January Football 2019 bitches

[niko_cee]

The Wolves version of the "we've got x, his full name is x, I just don't think you understand" song is one of the worst I've heard of a terrible bunch. Ruben Neves' name just doesn't fit. Do it for Diogo Jota instead, at east his name works, and it would have been bang on today.

[Mike]

Salah though

[Lewis]

We've got Webly, Ian Webly
I just don't think you understand
He loves his noncey ales
What a boring cunt
We've got Ian Webly

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fucking Palace.

[Mike]

Our Bobby!

[Baz]

The Wolves version of the "we've got x, his full name is x, I just don't think you understand" song is one of the worst I've heard of a terrible bunch. Ruben Neves' name just doesn't fit. Do it for Diogo Jota instead, at east his name works, and it would have been bang on today.Neves assist for the third though. Whew lord.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They will not win this game.

[Gray Fox]

Cue complaints about Zonal marking.

[Gray Fox]

Given the Palace plan is clearly to get Zaha at Milner, you'd think we could have some kind of plan to stop it.

[Lewis]

Get your other good outfield players at their other crap ones.

[Gray Fox]

What is their keeper doing there?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Was that goal a Salah goal or will it be an OG? Asking for a friend who has triple captained the tumble-happy Egyptian.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Merson is on the drink again.

He's been calling Speroni Zabroni all game.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Was that goal a Salah goal or will it be an OG? Asking for a friend who has triple captained the tumble-happy Egyptian.

Looked well over the line before Salah touched it to me.

[Boydy]

Mane's decision-making is fucking awful.

[Gray Fox]

They showed the replay. Half the ball was over the line. Salahs goal.

[Boydy]

That's Henderson's fault. Fucking terrible pass.

[niko_cee]

Neves assist for the third though. Whew lord.

I thought Jota's touch to take it down on his chest was the real star touch there (finish not bad either) but everyone was wanking themselves dry over the long pass. Not for me.

[Mike]

We don’t make it easy

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

ffs.

[John Arne]

They will not win this game.

:)

[Mike]

Phew!!!

[Boydy]

God that was nervy.

[Gray Fox]

Many heart attacks were had. The poor 104 year old bloke.

[Smjffy]

10 goals in 22 games, 3 in a match. :cab:

Great result though. I still think we need a favour from someone to hold City.

[Manc]

Spygate having lasting effects I see. Bielsa is destined to lose the play off final.

[Disco]

Is Speroni immortal? He seems to have been around for about a thousand years.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:)

Bet you were shitting it before that 4th though.

The slips will happen and it will be glorious.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Is Speroni immortal? He seems to have been around for about a thousand years.

He went to Dundee at the same time as Claudio Caniggia, if that puts it in any perspective.

We are fucking this. Awful team selection, the one thing you need to do against Arsenal is bully them up front even if it's with a donkey. This false nine stuff is garbage.

[niko_cee]

Chelsea reverting to what was expected at the start of the season.

Teams should go all out for Hazard and Kante in the summer. I know the latter has signed a new deal, but if he's not going to play in his proper position . . .

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's actually been pretty good in the new position of late, but unfortunately I think it all comes down to the fact that Sarri doesn't think black men can pass.

[Shindig]

Is Speroni immortal? He seems to have been around for about a thousand years.

Yep. Him and Gabor Kiraly. Still playing in Hungary at 42.

[Lewis]

Sarriball mate. Sarriball. Arsenal just havent adapted to it yet.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sarriball mate. Sarriball. Arsenal just havent adapted to it yet.

This seems to be Chelsea Twitter's favourite argument. 'He hasn't got the players to suit his philosophy and tactics, mate.'

What if he adapted his tactics to the players he has? What then?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sarriball has to be the worst philosophy going round these days. It's so dull.

[Shindig]

He so far ahead of the curve, he's back where he started.

[Lewis]

The concept of 'Sarriball' – or 'Sarrismo' – is essentially a fast-paced, possession-based style of attacking football often likened to a vertical tiki-taka. Much like the style of play made famous by Pep Guardiola during his reign at Barcelona, Sarriball features short and quick passes designed to move play as far up the pitch as quickly as possible.

Essentially, Sarriball is a method of high-pressing play (though not to be confused with Jurgen Klopp's gegenpressing) that forces defenders into making mistakes, which are then punished by the attack.

