[FOOTBALL] Midweek Fixtures inc. League Cup Semi Final 2nd Legs (Tues 24 - Thurs 26)

[Reg]

Full TV list. (http://www.live-footballontv.com) | Scottish fixtures. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/fixtures) | AFCON thread. (http://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?1437-FOOTBALL-2017-African-Cup-of-Nations)

TUESDAY

Napoli v Fiorentina (Cup QF) - 19:45, Sky Sports 1
Bordeaux v PSG (League Cup SF) - 20:00, BT Sport 2

Brighton & Hove Albion v Cardiff City - 19:45
Reading v Fulham - 20:00

WEDNESDAY

Liverpool v Southampton (agg 0-1) - 20:00, Sky Sports 1

Leeds United v Nottingham Forest - 19:45

Juventus v AC Milan (Cup QF) - 19:45, Sky Sports 2
Monaco v Nancy (League Cup SF) - 20:00, BT Sport 2

THURSDAY

Hull City v Manchester United (agg 0-2) - 19:45, Sky Sports 1

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The FA Cup 4th Round (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/fa-cup/fixtures) is this weekend and starts Friday.

[niko_cee]

Why are the League Cup games a day later than normal?

[Giggles]

Have the TV games in the Cup been picked yet?

[Pleb]

Have the TV games in the Cup been picked yet?
http://www.live-footballontv.com/live-fa-cup-football-on-tv.html

[Reg]

Not sure, Niko.

And yep, Giggles. http://www.live-footballontv.com/live-fa-cup-football-on-tv.html

[Giggles]

Cheers boys.

Friday night should be worth a watch. And Southampton v Arsenal on Saturday.

[Shindig]

It would be nice to remember what the fifth round looks like.

[Lewis]

824234195715178497

He means you, 'Pep'. MIND GAMES. :drool:

[Waffdon]

How on earth is Emre Can still starting?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mourinho somehow using his own haircut as a dig/seethe against a rival manager brings back so many happy memories.

[Lewis]

It gives some indication as to where 'LvG' went wrong.

[Baz]

How on earth is Emre Can still starting?Sadio Mane's on his jollies.

Coutinho is so much better than everyone else, it's staggering. Reminds me of the first year at high school before you get "set" for PE so the really bad kids play football with the rest and you either put yourself in defence to try and avoid conceding 30, or goal hang to simply try and out score the other team and win 34-23.

[Boydy]

As if you were one of the good players.

[Max Power]

Redmond skinning players at will

[Jimmy Floyd]

You (Liverpool) need someone taller than 5 foot 7 galloping through the middle. It has to be so precise with these players.

[Raoul Duke]

As if you were one of the good players.

I reckon a 'who is/was the best footballer on TTH' thread would be pretty good. Wasn't Danny or someone on the books of a pro club?

[Baz]

As if you were one of the good players.I wasn't Matthew Kinsey levels of shit.

[Lewis]

I reckon a 'who is/was the best footballer on TTH' thread would be pretty good. Wasn't Danny or someone on the books of a pro club?

This would be another improbable Foe victory.

[Baz]

Danny
Foe
AE
Taz :harold:

ScousePig reckons he's handy too, right?

[Boydy]

Yeah but he thinks Sunderland deserve to be in the Premier League as well.

[Lewis]

I forgot AE. Toby must have been alright as well to have inspired those Corinthian figures.

[Giggles]

20 for heading.

[Offshore Toon]

How is AE getting on?

[Boydy]

Sturridge looked like he slowed down when he was chasing that.

[Lewis]

lol at the fans seething as if the referee was just guessing.

[Waffdon]

That reaction was a bit good.

[Baz]

Suarez would have twatted it in with his fist if he was in Sturridge's position.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why hasn't Jürgen ended Sturridge by now? Do they not have any moolah?

[Baz]

Why hasn't Jürgen ended Sturridge by now? Do they not have any moolah?Raul Jimenez from Benfica is all but done for summer, apparently.

