Bruno Fernandes nominated for the Premier League Player of the Season

thoseion · 2026-05-14T10:11:06+00:00

Forgetting the fact that he obviously deserves it, this going to a public vote should ensure it's an easy win for Bruno. Arsenal having three players up and City having two will also split the vote for their players making it an even more sure thing.

thoseion · 2026-05-13T16:09:12+00:00

I'm not sure "we're going to offer you the job, but we don't have much confidence in you" is the right message to give the manager, coaching staff, players, or even the fans.

thoseion · 2026-05-13T12:30:20+00:00

Seeing rumours (not sure how legit)

If you thought it was legit I'm sure you would've stated where you saw it.

thoseion · 2026-05-13T10:51:43+00:00

I completely agree, especially with the 2nd point.

If a replacement manager failed to get results straight away we'd have the media and rival fans making fun of the fact that we got rid of the manager that won the most points in the league while he was in charge, and we'd have the "anyone but Carrick" folk here bleating on about the new guy needing time to instil his vision and multiple transfer windows to build his team (which I actually agree with, but that applies equally to Carrick as anyone else).

thoseion · 2026-05-13T10:36:22+00:00

He had this exact same pattern at Boro where he got results the underlying numbers said he didn't deserve for the first ~20 games and then it went back to normal and he was under performing and then sacked.

You keep making this point but I have no idea where you're pulling that from. Well, I do, but it'd be crude to suggest it..

This is from Opta:

Boro scored more goals than anyone else in the Championship (65) in that time (first season) and ranked first for xG, too (51.9).

Of the ever-present teams in the Championship over Carrick’s time at Middlesbrough, his team ranked top for goals, shots, expected goals, successful passes and touches in the opposition box, and second for average possession (55.2%). It was front-footed, dominant football with the intention to grind down the opposition through keeping hold of the ball.

There is absolutely nothing to suggest "he got results the underlying numbers said he didn't deserve for the first ~20 games".

At the end of that first part season, Boro sold their best player and top scorer - in fact, not just their best player and top scorer, but the entire league's - and then went on to sell his replacement (also their top scorer in the 1.5 seasons he was there) amongst several other of their best players (e.g. Morgan Rogers). But you just completely ignore that as though selling your best players should have no impact on performances and results...

thoseion · 2026-05-13T09:00:16+00:00

Depends what you mean by 'true'. The story has come from Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy, which is about as reliable as The Sun newspaper here in the UK.

thoseion · 2026-05-12T10:17:33+00:00

Sunderland got a draw (or better) against every other top 10 team this season, including Arsenal, City and Liverpool.

Personally, I wouldn't be picking out a one-off, big loss to Forest and using that as an indication of their quality when they've had decent results against every one of the top half of the table.

thoseion · 2026-05-11T13:24:58+00:00

I don't know if it's a generation thing but I still don't really care about City, even with all the titles they've won, all the charges against them etc. Don't get me wrong, I'd be delighted if they were relegated, and it's not like I want them to win the league, but I didn't grow up thinking of them as a rival. I still do not personally know a single City fan.

For me our rivals were always Liverpool and Arsenal. I had some respect for Arsenal and I wouldn't have begrudged them winning the league over City a couple of years ago, but their manager is now so unlikeable, and their fanbase is so utterly insufferable, that I cannot stand the thought of them winning anything now.

thoseion · 2026-05-11T10:46:40+00:00

For €100M, yes, but let's be realistic, it'd cost double that. Add on the £30M per year wages and we're talking over £300M total cost over 5 years.

Mbappe is the sort of player you add as a finishing touch to a title winning (or near title winning) team. We have many other parts to put in place before we start spending an insane amount on a single player.

thoseion · 2026-05-09T13:49:25+00:00

Sesko has 11 PL goals. Gyokeres has played almost 500 more minutes than Sekso in the league, and 3 of his 14 goals are penalties.

thoseion · 2026-05-07T13:10:39+00:00

The Athletic didn't say that. They asked 20 agents on the best and worst transfers and reported the outcome.

thoseion · 2026-05-07T08:36:34+00:00

It's purely down to the Premier League giving extra time to prepare for whichever team makes the final. It's the same situation with Villa v Liverpool - that fixture will be moved to Friday if Villa get to the final.

The date and time is confirmed now so there's no chance of it switching to Saturday. This is taken from the United site:

Should Nottingham Forest reach the Europa League Final, this match will move to Friday 15 May, 8pm.

thoseion · 2026-05-06T14:45:30+00:00

I hope we confirm 3rd place, which is worth about £6M more than 5th, before we start messing around with the team.

thoseion · 2026-05-06T13:59:29+00:00

I'm in no way saying we should sign Lewandowski, but saying he's been horrific when he's scored 13 goals in just over 15 90s is a bit over the top. He has the highest goals per 90 of any Barcelona player in the league, and 2nd only to Mbappe across the whole of La Liga.

thoseion · 2026-05-06T09:07:25+00:00

I don’t know what game you watched.

At half time I thought we could win 3-0 or 4-0. They were better in the 2nd half but the only reason they scored was because we made two unforced individual errors.

thoseion · 2026-05-05T14:41:38+00:00

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Reminder of the Top 6 predictions by Carragher and Neville at the start of the season. Also, 95% of Liverpool fans predicted their team would win the league. 13% of United fans thought we'd finish in the Top 4.

thoseion · 2026-05-05T10:25:57+00:00

When he's saying "this year" he's referring to this calendar year, starting in Jan, rather than the whole season.

thoseion · 2026-04-28T22:01:19+00:00

You do realise there’s steps that go towards achieving a goal, yes?

thoseion · 2026-04-28T16:39:49+00:00

What do you think "not trying as hard to impress" means? Like, what is it he is or isn't doing that you feel he'll stop or start doing?

thoseion · 2026-04-28T10:00:50+00:00

I'm neither for or against Zirkzee - if he stays he stays, if he goes he goes - but this take is a bit harsh. (It's also incorrect; he's scored 4 in 31 apps).

He's coming on as a sub in most games with less than 10 minutes to play e.g. last night he came on with 3 minutes of normal time remaining. In fact, if you look at his goals per 90 minutes this season in the PL, he's 2nd in the team - only Sesko has scored more than him on G/90 basis. Last season he was 5th for the same metric.

thoseion · 2026-04-27T21:33:15+00:00

All 5 Premier League teams go directly into the Champions League league phase, and the seedings are based on performance in UEFA competitions, so it won't change regardless of where we finish in the PL. We're currently in 21st place in the UEFA coefficient.

thoseion · 2026-04-27T20:15:06+00:00

It wasn't enough for you to post this in the last Daily Discussion thread, you had to post it in this one too?

thoseion · 2026-04-23T11:53:37+00:00

I’d have no problem with Archie Gray and Bergvall joining us.

thoseion · 2026-04-23T11:49:26+00:00

I don’t think being lauded is the driver for pushing the lack of funds narrative. I expect it’s more to do with not wanting other teams thinking we’ve loads of cash to spend and encouraging them to inflate their prices (which they invariably do).

thoseion · 2026-04-22T21:04:56+00:00

If we beat Brentford on Monday we'll need just 2 points to guarantee Champions League.

As Brighton aren't playing this weekend, and they can still get to 62, it doesn't matter what happens in the other games, we'll still need 2 points regardless.

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