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Reg
28-02-2017, 03:13 PM
I've just picked out some of the games, there's other stuff on as you can see here: http://www.live-footballontv.com

19:45 unless stated.

TUESDAY
Aston Villa v Bristol City
Blackburn Rovers v Derby County
Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United - SS1

Juventus v Napoli (Coppa Italia Semi-Final 1st Leg) - SS4

WEDNESDAY
Man City v Huddersfield Town (FA Cup 5th Round Replay) - BBC1

Inverness CT v Celtic - SS1
Luton Town v Oxford United (EFL Trophy Semi-Final) - SS1
Lazio v Roma (Coppa Italia Semi-Final 1st Leg) - SS4

THURSDAY
Sevilla v Athletic Bilbao - 20:30 SS5

Jimmy Floyd
28-02-2017, 03:33 PM
Aberdeen seem to be on telly every week. Do they have some massive fanbase I don't know about, or are Celtic/Rangers games all on a channel I don't have?

Offshore Toon
28-02-2017, 03:42 PM
A lot of Newcastle fans are quite worried, but we've turned up for the big games this season and Brighton aren't that good. I think it'll be tight because Brighton have been solid defensively and we're without Gayle, but I see us winning 1-0 or 2-1.

Giggles
28-02-2017, 03:45 PM
Will.this be worth a watch tonight or are Newcastle dour as fuck because of Benitez?

Offshore Toon
28-02-2017, 03:46 PM
We're not particularly exciting to watch outside of the few times we've battered teams this season, so I wouldn't bother.

Jimmy Floyd
28-02-2017, 03:49 PM
I said this the other week but when I saw Brighton up close I thought they were very limited. Managed to leak 3 fairly soft goals that day as well, which is normally their strength. Mentally strong though, which is half the battle.

John
28-02-2017, 03:58 PM
Aberdeen seem to be on telly every week. Do they have some massive fanbase I don't know about, or are Celtic/Rangers games all on a channel I don't have?

Rangers games tend to be on BT Sports, barring the Old Firm which Sky seem to have a six thousand year lease on.

Offshore Toon
28-02-2017, 03:59 PM
They're a bit of a one-man-team with Knockaert as well.

Giggles
28-02-2017, 04:05 PM
I said this the other week but when I saw Brighton up close I thought they were very limited. Managed to leak 3 fairly soft goals that day as well, which is normally their strength. Mentally strong though, which is half the battle.

Was that the Huddersfield game? They were shite that night.

Jimmy Floyd
28-02-2017, 04:09 PM
Brentford. Don't think it was on TV. Around the same time though.

Reg
28-02-2017, 04:21 PM
Will.this be worth a watch tonight or are Newcastle dour as fuck because of Benitez?
I think it'll be good and both teams will score.

Pleb
28-02-2017, 04:24 PM
Sportfreunde Lotte v Borussia Dortmund sounds hilarious.

MLS is back this weekend. Joy.

niko_cee
28-02-2017, 04:34 PM
Brentford. Don't think it was on TV. Around the same time though.

They were in a bit of a bad trot then (and without Dunk and Stephens who are probably their two best players) playing sides they always seem to struggle against (Brentford inexplicably lolled them out of town the Amex earlier in the season) so I'd treat those two games as outliers rather than the norm. They were very much 'back to their best' against Barnsley and Reading (probably the performance of the season). Their best being defensive solidity and ruthlessness/efficiency in attack. Not sure either side will be fully prepared to lose to win tonight so I can see it ending in a draw, which maybe suits both, and maybe suits neither.

Adamski
28-02-2017, 04:44 PM
I've just picked out some of the games, there's other stuff on as you can see here: http://www.live-footballontv.com

19:45 unless stated.

TUESDAY
Aston Villa v Bristol City
Blackburn Rovers v Derby County
Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United - SS1

Juventus v Napoli (Coppa Italia Semi-Final 1st Leg) - SS4

WEDNESDAY
Man City v Huddersfield Town (FA Cup 5th Round Replay) - BBC1

Inverness CT v Celtic - SS1
Luton Town v Oxford United (EFL Trophy Semi-Final) - SS1
Lazio v Roma (Coppa Italia Semi-Final 1st Leg) - SS4

THURSDAY
Sevilla v Athletic Bilbao - 20:30 SS5

Any Juventus game is a bit of a snore so I'll avoid that tonight. I'll also avoid going to the Rangers game tomorrow so I'll be all over Lazio vs Roma as I really enjoyed Inter vs Roma on Sunday night.

