Octoberball: In which Barca appeal a £265 fine.

[Kikó]

Pretty shit game with some signs of promise. Liverpool managed to drop to our level and were largely dreadful.

James and Rashford the rare bit of quality in the game.

[Gray Fox]

Managed to play at an acceptable level for about 10 mins(maybe) and scored. Hopefully it gets into Klopp that having creative players in the middle opened the game up for us towards the end. That midfield is getting as bad as the Brexit midfield from 2017.

If I was Ole I'd want to know why the United players aren't that up for it in every home game. Great pressing and desire, if not let down by the quality.

[Lewis]

There's nothing to press in most games, so they just end up crabbing it about and losing their minds. Not unlike Liverpool today.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Scott McTominay would be some player if he wasn't shite. So reminiscent of Fletcher.

[Waffdon]

He looks even more out his depth for Scotland trying to do things himself.

[bruhnaldo]

i thought he played a couple nice passes forward today

[Lewis]

He's a big enough unit that he could probably be quite effective barrelling forward a bit more like he did a couple of times today.

[Smjffy]

We were beyond awful. I'll take a point after that as I feared the worst but boy it was bad all round.

[niko_cee]

Has there already been a goal ruled out by VAR for a similar foul on Origi this season? Something about that seemed quite familiar.

Would have been a dodgy call anyway, he miscontrols it and is looking to go down when he feels the contact. Very much in the 'seen them given' category, but not one that is an obviously massive error. More contact than there was on Mané against Leicester, but overall you'd take those two decisions that way round every day of the week.

The handball thing, on the other hand, is just an idiotic rule. I know where they were going with it, but I think it should probably be confined to actually scoring (ie putting the ball in) with your hand - a la Boly against City last season - rather than any slight touch in the build up. As was sort of pointed out on MotD Lindelhof was very close to it with his own hand and, had he touched it and deflected the ball onto Mané's hand then the first doesn't count as handball (not intentional) but the second does (strict liability). It's daft but I guess we're stuck with it for at least a season. Is it possible for a domestic FA to go against the IFAB rules?

Spurs game becomes quite big now. Could do without the kind of drab draw rut we ended up in last season.

[SincereTheRebel]

With Rashford scoring yesterday. He now scores a goal every 0.26 games. The same as

Yaya Toure
Youri Djorkaeff
Gianfranco Zola
Michael Bridges
Carl Cort
Eidur Gudjohnsen
Clint Dempsey
Luka Milivojevic
Maxi Rodríguez

Once he gets his scoring boots on and increase to 0.30 goals per game. He will join a host of dons and legends such as

Mario Balotelli
Roque Santa Cruz
Grant Holt
Danny Ings

[niko_cee]

Djorkaeff and Zola definitely going under the bus in that comparison.

[SincereTheRebel]

I'm doing these Rashford comparisons full time now. Its interesting.

[Ian]

Good work if you can get it.

[SincereTheRebel]

I agree with Roy Keane in regards to players high-fiving, hugging and ball gobbling each other in the tunnel.
before the game. Totally unacceptable.

[Ian]

He's probably just bitter because nobody wanted to hug him.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Even for Roy Keane that was a load of shite.

DON'T EVEN LOOK AT THEM. YOU'RE GOING TO WAR

You are not going to war, you're playing a game of association football.

[Lewis]

Royk Eane.

[Smjffy]

Has there already been a goal ruled out by VAR for a similar foul on Origi this season? Something about that seemed quite familiar.

Would have been a dodgy call anyway, he miscontrols it and is looking to go down when he feels the contact. Very much in the 'seen them given' category, but not one that is an obviously massive error. More contact than there was on Mané against Leicester, but overall you'd take those two decisions that way round every day of the week.

The handball thing, on the other hand, is just an idiotic rule. I know where they were going with it, but I think it should probably be confined to actually scoring (ie putting the ball in) with your hand - a la Boly against City last season - rather than any slight touch in the build up. As was sort of pointed out on MotD Lindelhof was very close to it with his own hand and, had he touched it and deflected the ball onto Mané's hand then the first doesn't count as handball (not intentional) but the second does (strict liability). It's daft but I guess we're stuck with it for at least a season. Is it possible for a domestic FA to go against the IFAB rules?

