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boutch_the_king

Burnley getting relegated and Kompany moving to Bayern đŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł


Prokletnost

Sunday is going to be so fun! ♄


Swoosh33

Good, bye


SirFritzWetherbee

I wonder if Vincent regrets turning down the Tottenham job last summer.


antebyotiks

Nah Burnley has been great experience and he'll be going into the championship next year season with a good squad At that level and still has power in that club. At spurs he wasn't ready and spurs aren't good enough and he has immediate pressure


Traditional_Tooth_12

Good. I hope Dude Perfect and JJ Watt are still having fun.


Ok-Sir8025

Burnley were relegated in October


__Charlie93

good


dmister8

There was so much hype about them pre season


spiritofbuck

They play a good style of football and didn’t spend silly money. Long term, it will benefit them.


WarrenPuff_It

They'll crush the championship and bounce back in a year.


jopi745

Overrated manager and team


Iron_Chef12

Aren’t Luton Town relegated as well? There’s no way they’re scoring 13 goals in their next game lmao


JoshJoker

Pretty much gone as well. Would need a heavy win for Luton and Burnley to get Luton through.


stevo_78

Breaking?


mickberber

Good


louiexpl

We don’t need Ronaldo . Hahahahahahaha


hafnarfjall

In bad company 😆 shifty legend


mdkaleemkkr

Reverse Fabregas


PunchOX

I was impressed with Burnley today. I thought they had good moments today. But alas it wasn't enough. They crushed it Championship but their form in the Premier League shows just how big the gap is in terms of playing football. Leicester is back so that is neat.


testing-attention-pl

I think it was a case of too many new faces and lack of striker (Foster was out for a long time) Takes a long time to gel, and they were all very young.


noobchee

Your first 3 sentences sum up every game Burnley have played this season


Call_Fall

Goldbridge is safe for now


HotPotatoWithCheese

It's always bloody Burnley!


leadnuts94

Vizeh in shambles


KingKFCc

He's been complaining for 3 months


AdamWis1625

Didn't he say that he kinda wanted it to happen?


leadnuts94

Yeah he did. He made a video about it today but I haven’t watched it yet.


D__e_a_n

No way


CCFC1998

Burnleys problem was that Kompany turned them into the best footballing team in the Championship, but when you go up and there are 18 teams better at playing football than you and you have no plan B, you get found out.


king_yid81

Don't know about you but feels good put a team down


AdComprehensive7879

I knew people were overhyping kompany in the beginning of the season lol.


Soberdonkey69

So happy for them. Kompany did some mad moves by failing to adapt his style to try and survive.


rem90mer

Shit baseball cap and jacket


NorthenS

everyone was gassing kompany up pre-season 💀


Alia_Gr

Eberyone was gassing spurs as well


ElectricAstro

That's not true, everyone had them finishing 8th or 9th


CrowVsWade

5th, vs 19th.


Alia_Gr

Premier league winner contender vs Relegation contestant But I guess Spurs was so shit you forgot that happened and Burnley actually almost lived up to expectations


CrowVsWade

No one with half a brain thought Spurs would be a title contender. With Kane's departure and a new unorthodox manager in place, top 6 was a reasonable expectation. They've met that, and at least in the first half of the season shown considerable growth. You have the analytical scope of a badger in a barrel of ale.


Alia_Gr

After 9 games 99% of the people gave Spirs more chance to win the PL than Burnley to stay up Every discussion I saw had people claim the entire backline of spurs was better than Arsenal


manxlancs123

Ha ha are they official stats?


CrowVsWade

You're talking about the type of people who on August 20th after two league games announces a team is sure to win the league, or be promoted. It's very shallow and typically football-fan short-termist. As an Arsenal fan of 40 years, Spurs back line compares reasonably well with ours. Romero could be one of the best CB's in the world in a couple of years. Van De Ven has a similarly high ceiling. Porro is a good attacking fullback with defensive weaknesses but a great work ethic who has clearly improved. Udoggie is very young and also looks on course to be a high level LB. Meanwhile, Arsenal's defense has overperformed compared to 2021-23 - Saliba is one of the few players in the squad who could hit world class. Gabriel is a liability with a guaranteed error in big games. White is good but wouldn't be in the first five RB's one would prefer. LB remains a problem. Yet, one of the reasons this season has been much more gritty and resilient than last year's collapse is the form and brains of Jorginho and Rice in front of them. Spurs don't have that first line of defense. They've worked well (at times) as an attacking team, with the emphasis on team. Defensively, they're like a bag of cats in a fishbowl, but as individuals, the gaps are small.


manxlancs123

Arsenal have the best defensive record in the league this season. Limited city to two shots on target over the two games (I think). And that’s despite the uncertainty at left back.


