What a don Lingard is.
What a don Lingard is.
Did anyone see that Sun story about Lionel Jesse cheating on his model girlfriend with a fat single mother? I'm now convinced that he doesn't even know what he's doing when these wonder goals go in.
Why is Pogba wading in for a fight and raising his hands at 2-0 up? Must be the thickest bloke going.
#dontbuythesun #stopfundinghateOriginally Posted by Lewis
Lingard slowly developing into a nifty little player, just in time for a disappointing World Cup
Also, when you image search 'Goodison Seethe' you get this. What a board.
Wow @P_3 should do more weekend football threads.
I'm a twit
Just come here after watching the United game and surprised to see us getting slated. Thought we actually played pretty well for once. Pogba was a beast (as is liable to happen when he's played in a midfield 3 as he should be).
#ticktings
Yeah, I thought they played quite well. Pogba in that position is maybe at his best but just his presence in any formation is so important for them. I still think he could add the ability to slow the pace down and control a game, which would be a much better way of defending leads than inviting teams on (today was a bit better in that regard actually).
That bit where he does various calculations regarding his own trophy count and then says 'But in my mind? Paul Scholes, phenomenal player' is absolutely mega.
I've just been told Hughes purposefully lost to Chelsea with a weak team because he knew they'd beat Newcastle at full strength.
How does he still have a job?
Because Tony Pulis is no longer available?
He should have been fired at half time in the Chelsea game for a basic breach of footballing logic, but to then lose the game he was resting them for and still keep a job suggests that Peter Coates is a fucking moron.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42537120
I wish this cunt and his ilk would fuck off. Football isn't designed to maximise your chances of playing pretty football, it's designed for people to have an enjoyable escape from the grind of daily life, and that means lots of games at Christmas. Fucking deal with it.
City have 7 open spots in their 25-man squad that they have chosen not to fill, as it happens, so it's his fault that he can't rotate.
Especially strange when they have invested something like $300m in their WORLD CLASS ELITE ACADEMY. U21 players, as I remember, do not have to be registered.... so just play some younger players.
From memory I think Gabriel Jesus and Sané don't count, so they could easily have another 5 squad players if they wanted to (6 considering Yaya Touré is dead wood). Chelsea are similar. It's probably FFP limitations on salary I guess.
Surely someone told him the was a Christmas fixture list when he was taking the job.
Surely he's still allowed to comment when he wants to be as competitive as possible whilst looking after his players fatigue.
Now if he's complaining that their fixtures are somehow more onerous than everyone else's then I think he could do one, but he's not.
but I like Jims assertion that football is there for us to escape the grind of daily life, so we need more of it at Christmas,
as it's such a miserable time of the year 😄
We need more of it at Christmas because that's when people have bank holidays/time off and are able to go.
Our football is exceptional compared to other countries in this respect, isn't our second tier the fifth most attended league in the world or some such? You go to Spain or Portugal and it's just a racket to ensure the big clubs win, not so here.
Was at the Amex yesterday for my first taste of Premier League Football there. Thought the atmosphere was good, although I was informed it was no better, and perhaps more subdued, than much of the season (which tallies with what Reg said). Echo Jimmy's sentiments about Gross. I said as much to the Brightonite I go with but he seemed to think that, in a worst case scenario of losing him they'd shunt Propper forward (where he plays for Holland) and put Kayal into midfield, which seemed plausible. Definitely the class player on the pitch though (him and Ibe probably). Shame Izquierdo couldn't cap an otherwise excellent performance with what would have been the winning goal. You could sense the nervousness after that meffing from all quarters. Still no idea how that Wilson goal went in, it probably wasn't undeserved, although it looked a fluke, and Brighton definitely had the better of the chances, if not of the game. I've no idea how Brighton are so bad on set pieces at both ends of the pitch seeing as it has been a major strength in seasons past. Bournemouth played nice stuff but looked very beatable when Brighton put them under pressure. Unfortunately they eased off as both halves progressed, which cost them. Hughton probably takes some responsibility for that through both the approach and the failure to make any changes until very late in the game. 2 points dropped.
The second Bournemouth goal came largely from Propper's shit attempt at a clearance amidst the melee.