Fuck off mate.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I could use many words to describe our play this season, but none of them would be 'vertical'.

Still, 62% possession. You should get a bonus point for that.

[Shindig]

If teams got a bonus point for doing that, we'd be miles adrift. Possession is dead.

[Gray Fox]

Palace must have had about 25% possession today and should have won 3-1.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bellerin looks like a sexual predator with that moustache.

[Lewis]

It's a bit like when 'LvG' said the problem with his tactics were not the tactics themselves, but that he didn't have Sergio Aguero or Luis Suarez scoring forty goals a year. That was basically what he had at Napoli, and the Italian league is shit as well.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bellerin's sticklebrick knees blowing apart again.

[phonics]

Did Darren Fletcher just say that if Arsenal were to win he would be the last manager to win at home against Chelsea since Arsene Wenger?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

First but yes.

Also that he would be the only manager other than Wenger to beat Chelsea at the Emirates...

[Kikó]

This second half has been terrible.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The main feature of us under Sarri is that minutes, hours pass by without anything happening in the game. Just passing. Pass, pass, pass, pass, lose it, pass pass pass, win it back, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, throw in, etc.

[phonics]

Arsenal have been absolutely gassed since the 47th minute and Chelsea have failed to capitalise.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I thought they should have started Hudson-Odoi, but even having not done so, failing to bring him on at 2-0 down until the 80th minute is mind-boggling management.

[Kikó]

He's very van Gaal isn't he?

[phonics]

Also you don't have to worry despite the loss, that Bellerin injury will absolutely do us in.

[Smjffy]

Man United right back in it then....didn't see that coming at all.

Arsenal are shit despite the win and I sensed Chelsea wouldn't last despite a good start. It sort of felt like this Sarri fella couldn't believe it himself.

[niko_cee]

So, sack Sarri and appoint you know who?

:rosebud:

[Gray Fox]

Gus Hiddink? Seems like a fine idea.

[Kikó]

He means jose mourinho.

[Lewis]

lol remember when Avram Grant got caught brothel-creeping and was just like 'yeah mate so what I go in my club tracksuit'.

[Baz]

Rafa to Chelsea?

[Shindig]

I've suspected that as well. Mike Ashley's put a one-year extension on the table that he's got no chance of taking.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Zero chance we appoint Sir Rafa Benitez. From what I've read, I think they're happy to stick with Sarri, but if we come 6th again and lose Hazard in the summer we'll be on a very slippery road to nowhere.

Better players would get us closer to 2nd/3rd but Sarri is a bad coach, he'll never get anything more than par out of a squad. And our recruitment is an embarrassing joke as well so no way those good players will ever materialise.

[Pepe]

lol remember when Avram Grant got caught brothel-creeping and was just like 'yeah mate so what I go in my club tracksuit'.

With that face why would anyone be surprised.

[Pepe]

I just looked because I couldn't remember hearing about that Sarri lad before. How did he end up at Chelsea? Career of a second-tier chancer all throughout.

[Vercetti]

Smoking and calling Roberto Mancini a faggot are his major claims to fame.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He lost me when he said that N'Golo Kanté has no technical ability. That is the opinion of a man who has spent a lifetime fitting tyres in Serie C.

[SincereTheRebel]

Jose as a pundit in the middle east, stated that Sarri should give his creative players more freedom following the 2-0 loss to Arsenal.

[niko_cee]

Fair fucks to Sarri for coming out and coating off the squad for being a bunch of fairweather dickheads. There's probably more than a grain of truth in that.

[Shindig]

They're a club of fairweather managers.

[Lewis]

Jose as a pundit in the middle east, stated that Sarri should give his creative players more freedom following the 2-0 loss to Arsenal.

Quality move for him that, moaning and reliving previous titles as Richard Keys and Andy Gray drift away and imagine they're back in the Big Four glory days.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Fair fucks to Sarri for coming out and coating off the squad for being a bunch of fairweather dickheads. There's probably more than a grain of truth in that.

That is all modern players though, not just Chelsea's. Look at United for goodness sake.

If they're a bunch of wankers then he should be putting in people like Ampadu, Christensen and Hudson-Odoi (Pochettino regularly profits from doing exactly this) but he changes nothing.

