Weekend Football w/c: 17/08

[Pleb]

Saturday
12:30 - Cardiff City v Newcastle (Sky)
Everton v Southampton
Leicester City v Wolves
Tottenham v Fulham
West Ham v Bournemouth
17:30 - Chelsea v Arsenal (BT)

Sunday
13:30 - Burnley v Watford
13:30 - Man City v Huddersfield (Sky)
16:00 - Brighton v Man Utd (Sky)

Monday
Crystal Palace v Liverpool

[Shindig]

Are you fucking serious? Midday again. Yedlin's back in training but doesn't travel so that'll mean Manquillo's in. We could've held on to Lazaar for full-back cover but it appears we're sending him to Genoa.

EDIT: Not liking how this has started.

[John]

Why are you kicking off about it being an early start? If it was 3 you wouldn't be seeing it.

Everything about this game feels very Championship.

[Giggles]

I forgot they were in this. Even during the week when I was listening to an interview with Harry Arter about his move, I was assuming he was taking a drop down a division to get playing time.

[Shindig]

It's dumb but a 3:00pm kick-off gives me time to do some stuff in the morning, rather than rush shit before the match.

[Foe]

Newcastle have been shocking here and should really be down to 9.

This could easily be a championship game between two teams battling for the playoffs. Pretty poor all around. The Cardiff Murphy looks a bit tidy though, but that's probably because maquillo and subsequently haden are the poorest full backs he'll face all season.

[Shindig]

We should've fucking had that. :moop:

[Pleb]

What a borefest that was.

Hope both teams go down after that shitefest (sorry Shindig )

[Shindig]

We will, I'm sure of it. Cardiff are fucked. Warnock's set them up to be stubborn and they can't put them away. They got worse when we went down to 10.

[John]

Kenedy did well.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

0 passes completed in the first half, should have been sent off and had a penalty saved, lol.

[Shindig]

Atsu's probably in for the next match, like. At right back. :moop:

[igor_balis]

Love the championship.

[Giggles]

Eleven Sports are enforcing the 2-5pm UK blockage on TV soccer on us too because they're too lazy to have separate regions for their service. And the game they were supposed to start showing at 17:15 still hasn't come on. Amateurs.

[SincereTheRebel]

Ive never really looked at the chelsea manager Sarri before. He looks like he hangs outsides schools and watches the children go home. He looks crazy.

[Giggles]

Actually speaking of which, they're doing the free thing again this weekend so anyone wanting to see Cronaldo at Juve (it's on now) it's on their Facebook page.

[Magic]

So this arsenal actually worse lol

[SincereTheRebel]

So this arsenal actually worse lol

Lol if you thought it would be the better than worse

[Trancemeister]

Arsenal are getting raped playing that defence so high.

[phonics]

I've just seen us blaze one over from 10 yards out so I'm assuming Chelsea are about to score another.

[-james-]

Kante appears to now be playing no. 10 in addition to 6 and 8.

[John]

Kante appears to now be playing no. 10 in addition to 6 and 8.

It's madness. They could genuinely get by with seven men when he's like this.

[John]

Arsenal have been abysmally bad here yet they should have four.

[Magic]

Lol if you thought it would be the better than worse

We both wrong smh

[Trancemeister]

FFS Everytime they hit a low cross and someone is unmarked.

[-james-]

This is some game.

[phonics]

Aubameyang making an absolute mockery of xG out here.

[-james-]

Aubameyang making an absolute mockery of xG out here.

https://i.imgur.com/CnT07d5.png

[Shindig]

I might have to rethink our chances of relegation if Fulham and West Ham are starting as they mean to go on.

[John Arne]

Bellerin jogging back for Chelsea's second :/

[SincereTheRebel]

Giroud would have scored every single cross that was cut-back to the penalty spot. These Arsenal players are wild wasteful.

[John]

Guendouzi looks a proper player.

[phonics]

I thought the Sarri eats fags thing was a joke but he was definitely chewing on one there.

[Magic]

:henn0rz:

[SincereTheRebel]

I can't remember the last time I saw Ozil subbed off for a bad performance before 85 minutes.

[SincereTheRebel]

Guendouzi looks a proper player.

The midfield appears to be a PSG clone
Xhaka Motta
Torreira Verratti
Guendouzi Rabiot

[phonics]

Bellerin is so poor these days.

[SincereTheRebel]

Hazard really is a beast when he dribbles past players. It looks so graceful and easy.

