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[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Was Rudiger holding Sarri back from Kepa there?

[Waffdon]

Go on Kepa, Son.

[bruhnaldo]

It looked like he was. I've never seen some shit like that.

Why not just send Caballero out now, though? Can they not make a sub now? Sorry for rules ignorance.

[Waffdon]

Chelsea have two specialist penalty takers but after that shenanigans fuck knows who wins.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Hilario and Cudicini both on the bench, sort it out lads.

[Gray Fox]

David Luiz to shatter the bar with his pen.

[phonics]

Only way that could have gone better is if Sarri had just walked off and not come back out.

Sarri knocking out Kepa so Caballero had to come on would have been better acually.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jorginho :D

That little skip, lol.

[Waffdon]

That only works so many times until keepers catch on

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

lol at Kepa.

[Waffdon]

Jesus

[bruhnaldo]

Lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Spikey M]

Perfect.

[Gray Fox]

That's amazing.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He should have flicked some V's at Sarri after that save.

[John]

That Azpilicueta penalty is as good as you'll see. Proper 12-11 in the AFCON top corner belter.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You would always fancy David Luiz in these situations
...

:harold:

[Waffdon]

So many defenders. Higuain bottled a pen

[bruhnaldo]

David Luiz to shatter the bar with his pen.

something like that

[Spikey M]

I'm getting this on DVD.

[Jimmy Floyd]

David Luiz taking penalties is too much for my heart. I resign.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Waff has probably exploded with that.

[John]

Three of the first four Chelsea penalties being taken by defenders is laughable.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That is not an English penalty.

[Waffdon]

Sarri can leave now.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You can't attribute that to anything other than David Luiz being a useless twat, as much as everyone will try to.

[Waffdon]

Higauin really doesn’t help himself. Chelsea threw that away.

[Gray Fox]

City are having the quadruple this year.

[bruhnaldo]

City are having the quadruple this year.

30 years old is a nice age for me to die I guess.

[SincereTheRebel]

Sarri is pussy. Kepa should have been dragged off.

[Pleb]

The thread title should of been "Is Sarri on the ropes?".

[Jimmy Floyd]

In fairness to Sarri he never tends to pull punches in the press conference, so hopefully he'll call everyone cunts and get a box of Cubans out.

[Giggles]

I'd be firing the goalkeeper first thing.

[Waffdon]

Shows how much the players are arsed. They were more concerned for Kepa

[bruhnaldo]

Azpilicueta gave it the big'un after scoring his pen but where the fuck was he when all of this was happening?

G'wan son the manager wants you off you go off. Obviously you want to stay on as a competitive athlete but FFS.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Azpilicueta gave Kepa a big hug after scoring his penalty, the Basques are sticking together.

[Spikey M]

That was brilliant.

[-james-]

I missed the match, but the report I read says that Kepa was suffering from cramp. How does a keeper get cramp?

[Pleb]

From jumping up and down a lot.

[Mike]

He’s proper wimped out in this interview. Should be saying he won’t be playing him again.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I dunno really. You aren't really going to help your cause by promising to drop a good goalkeeper for Marcin Bulka.

[Pleb]

"I'm proud of our players."

Urr…:D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I missed the match, but the report I read says that Kepa was suffering from cramp. How does a keeper get cramp?

It looked like he sat on his leg when making a second save.

[Browning]

Sarri coming out and saying it was a misunderstanding because he thought he was injured is laughable. Why would he have been so angry if that was the case? Both of them should be gone before the next game.

[niko_cee]

Hasn't Jorginho done that dickhead penalty before and either nearly got found out or actually been found out? In the semis maybe? Ederson was just waiting for him.

As for 'Kepa'. Fucking hell. You can't really be doing that.

[Lewis]

At least Jorginho has relieved Dimitar Berbatoss of the worst Wembley penalty record. He must be the biggest fanny to hit the league since the old luxury foreigner days.

[Waffdon]

Hasn't Jorginho done that dickhead penalty before and either nearly got found out or actually been found out? In the semis maybe? Ederson was just waiting for him.

As for 'Kepa'. Fucking hell. You can't really be doing that.

Nah made the ‘keeper look stupid against Huddersfield and Spurs but it doesn’t take long to catch on to it.

Edit: going by his record, he’s only ever missed once and scored against Ederson last year. No idea if he’s always done the weird step though.

[Bob Sacamano]

Michael 'Browneh' Brown being wheeled out far too much recently.

Flo though :cool:

The second penalty call in the Real Madrid game was laughable, it'll be the first and last match of that circus league I bother watching on ITV 4.

