Midweek Football Thread

[phonics]

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[Kikó]

Jose will bounce back with another pumping. Lukaku hat trick fact.

Clement's boys to get a result as well.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think we'll break the age old record of United's 9-0 win over Ipswich tonight, and break it easily. Fifteen nil to Chelsea.

[phonics]

Pardew came out earlier to discuss the team and sorry igor, your boys are getting pumped.

No Barry, Chadli, Matt Phillips or James Morrison.

[Baz]

Pardew came out earlier to discuss the team and sorry igor, your boys are getting pumped.

No Barry, Chadli, Matt Phillips or James Morrison.Hopefully. And with Firmino given a big rest at the weekend, he’ll be primed and ready for action. He’ll score at least four.

[Shindig]

We're not getting anything from an Allardyce side at the minute.

[Giggles]

Any on d'telly?

[Reg]

Chelsea tonight and Arsenal tomorrow, both BT.

I love watching Hazard, such a fun player.

[Waffdon]

Indeed. What a player. His backheels are ridiculous :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jimmy should take on this Ampadu haircut.

[Reg]

The Club World Cup gets so little coverage doesn't it? Nobody has bought the TV rights here, as far as I can tell. Real Madrid are playing a side from Dubai tomorrow. They've got a break from the league and then come back to play Barcelona a couple days before Christmas. I can see that going badly.

[niko_cee]

If they want it taken in any way seriously it should be in the (European) off-season.

No one is going to give a flying fuck when football that actually 'matters' (purely in comparative terms) is on.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's such a lovely header.

[Giggles]

Burnley :cool:

[John Arne]

4 of the top 5 from the North West /regionalpride

[Byron]

A part of me would love to see Burnley in Europe, however that would mean listening to Gravel Throat talking about 'how we can't compete in the same market as Napoli'

[Jimmy Floyd]

If they want it taken in any way seriously it should be in the (European) off-season.

No one is going to give a flying fuck when football that actually 'matters' (purely in comparative terms) is on.

It should be a July 12-team affair in odd years. Last couple of winners from each continent and a few bonus teams.

11-2-4 is an OK record for us, keep that coming and we'll end on 78, that was only 3 points behind Leicester a couple of years back. With this Russian bint in charge we'll probably end up selling Hazard in January though.

[phonics]

Jose Mourinho reached new levels of paranoia on Tuesday when he accused a BBC reporter who had the temerity to ask a question of being sent by another club.

The Manchester United manager was baffled at the suggestion that either him or his club should face charges for the tunnel fracas that marked the end of Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester City.


“Punish who?” Mourinho asked. “Why? I think you work for another club…and not for the press.”


Mourinho then flounced out of the press conference, incensed that he had been forced to answer questions about the brawl rather than Wednesday’s opponents Bournemouth.
He stopped at the door and said: “You don’t like Bournemouth, hey? You don’t respect them? You don’t think they are a team capable of coming to Old Trafford and doing well? No respect for Eddie Howe? No respect for the players?”

lol

[Jimmy Floyd]

To be fair to him, I can't think of anything more pointless or boring than the continued obsession with the 'tunnel fracas' in question.

[John Arne]

Agreed. It’s the press conference specifically for the Bournemouth game, and journo’s just keep asking the same questions that they know he won’t, or cannot, truthfully answer.

Related, the amount of press conferences EPL managers have to do is crazy. Especially given that hardly anything interesting is actually ever said.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Conte's are so bad they're good. 'We must try to play good football. It is important to win.'

[Lewis]

Looking back it's pretty ace how Alex Ferguson got away with doing it all on his terms. Even when they changed the rules specifically to force him to speak to the BBC he just got the club to pay his fines.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think the all time worst press conferences were those ones when Ian 'Olly' Holloway used to just get people to ask him about the issue of the day, even though it had nothing to do with his team.

'Oi'm glad you asked me about that...'

[Reg]

Ian Holloway actually genuinely enjoys football and is there in any job pretty much as a fan, which seems to help him resist getting dragged down into the melodrama and deranged bias.

[Lewis]

'And that's the real quiz! That was the real quiz!'

[Giggles]

I see RTÉ are showing the world club games. Where is it this year? They seem to be at reasonable hours.

[-james-]

Real Madrid are 2-0 down to Al Jazira in the Club World Cup. :cab:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Tanking? Actually nah, no one tanks against Henk ten Cate.