Spurs game becomes quite big now. Could do without the kind of drab draw rut we ended up in last season.

Origi foul aside, can't have any complaints whatsoever about the other decisions. Perhaps only six mins stoppage time being the biggest bugbear but we shouldn't have let it get to that stage. We were that bad and I'd have thought we'd have the bit between our teeth given our position yet we were sleep walking to defeat at times.

[Lewis]

You would think you drew at York the way you're all carrying on. Liverpool were crap because United got into them and defended well.

[phonics]

Why is Patrice Evra still getting punditry jobs?

edit: I just unmuted the stream and he was talking about eating some beans and pasta?

[SincereTheRebel]

I don't want his hairline. Its thining at the front badly and you can see it on camer just bald it off.

[SincereTheRebel]

They have been pushing 'kicking racism out of the game' since the loading screens of championship manager. It hasnt worked yet?

[phonics]

No Tierney is an absolute joke. I will be keeping count of how many crosses Kolasinac attempts that don't reach his man.

[Waffdon]

No Tierney is an absolute joke. I will be keeping count of how many crosses Kolasinac attempts that don't reach his man.

Nearly worked. Shame Pepe has a worse end product than Rashford.

[phonics]

I will be keeping count of how many crosses Kolasinac attempts that don't reach his man.

His first cross hit his man and Pepe missed an open goal lol.

edit: Xhaka...

He doesn't play well often these days but for once he looks half decent for 20 minutes and does that.

[phonics]

Bukayo Saka is a 5'10", 18 year old somehow winning headers and physical battles. It's wild.

[Waffdon]

Sheffield United really could do with replacing McGoldrick in January with someone half decent. Their team is a whole is pretty good though. Fun to watch for a team that don’t score much.

[SincereTheRebel]

Bukayo Saka is a 5'10", 18 year old somehow winning headers and physical battles. It's wild.

He looks 30

[phonics]

I'd love a referee to justify how obstruction actually works in football. I don't think I'll ever understand when it should/shouldn't be applied.

On that Calum Chambers foul, when was he no longer in posession of the ball?

[phonics]

Arsenals away form continues to be an HR Giger painting. Beautiful in it's grotesqueness.

[Giggles]

How did Egan and Stevens play?

[Raoul Duke]

Is this Pepe for Arsenal a bit shit? Doesn't seem to have done anything of note in any match

[Spikey M]

He's a headless chicken.

[phonics]

My only assumption is he's kept to around to watch Xhaka and Pepe have a who can be more one footed contest in training.

There's something there but whatever we're doing isn't working with what he does.

[phonics]

How did Egan and Stevens play?

Fine, it wasn't really the kind of game to judge them off.

[Smjffy]

Seven Liverpool players nominated for the Ball Do'r is pretty special. None will win it though.

[mugbull]

Six minutes in and we've created more chances already than in the past 4 games combined

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Can we buy Son please?

[mugbull]

Marko Marin is on the field. I hadn't heard that name in a while

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Juventus, Man City and Bayern losing. Lol.

[Disco]

And how are your team doing in this years competition?

[mugbull]

This Red Star team is unbelievably bad

[Lewis]

And how are your team doing in this years competition?

Undefeated. :loser:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sterling has been brilliant.

His second goal was lovely.

[Waffdon]

Hazard is nothing without me slavering on his dick.

[bruhnaldo]

:\

[John Arne]

I've no idea why Son doesn't start ever game for Tottenham.

[Waffdon]

#FreeReeceJames

Even with Lampard playing youth, Azpilicueta still manages to swindle a game every week.

[Waffdon]

Hudson Odoi’s end product has been atrocious so far.

[niko_cee]

Milner at rightback and Lovren in the middle, what's up with Gomez?