[Raoul Duke]

Arsenal are absolute mince

[Spikey M]

West Ham and Arsenal :harold:

[Waffdon]

Man City have Sterling, Sane, Mahrez and Walker all on the bench and their team is still ridiculous. De Bruyne dead too.

[John]

The two point whatever million we paid Brighton for Conor Goldson is an outrageous bargain. He absolutely should be playing in the Premiership.

[-james-]

Good thing he is then.

[Trancemeister]

That assist from Ederson :eek:

[Waffdon]

Mendy is having the time of his life here.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

John Stones seems to always get beat like that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lovely.

[Pleb]

Woof.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

De Gea, Young, Bailly, Lindelöf, Shaw, Fred, Pereira, Pogba, Mata, Martial, Lukaku

[Max Power]

Man City will hit double figures in a game this season. Cardiff maybe. They’ve scored six and managed to miss a hatful of chances.

[Waffdon]

That’s a beautiful finish.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:face:

Fucking hell.

[Waffdon]

Hahahahahhaahha, amazing.

[Magic]

:lol:

[Pleb]

De Gea you twat.

[Mike]

I love Jose :wub:

[mo]

This thread is disappointingly quiet, I was looking forward to more Utd seethe at this point.

[Shindig]

Is this Jose's third season? That's when it always falls apart.

[Lewis]

Everything just looks so laboured. Was it last season or the season before (or both) that they covered the least ground of any team? People pass the ball and watch the play unfold.

[Pleb]

Is this Jose's third season? That's when it always falls apart.
#MourinhoOut

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We've been monumentally shit today.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fred :D

[Ian]

What a load of old shit.

[randomlegend]

Grim.

[Yevrah]

What's the level of acceptance that Mourinho's finished as a top top manager?

EDIT: It's the elephant in the room.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Despite the wank run ups his penalties are pretty damn good.

[Ian]

What's the level of acceptance that Mourinho's finished as a top top manager?

EDIT: It's the elephant in the room.

He was fairly obviously losing the plot at least by his second stint at Chelsea. I don't watch enough Spanish football to have been able to detect if he was clearly on the way at Real and it was just being masked by working for a club who are also nutters / had Ronaldo.

[mugbull]

Abject dread can only keep players under your thumb for so long

[Reg]

Yesterday. :cool: Will start marking down United at home as a guaranteed 3 points each season. Atmosphere was great. (Credit to their fans for the numbers and noise at the start.)

Hughton this season's trendy manager?

[SvN]

What's the level of acceptance that Mourinho's finished as a top top manager?

EDIT: It's the elephant in the room.

He's got this season. After that, I think I'll be close to agreeing with that.

[Lewis]

I would sack him now just to see what Zinedine Zidane does with Ashley Young.

[bruhnaldo]

Leave Ashley Alone!

[Lewis]

I would go for Antonio Conte if I had to make the decision now. He only seemed to fall out with Chelsea because of their bollocks signings, and at United he could piss all the money up the wall he wanted as long as it wasn't on thirty year olds.

[Baz]

Where can I bet on Zidane as the next United manager?

[Pleb]

SkyBet.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I would go for Antonio Conte if I had to make the decision now. He only seemed to fall out with Chelsea because of their bollocks signings, and at United he could piss all the money up the wall he wanted as long as it wasn't on thirty year olds.

He's even worse than Mourinho for that. You know what Italian managers are like.

[Kikó]

There is zero enjoyable about Manchester United Football club. A collective of cunts, parasites and freak shows.

[Reg]

Would you get rid of Mourinho, Kikó, or is that more in reference to the board etc?

[igor_balis]

Enjoying watching random premier league games a million times more now the Albion aren't in it. Sorta feels like Euro 2008.

[Pleb]

Palace
Hennessey
Wan-Bissaka
Tomkins
Sakho
van Aanholt
Townsend
Milivojevic
McArthur
Schlupp
Benteke
Zaha

Liverpool
Alisson
Alexander-Arnold
Gomez
van Dijk
Robertson
Keita
Wijnaldum
Milner
Salah
Roberto Firmino
Mané

:sherlock:

[Kikó]

Would you get rid of Mourinho, Kikó, or is that more in reference to the board etc?

Well the players are obviously not playing for him so we may as well end the experiment. The shit houses win again and get to have another stay of execution under a new manager. Zidane would be the type of Galactico, Ed will cream over and do everything he can to get. And likely fail (unless he's actually interested).

The club is rotten and it all boils to Fergie falling out over coolmore and the horses. Ultimately the owners are only interested in lining their pockets and keeping the money rolling in. Chinless wonder Woodward is all about improving the revenue and thinking he's a football genius. Insecure cowardly prick.