[Giggles]

Real Madrid are 2-0 down to Al Jazira in the Club World Cup. :cab:


Ah right, so it's not live then as they're only 1-0 down here. Strange to take up TV time at this time of the evening for a delayed game in a middle of the road competition.


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[Jimmy Floyd]

It is only 1-0.

[Giggles]

It is only 1-0.

Actually yeah it was just James talking shite as it's just went 1-1.

[-james-]

I posted that after they got their second, got done by VAR about a minute later. Two vs one and the silly man managed to run offside.

[-james-]

About to be the worst game I've ever been involved in in terms of betting. Karim Benzema has missed about five sitters. Rot.

[Samadini]

Down a cunt on Jaz 300/1

[-james-]

Down a cunt on Jaz 300/1

:help:

[Giggles]

You'd want to have a bet on, or be Reg, to watch that muck.

[randomlegend]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQ8sUwvXcAA56FO.jpg

[Lewis]

RIP Ander Herrera.

[randomlegend]

I have loved him the past few seasons, but he's not really good enough to be honest.

[Lewis]

His best stuff has always come as part of a three, where you can just shithouse around a small area of the pitch without having to contribute much else, but playing in a two is a bit beyond his otherwise limited skill set. He would be much better off in a PRESSING team really.

[Reg]

You'd want to have a bet on, or be Reg, to watch that muck.
I'm pretty certain you watch more football than me. I usually watch two matches a weekend.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That Arsenal defence looks absolutely rancid.

[SvN]

We're being outplayed at the moment. Lucky to be level still.

[randomlegend]

Martial :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

My stream died just before the goal :(

[Lewis]

Streams seem to be getting shitter by the week. Has Richard Scudamore got an army of Indians taking them down?

[SvN]

I've been thinking the same for the past couple of months. There used to be loads to choose from.

[Dark Soldier]

Still rocking a smooth 720p Acestream, never had an issue.

https://i.gyazo.com/6f601c7a5188c4468e07955d29ebe350.png

:pards:

[randomlegend]

Yeah acestreams are by far the best.

[Waffdon]

Lukaku is going to score two more and cost me £120. The nonce.

[randomlegend]

Luke Shaw looks like he's an actual professional footballer again, which is nice.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Claude Puel on the beers tonight, sounds like an absolutely epic roasting. Mister Pellegrino is crap.

[randomlegend]

Oh lordy...

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) displays great tekkers inside the box leading to a fantastic goal, leaving the goalkeeper stranded.

The automated live text generators seem to have been hacked by Tim Lovejoy.

[Giggles]

The automated live text generators seem to have been hacked by Tim Lovejoy.

He's more likely to be writing about knitting and how to make a nice bread and butter pudding these days.

[Lewis]

David Moyes holding Arsenal as well. They couldn't even beat his United the useless cunts.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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Fucking hell.

[Lewis]

I can't tell whether or not Scott McTominay is any good. He isn't shit, and I would definitely back him being 'tidy' enough to have a decade-long Premiership career, but beyond that I genuinely have no idea.

[SvN]

He's basically Cleverley's regen.

[Shindig]

We're in potential yo-yo territory for the first time since the 80s.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's basically Cleverley's regen.

I was thinking Jonathan Greening.

Pardew, Moyes and Allardyce doing the business tonight, Hodgson last night, what a week for washed-up British dinosaurs.

[SvN]

Shit performance, but good result for us. But at least we didn't draw at home with Pardew's boys. LOL at Liverpool.

[SvN]

Oh, and I hope the Everton fans that were moaning about Allardyce are feeling like even bigger dickheads than they actually are right now.

[Giggles]

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[Mike]

Paid off for us resting against Everton eh.

[Gray Fox]

It seems teams may be getting wise to our, give it to Salah, tactic.

Everyone seemed sluggish especially considering recent rotation.

[mugbull]

Lmao it's been a depressing league season and yet we're still in fourth. Pool and Arsenal are perennial jokes at this point.

[Max Power]

Puel flicking the Vs at the directors box and knee sliding down the touchline a bit excessive but don't blame him, great result and performance.

Shinji Okazaki is my favourite footballer ever.

[Baz]

Points between Liverpool and Man City - 18

Points between Liverpool and Crystal Palace - 17




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[McAvennie]

Lmao it's been a depressing league season and yet we're still in fourth. Pool and Arsenal are perennial jokes at this point.

Surely if they are perennial jokes then it's not at this point but every year?