Really hope this midfield can work, as it's the way forward, but it could easily go one of two ways.

[John Arne]

Strange no VAR check for a Tagliafico handball in Chelsea-Ajax.

[Waffdon]

Jorginho is so much better under Lampard. Tomori was an absolute monster for the last 80 mins.

[John Arne]

Oxlade with the ball on the edge of the area and the defender puts his arms behind his back, and turns side on, making himself as small (and useless) as possible. Oxlade scores.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Haland's son, Erling, is a seriously good finisher.

That goal is offside but it's still a tidy finish.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jorginho is so much better under Lampard. Tomori was an absolute monster for the last 80 mins.

Tomori is the best defender we've had for years, he is immense.

Jorginho is approaching fan favourite status now which is quite the turnaround. I don't know how Sarri is doing at Juve but in hindsight he was rank poor with us.

[John Arne]

Genk have a goal disallowed, we think for offside, it took about 4 minutes and we didn't see one replay of the alleged incident.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Genk have a goal disallowed, we think for offside, it took about 4 minutes and we didn't see one replay of the alleged incident.

I thought they were looking at a possible foul as they kept showing the actual header/challenge.

[Waffdon]

Tomori is the best defender we've had for years, he is immense.

Jorginho is approaching fan favourite status now which is quite the turnaround. I don't know how Sarri is doing at Juve but in hindsight he was rank poor with us.

Zouma has stepped up a lot recently but a fit Rudiger alongside Tomori is a very decent partnership potentially. Kovacic also looks far better under Lampard - Sarri and his weirdo fans have taken an L so far.

[John]

That's some finish from Chamberlain.

[John Arne]

Ooff.

https://gyazo.com/a3f23bde5235d6a3877c73be0369f763.gif

[Boydy]

That was class. Really hope he gets back to his top form because the midfield needs a creative spark.

[Lewis]

One-footed chump.

[bruhnaldo]

The original tweet is gone already

[Boydy]

The original tweet is gone already

Yeah, ffs.

[John]

What was it?

[Boydy]

Try this one:

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[John]

Haland is getting a bit silly now. Two goals tonight take him not far shy of two goals a game in all competitions.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jesus.

[Lewis]

1187079967542337537

:lol:

[John Arne]

Fuck me, Martial is a miserable cunt.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If we can win 2-0 (or 2-1) with Garner scoring the second that would be very nice.

[Lewis]

He looks pretty tidy, and Brandon Williams has shunted Luke Shaw down to fourth best left-back.

[Waffdon]

Celtic :cool:

That volley and save at the end was fucking mental.

[Mellberg]

Why's Luke Shaw been sacked off again? Fat? Shit?

[Raoul Duke]

Yes

[Lewis]

The fatness stuff seems to have been a bit of a smokescreen for him just being meh at everything.

[randomlegend]

Pretty sure he's injured.

[Lewis]

He should have been sold the day he rolled into training with them Simon Cowell teeth.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just seen the video of a large number of organised Lazio fans going around Glasgow doing nazi salutes. Surely you have to throw them out of the competition? Football authorities are pathetic.

[Giggles]

Really?

[Jimmy Floyd]

On another note of ethnic hellishness, today has been dead at work so I've spent some time working out all the Euro playoff permutations. It took a good long while but I have got a four-team playoff bracket of Bosnia, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. Has this possibility been picked up in the respective countries? Sounds like everyone's worst nightmare.

Scotland v Bulgaria in another 'path' looks like a certainty, so that will be fun too.

[Yevrah]

Are there any stupid rules that teams will try to manipulate to get a favourable draw and betting opportunities for us?

[Jimmy Floyd]

There are lots of stupid rules but most scenarios are so contingent on other results that I'm not sure any Belarus magic will be possible.

The main wild card is that there is something in the smallprint about UEFA giving all the host nations a good chance to qualify, which raises the alarm somewhat.

[Kikó]

Williams was the only bright spot of yesterday's game. It was absolutely bollocks.

