[FOOTBALL] Weekend Football 2-4 October (Taz Special - Everton vs Liverpool)

[Mazuuurk]

Just saw the Mourinho post match interview :cab:

[The Merse]

The delusion is wonderful

[Yevrah]

Just saw the result, it did look like they dominated the game from the stats.

Which is why stats in football are generally horsewank.

[Giggles]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqrCBgpUxl8

[Yevrah]

The first 40 seconds are so good, then he shits all over it.

[QE Harold Flair]

That Lens finish. :drool:

He showed great focus. Certainly one for the cameras.

[Lewis]

It makes you realise how Ferguson even made an art of being bitter and chippy. He never shat the bed in thirty years, yet he nobbled every referee.

[Ian]

He showed great focus. Certainly one for the cameras.

A flash of brilliance.

[Yevrah]

It makes you realise how Ferguson even made an art of being bitter and chippy. He never shat the bed in thirty years, yet he nobbled every referee.

It's a shame he didn't win enough to be regarded as the best manager ever, as he probably is.

[Lewis]

Probably yeah.

[QE Harold Flair]

It makes you realise how Ferguson even made an art of being bitter and chippy. He never shat the bed in thirty years, yet he nobbled every referee.

I can't find the clip but I distinctly recall Ferguson losing his cool and saying Wenger (from Japan!) should keep his mouth shut, firmly shut.

[Yevrah]

I can't find the clip but I distinctly recall Ferguson losing his cool and saying Wenger (from Japan!) should keep his mouth shut, firmly shut.

You might remember that, and it may well be true, but he donned the fuck out of Wenger time and time again, so it doesn't mean much.

[QE Harold Flair]

Well he was in charge of a better team for the vast majority of the time, so yeah. But in terms of the off the field stuff, not really.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ferguson basically ran the British game certainly from the mid 90s until he retired, and it's striking the sort of differences that there are now that he is gone. Not as many managerial posts for his ex-players, not as many helpful loan deals, teams go to Old Trafford and play, there's not even a pretence that managers have any say in transfer dealings...

[Jimmy Floyd]

That interview is bloody classic. Why would you not want a lunatic like that in charge? He's hilarious. Football is about entertainment.

[QE Harold Flair]

Make your mind up, I'm pretty sure you said it was about winning things when confronted by Mourinho parking the bus.

[Yevrah]

Well he was in charge of a better team for the vast majority of the time, so yeah. But in terms of the off the field stuff, not really.

You genuinely think Wenger can hold a candle to Fergie?

[QE Harold Flair]

You genuinely think Wenger can hold a candle to Fergie?

Yes, I do. Ferguson was blessed with a whole team which eminated from an unsurpassed youth academy (and when they all fucked off it wasn't so easy for him). Prior to our stadium move, he very much 'held a candle to him' despite United being the biggest club in the world and us being nowhere near it. I'm not saying Wenger was better but I'm not having Ferguson paraded as some genius. He was a motivator above all else.

[Yevrah]

Being a motivator (and he was without a doubt the best motivator ever) doesn't invalidate his achievements, it's just a reason for them.

10 years ago I'd have said it was close between the two, but what Wenger's presided over over the last 10 years makes it a chasm. And it's got very little to do with the stadium. Wenger's just bought badly and managed them badly. At least compared to his lofty standards before.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Who was that idiot who made the 'realistic Arsenal database' again? Because you're basically her.

[Lewis]

The youth academy that he developed, filled with players he personally signed... When exactly did it start becoming difficult for him as well? When David Beckham left? When Gary Neville retired?

[Yevrah]

Who was that idiot who made the 'realistic Arsenal database' again? Because you're basically her.

Indeed. I know it's hard for the Arsenal fathful to cope with, but Wenger just isn't that good. There's been no evidence of it for 10 years for fuck's sake.

[Lewis]

The fact 'LvG' (say what you want, he's widely-respected and has medals) has had to spend three-hundred million quid clearing a load of shit out tells you how good Ferguson was. He won the title with that load of shit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm a Wenger fan but to compare him to Ferguson is absolutely laughable. No one man in British football history comes close to Ferguson.

[QE Harold Flair]

Who was that idiot who made the 'realistic Arsenal database' again? Because you're basically her.

What have I said that isn't true?

[Lewis]

Come to think of it, there is an argument that Ferguson achieved more at Aberdeen than Wenger has at Arsenal.

