Football.

[bruhnaldo]

Prem

Saturday

12:30
Bournemouth v Man Utd

15:00
Cardiff v Leicester
Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion
Newcastle v Watford
West Ham v Burnley

17:30
Arsenal v Liverpool

19:45
Wolves v Spurs

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Sunday

15:00
Man City v Southampton

16:00
Chelsea v Palace

Monday

20:00
Huddersfield Town v Fulham

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Select Fixtures

Friday

Galatasaray v Fenerbahçe - 18:00
Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt - 19:30
Aston Villa v Bolton - 19:45
Napoli v Empoli - 19:45
PSG v Lille - 19:45
Benfica v Moreirense - 20:30

Saturday

Leganés v Atlético - 12:00
St Mirren v Rangers - 12:30
Dinamo Moscow v CSKA Moscow - 13:30
Inter v Genoa - 14:00
Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund - 14:30
Celtic v Hearts - 15:00
Sheffield Wednesday v Norwich - 15:00
AFC Fylde v Leyton Orient - 15:00
Real Madrid v Real Valladolid - 15:15
Lyon v Bordeaux - 16:00
Fiorentina v Roma - 17:00
Stoke v Middlesbrough - 17:30
Zurich v Young Boys - 18:00
Juventus v Cagliari - 19:30
Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona - 19:45

Sunday

Wigan v Leeds - 13:30
Borussia Mönchengladbach v Fortuna Düsseldorf - 14:30
São Paulo v Flamengo - 19:00
Montpellier v Marseille - 20:00

All times are UK and subject to change. Bruh is not responsible for any changes.

[SvN]

I'm optimistic for some reason. 2-1 Bournemouth it is.

[Baz]

AFC Fylde 0 - 0 Leyton Orient

Put your houses on it, kids.

[thommo]

Home banker on Monday night - Huddersfield who haven't scored at home this season, against our awful, leaky back line.

[Kikó]

4-0 united.

[Bam]

7:45 is a bullshit time for a Saturday kick off.

[-james-]

AFC Fylde 0 - 0 Leyton Orient

Put your houses on it, kids.


Orient will win that.

[Waffdon]

Bournemouth look legit :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We look so shit.

Just sack him.

[Lewis]

The Macho Man's drop-off is pretty incredible. I know he was shit towards the end at Chelsea, but he was sound last year. What happened over the summer? I can't remember anything like it since Rio Ferdinand took three months realising his legs had gone, but he could change his game accordingly. In midfield you're a bit fucked.

[John Arne]

Fuck me, Martial is such a miserable cunt.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

In real time it looked like Rashford too about a year to control that.

Great bock by Ake.

[Lewis]

United should buy him before they leave the ground.

[Lewis]

It's been Paulp Ogba plus mongs in this second half.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Job saved then.

[Shindig]

Finally!

[Pleb]

How the fuck did Torquay blew a two goal lead? :moop:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I stayed in the same hotel as Torquay United a couple of weeks ago. To say they were getting stuck into the full breakfast buffet would be a severe understatement.

[John Arne]

That's not offside, is it? Didn't interfere first time, then level second time.

[Boydy]

Yeah, they've just had their referee recap on BT there. Whoever they have on said it should've stood.

He's actually behind the ball when Firmino shoots.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was really nice by Lacazette.

[Shindig]

Burnley look knackered at the back. Didn't realise Huddersfield and Fulham were playing on Monday. I can't see that ending as a draw.

[phonics]

Thought that was a good performance, got a bit lucky with an offside here and there but felt there was a shape and the defense held up for the most part.

@Reg (https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/member.php?u=50) that's what Xhaka can do by the way.

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That tackle on Salah was lush. Torreira is either going on to become a club legend or he's off to Barcelona in 9 months. Bellerin looks decent for the first time in a couple of years as well.

[SincereTheRebel]

Credit to Arsenal on the first few months without Wenger. I would have bet my life that would fall worse than Man Utd did when Ferguson left but they have started the season very well.

[Gray Fox]

Arsenal have done better there by bringing in a manager with a bit of pedigree. Not just one whose biggest achievement was not getting Everton relegated in 10 years.