[SvN]

I was on a train with a phone out of battery. I reckon I was less bored.

[Kikó]

Being kept back for 65 minutes was less boring than the game.

[bruhnaldo]

Just seen the video of a large number of organised Lazio fans going around Glasgow doing nazi salutes. Surely you have to throw them out of the competition? Football authorities are pathetic.

I mean throw the fans out or the team? I could see banning their supporters.

[bruhnaldo]

Being kept back for 65 minutes was less boring than the game.

You traveled? Nice dude. Any photos?

[SincereTheRebel]

They really should start punishing team. Award the next 10 games as 4-0 losses.

[randomlegend]

I don't really understand the point of punishing the teams for behaviour of fans like that. The football is just a vehicle for them to express their behaviour, I doubt they even care that much if the team gets banned.

They had a guy on radio 4 the other day who was a 'football hooligan' back in the day. He said the same, that you have to punish the actual fans properly, punishing the teams does nothing.

[SincereTheRebel]

Good point. Hooliganism is a lifestyle.

[Jimmy Floyd]

How do you punish fans? Spend hundreds of thousands on lawyers to prosecute them?

Clubs turn a blind eye constantly, you need proper sanctions on them. Long bans and relegations and being thrown out of things. The Heysel ban was the best thing UEFA ever did as it made us actually clean up our act via shame and starvation. Nowadays the accountants would blanch at such an idea.

[Yevrah]

I can only assume UEFA and FIFA don't actually care much about racism.

[mugbull]

The fans are trolls and are only doing this stuff as much as they are because they know it's started pissing off people that didn't care 15 years ago. Besides the fact that it's absurd to compare the death of dozens of people at Heysel to having racists at or near stadiums, it's not the kind of problem that you can fix by limiting alcohol supply and converting stadiums to all-seaters. You might as well just cancel southern and eastern Europe.

[Spikey M]

Good idea tbf.

[John Arne]

We should just legalise racism. Sticks and stones and all that.

[Mellberg]

The Heysel ban's a good example tbf. There's a sharp before and after contrast. Why they can't do the same on a smaller scale to some no mark shithole like Bosnia I've no idea.

[Giggles]

Your own fans are one of the main users of the Nazi salute, so would you take an example being made there "for the good of the game"?

[Lewis]

Italian supporters chucking that salute around is more akin to Celtic fans waving Irish flags around than it is making monkey noises at black players. I don't think sporting authorities want to be wading into deciding which political stances are and aren't legitimate add-ons to football culture.

[igor_balis]

Just seen the video of a large number of organised Lazio fans going around Glasgow doing nazi salutes. Surely you have to throw them out of the competition? Football authorities are pathetic.

You could say the Lazio fans are racist, are racist, are racist, and that's the way they like it? ; )

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can only assume UEFA and FIFA don't actually care much about racism.

They do, but in any business the bottom line comes first. If football starts being seen as a racist sport and money drifts away, then something will be done. The measly punishments they give out now are an attempt at a balancing act.

[Gray Fox]

#Mbappe2020

[SincereTheRebel]

Is he running for president?

[Max Power]

Decent half lads

[Lewis]

Wilfred Ndidi is the Leicester midfielder United want to be signing. Not Stephen Ireland's regen.

[Kikó]

You traveled? Nice dude. Any photos?


https://i.ibb.co/5k6PCFL/Partizan-2.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/sCKNBxd/Partizan-1.jpg

[Spikey M]

Leicesters scouting Network is who United should be signing.

[Jimmy Floyd]

What do we reckon for a fourth point if you score 8 or 10 goals or some other random amount? Would jazz up this sort of second half.

[SvN]

Southampton need to fuck off back to league one.

[Giggles]

What happened all those plans where they knew their next three managers and about 40 players in advance? Did someone fuck off and it all go to shit or did the owners pull the plug on the scouting stuff?

[Gray Fox]

Liverpool bought them all.

[Max Power]

0-9 (nine)

[Kikó]

1 (one) less than United have scored all season.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That result is an auto-sack isn't it?

