Recent content by Cobwebcat

Imagine going back 20 years and saying in “20 years we will all care how much money our clubs spend”

He’s “playing the right notes just not necessarily in the right order” hmmmm

Feel sorry for Damien.. 4.30 City moving on Everyone…. 7.30 City clear favouites He couldn’t have timed that much worse!

Or both wrong

Bernardo will leave at the end of the season. Kovacic isn’t good enough imho even when fit. Rodri has played about twice in 18 months and NG needs help fast. Makes sense to me if someone we want becomes available.

With respect to all posters I don’t think we have any ITKs anymore. I like Semenyo but I would like the money spent in central midfield ideally…if we can’t have both.

They have similar datasets true but they do different things with the information. Brighton and Brentford will be doing a lot more with it than say United.

That’s true and also the reason they should, in theory, start to fade. Let’s see how they get on v Arsenal.

It’s an interesting point. I’d say other than Barca, RM, PSG and Bayern most of the World’s best players make their way to a team in the PL now. You have Bournemouth able to outbid AC Milan in the transfer market. Arsenal lead the CL and the PL tables and all the ranking sites. If they aren’t...

Of course. Luck can and does play a big part. I look at how strong a team is against all competitors domestically and Internationally statistically at a given time. It’s almost impossible to compare teams across different eras but it is possible to compare dominance margins. That City 2023...

https://theanalyst.com/articles/strongest-football-leagues-in-the-world-opta-power-rankings

Correct again. The PL (at least compared to the rest of Europe) has never been so powerful, ever. So, unless the standard of football across the whole continent has dropped then the PL is very strong AND competitive. Villa are scoring Worldies week in week out. Rodger’s two goals together had a...

Correct 2023…..By a mile and every independent ranking says the same. I loved the Centurions but tactics have changed a lot since then….we certainly had a lot less low blocks then. People dont realise how good the treble winners were. Easily the greatest English team of all time and top 4...