[QE Harold Flair]

The youth academy that he developed, filled with players he personally signed... When exactly did it start becoming difficult for him as well? When David Beckham left? When Gary Neville retired?

That was a freak group, though. He never got anywhere near that again.

[Yevrah]

Wenger was great, there's no doubt about that, but he isn't any more and hasn't been for some time.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That was a freak group, though. He never got anywhere near that again.

This isn't a good look, Harold. Your argument is basically 'Ferguson did really well, but because he did really well, his achievements were lesser'.

[7om]

It's a pretty good monologue, that, but not exactly groundbreaking. The vast majority of managers would have had a pop at the referee when there was a potential penalty decision at 1-1. Although there were a couple of seconds out of the seven minutes when he did look a little tapped. He had the Nigel Pearson eyes a few times.

[QE Harold Flair]

This isn't a good look, Harold. Your argument is basically 'Ferguson did really well, but because he did really well, his achievements were lesser'.

I've never said his achievements are lesser. He is the best manager there's been in this country but things were all in place. So perhaps it's overstated a bit. I've got more time for the likes of Clough, personally - taking tin pot teams to the very top.

[Yevrah]

I've never said his achievments are lesser. He is the best manager there's been in this country but things were all in place. So perhaps it's overstated a bit.

How were things all in place? He took over a basket case that hadn't won the league in what, 25 years?

[QE Harold Flair]

It's a pretty good monologue, that, but not exactly groundbreaking. The vast majority of managers would have had a pop at the referee when there was a potential penalty decision at 1-1. Although there were a couple of seconds out of the seven minutes when he did look a little tapped. He had the Nigel Pearson eyes a few times.

Yes, if that wasn't accompaniede by the fact he had 2 much clearer penalties against his own team not given, allied to his insinuations that there's a conspiracy against his team.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He spent the period 1986-1991 or so actually putting them into place. The story I always remember is the first game against Oxford and the bus driver having a seat on the bench.

[QE Harold Flair]

How were things all in place? He took over a basket case that hadn't won the league in what, 25 years?

United were pretty much the biggest club in the world ever since that plane crash. They were awash with money - they just had shit managers for ages, and then there's the freak youth lot which I've already covered.

[Yevrah]

United were pretty much the biggest club in the world ever since that plane crash. They were awash with money - they just had shit managers for ages, and then there's the freak youth lot which I've already covered.

You're nuts.

Liverpool were a far far far bigger club than Utd when he took over.

[Jimmy Floyd]

United were pretty much the biggest club in the world ever since that plane crash. They were awash with money - they just had shit managers for ages, and then there's the freak youth lot which I've already covered.

Marble halls much?

[QE Harold Flair]

You're nuts.

Liverpool were a far far far bigger club than Utd when he took over.

They weren't. More successful at the time, but not bigger. There's a difference. Just like City are more successful now but will never be a bigger club.

[Yevrah]

Ok, I'm done with the foreplay.

Which managers in world football today are better than Wenger? Are there any?

[QE Harold Flair]

Yes, several. Wenger was a game changer in the way clubs did things. But he doesn't hold that advantage now. Gone are the days when we regularly got the best youth/unknowns and made them world stars.

[Lewis]

It was Wenger who walked into a tasty set-up. The back five was well-established, Dennis Bergkamp and Ian Wright were already there. He brought in Patrick Vieira, and then Marc Overmars and Emmanuel Petit, but spent more than United that season doing so. Buying success and living off other people. Shit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I forgot the part where he introduced Mediterranean cuisine to Britain.

Looking back, the moment when Wenger began to die was the moment Henry and Pires tried that 'training ground' penalty. The most self-indulgent thing ever attempted on a football pitch and it began the end of his spell at the top.

[Lewis]

So Wenger also failed to change with the times. I thought you were defending him?

[Yevrah]

I forgot the part where he introduced Mediterranean cuisine to Britain.

Looking back, the moment when Wenger began to die was the moment Henry and Pires tried that 'training ground' penalty. The most self-indulgent thing ever attempted on a football pitch and it began the end of his spell at the top.

That and the '50 not out' t-shirts were the death knell.

[QE Harold Flair]

I forgot the part where he introduced Mediterranean cuisine to Britain.

Looking back, the moment when Wenger began to die was the moment Henry and Pires tried that 'training ground' penalty. The most self-indulgent thing ever attempted on a football pitch and it began the end of his spell at the top.

Yea, that was it.