[Shindig]

Up to 18th without kicking a ball. The state of that.

[Andy]

That was fun.

[Andy]

Best thing is we get to play City away twice next week.

[Giggles]

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[Lewis]

That's pretty good.

[Smjffy]

Rodgers is the only manager to be winning 5-0 at half time in the Premier League (tonight) and to be losing 5-0 at half time in the Premier League (Stoke).

Cunt. Awesome result for Leicester but I think it was less about how good ​they were and more how bad Southampton were.

[mugbull]

Cunt. Awesome result for Leicester but I think it was less about how good ​they were and more how bad Southampton were.

Sherlock Holmes tier

[Pleb]

That result is an auto-sack isn't it?
I'd be surprised if he wasn't.

[Danny]

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[Shindig]

Rodgers stopping a Liverpool title charge would be a thing worth seeing. Just the once, though. For the soundbites.

[Andy]

Rodgers is the only manager to be winning 5-0 at half time in the Premier League (tonight) and to be losing 5-0 at half time in the Premier League (Stoke).

Cunt. Awesome result for Leicester but I think it was less about how good ​they were and more how bad Southampton were.

We were awful but I think the over riding thing was that Leicester just kept going, so ruthless. Usually in that situation teams slow down at 4-0 and take it easy.

Not sure how we can bounce back from that, everyone apart from Redmond was terrible.

[Gray Fox]

The most Everton end to a game there could be. Wonderful stuff.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Pulisic is now a certified don, FAO all doubters.

[Waffdon]

Willian goes backwards more than forward. He’s had one good season where he scored a few free kicks when Chelsea sacked Mourinho after finishing about 12th.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Balances the team, leave my willy alone. You put another fancy flair player in there away to Burnley and it's all over the place.

[Danny]

Pulisic is now a certified don, FAO all doubters.

They are wanking over him something stupid on the NBC commentary.

PULISIC IS TAKING THE PREMIER LEAGUE BY STORM :face:

[Waffdon]

Perfect hattrick :cool:

[Shindig]

I like this Chelsea side. It's full of goals.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm sure we'll run out of steam soon but this side is brilliant and I don't care what the chin stroking tacticsati say, the manager gets a lot of credit for that. His man management so far has been spot on.

[mugbull]

I really love VAR and it’s only going to get better

[Waffdon]

Not like Chelsea to concede pointless goals when coasting a game.

[Giggles]

If you’re coasting games then it wouldn’t matter a big pile.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Super Frankie Binman lives over 5.5.

[bruhnaldo]

Why the fuck are there so many 5:30 games today

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

4:30.

We went back an hour.

[Waffdon]

Spurs are better off leaving Kane on the bench for away games and going Son/Lucas up top.

[mugbull]

I was excited for this match but that is an awful lineup given the season so far

[Shindig]

I'll take a point against Wolves, to be honest. They do tend to hit us late.

[John Arne]

No idea why we have gone for that ploddy midfield again. Henderson-Fabinho-Wijnaldum

[Waffdon]

Lol

[Lewis]

Scott McDoninay.

[John Arne]

The ref allowing Spurs to time waste after 20 minutes is annoying.

[Shindig]

Scott McDoninay.

McTominania running wild.

[randomlegend]

I have no idea how VAR has given that as a penalty....

[John Arne]

Fuck me, our corners are shit. How hard is it to get a in-swinger to the 6 yard box every now and then.

[Lewis]

lol that is never a penalty. I was thinking that BY THE BOOK would a 50/50 go to the attacker (or something), but in actual time no chance.

[Lewis]

He missed it on purpose.

[Danny]

Never a penalty but if we are using VAR, thats a retake.

[randomlegend]

Spose that's justice really.

[Waffdon]

Alderweireld is having a mare here.

[randomlegend]

That's a great goal. Dan James has to be signing of the season for £15m.

[Danny]

Martial on pens please.

[Lewis]

He's shit hot. Who knew?

[randomlegend]

Martial on pens please.

