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Everton shockingly bad but I think they’ve need a cultural reset for years and badly. Plus Villa were always going to blow them away because well, their miles ahead of them, have a top manager and some real top players.

Out of all the managers they’ve had since Carlo, Dyche is definitely the man to do it IMO. He will say the right things to get their fans onside but some of the players aren’t anywhere near good enough. The money they’ve spent over the years and what they have now, its crazy.

I know Dele Alli has been written off but after that powerful and revealing interview, if he is able to get on the mend, fit and back to even half of what he was, could he be a catalyst to turn things round? I think a lot of people (not even just Everton fans) will be rooting for him after understanding what he has gone through in his life and more recently with his addiction issues now that he has addressed it publicly. Ex Spurs yes but still think everyone likes a comeback story. 

Obviously Everton will need more than that to help them and would say the difference between their season being a slog and much more comfortable hinges on getting DCL fit and scoring goals as well as keeping clean sheets. Stuff they have struggled to do a lot of under Lampard and Dyche.

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Much stronger Arsenal starting XI, albeit very attacking-minded. Defending will demand more from the whole team.

They got rid of their weak links: Xhaka and Partey

Hmm looks like they are still working on offloading Partey.

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4 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Why I never even bothered watching. Football just disinteresting these days when even when we play well we lose, whereas our rivals play like shit and still win. 

Knew Arsenal would scrape a win. 

We used to do that on a regular basis, so you can't complain much. It's the difference between a team with some grit and a toothless one.

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1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

We used to do that on a regular basis, so you can't complain much. It's the difference between a team with some grit and a toothless one.

I can complain given we spent close to 1 billion for a toothless team. 
 

4 wins all of 2023. 

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14 hours ago, LAM09 said:

We used to do that on a regular basis, so you can't complain much. It's the difference between a team with some grit and a toothless one.

And that's how leagues are won. Not saying Arsenal will but considering how they used to crumble...I miss the days of playing crap and winning rather the just playing crap and losing

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On 19/08/2023 at 19:23, Vesper said:

CuCu was underwhelming in La Liga

we were linked to him then and I was a hard pass then

and a hard pass after he went to BHA

And Caicedo had one good season. At least Enzo delivered in World Cup, played in europe for benfica and the hype was somehow justified. If we are ready to pay 120m for CM 2x, we will have to pay 300m for top attackers. 

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14 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

I can complain given we spent close to 1 billion for a toothless team. 
 

4 wins all of 2023. 

I didn't say you couldn't complain about our form. It was in reference to other teams seemingly not deserving to win because of their performances.

2 hours ago, Laylabelle said:

And that's how leagues are won. Not saying Arsenal will but considering how they used to crumble...I miss the days of playing crap and winning rather the just playing crap and losing

Exactly! They're showing character for the first time in years, but they are still a way off City. 

It will be a while before we see those days again, unfortunately. 

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MOTHERFUCKERS..........

Referee Mike Dean made Chelsea VAR error to protect his ‘mate’ Anthony Taylor

https://theathletic.com/4804299/2023/08/24/mike-dean-anthony-taylor-var-Chelsea/

Former Premier League referee Mike Dean has admitted he failed to correct a mistake in Chelsea’s 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur last season to avoid his friend Anthony Taylor getting extra “grief”.

Dean, 55, was the VAR official at Stamford Bridge last August when Cristian Romero pulled Marc Cucurella’s hair before a Spurs corner that was turned in by Harry Kane to level the match. Both managers were also booked – Chelsea’s Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte of Spurs – after referee Taylor did not penalise Rodrigo Bentancur for a challenge on Kai Havertz.

Dean has now admitted he made a “really bad call” in not sending Taylor to review his decision before Kane’s stoppage-time equaliser.

Speaking on the Up Front podcast with Simon Jordan, Dean said: “I missed the stupid hair pull at Chelsea versus Tottenham which was pathetic from my point of view.

“It’s one of them where if I had my time again, what would I do? I’d send Anthony (Taylor) to the screen. I think I knew if I did send him to the screen … he’s cautioned both managers, he’s had a hell of a game, it’s been such a tough game end to end.

“I said to Anthony afterwards: ‘I just didn’t want to send you to the screen after what has gone on in the game’.

“I didn’t want to send him up because he is a mate as well as a referee and I think I didn’t want to send him up because I didn’t want any more grief than he already had.”

Dean was taken off VAR duty for two months and has since retired from the game. He said his decision not to tell Taylor to look at the Cucurella incident had an significant impact on him.

‘That was a major error,” he told the podcast. “If they don’t score from the corner it is not as big an issue. But I knew full well then I would be stood down the week after. I asked to take a bit of time off because it wasn’t for me.

“I used to get in the car on a Friday and was dreading Saturday. I was thinking, ‘I hope nothing happens’. I used to be petrified sitting in the chair.”

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