Weekend Football Thread

[phonics]

Since no-one else bothered. It's Cardiff v Wolves atm.

I do not understand these Friday games. I love a night game but they kick off so soon after work, have no atmosphere because most away fans can't take the day off and they always choose the worst matches.

It feels like they're used to knock out the 'each team must be on TV a minimum of x times a season' rules.

Games:
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[niko_cee]

What is the deal with these 'DERBY DAY!', 'Red versus Blue!' etc contrivances Sky seem to be all over these days? I don't understand the logic of stacking a bunch of good (or at least box office) games together.

Friday Night Football is quite frequently going to be hamstrung by not being able to have European qualified teams in it, so I guess it's just Scudamore & Co taking a shit on the Championship

[Lewis]

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:lol:

[niko_cee]

That's some hit by Hoillet.

[Jimmy Floyd]

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:lol:

We'll really miss him when he gets fired by United and ends up at Bayern (fireworks ahoy) or in some pointless league.

Actually, having said that, he might just cling on long enough to be in line for a third Chelsea stint when the next firing is due.

[Lewis]

The Bayern waxworks won't want him setting back their thousand year club, so it will be PSG (at a push), Russia, or a national team - either his own or some knobhead one with a load of money behind it. That is unless he turns United around, which could still happen of course.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think national team management would be right up his alley. No need for a 'philosophy', just a load of one-off games to be cynical about and loads of petty feuds to get involved in.

I'd love him to take over England once the Duke of Wellington is promoted to foreign secretary.

[Max Power]

Wolves surely?

[Waffdon]

Sterling is overrated.

[Shindig]

Damn, Hernandez has put us right in our place.

[Lewis]

If somebody could translate the United line-up cheers.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

All the central midfielders.

[randomlegend]

Mourinho needs to go, so retarded.

[Kikó]

So glad I'm on a train.

[Gray Fox]

What an utter embarrassment this is.

[randomlegend]

Lol. Mourinho is awful. This line-up against fucking Southampton.

[SvN]

Can't wait for the inevitable Jose knee slide when Fellaini gets the winner.

[Magic]

Massive win for us today. Promotion nailed on.

[Danny]

I understand getting Martial on but why on earth is he taking Rashford off? He has been all over the place in this game. The only one making runs into channels, pressing and creating.

[igor_balis]

That's not a head injury, what the fuck man. I hate that shit so much.

[igor_balis]

fuck off peter walton you little scrote

[igor_balis]

duty of care my ass

[Waffdon]

I understand getting Martial on but why on earth is he taking Rashford off? He has been all over the place in this game. The only one making runs into channels, pressing and creating.

He’s average as fuck.

[Danny]

He’s average as fuck.

He was the only one working for the team and created both goals. Was a poor sub.

[Magic]

Haha fuck off Boro and Pulis.

[Kikó]

He was the only one working for the team and created both goals. Was a poor sub.

Think he got a knock.

[Lewis]

Nice to hear Jose Mourinho moaning about his lack of dynamism in midfield whilst leaving his fifty million quid summer signing out for retards. It's that sort of thing that almost swings some sympathy back towards the board not spending all the money he wanted.

[Danny]

Think he got a knock.

Really? Fair enough then. He still looked to be running hard when Martial was warming up. I leave the room and next thing I come back to him sitting on the bench without the comms elaborating.

[Kikó]

It was still shit either way. Mourinho complains then gives no time to Perrera or Fred. He needs to go.

Pogba was an embarrassment today.

[Danny]

It was still shit either way. Mourinho complains then gives no time to Perrera or Fred. He needs to go.

Pogba was an embarrassment today.

:thbup: Agreed.

[SincereTheRebel]

Jose to stay. Its fantastic seeing Man Utd like this.

[Giggles]

The Euro2020 qualifying draw is on today. Had completely forgot.

[Giggles]

:face:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm not watching, have they had Riverdance out?

[Giggles]

I'm not watching, have they had Riverdance out?

A worse version of it.

[thommo]

No Schurrle in the squad today, we lose a lot in attack with him out. Praying for some sort of defensive performance but it hasn't happened so far this year.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think this game should be tailor made for us to be honest, which means we will lose 4-1 and Ranieri will do a swan dive in front of the Matthew Harding.

[Giggles]

Dutch and Germans in together.

[Giggles]

That was perfect on the Northies, little alco Michael was seething.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Decent draw for us, few teams who we haven't played for a while or in some cases ever.

Scotland set up for glorious failure once again too.

[niko_cee]

Scotland already have a play-off place don't they (so their group is irrelevant as they were never going to win it)?

[Jimmy Floyd]

We should score eight or nine here. Fulham's back four and midfield are like the Maginot Line.

[thommo]

Seri is undoubtedly a good player but I'm fed up of him thinking this is the French league where you can take 5 touches in midfield on the ball and not worry about being hassled. We conceded in 90 seconds against City in the exact same manner.

[Spikey M]

We should score eight or nine here. Fulham's back four and midfield are like the Maginot Line.