The players make zero effort which isn't just coaching, it's actual pride in doing your job. I can see why mourinho wanted to keep fellani as he actually tries (despite his limitations). Constantly bottom of sprint stats and km run in each fixture. Don't create chances, don't have the ability to pass.

The only consolation with Zidane if that happened was the players would want to play for him. But it's not going to happen so welcome Carrick for the rest of the season.

[igor_balis]

neville and carragher arguing is a bit done now

[phonics]

Constantly bottom of sprint stats and km run in each fixture.

You can't sum up a teams issues in one statistic but, United covered the least distance as a team last year after averaging 106km per game. This can be explained if you take into account a deep lying team with a compact shape making sure everyone has to cover less space until you look at the Brighton game, 97km covered. Teams that have a man sent off in the first half regularly beat that...

To put in perspective the average stat I lead with, 6 teams beat Uniteds total distance covered after 22 games.

[Waffdon]

That would have been the best goal ever. Liverpool’s left hand side is too good.

[John]

Wan Bissaka looks absolutely brilliant for a young defender.

[Boydy]

Really liking Keita already.

Right thread this time but then he just fucking gave it away outside the box.

[igor_balis]

Poundland Robben nearly scored a beaut there.

[igor_balis]

He'll probably end up scoring 4 now, but I feel like Salah is trying a bit too hard. Like watching Ronaldo on one of his off-days (which is still really good, obviously).

[Baz]

Milner is the most important player. He’s tireless, everywhere and speaks to everyone. I love him.

van Dijk comes close I guess.

[Baz]

Told ya.

[igor_balis]

how's there any debate on that, blatant foul

[Waffdon]

Bentekkers has went to shit ever since Zimidy left us. RIP x

[Boydy]

Think that red card was probably a bit harsh.

[Baz]

Can’t be doing with the constant Allez Allez Allez nowadays.

[igor_balis]

Was gonna say bielsa FC have looked shit but they've somehow equalised.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I saw QPR's hilariously bad start and went to check who their manager now is. Snorted up half my cup of tea when the name came up.

[Pleb]

-11 goal difference?

Need to throw the kitchen sink.

[John]

They've conceded more this season than his England team did in his whole tenure.

[Kikó]

Mclaren for England?

[bruhnaldo]

Can’t be doing with the constant Allez Allez Allez nowadays.

Orlando City now does this chant and of course it's one of the fan favorites. I hate it so much.

[Shindig]

I saw QPR's hilariously bad start and went to check who their manager now is. Snorted up half my cup of tea when the name came up.

I'm amazed he keeps getting work. Never should've left Holland. Even when Twente fans wanted his head, they were 5th. A very real victim of his own success.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Can’t be doing with the constant Allez Allez Allez nowadays.

Like all modern chants, it is overdone and sung ridiculously too fast. They need to slow it right down and do it once during a match.

[Waffdon]

Wolves/City game has been brilliant.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Big Willy :cool:

Made all the better that it was handballed.

[Waffdon]

Incredible cross and a lovely hand of God finish

[Boydy]

Willy Boly? How is that surname pronounced? Please tell me it's "ball-y".

[Disco]

It's "ball-y".

[Boydy]

:D

Brilliant.

[Waffdon]

Get Traore on to run circles round these. Surely he has somewhat of an end product these days.

[-james-]

He's still be at Barcelona if that were the case.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Balls.

[Waffdon]

Wolves need a decent striker.

[Magic]

Fucking hell we're incredible.

[niko_cee]

Good to see that pink dressing room is working out for Norwich.

[Max Power]

Slabhead rifling in 25 yarders now :cool:

[Shindig]

Looks like Cardiff are really banking on 30 0-0 draws.

[John]

That's a lovely finish.

[Giggles]

Hounding big Mick out is looking like a top top top decision.

[The Merse]

Good day in the North Bank today, that Welbz goal paid my ticket back. Making a commitment to get to one game a month until my season ticket comes up on the waiting list.

Good to get a win on the board under Emery, and there were pleasing moments and a couple of good performances, but areas of concern remain. Cech should never be letting in that opener, and I can only think he’s starting due to Leno being rusty with his English at the moment, but given the two centre halves both sprechen de deutsch, I’m not sure why that’s such an issue.