A quite damning indictment that a team consisting of Szczczczczceney, Salah, Vermaelen, Dzeko & Fazio can be comfortably in second place.

Reg
28-02-2017, 05:04 PM
Yeah I think I'll watch Roma as well, although it doesn't look like the second leg is on TV which would be a shame.


They're a bit of a one-man-team with Knockaert as well.
We look to him in the build up a lot, but we have four players on double figures so it's not like if he doesn't score we don't win.

niko_cee
28-02-2017, 05:42 PM
Knockaert has taken them from being play-off contenders to title contenders, but he's not a one man show.

His dad dying has done wonders for team unity/spirit though.

Jimmy Floyd
28-02-2017, 06:41 PM
To me it looked more like it was a well structured team and Knockaert was more the icing on the cake - albeit there wasn't much other icing going around.

Weaver
28-02-2017, 07:13 PM
Gouffran up front for us tonight, with Perez, Murphy and Mitrovic all on the bench.

I'll take 0-0 now.

John
28-02-2017, 07:17 PM
I'll also avoid going to the Rangers game tomorrow

I'll be going, but I'll be popping into the newsagents beside Cardonald College to get some Buckfast at 2003 prices to make the whole thing bearable. This upcoming Old Firm could genuinely be a record scoreline.

niko_cee
28-02-2017, 08:03 PM
Nice one Bobby.

Samadini
28-02-2017, 08:27 PM
Finally non stop crosses into the box once we drop Mitrovic. Good work.

niko_cee
28-02-2017, 08:43 PM
Christ, Rob Lee doesn't look great.

Alan Shearer The 2nd
28-02-2017, 09:27 PM
That's the best worst goal I've seen in a long time.

-james-
28-02-2017, 09:27 PM
Not seen many worse third choice left backs than this Tomori chap.

mo
28-02-2017, 09:33 PM
Town winning 3-1 currently, on for back to back wins for the first time this season. We'll still get relegated, this is just the bit where they give us hope so that relegation is all the more crushing.

phonics
28-02-2017, 09:35 PM
Any coincidence between the wins and Sherwood being nowhere near the place?

niko_cee
28-02-2017, 09:38 PM
The battle of West London perplexity down Brighton's left has been, erm, interesting.

mo
28-02-2017, 09:38 PM
Any coincidence between the wins and Sherwood being nowhere near the place?

I'd say there is an extremely strong correlation. Performances improved since he 'stepped back' and we've two wins out of two since he' been banned. Just praying he fucks off completely now. Cunt.

(Sherwood, not you).

GS
28-02-2017, 10:35 PM
Rafa. :cool:

Shindig
28-02-2017, 10:40 PM
Didn't even know we were playing. :cool:

Offshore Toon
28-02-2017, 11:08 PM
All went as I had predicted, really. I was in the Newcastle end and it was fucking brilliant. No trouble at all and best away crowd by far this season.

Shindig
01-03-2017, 06:50 AM
Sky's highlights really show us up, mind. Two more big matches to come.

Jimmy Floyd
01-03-2017, 08:33 AM
Fikayo Tomori is a sort of bustling right back who gets up and down on that side and as far as I know doesn't have a left foot, not sure why anyone thought putting him left back was a good idea.

Jimmy Floyd
01-03-2017, 11:44 AM
Rocket Roy in talks for the Leicester job :drool:

What a man.

Spammer
01-03-2017, 11:58 AM
Scunthorpe and Bolton have fucked up their games in hand so it looked like THE MIGHTY BLADES are on course to smash the league :cool:. Back in the Championship next season.

Fucking bosh. Looking forward to being the dominant force in Sheffield again :drool:

Jimmy Floyd
01-03-2017, 12:01 PM
I think you'll find the Cod Army are coming to get you.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 12:10 PM
Someone on my Facebook has been banging on to anyone who will listen that Pogba is easily in the top 3 midfielders in the Premier League.

I'm of the opinion that whether he's even in the top 3 midfielders at Manchester United is up for debate, what say you?

Lewis
01-03-2017, 12:32 PM
You're a div, lad.