After the one Rashford scored vs PSG I thought he should have them for life, but I guess that was his one good one for life.

[bruhnaldo]

If anyone has a Utd stream slide it over :(

[John Arne]

Fuck me Liverpool players are stupid. If we are awarded a free kick and Son stands over it - kick the fucking ball at him, don't ask him politely to move out of the way. Useless cunts.

[randomlegend]

If anyone has a Utd stream slide it over :(

http://60fps.live/norwich-city-vs-manchester-united/?link=1&utm_source=footybite

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

After the one Rashford scored vs PSG I thought he should have them for life, but I guess that was his one good one for life.

He had another couple after that but since PENALTYGATE he's gone to shit.

[mugbull]

Alli is fucking crap. As if that needed repetition

[John Arne]

If anyone has a Utd stream slide it over :(

http://buffstreamz.com/play/soccer-29.php

[Danny]

http://60fps.live/norwich-city-vs-manchester-united/?link=1&utm_source=footybite

If that doesnt work

http://buffstreamz.com/play/soccer-29.php

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://buffstreamz.com/play/soccer-29.php

[Lewis]

After the one Rashford scored vs PSG I thought he should have them for life, but I guess that was his one good one for life.

I think like everything else he does the more he thinks about it the worse the outcome.

[randomlegend]

I think like everything else he does the more he thinks about it the worse the outcome.

I'm sure the one against PSG he had to stand and wait to take it for about 4 hours though.

[Lewis]

Yeah but he just shut his eyes and blasted it. He wasn't trying to be clever or accurate like that shitshow he's just put on.

[Kikó]

Norwich are really bad and VAR is really bad.

[randomlegend]

That one was a penalty.

[Danny]

Cantwell having the worst day of his life.

[Kikó]

Why is Rashford not taking pens? [ad infinitum]

[randomlegend]

What the fuck Krul is a penalty god :D

[Danny]

We are embarrassing

[Lewis]

Harry Maguire on penalties then.

[Lewis]

What the fuck Krul is a penalty god :D

'LvG' knows. :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just give it to De Gea and hope he can Pressman it.

[John Arne]

Sub warming up touches the ball before it leaves the field of play. Ref gives pen :D

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[SincereTheRebel]

Maybe Palermo is available for penalty duty

[randomlegend]

We should see if RvN is available. He wouldn't be any more of a passenger than some of our other players and at least he'd score all the pens.

[Waffdon]

Liverpool will probably score 3 or 4 now.

[Danny]

Xhaka :lol:

http://arsenalist.com/f/2018-19/xhaka-sub-crowd-jeers-he-jeers-back-2019-10-27.html

[randomlegend]

Holy shit what an incredible goal that is.

[Waffdon]

Did he even touch him?

[Kikó]

United's third was actually great. Norwich are absolutely dogshit though.

[mugbull]

That's such an annoying penalty to concede, any other decent right back would have dealt with that run and everything

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That third goal was beautiful.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Xhaka :lol:

http://arsenalist.com/f/2018-19/xhaka-sub-crowd-jeers-he-jeers-back-2019-10-27.html

:D

[Waffdon]

Alexander-Arnold is so good to watch but defensively he is every bit as bad as Aurier.

[Waffdon]

What on earth has happened to Claude on Arsenal TV. He’s fucking huge and looks like he’s on chemotherapy

[Lewis]

Isn't he some sort of depressive maniac? His weight is all over the place when you see older videos.

[Waffdon]

https://youtu.be/7cYV2qTVcig

Look at him soaking it all in at the start of the video. :D

[Lewis]

'DT' got his hat pinched, started a ruck, and then took to Twitter booting off about his kids being scared. :lol:

[SincereTheRebel]

Rashford is now up to 32 league goals at 0.26 goals per game from 7527 minutes. Players with similar numbers

Troy Deeney
Nikica Jelavic
Tore André Flo
Carl Cort
Rickie Lambert
Paul Rideout

If you add in his assists with his goals, he has 50 in total. Players with similar games played and goals/assists totals

Dusan Tadic
Jay Rodríguez
Hugo Rodallega
Frédéric Kanouté
John Carew

[bruhnaldo]

:\

[randomlegend]

He's also scored more than Cristiano Ronaldo had at the same age in the same number of games. More than Thierry Henry at the same age as well.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Keep these stats going Sincere, I respect the grind, even if in a few years you'll probably be using them to refute claims that he's on a par with Gerd Müller.