[niko_cee]

Felt like the first dropped points of the season yesterday. Arsenal played well, but were there to be beaten with better finishing/a bit of luck. I can sort of see why the lino stuffed up Mané's goal, but it's a big and fairly unforgivable error. Sticks in the throat a bit after all the phases of play bullshit we were subjected to last season as well.

Personally I think it should probably be offside (as he clearly makes a move towards the ball from his offside position), but with the modern interpretation I don't think he was 'interfering'. It's probably my fault as I drafted him back into my fantasy team. Goal probably stands if I hadn't done that. Milner and Neves mired on the bench as well. :face:

[phonics]

Felt like the first dropped points of the season yesterday. Arsenal played well, but were there to be beaten with better finishing/a bit of luck. I can sort of see why the lino stuffed up Mané's goal, but it's a big and fairly unforgivable error. Sticks in the throat a bit after all the phases of play bullshit we were subjected to last season as well.

Personally I think it should probably be offside (as he clearly makes a move towards the ball from his offside position), but with the modern interpretation I don't think he was 'interfering'. It's probably my fault as I drafted him back into my fantasy team. Goal probably stands if I hadn't done that. Milner and Neves mired on the bench as well. :face:

Used a free hit chip to make sure I had as many Liverpool players involved/captained as possible. Paid off big time.

[igor_balis]

Wigan :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

That was the mongo defender's fault I reckon, but lol all the same.

Does Bielsa bring his own bucket to games, or scavenge for one to sit on from the apparatus available at each ground?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46089205

Rooney to play one last time for England as they're turning the USA friendly into, effectively, a testimonial.

What a crock of shit.

[igor_balis]

Has anyone else with as many caps and goals had such a disappointing international career?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Raul's 102/44 comes close.

[Lewis]

Well deserved. Captain, leader, legend.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I suppose it's pointless my wondering how good Ross Barkley would be if he had an IQ above zero.

[Waffdon]

Loftus-Cheek, Barkley and Kovacic all after one spot is a bit tough. I suppose he’s been scoring recently but Barkley is awful to watch. So many touches.

[igor_balis]

i have no idea how people watch like 4 football games in a day, after half-watching wigan leeds and half of chelsea palace i've already got major burnout.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Loftus-Cheek, Barkley and Kovacic all after one spot is a bit tough. I suppose he’s been scoring recently but Barkley is awful to watch. So many touches.

Christensen and David Luiz after the madcap defender role is a bigger worry for me. If we lose the former for the sake of eking another year of tomfoolery out of the latter, we're doing it wrong.

As for the midfield spot, Kovacic shits on the other two. Ruben is a highlights reel player, albeit a useful battering ram. Barkley could be something, but I dunno.

[Waffdon]

Yeah, Kovacic is a proper player. Luiz was awful there but Christensen hasn’t had a good game since the start of the year.

[Waffdon]

Hazard’s effect is pretty amazing really. Either that or the fraud Willian going off.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Morata is superb when he wants to be. I would love to manage him. Psychological project.

[Magic]

Lol I made Barklol my FF captain.

[Baz]

i have no idea how people watch like 4 football games in a day, after half-watching wigan leeds and half of chelsea palace i've already got major burnout.Nah, it's quality. Saturday's are amazing when there's a 12:30, then stream Liverpool at 3, then watch the 5:30 game.

[igor_balis]

tbf probably more my mental state after friday night than football itself

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's far from alone in this ill-conceived Fulham side, but Timothy Fosu-Mensah looks like football and he have had only a passing acquaintance.

[niko_cee]

Of these two, you'd think Huddersfield wouldn't change that much were they to get relegated and would be a decent Championship side. Fulham, on the other hand, fucking hell.

Hope they hold off sacking Slavisa until the international break.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't know if Seri is like this every week but he's having a proper 0/10 here, and worse still, is visibly not trying. Monday night at Huddersfield syndrome for a few chaps like him, Vietto another laughable example earlier.

[niko_cee]

I thought Seri was very good when I saw him at Brighton, but I think that might have been an outlier on a number of levels.

He'll be this year's Shaqiri.

[phonics]

Ivan Gazidis is taking the Arsenal roadshow to Milan :cool:

Giles Grimandi has just been made the chief scout and Wengers soon to follow apparently.