Reg
01-03-2017, 12:34 PM
Hughton reacted too late with his subs. The game was slipping away long before they scored and we could have done with probably an extra midfielder or at least some fresh legs up front. Far from a disaster though with Newcastle's run coming up.


Fikayo Tomori is a sort of bustling right back who gets up and down on that side and as far as I know doesn't have a left foot, not sure why anyone thought putting him left back was a good idea.
Out of necessity. Bong, Rosenior and now Pocognoli have been injured, so he was next up. He can play both sides apparently, but it was clear he didn't want to dribble with his left. I thought he did quite well defensively after his first 10 minutes.

Reg
01-03-2017, 12:36 PM
Someone on my Facebook has been banging on to anyone who will listen that Pogba is easily in the top 3 midfielders in the Premier League.

I'm of the opinion that whether he's even in the top 3 midfielders at Manchester United is up for debate, what say you?
He isn't in the elite class yet. Never controls a game. When United play well so does he, but he's never the one to decide if it's their day or not.

Spammer
01-03-2017, 12:37 PM
I think you'll find the Cod Army are coming to get you.

They're definitely on the radar and they did us over at Bramall Lane a few weeks ago. I wasn't at the match but it's been noticed by a few people they're looking decent recently, and that they probably would be the ones to catch us if anyone does.

I hope they come up with us. Fleetwood in the Championship would be wonderful.

Offshore Toon
01-03-2017, 12:45 PM
Sky's highlights really show us up, mind. Two more big matches to come.
The first half highlights don't reflect the game at all. We were dominant. Brighton came out much better in the second half and probably started off dominant, but the tides turned again.

I'd forgotten about Gouffran's 1-on-1. It was clear from early on he wasn't going to do anything up top.

Kikó
01-03-2017, 12:46 PM
He isn't in the elite class yet. Never controls a game. When United play well so does he, but he's never the one to decide if it's their day or not.

He definitely is. But he's still inconsistent.

Jimmy Floyd
01-03-2017, 12:47 PM
The top 3 midfielders in the Premier League are Pogba, Kanté and Sulley Muntari.

Lewis
01-03-2017, 12:57 PM
Teams tend to have a designated game controller these days (Michael Carrick), so assessing Paulp Ogba on that is pretty out-dated. Frank Lampard never controlled a game in his life, but he was good for twenty goals/assists a season, so nobody thought to suggest he should be doing.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 01:00 PM
I think thats pretty key, Pogba isn't overtly great at anything so he's easy to dismiss in these conversations.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 01:02 PM
Of the top of my head I'm having Kante, Cazorla, Carrick, Gundogan and Fabregas as better than him.

Come at me bro's.

phonics
01-03-2017, 01:02 PM
I've ended up watching a few United games recently and you can tell every opposition player is terrified of him. Some Arsenal players get gripped up a bit to throw them off but when it comes to Pogba, some have both arms round his chest and he shrugs them off, controls the ball perfectly to allow him to move forward with the ball.

He'll stop hitting the post soon and everyone will talk about Pogba having ARRIVED despite not having changed his game a jot in 6 months.

Reg
01-03-2017, 01:03 PM
In my opinion if he's playing as one of a midfield three he should help control a game more than he does. Because he's not a great goalscorer, or a great defender. And he doesn't tend to have a huge influence on the game when it isn't going his team's way. Players I'd put in that elite level - Silva, De Bruyne, Sanchez etc - all do.

Jimmy Floyd
01-03-2017, 01:05 PM
Of the top of my head I'm having Kante, Cazorla, Carrick, Gundogan and Fabregas as better than him.

Come at me bro's.

Has Wonderwang even done anything in a City shirt yet? He may have done, I haven't watched much City this season.

Fabregas isn't better than Pogba.

niko_cee
01-03-2017, 01:12 PM
I think he had a good game and then his knee fell apart again.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 01:15 PM
Has Wonderwang even done anything in a City shirt yet? He may have done, I haven't watched much City this season.

Fabregas isn't better than Pogba.

3 goals in 10 appearances, MATE.

Yeah Fabregas maybe not, we can switch him for the hero that is Fernandonho :cool:

Kikó
01-03-2017, 02:09 PM
Carrick isn't better than Pogba either. His legs are pretty much Scholes'd out at this point.

I'd go with Phonics description. He plays the game uniquely and seems to just glide through games. He can be exceptional when he wants.

edit: And Gudungen can't be better as his knees are just fucked.