[John Arne]

Just watched the highlights.

Kepa and Azpilicueta are an absolute joke. If it wasn't so obvious that Sarri going, Roman should bomb them both out of the club.

[John Arne]

Also, lol at the majority of Chelsea's forwards not stepping up.

[Shindig]

I love how, whenever players get called out for being too big for the club, they resort to sabotage.

[phonics]

I don't think there's anyone in the media that annoys me more than John 'Did I Tell You I'm From the North?' Nicholson.

Today's absolute dog shit take, footballer players, unlike literally everyone else in the game, should have a maximum salary which would mean all the prices immediately drop and fans get cheap tickets and there's no more paying loads for your subscription. Truly an absolute mongrel-brained idiot.

[Don]

What scenes.

I have grand plans on retiring from following the sport this summer once I see us win the league. Would really be quite annoying if I have to dedicate another 12 months to it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a nonce.

[Disco]

Don is short for Donald right?

[Baz]

What scenes.
:wave:

Go and vote here (https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?2409-TTH-Super-Tournament-2019&p=322140&viewfull=1#post322140).

[Pepe]

Add him to the competition as a wildcard.

[Ian]

Too late for that, but the main tournament needs a side-show like the InterTTH is gonna have with Greg vs. Josh.

Get Taz up against whoever else had a really shit username change between boards and let the meltdown commence.

[Baz]

Taz vs Vercetti

:drool:

(Vercetti missed the boat because I forgot he was back, and he didn't show up in my member search because he failed the 50 posts criteria.)

[SincereTheRebel]

If you dont meet the criteria, then get the fuck out of here.

[Kikó]

Another victory for the informal pint crew.

[phonics]

Another victory for the informal pint crew.

So this is what it feels like to be part of a crew. When it was just THE GROUP I was, at best, whatever the opposite of a voyeur is.

[Baz]

Informal lager. :dc:

[Spoonsky]

That's an informal fucking lager to you.

Hi Taz.

[Danny]

Another victory for the informal pint crew.

Bam is going to be seething

[Don]

This was specifically an informal pint, it was made clear at inception. Current gash is based in those ends so won't be the last no doubt.

[Boydy]

Current gash? You escaped the last one?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

She probably got bored.

[Pepe]

The new one better be even ticker.

[Don]

Mahow, wind your neck in before we start talking about webcam card games.

[Pleb]

:D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mahow, wind your neck in before we start talking about webcam card games.

You're still a bit touchy these days.

Still hurt that no one like your username change?

[Waffdon]

Lol at you getting all confident. It’s cute.

[Kikó]

This was specifically an informal pint, it was made clear at inception. Current gash is based in those ends so won't be the last no doubt.

Quite funny that I thought you sounded like a bellend stood in front of me talking about Liverpool then realising it was you later 😎.

It was better than being sat in the Irish pub with wall to wall Scousers.

[Pen]

Getting Taz back for the hopefully imminent Liverpool capitulation is great news.

[Don]

:D

I was coming out with my usual belting podcast-level analysis and insight in the first half (lack of which I see has understandably killed the football discussion here ofc), you missed a treat, geezer standing behind me was even trying to get involved. The pints had me compromised by second half and I had no sounding board as I was with the gash and two rookies.

[Boydy]

You back for good now Don?

[Don]

One doesn't simply leave TTH, as evidenced by yesterday's events.

[Disco]

One merely flounces off for a time.

[Giggles]

Did the wife happen to be passing?

[Pleb]

:D

Quality MELTDOWN this.

[Boydy]

One doesn't simply leave TTH, as evidenced by yesterday's events.

Just come back properly and don't be a gimp.

[Shindig]

Pavel managed to leave, to his credit. I mean, he piled all his moaning on to facebook but he left here.

[-james-]

Rodgers is off. Celtic fans all suddenly hating him is a bit lol.

[Don]

I got under 3 months of football interest left which I guess can fuel some posts.

That Leicester side would have done bits with Puel in charge nevermind a force as formidable as Rodgers. The fullbacks and midfield five is filth, just give him an equally likely striker and they'll be superior to Arsenal and Chelsea next season.

[Pepe]

They should get Taarabt in there.

[Ian]

The greatest midfielder of all time isn't about to slum it at Leicester, Pep.

[Don]

https://www.alignedmedicalgroup.com/blog/scar-tissue-pain-relief

[thommo]

I'm a sucker for punishment - off to Southampton away tomorrow. With the run of fixtures upcoming, I can see this being Ranieri's last chance to get a win. Next 4 after this are:

Chelsea (H)
Leicester (A)
Liverpool (H)
Man City (H)

I predict a sacking after the Leicester game after Brendan "masterminds" a hammering.