[John Arne]

Lmao it's been a depressing league season and yet we're still in fourth. Pool and Arsenal are perennial jokes at this point.


Lmao it's been a depressing league season and yet we're still in fifth. Spurs and Arsenal are perennial jokes at this point.


Lmao it's been a depressing league season and yet we're still 1pt off fourth. Pool and Spurs are perennial jokes at this point.

[niko_cee]

Look you two, if anyone knows anything about being a perennial joke, is good old 'Mokkers'.

[Baz]

How long before Donnarumma signs for Liverpool then? Fingers crossed.

Even if we also have to sign his “parasite brother.” :harold:

[Kikó]

United would actually be having a good season if it wasn't for city's ridiculousness.

[Jimmy Floyd]

United are having a good season. So are Chelsea. Sometimes you can be a good football team, do well, and not win the league.

[SvN]

I think you'll find that United and Jose are a TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT.

[Jimmy Floyd]

What will be interesting (in the relative sense of the word) is what will happen once the sheer futility of United's league plight becomes apparent, will Mourinho bin it and focus on the CL. He'll probably be desperate to win the FA Cup as well.

[Lewis]

I think you'll find that United and Jose are a TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT.

It's hard not to get a little bit Arsenal/Liverpool when you read all the stuff about United. The fans seem pretty content with everything (other than calling certain players shit), but the media would have you believe it is coming apart at the seams. The geezer took on a worse side than 'Pep', has spent less money, and has had less of it available for most of the season. Just calm down.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Manchester United and CRISIS are the two biggest selling things in football media, so they'll take any slim opportunity to combine the two.

[Lewis]

Plucky little Jose Mourinho and his out-spent, injury-hit battlers.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think they should buy Griezmann, Mbappe, Draxler, Nainggolan, Fabinho, Laporte and Renato Sanches in January, and sell Jones, Fellaini, Mkhitaryan, Smalling, Blind and Carrick.

[SvN]

If redcafe was a TTH poster.

[mugbull]

I was just speaking to the air. All 3 are pretty much the same team with the same seasonal trajectory. It's all a joke. No good manager will change that for any of them

[Spoonsky]

It's only been a depressing league season for Spurs by their very recently heightened standards, no?

[John Arne]

Shots fired.

[Giggles]

Especially when it's a tinfoil hatter talking about heightened standards :D

[Spoonsky]

Wasn't even meaning to fire a shot, it just seems notable to me that Spurs have risen so quickly in the past five-ish years that being fourth in the Premier League would now count as 'depressing' for them.

[mugbull]

It's not a depressing season at all, league form was never gonna keep up. We're tearing up buttholes in the CL though which is dope

[John Arne]

He's on the ropes, Spoon.....

[Shindig]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42341749

Missed this. We need this settled before January. I can't bear to see Mike not spend over the window.

[Samadini]

It needs to happen really. It's not like other seasons where decent players have stropped and underperformed, it's just one of the worst squads in the league losing to better sides each week. Lord knows who is available in January, but at least it's a World Cup year, so there might be some semi decent, semi motivated players wanting a move.

[Lewis]

Without wanting to look at points per game and all that wank, Tottenham were obviously going to slide down the table (and start thinking about Arsenal and Liverpool again) once Manchester got its act together.

[Giggles]

I'd missed this earlier in the week until I heard it on Second Captains yesterday. Tinfoil hat as fuck.

https://www.balls.ie/football/richard-keys-diver-city-379582



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL0SqvpxWXw

[McAvennie]

Further proof, as if it was needed, that Keys is a twat

[Disco]

...managed to keep himself relevant in the UK media since flocking to a state...


'Flocked' there on his own did he?

[Giggles]

'Flocked' there on his own did he?

If you knew the muldoons writing that site you'd just be glad they spelled flocked right.

[Jimmy Floyd]

'Muldoons' :D

Clever girl.

[Disco]

It's the kind of word I don't even need to know to understand it's meaning exactly.

[Giggles]

It's the kind of word I don't even need to know to understand it's meaning exactly.

That's what you're dealing with.

[Giggles]

'Muldoons' :D

Clever girl.

That's what Dubs call country folk here. Especially if they're from the west. Or wesht as it's better known.

Well, they're culchies (kul-cheese (whithout so much emphasis on the ee in cheese), which is all country folk) unless especially thick. Then it's muldoons.

Double brackets muthafucka.



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