Mustafi was as solid as I’ve seen him, which was heartening, and in general he and Sokratis did well, but the midfield and full backs continued to give West Ham too much space to burst forward 20 yards at a time. Looked a lot better with Lacazette up top and Auba our wide, gives much more of a focal point with Lacazette more willing to play with his back goal and more movement from Auba in the wide channels than Iwobi or Ozil will offer. Would be surprised if he doesn’t give it a go more often.

[John]

Liverpool are playing some tremendous football here. They're going to win the league and we're going to lose about six posters in the ensuing chaos.

[Giggles]

Liverpool are playing some tremendous football here. They're going to win the league and we're going to lose about six posters in the ensuing chaos.

I've parey interest in the whole thing back even further this year but I'll be gone by Christmas if it's looking likely at all.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What shit music that was.

[John Arne]

https://gyazo.com/12bf844c658bf532df74acf5bbf559c8.gif

[The Merse]

Liverpool are ominously good. Enjoyable too.

Keita is looking like a POTY winner in the making.

[Bam]

Good day in the North Bank today, that Welbz goal paid my ticket back. Making a commitment to get to one game a month until my season ticket comes up on the waiting list.


Fuck off.

Arsenal fans. :wanker:

[Boydy]

That and the Palace game are exactly the sort of games where Liverpool would have dropped points in the last few seasons.

Also, did anyone else see that stat on BT that said Liverpool are leading in premier league clean sheets since van Dijk signed?

[The Merse]

Fuck off.

Arsenal fans. :wanker:

I’m hiding out for at least another couple of hours in Islington before heading back to the east end, mind - not sure what I’m worried about... Stratford and Mile End normally have more Arsenal shirts on display than West Ham. Seem you have to head to Essex to find anyone in claret and blue. 1-0 to the cock-ernays indeed.

[The Merse]

That and the Palace game are exactly the sort of games where Liverpool would have dropped points in the last few seasons.

Also, did anyone else see that stat on BT that said Liverpool are leading in premier league clean sheets since van Dijk signed?

Former is spot on.

The latter is of course to do with van Dijk but also Klopp finally realising his £14m left back was better than Moreno three months into last season, along with the emergence of Alexander-Arnold. They’re a much better outfit as a whole.

[SincereTheRebel]

David Silva is amazing watching him live. The Wolves vs Man City game was great. Wolves played decent enough though Man City should have won. They his the post more than twice. Wolves are really missing Douglas. I still don't know why he was sold to leeds who are domating with his I'm the team. Johnny Otto at left wing back is terrible. He got injured so I think Vinagre should take his place who look better once he came on. Wolves not getting a known striker with experiaince, I think will hurt them.

[The Merse]

Barry Douglas is an unfortunate lad in general. Best left back in the championship and he’s one of the few Wolves jettison when they get to the top flight, and one of the better players Scotland can call upon at a time when their best two players are also left backs. Always looked good for Dundee United. Never understood why he had to go to Greece or Turkey or Cyprus or wherever the fuck it was he went to for a decent pay out.

[Lewis]

Liverpool are playing some tremendous football here. They're going to win the league and we're going to lose about six posters in the ensuing chaos.

All of them Smiffy.

[Gray Fox]

We can play all the attractive football we want, the most important thing so far is the 3 clean sheets.

Tonights game especially is one that the old Liverpool would have conceded at the end. I think it'll take one or two of them before the defence gets its full confidence. But both full-backs are flying and Gomez is looking very solid in along Van Dijk.

The Alisson save you'd expect him to make, but I'm just glad he didn't flap it into the net.

[Bam]

I’m hiding out for at least another couple of hours in Islington before heading back to the east end, mind - not sure what I’m worried about... Stratford and Mile End normally have more Arsenal shirts on display than West Ham. Seem you have to head to Essex to find anyone in claret and blue. 1-0 to the cock-ernays indeed.

Course darling. :cab:

[Giggles]

Course darling. :cab:

You should have a rumble.

[Kikó]

Former is spot on.

The latter is of course to do with van Dijk but also Klopp finally realising his £14m left back was better than Moreno three months into last season, along with the emergence of Alexander-Arnold. They’re a much better outfit as a whole.

I'll give you a tour of Highbury next time you're round (if you've got a Sunday fixture)

[Waffdon]

Barry Douglas is an unfortunate lad in general. Best left back in the championship and he’s one of the few Wolves jettison when they get to the top flight, and one of the better players Scotland can call upon at a time when their best two players are also left backs. Always looked good for Dundee United. Never understood why he had to go to Greece or Turkey or Cyprus or wherever the fuck it was he went to for a decent pay out.

He was fucking shite. Always had a decent delivery though. He won trophies in Poland and Turkey so wasn’t really a payoff thing.