[Lewis]

His translator is basically how I imagine Giggles to look.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's been a great week for philosopher-coaches in bins having foreign language meltdowns.

[Giggles]

His translator is basically how I imagine Giggles to look.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PDHM86/cobham-surrey-uk-10th-august-2018-maurizio-sarri-chelsea-football-clubs-new-italian-manager-speaks-to-the-press-in-advance-of-their-opening-game-of-the-premier-league-season-against-huddersfield-here-with-his-female-translator-credit-motofotoalamy-live-news-PDHM86.jpg

[Ian]

Brb putting Giggles in Shameful Lustage

[Spikey M]

Fancy a bum Giggles?

[Giggles]

Always.

[niko_cee]

Higuain coming in on the sort of cash being talked about should be a laugh. The Gonzalo, Alexis and Mesut £1m-a-week roadshow.

[SincereTheRebel]

The Alexis wage is somewhat justifiable even though he was expiring.

I can't see Higuain fixing the Chelsea goalscoring problem.

[SincereTheRebel]

Spilloni played like an 80-year-old man in the crystal palace goal. Those four Liverpool goals should all have been saved. Hang it up lad

[SincereTheRebel]

Wolves really are superb. Teams will be all over neves in the summer. £50m will probably do it.

Arsenal still getting despite being in the same positions as they are always in. They also seem to change formation every game and are still able to compete.

[SincereTheRebel]

How long did it take liverpool to pay in order to fix klopps teeth? Arsenal need to get the coins out. Emery needs some work on his smile.

[Manc]

Neves reminds me very much of Xabi Alonso. Great vision.

[SincereTheRebel]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-46282758/cherno-samba-the-football-prodigy-who-made-it-in-a-video-game

Its ok to cry lads

[John Arne]

Vietnam 1-1 Jordan. Heading into extra time now.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Turned on the Sky coverage and there she is again. Does she ever have a day off? Are all other women banned from talking about football and she must nobly speak on all of their behalves?

[Kikó]

I believe she's the only woman in the world.

[Foe]

She's definitely one of the hottest. So maybe that explains it?

Actually, genuine question. Do you think she earns more in her pundit appearances for the men's game, than she did as an athlete at the top level in the women's game?

[Disco]

Are you talking about Alex Scott? If so she's a walking tv token, ticks about three boxes at once so she's going to be everywhere.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Probably the worst refereeing decision of the season there. Huddersfield are so bad that they've started getting FA Cup-style sympathy reffing at home to big teams.

[Lewis]

Eni Aluko writes what strikes me as the worst column in the world for the Guardian, so we might just be racists.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

1086724447376150530

:lol:

[bruhnaldo]

Imagine seeing Alex Scott on television every day and complaining :drool:

[Foe]

Imagine seeing Alex Scott on television every day and complaining :drool:

Oh I'm not complaining. :wub:

[bruhnaldo]

Still trying to work out how your boy Harry had Alex Scott right in front of him and decided to go for the dollar store version across the pond.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jesus, Spurs are completely out of ideas without Kane and Son.

[Lewis]

Let's choose to see it instead as Smallpockets BOTTLING his job audition.

[niko_cee]

This Seri chap really looks an absolute chancer. Would it be fair to put him into the 'good in France' category? The comparisons with Xavi and associated links a few summers ago seem somewhat optimistic.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Seri is lazy and will be in the UAE etc within 18 months.

It hasn't affected the game too much but Craig Pawson's refereeing in this one has been low-level diabolical. So much first ruling.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Llorente is so shit.

[Reg]

Pleased for Winks. He looks a very good player. I think I've missed most of the games when he's reportedly made Messi and whoever else look like Barnet players, but I can see why there's been hype.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I am going to be absolutely seething after our 0-0 draw on Thursday, just to warn you.

We should buy Mitrovic in the summer.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He looks completely average to me.

If he wasn't English he wouldn't be lauded as the next big thing.

[thommo]

I am fucking sick after that. 2 games now where we should be banking 4 points, instead we're 7 adrift and have lost both games.

