[FOOTBALL] Weekend Football Thread - 9th/10th/11th/12th September 2016

[Weaver]

Premier League
Saturday: Manchester United vs Manchester City - Sky Sports, 12:30
Arsenal vs Southampton
Bournemouth vs West Brom
Burnley vs Hull
Middlesbrough vs Crystal Palace
Stoke vs Tottenham
West Ham vs Watford
Liverpool vs Leicester - BT Sport, 17:30

Sunday: Swansea vs Chelsea - Sky Sports, 16:00

Monday: Sunderland vs Everton - Sky Sports, 20:00

Championship
Friday: Reading vs Ipswich - Sky Sports, 19:45

Saturday: Brighton vs Brentford
Fulham vs Birmingham
Leeds vs Huddersfield
Norwich vs Cardiff
Preston vs Barnsley
QPR vs Blackburn
Rotherham vs Bristol City
Sheffield Wednesday vs Wigan
Wolves vs Burton Albion
Derby vs Newcastle - Sky Sports, 17:30

Sunday: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest - Sky Sports, 13:15

Other Main Televised
Friday: Schalke vs Bayern Munich - BT Sport, 19:30
Arouca vs Benfica - BT Sport, 20:30

Saturday: Celtic vs Rangers - Sky Sports, Midday
Celta Vigo vs Atletico Madrid - Sky Sports, Midday
Red Bull Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund - BT Sport, 17:30
Barcelona vs Alaves - Sky Sports, 19:30

[John Arne]

I fancy us this weekend. 3-0.

Also annoying that the Glasgow and Manc derbies are at the same time.

[Waffdon]

Hopefully a fair few murders on and off the park for tomorrow's Glasgow Derby.

[Mazuuurk]

So excited for tomorrow. When PL is back after a weekend it's like a drink of water after a walk through the desert.

[Giggles]

I thought there was a Friday game every week this season?

[Jimmy Floyd]

No, just 8 of them or something.

I still haven't watched any PL and I'm away all weekend so that might continue. In fact I haven't seen Conte's Chelsea yet. Are they good or shit?

Old Firm derby at midday, why don't they go the full monty and play it at 9am.

[Adamski]

Saturday: Celtic vs Rangers - Sky Sports, Midday


Let's do it, lads :cool:

[Kikó]

All about Derby day.

[John Arne]

Big weekend over here, too.
3 teams level on pts with 2 games to go. The amount of bribing going on must be obscene.
https://gyazo.com/eb077f5f0f9a83aa55151209d2ad9153.png

[John]

Hopefully a fair few murders on and off the park for tomorrow's Glasgow Derby.

A load of CCTV operators are on strike tomorrow, so those off the park murders are a possibility.


No, just 8 of them or something.

I still haven't watched any PL and I'm away all weekend so that might continue. In fact I haven't seen Conte's Chelsea yet. Are they good or shit?

Old Firm derby at midday, why don't they go the full monty and play it at 9am.

We had a half eleven kick off on a Sunday a few years ago. The idea is to stop people getting pissed up before the game, but all it means is people buy in a load of Buckfast the night before and start at home at about five in the morning, rather than going to the pub and drinking for four hours before the game.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Glasgow Derby with capital letters is like something Pro Evo would say if they didn't have the licence to say 'Old Firm'.

[John]

It's a 'Rangers died' dig created by Celtic fans. Would you expect anything less from Woeful?

[SvN]

Missing most of the derby as I'll be at a wedding. Seething.

[Lewis]

The Manchester Guardian has been running daily articles on this derbeh for weeks. I really should have trademarked El Massivo.

[Weaver]

0-0 for me.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The pity is that this wank will probably get more viewers than the Champions League final, or any Premier League title deciding match. Pehhhrsonalitehs.

[Mazuuurk]

+1 on the 0-0. It'll be a shitfest alright. At best we'll get a missed penalty or a red.

Still excited :drool:

[Mazuuurk]

It's also nice to see a game between Pep and Mourinho where it isn't just about whether Messi will be unstoppable that day or not.