[John Arne]

Keep these stats going Sincere, I respect the grind, even if in a few years you'll probably be using them to refute claims that he's on a par with Gerd Müller.

Jimmy - remember Samson from your most goals in a calendar year days? He has just finished his 12th season in Vietnam with 13 goals (for 2 teams), finishing 3rd in the scoring chart.

[SincereTheRebel]

What is Roy Krishna up to these days?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Had a good stint in the A league ad now gone to India.

[SincereTheRebel]

He's also scored more than Cristiano Ronaldo had at the same age in the same number of games. More than Thierry Henry at the same age as well.

Stats like that turned out great for Michael Owen, Rashford hasnt scored more than Collins John, Dele Alli, Emile Heskey, Bojan Krkic, Heung-min Son, Mario Balotelli and Obafemi Martins before 21.

[thommo]

Oh Collins John, what could have been. He had serious potential but cocked it up through laziness and being braindead.

[Yevrah]

Sincere is fighting an admirable fight with this one and is now welcome to join team bullshit detector.

[SincereTheRebel]

I would have thought that Mbappe would be miles ahead for under 21 league goal scores, but he only edges Robbie Fowler.

[randomlegend]

Stats like that turned out great for Michael Owen, Rashford hasnt scored more than Collins John, Dele Alli, Emile Heskey, Bojan Krkic, Heung-min Son, Mario Balotelli and Obafemi Martins before 21.

My whole point is the stats both ways are stupid and meaningless.

Edit: Also I think most strikers would be pretty happy to have Michael Owen's career...

[randomlegend]

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Another one for you.

[Reg]

Rashford is very good, and will probably have a brilliant career, but evidently needs Martial at the moment. Their current team isn't good enough for only one of them to be fit and still be expected to win practically every game. The second and third goals yesterday were great.

[John Arne]

Gaz Neville just admitted on MNF that he has only watched Spurs twice this season (against Man City and Liverpool). That's seems a little strange to me. For Sky's premier football analyst, and for someone so critical of how teams play, I would have thought he would be watching at least 4 or 5 games per week.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He needs thirty hours a week to sigh and shake his head, twenty to run his hotel, ten to be chairman of Salford, five to practise his sex noises, and the rest to practise grandiose statements about Manchester United in the mirror. He hasn't got time to watch Spurs.

[Waffdon]

Gaz Neville just admitted on MNF that he has only watched Spurs twice this season (against Man City and Liverpool). That's seems a little strange to me. For Sky's premier football analyst, and for someone so critical of how teams play, I would have thought he would be watching at least 4 or 5 games per week.

He meant watched them as in live at the game.

[Ian]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50221110

C'mon, Italy.

[mugbull]

The ban on God stuff is probably why all their cursing involves sisters.

[bruhnaldo]

"There is a strict ban on taking God's name in vain in Italy"

Well gawdamn wtf?

[Spikey M]

Gosh darn it indeed.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Life ban if you say THE BIG MAN doesn't exist?

[John Arne]

Life ban if you say THE BIG MAN doesn't exist?

Oliver Bierhoff?

[SincereTheRebel]

Giggles

you may want to contact EA. They are disrespecting bottom or top Ireland. In the game, in order to search for players from bottom or top Ireland. In the filter list, it is shown as just 'Ireland'. Sounds like they need educating the same way I did. You can probably get some money out of them and I want half.

[randomlegend]

I'll always lol at top and bottom Ireland.

