[FOOTY] Weekend Fixtures ft. Liverpool v Chelsea & 1st vs 2nd in Spain (24-27 Nov)

[Reg]

http://www.live-footballontv.com for more.

FRIDAY
West Ham 20:00 Leicester City - Sky

Dundee 19:45 Rangers - BT

SATURDAY
Man United 15:00 Brighton
Crystal Palace 15:00 Stoke City
Tottenham 15:00 West Brom
Swansea City 15:00 Bournemouth
Newcastle 15:00 Watford
Liverpool 17:30 Chelsea - BT

Barnsley 12:30 Leeds United - Sky
Sheffield United 17:30 Birmingham City - Sky
B. Monchengladbach 17:30 Bayern Munich - BT
Cagliari 19:45 Inter - BT
Levante 19:45 Atletico Madrid - Sky

SUNDAY
Southampton 13:30 Everton - Sky
Burnley 14:00 Arsenal
Huddersfield 16:00 Man City - Sky

AC Milan 14:00 Torino - BT
Genoa 14:00 Roma - BT
Motherwell 15:00 Celtic - BT (League Cup Final)
Lazio 17:00 Fiorentina - BT
Villarreal 17:30 Sevilla - Sky
Juventus 19:45 Crotone - BT
Valencia 19:45 Barcelona - Sky
Monaco 20:00 PSG - BT

MONDAY
QPR 19:45 Brentford - Sky

[John Arne]

Marouane Fellaini suing New Balance for £2m over ‘defective’ boots

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/24/marouane-fellaini-suing-new-balance-boots-manchester-united

I mean, if you don't like the boots, change boot supplier... I don't see the point in repeatedly wearing them and then suing them :/

[phonics]

He'l be paid to wear them.

[John Arne]

He'l be paid to wear them.

Yeah, I get that. But when your a pro, and it's effecting how you play - surely you get your agent to find a way to end the contract, rather than going back and forward over 6 months or so. Maybe he just really loved the NB logo.

[phonics]

And maybe he couldn't find a way out of the contract without getting sued himself?

[John Arne]

If he couldn't get out of a contract despite NB providing such shoody gear - perhaps he needs a new lawyer.

[niko_cee]

I'd always assumed the boots were just branded to the appropriate sponsor (although I guess that is harder in the day of modern boot colours) rather than it being a particular boot available to the public, in the same way as cricket bat sponsors have nothing to do with making the bats, even if they are bat makers, by and large. That probably doesn't make a whole heap of sense.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Conte the latest foreign manager chump to moan about scheduling I see. This isn't the third world mate, we don't move games around to make life easier for our corrupt friends at the big clubs.

Dyche for all the jobs.

[Magic]

I'd love to see that AIDS ridden cunt Moyes take Wet Sham down.

[Lewis]

The Dildo Brothers would get desperate and sack him before he took them down, but he should probably just give up (or the next best thing - take a job with a nobody Scotch team) if this explodes in his face.

[niko_cee]

He could take up the Bodgers mantle (and fuck it up) when someone thinks he's worth taking a punt on again (probably not Barcelona).

[Magic]

Fantastic result that. Got tickets for next Friday as well. Bring it on.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Megson already dominating the league.

[Offshore Toon]

3pm streams have been a nightmare this season.

[Shindig]

I would like a rich idiot board in before January, please.

[Lewis]

This is like an 'LvG' performance. Everybody except World Clashley Young and Paulp Ogba is crap.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Silva is surely going to end up with the next big job that becomes available.

[John Arne]

Malaga player booked for this....

https://gyazo.com/7c4c2d04204a7ecfb03fc3e9616380ac.gif

And Malaga have a perfectly good goal disallowed for a "push", the Real players barely even appealed for it.

[Lewis]

You don't get much bigger than Everton and West Ham. Massive clubs.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He would be good at Chelsea actually when Conte and his hairpiece finally flounce off.

[-james-]

Dortmund have had a hell of an afternoon

[Lewis]

He could do with an intermediate step up (probably someone like Everton actually) before rolling up at Chelsea and falling foul of the arseholes and having his career set back a decade.

[-james-]

https://i.imgur.com/1vXrlYS.png


https://i.imgur.com/24Oi8MM.png

[Giggles]

Oh God yes please.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/1125/922775-oneill-favourite-to-take-over-at-everton/

[Jimmy Floyd]

I once won a massive lay of 1.01 (on rain affected cricket), it's truly the greatest feeling and the opposite is presumably the worst.