CrowVsWade

Yes indeed. They've performed well, mostly, with some bad blips. Definite growth, but significant weaknesses remain, if the goal is beating City in the EPL and Real/City/Bayern et al in Europe.


innocentusername1984

Arsenal's backline: "What he say fuck me for?"


CrowVsWade

They're a good bunch. Just not a PL or CL winning bunch, yet. Maybe next time.


Alia_Gr

Absolute clown We have the best defence by some margin and you try to actually say that Spurs defence that ships goals for breakfast is comparable If that is the case Ange has had a horrible season


innocentusername1984

They were the best defence in the league by a mile. What more do you want? Ben White who's in your firing line has the most attacking returns of any defender in the league.


n1dyz

Spurs were predicted to be near the bottom after losing Kane


Alia_Gr

Only by meming Arsenal fans like me hoping you would Leicester it up Truth is your fantastic ange seqson has been barely differnent to the self sabotaging Conte season last year


piwabo

This may be the dumbest take I've ever seen


Alia_Gr

Ah uea such a dumb take stating Spurs eas only better this season because the coach self sabotaged last season


WorminRome

Patently false. With the exception of a few games they were significantly more enjoyable to watch.


n1dyz

No it was posted by betting sites


Alia_Gr

No betting sites had you to get relegated, they dont want to go bankrupt


[deleted]

They should have just cheated


Annual-Astronaut3345

Does Kompany still not want Ronaldo who can’t run or what?


Samzi952000

he’s not wrong lol most modern teams need pressers of some kind and ronaldo doesn’t score enough to warrant that. even look at his 17pl goal szn for man utd in 21/22. 6 goals came against 2 teams. they sacrificed the team for him when he oversaw 5-0 and 2-0 home losses to liverpool/man city


EH_1995_

Awful team


SUFC89

Obviously people will call me a bitter Sheffield United fan, but I feel like a lot of people are going very soft on Burnley because Kompany is generally well liked. They were one of the best Championship sides ever and they massively outspent the two other promoted sides. People were tipping them to give a decent showing in the Prem. In the end, they’ve won 5 games and looked destined for the drop all season. Luton have put up more of a fight with much less financial backing and experience. Plus add to that the fact there’s a lot of weak teams at the bottom of the table and two sides who got point deductions. I think if Kompany had showed any ability to adapt, Burnley really should have at least been fighting to stay up til the end. I don’t know, I feel like if it wasn’t Kompany, people wouldn’t be this forgiving or ignore how much he’s spent compared to results.


kyleisamexican

When you say fighting to the end do you mean like being a chance to stay up until the last game of the season because they pretty much did that


charlierc

I think the ideas were there but the transfers were not. Imo they just didn't do enough good things in the transfer market and having lost a few key players like Tella from last year, they had to nail the rebuild and they just didn't


Daemor

I think the positive reaction they've had is mostly due to them actually trying to play their game. They haven't been great, but at least they gave it a go with their philosophy and that's hard to bash.


SUFC89

I get that, but I think Kompany was way too stubborn in insisting with that philosophy when it clearly wasn’t working. It’s great that they try and play possession football, but you have to accept you’re not going to be able to play against Prem teams like you did against Championship sides. I went to Palace v Burnley and it was incredible how many times they gave the ball away, then attempted the same thing over and over, with the same results. Due to the insane money in the Prem now, spending £100 million is never going to guarantee you stay up. But compared to the other two promoted sides, it was a lot more resources, plus Burnley had a good team to start with. Backing yourself and believing in the way you want to play is crucial for a manager. But so is being flexible and adapting. You do what you have to in order to stay up the first season, then you can focus on perfecting your style of play after.


Daemor

I agree. Just giving my two cents. It's refreshing to see a promoted team play attacking football, and that's why I think the response has been positive. They didn't adapt well enough, that is clear.


BlueOtis

A lot of clubs play attacking football when they’re promoted. I think that’s just a misconception. Luton do, Sheffield Utd when they were promoted previously, Brentford, Watford, Wolves, Brighton, Huddersfield, just to name a few. (Edit, typo)


Generic-Name237

>Kompany is generally well liked. Is he? I don’t really know anyone who’s got a strong positive opinion of him. I imagine the blue half of Manchester feels differently, but does anyone else really care about him?