[Reg]

Liverpool are impressive. I think they'll put all their efforts into the league whereas Man City might prioritise Europe. Hopefully it goes down to the last day in any case.

Thought we were alright yesterday. March doesn't have quite enough yet, sadly. I'd like to see Ali start next week.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pereyra is a quality player.

[Waffdon]

They’ve got some decent players, Watford. They’ll start off well and fade away again though.

[igor_balis]

Bit late but i'll report that we were fucking toilet on friday. DM is an albion legend for his playing career but I don't tihnk he has much of a clue tactically. My mum could tell him that Chris Brunt isn't, has never been and never will be a centre midfielder, and that Livermore/Brunt is a woeful midfield partnership. Shite.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The tramp Benitez showing his true colours here, clear orders to nobble the Belgian.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Seems like a banging game at Fulham.

[Waffdon]

Poor Hazard gets battered every game. Jorginho has no awareness at all. Every game he gets tackled from behind.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Superb refereeing from a fine and upstanding referee.

[Jimmy Floyd]

More excellent refereeing, huge fan of that.

[Waffdon]

Both goals shouldn’t have even counted. How on earth is Luiz ahead of Christensen.

[thommo]

Cracking win for Fulham, could have scored a hatful. Mitrovic fantastic today, and Seri is a class above. Feel relieved having got the win on the board now too.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Both goals shouldn’t have even counted. How on earth is Luiz ahead of Christensen.

Gets it out quick. I love Christensen though, he'll come into the season as it goes on. He needs an extended break really.

[Lewis]

United should go for him if he isn't a starter by the end of the season.

[Boydy]

1033348107591933953

[mo]

Ha - saw the picture before the comment and was trying to work out a) why he was in his pants and b) why the camera would show that.

[The Merse]

I'll give you a tour of Highbury next time you're round (if you've got a Sunday fixture)

Never got yourself a flat in the old Marble Halls?

[Giggles]

Rice is doing a Grealish so he's out of the squad and Callum Robinson is in. Anyone see much of him in the championship?

[SvN]

Just saw this and made me giggle

https://old.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/9ao497/serious_question_about_becoming_a_player/


I am not trying to sound cocky, but I can subconsciously put the ball anywhere in the net if I tell myself too. Also I can pretty much hit the post and have it come back to me whenever.

I thought it might've been mert, but then I saw he was Korean.

[Baz]

That’s quality.

[Pepe]

Someone should do a "I have the BIGGEST footballing brain but no legs, can I play for United?" one.

[Mazuuurk]

On an only very remotely related note: do you guys ever wonder how pro footballers (Rashford amongst others comes to mind here) can occasionally or sometimes even often fuck up corners so badly?

I get that you need to apply some amount of power to the ball, but it's not like it's a free-kick you're trying to score. Hitting a corner seems to me like just about the easiest thing you ever have to do on a football pitch, as even on the higher levels it feels like most of the time they just whack it towards a specific area of the box anyway.


Just how can it be that they can fuck it up so often (proportionally to the simplicity of the task, anyway)?!

[Shindig]

I hope he registers here and we get another Albert Edward.

[John Arne]

Son to face Vietnam in the Asian Games semi-final :drool:

https://gyazo.com/5dd8d2a82442d4e755301dc61f0b72af.jpg

[Giggles]

If they lose can he not just say fuck it and not go back or will the chop up every relative he has?

[John Arne]

I think they'll rule getting to the semi's a success (they should win it), and let all of the squad off.

[Giggles]

Rice is doing a Grealish so he's out of the squad and Callum Robinson is in. Anyone see much of him in the championship?

Just seen the full squad. That's as weak as I've ever seen in my lifetime I'd say.

Goalkeepers: Colin Doyle (Hearts), Sean McDermott (Kristiansund BK), Kieran O'Hara (Macclesfield Town*), Darren Randolph (Middlesbrough)

Defenders: Seamus Coleman (Everton), Cyrus Christie (Fulham), Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Shane Duffy (Brighton & Hove Albion), Richard Keogh (Derby County), Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United), Kevin Long, Stephen Ward (Burnley), John Egan, Enda Stevens (Sheffield United), Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers), Greg Cunningham (Cardiff City)

Midfielders: Alan Judge (Brentford), Jeff Hendrick (Burnley), Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), Alan Browne (Preston North End), Shaun Williams (Millwall), David Meyler (Reading), Harry Arter (Cardiff City*), Daryl Horgan (Hibernian), Callum O'Dowda (Bristol City), James McClean (Stoke City)

Forwards: Jonathan Walters (Burnley), Shane Long (Southampton), Graham Burke, Callum Robinson (Preston North End), Aiden O'Brien (Millwall)

[Spikey M]

“Doing a Grealish”. Wanting to play for the country he was born in, raised in and always lived in. What a bastard.