[thommo]

Utterly awful performance from Fulham yesterday. With Liverpool away coming up next week before the international break, you have to wonder whether that is it for Slavisa. There's no shape or organisation defensively, but that said, the players have not shown any fight and clearly have no confidence.

[Ian]

If Liverpool are on it and Fulham's defence is true to form then that could get a bit messy.

[thommo]

I would take a 3-0 loss right now. City beat us 3-0 at the Etihad and I was relatively happy at that result too.

[niko_cee]

They'll sack the manager and parachute some defensive shitehawk or 'club legend' (what's Scott Scotty Parker up to these days?) in for an against the odds performance.

[thommo]

Parker is a coach with us right now. One of the reasons that is swaying me to keeping Slavisa for now is that I really don't know who we would bring in as a replacement. Especially with the group of players we have.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mark Hughes should be free by then.

[Giggles]

What's Lawrie Sanchez at these days?

[niko_cee]

At first glance I thought we were playing in the Ratko Mladić Stadium.

[John]

Monaco are having some night.

[Jimmy Floyd]

'Hans Vanaken' sounds like a controversial arthouse film director.

[John Arne]

Having Salah and Sturridge both doing their thing of refusing to challenge for balls in the air, means we aren't keeping a lot of possession tonight.

[Mike]

Liverpool have stank up this first half hour. Deservedly 2-0 down :(

[Disco]

Monaco are having some night.

Henry clearly learnt a lot from Bobby Martinez.

[Giggles]

Who the fuck are FK Crvena Zvezda anyway?

[John]

Who the fuck are FK Crvena Zvezda anyway?

Red Star Belgrade.

[Giggles]

Red Star Belgrade.

When did Livescore start that shit?

[-james-]

I think translations of team names only stick if the average Englishman would struggle with the original. It explains why only half of Bayern München gets translated anyway.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think the Telegraph still insist on things like 'Lyons', 'Marseilles' and 'Seville'.

The German method is batshit, requiring in absolutely all cases the following formula: Initials of organisation type + team name + city name (if not included in team name).

FC Arsenal London
FC Chelsea London
FC Galatasaray Istanbul
FC Espanyol Barcelona

All spotted in the wild.

[John Arne]

2-0 down, and I'm pretty sure that Salah just intentionally had a shot direct from a corner.

[Mike]

Origi coming on. Might as well blow for full time. As if we left Shaqiri at home incase someone gets upset.

[Disco]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46109638

If the guy from La Liga managed to say any of this with a straight face he deserves an award.

[Lewis]

Isn't that quite clever City wheeze just another version of being sponsored by the country that owns them? Other than the dishonesty involved, I don't see how you can sanction one and not the other.

[phonics]

Monaco lost 4-0 at home to Brugge. Thierry Henry off to an absolute barnstormer.

[Lewis]

Everything about Thierry Henry screams useless manager. Ryan Giggs gives off the same feel, but United are theoretically big enough to win things with a bin man, so his career potentially has a much higher ceiling.

[Disco]

It's almost as if playing ability isn't the same as managerial ability.

[mugbull]

Tottenham should have about 5 goals and yet we're 1-0 down

[Jimmy Floyd]

Everything about Thierry Henry screams useless manager. Ryan Giggs gives off the same feel, but United are theoretically big enough to win things with a bin man, so his career potentially has a much higher ceiling.

This suggests that Martinez is just being held back by persistently crap assistants.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If that doesn't get a deflection then Zoet has that.

[mugbull]

That was about to an FM super keeper kind of night against PSV. What a fuckin win

[phonics]

https://i.imgur.com/O6ZoQ4b.png

Only answer is to get Arsene on the phone imo

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We're going to get battered.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ramos just obliterated a Plzen's players nose with his elbow.

[bruhnaldo]

We're going to get battered.

It's so depressing how much better they are

[Ian]

This is, unsurprisingly, utter shit. They'll be winning this.

[Lewis]

It's not that bad, all things considered.

[Trancemeister]

https://i.imgur.com/TtnihQV.gif

What a fucking joke.

[Lewis]

You wouldn't see a white lad diving like that.

[Baz]

Dirty Russian scum. Was he okay?

[phonics]

What a fucking joke.