[Baz]

Giggles

you may want to contact EA. They are disrespecting bottom or top Ireland. In the game, in order to search for players from bottom or top Ireland. In the filter list, it is shown as just 'Ireland'. Sounds like they need educating the same way I did. You can probably get some money out of them and I want half.Jokes?

Cos there's Northern Ireland.

[bruhnaldo]

I'd like to imagine Sincere was drunk as shit and literally looking for "top Ireland" and not "Northern Ireland" in the list.

[Giggles]

@Giggles (https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/member.php?u=26)

you may want to contact EA. They are disrespecting bottom or top Ireland. In the game, in order to search for players from bottom or top Ireland. In the filter list, it is shown as just 'Ireland'. Sounds like they need educating the same way I did. You can probably get some money out of them and I want half.

Ireland will be ‘bottom Ireland’ as it’s the correct name for the country. It’s only FIFA and UEFA insist on the Republic bit be included even though they don’t for the likes of Poland, Austria, etc.

Plus, NI is included.

[Waffdon]

Billy Gilmour and Reece James live on Sky :cool:

[Lewis]

Marcos Rojo on penalties is what we all want to see.

[John Arne]

Liverpool: Caoimhin Kelleher, Neco Williams, Joseph Gomez, Sepp van den Berg, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Adam Lallana, Naby Keita, Harvey Elliott, Divock Origi, Rhian Brewster

[Giggles]

Richard Keogh sacked by Derby for gross misconduct while the two who were actually drunk driving in the incident (and the two who might be worth a few quid) go back into the first team.

[SvN]

He's 33 and out for 15 months. They just don't want to pay him anymore.

[Giggles]

He's 33 and out for 15 months. They just don't want to pay him anymore.

Exactly. I wasn't saying it was a bad decision but they better have made sure it's air tight because the other two still being there could give him a good case.

[SvN]

You do wonder how confident they are in the legal advice they'll have inevitably received. I expect a lawsuit in the near future.

[Giggles]

You do wonder how confident they are in the legal advice they'll have inevitably received. I expect a lawsuit in the near future.

The fact they've taken a month could mean they've made well sure it'll stick I suppose.

[John Arne]

Mustafi :D

[Waffdon]

He refused the offer of a pay cut so they’ve obviously thought fuck it.

Some paper round Harvey Elliot had. How on earth is he 16

[John Arne]

https://gyazo.com/1072127e4ee2f47e889b27a5bc003502.gif

[Waffdon]

World Cup winner Mustafi.

[Waffdon]

Bring back VAR!!

[John Arne]

Fucking where is VAR when you need it?

[Gray Fox]

This kind of feels a pointless task. Arsenal trotting out a very strong team against the kids should only ever go one way.

[Waffdon]

Well, they’ve changed their whole team from the last game. Liverpool just have fuck all depth.

[Gray Fox]

Tough spot this. Whilst I agree with resting the starters given the upcoming games, we should not be giving away home wins.

[Gray Fox]

That's a dive surely?

[John Arne]

That's a dive surely?

Nah, kicks his left foot.

[phonics]

Fun game so far. That's a dive. 1-1 on bad decisions.

[John Arne]

Fun game so far. That's a dive. 1-1 on bad decisions.

It's a pen, the contact is clear. If we keep van den Berg and Gomez together second half, you should score at least 4 more.

[Waffdon]

Alonso is so dreadful.

[John Arne]

Martinelli looks like a proper striker. Always in the right place, and quality finisher. Off to Barca in the summer.

[randomlegend]

Daniel James is a god at winning penalties.

Who's going to miss this one I wonder.

[Lewis]

That's a proper match-fixer dive from the 'keeper.

[Jimmy Floyd]

We basically start 1-0 down with Alonso against Dan James.

[phonics]

It's a pen, the contact is clear. If we keep van den Berg and Gomez together second half, you should score at least 4 more.

It’s minimal at best and He falls over because the foot that doesn’t take contact slips or chooses not to plant.

[phonics]

I thought people were going a bit ott giving Ozil the big one tonight but that touch was lush.