Kikó?

[Magic]

https://twitter.com/paulieleeds/status/824366546252349441

Fuuuuuuuuuuck me!

[-james-]

Just realised that Trent Arnold, Alexander Arnold, Trent Alexander and Arnold Trent are one and the same person.

[Boydy]

Why hasn't Jürgen ended Sturridge by now? Do they not have any moolah?

He needs putting down. He's fucking useless these days.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just realised that Trent Arnold, Alexander Arnold, Trent Alexander and Arnold Trent are one and the same person.

He's like a threesome Finidi George.

[Max Power]

Can doesn't strike me as a Klopp type either. So ponderous.

If Southampton had a proper centre forward they'd be a really good side

[Lewis]

Maybe he was always crap, but he just had a decent eighteen months (and a fitness advantage).

[Boydy]

FOR FUCK'S SAKE, CAN, HE WAS FIVE YARDS OFFSIDE.

Why was he trying to pass to Milner there? Fucking idiot.

[Boydy]

Maybe he was always crap, but he just had a decent eighteen months (and a fitness advantage).

Suarez made him look good.

[Waffdon]

No idea why they're taking Redmond off.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He has a decent finish on him (except when he can't strike the ball properly), but he's lazy and doesn't care.

[Jimmy Floyd]

No idea why they're taking Redmond off.

Because it's Claude Puel, watching one of his teams is like waiting for plot developments in a French film.

[Shindig]

"Now I get it. Amelie's her name."

[-james-]

Just found out, and had a good lol at the fact that this is going to be called the Carabao Cup next year, after Carabao Daeng, Thailand's second most popular energy drink.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/Carabao_Daeng.png

[Lewis]

That looked like a penalty.

lol

[Baz]

Cmon :(

This ref is fucking bent.

[Giggles]

I know Southampton are an away team protecting a lead, but in the last 20 minutes I've watched they look fucking diabolical.

[Boydy]

That was a penalty. Fuck's sake.

[Baz]

As infuriating as it's been, hahaha at that fan. Looked like he was having a stroke. Instantly regretted getting on the pitch.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Thank fuck for that, lord save us from any more RED DERBY buildups this season.

[Waffdon]

Beautiful scenes.

Romeu has looked incredible in these two games.

[Giggles]

Fucking :D

[John Arne]

Surely, surely, I'm not the only one who can see that Milner cannot take an out swinging corner. It baffles me that he is still taking them. It's fucking stupid.

[Pen]

Is that the original red bull one?

I'll join you in your lolling anyway.

edit: new page. Was at Harmez

[Boydy]

Oh just fuck off Sturridge. What the fuck was that in the box? An impression of a fucking pissed flamingo?

[Boydy]

Surely, surely, I'm not the only one who can see that Milner cannot take an out swinging corner. It baffles me that he is still taking them. It's fucking stupid.

He's been playing well this season but his corners are still terrible, yeah.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Surely, surely, I'm not the only one who can see that Milner cannot take an out swinging corner. It baffles me that he is still taking them. It's fucking stupid.

Nobody at big teams can take set pieces anymore.

[Danny]

I reckon a 'who is/was the best footballer on TTH' thread would be pretty good. Wasn't Danny or someone on the books of a pro club?

Unfortunately not. Same junior teams as some lads who went pro and probably should have made more of it but ended up moving out here and using it to fund my education when the dream died.


This would be another improbable Foe victory.

On the books of Ross County I think.

[Boydy]

Carragher was pretty brutal on Sturridge there.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I could watch Klopp be interviewed all night.

Conte on the other hand is a proper legend on the touchline, but his interviews are like listening to your own death.

[Yevrah]

Klopp should stop talking here.

[CJay]

That was awful. We're so sluggish right now. I know it's sounds crazy but we should have thrown on Moreno tonight. At least he can get to the byline and put a decent ball into the box.

Arnold Trent looks useful going forward.