I'd cut an autoplaying GIF so just replaced your tweet with it. Hope that's okay.

Good to see the UEFA CONSPIRACY AGAINST CITY continues on though.

[Boom-Boom-18]

That is a stunning finish.

[Magic]

That was absolutely unreal.

[phonics]

He barely puts any power into his shooting leg and yet it seems to triple in speed.

[Ian]

A filthy finish, that.

Bet they'll regret it once we unleash Fellainimania though.

[Magic]

Could and probably should have been about 8-0 this.

[Lewis]

That double yellow card might be Ander Herrera's masterpiece.

[Magic]

A Fellaini equaliser is inevitable now.

EDIT: LOL.

[Boydy]

Absolutely fucking knew that was going in just to fuck my bet up.

Buffon would've saved that. What a fucking downgrade Juventus have in nets now.

[igor_balis]

lol if they win this

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He's so good at those.

[Magic]

:harold:

[igor_balis]

lol if they win this

lol

[Magic]

Fucking Boycheck Chesney. Big cunt.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:harold:

[Lewis]

Jose Mourinho. :cool:

[Ian]

Fellainimania getting triple marked for that. These cunts are shitting themselves.

[igor_balis]

I am actually starting to warm to Mourinho's heel antics. Top quality wind up merchant.

[bruhnaldo]

Mou lmfaooooooooooooooooooooo

[Lewis]

I am actually starting to warm to Mourinho's heel antics. Top quality wind up merchant.

When he drums Lukaku out it will be like when Ric Flair returned as co-owner and Stone Cold turned face.

'That the new Director of Football... WOO!'
*runs the ropes*

[Kikó]

Mourinho is the new Fergie.

[Kikó]

Credit to Sanchez as well. Been crying out for a mobile forward for ages and it finally happened. No more Purple Lukaki.

[Spoonsky]

Never thought I’d say this, but yes United yes :cool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've never seen the problem with Mourinho or anyone else sticking it to the crowd. It adds to the theatre of sport, in the genuine sense rather than the manufactured sense. Proper interactions between man and people.

The crowd shouldn't give it if they can't take it.

[mugbull]

I think it's more the case that Mourinho, upon giving it, can't take it

[Waffdon]

Mourinho :cool:

[Waffdon]

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Hero

[niko_cee]

Never thought I’d say this, but yes United yes :cool:

Ditto.

Well, not quite never, but it's been a while.

[SincereTheRebel]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-6366665/Tottenham-breached-advertising-standards-new-stadium-posters.html

:D

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why the fuck are we fielding a near full strength team away to Dynamo Chernobyl in a group where we're already 3 from 3.

[Waffdon]

Watch Willian and Kante come on.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Willian and Kovacic. It's an Italian manager thing. Excitement is not in their DNA.

[phonics]

Surprised no-ones mentioned the brutal Wellbeck injury from last night.

Picture for the gruesome (https://arseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/welbeck_ankle.jpg)

[SincereTheRebel]

That is nasty. I've done that a few times, but not at that type of degree. He comes across as really clumsy at times. Same with D.Sturridge. Players like that are always prone to injuries.

[niko_cee]

The Sky commentator on the 'Steel City Derby' (did I do that right?) just said, and I quote:


Derby days are always special, but when it's two teams who share the same city there is added spice

What does he think a derby is?

[Foe]

He's mixing in rivalry games.

Liverpool and Man U is a rivalry game, but it would probably get called a derby by some too.

My 'local' fixture is a highland 'derby', and the teams are 12 miles apart.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's probably jaded from years of being sent to Norwich-Ipswich, which is like Tokyo to Jupiter in terms of distance.

[phonics]

The Sky commentator on the 'Steel City Derby' (did I do that right?) just said, and I quote:



What does he think a derby is?

I saw Palace v Brighton described as ‘a toxic derby’.

[niko_cee]

Aye, but it isn't a derby. They just hate each other. It's not the same.

Cracking contact generation from the Sheffield United player there. Good save as well from the penalty. Maybe he just wanted to save it that little bit more (he's a fan you know).

[phonics]

Aye, but it isn't a derby. They just hate each other. It's not the same.

Cracking contact generation from the Sheffield United player there. Good save as well from the penalty. Maybe he just wanted to save it that little bit more (he's a fan you know).