[niko_cee]

Right, so, I don't watch goals on Sunday that much, but I've just tuned in to this cracker from Chris Kamara regarding Chris Woods' disallowed goal for Burnley yesterday:

(paraphrasing)


Woods can't score with his arm so you draw the line from the first part of his body he can play the ball with, but Holdebas can score an own goal with his arm (the implication being that is the point from which the defensive line is drawn) so he's onside

Wait, what? Is that really 'the rule'?

[phonics]

I can't believe a guy called Martin Braithwaite has just scored for Leganes and he's not British.

[Giggles]

I can't believe a guy called Martin Braithwaite has just scored for Leganes and he's not British.

Has to be Carribbean if he's not British.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Danish.

[Giggles]

Danish.

Now that you say it I should have remembered seeing as we play them every second game.

[phonics]

The F365 Mailbox is always a hive of terrible takes (why else would they keep printing Lewis) but 'Chelsea lost because Sarri doesn't wear a suit' is top stuff.


It’s probably difficult to motivate players in that situation. He also should look at his own motivation – shouldn’t he be setting an example to commitment? How about quitting smoking? Or turning up on match day dressed like a professional ready to go to work, rather than looking like he just rolled out of bed and dragged yesterday’s tracksuit out of the pile of clothes on the floor?

[Boydy]

Players should play in suits.

[phonics]

Players should play in suits.

Get Giroud in a birthday suit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ffs phonics, I'm trying to work here.

[SincereTheRebel]

when I started watching football, I was into gazette. I think it was Lippi who used to smoke a cigar in the dugout during games. When his team concedes, he didn't react. When his team scored, he didn't react. He just uses to smoke his cigar. The assistsnt used to yell and scream during games. Lippi was just cool. Sarri isnt an Italian in any way.

[phonics]

Ffs phonics, I'm trying to work here.

As long as the locks are alright on the toilets I'm sure you can knock a quickie out.

[phonics]

Kevin Prince Boateng just has the coolest career, he's off to Barca this week.

[Baz]

Kevin Prince Boateng just has the coolest career, he's off to Barca this week.

Might as well add Spain to his already extensive CV.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Already been there with Las Palmas of all teams.

I think this marks the official end of the tiki taka era.

[SvN]

Quite funny to read that Dortmund couldn't afford him in 2009 so he went to Portsmouth instead.

[Mazuuurk]

In fairness, Portsmouth couldn't afford him either they just bought him anyway.

[Bob Sacamano]

I notice a Colin Rosler playing for the City u21's tonight against Sunderland.

Colin? What on earth were you thinking Uwe.

[Kikó]

Probably named after COLIN BELL.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Old City just one of the great things of football when I started watching that has since disappeared, along with Wimbledon FC, shit goalkeepers wearing tracksuit bottoms, the use of 'Scottish international' as a note of respect, those Gerald Sinstadt goal roundups on MOTD, and the FA Cup being by far the most exciting thing in the calendar.

[Shindig]

I miss the FA Cup's sense of occasion. Your day was completely taken up with the final. Our Super Bowl.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Higuain's plane has landed safely which is the first hurdle overcome, now we have about an hour to register him so he can play against Spurs.

[SincereTheRebel]

Did he have the operation the plane?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Apparently half his medical was done in Italy and the other half here, so the Operation sounds like it's bang on schedule. They'll just drop his talent in the bin like a discarded placenta.

[Pepe]

Talent? What talent?

[Gray Fox]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46978891


The Fulham implosion continues.

[bruhnaldo]

Is Higuain actually good? I've never really been able to tell.

I know he's scored a ton of goals but I've literally never personally watched a game where he's done anything remotely remarkable.

[Waffdon]

Steve Clarke on the march to win the league with Kilmarnock.

[Kikó]

Doing a cracking job. Fair play to him.

[Mazuuurk]

Barcelona signing some kid I've never really heard of from Ajax for 65M.

[randomlegend]

He's one of the most hyped youngsters around at the moment.

[Mazuuurk]

I get that, I mean I've seen his name thrown around in transfer rumours. But, I've never seen him play that I know of, and he doesn't seem to have proved all that much.

[SincereTheRebel]

Mad transfer fees for players under 21, usually work out decent if the history is anything to judge from.

[Baz]

De Jong is gonna leave Ajax without ever winning a trophy

Similar to Suarez, who never won the Dutch league. :youpi:

[SincereTheRebel]

Google states Suarez received a medal for the Ajax 2010-11 league win where he left for Liverpool in January.