[QE Harold Flair]

So Wenger also failed to change with the times. I thought you were defending him?

I think you'll find everyone else is making that claim, not me.

[Mellberg]

Yes, I do. Ferguson was blessed with a whole team which eminated from an unsurpassed youth academy (and when they all fucked off it wasn't so easy for him). Prior to our stadium move, he very much 'held a candle to him' despite United being the biggest club in the world and us being nowhere near it. I'm not saying Wenger was better but I'm not having Ferguson paraded as some genius. He was a motivator above all else.

He won the Champions League after they left, bar Giggs and Scholes, who were both well on their way at that stage. It's far more than Wenger, and Arsenal, have ever managed.

[QE Harold Flair]

Well it's a good job I never said Wenger was better then, isn't it.

[niko_cee]

Who was that idiot who made the 'realistic Arsenal database' again? Because you're basically her.

Mantralux.

[Mike]

Happy Derby Day :D

[John]

The Kevin de Bruyne and Lens goals were absolutely brilliant.

What the fuck are MOTD up to doing a ten minute feature on a children's side playing on a park in Sunderland? They don't even have goal of the month on it anymore and they're finding time for that gubbins.

[Angelsaint]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqrCBgpUxl8This is the interview you criticize him? Well... He is basically right. Someone to find a lie on his words please.

[Giggles]

This is the interview you criticize him? Well... He is basically right. Someone to find a lie on his words please.

I just posted the video.

[John]

Good stuff from Tim Sherwood. He's used the non-word 'factsies'.

[Andy]

We where pretty good yesterday. Well worth the £50.

[Angelsaint]

I just posted the video.Most understand that from the fact I Quoted you...

[Dquincy]

This is the interview you criticize him? Well... He is basically right. Someone to find a lie on his words please.

You're missing the point massively, he's failed to note the two clear pens for Southampton way before his greivences. And he genuinely thinks Chelsea lost that game because of the ref....the bloke is deluded. Chelsea were awful and well beaten. I watched the match and it could have been a wider margin.

[Dquincy]

Indeed. I know it's hard for the Arsenal fathful to cope with, but Wenger just isn't that good. There's been no evidence of it for 10 years for fuck's sake.

Agree with this. I like Arsenal, but Wenger has had his time. The club is stagnant and needs a new direction.

For the money and size of the club, they have won very little in the last ten years.

[Multi]

Arsenal have just been reborn and will rise again like a glorious phoenix. League title this year or next.

Edit: When it happens I'll be back to post this pic again:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/Atasel/wenger1.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Atasel/media/wenger1.jpg.html)

[niko_cee]

De Bruyne shinned that volley. The commentator going on about him lifting it over the 'keeper. One of the goombas in the studio was one the case at least.

[Pen]

Even if that was the case, it still was a really nice goal. Probably even more so because of it. That Lens goal was still probably my pick of yesterdays goals though, I love lobbed finishes like that.

[Angelsaint]

You're missing the point massively, he's failed to note the two clear pens for Southampton way before his greivences. And he genuinely thinks Chelsea lost that game because of the ref....the bloke is deluded. Chelsea were awful and well beaten. I watched the match and it could have been a wider margin.

You completely missed his point,deliberately or not. He said the penalty at that particularly point was crucial. And he clearly states that he is talking about refereeing in general, not only in this game. Actually not only refereeing, the Gabriel getting no suspension and Diego 3 would be shameful for the most corrupt African FA.

[niko_cee]

Oh, it was a fine goal, I just objected to the MotD guy claiming he'd deliberately tried to lift it over the 'keeper.

[niko_cee]

Jesus, how did Greer miss that?

[Ian]

De Bruyne shinned that volley. The commentator going on about him lifting it over the 'keeper. One of the goombas in the studio was one the case at least.

Yeah, the bit where he'd apparently intentionally applied top-spin, with his shin, to have it travel in that precise arc. It's a pity that NARRATIVE and BEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD have stopped half the commentators and pundits commenting on what they can actually see.


They don't even have goal of the month on it anymore

This still annoys me, I barely see GOTM any more. Fuck Match of the Day 2.

[Davgooner]

Another discussion about Wenger? You boring fucks.

[Andy]

Lets all talk about Sadio Mane and Graziano Pelle instead. Dons.

[Yevrah]

I hope this afternoon's SUPER SUNDAY isn't the turgid pile of shite it promises to be.