Jimmy Floyd
01-03-2017, 02:13 PM
Chelsea don't have anyone who 'controls' games either, aside from when we wheel Fabregas out and even he doesn't really. What we do have is the ludicrous ball winning monster that is Kanté, who makes anyone next to him look good.

Generally 'controlling a game' is football slang for being a slow player.

Reg
01-03-2017, 02:19 PM
Yet 90% of the best teams have someone who does just that?

Real - Modric, Kroos
Barca - Iniesta
Bayern - Alonso
PSG - Verratti
etc.

Jimmy Floyd
01-03-2017, 02:23 PM
In slow leagues, yeah.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 02:47 PM
Generally 'controlling a game' is football slang for being a slow player.

Where do you get this stuff :D

Lewis
01-03-2017, 02:49 PM
It's all a bit of a throw-back to 4-4-fucking-2, when you had an Engine Room rather than any sort of shape, and Roy Keane would win matches the day before simply by having more CHARACTER than the rest of the league combined. Carrick controls the game, Ander Herrera runs around and gets people booked, and Ogba phones it in until he can be arsed, at which point he either does something to take four opposition players out of the game or hits the bar from a mile away. The best comparison would be to how Juventus used to set up in the late-nineties (or France, or Madrid when they were good) to allow Zinedine Zidane to doss in and out of games.

Ian
01-03-2017, 05:49 PM
On the rationale of the more rabid mid-00s Liverpool fan Pogba's hit the woodwork often enough this year for United to be considered top on moral grounds.

randomlegend
01-03-2017, 07:56 PM
Defending was atrocious from City for that goal.

One of the nice things about Mourinho is he actually values having defenders who can defend and a goalkeeper who can save shots, unlike 'Pep' and his ilk.

Giggles
01-03-2017, 07:58 PM
Pogba has been rubbish, before you even consider the fee.

randomlegend
01-03-2017, 08:01 PM
No he hasn't.

randomlegend
01-03-2017, 08:06 PM
Huddersfield are going to get absolutely bummed here, once a goal goes in for City.

CJay
01-03-2017, 08:21 PM
Some of Huddersfield's players must have money on when the first penalty would be awarded. They've been trying their best for the last 10 minutes.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 08:28 PM
No he hasn't.

He's not been great by any measure.

CJay
01-03-2017, 08:35 PM
He's not been great by any measure.

Lol.

http://i.imgur.com/qV1wtTD.png

Lewis
01-03-2017, 08:36 PM
Who do a Championship club think they are putting a shit string out for a game like this? German idiot.

Giggles
01-03-2017, 08:40 PM
There's not really much point as it's a competition where it's either win or nothing, and they're not winning it regardless.

Offshore Toon
01-03-2017, 08:42 PM
They're playing us at the weekend and they have a game in hand, so all going well they could be within 2 points of us.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 08:50 PM
Lol.

http://i.imgur.com/qV1wtTD.png

You reckon he's had a better season than Kante?

CJay
01-03-2017, 08:56 PM
You reckon he's had a better season than Kante?

Not necessarily, but it looks like he has been pretty great by most measures. I think he's done very well this season.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 09:00 PM
Not necessarily, but it looks like he has been pretty great by most measures. I think he's done very well this season.

Really? He has 4 goals and 3 assists. Dele Alli has 12 goals and 2 assists. Matt Phillips has 4 goals and 8 assists. Joe Allen has 6 and 2. That's not pretty great at all.

He's very indisciplined, positionally naive and relies on being bigger and stronger than everyone to try to play himself out of trouble. It's embarrassing how ridiculous he looks playing in a midfield 2, for £100m you should be able to slot seamlessly into 2-3 positions minimum on the park. He can play barely half of one.

Lewis
01-03-2017, 09:03 PM
Which three positions do you think he should be able to excel in?

Giggles
01-03-2017, 09:06 PM
For that money, any of them. As opposed to getting a slightly better Moussaka Sissoko.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 09:10 PM
Which three positions do you think he should be able to excel in?

The three central midfield positions would be a start.

Lewis
01-03-2017, 09:17 PM
What are those, DCM, CM, and AMC? No room for specialisation in this world.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 09:18 PM
The point is the price versus return and the fact he can play one of those positions and only in a very specific set of circumstances.

randomlegend
01-03-2017, 09:29 PM
Does that make 'Zlatan' crap because he isn't good on the wing?