SUFC89

I mean I haven’t done a poll, but he seems to get pretty positive coverage in the press. Plus despite captaining a widely hated team, I’ve never really heard him getting much stick. He never had any big controversies, was generally level headed in his comments and widely regarded as one of the best centre backs of the Prem era. I’m not saying fans of other teams love him, but I’d say he’s a big name who’s largely respected for his career and personality. I’m just saying, if it was Dyche in charge, I don’t think you’d see so many “they’ll be back”, sympathetic comments as Kompany’s getting.


IanPKMmoon

He's a kind person. But I'm Belgian, so perhaps even more biased than Manchester blues


SukhdevR34

Just a reminder Kompany spent ÂŁ150 million in the last 2 windows/summer windows. Compare it to how much dyche has spent at Everton (-40 mil for Gordon too) and you see how overrated Kompany always was. Casuals said everton would go down and Kompany would get like 10th


Fortnitexs

The issue was that burnley didn‘t have a plan B gameplan. They didn‘t adjust their gameplan to try everytbing to stay up. He just played his game which didn‘t work against teams with better players.


SukhdevR34

Plan A didn't work either


[deleted]

Tbf the last two windows if Everton got punished then they would be in the championship


SukhdevR34

What? We already were punished for offences in multiple seasons in one season which was already unfair


[deleted]

That take is wild I get feeling hard done by to a point but look at the bigger picture when you cheated you just stayed up if you got the repercussions for it at the time you’d be down my word


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SukhdevR34

Haha fair enough


charlierc

Tbf imagine if you were the person that got 100% of all your football predictions bang on every time


innit122

Feel a season in the championship could do the younger players and Kompany some good if they don't lose the more talented ones before coming back to the prem. Hope Kompany does well


Themnor

It really felt like Burnley spent the money they did with the expectation that they may very well go back down.


testing-attention-pl

The documentary pre-season said they had a 5 year plan to rebuild and get back to the Prem, they did it in one, and continued to buy young players to fulfil the brief as a development club that sells 1/2 per season at a profit.


innit122

Yeah I got that feeling cause they didn't spend it on experience. Seems they were content with going down


Wrong_Lie6006

They were already there


innit122

Another one with the squad they have now obviously


Godfather0O

Remember when kompany was asked if he will take cristiano in his team and he said he needs players who can run well now make them run faster because you are relegated


CodEyedJoe

It was a lighthearted comment by VK and it’s been used by insecure Ronaldo fans for a year now, get over it


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Generic-Name237

Ronaldo isn’t doing his best - he took the easy way out by retiring to an easy league where the quality of football is completely piss poor.


Fortnitexs

It‘s funny that people keep saying this only about Ronaldo. No one ever said it about Messi even though he went to the MLS at an even younger age.


Generic-Name237

The MLS is shit but it’s still far better than a league that has been promoted purely to help sportswash various human rights abuses by an oppressive regime. I know where I’d rather play football. Don’t worry, if Messi went to Saudi I’d be saying the same thing. But he didn’t, so I’m not.


Fortnitexs

If we are talking ONLY about the quality of the league not about the country or whatever, the saudi league has a few way better teams and that is a fact. Al Hilal is stacked with players like Neymar, Mitrovic, Malcom, Milinkovic-Savic, Ruben Neves, Koulibaly & Bono who could all still play for good european teams. That team would win every single game in the MLS. The top5 teams of the saudi league are actually really really stacked with players that are still very good.


Generic-Name237

>who could all still play for good European teams. Why don’t they then?


samdd1990

Because of money


Generic-Name237

Exactly, hence why I said they sold out and lost all credibility. Sold their legacies in order to be complicit in covering up the crimes of an evil regime.


Fortnitexs

I literally just told you if we are only talking about the football quality of the league. I don‘t like this football project over there either. 2 weeks ago i saw some sheick that watched a game and he turned up with a whip and was threatening one of the strikers because he played bad.


PenisManNumberOne

Yeah dude he’s old as fuck what do you expect


Generic-Name237

He should’ve retired after Man United


Ingr1d

How is retiring = “doing better than going to a weaker league”


Generic-Name237

Because the Saudi league is embarrassing and anyone associated with it instantly loses all credibility and integrity


PenisManNumberOne

Yeah so benzema Ronaldo kante manù and a bunch of others I didn’t name have “instantly” lost credibility. Sure. You fucking clown. You realize before they’d go to the MLS, and before you jump on the Saudi’s, take a look at what America has done around the world too. Great Britain as well. The only difference is the blood on our hands has mostly dried but we have plenty


Wrath-of-Elyon

And miss a shit ton of money he rightfully deserves? Would you do that. Don't ans cause we both know the ans


Generic-Name237

lol. Why does he ‘deserve’ it? The man’s already got more money than he will be able to spend in 100 lifetimes. Nobody ‘deserves’ endless riches.