[Reg]

Everton/Liverpool is set up to be really good, I think.

Arsenal/United could well be boring though. United have actually been playing some good football recently though, seem to be moving away from the snorefest philosophy a bit.

Not sure about the Madrid derby. Depends how negatively Benitez sets them up, and even more-so on how scrappy it is.

[Baz]

Today's gonna be top. Two amazing games await, really.

Walcott and Deulofeu to run riot.

[randomlegend]

http://i.imgur.com/ipjivKv.png?1

That's such a great picture/headline combination.

:D

[Davgooner]

I hope this afternoon's SUPER SUNDAY isn't the turgid pile of shite it promises to be.

I really don't see anything turgid in our game. Do you think we're going to shut up shop? It's got all the makings of a complete shambles on our part.

[Yevrah]

Arsenal and Man Utd haven't shared a properly good game for ages.

[Gray Fox]

All out Shitfest Sunday about to begin. I fear for us, I really do.

Though the rumours are Rodgers is gone with a defeat, so it's win-win really.

[Waffdon]

Bayern/Dortmund and the Madrid derby if you fancy it. PSG/Marseille to round the night off.

No John Stones. :( Could a right few goals in this - hopefully Everton don't do a Hibs/DUndee again

[Davgooner]

Arsenal and Man Utd haven't shared a properly good game for ages.

You after a 4-4?

[QE Harold Flair]

No Koscielny is quite scary.

[Pen]

Arsenal and Man Utd haven't shared a properly good game for ages.

I was going to say that the 8-2 wasn't that long ago, but it seems it was four years ago. Not feeling confident at all even though United are in better form of the two and haven't lost to Arsenal at the Emirates since 2011.

[Davgooner]

If Ramsey lines up on the right again then I'm going to have to drink myself into a coma to get through the game.

[Yevrah]

You after a 4-4?

Nope, just something better than the normal cautious shitfests.

[Pen]

Apparently Advocaat has walked out.

(Heard it on the stream I'm watching)

[Pen]

And regarding that we should probably all pile up on Sunderland against Newcastle in a few weeks as this is like the fourth time in the past few seasons where they have sacked/lost their manager few weeks prior to facing Newcastle and they've won every time.

[Ian]

Yep, they've said it on the Sky coverage too. Just throw all their managerial money at Allardyce for the season if nothing else.

[Davgooner]

Nope, just something better than the normal cautious shitfests.

You're confusing being shit was being cautious, certainly on our part.

[Pen]

My stream is actually the Sky one as well it seems.

[Reg]

Coutinho has barely touched the ball. I'd get him behind the strikers. Rodgers has gone a lot more defensive since people have started wondering if he's pants.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Goodison Seethe is going at full volume nice and early.

[Davgooner]

It never actually dies down. Even in open play there's always a low-level seethe that can be heard.

[Waffdon]

Cracking game. Naismith NAP to score.

[Reg]

I can't work out what they're so bothered about most of the time. They aren't happy with anything. It's like 50% of the crowd are permanently booing quietly, and the others join in whenever they're not verbally abusing whoever's got the ball.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It never actually dies down. Even in open play there's always a low-level seethe that can be heard.

I don't get it. At other grounds, if your own player clatters someone late there's a sort of groan and a fuck's sake. At Goodison it's a FAAAAAAAUUUUUUAAAAAAA!!!!!!! aimed at the referee.

[John]

Liverpool appear to have deployed a ringer in goal.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Emre Can :harold:

What a mong he is.

[Ian]

Lol at near-handbags over that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Barkley is lucky that Can didn't pull a knife out of his pocket.

[Reg]

As if Can holding the ball should have started all that. What a load of wallies.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Zonal marking prevails again.

[Davgooner]

Quality marking.

Sakho doing his best to increase the seethe during the celebration there.

[Waffdon]

Clueless without Stones' leadership.

[CJay]

About time we scored from a corner.

[Yevrah]

What defending that was.

[Gray Fox]

I didn't know you were allowed to score from a corner. I thought it was a free short pass to increase your pass completion percentage.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why is Emre Can a professional player?

[John]

Top stuff from Emre Can.

[Yevrah]

Ooof.

More quality defending mind.

[Waffdon]

Deulofeu is a proper winger :drool:

[Baz]

Sakho doing his best to increase the seethe during the celebration there.:D

Would like to see a number of touches comparison between Coutinho and Delofeu. I'd be surprised if either had more than five.