Adamski
01-03-2017, 09:29 PM
Zlatan was free mate so shut the fuck up.

randomlegend
01-03-2017, 09:33 PM
Kante as an AMC (since you've been wanking on about him)?

Lewis
01-03-2017, 09:37 PM
The original point was whether he is in the top three Premier League midfielders. Why is his transfer fee relevant to that? Similarly, Carrick can only perform in one position in a particular set of circumstances, and you were happy to have his name in the frame.

randomlegend
01-03-2017, 09:40 PM
I guess the logic is if Kante can play one position well and cost £30m, then Pogba should either be three times as good in one position or just as good in three.

Solid argument.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 09:42 PM
Kante as an AMC (since you've been wanking on about him)?

Why are you focusing on the 2-3 positions point but ignoring everything else? I said "...for the money" so there is no comparison.

That size of fee is always relevant I think Lewis. Especially when there are players who play that position better for a fifth of the fee.

For that money you're expecting the best player in the entire world or at very very least someone with the potential to be. He's very much neither.

Max Power
01-03-2017, 09:44 PM
The always entertaining Las Palmas winning at the Bernabeu and Gareth Bale has been sent off.

Lewis
01-03-2017, 09:44 PM
Forget this. lol at Sergio Aguero not speaking English after six years here. Tip rat.

Adamski
01-03-2017, 09:48 PM
The always entertaining Las Palmas winning at the Bernabeu and Gareth Bale has been sent off.

3-1 now! Shocker.

Max Power
01-03-2017, 09:48 PM
3-1 to Vinny Samways' Barmy Army now.

Hilarious goalkeeping from Navas

Lewis
01-03-2017, 09:51 PM
Luis Binmanque is quitting at the end of the year as well. If Big Sam has a relegation release clause. :drool:

Adamski
02-03-2017, 07:07 AM
I'll be going, but I'll be popping into the newsagents beside Cardonald College to get some Buckfast at 2003 prices to make the whole thing bearable. This upcoming Old Firm could genuinely be a record scoreline.

Certainly wasn't boring anyway!

Jimmy Floyd
02-03-2017, 08:39 AM
Poggers was simply the most famous star, and probably best player, they could get in that position at that time. The transfer fee is irrelevant. United have unlimited funds so they just pay whatever the market rate is and probably make a lot of it back just by sticking him on the side of noodle boxes.

Mazuuurk
02-03-2017, 12:52 PM
Does that make 'Zlatan' crap because he isn't good on the wing?

The fuck you know about that? If Zlatan wanted to go on the wing and be good on the wing, then Zlatan would be good on the wing.
If Zlatan would want the wing to move into the middle to suit his style, the wing would move. It's Zlatan.

Lewis
02-03-2017, 03:57 PM
Juventus used him there for half of the 2005/06 season, and his BOTTLER reputation is (was) largely down to how useless he was.

Reg
02-03-2017, 04:16 PM
Barcelona shifted him to the wing as well.

How do you remember seasons like that, Lewis? For Juventus as well, not even United.

Lewis
02-03-2017, 04:25 PM
Back then I used to watch loads more than I do now. That Juventus team made 'LvG' United look exciting.

Reg
02-03-2017, 04:35 PM
I meant the dates by the way. I can remember teams and players but I'd have to look back or watch one of those Premier League Seasons or whatever to know how which year it was or how other teams coincided.

Lewis
02-03-2017, 04:38 PM
I normally would, but if you remember Juventus getting relegated (for CHEATING, Vim) after that season you can place it all easier.

Jimmy Floyd
02-03-2017, 04:39 PM
I'm amazing at dates until about 2004, but after that it all fades into one big load of meh. Who the fuck knows when 2008 was.

Lewis
02-03-2017, 04:45 PM
It would be good to re-live that Fabio Capello season at Madrid, when he fell out with everybody and won the worst title ever, under current 24/7 coverage and meaningless hot-take rules (not to mention the OUTRAGE culture, having fat-shamed Ronaldo).

Lewis
02-03-2017, 04:49 PM
Woah, Antonio Cassano is a free agent. If football was still good he would come over, score eight goals to keep Crystal Palace up, be crap for three months, and then force a move to Parma.