[Pen]

I like 'El MAssivo' a lot. I think I'm going to claim it as my own invention outside of the board. That said, I think I'm going to miss the game tomorrow which irks me immensely.

[igor_balis]

It has been going that way for a few seasons anyway, but the start of this season has confirmed that I've gone all Dennis "Cutty" Wise (not that one) with regards football. The beautiful game ain't in me no more. None of it. Don't think I'll ask Scudamore for funding for an amateur boxing club though.

[Max Power]

Game ain't changed Igor, it just got more fierce

[igor_balis]

There ain't no "back in the day," Max! Ain't no nostalgia to this shit here! There's just the street, and the game, and what happen here.

[Ian]

I was sick of the build up to the United game by about 6.30am on Monday, I think.

"JOSE VERSUS PEP!!!"
Shut up.

[Lewis]

For all his noise about not being defensive, I would love it if Corporate Jose eeks out the shittest 1-0 (with United scoring after John Stones gets caught poncing about in midfield) of his career tomorrow.

[elth]

This is going to be a terrible game of football :drool:

[Chrissy]

The old firm today should be interesting. Rangers firm underdogs.

[Chrissy]

A load of CCTV operators are on strike tomorrow, so those off the park murders are a possibility.



We had a half eleven kick off on a Sunday a few years ago. The idea is to stop people getting pissed up before the game, but all it means is people buy in a load of Buckfast the night before and start at home at about five in the morning, rather than going to the pub and drinking for four hours before the game.

Yep, Duke Street is awash with folk utterly shitfaced. Doesn't matter what time it is held.

[Giggles]

I never recall such hype about this game (it's never been as big as Utd Liverpool), but this year it seems to be off the scale. Is it just down to the managers or have Sky made a conscious effort to massively build up a certain few games this season?

[Shindig]

If you want to avoid bother at a match, tell nobody it's on. People will drink whenever. People will have any excuse to kick-off.

[Samadini]

Alonso clearly thought "Prediction" meant "okay, thanks mate" there.

[Lewis]

That should be busting the net for ninety million quid. Shit.

[randomlegend]

Not been much fun as a United fan so far, but certainly not been boring.

[elth]

Lingard and M???????ian look a bit short of what's required right now. Both too indecisive.

[elth]

Pathetic.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That came about from Rooney attempting a long diagonal when he could have just passed it to Pogba.

No idea what Blind was doing either.

[Lewis]

That was all Claudio Bravo.

[Yevrah]

Rooney's diagonal balls must be one of the most pointless things in football.

[elth]

Just four consecutive mistakes.

Lingard has been appalling so far, poor kid.

[randomlegend]

Obviously the goal wasn't (directly) his fault, but Rooney has been dire again.

[Bernanke]

Pep is donning Mou here.

[elth]

Pogba and Shaw are the only United players to show anything so far.

De Bruyne has been great.

Handbags at ten paces...

[Manc]

Pep. :drool:

Otamendi has been sublime.

[Smiffy]

.....

[elth]

I do enjoy Clattenberg's complete disdain for whatever the players are trying to tell him.

Pogba needs to stop looking for Ibrahimovic.

[elth]

Bring back Moyes.

[Yevrah]

Man Utd have been absolute bilge so far. So so bad.

[Lewis]

My mate Daley Blind.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We've been so shit.

Blind :face:

[randomlegend]

This is going to end about 5-0.

[elth]

Both central defenders made serious errors for both goals, so that's going well.

[P_3]

Fuck's sake United.

[Lewis]

'LvG' would be winning here (having lost to Hull and Southampton).

[elth]

Nah, his United didn't score in the first half, but everyone would be asleep and it'd be 0-0.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bravlol.

Thanks mate.

[elth]

Heh.

Ball playing keeper.

[Yevrah]

That finish. :drool:

[randomlegend]

Ibrahimovic is absolute class.

[Lewis]

That was so composed.

