July Football: Five games

[Foe]

Do you think it was a foul Andy?

[Kikó]

Do you think it was a foul Andy?

He's done him by getting to the ball first and turning. Can see why it's given.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Greenwood teabagging the xG statwankers :drool:

*James.

[-james-]

Greenwood teabagging the xG statwankers :drool:
This will be a good bump in a few months time.

[Kikó]

Greenwood will blip like Rashford did but it's how he responds which will determine how good he is. His technical attributes are superb.

[Foe]

I can see why it’s been given too. I don’t agree that it should’ve been given though because it’s not a foul for me and I expect VAR to fix mistakes like that.

If that’s a foul, we should be telling all our youngsters to run at a player, stop the ball and just jump into them for a free kick. You could get 2-3 pens a game doing that.

[Kikó]

No you wouldn't as it's a hard situation to replicate.

Pogba is back.

[Lewis]

Is that a goal off a corner? :drool:

[Bob Sacamano]

2 in 50 Kienan Davis on to save the day

[Don]

2 in 50 Kienan Davis on to save the day

6 in 23 at U23 level, you racist fuck.

Seriously though, I hope my wife gives half as good a blowjob as that boy.

[randomlegend]

Greenwood's power in his shots is actually absurd. That one wasn't even in the corner and was a decent height for the keeper but he didn't have a hope.

[randomlegend]

This will be a good bump in a few months time.

I read the other day that the players who routinely outperform xG by the most are the ones who are most two-footed, and he's about the most two-footed player in history.

I'm not an idiot, he's obviously not going to keep this level up, but I wouldn't be surprised if he continues to outperform xG by a good margin.

[Kikó]

Just enjoy the fucking goals and stop noncing about xG.

[-james-]

Yeah he clearly strikes the ball very well. The numbers are Rashford breakout season esque which are certainly not bad.

What concerns me with United is that while the line up that has started the last few games is excellent, as soon as changes are made its proper mid table (see Norwich game or last 15 of other recent games). Doesn't bode well when you consider the injury record under Solskjaer.

[Lewis]

Depth-wise they've got 'Alexis' to come back.

[randomlegend]

Yeah he clearly strikes the ball very well. The numbers are Rashford breakout season esque which are certainly not bad.


They are significantly better. 2 more goals this season and he has the most ever by a teenager in a single season for United.

Sancho and Grealish solve the depth problems.

[Lewis]

The latter surely isn't happening, at least not at the sort of prices doing the rounds, if Paulp Ogba is staying.

[randomlegend]

It'll depend how much of the dross we can shift I imagine (Lingard, Pereira, Mata, etc.)

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just enjoy the fucking goals and stop noncing about xG.

It's not a real goal if it shoudn't have happened.

[Mellberg]

Grealish has played himself into a move to Everton over the last 10 games.

That was so, so spineless from Villa. Completely finished. Manager should've been sacked in December.

[Giggles]

World he not be a good bet to get them back up?

[-james-]

They are significantly better. 2 more goals this season and he has the most ever by a teenager in a single season for United.

Sancho and Grealish solve the depth problems.

I'm talking ex gee here.

It's a bit eye rolly but if you're talking about predicting the future then the likelihood of a shot going in is simply more useful than whether it does or not.

[Mellberg]

World he not be a good bet to get them back up?

He would, but he's off.

[Giggles]

He would, but he's off.

The manager I mean, or do you mean him too (and not Grealish)?

[Mellberg]

Ah. My mistake. He did well last season, but he's tainted by whatever the fuck this shitshow has been with the supporters and probably the players. Think you're better off starting again.

He's been just as shit as the players, basically.

[Don]

Jesus, just seen the pen decision. Has any decision been made on VAR for next season? Please get the fuck out of my sport.

[Don]

Dion Dublin pitching for a government advisor role on MOTD2 :D

[Lewis]

I'd give it two meetings before one too many glances at his package send him down the black supremacy route.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sol Campbell is a Tory isn't he? Get him in the Lords.

[Don]

Fucking Mourinho :D

Kane needs to shift to Utd sharpish, his lack of pace means he needs attackers around him and he ain't getting that in a Mourinho side.

