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Part of me wants Burnley to get promoted so we get the derby games next season but I can't be doing with them maybe finishing above us in the league next season.
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Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:When Hiddink came in, we were 2 weeks from playing Juve in the Champions League. Scolari's last game against Italian opposition resulted in a 3-1 defeat against Rome. We'd just been beaten 2-0 by Liverpool and the month earlier we'd been spanked 3-0 at Manchester United. A defeat to Juve was a serious prospect.
I don't think he's worked near miracles, I just think he's done a significantly better job than Benitez.
Interesting, because from your own stats provided earlier for the period since Hiddink has been in charge, the difference amounts to 2 league points and a head to head victory over 2 legs. All done with what many (including myself) would class as a better crop of players to select from. Is that what we class as significantly better now is it?
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fc baldy wrote:Hull City chairman Paul Duffen has just copped a 6 mth driving ban for speeding offences...had 9pts and then got clocked doing 55 in a 40 zone in his £90,000 Aston Martin with the plate name....BO55 TGR......what a nice person.
A nice car is that. Coincidentally, I've not seen it at the ground since they started their slide.
fc baldy wrote:Hull City chairman Paul Duffen has just copped a 6 mth driving ban for speeding offences...had 9pts and then got clocked doing 55 in a 40 zone in his £90,000 Aston Martin with the plate name....BO55 TGR......what a nice person.
Joined: Feb 20 2007 Posts: 10540 Location: Hunting Gopher
Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:Of course the fact you won't be able to claim you're the best of a bad bunch in Yorkshire doesn't have anything to do with that?
Personally I'd prefer Burnley as well for the following reasons:
1. Sheffield United are the worst of the squealing pigs who ran to the lawyers to get money because of the Tevez/West Ham affair. 2. As you said, Burnley would be a new side to the PL. 3. Burnley have done fantastically well in the cups this season. They've knocked out Chelsea, Arsenal, Fulham and West Brom.
On the downside, Burnley are dirty Lanky's and still have racist supporters. But the spotlight of the Premier League will probably make the racist element disappear.
That shouldn't be included though because it was entirely Scolari's fault, and nobody deserves any credit at all for out-performing Chelsea during that time period because it didn't count.
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