[Samadini]

Bravo AND Stones at fault. Probably goal of the season for Lewis.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I did like Sky Sports just posting that Bravo had an 84% passing accuracy last season.

[Boydy]

I can't find a decent stream for this at all.

[Lewis]

Bravo AND Stones at fault. Probably goal of the season for Lewis.

My friend just text me something similar.

[Samadini]

I can't find a decent stream for this at all.

Download Aceplayer.

[randomlegend]

I just use Ronaldo7.net.

It's always got good links.

[elth]

Ibrahimovic must have thought the ref was going to blow the whistle there?

[Yevrah]

Rookie mistake really.

[Reg]

No Rooney praise after the bashing? Mokbull will be quoting you in shame. He's played two good passes to Mikh, set up the goal with a good free kick, put a great cross to Ibrahimovic for the header, and nearly set up another goal just then. United's best player so far.

City's first 35 minutes were so impressive.

[Raoul Duke]

It'd be awesome if Bravo turns out to be absolute bobbins.

Rashford hattrick to win it in the 2nd half :thbup:

[elth]

Rooney's done since really good things and some facepalmingly naff things.

[randomlegend]

No Rooney praise after the bashing? Mokbull will be quoting you in shame. He's played two good passes to Mikh, set up the goal with a good free kick, put a great cross to Ibrahimovic for the header, and nearly set up another goal just then. United's best player so far.

City's first 35 minutes were so impressive.

The problem with Rooney is he spends 95% of the game being ponderous wank and breaking up our attacks, then has a couple of good moments and all is meant to be forgiven.

[Samadini]

Didn't fully appreciate the Ibrahimovic goal first time seeing it. Imagine that chance falling to Walcott or Lallana.

[Lewis]

They should play him at right-back.

[five time]

If Bravo was English Stones would have understood him shouting.

[elth]

Rooney to the wing?

[Reg]

That's an interesting one. He can cross and some of his defects may be hidden. Herrera holding mid too.

[Smiffy]

.....

[elth]

Ahhh, the old headbutt the elbow and fall over, classic.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bravo is a fucking mess.

Played if he's injured Rooney though.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Shindig]

'Bravo'.

[randomlegend]

That's a dreadful challenge.

[elth]

United can't just hope the ref bails them out here.

[five time]

This Bravo chap has made more mistakes in this match than Joe Hart would make all season. :bonkers:

He's not done well but Hart has been a flapper for a few years now.

[Lewis]

Joe Hart would have at least cleared the initial ball in before celebrating like a big man and losing his concentration for the next phase of play.

[Reg]

United looking tired now. Start of the first half looked the way to bother City but difficult to keep up the energy and concentration I guess.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

De Gea showing Bravo how to play the ball.

[elth]

The trouble with getting your team selection completely wrong and having to fix it with two half time tactical subs is that your ability to make substitutions to get fresh legs on is limited.

[randomlegend]

Rooney's been pretty good this half to be fair to him.

[Reg]

Is that tongue in cheek? I was about to post the opposite!

[randomlegend]

....actually thought he had been.

[elth]

He's been better than in the first half, that's for sure. Still makes mistakes but everyone in the team has been.

[Lewis]

He hasn't been the worst player on the pitch, but Fellainimania is a bit pointless against anybody with enough brains to work the ball around the space he happens to occupy.

[Reg]

He's been involved, but mostly that's just shouting for hopeful penalties. (Should have had the Bravo one though.)

Pogba's been quiet. May actually be a case for "not used to the speed of the Premier League"?

