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Not to be an auld fella, but everyone needs to sit back at some point in the next few weeks, ideally in a quiet room by yourself, and just think about what we’ve just achieved.    I’m 52 and wa

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I was 18 in 1990.   I was 48 the next time I saw us win the title and we all know the story of the circumstances of that title win. Having to wait for months amidst a once in a lifetime pand

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Possibly the greatest title win in our illustrious history IMO.

 

It is an incredible feat to win the league in a new manager's first season in charge replacing a talismanic figure, having spent no money and not being able to add to the squad, whilst rivals around us spent hundreds of millions and to be able to drag that squad that wasn't good enough last year to where we are.

 

Just 2 defeats so far in 32 games....a 26 game unbeaten run that stretched from game number 5 to game number 31 and it likely being won with a handful of games to spare.

 

And of course it is Number 20 and means nobody has won more again.

 

 

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5 minutes ago, an tha said:

Possibly the greatest title win in our illustrious history IMO.

 

It is an incredible feat to win the league in a new manager's first season in charge replacing a talismanic figure, having spent no money and not being able to add to the squad, whilst rivals around us spent hundreds of millions and to be able to drag that squad that wasn't good enough last year to where we are.

 

Just 2 defeats so far in 32 games....a 26 game unbeaten run that stretched from game number 5 to game number 31 and it likely being won with a handful of games to spare.

 

And of course it is Number 20 and means nobody has won more again.

 

 

 

Now that's a statement.

 

Whilst I agree with some of it, im not sure it tops the topsy turvy nature of the 86 double winners or the smooth as silk 87-88 for me. The football was far more exciting in the latter, the players a joy to watch and in the double season about 4 teams could have won it going into the final stretch and we eclipsed Everton.

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1 hour ago, BeefStroganoff said:

 

Now that's a statement.

 

Whilst I agree with some of it, im not sure it tops the topsy turvy nature of the 86 double winners or the smooth as silk 87-88 for me. The football was far more exciting in the latter, the players a joy to watch and in the double season about 4 teams could have won it going into the final stretch and we eclipsed Everton.

I can imagine the narrative on here had it existed during the 85/6 season as we tumbled to 6 league defeats....

 

87/88 of course we played some beautiful stuff and it was a great, great side. 

 

My point isn't that this season the team is necessarily the best we have had - as i don't feel it is, it is more a case of the achievement is arguably the best.....nobody really expected this, the general feel was it would be a transitional season - a hangover from the departure of a talismanic manager,  a squad not added to.....

 

 

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1 hour ago, an tha said:

Possibly the greatest title win in our illustrious history IMO.

 

It is an incredible feat to win the league in a new manager's first season in charge replacing a talismanic figure, having spent no money and not being able to add to the squad, whilst rivals around us spent hundreds of millions and to be able to drag that squad that wasn't good enough last year to where we are.

 

Just 2 defeats so far in 32 games....a 26 game unbeaten run that stretched from game number 5 to game number 31 and it likely being won with a handful of games to spare.

 

And of course it is Number 20 and means nobody has won more again.

 

 

 

We spent 42 millions pounds this summer.

 

Loads of managers have won the league in their first season, not many have taken over such a good squad from the season before though. 

Its not incredible at all, we really only had one realistic team that could beat us, but they lost their best player after 21 minutes in their second game of the season and on top of that they have had big charges hanging over them all season. 

Arsenal was never going to follow up the two following seasons where they had played almost the same team every game without injuries. 

Slot has done good, but there is absolutely nothing incredible about it. 

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We spent 42 millions pounds this summer.

 

Loads of managers have won the league in their first season, not many have taken over such a good squad from the season before though. 

Its not incredible at all, we really only had one realistic team that could beat us, but they lost their best player after 21 minutes in their second game of the season and on top of that they have had big charges hanging over them all season. 

Arsenal was never going to follow up the two following seasons where they had played almost the same team every game without injuries. 

Slot has done good, but there is absolutely nothing incredible about it. 

42m? Nearly all of that was on a goalkeeper who has not yet arrived at the club and the rest on a player who has played about 20 mins of the title winning campaign.

 

You say there is "absolutely nothing incredible about it" well i disagree totally.

 

I'll tell you what is inarguably incredible though whilst we are at it - people like you talking what we are about to achieve down.

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23 minutes ago, Code said:

 

We spent 42 millions pounds this summer.