[Giggles]

“Doing a Grealish”. Wanting to play for the country he was born in, raised in and always lived in. What a bastard.

I didn't say I had a problem with it, they're just similar in how they're playing out. I think it's actually a good thing but I would like to see the FAI and our management make the decision and draw a line under it today though and not let it drag out like last time.

You went in feet first there Spikes.

[Spikey M]

They should do away with all this grandparent and ‘citizenship’ bollocks anyway. Just play for where you’re from. Why would anyone want to play for a country they have pretty much nothing to do with? It’s mental.

[Giggles]

They should do away with all this grandparent and ‘citizenship’ bollocks anyway. Just play for where you’re from. Why would anyone want to play for a country they have pretty much nothing to do with? It’s mental.

Yeah. I can maybe understand parent but this grandparent stuff is bullshit. The citizenship stuff is even worse.

[Lewis]

lol at the Genoa fans not chanting or making any monkey noises for the first forty-three minutes of their game. Top that, Liverpool. Ninety minutes of silence, with loads of second half time wasting in order to get the correct number of added minutes.

[Lewis]

'...there will be seven minutes of added time.'
*audible blood boiling*

[Mellberg]

:D

Good job Alan's not here to see that.

[Lewis]

A Liverpool title win would presumably have them all crawling back. GS might even manage a wank.

[Giggles]

A Liverpool title win would presumably have them all crawling back. GS might even manage a wank.

Has he come out yet?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

De Gea, Valencia, Jones, Smalling, Matić, Shaw, Pogba, Fred, Herrera, Lingard, Lukaku.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bailly, Mata, Martial and Pereira aren't even on the bench.

SCAPEGOATS.

[Baz]

lol at the Genoa fans not chanting or making any monkey noises for the first forty-three minutes of their game. Top that, Liverpool. Ninety minutes of silence, with loads of second half time wasting in order to get the correct number of added minutes.Outstanding really.

I reckon Rotherham fans should have had a minute of chanting "to me to you" non-stop throughout the 73rd minute of their first home game after Barry Chuckle died.

[Spoonsky]

I feel a Spurs win here.

[Spikey M]

:D Lewis you cunt.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Herrera as a centre back :drool:

[Pepe]

GS might even manage a wank.

:lol:

[igor_balis]

On an only very remotely related note: do you guys ever wonder how pro footballers (Rashford amongst others comes to mind here) can occasionally or sometimes even often fuck up corners so badly?

I get that you need to apply some amount of power to the ball, but it's not like it's a free-kick you're trying to score. Hitting a corner seems to me like just about the easiest thing you ever have to do on a football pitch, as even on the higher levels it feels like most of the time they just whack it towards a specific area of the box anyway.


Just how can it be that they can fuck it up so often (proportionally to the simplicity of the task, anyway)?!

I notice it a LOT when I do casual 5-8(ish) a side kickarounds, and have done since time immemorial.

Corner on a smallish pitch, people constantly try to whip it in and smash it out for a throw in. Even good players. I'm generally pretty rubbish but I'm shit hot at corners relatively speaking cus I just weakly sand wedge them towards my teammates. I mean I've only assisted about three goals from corners in years of playing footy but that's pretty much half the amount of goals I've ever seen from corners in games I've played.

[niko_cee]

Shouldn't Moura have been sent off for that high boot?

[mugbull]

This game is bound to be a total shitshow

[igor_balis]

This game is bound to be a total shitshow

First twenty was absolutely toilet but it's starting to pick up slightly.

[mugbull]

Clear penalty though, lol

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nice to have the ref in our pocket.

[mugbull]

Lucas Moura is going to be our best player this season

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That block was class by Herrera.

[Lewis]

I've been out. Is Herrera playing sweeper? :drool:

[Lewis]

lol at Lingard looking like a settling Guinness.

[Waffdon]

Players on the post :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just like Brighton, a shit 5 minutes and we're down by 2.

[Lewis]

I fail to see how Herrera gets the blame there when Phil Jones was caught near the half-way line.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lindelof :lol:

Alli :harold:

[randomlegend]

Playing Herrera centre back this game is just so pathetic from Mourinho. Shambles. Woodward should swing his big old dick and sack him.

[Kikó]

I reckon the league might be gone.