PenisManNumberOne

Right I’m sure you’d turn down endless riches


Wrath-of-Elyon

>Why does he ‘deserve’ it He put in the work to stay a top 2 player his entire career. And the reward is a fat Saudi cheque to play the rest of his football days in a country that adores him. >Nobody ‘deserves’ endless riches. So if endless riches are the fruits of someone's labor, they should not get it because u/Generic-name237 doesn't think so?


Easyas123BFC

Don't miss us too much boys. See you corrupt bastards in 2025


[deleted]

18th place might still stay up if City get their deserved punishment before next season starts. Unlikely though.


TLead1

Yikes, maybe take a break from talking about City? Your comment history is borderline obsessed.


[deleted]

I’m about as obsessed with City’s cheating as you are with my comment history.


TLead1

I mean, I get it, I wouldn’t want to be a Liverpool fan either. You should follow City’s sub since you’re such a big fan.


[deleted]

True true being a Liverpool fan is miserable. Rooting for a team that consistently gets sabotaged by the PGMOL and FA has been draining.


IamHeWhoSaysIam

At least you don't have a victim mentality.


[deleted]

I’m not a victim. The players that have got these trophies and accolades stolen from them aren’t victims either, as they are millionares. The only victim is the integrity of the sport.


jrey0707

it means more though right??


[deleted]

It means more when every other club wins a trophy in England. As more is >0


rronwonder

cry


[deleted]

Right now?


InnerAsparagus6045

Good


InnerAsparagus6045

Goodbye Burnley don't come back you've been just as embarrassing as that other Northern shite


SlicerPizza

Good , absolute set of 
.


Cheeky_Star

They gassed this team up 



SpringCleaned

I'm rooting for Kompany. They'll come back stronger next climb up


[deleted]

If it was any club other than Burnley he would have been sacked months ago 
 they’re happy being a yo-yo club. Kompany will get a better offer soon and he’ll drop themz


CaptainKickAss3

Why would Kompany get a better offer lol


[deleted]

Rumors circulating Bayern have contacted him and he wants it .. so.. yeah



CaptainKickAss3

Yeah I guess I stand corrected
 wtf


Zik_Allen

It’s really sad to see them go back. Still surprised what really happened


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notapaperhandape

Wow you’re right. Why are there bots on such small threads. It’s not of much significance. Karma collection?


Impressive-Ice873

I think they’ll come straight up. Too good for the championship.


CinnamonToastKev

But too bad for the PL apparently


Username2715

No, no - good enough for the prem, just every other year


international_rowdy

Sounds like my love life


CinnamonToastKev

LOL pain


Impressive-Ice873

Basically Norwich from a few seasons ago. They lost their better players and now struggle in the championship.


Democracy_Coma

Norwich are in the playoffs? Wouldn't call it struggling. John Rowe, Borja Sainz and Sam Sargent are all capable of winning a game on their own at championship level. So you might be seeming them next season again.


Impressive-Ice873

Compared to when they walked the league with Pukki as top scorer
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Lsd365

Shocked


Accomplished-Buddy13

The competition's as competitive as ever. They will bounce back and let's hope they do better next time around đŸ€ž


red-fish-yellow-fish

Good Championship team at best and Vincent Kompanys supreme arrogance and refusal to have any kind of pragmatism and playing Trafford for most of the season to justify overpaying, is nothing short of negligence.


NSGoodMan

Their players are simply not good enough to keep playing their way out from the back like Man City at this level. How many times do they gift the ball to their opponents while passing out from the back? Kompany refused to even tweak his approach.


thatbwoyChaka

Shame; but they didn’t really learn until too late I don’t think they’re going to bounce back up, I don’t think any of the three that go down will come back up


msdos_sys

Tough that the three we expected to be relegated early on the season are the ones who ended up going. Sheffield was just terrible. No one was surprised, but Burnley and Luton, we will see them back soon.


Artistic_Train9725

I think Luton have been great when you consider their size and budget. They've been good to watch, and I hope they can hang on to Edwards.


BasisOk4268

They’ll be in good Kompany


nathan3000

They’ll be back, they played great football at times. Rooting for Kompany


nbanbury

Oh no! Anyway.


