I’ve been on this ride too often to count out the universe absolutely bending over for Sp*rs. I think they’ll regress to the mean but I’m not sure it’ll happen before the end of the season.
I actually think that Emery will last longer at Villa just because the expectations are lower - I’m very interested to see what happens if he does get them into the Champions League; will they start aiming higher and start trying to sign higher-profile players?
First of all, Yanited fans will strut and bleat even when their team is in the dumpster, so I doubt there’ll be any change on that front. I’m not particularly convinced by Ten Hag and I don’t think the team suits him, but yeah, if he gets a big cash infusion from the new ownership he’ll probably immediately blow it on someone who might end up killing it for them. Their attack looks good, but everything else is just inshallah.
If I’m worried about anyone, it’s Chelsea, honestly. They seem to have done a good job of gaming the system with all their shady financials, staying out of Europe and then pulling the ladder up behind them by lobbying to have loopholes closed. In a universe where even the historic top 6 are handling FFP with kid gloves, Chelsea are a fucking kid in a sex toy shop, you never know what’s going to happen next.
I’ve been on this ride too often to count out the universe absolutely bending over for Sp*rs. I think they’ll regress to the mean but I’m not sure it’ll happen before the end of the season.
I actually think that Emery will last longer at Villa just because the expectations are lower - I’m very interested to see what happens if he does get them into the Champions League; will they start aiming higher and start trying to sign higher-profile players?
First of all, Yanited fans will strut and bleat even when their team is in the dumpster, so I doubt there’ll be any change on that front. I’m not particularly convinced by Ten Hag and I don’t think the team suits him, but yeah, if he gets a big cash infusion from the new ownership he’ll probably immediately blow it on someone who might end up killing it for them. Their attack looks good, but everything else is just inshallah.
If I’m worried about anyone, it’s Chelsea, honestly. They seem to have done a good job of gaming the system with all their shady financials, staying out of Europe and then pulling the ladder up behind them by lobbying to have loopholes closed. In a universe where even the historic top 6 are handling FFP with kid gloves, Chelsea are a fucking kid in a sex toy shop, you never know what’s going to happen next.