[randomlegend]

I'd honestly rather have Giggs manager for the rest of the season.

[John]

Mourinho clearly wants out but wants the money too much to walk, presumably because he realises he might not work again.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He wont have to if he gets a pay off.

[bruhnaldo]

i'm so fucking depressed

[Lewis]

The buck ultimately stops with the manager, but it doesn't entirely explain the whiff of mid-season season 'LvG' about this disinterested performance.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Our defence is an absolute joke.

Woodward is seething.

[randomlegend]

The buck ultimately stops with the manager, but it doesn't entirely explain the whiff of mid-season season 'LvG' about this disinterested performance.

I think his shitty way of treating players explains it. They've had enough of him.

Shaw has been excellent this game. He's clearly still always had it in him. I'm sure a manager who hadn't acted a total cunt towards him would have got that out of him about a season ago. Martial looked a potential world beater two seasons ago. Now he's basically frozen out with Mourinho actively trying to bin him off in the summer. It's a mess.

I honestly believe that at this point we have an excellent squad and with a manager who got the best out of them we'd do great.

[Waffdon]

TEARS. Lovely

[Luke Emia]

:happycry:

Even when United were ok in the first half hour it just felt like that was as well as they could play. But, Spurs always looked like they had another couple of gears and were still pretty comfortable.

[Lewis]

I think his shitty way of treating players explains it. They've had enough of him.

Luke Shaw seems to be doing alright, having almost been bullied out the club three months ago. They want to get a grip. Pathetic cunts.

[Boom-Boom-18]

This is bad for United. The atmosphere around the club is absolutely toxic.

[randomlegend]

Luke Shaw seems to be doing alright, having almost been bullied out the club three months ago. They want to get a grip. Pathetic cunts.

But like I said, with a decent man manager he'd have shown that ages ago. Part of being good is knowing how to handle different players. If Mourinho had become manager just after we signed Ronaldo I bet he'd have had a public feud with him sold him in his second season at the club.

[Lewis]

His attitude has been questioned by every manager he has ever played under, so that seems unlikely. Bearing in mind that 'LvG' and David Moyes had problems with the players, who do they all want to play under?

[igor_balis]

Someone who plays progressive football perhaps, as your man Neville was alluding to before the game.

[randomlegend]

Someone who doesn't want them to play horrible football?

[Kikó]

The only good news about all of this is watching Ed Woodward publicly looking like a twat

[Mike]

What a wonderful start to the season these first weeks have been!

[Boydy]

:drool:

[Lewis]

They aren't even doing that. Whatever else they are, Mourinho teams are generally organised and 'hard to beat'. This team isn't. So either he's sending them out there to walk around like dickheads, and take up whatever positions they want, or they're taking it upon themselves to do so. It was the same with Moyes. If nothing else, he can organise a team. But then he took chips off the menu and they all turned into mongs.

[Boom-Boom-18]

Sanchez looks like a terrible signing in hindsight.

[Lewis]

The only good news about all of this is watching Ed Woodward publicly looking like a twat

Has he had a hair transplant? It looks thicker, but not thick enough to be anything but a crap one if so.

[Pleb]

Watford are unbeaten and fourth.

End the season now.

[niko_cee]

I honestly believe that at this point we have an excellent squad and with a manager who got the best out of them we'd do great.

Really?

Other than De Gea (and most of the rivals have competent alternatives) how many United players would get into the City team? Or the Liverpool one? Or even Spurs? Any? Chelsea? The mercurial Paul Pogba? That's probably about it, and considering his performances half the time, even that is possibly pushing it.

I now that's a crappy comparison because if you have 10 players who are 5% worse then you aren't 10/11ths worse as a team, but this United squad is pretty average at best and has been treading water (remarkably well) for a good few years.

Getting done 3-0 at home is fairly serious business.

[Spikey M]

Where would Mourinho go after this?

He used to win the biggest competitions going whilst also ruining your club for the next 3 years. Now he just wins shit competitions whilst still ruining your club. Who’s left that would tolerate the cunt?

[John]

Maureen leaning right into 'fake news' is a fun turn.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't think they were that bad. It wasn't a 3-0 game. They just have utterly terrible individuals at the back. Why wasn't a centre back signed?

[Pleb]

Where would Mourinho go after this?

He used to win the biggest competitions going whilst also ruining your club for the next 3 years. Now he just wins shit competitions whilst still ruining your club. Who’s left that would tolerate the cunt?
Moyes.

Oh wait...