Conte going Drinkwater instead of Fabregas, this geezer knows what he's doing.

[phonics]

I don't understand James picture.

[Giggles]

The score bit is ok but the addict part is lost on me.

[-james-]

It's Dortmund's price to win over time on Betfair. £77000 was bet at odds of 1/100 (to win £770) when they were leading. People have taken those bets on, and as Jimmy says, are probably feeling alright this evening.

[Magic]

Inter top of Serie A as it stands. :drool:

Lol @ AC. Their owner dodgy as fuck.

[Giggles]

Inter top of Serie A as it stands. :drool:

Lol @ AC. Their owner dodgy as fuck.

Is that the lad that used to be president?

[niko_cee]

Willian.

:D

What a chancer.

[Disco]

Is that the lad that used to be president?

You'll like this, they're both owned by the Chinese.

[Giggles]

Great bunch of lads.

[Giggles]

Salah not celebrating, what a self important twat :D

How many games did he even play for Chelsea? I'd say they forgot he was even there.

[John Arne]

Salah not celebrating, what a self important twat :D

How many games did he even play for Chelsea? I'd say they forgot he was even there.

More likely to do with 300 of his countrymen being killed the day before.

[Shindig]

We need to collect all these quotes from Giggles now. The Armistice Day one, this one, etc ...

[Magic]

You'll like this, they're both owned by the Chinese.

Have you read the background of the AC guy though? :D

[Giggles]

More likely to do with 300 of his countrymen being killed the day before.

I doubt a multi millionaire footballer would be all that worried. More about helping his brand.

[Waffdon]

Lovely goal from Southampton. Tadic done brilliantly.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a great shot.

[Baz]

Blue nose in laws turned up just as Tadic scored. :drool:

Shame about the equaliser (he woke the baby up) but hopefully Southampton can see them off.

[Spoonsky]

I doubt a multi millionaire footballer would be all that worried. More about helping his brand.

I met an Egyptian here whose youth football team ran into him at Heathrow when he was playing for Chelsea. He said he was really nice and actually shy, and that he took the whole team out to lunch the next day.

[Giggles]

We need to collect all these quotes from Giggles now. The Armistice Day one, this one, etc ...

What's Armistice Day?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Unsworth might be the worst manager to ever take the reigns in the Premiership.

[niko_cee]

Everton might just have what it takes to go down this year. They've looked awful whenever I've seen them.

[Giggles]

They need O'Neill :nodd:

[Mike]

They need O'Neill :nodd:

He's an awful bitter little man. He'd fit them perfectly. :huhu:

[Baz]

Hahaha what an afternoon. :lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'd do a better job than David Unsworth, and I'd probably reduce the canteen bill as well.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:harold:

[Giggles]

He's an awful bitter little man. He'd fit them perfectly. :huhu:

I still think it must be the media playing a joke on us. There couldn't be any possible way Everton would want him, he's spent.

[Kikó]

Give Rooney the job.

[Magic]

Ref was apparently appalling in the cup final. VAR will be such a huge help to the very poorly trained SFA refs.

[niko_cee]

Give Rooney the job.

This would be amazing.

[Pen]

Neto pulled a brilliant Roy Carroll in the Barca game. Ball was at least a foot or two in.

[Reg]

Was hoping Valencia scored on the break while all the Barcelona players were shouting at the linesman.

[Pen]

That would have been great and Zaza really should have done better there.

[niko_cee]

How are the Gary Neville failure XI + Zaza (of all people) doing so well in Spain this year?

Valverde has definite binman qualities. Could definitely see Barcelona going to bits at some point in the season.

[Reg]

How are the Gary Neville failure XI + Zaza (of all people) doing so well in Spain this year?
Their team has changed quite a bit to be fair. I've seen them a couple times and they look really disciplined, and attack with real speed.

I liked Rodrigo's celebration. It was apparently a tribute, which explains a ballboy/staff member carrying around a giant orange wig ready in case.

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[mugbull]

How are the Gary Neville failure XI + Zaza (of all people) doing so well in Spain this year?

Valverde has definite binman qualities. Could definitely see Barcelona going to bits at some point in the season.

They've had the best start to the season of any team in the history of Spanish football. I'm sure you could see a lot of things.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42095164

BBC did a piece about it which isn't too bad.

Basically Marcelino is a don.

[phonics]

Montella sacked.

Gattuso in.