[John Arne]

AFC quarter-final. Vietnam v Japan. Yoshida scores from a corner, just about to restart and the ref gets a call from upstairs. Overturned for handball!!! #YesVAR

[SvN]

Ajax also have a chance at the league title this year. Shambles all round from Baz.

[John Arne]

AFC quarter-final. Vietnam v Japan. Yoshida scores from a corner, just about to restart and the ref gets a call from upstairs. Overturned for handball!!! #YesVAR

And now's they have used it to review a penalty shout for about 3 mins ago and given Japan a penalty. Really wasn't clear and obvious.

[phonics]

Henry has been 'suspended' as manager of Monaco.

[SincereTheRebel]

Bad mouthing the opp :lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

People talk about Hazard but he hasn't turned up for a while now, the real reason we are still vaguely afloat is that little genius in midfield.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Oh wait are Pochettino's players all getting muscle injuries in January? What next.

[mugbull]

What an unreal injury list we’ve got

[mugbull]

This is going precisely as expected

[Jimmy Floyd]

Are you allowed to tackle from behind if it results in the referee having to make a tricky decision about red/yellow card? Must be in the laws somewhere. They are all cowards.

[Waffdon]

Emerson is streets ahead of Alonso

[phonics]

Love that this goes to penalties rather than the ludicrous away goals but only after extra time rule they had before.

This is definitely not for petty reasons.

https://i.imgur.com/AVWHCd2.png

[Jimmy Floyd]

Can't wait to see where we put these penalties. There's a pie stand down the Fulham Road which has Willian's name on it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is it that awful ABBA shit?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I reckon all eleven should take one at the same keeper, set a target, and then the other team have to chase it down like cricket.

[phonics]

It's far superior, stop hating change.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's shit and I'm glad it seems to have been put in the bin.

[Mazuuurk]

Is it me or have teams sort of started caring about this Cup the past few years? Used to be just the youth teams playing in it pretty much, leaving Everton or whatever to win every year.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You knew that was coming from Dier.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That's what I thought he was going to do with his England one.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I would have loved to see that Jorginho one get saved.

[Lewis]

That was ace.

[phonics]

They did it again. They did it again. Tottenham Hotspur... They did it again.

Shoutout to Jorginho for sitting the keeper down with a set-piece.

[Lewis]

lol at the commentator losing his voice during his big moment.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'd love to know what Sarri thinks of Madness.

[SincereTheRebel]

Tottenham really are pussy.

[mugbull]

I'm glad it didn't go to extra time, was about to push for a Lloris own goal to prevent that.

[Waffdon]

Luiz’s penalty was unreal. Had flashbacks to Munich 2012 with the run up.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm glad it didn't go to extra time, was about to push for a Lloris own goal to prevent that.

Your best moment was when Davies ripped his groin and Rose came on, like a dagger to our hearts.

[mugbull]

Your best moment was when Davies ripped his groin and Rose came on, like a dagger to our hearts.

I hope Davies' groin falls off as one whole chunk while in recovery, forcing him to retire from the sport

[Lewis]

Right, what is the successor to that lol Reddit streaming hub?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why do you need a stream?

It's on BBC one and iplayer.

[Giggles]

You've missed all the wanker Arsenal fans outside the ground though.

[Lewis]

I thought BT had all the cups. Nice.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They seem to talk about Ozil every Arsenal game.

[Vercetti]

Were Arsenal trying to root out any epilieptics amongst their fanbase, just then?

[SincereTheRebel]

Is niles any good? He always seems really lazy when ive seen him play a few times.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Hang on, he's not confirmed dead yet. Can they do a minute's searching rather than silence?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is niles any good? He always seems really lazy when ive seen him play a few times.

Racist.

[Lewis]

Matic there out-doing the infamous Fellaini dribble.

[Pen]

We have this on our BBC too for some reason. Nice surprise that.

[Pen]

Bit disappointed with United’s lineup.

[Lewis]

You have to rotate when you're in a title challenge.

[randomlegend]

Oleball :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The little pussy should have done an Adebayor.

[Vercetti]

lol

[SincereTheRebel]

not celebrating is pussy and embarrassing.