Adamski
02-03-2017, 05:04 PM
I'm amazing at dates until about 2004, but after that it all fades into one big load of meh. Who the fuck knows when 2008 was.

It really does, anything from around 2002 to current season - 2 is lost on me.

Mellberg
02-03-2017, 07:10 PM
Just put that theory to the test by writing down the league winners for the 90s and 00s. 10/10 on the 90s. 3/10 in the 00s, and that was only down to catching the back end of the two consecutive title runs.

There's something in this :sherlock:

Jimmy Floyd
02-03-2017, 07:12 PM
I'm far better on putting years to stuff that happened before I was born than I am at recent things. It's because history is remote and categorisable, whereas recent years are part of the ever-dissolving mass of lived experience. 1998, once, was all I'd known, so 1998 things stuck.

I'd guess at Adamski being a handful of years older than me (28) so his 2002 date makes sense to my 2004 as well.

Giggles
02-03-2017, 07:19 PM
Only ones I can properly recall are Arsenal 1989, Leeds 1992, Utd 1993, Utd 1999, and then the last two.

I know Blackburn, City, Chelsea, and Arsenal are in there too but fuck knows when. I'd hazard a guess at Blackburn 1994 and the Arsenal invincible team being 2001.

Reg
02-03-2017, 07:34 PM
Arsenal 2001
United won the PL and CL in 07/08
Blackburn 94
Chelsea first Mou title 2005?

None of those are completely sure...

Giggles
02-03-2017, 07:37 PM
Yeah Chelsea 2005 sounds right.

Pen
02-03-2017, 07:38 PM
Blackburn is '95 I think.

Pen
02-03-2017, 07:45 PM
The first ten or so Prem winners are not that hard if you're a United fan as they won the first two then finished second, then two again and second, then three in a row and third. Then it breaks down and you have Arsenal's unbeaten season before Chelsea. After that the years are hard to put in order, but again, if you remember the United titles you're already over half way done.

Adamski
02-03-2017, 07:59 PM
I'm far better on putting years to stuff that happened before I was born than I am at recent things. It's because history is remote and categorisable, whereas recent years are part of the ever-dissolving mass of lived experience. 1998, once, was all I'd known, so 1998 things stuck.

I'd guess at Adamski being a handful of years older than me (28) so his 2002 date makes sense to my 2004 as well.

31 and spot on with the first paragraph, that's exactly it. Why am I wikipedia'ing things I grew up with?

Lewis
02-03-2017, 08:53 PM
I have to double-check certain things, but not knowing who won the league/Champions' League in years you watched is dementia territory.

Jimmy Floyd
02-03-2017, 09:03 PM
1995 Blackburn
1996 United - Keegan crash season?
1997 United again, dully
1998 Arsenal double
1999 United treble
2000 United dully
2001 United very dully, iirc
2002 Arsenal double
2003 United pikey edition
2004 Arsenal invincibles
2005 Chelsea
2006 Chelsea
2007 United pikey
2008 United Ronaldo
2009 must have been United but I have literally no memory of how
2010 Chelsea 100 goals
2011 must have been United, but no recollection
2012 City?
2013 United, Ferguson's last
2014 City, presumably
2015 Chelsea
2016 Leicester

That's my watching lifetime. Definitely gets fuzzier more recently.

Adamski
02-03-2017, 09:03 PM
I have to double-check certain things, but not knowing who won the league/Champions' League in years you watched is dementia territory.

I suppose it's easier when it's the one thing you have to do that day.

Adamski
02-03-2017, 09:07 PM
1995 Blackburn
1996 United - Keegan crash season?
1997 United again, dully
1998 Arsenal double
1999 United treble
2000 United dully
2001 United very dully, iirc
2002 Arsenal double
2003 United pikey edition
2004 Arsenal invincibles
2005 Chelsea
2006 Chelsea
2007 United pikey
2008 United Ronaldo
2009 must have been United but I have literally no memory of how
2010 Chelsea 100 goals
2011 must have been United, but no recollection
2012 City?
2013 United, Ferguson's last
2014 City, presumably
2015 Chelsea
2016 Leicester

That's my watching lifetime. Definitely gets fuzzier more recently.

I wouldn't have got 07, 08, and I would have said City won 11 and 12.

Lewis
02-03-2017, 09:10 PM
It's not difficult to remember things you were around for, or to remember things you have since read about them.

