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[Michael5482]

Kompany sacked from Burnley.

Granted Kompany was trying to play football and wouldn't sacrifice any of it to try to get points but not sure what Burnley are looking to achieve here, surely clubs like Burnley know they can't compete and it doesn't matter who they get in. It's more a sad place of where football is right now than a reflection on Kompany that clubs don't have a cat in hells chance before a ball is even kicked.

[Fugazi]

Kompany sacked from Burnley.

Doesn't make sense to me when the chairman/board do this sort of thing, unless there's a behind the scenes bust up that then spills over into the public domain.

Ok, survival is paramount for sure, but, managing your expections when you get promoted is the key. I've always held the view, if a chairman/board have a reputation for continually hiring/firing in a short space of time, then they should be held accountable due to poor decision making and lack of vision.

Sheff Utd/Burnley/Luton will more than likely drop but have a strong chance of promotion the following year with the parachute payments. It's just the way it seems to go each season.

Im surprised Luton are in the position they are in, seem capable of turning any team over and scoring goals

Sadly though forrest and Everton are looking relatively good also, so can't see who would go down if Luton stayed up

[henbet22]

If Chelsea can't beat Liverpool's youth team they may as well pack it in.

Will take a week to process all this after dust settles, what a remarkably bizarre game of football, and markets weren't too shabby either

Been on it from early on well into extra time and seen these lineups coming but not this end result! Will have to watch it again without the ladder distraction.

Glad it didn't go to pens but as a trader would have loved a crack at the penalty markets under these circumstances to see how Chelsea players react to this amount of pressure that Klopp kept piling on with every youth sub he made, absolute stroke of genius by him btw, playing the percentages perfectly and after seeing how the 2nd half started slipping away deciding to save his players and playing one last Trump card with the youngsters, he's done something similar before from memory against Arsenal, Everton, Leicester(?) but never at this scale.

Thought Chelsea had a decent gameplan but executed it poorly obviously, plenty of things I didn't like from them. Starting from Poch mindgames early on about the refs, which may have played a role since refs put in a bizarre dogshit performance overall, then with the tragedy chanting and captain Chilwell trying to bully two of the kids hoping they do something stupid, Bradley in particular whose head is still raw after losing his father, absolutely shameless. Caicedo injuring two players and his stamp on Gravenberch's ankle wasn't even a foul somehow.

No doubt one of the greatest matches in club's history, but again at what cost. The injured 11 was already much stronger than the fit 11 before this match, and with no time for rest in the schedule the trend surely has to end. The March international break can't come soon enough.

Interesting read. Nice to see your thoughts on this. (Not having a dig at you/ Klopp/ Liverpool with the following) The whole "most special trophy" and above "No doubt one of the greatest matches in club's history" narrative is dubious. Coin flip trophy. Liverpool 1.9 ish at the off. Chelsea are 11th and very ordinary. Liverpool are on for a quad. Klopp is far superior to Poch. I think everyone is forgetting its the league cup. If they had beaten a full strength Arsenal or City then fair enough but they were 1.9 and they got up on the line. However leg 1 of the quad is in the bag. Onwards and upwards. Peace out.

[Kai]

Interesting read. Nice to see your thoughts on this. (Not having a dig at you/ Klopp/ Liverpool with the following) The whole "most special trophy" and above "No doubt one of the greatest matches in club's history" narrative is dubious. Coin flip trophy. Liverpool 1.9 ish at the off. Chelsea are 11th and very ordinary. Liverpool are on for a quad. Klopp is far superior to Poch. I think everyone is forgetting its the league cup. If they had beaten a full strength Arsenal or City then fair enough but they were 1.9 and they got up on the line. However leg 1 of the quad is in the bag. Onwards and upwards. Peace out.

Don't mind others underplaying the match or the trophy, the impressions are still raw and there used to be a lot more LFC supports here, but I get that constant LFC talk must be annoying to rivals and others that dislike the club or Klopp, with Euler quickly changing the topic too

May not be the most prestigious trophy out there for you and it's not inconceivable that one or another team nicks it at the end but the way it was won felt special, the fact they actually deserved to win it and not the fact that they did. The way that unknown kids bossed it in extra time against the most expensive midfield in world football and pinned them back to play on the counter is something else. I genuinely thought they were lambs sent to the slaughterhouse.