[phonics]

Right, what is the successor to that lol Reddit streaming hub?

In true form to reddit they just opened a new one called soccerstreams_other and it’s exactly the same.

[randomlegend]

:D

I love this game

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Glorious stuff.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lukaku's celebration too :cool:

[Waffdon]

Lingard running straight past Lukaku lol

[Pen]

Yay. Glad to be wrong.

[randomlegend]

Imagine if Luke Shaw had done what he did at the start of the move for the second goal under Mourinho.

He'd never have been seen again.

[SincereTheRebel]

Arsenal defensive line was a shambles and that hook nose Jesse Lingard with the finish

[Lewis]

Lingard haunting Arsenal is getting to Park levels.

[SincereTheRebel]

Lingard haunting Arsenal is getting to Park levels.

Add Darren Fletcher and Luis Garcia to him too.

[randomlegend]

We're going to get twatted about 8-0 by City or someone at some point, but fucking hell if our games aren't half fun to watch under Solksjaer.

[Pen]

What are the rules these days? Are there still replays or is it ot and penalties if it’s level after 90 minutes?

[Shindig]

Replays until the semis, I think.

[Spikey M]

I'm not sure if I prefer watching United now or under Mourinho more. Both good for different reasons.

[Jimmy Floyd]

What are the rules these days? Are there still replays or is it ot and penalties if it’s level after 90 minutes?

This is the last round that has replays.

[Pen]

Thanks. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.

[Lewis]

Can't they just get him off the pitch for this?

[SincereTheRebel]

I went to take a long shit and Koscielny is still on the ground.

[Shindig]

Are Arsenal allergic to sending a cross in? It's like a Pavlovian response.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

So good at countering.

[randomlegend]

I fucking love this team.

[SincereTheRebel]

Pogba has been amazing today. Lacazette has been the only decent player for Arsenal

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lingard should drop those pricks with a milly rock.

[Vercetti]

Someone to chin that little cunt Lingaard :drool:

[randomlegend]

Lingard's lucky there. Right decision to sub him off.

[Lewis]

I'm looking forward to the Michael Carrick/Mike Phelan power struggle over the coming seasons, eventually to be settled by a ninety-nine question Manchester United quiz devised and hosted by Sir Alex Ferguson himself.

[randomlegend]

Pogba has been amazing today. Lacazette has been the only decent player for Arsenal

Pogba is unbelievable. Mourinho managing to convince people he was he problem must be among his greatest achievements.

[phonics]

Lingard haunting Arsenal is getting to Park levels.

He’s a 7/10 player that is always 8/10 in big games. Should be a no brainer for both United and England.

[Shindig]

Takes a special kind of knacker to fling a coin at someone. And Lewis, Carrick's winning that fight. He's the new McClaren.

[randomlegend]

Xhaka should get a second yellow for that tbh.

[Lewis]

Phelan, knows the club
Phelan, Phelan, knows the club

[randomlegend]

Phelan, knows the club
Phelan, Phelan, knows the club

:D

[randomlegend]

Sergio Romero is a fucking legend by the way. Never complains, whenever he comes in he plays very well and all despite he fact he constantly bears the expression of someone in a persistent vegetative state.

There can't be many better second keepers around.

[Waffdon]

Cheers, Jeff

[Kikó]

That was enjoyable.

[niko_cee]

Arsenal were dreadful.

From starting like a house on fire that little twat Torreira hasn't half been shite for the last month or so. When you've got him and Xhaka, and, allegedly, a back 4 you really shouldn't be getting countered on so easily. They probably need the best part of a new back 4, mind, and how do you solve a problem like Alex Iwobi?

Felt like United scored with every decent attack they had, and what on earth Cech was doing with that parry for the third fuck only knows.

Someone's going to give them a good shoeing at some point (as is the way with these things it'll probably be City seeing as 'Ney Ney' has died for PSG again)

[Shindig]

Arsenal just can't break the Arsene way. There's no swiftness or directness to anything they do. Guendouzi came on and would just not ping something across the box. When you've got Lacazette, you might as well go airbourne or give him something to attack. Not piddly little side passes when the box is already clogged with Mancs.

[SincereTheRebel]

Why would you expect them to be any different though? It's amazing to me they haven't gone backwards. Their manager is doing a super job.

