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  1. Muttley

    The Match of the Day Thread

    This really gets tedious. When is FIFA / IFAB going to address the fact that refs aren't using the laws of the game anymore. Just brandish the cards and let's get the beautiful game back.
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    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Didn't see the game but just enforces the argument that officiating needs a complete overhaul. I've watched way too many games where only a couple of cards have been branded and according to the laws it should have been double figures and less than 22 players on the pitch.
  3. Muttley

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I agree, but my only thought for football to be free to do what it wants is about the current officiating. That should be rock solidly consistent and based solely on the laws of the game. In the current climate it just isn't. A lot of what we see stylistically in football is based on how...
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    Djed Spence

    I would agree that so far in his Spurs career he's had very few games where he has been "very good". It's all about potential with him and as you head towards your 26th b'day you need to find that next gear and a load of consistency. That's what I'm hoping RDZ can do with him. One stat that...
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    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Considering everyone hates international football, and club football is more important than your country we've done well to get to 114 pages of posts. I though international football was just inferior and boring nowadays :tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy:
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    Daniel Levy - Former Chairman

    The perspective of Levy on this one is intriguing. Levy rode the football money train brilliantly and did all of the right things to grow his 30% share. When he left the club, the club was valued at c£3-4b carrying a debt of £800m. So in his terms he had a £0.9-1.2b asset and had a £240m share...
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    Dejan Kulusevski

    Admittedly, I never know what these vids mean. Until we hear something from the player or club then it's really hard to know how ready Kulu will be this season. We definitely heard that the World Cup came a "little too early" for Kulu in his recovery. That in itself is hard to interpret but...
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    Djed Spence

    So playing ahead of RKM in one game isn't a major achievement. I would have had Spence in ahead of RKM every match post Xmas. We could see at that point that RKM wasn't interested in our project and didn't ever show the faith we had in him, including RDZ. That's assuming Spence wasn't required...
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    Mohammed Kudus

    I still think it will be sorting out the left side that will have the biggest impact on Kudus's performances. Before Kudus got injured I don't really feel like our left side was operating that well. We had Spence and Simons playing on their wrong foot and no left sided centre mid. I would have...
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    Yeah, that's fair I guess. I remember Davies talking about Ange trying to get him to play with more freedom and go wherever he felt comfortable going. Ange definitely created a togetherness in the group. They definitely played for him. I'm less sure whether they would advocate for him as a pure...
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    What I find interesting is the respect that RDZ seems to have in the game from players and other coaches. On paper, he hasn't really had big jobs and won so much. However, he seems to have a "Pep" or "Klopp" type attraction to some players who have worked with him before. I'm not sure we've...
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    Djed Spence

    I actually think RDZ will make or break Spence in the same way that Tuchel is doing in an England shirt. All of these managers want to nurture the talent but it definitely feels like they are trying to get a mentality breakthrough with the guy. RDZ didn't select Spence at the end of the...
  13. Muttley

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Sorry, didn't mean "goad" in a negative connotation at all. You prodded hungover me with a stick on a forum in a funny way. We had a great conversation. Hence my use of the word. You and I always have great chats.
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    Mauricio Pochettino

    Take me home? Has Trump told everyone the Yanks invented football or something?
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    Djed Spence

    lol - Warnock
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    Sandro Tonali

    I think we need to be careful with that line of thought. Recruitment is a team sport and the collective should get the credit, not just one person. At the moment we have the Lewis siblings, Charrington, Vinai, Lange, RDZ etc all uniting to create an exciting window.
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    Will Lankshear

    I'm not sure we need to release them, but I'm all for your setting them free sentiment. We got both for a song, so both should create profit on the books when we sell them.
  18. Muttley

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    But you see the pattern right. Someone goads me to comment on Kane and I put up some fair and balanced discussion points. I talk about the grey space and I give some latitude for Kane's age and disposition. I was mostly complimentary but I still get called "binary" because people only want to...
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    James Maddison

    Madds will be an awesome impact sub even if he's not starting. You have to plan for 16 players nowadays in every game.
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    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    Admittedly, I am left scratching my head to Masdueke's inclusion in the first eleven. We always look better with Saka there when he comes on. To your point, I do think you have to isolate it down to every players individual contribution and then look at the joined up pieces to get the total...
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