One of them has to be the Ardennes. Who gets the honour?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I suppose Dennis Odoi would be the natural choice (he shouldn't be playing any higher than the Belgian second division).

[Waffdon]

Alonso is having one of the worst halves ever for a winning team. He’s ran into Fulham players every single time or over hit crosses.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He does that every game. Probably the most overrated player in the world because he knocks the odd goal in. Emerson is far better.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mesut Ozil misses out today with a 'back spasm'. Out of pure curiosity, I looked up last year's weekend where they were wearing the rainbow laces, and he also missed that game through 'illness' after having starred in a derby win the previous week.

:sherlock:

[Waffdon]

Hazard’s going through is winter slump.

[phonics]

Hazard’s going through is winter slump.

It's not so much a winter slump but an extended 3 month period of him being dogshit whenever he's in my fantasy team.

[Waffdon]

That was much better.

[Jimmy Floyd]

We would be much better off ditching the midget and going Kanté / Kovacic / Barkley or RLC in a lot of these games.

[phonics]

If I was a player, I would find those kids with the 'Please can I have your shirt' signs, walk right up to them and give it to someone behind/next to them instead.

[bruhnaldo]

sounds about like you

[Waffdon]

This is amazing

[phonics]

Everyone thinking that this game could be good without Mike Dean needing to get involved had another thing coming. Arsenal somehow contriving to be better in the second half might be difficult.

[bruhnaldo]

On replay it does look like he gets his studs on the top of Son's left foot but Son going down like he got shot didn't really help (but was the only way he'd get that call).

Soft but not sure it was the wrong call for me

[Waffdon]

What a player. So fucking good

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Spurs pen was definitely a pen, the slow mo replays don't show the pace at which he was clattering in, any contact at that pace will likely take someone out.

[Spikey M]

Arsenal. The Liverpool of the South.

[Waffdon]

Lloris and Spurs :D

[Baz]

How Gary Neville can say that was a “wonderful finish” is beyond me.

[Gray Fox]

That escalated quickly.

[SincereTheRebel]

Players turning their back on footballs is a fucking joke.

[Jimmy Floyd]

What Pochettino is doing starting this Foyth ahead of Alderweireld in this particular game is anyone's guess.

[Gray Fox]

Is he still off to United in the summer? If so maybe that.

[Mazuuurk]

Well this has been pretty good. Auba really is donning it so far.

[Waffdon]

Pretty sure Foe’s mate has been killed in the Cup Final for Aberdeen. Boyata knocked him out clean with his Toby esque head. No idea how it wasn’t a penalty

[phonics]

Arsenal somehow contriving to be better in the second half might be difficult.

Bloody hell they did it.

[Waffdon]

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RIP

The commentator asked if Stephen Craigen and Chris Sutton had suffered delays in games before - the former was on the pitch when his captain collapsed and died on the pitch in 2005 :face:

[SincereTheRebel]

Is he still off to United in the summer? If so maybe that.

Surely not. He is a loser. He hasnt come cloae to win a damm thing. Man Utd and Zidane are the match .

[The Merse]

Fuck me, this lot are a heart attack and an orgasm all at the same time. It’s like supporting Keegan’s Newcastle c. 95/96.

[The Merse]

Surely not. He is a loser. He hasnt come cloae to win a damm thing. Man Utd and Zidane are the match .

I think Foe was on about Alderweirald rather than Poch.

[Waffdon]

Typical Everton away from home. Missing sitters and they’ll concede now in a few mins.

[Danny]

That pass from Sigurdsson :drool: Shame he had to pass to Walcott.

I havent watched Everton in a while. Gomes is slick and great to watch.

[phonics]

I like Digne.

[Gray Fox]

This is the first time since before Moyes they have come and have a go, so fair play.

We need Firmino back up front, Shaqiri as a 10 and Salah on the right. Someone slap Mane too. He's infuriating to watch sometimes.

[Boydy]

Liverpool are becoming quite dull to watch at times this season. I don't like it.

[mugbull]

Something’s genuinely wrong with Harry Kane. He’s not why we lost today of course but his performance was emblematic of all of them this season. Just not good enough at all. Might be his injury from last year killing something within him

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why's he taken Salah off?

[igor_balis]

hahahahahahaha

[Baz]

:jayjay:

[Danny]

Fucking hell :lol:

[Mike]

Divock!!!!!!!

[Waffdon]

He’s such a shite ‘keeper. Far too small.

[Jimmy Floyd]

And so begins Jordan Pickford's long, slow descent to Joe Hartsville. Look at him apologising with his hands up and applauding the fans. Wanker.

[Spoonsky]

Get the fuck in :drool:

[niko_cee]

There really isn't a better way to win a game than that.

Silva is such a seething little tramp as well, which makes it all the sweeter.

[phonics]

How have there not been about 50 angles of the various brawlings at this point?

[Gray Fox]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46421656

Europa League 2 confirmed.

[Giggles]

Will this just be a new way of removing the riff raff from the other two?

