Fantasy Football Live Match Chat Gameweek 38
Welcome to Fantasy Football Live Match Gameweek 38. That’s your lot folks! Well, it will be in about 3 hours anyway… GW38 always seems so brutal. We are used to game-weeks spanning 3-4 days, sometimes even 6 or 7. And then when it really comes down to the final reckoning we are all lined up in front of the FPL firing squad and shot at for 90 short minutes as if we’d just been caught in Malaysia with a gram or two in our back pockets. And it’s a bit of an odd one to call as nearly all matters are sorted, barring a couple of highly unlikely goal difference swings. And we are talking huge ones here – a Liverpool draw and a Chelsea 16-0 win. And a Saints loss, a Swansea win and a 10 goal swing. The Saints do however face Man City so you just never know! But being realistic it’s all done and dusted. The main talking points will probably centre around rotation and regardless of what nonsense the managers trotted out in their press conferences about ‘playing until the end with professionalism’ there will be rotation aplenty. There’s usually a fair few goals on the last day too. Here’s hoping your amongst them.
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“Sam Allardyce ‘set to be sacked’ as Everton manager in the next 48 hours”
“The club likes him,but the players don’t”
@Init :popcorn: ?
Silva in apparently
Yep.
And I think he ll do a good job.
I like his style of play.
Came in when they were worrying about relegation and led them to 8th place.Did a decent job in a short space of time.I know he isnt everyones cup of tea but if Everton fans think they should be finishing above 8th then they are deluded.
There is the problem Brooky, some Everton and to some extent West Ham fans think they should be top 6 or play the best football.
While both are healthy ambitions, some realism has to come in.
Big Sam did a great job this season for Everton after the club bungled the summer transfer window – that’s not Sam’s fault.
Moyes in turn has done a good job at West Ham, turning around Arnie’s form to such an extent he went from someone who was in and out of the team to the player of the year. And with massive injuries in defence.
Big Sam was never going to be a long term Everton manager, I think he knew that. But some of the grief he is getting is crazy.
I want him to stay, for Kop’s sake
Seriously though, it’s not about top 6 or top 8 or top whatever, it’s about the style of football. West Ham fans got a lot of grief for the ‘West Ham way’ thing but that was petty and missing the point. They, and I guess now Everton fans having witnessed it for 5 months, just don’t want to watch the ‘Allardyce way’ week in, week out. They just don’t want that to be their rather expensive weekly ‘entertainment’, as it really isn’t.
He was brought in for a reason and did his job perfectly. His style suited Bolton in the 90’s / early 00’s and they massively overachieved because of it. They loved it because they weren’t meant to compete at that level and yet could because of that. This is different.
But yeah, it’s difficult to balance. Realistically, and I’ve said this for years now, you can’t expect to break into that top 4 which is now a 5 and Arsenal. Everton can spend all the money they like but the reality is that the top players you need will join one of the others first as there’s more chance of trophies. Even Spurs who are in that ‘set’ find it difficult to have first dibs on a superstar because of wages mainly, and Pep.
Sam will go, Marco Silva will come in. We’ll spend another £200m and we’ll finish 7th or 8th. The difference will be the style of football the fans get to watch. If you’re an Everton or a Spurs you need to land lucky and come up with a Poch. A homegrown Kane helps too.
Big Sam did give me my most enjoyable moment of the season though. Everybody in the world knew what was about to happen in the Merseyside Derby at Anfield and sure enough he executed to excruciating perfection. It was horrible to watch but also somewhat sadistically satisfying to see a man have a resolute plan and get 11 players to follow it to the letter. You just had to smile at that.
But the point remains that Everton were in trouble, couldn’t buy a win, they brought in Big Sam and he organised them to keep them up.
They knew what they were getting. That’s why they got him!! And he succeeded.
Should have just kept Martinez!
Bring in El Loco Bielsa. Makes Martinez look like Big Sam by comparison.
Might need a third box of popcorn, HL :zzz: 😉
I agree, Init. He’s is good at what he does, but his teams do play awful football. Would have been interesting to see what he could have done with the England squad, but we all know why that didn’t happen!
Got to feel for the bloke though. He does exactly what is needed, and then all the fans hate him for it. You say they will finish 7/8 again but Everton fans have to give him credit for actually getting them there with the sh*t heap he was left with. Before he took over breaking into the top half of the table was beyond the contemplation of many Everton fans. Okay, many realistic Everton fans. Let me rephrase that, most Everton fans still thought the double was on
Or just bring in Jose if you want real excitement. 😉
Cookie, that’s exactly what I said. Just in less words
“He was brought in for a reason and did his job perfectly”
The case of Jose is even worse really Mito. He’s got Lukaku, Pogba, Sanchez and Mata to build around plus 3 really exciting and quick kids. And yet still goes all in functional. What would Pep do with the same tools? He’d win the league.
@Init, Lukaku wouldn’t be on the team if Pep was there. Martial, Rashford and Sanchez front 3 would be very possible.
Arsenal fans :
Arteta or Vieira ?
:popcorn:
p.s. Allegri is staying another year with Juve…
To be honest i prefer none but if I had to chose one of the two, then Vieira.
Asking bcs there are reports saying Gazidis has already made up his mind.
Arteta
-he would cost less
-he can take over immediately (before WC)
-he has allegedly agreed to a lesser (50-70mil €) transfer budget
It is understood the new manager will be able to bring in his own backroom staff – which was his only “condition” …
So they told Wenger to leave without even agreeing his successor!! Wow.
This is their big chance to appoint someone world class and they’re going with a bloke who has never managed and is not that popular at the club in Arteta it seems.
Then again, we replaced Fergie with Moyes!!
And Moyes with LVG.
Alright, alright!
Lay off the popcorn, HL. That’s two bags now
I say get Wenger back in.
Life w/out FF is boring, AT
I’ve lost all sense of purpose 😆
I find Arteta talk a bit of a joke. How can someone with no management experience get a big job like Arsenal
Perhaps they’re hoping he has been moulded into a mini-Pep at City.
Hey guys. Wanted to thank you for your help this season. I was very busy but I managed to check the website weekly. Sometimes I was a little late. Hopefully next season I can be more active. Anyway, I’m greatful. Big up, peepz.
And remember. In Wenger we trust. ^^
You just need an alarm clock or a phone with reminders really
Hope to do better next season, but thanks for all the help I have received from this site.
been good to see you this season Little Red
Cheers Cookie. Hope next season I can pull one like you did in 2013/14.
well yes indeed, rather than all the other car wrecks!!!
Afternoon everyone
Today’s news :
David Moyes has left West Ham United following the end of his short-term contract !
“I would like to place on record my sincere thanks to David Moyes and his staff for achieving the target of keeping West Ham United in the Premier League.” – Joint-Chairman David Sullivan