[John Arne]

Two thunderbastards (ignore the shite 'keeper) for Hanoi tonight as they mashed Naga World 10-0...

1100366942815186944

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[SincereTheRebel]

The best betting tip i ever received was from one of those wacky leagues. I think it was the Filipino leagues @33/1

[John Arne]

5 teams with one investor in V.League :moop:

[Don]

You go to AC, John? Had the worst trip of my life there and still bearing the emotional and financial scars. Qatar won't be the same as far more people will descend on a smaller area (presumably, I haven't checked) and will have unlimited funds chucked at it but it really is shit when the host society don't give two fucks about it all.

[Max Power]

Brendan confirmed. Perfect appointment for us right now. Famous last words.

[John]

Rodgers is off. Celtic fans all suddenly hating him is a bit lol.

I listened to about twenty minutes of the football phone in earlier and it was great stuff. They're going absolutely bonkers.

[bruhnaldo]

Can anyone recommend any decent footy podcasts? Need something to listen to during work.

[Giggles]

I listened to about twenty minutes of the football phone in earlier and it was great stuff. They're going absolutely bonkers.

What the fuck do they expect? Sutton is being an absolute imbecile about it too.

[Shindig]

"I've give my life for this club." Brendan ... I think they've seen enough of that this year.

[John]

He's the least self aware man alive.

[phonics]

Can anyone recommend any decent footy podcasts? Need something to listen to during work.

Check out Second Captains. They do a sports show on Monday and a football specific one and then if you subscribe they do another football one on Thursday and random sports stuff through the week. For example today’s episode is on Brendan Rogers and Zion Williamson.

[bruhnaldo]

Thanks phonics i deffo appreciate it

[phonics]

Thanks phonics i deffo appreciate it

If you want. Name a few games/sports events from the last 2 years or so you’d like to hear the reaction to and I’ll upload the mp3s.

[Giggles]

I don't listen to many of these any more as they're mainly politics and premier league, but I always found him much better on this than when he was on TV. The soccer ones normally have some or all of John Giles, Liam Brady, and Dietmar Hamann on them too.

https://www.thestandwitheamondunphy.com

[Lewis]

You can understand Celtic fans having a bit of a seethe. Could he really not have waited until the summer?

[Giggles]

You can understand Celtic fans having a bit of a seethe. Could he really not have waited until the summer?

Managers move to bigger jobs all the time. You take it while it's there.

[Shindig]

Sean Longstaff's FIFA and PES stats for next year will be ... respectable.

[phonics]

You can understand Celtic fans having a bit of a seethe. Could he really not have waited until the summer?

They told him they’d go for someone else apparently.

[bruhnaldo]

Is it really that much better to be at Leicester than Celtic?

[niko_cee]

Yes.

[Giggles]

Of course.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yes. Scotland might as well be the Faroes these days.

[bruhnaldo]

Cool.

I just thought of it in the sense you challenge for every cup you participate in other than the Champions League. You do, however, basically walk into the Champions League each year...

Idk. Leicester have kinda peaked already haven't they?

[Giggles]

McCarthy could have been in for the job had he stayed free. Could still probably.

[niko_cee]

Cool.

I just thought of it in the sense you challenge for every cup you participate in other than the Champions League. You do, however, basically walk into the Champions League each year...

Idk. Leicester have kinda peaked already haven't they?

It's just a higher level.

Would a player choose Leicester over Celtic? No different for a manager.

Although maybe Bodgers' ego could have had him hold out for the Chelsea gig in the summer.

[Lewis]

They couldn't have wanted him that much if they weren't willing to let their already dead season draw to a close before he took over, so he should have told them to get fucked.

[Manc]

I'll go Vardy, Simpson & Kasper.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He was probably attracted to their slew of decent young attackers. Just need a defence and some bravery, and they're nearer 6th-8th.

Maddison, Barnes, Gray, Ndidi, and potentially Chilwell if he doesn't get poached, is a great starting point.

[Shindig]

Curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to see where Michael Laudrup was at. Shame he didn't push on from Swansea.

[niko_cee]

Chilwell's bound to go to City as part of their biennial fullback splurge.

£100m for him and Obi Wan Bissaka.