Reg
02-03-2017, 09:10 PM
Great demonstration of Jim's United hate there. :D

Jimmy Floyd
02-03-2017, 09:13 PM
Great demonstration of Jim's United hate there. :D

Have they ever won an exciting title race? I suppose 99 was alright. My childhood and teenage years were just full of United processions and glory fans.

Adamski
02-03-2017, 09:15 PM
What was Tevez Rooney Ronaldo? 09?

Jimmy Floyd
02-03-2017, 09:18 PM
Ronaldo's silly year I'm pretty sure was 07/08 because that was the year we had Avram Grant, culminating in Moscow.

The 2009 and 2011 United title sides also lost finals to Barcelona in the same years, I think, and you're looking at Anderson, Evra, Fletcher et al but I can't remember anything from either of those league campaigns.

Mazuuurk
02-03-2017, 09:35 PM
Is anyone watching Athletic? Torres looked completely fucked then :|

Players looked quite distraught. Hope he'll be OK.

Reg
02-03-2017, 09:39 PM
Have they ever won an exciting title race? I suppose 99 was alright. My childhood and teenage years were just full of United processions and glory fans.
98/99

and I think possibly all the seasons where Arsenal/United were the two contenders were exciting, whichever way the title went. They produced the best series of head to head matches in the PL that I've watched.

Waffdon
02-03-2017, 09:49 PM
That video of Torres landing on his head looked fucking horrific.

Baz
02-03-2017, 09:51 PM
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Mazuuurk
02-03-2017, 09:52 PM
Yeah when you saw the reaction of the players after as well it really seemed serious. Some of them were crying I think. Gimenez was like walking around and wouldn't look, but then did, but then wouldn't, etc.

Some cunts (ultras apparently) in the Deportivo crowd started doing som chant but was at least promptly booed by the rest of the stadium.

Giggles
02-03-2017, 09:55 PM
Was he knocked out or what?

Waffdon
02-03-2017, 09:56 PM
Eh. Players reacted fairly quick to stop him swallowing his tongue.

Giggles
02-03-2017, 09:58 PM
Eh. Players reacted fairly quick to stop him swallowing his tongue.

I only seen the short gif in the tweet above.

Mazuuurk
02-03-2017, 10:01 PM
Well Twitter seems to suggest he's alive at least.

Magic
02-03-2017, 10:01 PM
Yeah when you saw the reaction of the players after as well it really seemed serious. Some of them were crying I think. Gimenez was like walking around and wouldn't look, but then did, but then wouldn't, etc.

Some cunts (ultras apparently) in the Deportivo crowd started doing som chant but was at least promptly booed by the rest of the stadium.

:D

Fukk me we need a good trench war to sort this shite out.

Jimmy Floyd
02-03-2017, 10:06 PM
'Ultras' must be the most moronic bunch of timewasters in western society.

Mazuuurk
02-03-2017, 10:10 PM
Meanwhile, Sevilla - Bilbao is really entertaining to watch. I've kind of started appreciating La Liga a bit again. Barca and Real are still boring as fuck, but the rest of the top 10 when they play is quite fun. It's like noone plays with a midfield in this league, yet they only seem to field midfielders.

Anyway, Bilbao goal would be good since I have cash on BTTS but that won't happen :moop:

Ian
03-03-2017, 07:06 AM
United won it on the last day of the season when Chelsea flubbed it against Bolton I think.


98/99

and I think possibly all the seasons where Arsenal/United were the two contenders were exciting, whichever way the title went. They produced the best series of head to head matches in the PL that I've watched.

Hadn't United practically won in it halfway through in 2001 ahead of Arsenal?

John Arne
03-03-2017, 07:26 AM
Now that we know Torres is fine... look at the state of the 3rd guy who comes on to help. He runs like my 4 year old niece - giving it the old windmill.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNnExy7jrpg]

igor_balis
03-03-2017, 06:07 PM
I can remember what happened throughout seasons I was paying attention to West Brom, especially when I had a season ticket. Rest melts together though, and I'm not even sure who won the prem in the last 5 seasons or so. I don't feel a great sense of less about it, either.

Giggles
03-03-2017, 07:43 PM
The BIG DUBLIN DERBY is on tonight. It's been muck so far though and the pitch is in shite.

Magic
03-03-2017, 09:17 PM
Trolling the shit out of Brum tonight.