Got a feeling Spurs will win tonight. This might just be antibantsing the 3 Chelsea players in my FF team, but I reckon Tottenham’s style is pretty well set up to play against the 3-4-3 (really fit full-backs overlapping, Eriksen, Alli & Son overloading Kante’s area). They gave them their hardest game of this run so far in November too.
It’s horrendous. I grew up round there so that’s why but I’m ever tempted to defect and watch someone actually good. Regardless of results It’s such ugly football too - high balls, hit & hope efforts & panicky defending. Ugh.
Marco Silva overtaken Gary Rowett as the bookies favourite for the Hull job. Sky think he’s the leading contender as well. Apparently the owners were speaking to them both in Summer but talks fell apart for whatever reason. Not heard of Marco Silva, but his managerial record is decent in Portugal and Greece so it could mean very little.
You want to watch Palace. We really are abysmal. 3 fit defenders (Tomkins was supposed to be out for a few more weeks but is playing due there being no one else) and 1 striker in Fraser Campbell. Zaha is going to Afcon too.
Similar to the Guidolin sacking: The team looked like they were playing for him, set out decently and working hard, but the fact is they’re shite and simply aren’t going to be winning many at this level.
On the other hand the guy’s a caretaker through-and-through, so if the club’s got somebody lined up the start of Jan is the time to remove him. They don’t and whichever chump gets the nod will get fuck all to spend anyway, but they have to be seen to be going through the motions.
Not sure if the Phelan sacking is harsh or not. He started off great and with two or three good signings he could’ve set up a team that could survive. Instead he signed a dozen shit players.