I agree with you. Just amazing how wrongly it gets used.

Remembered Danny Welbeck is out of contract at the end of the year which is fucking tragic. Man could walk into every team below Spurs and I doubt half of them will even take a punt now.

[Lewis]

St. Helens vs Wigan is the original sporting derby for reasons that merely specify a degree of local proximity. Liverpool and United could no doubt qualify as the Ship Canal Derby, but 1) both of them have genuine local rivals; and 2) then all of them loser peripheral teams like Bolton and Blackburn would insist on their one-sided dislike of United counting as Lancashire derbies. Brighton vs Crystal Palace is not a derby, regardless of their worthless rivalry.

[niko_cee]

Remembered Danny Welbeck is out of contract at the end of the year which is fucking tragic. Man could walk into every team below Spurs and I doubt half of them will even take a punt now.

Why would Arsenal cut him loose? As long as they don't let whoever gave Cazorla gangrene near him, that is.

(I've not actually seen it if it's some sort of David Busst job, I assumed just bad injury)

[Lewis]

I would unironically love to see him back at United.

[Ian]

I concur.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Haringey v Wimbledon on the beeb has been a gloriously shit early rounds cup tie for the first 45 minutes. This is the football that should be on free to air, the proper stuff in driving rain.

[Giggles]

Even I'm finding the standard of this ropey.

[Shindig]

Gateshead have Rochdale away. Not too optimistic for that.

[Spikey M]

I've got love for Welbeck, he's like the anti-Eden Hazard. Whilst Hazard (until this season) is running around looking dangerous and providing fuck all, Dat Guy Welbz is out there somehow scoring goals whilst being appearing devoid of any actual footballing ability.

[Shindig]

I like him as well. When he turned out for England, he just looked useful to have on the pitch.

[Ian]

http://www.carlosfandango.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/image.gif

:drool:

[SincereTheRebel]

Rashford is already on his way to becoming Welbeck.

[Lewis]

He wishes.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Welbeck's success is in knowing his limitations. Most footballers think they can do far more than they actually can.

[Manc]

Garth and Ince on final score. Not a single word understood.

[Boydy]

I've bet against Newcastle the past two weeks. :moop:

[Shindig]

Keep your fucking mouth shut. :moop:

[John Arne]

What is the point of Ayoze Perez? Has to be one of the worst players of the past 10 years in the Premier League. Useless.

[John Arne]

Also, what 25yr old grown adult puts that much shite in their hair. Ponce.

[Shindig]

Burnley and West Ham next. Tense times at the bottom.

[Magic]

Shillwall.

[Offshore Toon]

What is the point of Ayoze Perez? Has to be one of the worst players of the past 10 years in the Premier League. Useless.
He works his arse off and gets a decent amount of goals/assists (for Newcastle). He is a bit overrated, but we have far worse in our squad.

[Spikey M]

Spurs are stealing a living at the moment. No idea how they're that high up the league, they've been shit all season.

[SvN]

Leeds :harold:

[SincereTheRebel]

Anyone watch the dortmund vs b.munich game? Sancho was running circles around the bayern defence.

[Spikey M]

English youth prospects seem to be heading to Germany en masse at the moment. It can only be good for them too, rather than rotting in the reserves of Premiership teams.

[-james-]

I'm suspicious of how good they all look over there. I'm not saying they're not each the second coming, but Nelson, Lookman & Sancho have all scored at ridiculous rates over there despite barely getting the slightest look-ins at OUR clubs.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Bundesliga is a joke league. It's a slightly better Holland. Watch it, everyone apart from the annual token defensive team (used to be Cologne, don't know who it is now) plays with mental high lines and no one does any defending.

If you have anyone with a bit of pace they will destroy it with all the space that opens up. That said, the Premier League is rapidly going in the same direction, so whatever.

[Shindig]

First on MoTD? What is this madness? :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

Eddie Howe, as well as being a people trafficker, has shit hair, given the natural riches available to him in that area. Why would you have a weird fringe like that? It makes him look like an alt right activist.

[Spikey M]

Rondon is one of those players that is far to good to be wasting his time at the West Broms and Newcastles of the world, but at the same time isn't good enough to play for a team that other teams treat with any kind of defensive respect.

