappointed. But then that's my fault for actually having some affinity for a Liverpool player. Should have known better.
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Is it just me, or is the halftime/studio show on USA the most boring thing ever? It is like the go out of to show no excitement or emotion. Come on, give me something. Get excited. Not saying I need Pat McAfee on top of the table shirtless, but at least be excited when showing an awesome goal.
I can't imagine being an Aggie and a Spurs fan. Have some pride.
I don't think they should be allowed to use that name anymore. A far more successful club has earned that right.
From henceforth, they shall be known as the Tottenham Hots.
From henceforth, they shall be known as the Tottenham Hots.
Speaking of Spurs… thoughts from Ange on the Overlap this week:
If this is not a red card for Foden, then I don't know what is.
— Total Football (@TotalFootball) February 11, 2026
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Have some damn pride, Gooners.
Fooking hell. Arsenal is on a path to crapping the bed and letting that POS cheating bajillionare run sports washing Citeh win again. Would you chumps have some measure of pride and win this thing? Please?
Come on Arsenal. Beat Spurs and send them closer to relegation AND stay in front of Cheat City. You have one job tomorrow. Dont screw this up.
When do Tottenham hire Big Sam Allardyce
Battered Aggie Syndrome may become Battered Spurs Syndrome.
Europa League trophy in exchange for relegation would be one of the all time Faustian bargains
Spurs can be the first team ever to win CL and get relegated in the same season.
Yeah that's the funny thing - it's not even Europa… that sort of thing seems to happen every year (a languishing Top 5 league team is whipping minnows and advancing). This is Champions League… and they're a seeded team on the easiest side of the bracket to boot!
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I say this without housery, Spurs:
Sean Dyche is available.
It's time to get serious about the relegation battle. Use tonight to get rid of Igor Tudor along with whatever drugs caused him to be hired in the first place.
Sean Dyche is available.
It's time to get serious about the relegation battle. Use tonight to get rid of Igor Tudor along with whatever drugs caused him to be hired in the first place.
If you believe this, the title race is effectively over.
Not gonna unclench till I see it lifted. So much parity in the league right now.
BREAKING: Chelsea have been handed a suspended one-year ban from signing first-team players, a nine-month ban from registering academy players and given a £10million fine from the Premier League relating to breaches of financial rules during Roman Abramovich's time as owner. pic.twitter.com/Xib4L978gR
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) March 16, 2026
Damn. City must be breaking FFP rules again for them to ghost slap Chelsea like that.
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Damn. City must be breaking FFP rules again for them to ghost slap Chelsea like that.
Oldham Athletic about to get buried for City's transgressions.
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rumor has it that Dyche passed.Showstopper said:
I say this without housery, Spurs:
Sean Dyche is available.
It's time to get serious about the relegation battle. Use tonight to get rid of Igor Tudor along with whatever drugs caused him to be hired in the first place.
ThunderCougarFalconBird said:Showstopper said:
I say this without housery, Spurs:
Sean Dyche is available.
It's time to get serious about the relegation battle. Use tonight to get rid of Igor Tudor along with whatever drugs caused him to be hired in the first place.
rumor has it that Dyche passed.
Dre_00 said:
If you believe this, the title race is effectively over.
This is the stuff of nightmares. Watching Everton go through the relegation battles I lived and died by the Opta charts.
Lincoln City (League 1 promotion candidate) fans singing a couple weeks back for Tottenham away.
(I would give equal time, but not sure even League 1 teams look forward to London Stadium that much, sorry Hammers)
(I would give equal time, but not sure even League 1 teams look forward to London Stadium that much, sorry Hammers)
Spurs are running out of time where even something as drastic as pulling the emergency handle for Big Sam will do anything.
But losing 3-0 to NF may tighten the sphincter so much that they panic into that move.
But losing 3-0 to NF may tighten the sphincter so much that they panic into that move.
It's been time to panic. I'd have thanked Igor Tudor for the draw and fired him last week. I mean, it was just Liverpool, don't get that excited, come on now.
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