[-james-]

Any word on whether Montella has been sacked at Milan? If so, any news on who is taking over?

[Weaver]

I’ve heard that Montella has been sacked, and Gattuso is taking over, on at least two occasions this morning.

[Giggles]

Don't leave us hanging phonics and fill us in on what's happening in Milan.

[phonics]

More posts over a mistaken double post then the post itself. Nice.

Meanwhile Sean Dyche continues to cry.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPoHGYaW0AA8Nk3.jpg:large

So what you're saying Sean is that, despite you moaning about it for 2 days now, it was a penalty?

[Lewis]

Everton are in talks with Big Sam. :drool:

[Lewis]

Actually wait that guarantees their survival. Shit.

[Giggles]

:(

[Pleb]

He'll go on a 5 game unbeaten streak only for the Daily Mail or The Sun to give him the sack soon afterwards.

[niko_cee]

The BBC sport front page pic of him is classic, although it's not there when you click through and it doesn't seem to have a link.

[Baz]

The BBC sport front page pic of him is classic, although it's not there when you click through and it doesn't seem to have a link.https://i.imgur.com/UoxNy3R.png

[Raoul Duke]

Everton are in talks with Big Sam. :drool:

Think of him winding up Klopp though :drool:

[Kikó]

This is probably the biggest club he's going to get now and he could get them into Europa. He might actually be good enough to find the dying embers of Wayne Rooney's talent.

Rooney, by the way, was reportedly building a bar in his house to stop him going out and getting rat arsed. What a pro.

[Lewis]

I've never understood why some people have bars in their houses. It's the least comfortable bit of any pub, and he can sit wherever he wants in his house.

[Disco]

I couldn't possibly make a drink using the table and cupboards I already own.

[Giggles]

The bar is the only place to sit in the pub. Though I notice fuck all of them I've been in over there even have stools.

[Boydy]

Kluivert junior is pretty good.

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The touch to control that long ball for the third goal. :drool:

[Lewis]

How does anything get done in Holland when they all speak ('speak') that? It's like that Al Murray bit about Russia being held back by not having a working alphabet.

[Boydy]

Is that tweet not showing or is my phone just playing up?

[Magic]

He was amazing last year. Keep up.

[John]

He was amazing last year. Keep up.

He scored more at the weekend than he did last season. It's fair to say he's stepped up a bit.

[Weaver]

There’s a bit on The Sun today, called ‘FURY as Andy Townsend calls Eni Aluko ‘love’ on the radio’:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5014517/andy-townsend-eni-aluko-5live-love/

Should he be locked away into the Tactics Truck forever for it, or is this another overreaction from the fumers?

[Magic]

He scored more at the weekend than he did last season. It's fair to say he's stepped up a bit.

Is he still on the wing or upfront?

[niko_cee]

Those goals looked to be from the (left) wing.

[-james-]

Sky are showing another fucking Manchester United game tonight instead of the first Premier League meeting between Brighton and Palace.

How thick can you be?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Thick enough to put accountants in charge.

[-james-]

Brighton's televised game quota has to be met at some point.

They showed the Palace game and they're showing Bournemouth at home, presumably billing both as "derbies" while fans of none of the sides view them as such.

[Reg]

Do you mean they showed the Southampton game? We've been on four times already which seems quite a lot, but it is a little strange to not show the Palace game considering they chose the others.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They literally won't know that Brighton-Palace is a derby. Probably got some public school nonce in charge who would rather be watching Harlequins.

[Disco]

They literally won't know that Brighton-Palace is a derby. Probably got some public school nonce in charge who would rather be watching Harlequins.

Quite right.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Quins are a bunch of sad acts. The Tottenham of rugby. I used to like Wasps before they moved to some other part of the British Empire.

[Lewis]

Brighton vs Palace sounds like the most pointless rivalry in the world, and one that only exists because nobody cares about either club. It's like when nobody sides in the Greater Manchester area get all worked up about United, except in this case it is actually reciprocated.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Graham Greene derby. It's no more pointless than something like Leeds/Man Utd.

[Lewis]

That is more than likely completely one-sided for anyone under fifty as well.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My old man still considers Chelsea's main rivals to be Leeds (and by extension, any other northern team, who are just henchmen of Norman Hunter and his 70s Dirty Leeds pals). It's a great way of looking at football.

Last night QPR v Brentford was on, I commented on what a shit game it was and he said 'At least they're not showing northern football as usual'.