I think they tired a bit in both halves, to the extent I thought Bournemouth might nick it towards the end. Also would suggest they need a tougher customer than Stephens/Propper somewhere in that midfield, although my opinion on midfields might have been clouded by largely watching Kanté for the last 18 months.
It looked like quite a few folk took a swing at the ball during that interminable melee. I think those two have been decent enough, if not spectacular. The most pressing concern is probably a centre-forward as although Murray is an honest trier, and he wins the header off every goal kick, he's probably not quite good enough at this level, but then who doesn't need a strong and pacey 20 goal a season forward (or a midfield engine like Kanté for that matter)?
Lots of teams are crying out for a goalscorer this window, there just aren't many of them around these days (as evidenced by Everton's bid to get this bloke from Turkey). In the 90s or early 00s, you could just bring in Andy Johnson or Darren Huckerby.
You're right about the set pieces, niko. I can't believe it's become a weakness really. We aren't making the most of Gross' deliveries and neither the defensive or attacking corners look particularly practiced. Perhaps we just spend 99% of training time on defensive shape in open play. The equaliser looked terrible and is equally terrible watched on replay. Duffy isn't tight enough on the first goal and has a mare on the second (two chances to clear).
On a brighter note, I thought Knockaert looked as close to his old self as he has done anytime this season. Quality in possession practically every time and bust a gut whenever we lost it.
I saw a hilarious video of Propper throwing someone to the ground and then doing an awful tackle from behind within about 15 seconds. I would have sent him off for two bookings.
Flanaghan the Liverpool defender has admitted a cheeky bit of assault on his missus for some Xmas bantz.
Time for Judge Kenny D to fire up the t-shirt printer and sort this shit out.
If he's admitted it, she must be a Hillsborough survivor or related to Bradley Lowery. Either that or Kenny's witness box skills have deteriorated along with his liver.
Jon Flanagan still plays for Liverpool?
How many fullbacks do they have?
His Missus is Eni Aluko so he’s double fucked.Toggle Spoiler
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Fairly shambolic linesmanning for that Spurs goal.
Southampton binman surely being fired as we speak, as Moyes and Hodgson soar above his side in the table. Come on, chairmen, I'm thirsty for blood.
Would've liked West Ham and Palace to stay down there. Still, I can see two sides worse than us. Swansea and West Brom.
What's Nigel Atkins up to these days? Shit he's at Hull. Double shit, his name is Adkins. Bring him back to complete the circle.
Thy saviour's name is Pardew.
This Saints guy looked like a chancer from the start.
Moyes, Woy, Fat Sam and Pardiola donning things as per usual.
Hodgson is absolutely donning it since he took charge.
Don't Southampton have about 7 candidates picked out at all times?
Southampton should get Brenda back from Jockland. He's probably holding out for the Real Madrid job though.
Southampton are built specifically so that binmen can coast them into ninth whilst shedding their best player every year, so I suppose that their model was always going to take a knock once every club had cash to burn and one duff transfer window can undo four good ones.
Pards is very much not donning it.
I like to think that the mentioned quartet will at some point in the next ten years be doing a 90-date theatre tour called 'MEN FOR A CRISIS: An Evening with Four Managerial Legends' in which they regale audiences with hilarious tales of training ground derring-do and that time Pep Guardiola smirked at them. Tickets priced £75.
I'll wait for the book (foreword by 'Arry, ghostwritten by Henry Winter).
Never forget. Every possible detail you can find on that is somehow even more embarrassing than working for a slave state.
I actually saw a bit of something with them two on it one night recently and I was trying to work out whether "Keysey" has just got fat or if something peculiar has actually happened to his head.
"End your evening with a smash" is my usual general aim, so this aligns with my interests.
Can you just imagine the bants? Off the scale.
Livermore apparently smacking a West Ham fan after the fan made a joke about his dead kid.
https://twitter.com/ironswhufc66/sta...14275839467526
Vid of Livermore being led away.
I was going to correct you by saying Martin Samuel but I can't remember if he's still alive. Enough reason to post this though:
If it's true then I hope he knocked the cunt out.
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