[Trancemeister]

Arsenal Cech, Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Cazorla, Coquelin, Walcott, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Perez

Southampton Forster, Cedric, Fonte, Van Dijk, Bertrand, Romeu, Clasie, Davis, Tadic, Rodriguez, Redmond


Bournemouth Boruc, Smith, Francis, Cook, Daniels, Stanislas, Surman, Arter, Ibe, Wilson, King

West Brom Foster; Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Galloway; Field, Yacob, Fletcher (c); Phillips, Chadli; Berahino


Burnley Heaton, Ward, Mee, Keane, Lowton, Gudmundsson, Marney, Defour, Boyd, Gray, Vokes

Hull Jakupovic, Elmohamedy, Davies, Livermore, Robertson, Snodgrass, Huddlestone, Meyler, Clucas, Diomande, Hernandez




Middlesborough Valdes, Barragan, Ayala, Gibson, Friend, Clayton, Forshaw, Stuani, Downing, Fischer, Negredo

Crystal Palace Mandanda, Ward, Dann, Delaney, Kelly, Ledley, McArthur, Puncheon, Zaha, Townsend, Benteke


Stoke Given, Cameron, Shawcross, Indi, Pieters, Whelan, Allen, Imbula, Walters, Bony, Arnautovic

Tottenham Lloris, Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Wanyama, Eriksen, Alli, Son, Kane


West Ham Adrian, Byram, Collins, Reid, Masuaku, Kouyate, Noble, Antonio, Lanzini, Payet, Zaza

Watford Gomes (GK); Cathcart, Kaboul, Britos; Janmaat, Capoue, Pereyra, Behrami, Holebas; Deeney (c), Ighalo.

[five time]

Think with Pogba it's just that people were expecting ridiculous performances every week given the fee. He'll be solid for the next 10 years or thereabouts though which is what they needed.

[Lewis]

I bet he would have gone down there if he wasn't on a booking.

[elth]

I think Pogba has tried to do too much too often tbh.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He's still working on his degree from Lingard's dab university.

[Vim]

Pogba simply should not be playing in a two-man midfield. I really expected Mourinho to realise this.

[Lewis]

He's been good when he's had the ball.

[elth]

Aye, they deserved that for the first half.

[randomlegend]

I dunno, I don't think a draw would have been unreasonable in the end. Good game though.

[Lewis]

That car park banter. :lol:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/4639adbf-c6dd-4840-9732-4f1eb460fb47?intc_type=singletheme&intc_location=bbcthree&intc_campaign=bbcthree&intc_linkname=vidclip_jose_contentcard20

Stunning.

[Lewis]

Making shit, shit versions of what the internet does better for free. That just about sums the BBC up.

[Magic]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cr6IvEWUAAAijNS.jpg

[Giggles]

West 'Aaaaaaaam :harold:

[Magic]

West 'Aaaaaaaam :harold:

Now 4. Shame I gambled on those cunts getting a clean sheet...

[Manc]

Some Gallagher type in the pub persisted all game to call every City player by his first name. Leroy took the biscuit.

[Limoutsonik]

Has Masuaku completely fucked things up for them?I hope he has the lazy fuck.Had him at Olympiakos,he only bothered on Champions League matches and nothing else.I hope he gets found out in every single match he is.(West Ham is likeable though.....)

[igor_balis]

Three penalty saves for Waff's lot today.

[Magic]

Cammy Bell. :cool:

3 saves from 3 different peno takers.

[Magic]

This is dreadful. Monk has a shit side to work with and he really isn't the man for the job.

[Magic]

BBC Radio Leeds:

"Monk was very positive about how his players had worked over the international break...but they've come out worse if anything"

:harold:

[Giggles]

West Ham crashing and burning in their new stadium would make it such a good season.

[Magic]

West Ham crashing and burning in their new stadium would make it such a good season.

What would the financial implications be if they got relegated? Oh, none? Ah the council are paying for it all + parachute payments. Good to know.

[Shindig]

I'd be more interested to see how Stoke cope with the drop.

[Kikó]

Pretty good derby match despite the result. Lingard was anonymous and the Algerian was wasteful and lightweight. Rooney was okay today.

Still entertaining and obviously a lot of work still to be done. De Bruyne was outstanding, great player.

[Raoul Duke]

Lingard is shite, Mata is 23 times the player he is.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was tidy from Firmino.

Oh and Leicester shouldn't have left Slimani at home, he'd don the shit out of Liverpool.