[niko_cee]

As I was only casually observing I didn't fully appreciate quite how bad that United penalty decision was.

:D

Lordy.

Pogba's goal was a beaut as well. Reina looked a bit of a mug for both his and Greenwood's, although having defenders forming sight-blocking formations rather than closing the ball probably doesn't help.

[SincereTheRebel]

Greenwood's shot power is ferocious. Watching the highlights, he really is Cazorla with his feet. Is he the real deal?

[Ian]

I reckon he might even be better than Adnan Januzaj.

[SincereTheRebel]

:D

What the fuck happened to him, Didn't England try and call him up to internationally early on?

[Shindig]

He's a regular for Real Sociedad. He's having his best season, arguably.

And as soon as defenders start closing Greenwood down, he's knackered. Villa did nothing to stop him.

[randomlegend]

And as soon as defenders start closing Greenwood down, he's knackered. Villa did nothing to stop him.

There's a reason players are scared to close him down as well. He is, as Sincere put it, the real deal.

[randomlegend]

:D

What the fuck happened to him, Didn't England try and call him up to internationally early on?

He apparently really didn't put the work in at Utd and suffered for it. A lot of the academy people maintain he's one of the most talented youngsters they've ever had and he should have been world class but only has himself to blame. Like Ravel Morrison without the witness intimidation.

[Don]

You have to wonder if Greenwood's physical limitations will restrict his true impact though. He'll bang in 30 a season if the team is doing well but he's hardly going to change games singlehandedly when he weighs the same as three bags of sugar and has the pace of a sporty high-school kid.

[Lewis]

I think style-wise he's more Diego Forlan than 'RvP'. He comes deeper, he runs with it, and nobody could twat it off both sides like Forlan could.

[Don]

The road to glory for Atalanta looks set. That is until they get twatted 8-1 by Bayern in the final obvs.

[randomlegend]

You have to wonder if Greenwood's physical limitations will restrict his true impact though. He'll bang in 30 a season if the team is doing well but he's hardly going to change games singlehandedly when he weighs the same as three bags of sugar and has the pace of a sporty high-school kid.

Wut. He's already bulked up a bit (and will more, see Rashford) and he's far from slow.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Bayern have got to beat us first, and let me tell you the Chelsea Football Club led by Frank Lampard OBE will be no pushovers even needing to score four unanswered away goals.

[SincereTheRebel]

baeyrn have been scorching since the restart. They really should go all the way. PSG hasn't played a competitive game since early March.

[SincereTheRebel]

Wolves have Sevilla or Roma if they get through. Easy work.


Inter Milan or Getafe vs Rangers or Bayer Leverkusen

Lask or Manchester United vs Istanbul Basaksehir or Copenhagen

Wolfsburg or Shaktar Donetsk vs Eintracht Frankurt or FC Basel

[Don]

Wut. He's already bulked up a bit (and will more, see Rashford) and he's far from slow.

He weighs like 70kg and is almost 6ft. I'd slap the shit out of him. He also isn't far above average in terms of pace.

Find me one example of a wildly succesful striker with such unremarkable physical traits. It don't happen in the modern game.

[randomlegend]

He weighs like 70kg and is almost 6ft. I'd slap the shit out of him. He also isn't far above average in terms of pace.

Find me one example of a wildly succesful striker with such unremarkable physical traits. It don't happen in the modern game.

Lionel Messi

[Don]

Do you think Messi's acceleration and strength are unremarkable or that his midget height and increased muscle density are myths? Just so I'm clear what fire I'm attempting to piss on.

[randomlegend]

Well given Greenwood keeps up with the rest of our strikers on the break, I guess I'll just go with "he's only got 1 leg"

[John]

He weighs like 70kg and is almost 6ft. I'd slap the shit out of him. He also isn't far above average in terms of pace.

Find me one example of a wildly succesful striker with such unremarkable physical traits. It don't happen in the modern game.

Greenwood is about as impressive physically as you'd expect an eighteen year old footballer to be. Let's not forget Cristiano Ronaldo was a skinny bully victim at eighteen.

His entire physical profile is reminiscent of Robert Lewandowski when he first pitched up at Dortmund, actually.

