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Lol spuds. Everton-Swans-ManU all going for top6. Also DS is swinging at pinatas in the dark, oncee he hits it we will hear about it for a long time...I just hope.this isnt that time

08-27-2015 , 08:21 PM

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LostOstrich

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Originally Posted by MindFckr

Lol spuds. Everton-Swans-ManU all going for top6.

could even be generous and include Liverpool in this

08-27-2015 , 09:29 PM

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pissychips

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I like the look of Palace, in my predictor I put them down for 8th.

No chance they can ever do better than 7th, putting money on them to go any higher is just burning money.

08-27-2015 , 09:53 PM

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aoFrantic

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Palace look nice but top half is still an accomplishment.

For the Wenger quote, I wonder how many managers have an analytics guy or care about them.

08-27-2015 , 10:06 PM

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ZAIDS

it’s coming home again

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Just browsing on phone. Odds on Palace top 4 with Messi?

Also are we really as bad as model suggests 3 games in (nice post). Missed the last two games. Am I going to have to start claiming an uncle in Manchester soon?

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08-27-2015 , 10:29 PM

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DuckSauce

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The defensive stats are really really bad. Just a question of a) how much that was due to being down to 10 men twice. b) how much of the issues will sort themselves out without making changes c) if they don't sort them selves out will jose make the right changes to sort them out.

C is probably the most likely result, which if that's the case how quickly will that happen, and when it does happen will it be too late?

08-27-2015 , 10:56 PM

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ZAIDS

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I made a brief comment irl that early season defending is always suspect so hopefully things sort itself out but as you say when things resolve itself it might be too late with City already 5 points ahead. If Jose tantrums gain us a pogba (which I've been saying since last season - we need great 4-3-3 options) then there's a chance.

08-27-2015 , 11:45 PM

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KDawg

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Originally Posted by aoFrantic

For the Wenger quote, I wonder how many managers have an analytics guy or care about them.

I'd be willing to bet that a lot of clubs in the premier league and championship have an analytics guy on the payroll

08-28-2015 , 12:05 AM

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andyhop

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Originally Posted by KDawg

I'd be willing to bet that a lot of clubs in the premier league and championship have an analytics guy on the payroll

Aren't Liverpool supposed to have a few of them in Boston or something?

08-28-2015 , 02:45 AM

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Elrazor

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Wonder how many Xtrophies Wenger will be crowing about at the end of the season?

08-28-2015 , 04:24 AM

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I actually think Palace will finish 7th.

So depending on lol Spurs Palace coming 6th isn't lol

08-28-2015 , 04:27 AM

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Westley

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Does anyone know much about the Bayer striker spurs are chasing??? 22m for a foreigner I'm hoping he's half decent..

Based on our previous dealings, I won't be surprised if he has no clue where the goal is.

08-28-2015 , 04:45 AM

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PNHH

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Ducksauce wank material:

Can't deny Wenger is a boss

08-28-2015 , 04:46 AM

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MindFckr

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In all seriousness, Palace are a decent side and ppl itt are making the bet look way worse than it really is- I just think that once CP reach a certain number of points their performances will drop off...also Soton cant be terrible forever

08-28-2015 , 04:48 AM

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Elrazor

losing momentum

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Can't deny Wenger is a boss

Who knew a PL football manager would know as much about football statistics as a bunch of guys on the internet?

08-28-2015 , 04:50 AM

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MindFckr

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Yea that qoute would only be surprising if it came from Arry

08-28-2015 , 04:57 AM

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im no expert on this but low oil prices arent necessarily terrible for the sheiks because it heavily disincentivises investment in oil infrastructure around the world. the big international oil companies like bp and shell are cancelling investment projects left right & centre, which gives the sheiks greater control long term.

this is why opec keeps refusing to cut production despite slumping prices. if oil prices spike then a niagra of US and russian capital flows into oil productive capacity

They're going to do well to make it back - the estimates are that what they have done has cost OPEC $200bn a year. Also, OPEC aren't as influential as they once were, and it can be argued that it never had the characteristics of a successful cartel in the first place.

Depending on how long the long run is, the world is very likely to move towards alternative energy sources, which is hardly great news for OPEC.

08-28-2015 , 05:06 AM

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SaulGoodman

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Pochettino turning into swiss toni (prob need to be old to know the reference) re: berahino

"It's like when you are in love with some lady," Pochettino said. "There are a lot of women around the world, but you want only one.
"Sometimes it is impossible. It's about love. And in football it is the same."

08-28-2015 , 05:25 AM

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As I understand it it's basically free to pull oil/gas from the desert, so even if/when it loses some of it's worth they'll still be rolling in cash until it someday in the distant future runs out. Fracking, oil sands, deep sea drilling and stuff like that are the ones that really hurt. Reasonably correct?

08-28-2015 , 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Elrazor

Who knew a PL football manager would know more about football statistics than a guy with a master in psychology on the internet?

08-28-2015 , 05:51 AM

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Correct - their cost of production is phenomenally low (for either Saudi Arabia or Iraq it's around five dollars, which is ridiculous). What's interesting to note about shale production is that is can be switched on and off at very short notice with little consequence (which is very different with a lot of conventional production). So as prices rise, shale switches itself on, which creates supply which then obviously has a negative impact on prices. Oil sands production, in general, is incredibly expensive.