[niko_cee]

At least Cardiff lost again last night. Wouldn't mind Fulham doing the same tonight. Looks like it's going to be a three-way shit-off between Brighton, Southampton and Cardiff for that last relegation spot. Saturday's game against Huddersfield is starting to feel somewhat defining. Still reckon a couple of wins (3 realistically) is going to be enough, but it'd be nice to get one in the bag.

[Boydy]

Just need a defence and some bravery, and they're nearer 6th-8th.


They've appointed the wrong manager then.

[Mazuuurk]

Chilwell's bound to go to City as part of their biennial fullback splurge.

£100m for him and Obi Wan Bissaka.

I reckon they'll be after a "defensive" midfielder. Fernandinho can't do it forever, and, somehow, seems like the only player in their squad who isn't immediately replaceable by someone else at the moment.

Then again whenever he doesn't play Guardiola just sticks some winger in midfield instead and somehow it works so :cab:

[niko_cee]

Shame they didn't get Jorginho last summer.

[Manc]

Watford make me nervous.

[Baz]

Come on West Ham. :arry:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Looks like we've sacrificed Kepa. Willy to chuck three in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I imagine that our team is going to be fun tonight.

[Waffdon]

Looks like we've sacrificed Kepa. Willy to chuck three in.

Alonso back in too and Pedro ahead of Hudson Odoi :sick: Willian has his best game in years on Sunday too.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

De Gea; Young, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw; McTominay, Fred, Dalot, Pogba, 'Alexis', Lukaku.

Chong is on the bench though.

No idea where Dalot will play.

[mugbull]

Rose/Aurier is probably a top 4 fullback pair; Davies/Trippier would struggle to be in the top 12. I hate this lineup.

[randomlegend]

De Gea; Young, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw; McTominay, Fred, Dalot, Pogba, 'Alexis', Lukaku.

Chong is on the bench though.

No idea where Dalot will play.

It'll be either Young or Dalot on the RW.

[SvN]

Dalot will play as a right winger. A lot of the fanbase have been calling for him to have a go there.

Edit: Although MUTV is saying Young is playing on the wing, so what the fuck do I know?

[SvN]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0b04JMX0AQASVR.jpg:medium

Pogba's face here pretty much sums up my feelings about our chances of getting 3 points tonight.

[Lewis]

Paulp Ogba has that thing Wayne Rooney effect at the minute where as long as he starts you think it will be alright.

[Mike]

Divock Origi starts

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Paulp Ogba has that thing Wayne Rooney effect at the minute where as long as he starts you think it will be alright.

I think 'Alexis' cancels him out.

[Manc]

Divock to score a worldie.

[mugbull]

Where are people getting their streams at these days?

[Waffdon]

Reddit soccer streams

https://old.reddit.com/r/footballconnection/

[SincereTheRebel]

Tuning into the arsenal game and Carl jenkinson is at right back.

Jesus. Mary and Joseph.

[randomlegend]

Where are people getting their streams at these days?

https://www.footybite.com/football/crystal-palace-vs-manchester-united-preview/

[mugbull]

Cheers Waff. RL that site don't work for me but i think i've got it

[mugbull]

Footybite might be fucked

[Shindig]

Celtic are really erm... something with those banners.

[randomlegend]

Footybite might be fucked

Working for me.

[randomlegend]

Lukaku :cab:

[Giggles]

Celtic are really erm... something with those banners.

You'd swear no manager ever left a club before. Entitled twats.

[Waffdon]

Hazard has been dreadful. Get CHO CHO on

[SvN]

Fairly dull first half, but a great finish from Lukaku for our goal. Need to keep it tight in the second half and this would be a very good 3 points.

[Lewis]

Fred has got summer loan to Italy written all over him.

[mugbull]

Harry Winks is a garbage player

[Giggles]

Man City are some bottling shower of bastards. 'Pep' my hole.

[Raoul Duke]

Fred has got summer loan to Italy written all over him.

Followed by a move to China :nodd:

[Waffdon]

Kante is incredible. Even going forward he’d improve most sides. What a fucking guy

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bring Chong on ffs.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Thought Young had fucked that by taking a touch.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Trippier :D

[Waffdon]

Tottenham :D

[Raoul Duke]

Trippier :D

Ice cold finish

[bruhnaldo]

i've only not been able to watch two matches so far this year and Ashley Young has literally scored in both of them.

[Lewis]

Smallpockets absolutely MELTING DOWN at the first whiff of a title tilt. Meanwhile, the unseasonable weather over this past week has allowed Ole Gunnar Binman to remove his coat and reveal an actual, literal club blazer. The job is his to lose now.

[Raoul Duke]

Barca fisted Real 0-3 in Madrid. Their latest binman is useless.

