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I think he just wants the people around him to be as committed to things as he is. If you’re not, then he’ll not rant and rave, he’ll just cut you loose. See Ryan Fraser. And probably Dan Ashworth.

There is. It’s in the rules.

In a way that’s probably a good thing in fairness terms, as it reduces the chances of the extra place constantly being the same two countries.

Yeah, so it’s kinda 50/50 as to whether having more teams is a help or a hindrance in that regard I suppose. Arguably having more in the CL is a hinderance, as more likely that at least some get knocked out early.

If Dortmund win the CL and finish 5th in the league, then Germany get 6 CL places next season. Not sure if that means one place less in the EL or ECL, but if not probably makes it slightly harder for England to get the extra CL spot by being in top two country coefficients. @Paullow any idea?

Unlike ETH, Eddie wouldn’t be stupid enough to put a midfielder at CB. Just play Dalot or Wan-Bissaka there and stick someone else at full-back. Surely much better to have a major weakness there than at CB?

Yeah, it’s not the worst result they’ve ever had in the PL obviously, but watching it, they were so devoid of anything positive, it felt like that was actually the worst I can ever remember seeing them.

Their worst performance of the PL era tonight?

Just for context, Chelsea have failed to win any of their last five away games. They have two away games left.

Definitely my favourite Eddie photo to date 😂

Would they be offering to pay with magic beans?

‘Despite Palace racking up a Premier League record 43 shots, Scott McTominay’s 93rd minute winner was the difference between the teams’

West Ham. Pretty mad to think we’d be in this situation with three games to spare when they were 3-1 up against us.

At the minute he’d only be able to play in behind closed doors friendlies. Although from the presser today it sounds like we might be trying to explore whether that could be relaxed.

Not sure where GallowgateShots are getting they’re info from, but it’s bollocks. Anthony Taylor’s done 3 of our games this season and booked Bruno once.