Scotch Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 Looking at our remaining games... Realistically we COULD and maybe SHOULD be winning 7 of the 9. ...We won't because that's too straight forward for us. It's not our M.O but the games we have left are there to win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyLeon Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 I keep seeing people go on at Arteta, about not doing business in January....But I think that was absolutely the right call. No point bringing in someone for 6 months, on a 3/4 year contract, that you can't shift at the end of the season. Arsenal can't compete financially with Man City/Man United etc, so you're only going to bridge the gap by continuous improvement during the summer windows. The key to a title challenge, as we showed and Liverpool too to an extent, is good recruitment, rather than expensive recruitment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenom Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 Man City threw away the treble to sell shirts in the US…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Benzema, Vardy ,Lewandowski ,striking is becoming an old man's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Finnegan Posted 16 April 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 16 April 2022 2 hours ago, foxes_rule1978 said: It’s a race between the 3 turds of the league… exciting stuff Infuriating that we're having our shit year this year. If we were playing as well this year as we have at our best under Rodgers, this would probably be a better opportunity than both 19/20 and 20/21. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Corky Posted 16 April 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 16 April 2022 Arsenal were never anything special, our meek surrender there was very poor. 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coolhandfox Posted 16 April 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 16 April 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Finnegan said: Infuriating that we're having our shit year this year. If we were playing as well this year as we have at our best under Rodgers, this would probably be a better opportunity than both 19/20 and 20/21. That's my thoughts, this would have been the year to do it. Our 66 point form last year would have more then likely been enough this season. Everyone tripping over themselves to praise West Ham who aren't going to get 66 pts Edited 16 April 2022 by coolhandfox 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 18 minutes ago, Finnegan said: Infuriating that we're having our shit year this year. If we were playing as well this year as we have at our best under Rodgers, this would probably be a better opportunity than both 19/20 and 20/21. I thought this but we got 62 points in 2019/20 and 66 in 2020/21. I still think both totals will be beaten by 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzFOX Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 1 hour ago, Sampson said: I'd rather ManUtd or Spurs than Arsenal. I dislike Arsenal and their fans the most out of the 3. Pretty irrational on my part and it's ironic given Chelsea is notoriously one of the absolute wealthiest parts of London, but Arsenal fans have always epitomised middle-class London elitism and snobbery and London looking down its nose at the rest of the country more than any other club for me. Much moreso than Chelsea or Spurs fans from personal experience. I don’t know about that I rate spuds fans high on the list of most dispicably foul mouthed big heads and after seeing the Chelski lot at the KP in November they are just as bad. Arses I don’t have as big an issue.I don’t want any of them in the top but we can only control the games we have in hand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horse's Mouth Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 Yeah it's hard to say this was the season to get our shit together when these were the same teams that were the reason we were in the top 4 for so long the past two seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFS Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 Burnley fan on 606 saying she wants to see a statue of Dyche outside the ground 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facecloth Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 15 minutes ago, KFS said: Burnley fan on 606 saying she wants to see a statue of Dyche outside the ground Made from gravel? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 3 minutes ago, Facecloth said: Made from gravel? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 36 minutes ago, KFS said: Burnley fan on 606 saying she wants to see a statue of Dyche outside the ground Will it be ready of him squatting on the throne in the Burnley Boardroom squeezing one large log out reading the Daily Fail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horse's Mouth Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 55 minutes ago, KFS said: Burnley fan on 606 saying she wants to see a statue of Dyche outside the ground He probably is their best ever manager tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancognito Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 21 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said: He probably is their best ever manager tbh Unless their board changes it's mind on how they fund the first team they'll be another Charlton or Portsmouth. 5 years of TV money + sales of players like Ings, Wood, Keane, Trippier etc vanished into their coffers (and it's not like they spent it on their rusting old stadium either) . Dyche would have brought them straight back up but unless they get someone like Chris Wilder, that's never going to happen with so much rebuilding needed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep blue Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 6 hours ago, Sampson said: Agreed, as funny as it is to see ManUtd a shambles, it's definitely the best outcome for us as a club. We are much closer financially to Spurs and Arsenal, who are well behind being able to compete financially with ManCity, Liverpool, Chelsea and ManUtd these days and if we want to close the gap to the top 6 again, then it's best for us that Spurs and Arsenal don't get the CL windfall and are able to attract players who want to play in the CL. And much as it goes against the grain to voice it, it would be better for us if W Ham prosper this season rather than Arsenal or Spurs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep blue Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 4 hours ago, Scotch said: Looking at our remaining games... Realistically we COULD and maybe SHOULD be winning 7 of the 9. ...We won't because that's too straight forward for us. It's not our M.O but the games we have left are there to win. Well, it's not as if we haven't done that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyJim1987 Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 3 hours ago, Finnegan said: Infuriating that we're having our shit year this year. If we were playing as well this year as we have at our best under Rodgers, this would probably be a better opportunity than both 19/20 and 20/21. Ironically it shows that even those so called big clubs with huge budgets and expectations can buckle under pressure and struggle to be consistent for the whole season. If the likes of Vardy, Fofana, Evans had been available for most of the season, and if we had not been hideously bad at defending in certain games (villa away, spurs home) and grabbed just a few more points, then 4th would be in our reach still, and we could have done the opposite of our last two seasons and pipped them to the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep blue Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 1 hour ago, The Horse's Mouth said: He probably is their best ever manager tbh Harry Potts would get my vote. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyJim1987 Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 1 hour ago, pmcla26 said: I never used to be a fan of Dyche when we were in direct competition with Burnley in terms of league position, but after watching and admiring from afar since, I really hope he goes on to do well elsewhere in the Premier League. Never evolved though. You can only go on surviving against the odds for so long. Knowing when the likes of Ashley Barnes, Vydra and Matt Lowton are not going to cut it anymore and freshening the squad was never really done. Burnley are a Swansea or Bournemouth or even Wigan, survived well, played a nice part in the prems history, but it was never going to last. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 Considering how insane Brentfords win rate has been, our win against them looks better and better. Remember people complaining about the way we won against them when we did it, but they've been really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 Pogba must be one of the most over-rated European players at present. He should've left a while ago. Literally stealing a living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, The Horse's Mouth said: He probably is their best ever manager tbh He's probably not in their top 5 best ever managers tbh. Up until they went bankrupt and dropped down the leagues in the late 1970s, Burnley were one of those great historic top tier Lancashire clubs like Preston and Blackpool. They were a regular top 6-7 side in the country throughout the mid 50s-late 60s including a few top 3 finishes and a league title in that time. They've won 2 league titles and an FA Cup and had plenty of top 3-4 finishes in the top flight and FA Cup runs. Harry Potts is definitely their greatest ever. Edited 16 April 2022 by Sampson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurru991 Posted 16 April 2022 Share Posted 16 April 2022 3 minutes ago, Wymsey said: Pogba must be one of the most over-rated European players at present. He should've left a while ago. Literally stealing a living. Why would he leave ?? He won't get another contract like the one Man U gave him. He looks brilliant when he plays for France but shite at Man U because managers play him out of position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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