[Magic]

Firmy. :drool:

[John Arne]

Nice.

[Raoul Duke]

Cracking goal.

Anyone spot Firmino's one-man slide? :harold:

[Magic]

:harold:

So good. Down to the championship you go.

[Reg]

Magic Huddersfield looking the team to beat to be fair.

[Giggles]

This should be a season high graph peak.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nice of Lucas to let Leicester back into it.

[Raoul Duke]

Great cross from Lucas

[Gray Fox]

That was a great ball to be fair.

[Raoul Duke]

Minglolet is so bad. Chucks in a goal a game it feels like.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Samadini]

Fabrice Pancrate running around in a Gouffran shirt.

[Magic]

Magic Huddersfield looking the team to beat to be fair.

They didn't even get out of neutral. Easiest away win for them this season.

[Magic]

Lovely goal.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Raoul Duke]

Lallana should have celebrated with that dog in the crowd

[Shindig]

Leicester's season's starting to mirror how I play Champ Man after a surprise title.

[Waffdon]

Three penalties saved I half an hour. SCENES

[Samadini]

Take a look at @JakeMooreSport's Tweet: https://twitter.com/JakeMooreSport/status/774676579028967424?s=09

Fucked if I'm embedding it.

[Angelsaint]

Leicester will be fine. Slimani to get them in the top 4 in no time. Sorry for killing the party.

[Lewis]

lol at West Ham. You would never see a Big Sam team capitulate like that.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Barcelona 2-1 down at home to Alavés with not long left. Rested all their big guns for Celtic. lol.

[-james-]

Brought the big guns on and are still going to lose. Celtic will lose 5-0 now.

[Jimmy Floyd]

And the rest.

Zidane has turned out a bit good so far.

[Lewis]

I tipped him as the next best manager ever not so long ago, so I'm doing alright.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He won't get the credit, because you can't be a genius at Real Madrid.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He won't get the credit, because you can't be a genius at Real Madrid.

I thought I'd edited in an explanation to this which seems to have been lost to history - the reason you can't be a genius at Real Madrid is that it is the club of the establishment, and everyone who writes about football is either a communist, a hopeless romantic, or both.

[Giggles]

Nobody had asked.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Nobody has ever asked you to post anything.

[GS]

Zidane can get away with telling the likes of Ronaldo what to do.

"Where's your World Cup Golden Ball and winning medal, mate? Now close the fucking full back down."

[Lewis]

niko should try getting his 'Binman in a Club Blazer' theory wanked out into a full-length article.

[Giggles]

Nobody has ever asked you to post anything.

Is anyone? Quoting yourself because you thought it was hugely clever and to get to say communist again was a bit lol though.

[GS]

Why do you bother posting here? It genuinely baffles me.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The potato harvest was clearly thin this year.

[Giggles]

Why do you bother posting here? It genuinely baffles me.

If I gave even 1% of one fuck about whether you're baffled or not then I'd contemplate answering that.

I know Jimmy is relatively untouchable, but if one of the 'lessers' did the same they'd be torn apart for it.

[Giggles]

The potato harvest was clearly thin this year.

That's absolutely fabulous. Top marks.

[Lewis]

It was established during Japgate (and the subsequent fallout) that the only 'untouchables' are me and Mahow.

[Ian]

I only saw the highlights of the United game but it took them fucking long enough to start doing anything. That Ibrahimovic finish was class though.

And Rashford needs to be starting more. Let one of the other wide players decide who's going to be not shit on the opposite wing to him.

[Kikó]

Giggles is untouchable as well.

[Giggles]

I ended up waiting so long for MOTD (fucking proms) that I got into Taken 2 and missed it til now.

[Raoul Duke]

Isn't the ref supposed to stop the match if there's a head injury?

[randomlegend]

We should play Martial, Mata and Rashford as the three behind Ibrahimovic IMO.

[spokej]

Five and easy :cool:

[spokej]

Mikael running around with a beach ball on his head at 2-0 sums it up.:happycry: :happycry: :happycry:

[elth]

Martial has been crap so far this season.