[Dark Soldier]

absolute scenes

https://i.gyazo.com/a6baca87b6438b5bbceb279b105018d6.png

[Dark Soldier]

https://twitter.com/kylemartino/status/1034191578825408512

[Jimmy Floyd]

The man with the red face won those titles, Mourinho just rode on his coat tails.

[Lewis]

'Three for me, and two for them'. Who is the other one apart from 'Pep'?

[Dark Soldier]

Pellegrini

[Magic]

absolute scenes

https://i.gyazo.com/a6baca87b6438b5bbceb279b105018d6.png

:D

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mister Pellegrino.

[Lewis]

I forgot him winning it. What a lol season that was.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I have a funny feeling that it's going to be 3-3 by the end of the season.

[Boydy]

absolute scenes

https://i.gyazo.com/a6baca87b6438b5bbceb279b105018d6.png


https://twitter.com/kylemartino/status/1034191578825408512

:lol:

[Shindig]

This time next year, he'll be managing us.

[mugbull]

US coverage had a crazy stat - United have never lost a Premier League at home by 2-0

[SincereTheRebel]

WengerIn

[Baz]

Mourinho is a despicable man; nothing about his personality is likeable. He’s probably a worse person than Nigel Pearson, which I never thought I’d say.

I absolutely love him for making United this terrible though. :flirt:

[niko_cee]

That's the thing though, whenever you see or hear/read anything about him on a personal level he seems a complete legend. It's his football manager persona which is hateful.

He should definitely go to one of Bobby Robson's former clubs next. Either complete the circle and go to Barcelona, or win something with Newcastle. I reckon his 'outdated methods' can probably still work, just not at United (even though they sort of have).

[Mazuuurk]

Yesterday it looked to me like United were playing with some sort of last ounce of borrowed energy. They started out pretty well I thought and kept winning back the ball and dictating the game, making a lot of runs, etc. Phil Jones was doing OK in defence - all up until he didn't when Kane scored, and after that United seemed a lot like a punctured tyre or something. It's like they are all playing driven by fear of failure rather than strive for success - and as soon as one little adversity hit them, it all collapsed.

So for whatever tactical astuteness that Mourinho may have, I guess it still doesn't work if all your players basically are completely terrified all the time.

Looking at Lindelöf for instance, there really is a palpable difference to how he seems to carry himself when playing for Sweden compared to how he plays for United.

[Boydy]

That's the thing though, whenever you see or hear/read anything about him on a personal level he seems a complete legend

What like?

[John Arne]

Tips the staff well at Manchester Hilton.

[niko_cee]

I think he's just a genuinely nice guy and the chip he has on his shoulder about not being a proper football man means he's very generous towards those he views as being similarly disadvantaged. I'm struggling for specific examples as every search result about him now is about the last 6 months or so. Not just stuff like giving his watch or money away, I'm sure there are things I've read where he's gone (surprisingly) out of his way to help people out.

[Baz]

Saying Man City lack class and then fining Martial for taking paternity leave was a particular highlight. Especially considering City flew David Silva to and from Spain on a private jet so he could be with his family last season.

[Boydy]

Tips the staff well at Manchester Hilton.
*Travel Tavern

[Pleb]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/jamie-vardy-calls-time-on-england-career-in-talks-with-gareth-southgate/ar-BBMy95I?ocid=spartanntp

Smart move.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mourinho is a difficult bastard but I somehow doubt that the arse-covering gimps on the board are better human beings than him.

[Reg]

Aside from murderers and the other obviously much worse people, I don't think I dislike many people in football more than I do Mourinho. His time is running out, if was he there next season it'd rank among Leicester winning the title in football surprises.

Glad I didn't go to our game tonight. Nothing ever seems to happen in these early League Cup rounds. The youth players I've never heard of can't be too bad as Southampton put out a pretty decent team.

[Giggles]

Did Molumby play? Livescore doesn't have lineups.

[Reg]

Nah, didn't make the squad.

[Giggles]

Another one that can be written off then.

[niko_cee]

The young centre-half and the right back (Collar) were decent enough.

Locadia is absolute bobbins. Seriously, what is he supposed to be good at? At this point I suspect he might even lose a footrace with Glenn Murray. Maybe he just isn't suited to having the ball hoofed at him, but he's shite. The Iranian looked awful as well, but maybe put that down to settling in. My Brighton man said he was lightning quick, but he didn't look much pacier than Kayal to me. A worry. Southampton absolutely bossed it.

[bruhnaldo]

Did Molumby play? Livescore doesn't have lineups.

get Fotmob lad