[Shindig]

He's got a presence about him. I just wish he'd link up more. We looked pretty good, mind. Fernandez is a good find, even if he was lucky with the penalty call.

[Mike]

Charlie Austin’s interview on MOTD is boss!

[Shindig]

I love how the interviewer's line of questioning gets thrown by it. :D

[Kikó]

I'm flying today so will miss us being demolished by MAN BLUE.

[Lewis]

I thought EL MASSIVO was the early kick-off. Oh well.

[randomlegend]

Pogba's injured apparently. Oof.

[Boydy]

The old rope-a-dope.

(Mitrovic was probably onside)

[Mike]

Shaqiri is boss.

[Waffdon]

‘Boss’ is an awful word. Is it Scousers only who use it?

[thommo]

What a shame - first 40 minutes we looked fairly well drilled and created a couple of good breakaway chances. Then the shitshow that is the Salah goal happens, and we just drift into nothingness for the rest of the game.

Guess it is something to work on over the break, but it would have been interesting to see how the game panned out had Mitro's goal stood.

[Lewis]

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lol (boss).

[John Arne]

Rudiger, fucking embarrassing dive :face:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I fucking hate Yerry Mina. Spent most of this year seething about him.

Waiting for the otherwise disappointing Everton striker to come off the bench and nick this 1-0. Cenk Tosun springs to mind.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ah no, here he is. Ademola Lookman. 28 games, 3 goals. The perfect credentials.

[igor_balis]

that parklife vid is stunning

[John Arne]

The diving by Alonso and Morata. Fucking hell.

[John Arne]

Yerry Mina is going to give away about 10 penalties this season.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The one with Mina on Morata was a blatant pen, no idea how the ref didn't give that. Rest of the second half was a long-play tape of Morata being a spacker.

Still, thought it was weird how much Everton seemed to value the 0-0. Wheeling Phil Jagielka on with 20 minutes to go. You expect the likes of Burnley to do that, but I dunno.

[Jimmy Floyd]

When was the last football match without a minute's silence?

[Disco]

Probably when Sainsburys played Germany in 1914.

[mugbull]

Always forget how good City are when I don't see them play for a few weeks

[SvN]

Herrera must've given the ball away more than 10 times today.

[phonics]

I return to my long held view that Aubameyang isn't very useful when he misses the sitter from 3 yards out.

[Spikey M]

He seems to be fair support for the 'Bundesliga is a joke league' theory from further up the page.

[Bob Sacamano]

Copa Libertadores final has been pretty fun.

Its on Freesports.

[Manc]

The pace of the game was frigthening. Ref had a blinder.

[Lewis]

that parklife vid is stunning

How had I never seen this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-cO-rN6uiw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0JJgtbkzonnqDECCqDgpv-5UiHzgs3pkt2mIw1ax4-brSi5vG3fEq0tF4) one? :lol:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:D

Amazing.

[Magic]

Copa Libertadores final has been pretty fun.

Its on Freesports.

Just realised there are no away fans lol.

[igor_balis]

How had I never seen this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-cO-rN6uiw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0JJgtbkzonnqDECCqDgpv-5UiHzgs3pkt2mIw1ax4-brSi5vG3fEq0tF4) one? :lol:

:D that's amazing

[Spikey M]

How had I never seen this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-cO-rN6uiw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0JJgtbkzonnqDECCqDgpv-5UiHzgs3pkt2mIw1ax4-brSi5vG3fEq0tF4) one? :lol:

:D amazing

[Magic]

:D

[Weaver]

Daniel Sturridge has been charged by the FA for gambling offences, however he/Liverpool have denied any wrongdoing, saying he’s ‘never bet on football’

[Shindig]

Just tell me there's a t-shirt campaign in the works.

[niko_cee]

He's going to have told someone he was off on loan and they'll have put a bet on it, would be my guess.

[Bam]

I'll assume the scouse army will break out the black armbands and the Justice 4 Sturridge shirts. :face:

[niko_cee]

Jokanovic gone, Ranieri in.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46205801

[thommo]

Whoa. I didn't expect this. Not sure how to feel about Jokanovic going, we did have such a good team to watch for 2 seasons in the Championship. However, the fact we've replaced him with Ranieri and not some useless British donkey of a manager from the Prem merry-go-round does fill me with some hope.

