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*Official* English Football Season 2022/23

dontcloseyoureyes

dontcloseyoureyes

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You're talking to a man who watched Stuart Pearce manage his team haha.

In the end, this is the entire point of the game. You've got it in your hands with a handful of games to go, you'd have considered murder if this was offered to you 12 months ago.

I was initially quite vocally in the Arsenal will choke camp but I've come around. I've been really impressed with them in the second half. Even if they fall short, if they nail the offseason again you've got a powerhouse.
 
duffer

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Yeah, the core is great, we have a talented manager, Edu knows what he's doing, ownership wants to spend and we're back in the Champions League.

This **** is stressful though but it's a good time to be a fan, absolutely
 
wpdavid

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BoyBrumby said:
wpd probably won't thank me for tempting fate like this, but I guess one has to doff the cap to Woy.
I was far from convinced, especially after the damp squib stay at Watford, but he's probably already done enough to make sure the Beagles are in the Prem next year.
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Quite so, especially remembering the ****-up relegations of 1993 and 1973 (as opposed to most of our others, which were done and dusted by Easter). Opinions are mixed in the comments under the Grauniad's match reports. Some folks say that we'd have won these games anyway under Vieira, who was harshly treated by the chairman. Others reckon that the players seem more confident under Hodgson, and able to express themselves against the current run of opponents. Everyone says that actually picking Eze is a step in the right direction, and I'm wondering whether we may actually be better without Zaha nowadays.

I'm firmly on the fence about the whole thing. The four points that we gained under Vieira during the run of matches against superior opposition, as well as the avoidance of any significant damage to our goal difference, meant that we maintained a bit of daylight between ourselves and the drop zone. And Hodgson has been a bit lucky; our equaliser against Leicester bouncing in off the goalie's arse after hitting the cross bar, Leeds missing a load of chances to put the game to bed before we equalised, and even Southampton doing the same on Saturday. In a sliding doors world, we could easily have been looking at three straight losses under Hodgson and things would feel very different indeed. And yet, most of the time, they are playing better against these sides than we did under Vieira when we played weaker opposition earlier in the season. so I'm pretty happy about life and I think the chairman made the right call.
 
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As I said many times I think you were too good to go down anyway. Forest are in 18th and they're leagues worse than Palace. We played Forest 4 times this season and 4 times they folded without a fight, Vieira's Palace gave us a really rough time home and away.

But I also think you can do better than Vieira. Right decision as long as he doesn't keep Hodgson after this season.
 
wpdavid

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As I said many times I think you were too good to go down anyway. Forest are in 18th and they're leagues worse than Palace. We played Forest 4 times this season and 4 times they folded without a fight, Vieira's Palace gave us a really rough time home and away.

But I also think you can do better than Vieira. Right decision as long as he doesn't keep Hodgson after this season.
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Completely agree about Hodgson next season and, as I said a week or two previously, I'd happily see Potter in charge then. That being said, I don't have the first clue about who may be available from overseas. I'd never heard of the guy who replaced Potter at Brighton, so who knows whether there are better options available.
 
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You have some really talented young attacking players who could properly kick on with some good positional coaching. It's a big opportunity but you need to get this appointment right.
 
wpdavid

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Pothas said:
They will probably finish above Chelsea. Might even catch us and Fulham.
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I was about to scoff and then I looked at Chelsea's fixtures over the next few weeks. No idea about yours and Fulham's. I don't know. As I just mentioned, we have been a bit lucky in all three matches under Hodgson, and that can change. Especially against sides who can actually finish.

I noticed the three West London sides grouped together from 9th to 11th, which is some sort of incidence. Your boys top of the three, of course.
 
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Bees have a pretty tough last set of games but hoping we manage at least a couple more wins.

I wish they would hurry up and ban Toney now though.
 
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Yeah six months at the start of next season would be the absolute worst. If it is all sorted then I imagine he might go anyway which is fine.
 
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