[Serj]

Can is actually quite good, just not as a central defender.

[Boydy]

To be fair to Can, he's a midfielder. I don't know why they keep playing him in defence.

[Baz]

Can'll end up getting sent off today.

[Luke Emia]

I like Can but he isn't a centre half. Emergency situations maybe. But, Rodgers isn't having it though.

[Luke Emia]

I know we are pretty shit at the back but Lukaku is like kryptonite to our centre halves. Like a more expensive Dwight Gayle.

[John Arne]

Sturridge the shrugger just standing around moajing at everybody else.

[Adamski]

Surprised to see the amount of people backing Everton in this game.

[Dquincy]

You completely missed his point,deliberately or not. He said the penalty at that particularly point was crucial. And he clearly states that he is talking about refereeing in general, not only in this game. Actually not only refereeing, the Gabriel getting no suspension and Diego 3 would be shameful for the most corrupt African FA.

Haha, love it. Listen to the reporter's question and then Jose's answer. The man has gone insane.

[John Arne]

Another wank performance from Milner.

[Boydy]

Coutinho's not done much today.

[Serj]

Milner's actually looked better here than Coutinho, I think. He's the only one providing runs from central midfield. Been quieter in the second half, though.

[Dquincy]

Another wank performance from Milner.

Steady, was just a misplaced pass.

[John Arne]

I'm talking abut the whole game. And I posted that before the shit pass.

[Reg]

Miner's played two class through balls, closed down more than anyone else and actually got on the ball and played. Whereas Coutinho has done zilch.

[Serj]

Sakho's mental tackles in the box. :cool:

[Dquincy]

Our (Liverpool) defensive play is really poor, isn't it.

It seems so....shit. Is it the players or the system?

[Gray Fox]

What the shit is bringing Ings off?

[Ian]

Our (Liverpool) defensive play is really poor, isn't it.

It seems so....shit. Is it the players or the system?

Bit of both.

[Davgooner]

Ramsey. :drink:

[Waffdon]

What a bottling shitcunt.

[Gray Fox]

Our hand hovering over the implosion button.

[Ian]

That's criminal from McCarthy. Hairdryer treatment for that even if nothing came of it for Liverpool.

[Serj]

Lucas, you fruitcake, stop trying to get sent off.

[Lewis]

World Clashley Young at right-back. :drool:

[Dquincy]

Can, our centre back, making a lovely driving run into Everton's box. :cab:

[Magic]

Dung at right back. :D

This could be a high scoring defensive shitfest with Koschy missing.

[Dquincy]

Who's Dung?

[Magic]

Also I bet Toby is finding all these goals and shit defending and non-boring games extremely boring.

[Ian]

Unless it's some sort of bizarre Philosophy masterplan I don't see why you'd have Young and Darmian the way round the BBC have them.

[Dquincy]

Sakho and Lukaku, that was just embarrassing.

[Reg]

What does Lennon offer? He seems to have lost his pace, doesn't move much, and just has quite a good touch. It's like McCarthy playing right wing - never going to do much.

[Lewis]

I'm seething that my first vbookie bet has flopped. Everton always lose the derby, so 'Brendan' has a lot to answer for.

[Danny]

Who's Dung?

I am guessing Young/Dung.

Thats probably funny to a Leeds fan.

[Dquincy]

I'm seething that my first vbookie bet has flopped. Everton always lose the derby, so 'Brendan' has a lot to answer for.

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/seethe

[Luke Emia]

Good 40 minutes followed by 50 minutes of turd. Looks like we are hoping on Spurs to sound the death knell. One win in nine.

[John Arne]

Unless it's some sort of bizarre Philosophy masterplan I don't see why you'd have Young and Darmian the way round the BBC have them.
It's just the BBC being lazy, as per.

[Gray Fox]

I'm seething that my first vbookie bet has flopped. Everton always lose the derby, so 'Brendan' has a lot to answer for.

Rodgers record v Everton.

P7 W1 D6 L0

[Lewis]

Exactly. Didn't David Moyes win one derby in forty years or something shite like that?

[Weaver]

Young replaced Valencia at RB during the week, IIRC, with Darmian staying at LB, so they mightn't necessarily be wrong.

[Danny]

https://www.facebook.com/www.JOE.co.uk/videos/561103487387055/?fref=nf

[Reg]

The BBC have it right, Young right side and Darmian left. That's how they played the second half in midweek.

