They didn’t look that in Qatar tbf.

They went out in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup. Their ranking isn’t that crazy.

Way too much information missing to care about this.

Dropping a club legend from that role unexpectedly is something I would have thought warranted comment.

Have other media personalities been let go that got the message from ownership or the CEO? I don’t see why they would involve themselves in specific media talent decisions.

He’s not just a “media personality” though. Plus, if you have someone in a role long term, it’s common courtesy for someone at the place to inform him that it’s ending.

Advancing a free kick isn’t always beneficial in football though. It has been tried before.

The point you’re missing is that attitudes like yours would have been terrible for Chelsea in the past. English football is built on the football pyramid. Man United, Man City, Chelsea etc have been relegated within the last 50 years. When Man United were winning their treble, City were two divisions below. The pyramid matters no matter what short sighted selfish clubs and fans think.

Yes that’s what I was referring to in my post. It was a brief period where they were the best.

The Olympics was regarded as relatively important then. Not to everyone but much more than now. It’s why the game against England had added prestige as they were arriving as Olympic champions.

It’s hardly “nonsense”. OP said that Hungary are one of the exceptions. There’s not that many teams who didn’t win a tournament who end up remembered to that extent.

Hungary are unusual too in that they only had a brief period with those players. If they were from a different country and stayed together as a group they would have had another go in 1958.

Honestly, in terms of more money going to the EFL, people seem to just expect the PL clubs to give up more money whenever people ask for it.

Would you have said this in 1988/1989 when Chelsea were in the second tier and the then Big 5 were leading the charge for a breakaway from the Football League?

United now are no different to when Liverpool were taken over by FSG. They focused on long term building with smart signings. Signing players after in decline or just before their decline isn’t getting them anywhere. There’s a world of options between Casemiro and Bellingham.

This subreddit and other social media were hilarious when they signed them. Like it’s logical to question the merits of spending that much on players of that age. Sure there’s some who have held off their declines, but the majority of players dip at a certain age. For the money United spent, they could have bought far better long term options.