[Don]

That is how it's done RL, you little gremlin.

[randomlegend]

That is how it's done RL, you little gremlin.

Given you just post baseless nonsense I don't see why I should be held to a higher standard in response

[Spikey M]

I have you right with Messi anyway. Physically he's nothing special.

[Don]

Im getting swamped here, it's a feeding frenzy.

[phonics]

Rumour going around that Pep has quit.

Edit: it’s the bloke called Pep at Birmingham :moop:

[Spikey M]

Spurs should sack Mourinho and get him in. Let's see who's the biggest myth once and for all.

[Shindig]

I still kind of pinch myself that Crybaby Giraffe grew into something ridiculous.

[phonics]

You're going to have to elaborate?

[Spikey M]

Yeah, I mean he was 'the next big thing' before he left Portugal wasn't he? He may have been a whiney little batch (a trait he has not outgrown) but he's one of very few to have achieved what was expected of him.

[phonics]

Oh it's a C. Ronaldo reference

[Spikey M]

Oh :D

Do you not remember Crybaby Giraffe? Who brought that to us Lewis?

[phonics]

As soon as I had context I remembered but just referencing it like that I had no clue. That was back in the Chel$ki/Man Yoo days.

[niko_cee]

They've just had a full match replay of the original Liverpool 4-3 Newcastle match on sky sports something, holy fuck what a game that was. Shame it gave rise to the evil empire. Tragedy Newcastle never won the league that year.

[Shindig]

We weren't that close, lads. It's fine. :(

[niko_cee]

In my mind I always had it earlier in the year than April, but there were still a fair few games to go.

Liverpool followed it up by losing 1-0 to Coventry. Oh, those were the days.

Probably got turned over by Wimbledon as the season wound down as well, no doubt.

[Shindig]

From what I remember, I felt it went when Graham Fenton turned us over. And when Ian Woan levelled against us.

[phonics]

In my mind I always had it earlier in the year than April, but there were still a fair few games to go.

Liverpool followed it up by losing 1-0 to Coventry. Oh, those were the days.

Probably got turned over by Wimbledon as the season wound down as well, no doubt.

That 97/98 season was magic for that reason. I think we were something like 12 points behind with single digit amount of games left. I tried to confirm it on wiki and couldn't find it but I did find that the bookies paid out on United winning the league that year two months early :D

[Luca]

Mason ‘Mase Mate’ Greenwood is certified bangers only:

https://i.redd.it/2ro9fl4v13a51.jpg

[Danny]

That 97/98 season was magic for that reason. I think we were something like 12 points behind with single digit amount of games left. I tried to confirm it on wiki and couldn't find it but I did find that the bookies paid out on United winning the league that year two months early :D

Looks like 11 points at the beginning of March. United had 9 to play. Arsenal 12

https://www.premierleague.com/match/2422

[Giggles]

Newcastle vs Chelsea from 1996 is on the telly at the minute. Ginola :drool:

[phonics]

Looks like 11 points at the beginning of March. United had 9 to play. Arsenal 12

https://www.premierleague.com/match/2422
This must be where I picked up the habit of assuming any game in hand = 3 points.

[mugbull]

Mason ‘Mase Mate’ Greenwood is certified bangers only:

https://i.redd.it/2ro9fl4v13a51.jpg

"Tough goals" sounds like someone took xG and made it even less useful

[Don]

*more accessible to mongs

[phonics]

Michail Antonio is such an enigma of a player. He’s awful but his physical attributes make seasoned players look like under 23’s. People bang on about Traore but Antonio’s the real one.

[Giggles]

There’s a Watford lad looks the image of milky from Me Myself and Irene.

[Manc]

Will Hughes. Touted for big things when at Derby.

[Don]

Michail Antonio is such an enigma of a player. He’s awful but his physical attributes make seasoned players look like under 23’s. People bang on about Traore but Antonio’s the real one.

Yep, if it wasn't for injuries he'd be a seasoned international and how I'd love to see him absolutely fuck up soft foreign cunts on the international stage.

[Giggles]

Amazon have the option to remove the fake crowd noise (maybe Sky do too, I don’t have it) and it makes it completely unwatchable.