[Dark Soldier]

No doubt he's been jamming his dick in a fair old whack of pussy tbf, now him and his wife have shit the bed. You probably only get 25 years of this shagging game before your star wanes and its back to whores behind the bins at Dominos, so fair play to the lad.

[Magic]

Five and easy :cool:

Lol @ John. Been very quiet today.

[Giggles]

Lol @ John. Been very quiet today.

He's trapped under rubble in parkheads shitters. RIP.

[igor_balis]

"Disaster for Joe Hart. Torino's travelling fans are still celebrating when Atalanta win a corner. It's whipped in and Hart comes off his line to collect - only he doesn't. He palms the ball into the path of Andrea Masiello who rifles home. What a mess by England's keeper."

:eyemouth:

[Giggles]

"Disaster for Joe Hart. Torino's travelling fans are still celebrating when Atalanta win a corner. It's whipped in and Hart comes off his line to collect - only he doesn't. He palms the ball into the path of Andrea Masiello who rifles home. What a mess by England's keeper."

:eyemouth:

John Hart.

[Giggles]

774977934796939268

[niko_cee]

In fairness, it's probably less shit than the guy who replaced him.

[GS]

He's just not very good.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Finally tuned in to watch my first Premier League of the season. Fabianski is a total dud of a goalkeeper. Swansea are going down.

[niko_cee]

Swansea have a thing for capitulating horribly against Chelsea.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Their manager looks like someone from the late 90s Minardi pit wall. I don't see much in their favour apart from the Gylf.

[Yevrah]

He's just not very good.

Indeed. The clamour to insist Joe Hart was dropped solely because of his distribution is laughable.

Take these chumps, including "Sky Sports Expert" Gary Neville no less, all on the distribution bandwagon, with the not, so subtle implication that honest Joe would have done better.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/10574173/the-claudio-bravo-debate-experts-give-verdict-on-manchester-city-goalkeeper

I mean, I'd have thought at least Gary would have noticed Hart chucking two into England's net in the Euros. Maybe the useless twat had his head in his hands the entire time.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If distribution was all that, you'd stick Pirlo in goal.

[Lewis]

You would buy a better replacement than Claudio Bravo if you were simply ditching a bollocks 'keeper.

[GS]

Indeed. The clamour to insist Joe Hart was dropped solely because of his distribution is laughable.

Take these chumps, including "Sky Sports Expert" Gary Neville no less, all on the distribution bandwagon, with the not, so subtle implication that honest Joe would have done better.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/10574173/the-claudio-bravo-debate-experts-give-verdict-on-manchester-city-goalkeeper

I mean, I'd have thought at least Gary would have noticed Hart chucking two into England's net in the Euros. Maybe the useless twat had his head in his hands the entire time.

It's just your standard English 'footballing fraternity' insularity. It's not malicious, rather an ingrained view that 'passion and English grit' compensate for being a bit shit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'd forgotten Diego Costa was a total cunt. He's got two Swansea players booked by diving so far, and Leroy Fer is League One level at best so he's getting sent off later.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Niall Quinn almost calling Fabianski, Fagianski was amazing.

Join the board mate.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Do football supporters never grow tired of angrily bellowing for handball on things that clearly aren't handball? Have they not seen enough of these before?

[Jimmy Floyd]

T-bone is fucking wank. Bring back Hilario.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Lol at us. Cahill is waking up at the bottom of the Med.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lol at Cahill.

Wank away Waff.

[Jimmy Floyd]

In fairness, it was not only a foul but then Fer made a complete cunt of the finish and T-bone should have kept it out easily, but didn't because he's not very good.

[Reg]

Swansea's manager looks like an Italian version of the groundsman in that Class of 92 thing.

[Jimmy Floyd]

We deserve this for our knobhead finishing.

[Reg]

Him and Aguero are going to have great seasons.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Costa has been very Drogba in this game. Force of nature.