[Offshore Toon]

Can anyone recommend any decent footy podcasts? Need something to listen to during work.
The World Football Phone In on Five Live. Tim Vickery. :cool:

[Mazuuurk]

Sarri looks like such a girlscout-fondler.

[Shindig]

Just seen Schar's goal. He's our new Albert.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Newcastle being 28/34 with their squad should again secure an easy manager of the year title for Benitez (maybe some competition from Nuno and Gracia).

[Shindig]

We could finish 9th. Tells you more about the rest of the league than us, really.

[thommo]

Toxic atmosphere yesterday - a lot aimed at Ranieri too, it seems as if the majority want him gone. Just couldn't understand his team yesterday, we had no width and nothing to get around the back of Southampton's defence. It was such a disappointing performance, I genuinely think we will finish bottom now.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ranieri does a certain thing which is makes a team defensively solid, disciplined and then gives 1-2 flair players licence. It's worked for him in most jobs but I can't think of a worse squad for it than the current Fulham one.

That said, all the Fulham fans I know are basically pining for the Championship and another year of 4-2 wins, so I'm not sure the top flight is really for them.

[niko_cee]

That Celtic banner is something else.

'Immortality'

:harold:

[thommo]

Ranieri does a certain thing which is makes a team defensively solid, disciplined and then gives 1-2 flair players licence. It's worked for him in most jobs but I can't think of a worse squad for it than the current Fulham one.

That said, all the Fulham fans I know are basically pining for the Championship and another year of 4-2 wins, so I'm not sure the top flight is really for them.

Well both 16/17 & 17/18 were incredibly enjoyable seasons, thumping teams home and away and playing lovely football. But a lot of our fans seem to forget the utter car crash that was our first season down, under the nutjob Felix Magath. We came down with a right swagger, signed one big player (McCormack) amongst a load of dross and got instantly found out. We took 1 point from the opening 8 games and the atmosphere at the club was awful.

This season has been a weird one. In all honesty I hate the constant moving of fixtures for TV, and the complete disparity between the top teams in the division and the rest of the crap. But I know it is where the club needs to be for success.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They should have held their nerve and stuck with Jokanovic, who knows if they'd have survived but at least the squad and manager would have been aligned to each other.

[phonics]

Notts County have been given a winding up order from HMRC.

[Lewis]

Oh no.

[Spikey M]

Southend have had them annually for about 76 years now.

[phonics]

Ranieri sacked.


Oh no.

[SvN]

Seems pointless, but obviously they don't think he's the man to bring them back up next year.

[SvN]

On the other hand...

https://media1.tenor.com/images/ec57d870d082429fa2264bd6f3a0b486/tenor.gif?itemid=7692084

[thommo]

On the other hand...

https://media1.tenor.com/images/ec57d870d082429fa2264bd6f3a0b486/tenor.gif?itemid=7692084

No thank you.

[Spikey M]

https://i.imgflip.com/vciw3.jpg


Oh no.

https://img.youtube.com/vi/TfLcC1o85bo/hqdefault.jpg

This post was brought to you by idiotmouse circa 2007.

[igor_balis]

The World Football Phone In on Five Live. Tim Vickery. :cool:

I fucking love Vickery but he isn't helped by the callers, so many shit questions repeated from previous weeks. That plus the excessive brazilian shirt name bantz made me give up eventually.

I bet there's still people phoning up asking where Neymar is gonna go after he leaves Santos.

[Yevrah]

This is all getting quite unsavoury now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47406109

[Jimmy Floyd]

You used to be able to play bingo with the world football phone in. Dotun doing a shit song title pun, 'the Gent' calling in (he must have croaked by now surely?), Tim Vickery calling a player a 'wild child', and so on.

[igor_balis]

You used to be able to play bingo with the world football phone in. Dotun doing a shit song title pun, 'the Gent' calling in (he must have croaked by now surely?), Tim Vickery calling a player a 'wild child', and so on.

It's quite strange/slightly spooky that you ask about the gent like that, cus his granddaughter literally posted in the WFPI facebook group four days ago "he has asked me to thank people for their kind messages and to apologise for his lack of communication due to his pain. He is slowly recovering and may phone in in a few weeks time. Watch this space!". No idea about what happened to him, but he's alive at least.

I don't go a day without a bad clickbaity article that Cleo from Aldershot has shared with the group popping up on my news feed so I don't really need to listen to the podcast anymore.

I think I'd pay quite a lot of money for a tv show that follows Tim and Mark Gleeson travelling around the world, with at least one local football game per episode, though.