[Gray Fox]

Everton have only won 3 derbies since 2000. Lewis

[Ian]

Ah, I only saw the goals midweek so I was unaware. Still doesn't make any fucking sense to me but then I don't have a philosophy so what do I know?

[Reg]

He's swapped it anyway. :D

[Adamski]

What do we think is the better front 4 out of these two teams?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

"There's no pressure for me. My worry is for the team and you have seen a response of how they feel. This is a team which has lost four of the real catalysts and there is a constant rebuilding going on here."

:harold:

[Gray Fox]

Very loud rumours today that Klopp has agreed a 3 year deal with Rodgers gone regardless of how we would have done today. To be announced today or tomorrow.

I don't believe it, but I don't know any more.

[Yevrah]

Nice goal that and a pleasantly surprising start.

[Yevrah]

Fucking hell.

[Ian]

Jesus wept.

[Danny]

Deserved goal for Arsenal there. United not at the races yet.

[randomlegend]

Lol...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oh how I love our defending.

[Serj]

What about that for a start. Great stuff from Arsenal.

[Danny]

Christ

[niko_cee]

:D

About time someone gave this absolute shower a good shafting.

Kiko's about to go on a killing spree on Holloway road.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:face:

Fucking hell.

[Magic]

:harold:

8-2?

[Ian]

Great first touch from Captain Hairline there.

[randomlegend]

Arsenal are going to get about 20 here.

[Lewis]

Let Arsenal tire themselves out. Philosophy.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Everyone on United please.

[randomlegend]

I can't believe we've got two 90 year olds in central midfield and Schneiderlin on the bench against this Arsenal team.

[Danny]

:harold:

8-2?

No. We won't get 2.

[Waffdon]

What was De Gea doing?

[niko_cee]

Aye, it did look a bit of a fuck up for that first one.

[Waffdon]

This is very funny.

[Yevrah]

Boom.

Let's see LvG sideways pass his way out of this one.

[Ian]

Well this is grim.

[Trancemeister]

Holy fuck

[niko_cee]

Lordy.

[randomlegend]

He was lucky that fell to him after Darmian's tackle, but that's a fucking stunning hit.

[Yevrah]

Oh and Wenger lives to fight another day and the cycle shall repeat again.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What the fuck?

[Waffdon]

It was so fucking obvious what he was doing. Nice to see someone attack this pathetic defence.

[Ian]

Boom.

Let's see LvG sideways pass his way out of this one.

United'll need to get the ball first.

[7om]

Sanchez is a fucking beast.

[niko_cee]

This really could be anything. Arsenal better not let up.

[Ian]

Marshall's work with the ball has been piss. Not that his team-mates are offering him much (or doing anything much better) but still.

[Dquincy]

What a start, and Man Utd's defending. :D

The greatest league in the world.

[Jimmy Floyd]

What is going on with those United shorts?

[Waffdon]

Eriksen's free kicks :)

[The Merse]

Rooney really is average these days isn't he?

[Cord]

Using a corner as an opportunity to send it back into your own half.

What a philosophy :drool:

[randomlegend]

What is going on with those United shorts?

I had a moan about them when they were first posted in the kit thread; they seriously are awful aren't they?

[Lewis]

Dive.

[Ian]

Hopefully Arsenal will declare at half time and let us have a go.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rooney really is average these days isn't he?

Average is being kind to him.

[The Merse]

Average is being kind to him.

He looks listless most of the time, he's always had ability, but without drive he's nothing. He's not good enough to drift in and out of matches.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

At least that Ramsay chance raises a smile.

[randomlegend]

Kane back to scoring :henn0rz:

[Waffdon]

That Kane own goal was rather special.

[Yevrah]

That shitty chip just sums him up these days.

[The Merse]

Harry Kane on the scoresheat again :lol:

Turning into a perfect day this.

[randomlegend]

Rooney :sick:

[Reg]

Was that Rooney trying to chip Cech? The man can pretty much touch his head on the crossbar.

If it was a cross it was even worse.

Gary Neville hates this midfield, he'll have half an hour dedicated to ripping United apart tomorrow night.

[Lewis]

United aren't crabbing it around aimlessly enough.

[Dquincy]

It's like this a training game :cab:

[Yevrah]

Quite like a good Gary Neville seethe. Only a shame he dropped the 'Man Utd don't do things like that' line.

[randomlegend]

He's got good reason to hate it. You'd get ripped to shreds playing that on Football Manager for fuck's sake.

