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Old 11-26-2015, 12:21 PM   #668
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Originally Posted by GirlySports View Post
sure but if you put Southampton in the conversation for management and academies then Leicester City is in the same conversation. Their Thai Owner has totally turned the team around while keeping with team history and letting the soccer people do their jobs.
I'm sharing in devo22's scepticism here, is Leicester's academy setup at the same level of Southampton's? Southampton's academy was chugging along before they even returned to the Premier League producing the likes of Bale, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Walcott.


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In all seriousness though, there is no team in England right now that inspires any terror.
Rubbish. The effects of watching Arsenal trying to hold a one-nil lead during the last 10 minutes makes ISIS green with envy.
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