[Magic]

Barkley and Defoe to save my game week...:harold:

[niko_cee]

I haven't watched a minute of Chelsea this season, but every game seems to come with the caveat that Costa should have been sent off.

[John]

Lol @ John. Been very quiet today.

We were shite. I talked about Barton being slow, lethargic, and lazy before, but one thing I didn't expect him to be was a coward. He hid from whistle to whistle yesterday and the minute Rossiter is fit he needs to be dropped. He's a mouthpiece, as expected. Kranjcar was shite too. A yard late in every challenge, but he still gets a higher grade than Barton because at least he was there to be a yard late.

[Adamski]

Yeah not great at all. Surprising how much we've missed Holt.

Been genuinely surprised at how off the pace Barton has been. He's not used to dominating possession and is so one(no) paced

[Jimmy Floyd]

I haven't watched a minute of Chelsea this season, but every game seems to come with the caveat that Costa should have been sent off.

He's the sneakiest cunt going. The thing is though that he constantly gets a rise out of other professionals, so you have to wonder why they don't just stonewall him.

[Jimmy Floyd]

In other news, http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/09/11/italy/serie-a/ac-milan/udinese-calcio/2305778/?ICID=HP_MS_06_05

Just look at the state of that Milan side. Hard to see them ever making Europe again unless some investor comes in, if they had the ability to get in anyone half decent anymore surely they'd have done it at some point in the last three years.

[Magic]

No Italians at all in Udinese squad.

[Waffdon]

Gary fucking Cahill

[Raoul Duke]

Italian football is going to be awesome on FM this year :cool:

[Lewis]

Gary fucking Cahill

He SEETHING about it on Twitter like a proper professional.

[Magic]

What happened?

[Spikey M]

He got tripped and the ref trolled him.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Andre Marriner is useless and always has been, but it was Garreh's balls up that got him into that position against the worst player on the pitch/in the league, so lol at him.

[Baz]

Why is Gary Cahill still talking?!!!

[Jimmy Floyd]

Chris Sutton's punditry is next level. He talks like GS posts.

[GS]

:moop:

I'm not watching, but having checked that he's trending on Twitter and noted some of the comments made, it appears the comparison is not a favourable one.

[Lewis]

It cost United eight million to sack 'LvG' and his staff, which sounds a lot until you read that Roberto Martinez got a Sven-like ten million out of Everton. Apparently that latter figure emerged last week, so why wasn't the entire football world stopped to lol at it?

[Magic]

I lolled at that two faced cunt moaning about being made redundant when Motherwell went in to administration (footage from the time) saying football was too much about business and the money issues were a joke.

[Yevrah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37341354

If he'd done something, nay anything that warranted special treatment then I'd have some sympathy. As it is, if he wants a 'top job' in football coaching or management why doesn't he try and earn the right to get one?

[Yevrah]

It cost United eight million to sack 'LvG' and his staff, which sounds a lot until you read that Roberto Martinez got a Sven-like ten million out of Everton. Apparently that latter figure emerged last week, so why wasn't the entire football world stopped to lol at it?

If ever there was a managerial equivalent of the emperor's new clothes it's that chancer.

[Disco]

The 'football isn't a business' argument is always good for a laugh, of course it fucking is you wankers.

[Jimmy Floyd]

'Poirot, we need a new manager. We have a few talented players, but we can't defend for shit and our team has no real shape. What do you reckon?'

'Well, mon ami, Roberto Martinez has just been sacked by Everton.'

[Waffdon]

The Ev :cool:

Far better without Ross Barkley

[Lewis]

There is hope for Gary Neville yet.

[Davgooner]

That interview. :nuts:

[Magic]

Barkley playing no useful part to cement another dreadful FF week.

[elth]

In no other business would you invest that sort of effort into someone then boot them because their boss got fired, to be honest.

Football churns through coaches far too quickly, it's why there's never any institutional knowledge and the same mistakes get made over and over.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's because the low grade nouveau riche plebs who run the game don't want to take any of the blame.