[niko_cee]

Just the man for a relegation crisis.

Although the last time I thought that his team only went and won the bloody league.

[phonics]

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Circle of life.

[Jimmy Floyd]

First and worst.

Claudio though. What a man.

[SincereTheRebel]

2008 Ebony Shoe


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[phonics]

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Boss

[Pepe]

Wasn't Benzema also EXPOSED for paying all of his taxes like a mug?

[phonics]

Wasn't one of his private jets found with kilos of cocaine on it. I doubt it's all going to the taxman.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46202509

A referee has been suspended for three weeks for deciding a Women's Super League kick-off with a game of rocks, paper, scissors instead of a coin toss.

David McNamara made the error before Manchester City's home game against Reading on 26 October after leaving his coin in the dressing room.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've forgotten a coin countless times as a cricket umpire, and the solution is to say 'Does anyone have a coin?' rather than begin a fierce bout of parlour games.

[phonics]

Rock Paper Scissors is more competitive and tests mental prowess. Should be given a promotion not a suspension.

[Baz]

I hope Ranieri flops cos if Fulham go down, Sessegnon will want out and he'd look smart in a red shirt. :)

[Giggles]

I hope Ranieri flops cos if Fulham go down, Sessegnon will want out and he'd look smart in a red shirt. :)

Luke Shaw could move on then too.

[niko_cee]

He isn't going anywhere (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/737273/Manchester-United-wages-salary-pay-wage-bill-Luke-Shaw-new-contract-Pogba-Sanchez-Lukaku)

[Lewis]

Quite a few of those are on less than I would have expected. Him and 'Alexis' are the only really lol ones (and Lukaku obviously, but given the fee they paid it's not a surprise he's on something like that).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lee Grant must be lolling constantly.

£20k a week to do fuck all.

[phonics]

Ramsey has apparently signed with Bayern and rumors persist that Wenger will take over from Kovac at some point.

[SincereTheRebel]

Skybet refused my request-a-bet for Wenger and Wilshere to Real Madrid while they were both still at Arsenal. I was reaching.

[Foe]

I've forgotten a coin countless times as a cricket umpire, and the solution is to say 'Does anyone have a coin?' rather than begin a fierce bout of parlour games.

Coaches on the sideline maybe, but f one of the players is kicking about with their purse on the field that will not help build the reputation of women's football.

[bruhnaldo]

At the risk of sounding bitter can someone explain to me why so much is being made about this "44 pass team goal!" that City scored at the weekend?

They mostly just passed it about among themselves, many times going all the way back to the centerbacks.

Admittedly, the final few passes were very nice and they deffo deserved the goal and the result.

I'm just flat out not understanding what was so great about the 40 passes before it? It's not as if 95% of these passes are what forced the defense to fail to mark Gundogan in the box?

[phonics]

Because it summed up how absolutely awful you were at breaking down their passing moves.

[Lewis]

Lee Grant must be lolling constantly.

£20k a week to do fuck all.

Not sure why I didn't think of it at the time, but that was probably Mourinho proving some sort of point, like when he signed Steve Sidwell and Tal Ben Haim on frees for no reason.

[Lewis]

lol at this Richard Scudamore pay-off really happening. Why would you vote for that when you don't actually have to?

[bruhnaldo]

Is that really it? Cause there's hardly a clever or incisive pass. I'm pretty sure I could sit around and kick it about back and forth with my friends when no one is really trying to nick the ball off of me.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It feels like a Ridsdale fish tank moment to me.

[phonics]

I really don't understand how they can all claim that paying their staff a living wage would bankrupt them while giving Dickie 250 grand as a going away present.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If you've ever spent any time among the global monied classes, as in Switzerland no doubt you have, then you'll know that they have literally no awareness that the people serving their breakfast earn next to nothing. The thought has never crossed their mind.

[phonics]

If you've ever spent any time among the global monied classes, as in Switzerland no doubt you have, then you'll know that they have literally no awareness that the people serving their breakfast earn next to nothing. The thought has never crossed their mind.

Yeah but they pay the people serving their breakfast 19 quid an hour in Switzerland.