 

Loads of managers have won the league in their first season, not many have taken over such a good squad from the season before though. 

Its not incredible at all, we really only had one realistic team that could beat us, but they lost their best player after 21 minutes in their second game of the season and on top of that they have had big charges hanging over them all season. 

Arsenal was never going to follow up the two following seasons where they had played almost the same team every game without injuries. 

Slot has done good, but there is absolutely nothing incredible about it. 

 

Who are all these managers who have won the English top flight in their first season?

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42m? Nearly all of that was on a goalkeeper who has not yet arrived at the club and the rest on a player who has played about 20 mins of the title winning campaign.

 

You say there is "absolutely nothing incredible about it" well i disagree totally.

 

I'll tell you what is inarguably incredible though whilst we are at it - people like you talking what we are about to achieve down.

 

Yes 30m on a keeper playing in Spain and 12m on a great Italian international attacking player the manager refuse to use, even if the others play shite. 

 

It looks like I just have higher standards than you. 

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For anyone to say what Slot and his team have done isn't incredible is ludicrous.

A new manager coming into a new league to do this is incredible. Let's also not forget that Slot is also relatively inexperienced, certainly at this level.

I can't believe what I've just read from Code. No doubt Code will double down but it's frankly garbage. I would address Code personally but what's the fucking point, he's clearly off his rocker.

Up Arne's incredible first season reds. 

Fuck the trolls off.

 

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28 minutes ago, Mook said:

 

Just name the most recent three & tell me how many there are in total.

 

Since 2000, only 10 different managers have won the league.
 

Premier League winning managers since 2000:
Ferguson, Wenger, Mourinho, Ancelotti, Mancini, Pellegrini, Ranieri, Guardiola, Conte, Klopp.

Slot will soon be added to the list.

Managers who won the title in their first season with the club: 

Mourinho
Ancelotti
Pellegrini
Ranieri
Conte

Slot will soon be added to the list.

So as it stands now, 50% of the managers who have won the league from 2000 until now did it in their first season.

If we only look at managers who got appointed from 2000 who won the title in their first season 62,5% or 5 out of 8 of them did it.

When Slot now wins it will change to 66,67% or 6 out of 9.

Out of managers who did not win it their first season both Wenger and Guardiola won it their second season. 

So basically what the stats tell us is that if you dont win the league your first season, the chances are pretty big you will never win it. 

 

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6 minutes ago, Code said:

 

Since 2000, only 10 different managers have won the league.
 

Premier League winning managers since 2000:
Ferguson, Wenger, Mourinho, Ancelotti, Mancini, Pellegrini, Ranieri, Guardiola, Conte, Klopp.

Slot will soon be added to the list.

Managers who won the title in their first season with the club: 

Mourinho
Ancelotti
Pellegrini
Ranieri
Conte

Slot will soon be added to the list.

So as it stands now, 50% of the managers who have won the league from 2000 until now did it in their first season.

If we only look at managers who got appointed from 2000 who won the title in their first season 62,5% or 5 out of 8 of them did it.

When Slot now wins it will change to 66,67% or 6 out of 9.

Out of managers who did not win it their first season both Wenger and Guardiola won it their second season. 

So basically what the stats tell us is that if you dont win the league your first season, the chances are pretty big you will never win it. 

 

 

Quite shocked at those statistics but then they're all oil cheat managers so no real reason to be surprised.

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Ranieri of course had PL experience albeit not at Leicester.

 

Which leaves it exclusively at Chelsea and Man City then - the two biggest spending clubs in the land during those periods and of course both backed by unfathomable wealth and cheating.

 

Yeah, code - "not many of them have had squads as good as Slot's" have they....

 

Fuck me!

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40 minutes ago, Code said:

 

Yes 30m on a keeper playing in Spain and 12m on a great Italian international attacking player the manager refuse to use, even if the others play shite. 

 

It looks like I just have higher standards than you. 

So we agree his squad has not really been added too as one isn't here and one is not used....

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3 minutes ago, an tha said:

Ranieri of course had PL experience albeit not at Leicester.

 

Which leaves it exclusively at Chelsea and Man City then - the two biggest spending clubs in the land during those periods and of course both backed by unfathomable wealth and cheating.

 

Yeah, code - "not many of them have had squads as good as Slot's" have they....

 

Fuck me!

 

Usually when a team changes manager, its because results have started to go backwards.

Our current situation is different.

I think that is impossible to disagree with. 

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