I have to give credit where I think it's due, whether it's players or managers or traders

[greenmark]

Interesting read. Nice to see your thoughts on this. (Not having a dig at you/ Klopp/ Liverpool with the following) The whole "most special trophy" and above "No doubt one of the greatest matches in club's history" narrative is dubious. Coin flip trophy. Liverpool 1.9 ish at the off. Chelsea are 11th and very ordinary. Liverpool are on for a quad. Klopp is far superior to Poch. I think everyone is forgetting its the league cup. If they had beaten a full strength Arsenal or City then fair enough but they were 1.9 and they got up on the line. However leg 1 of the quad is in the bag. Onwards and upwards. Peace out.

Don't mind others underplaying the match or the trophy, the impressions are still raw and there used to be a lot more LFC supports here, but I get that constant LFC talk must be annoying to rivals and others that dislike the club or Klopp, with Euler quickly changing the topic too

May not be the most prestigious trophy out there for you and it's not inconceivable that one or another team nicks it at the end but the way it was won felt special, the fact they actually deserved to win it and not the fact that they did. The way that unknown kids bossed it in extra time against the most expensive midfield in world football and pinned them back to play on the counter is something else. I genuinely thought they were lambs sent to the slaughterhouse.

I have to give credit where I think it's due, whether it's players or managers or traders

Kids lobbed into a cauldron was my view. But they did something really quite special yesterday. Chelsea may not be achieving but they have the personnel. It took extra time and pretty much perfection from VVD/Tsimikas.
Chelsea's league position doesn't really equate to their status. Poch and his predecessors have struggled to match expectations. But I like Poch. I hope he sorts them out.

[Lynskey888]

Kompany sacked from Burnley.

I can’t find any news stories about the sacking. Am I cracking up?

[greenmark]

Kompany sacked from Burnley.

I can’t find any news stories about the sacking. Am I cracking up?

Indeed. Where did that come from?

[henbet22]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... ng-players

[henbet22]

Fair enough. Liverpool are a great club. Fortunately I am a neutral/mercenary. If he digs out the league with that injury list and 2 live rivals then hats off. One for the ages.

[jd28]

Kompany sacked from Burnley.

I can’t find any news stories about the sacking. Am I cracking up?

Indeed. Where did that come from?

It was a post on Twitter/X from a parody Burnley account this morning. He's not been sacked (yet)

[wearthefoxhat]

I can’t find any news stories about the sacking. Am I cracking up?

Indeed. Where did that come from?

It was a post on Twitter/X from a parody Burnley account this morning. He's not been sacked (yet)

Hope that's the case.

Remember reading a post from ESPN before the start of the new season. Thought it might be Chelsea sounding out how much it'll cost them, pennies in the pound against the billions they've already spent.

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[Fugazi]

I reckon Maidstone could be value.

Coventry on bad form, injuries.

That said, they will be a lot more cautious than Maidstone's previous cup opponents. Maybe already missed the value, should have placed it during Coventry's last game.

Reduced from 20-1 to 17-1 on oddschecker since that post Havent looked at Betfair though.

Potentially 3 quid ive missed out on there !

[greenmark]

Indeed. Where did that come from?

It was a post on Twitter/X from a parody Burnley account this morning. He's not been sacked (yet)

Hope that's the case.

Remember reading a post from ESPN before the start of the new season. Thought it might be Chelsea sounding out how much it'll cost them, pennies in the pound against the billions they've already spent.


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I like Vincent. I hope he makes it work. He does seem obsessed with trying to play football. Tough in the EPL though. How he would like the budgets of ....well, all of the opposition now above them.

[Kai]

I reckon Maidstone could be value.

Coventry on bad form, injuries.

That said, they will be a lot more cautious than Maidstone's previous cup opponents. Maybe already missed the value, should have placed it during Coventry's last game.

Ok made a little free bet for fun so counting on your analysis there

[Fugazi]

I reckon Maidstone could be value.

Coventry on bad form, injuries.

That said, they will be a lot more cautious than Maidstone's previous cup opponents. Maybe already missed the value, should have placed it during Coventry's last game.

Ok made a little free bet for fun so counting on your analysis there

Will have to wait for them to play each another 19 times in the 5th round vs coventry to tell me my analysis is shit