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Goal difference should hardly matter. Considering the point deduction, if goal difference is ever a factor then the other team surely won fewer games and as such it's extremely likely their G/D is lower. It would require some sort of catastrophe for the opposite to happen. Case in point, Wigan...

To be fair, without the point deduction the team would be on pace to clinch 6th place (statistically speaking, the historical average for 6th place is around 74 points, the current pace would get 75+). So, even with everything against it, Wigan is performing above expectations. Frank is just...

2 points out of 12 with a team coming from the Championship, Maloney out.

Then the underdog didn't deserve to win and that's ok in my book. People love late goals, it's great for the "spectacle" - even if artificial. I do think that psychologically this is really punishing and the minutes added are extremely arbitrary, but it's the only answer they can have unless...

That sitter... what a donkey. Lucky.

I don't think cheating makes the game what it is. Time wasting when the ball is dead doesn't, a clear but not called penalty doesn't, a goal scored with your hand doesn't. Quite the opposite, it massively lessens achievements. Salary caps / financial fair play (that is actually fair) are a...

Yes, usually the better team that has the ball scores. The one that doesn't have the ball, doesn't. Which is... fair? If you need to resort to cheating/not playing then you probably shouldn't be winning in the first place. It's better to "punish" this way than starting to hand yellows left and...

Getting 85 points in 46 games is hardly impossible, really. That said something closer to 60~ is much more realistic (and would be already welcomed).

That there's a third masked Smith ready to sign too

He was starting under Demichelis in his last years so I reckon he rated him and passed him down a lot of knowledge (and, based on how we are doing in Argentina, I do rate Demichelis' judgement itself). Random trivia: Morrison scored in the last match Demichelis coached for Bayern's U-20.

At the end of the day, it's their job (in a very short career that can get fucked from one day to the other) and it's not really an exploit, either... It's just reasonable.

Uh, for the EFL Cup Liverpool played kids in the first rounds, then squad players, then a mix with some starters in semis, then went all in for the finals. Pretty sure Chelsea-Tottenham in the other semis featured mostly starters, despite the fact that Chelsea had way too many games including a...

I don't think either lineup follows the lineup requirements for the competition, though. Edit: wait, nevermind, I think half the team fits the criteria.

Online fans seem very split, especially after yesterday's game. But away tickets for their game got sold out so... Idk. I reckon the majority does want a win there, without going all in.

Legit wondered if he was even alive when I replied to kdz. It's a reasonable alternative if Power indeed plays RB. I just think Naylor-Rea is a bit too uh... Negative for it to work, and don't expect them to start together.

Damn, it's going to be rough for Watts to cover two spots at once. Jokes aside I think your first team is much more likely, but with Massey at RB, Power instead Rea and Edwards instead of Massey.

Scrounging old posts and making a fuss about it is such a petty thing to do. Zakky didn't say anything unreasonable. Let it go and enjoy :cheers:

...not necessarily, really. Defending is usually more tiresome and Wigan is more often than not having much more possession by a good margin of time, hoofball or not. If anything, it makes their defenders' lives much easier ^^'

Ok what's going on lmao

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