[Dquincy]

At least that Ramsay chance raises a smile.

That Cech save raised a smile. He's bloody good.

[Boom-Boom]

Depay has been really poor this half. Constantly loosing the ball.

[randomlegend]

Rooney looked like he'd decided he wants to be a football player again for about 30 seconds then.

Cue him scoring an own goal.

[Lewis]

I'd like to see Valencia on for Mata to recycle possession more effectively.

[Dquincy]

Arsenal are getting sloppy here. It's not over yet.

[randomlegend]

I'd like to see Valencia on for Mata to recycle possession more effectively.

He's going to take Martial off for Fellaini isn't he...

[Ian]

Good control there, pity he couldn't just lift it a bit more.

Would be good to bundle one in before half time.

Though it'd lead to an unbearable half time and Arsenal waking up and twatting another three in after the half, no doubt.

[Ian]

And whoever it was who commented recently about United hating to pass to the man on the overlap has it right. Absolutely no interest in stretching the defence that way for some reason.

[Dquincy]

It was me.

[Danny]

And whoever it was who commented recently about United hating to pass to the man on the overlap has it right. Absolutely no interest in stretching the defence that way for some reason.

I am sure Harold has a screenshot of him saying it somewhere.

[Davgooner]

Another couple and I think we can win this.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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What an own goal that is.

[Waffdon]

Quality composure from Muller.

dunno why Reus is dropped.

[Ian]

Here comes Fellainimania. :drool:

[Ian]

Man, all it took was for United to be dead and buried (probably? :henn0rz:) for Rooney to look like a professional footballer again.

[Reg]

It's times like this when United must be glad they sold di Maria and kept an Everton target man whose feet might as well be balloons.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Juventus 1-0 down at home to Bologna. Are they just trying to make it more challenging for themselves?

[Waffdon]

Aubameyang scored in ten consecutive league games now. Geezer.

[Dquincy]

Why wasn't that Man Utd player booked for that foul on the edge of the box?

[Dquincy]

Ramsey isn't the confident chap from yester year is he.

[Ian]

It's times like this when United must be glad they sold di Maria and kept an Everton target man whose feet might as well be balloons.

Because Di Maria coming on and running into people is exactly what would rectify this situation.

[Ian]

Schweinsteiger spooning crosses in for NFEC Chris Smalling really is the stuff dreams are made of.

[Waffdon]

Another free kick from Eriksen. His are actually shots as well.

[Giggles]

Forgot this was on because of the NFL game. The own goal looked special.

[Reg]

Because Di Maria coming on and running into people is exactly what would rectify this situation.
I was thinking more scoring/assist, as he did as much as anyone bar Rooney, and as he is doing for PSG.

[SvN]

Di Maria was shit, didn't want to be here, and was rightly sold.

[Reg]

Shit but produced as many goals as anyone bar one player. :scratch:

[Ian]

Tyler is fucking desperate for United to score.


I was thinking more scoring/assist, as he did as much as anyone bar Rooney, and as he is doing for PSG.

Wasn't most of his statistical good work done in the first few months?

[Lewis]

United should never have sold Ronaldo. He would have scored four today.

[Reg]

Yep.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Stop clutching at straws Reg, your 'man of the match in a Champions League final' Dire Maria was a flop.

Suggesting anything else is lunacy at this stage.

[Toby]

produced as many goals as anyone bar one player.

Fairly sure that's the most contrived sentence I'm going to see today, and I've just come from catching up on the Werewolf thread.

[Shindig]

And so ends Dick Advocaat's last job in football.

[Reg]

Hey? It might not read very prettily but it's factually correct.

I personally don't think a player who manages such a thing should be considered a flop. But like you all, I'm kinda bored of the subject.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Rooney isn't offering United anything these days, especially on his wages. Surely he's got to go.

[Toby]

I'd watch yourself, Jimmy, or he'll end up as a Chelsea panic buy in January.

[Max Power]

"Lewandowski! More like Lewangoalski!!"

Actual words spoken by the BT sport commentator

[Jimmy Floyd]

Nothing like a good panic buy. What's Cafu up to these days?

[Benny]

What a save by Lloris.

[Lewis]

Swapping shirts after a league game. Fucking hell.

[Raoul Duke]

Bayern are elbows deep in Dortmund without any lube here.

[QE Harold Flair]

Wenger out

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dortmund's defending there was even worse than Man United's.