[Queenslander]

The Asian Cup can get fucked cunt.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I was reading something that suggests the AFC are covering up for half the Qatar team being there on false documents i.e. they aren't eligible to play for Qatar.

[Shindig]

Why would you expect them to be any different though? It's amazing to me they haven't gone backwards. Their manager is doing a super job.

Aye, it'll take a decade train some of that out of them. Hopefully Urai can get that time. Meanwhile, I'm starting to wonder if Mourinho, great as he's been, has too much baggage with him to really work a club out. Solksjaer's got the job nailed down, assuming he keeps it up until May.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jesus she's doing Football Focus now at Fratton Park. Pretty sure soon there will be billboards up in every town. 'Alex Scott is watching you'

[randomlegend]

Mourinho is a prick. He cares more about being right than anything else and will burn a club to the ground to try and prove a point. Stunts like sending McTominay out as a centre back to get slaughtered just to make a petty point to the board about not buying him the players he wants was a disgrace.

I think another top club would be insane to hire him.

[Shindig]

Jesus she's doing Football Focus now at Fratton Park. Pretty sure soon there will be billboards up in every town. 'Alex Scott is watching you'

She's on most Football Focuses now. The beeb are usually good at including a token female correspondent.

[phonics]

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The constant random loan to buy moves is proper FM stuff.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Arsenal after the Kroenke takeover are just Mike Ashley's Newcastle writ large. The gradual realisation of this in their fanbase (this is why Mislintat has fucked off already) is glorious.

All high earning players will be gradually phased out and replaced by cheaper versions. It's likely they've won their last league for a good long while. Could threaten in the odd cup with good selections.

[phonics]

Arsenal after the Kroenke takeover are just Mike Ashley's Newcastle writ large. The gradual realisation of this in their fanbase (this is why Mislintat has fucked off already) is glorious.

All high earning players will be gradually phased out and replaced by cheaper versions. It's likely they've won their last league for a good long while. Could threaten in the odd cup with good selections.

Funnily enough it's not technically his fault. We literally can't pay a transfer fee and wages for anyone half decent because of FFP. From January to January we went from Ozil and Sanchez earning around 300k a week to Ozil earning that and 50k on top and 2 players on 200k a week.

[Lewis]

I have to say, whatever benefit of the doubt I was inclined to give Mourinho - players not being up to it etc. - has pretty much vanished. I think certain players were still not giving it their all under him, but the transformation in the likes of Victor Lindelof and Ander Herrera suggests that it was a general thing rather than him just finding individuals difficult. I would still be trying to bring Smallpockets in, but it he BOTTLES IT then stick with the bin man.

[Queenslander]

I was reading something that suggests the AFC are covering up for half the Qatar team being there on false documents i.e. they aren't eligible to play for Qatar.

We are shit but the Arab teams are suss as.

[SincereTheRebel]

A beautiful challenge from Berlin



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3hajcbiUSY

[niko_cee]

City's goal difference/goals per game in domestic cup games must be insane.

[Shindig]

Well, that's us done for another year. No clout up front again. City next. :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Millwall fans are such scum.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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lol at this though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I like them, variety is the spice of life. There isn't another club quite like them.

[Spikey M]

I'm glad VAR has removed mistakes from the game.

[Giggles]

#scenes

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Everton are so shit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That defending was glorious. Silva's last match as a manager in this country a mugging at the Den, poor guy.

[Lewis]

Lads I am TTHing on the bus. Why was I a shitphone hipster holdout wank for so long?

[Giggles]

Lads I am TTHing on the bus. Why was I a shitphone hipster holdout wank for so long?
Taking too much advice from Pepe.

[niko_cee]

Being fairly ignorant of Italian football, but casting my eye over the line-ups in the Napoli v AC Milan game, has there been an error with the Milan one, or is there, in fact, potential for a revival and reworking of the classic 2 Andy Gorams chant?

[Baz]

Why who’s schizo?

[niko_cee]

It's more of a literal one in this case, although the position remains the same.

[Giggles]

Why is it a secret?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think he means there's one Donnarumma in goal and another on the bench. Had to bring in MI5 to confirm that though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

West Ham :lol:

You alright Bam?

[niko_cee]

This is on you if they come back.