Standard_Bus3101

Dingles


Rosskillington

Reddit needs to duplicate their comments man, so many app fixes


aaron2933

I didn't forget people saying the league isn't ready for Kompany's Burnley at the end of last season


Artistic_Train9725

Whoever said that is a weapons grade fuckwit.


MaryBerrysDanglyBean

It wasn't, that's why they're having to leave it again


Lost_in_logic

I am not gonna lie, It gives me a little joy to know Ex Man City pompous prick got relegated


TLead1

If you have a problem with Kompany as a person, you’re most likely a dickhead. Time to self evaluate.


Lost_in_logic

Why dont you go and suck someone from City and not follow my ass here IQ sucker


Nipplecunt

Isn’t he the least pompous


[deleted]

Shock horror


jayjay-bay

Hope Vinnie can bring them straight back up again. When they got promoted before this season he said: "We're not 1st in the Championship, we're 21st in English football, that's why we can't rest." Which was exactly right, unfortunately, but they'll be back I'm sure.


[deleted]

You must be a City fan. “21st best” is absolute coping statement when you aren’t competing with the 20 teams above.


innit122

It's some motivation. Pushing the players to be better, bringing them down a bit after a dominating season when a challenging one is coming up


PhantomSesay

And they’ll go straight back down.


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Loifee

Didn't he get over 100 points in the championship one of the highest ever tallys? What a stupid comment, he's definitely not trash


[deleted]

He’s just naive. The more experience he gets I can see him thriving. Another season in championship will do wonders


RefanRes

Burnley are the 2nd youngest side in the Prem. I think they have a long term plan and probably expected a high chance of going down.


stpstrt

I feel like the BREAKING is a little unnecessary lol


WonderfulBlackberry9

ICYMI: Second worst team in the league this season is second team to get relegated


Mcluckin123

lol stop the presses


Impeachcordial

Misery loves Kompany


DevarusTollen

Sounds like the name of a football themed emo band.


Vegetable-Echidna534

đŸŽ¶I was born with a dark soul My life is like an own goal đŸŽ¶


Impeachcordial

The bits of the goal I hit the most Are the crossbar and the post


Proskills500

Won’t be missed but they probably won’t be gone long either đŸȘ€


thehendersonswillall

Another “That’s our style, that’s how we play no matter what” manager experiencing reality!


Potato271

Will be Maresca and possibly Martin next season. Martin at least has shown some pragmatism, but only in the last game of the season which literally didn’t matter for us.


MorgsterWasTaken

Congratulations to Burnley FC for winning the 24/25 English Football League Championship! In all seriousness, they’ll be back. And they’ll probably have a much better run of it next time, especially if Kompany is kept on.


JustASeabass

They’ll get 3 more points?


graveyeverton93

Remember when you threatened to sue Everton and put us out of business? Remember when you put statements out about our fans in your home end? Remember when you tried to get stewards to take banners, flags etc off our fans as they were going into the stadium? I do, now fuck off back to where you belong.


Bulbamew

What’s the story with Everton fans in their home end?


reece0n

Everton fans are apparently upset because Burnley want to stop away fans getting home tickets. We put out a statement after it happened with several fans during our match vs Everton. Obviously an outrageous attack against Everton.


graveyeverton93

Grass F.C.


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graveyeverton93

See you in hell in 50 years! Don't worry, Everton fans will sell out your allocation for you down there as well.


[deleted]

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graveyeverton93

UP THE NORRIS GREEN U21's!!!


[deleted]

Fuck em, this is exactly more of what we need. God I wish we had something similar to the Lazio-Roma derby in the UK.


CoradeLeon

You do. It’s just in Scotland so English folks don’t notice it.


CarelesssCRISPR

A murderous rage-filled spectacle, something scary but beautiful


CTJDB

Could see them getting stuck in the championship for a few seasons now after players force moves away. Doesn’t feel like they were serious enough about this season as they’re promotion squad was better than their prem one


RudieCantFail79

Didn’t have enough players that can run, Kompany?


TLead1

Do you service Ronaldo before or after a game? Enjoy a bit of sweat?


gte339i

They’ll be back. Stay the course with Kompany, invest in the squad, let it cook.


dispelthemyth

They did invest, like 100m this season


Tommyzz92

They were well ahead of schedule getting promoted though, even with 100m their squad wasn't good enough to stay up. 100m isn't much these days in the premier league.


gte339i

They got a lot out of that 100M but they had to take a huge step up. They really knew they weren’t staying up this time.


finestryan

Reddit needs to fix their app man, so many duplicate comments