[Giggles]

I'll believe it when he plays a competitive game, but anyway who's the Southampton fan here? Is he much of a prospect (even though he looks 30)?

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[SincereTheRebel]

Strong nose.

[Disco]

So who is paying who to stage this shitshow going on at Wembley tonight?

[mugbull]

It's wild how different black peoples' noses are from the noses of all other people. Apart from Asian eyes it's probably the single most distinctive race-based feature around.

[Andy]

I'll believe it when he plays a competitive game, but anyway who's the Southampton fan here? Is he much of a prospect (even though he looks 30)?

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He's played about five minutes for the first team, supposedly quite quick and strong.

Fairly dissalusioned with football at the moment so don't pay much attention to the youth sides. Hopefully he will get a run soon, have had more than enough of Long, Redmond and Austin recently.

[niko_cee]

Daniel Sturridge's cousin put a £10,000 bet on him quitting Liverpool in January, which now forms a key part in the FA's investigation into whether the 29-year-old England striker broke strict betting rules.

:face:

Thought the Dutch were very impressive the other night. I assume the De Jong who was playing was the new 'Frenkie' one. He looked good. Wijnaldum too. Obviously some catastrophic team fallout is never far away, but they've looked a genuinely good team the last few times I've seen them.

[Bam]

Strong nose.

:henn0rz:

[Jimmy Floyd]

This England game is permutations numberwang. Harry Kane is looking quite odd, like he's had a facelift or something.

[John Arne]

Barkley bottling a 50/50 with Luka Modric :/

[John Arne]

Somebody tell John Stones to stay on his feet.

Rashford and Sterling off please... both useless.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's high time all the do-gooders stopped letting Sterling off the hook because of race. The bloke is a fucking bottle job. Hides behind Aguero and Silva at City, no hiding place here.

[Ian]

Sterling for England is marginally improved from when he used to refuse to do anything at all when he had the ball in and around the area but making the wrong decision every time isn't much if an improvement on not making one at all.

For all the confidence Southgate misguidedly has in him it hasn't helped him develop a backbone.

[Max Power]

Has Kane broken into a light jog all game? He is so leaden footed, channelling Steve Howard out there. (Yes I know he will score two late on)

[Jimmy Floyd]

The thigh tattoo trio - Stones, Sterling and Walker - have all been terrible.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is there anyway that Spain gets relegated?

[John Arne]

Are the England player aware that they need to win? Lingard and others then after the goal, didn't both to grab the ball out the net.....

[Jimmy Floyd]

Chilwell looks very assured. Super first touch on him. Nice ball in there as well.

Lingard is a great player to have around too, no discernible excellence but he always seems to rock up in the centre of things.

[phonics]

Who cares about the World Cup. All about the Nations League.

[phonics]

Chilwell looks very assured. Super first touch on him. Nice ball in there as well.

Lingard is a great player to have around too, no discernible excellence but he always seems to rock up in the centre of things.

Lingers is old school United DNA. No skill that makes him discernibly better but always pops up in the big moments.

Edit: that is auto-correct I’m not Mahow.

[Ian]

Lingard is a great player to have around too, no discernible excellence but he always seems to rock up in the centre of things.

A budget Thomas Muller?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'd go with better Danny Welbeck.

[randomlegend]

It's coming home.

[Waffdon]

It's high time all the do-gooders stopped letting Sterling off the hook because of race. The bloke is a fucking bottle job. Hides behind Aguero and Silva at City, no hiding place here.

Sterling still underrated in 2018? Smh

[Spikey M]

Put Sterling at Spurs and you have Aaron Lennon II. Fuck all end product unless he has top quality players to carry him.

[Spikey M]

His performances during the group stages at the World Cup was some of the worst football I had ever seen, and I went to see Southend regularly for years.

[Waffdon]

Aye, okay ‘guv.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I let him off then because he won quite a lot of those corners we scored from, but that's ultimately just a high-end version of what Matthew Etherington used to do for Rory Delap.

[Shindig]

I just think the media (and maybe Sterling himself) need to come to terms with him being a daft bag of pace. He'll run for you but not really have the right idea when he reaches the destination.

[mugbull]

His general lack of quality must be why Guardiola is so keen on him