[Gray Fox]

Champions League to become the supposed European Super League, Arsenal and the rest of the undesirables into the Europa Leagues.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yes, but I honestly can't think why. The limited charm that the Europa League has is that it's more of a level playing field across associations, e.g. a team from Luxembourg gave Milan a decent game the other night and earned the right to be there.

No one cares about 6th in England v 6th in Germany.

[Luke Emia]

I cannot think of a more glorious ending to a game. The seethe from the bitter all over Twitter is fantastic.

On a side note though someone needs to find Naby Keita's on switch our midfield was so one paced today and this whole thing with playing Salah through the middle needs to stop as well.

[Giggles]

As I suspected, the EL will only be for the top nations and everyone else will be in an absolutely worthless EL2.

[Pleb]

They will probably package this tournament as one whole glorified UEFA tournament media pack and keep it shoved behind a paywall without OFCOM throwing their dildos out of the trolley cart.

All matches at 16:30pmCEST on a Thursday afternoon (apparently) which is pretty lol

[Shindig]

Revert it back to the Cup Winners' Cup.

[Mazuuurk]

Fucking Premier League again tomorrow :drool:

I love the festive season.

[phonics]

Sparky is gone. Failing to beat United is a sack worthy offense these days.

[Mazuuurk]

Mind you that is exactly what will end up happening to Unai on Wednesday. Expecting the massivest of shitfests and a late Fellaini or Smalling winner or something.

[phonics]

Delle Alli made 6 passes yesterday. 4 of them kick offs.

[mugbull]

In the 2nd half

[Shindig]

Okay, so some of the Newcastle fans arranged for a protest where they'd stay out on the concourse until the 11th minute. As a response, the TVs on the concourse were all switched off until the protest was over. :D

[Baz]

:D

Did many do it? The same group who organised that have told everyone to completely boycott the televised Wolves game.

[Shindig]

I'm going to guess not many, unless MotD camera caught some blank spaces in the stands. The only way to win is not to pay in the first place.

[Danny]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7888993/arsenal-mock-tim-sherwood-north-london-derby-combined-xi/

The sun I know but Sherwood :lol:

[phonics]

The possibility of Solihull vs Arsenal :drool:

[niko_cee]

:D

He's probably not far off, mind.

Combined XIs are such a crock of shit.

[Shindig]

Oh, Mike Ashley throwing about phantom sale talks as we approach another transfer window. The crafty, shit-eating snake.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Martin Solvieg asked Ada Hegerberg (the first female Balon d'Or winner) to twerk.

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What a nonce and it's good to see our lad Taz on the case.

[Giggles]

Like the real Balon Dor?

[Baz]

Like the real Balon Dor?No, that was Modric. It’ll be the last time anyone other than Mbappe wins it for fifteen years.

They’ve made a new womens one, Ballon d'Or Féminin.

[Giggles]

Ah. Though it wouldn't fucking surprise me these days.

[John Arne]

Kante wasn't even in the Top 10??

[Ian]

Kante wasn't even in the Top 10??

He's neither a flair player nor a goalscorer. Surely you're not surprised?

[niko_cee]

Not to mention the fact that he lacks "technical ability".

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sarri lost me with that comment. If you can't see past people's skin colour then you don't have a clue about anything.

[phonics]

“I am not racist whatsoever,” Panteli told The Sun (https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/7890354/arsenal-tottenham-derby-spurs-van-driver-charged-banana-skin-racist/). “I am actually a Greek Cypriot. I am 100 per cent not a racist. I swear on my kids’ lives that I am not that kind of guy.


“I apologise if I have offended anyone from both clubs, especially Tottenham. It was a mad thing I did and I never meant to offend anyone in any way. I never meant anything by it.


“The Arsenal player was gloating in front of the away fans. He came up towards the away fans about 10m away and he is basically nodding his head and clapping at us.


“Without thinking, I picked up this banana skin from the ground and threw it on the edge of the pitch. I didn’t throw it at the players. It was just on the edge of the pitch.


“I am not condoning what I did and I regret it already.”

I was kind of close to believing him and then he said he wasn't eating a banana but he saw a manky skin on the ground and decided to chuck that? Yeah, sure.

[Spikey M]

He's Greek Cypriot, therefore not racist. Keep up.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Like 90% of Greek Cypriots over the age of 45 are racist/have racist tendencies.

[Manc]

"I have been friends with black people all my life."

[Mazuuurk]

Like 90% of Greek Cypriots over the age of 45 are racist/have racist tendencies.

:henn0rz:

[Mike]

I still haven't gotten over the end of the Derby. It was so damn perfect. A load of the kids in work are blues, they aren't a happy bunch this week.

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[Pepe]

That volley. :D

[John]

https://talksport.com/football/456306/liverpool-fans-lacazette-goal-tottenham-club-progress-pochettino/


“And when Arsenal scored their third goal all the Liverpool fans celebrated.

“It’s clear we are doing something good. I don’t like it when [our opponents] don’t celebrate because it’s normal to beat Tottenham.”

Pochettino also said Arsenal’s players celebrating the north London derby win with changing room selfies is also a mark of respect.

:lol:

[Manc]

Can Jose survive a spanking tonight?