[Reg]

Nobody at big teams can take set pieces anymore.
It's weird isn't it? I wonder if they practice them less than they used to. It's almost like a corner isn't a legitimate way of scoring.

[Lewis]

Klopp should stop talking here.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiUI-y-RKc0

[Waffdon]

Toni Kroos takes a good corner. Ramos scores for days

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's weird isn't it? I wonder if they practice them less than they used to. It's almost like a corner isn't a legitimate way of scoring.

Being the attacking team in most games, they get so many of them that it's ridiculous they don't have a specialist in every side.

People like Chris Brunt, James Ward-Prowse, and formerly Sebastian Larsson for smaller teams are far better.

[phonics]

They were discussing this on a podcast I was listening to the other day. Statistically, there's a 1 in 9 probability than you'll create a chance from a corner and then a 1 in 10 probability you'll score from that chance meaning it's something like 1 in 50 of scoring from a corner. Hence why people don't bother as much anymore.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That's probably because no one can get it past the first fucking man.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've just seen a thumbnail on the BBC of Josh McEachran in a flat cap, and as a result I will never again open my eyes.

[Ian]

Was he atop a penny farthing and drinking a schooner of craft beer at the time?


They were discussing this on a podcast I was listening to the other day. Statistically, there's a 1 in 9 probability than you'll create a chance from a corner and then a 1 in 10 probability you'll score from that chance meaning it's something like 1 in 50 of scoring from a corner. Hence why people don't bother as much anymore.

Presumably the stats were better than that when teams were consistently actually trying though.

[-james-]

Fairly amazed that someone in the same division has taken Oumar Niasse off Everton's hands.

[Pleb]

Well that was lol.

[randomlegend]

Am I just blindly biased, or did the two Hull players trip over each other?

[Pleb]

They both clattered into each other.

Lol of a penalty mind.

[Waffdon]

Stonewall.

[Pleb]

So two hull players bumping into each other and apparently a slight shirt pull is considered a stonewall penalty?

[Pen]

Went to look for it after coming here, and that's a bit special from the ref :D

[Pleb]

Seeing that again there's no contact.

Fucking lol indeed.

[randomlegend]

What a fucking joke :D

[Waffdon]

He clearly has his shirt pulled. It's nothing to do with the other Hull player.

[Kikó]

Cup finals :cool:

[Lewis]

I was right near where they separate the fans, which meant that I was surrounded by nineteen year olds in skinny jeans mouthing off behind a dozen empty seats and two rows of stewards.

That black man up front for Hull was good.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Derby have just scored one of the worst own goals I've ever seen.

[Davgooner]

That's a bit good.

[Foe]

Clinical finishing from d bent as always. New trainers money from that goal bonus. :cool:

[Giggles]

That was class :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's not quite the very worst, though. Never forget.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lev-Nl9CqXE

[Pepe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFlw3zTFgWk

[Offshore Toon]

Go on, Steve!

[Giggles]

That's some shit defending.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Huth needs putting down. Simpson is fucking shit as well.

I like Chilwell on that left side, pity he is in Fuchs's position and not that of one of their many shit players.

Reckon if Okazaki played for the club I supported he would be my favourite player ever.

[Sam]

Fully on board the Leicester are down hype. They are absolute garbage.

[Giggles]

By the letter, does that not go down as an OG for the other defender and not Bent seeing as it was going in?

[Boydy]

This had only just started earlier and I said to my da I can see Derby beating Leicester. Intended to put some money on that and then forgot about it and now look at the score. Shite.

[Lewis]

They lost one cheat player, the other two have reverted to type, and they fucked their summer business up. In a league where seventh to the toilet is much of a muchness, that is a death sentence (as it was a recipe for success last year). West Ham are having the same problems, but they were not as pronounced last year, so they haven't fallen as much this year.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Kanté has been immense for us. Slightly tougher role for him as we are on the front foot more and he picks up bookings, but he doesn't give the ball away ever.

[Magic]

Such scenes when I'm proved right.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Such scenes when I'm proved right.
Alright, Harold.