[phonics]

Yep, if it wasn't for injuries he'd be a seasoned international and how I'd love to see him absolutely fuck up soft foreign cunts on the international stage.

People keep saying he’s ‘adaptable’ because he can play right back or striker, he plays exactly the same way in both positions.

[Don]

Bowen is a quality player, the Dirk Kuyt regen.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why have refs stopped enforcing the "Get off the pitch at the nearest sideline" rule?

[Gray Fox]

Curtis Jones and Neco Williams starting.

Seems to fancy Jones as one of his midfield 3 rather than a 10, so this is a good experiment.

[Shindig]

Bloody hell. We've checked right out.

[Gray Fox]

And that's probably it for Villa and Bournemouth.

[niko_cee]

So who's triple captained Antonio then?

[Manc]

I threw him in on a whim. Chat shit get banged remains captain.

[Don]

I did toy with the idea of captaincy and probably should have gone with it given I have 160 points to make on the jammy cunt above me but I expect similiar output from Salah now.

[Bob Sacamano]

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Whew.

[Manc]

Six on the bounce since the restart. Woof.

[Don]

Nick Pope has got to be top 10 in the world. Just goes to show how good England's number 1 is...

[Gray Fox]

Imagine having to track Andy Robertson all game.

Pope needs to take over from little arms immediately.

[SincereTheRebel]

Pope isnt number 1 already?

[niko_cee]

Nah, Pickford's better at playing his defence into trouble.

This game has a very end of term feel to it.

[Gray Fox]

Could see that coming. Too much toying with the food been going on.

[Don]

Rodriguez's fucking ability to crack those out has me fucking seething with Robbo and VVD in my team. And my erection is in pieces at the Egyptian cunt's lack of output.

[Gray Fox]

On another day could have been 5-1. The one Salah chance he should be burying is the one that comes right at the end. A shame but nothing to lose sleep over.

[Waffdon]

Abraham has the mobility of a giraffe. Worse touch and balance than Lukaku on ecstasy

[Danny]

Thats a lovely header. Although maybe Kepa having lead feet makes it look better

[Waffdon]

He’s managed to make a save at least but it still led to a goal. He’ll be playing for Mallorca in a few years.

Werner will run riot in the Europa

[niko_cee]

Chelsea should buy Pope if they need a 'keeper.

[Waffdon]

Alonso and Rudiger :D

He’s either a genius or a mad man

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rudiger :D

[Waffdon]

What a player

[Don]

Soccerway's saying McGoldrick has a brace. Giggs, you been seshing with the geezer on the buttons?

[Giggles]

Soccerway's saying McGoldrick has a brace. Giggs, you been seshing with the geezer on the buttons?

McGoldrick scored? Is it a cup game or something?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

McGoldrick scored? Is it a cup game or something?

League. His first goals.

[Giggles]

Either a couple of 25+ yard screamers or he got lost and ended up in the box.

Good to see one of our strikers doing something though. Long/Obafemi/Parrott/etc are all muck and can’t get a game.

[Lewis]

Could United and Leicester potentially fix a draw on the last day of the season to clinch third and fourth?

[Giggles]

Even with everything else, West Ham being safe is the saddest development this season.

[-james-]

Pochettino is still a free agent. Breaks my brain how badly run football clubs are.

[Waffdon]

Could United and Leicester potentially fix a draw on the last day of the season to clinch third and fourth?

If Chelsea win their last 3 I think they’ll get top four regardless of the result but they’ll not win at Anfield so they’re fucked.

[Shindig]

When's the last time a proper English shithouse club did well in Europe? I always get giddy at the thought of Bolton and co. making their way there but they never tend to stick around. There has to have been one since Boro and Fulham.

[Giggles]

Leeds were before weren’t they?

Leicester in the CL?

[niko_cee]

Could United and Leicester potentially fix a draw on the last day of the season to clinch third and fourth?

Lineker made this point on MotD the other night I think.

[Shindig]

3rd's not good enough to dodge a qualifier is it?

[niko_cee]

There are no qualifiers for English teams, they got rid of that a few years ago now. All straight into the groups.

[Spikey M]

Doesn't 5th get Champions League if City are kicked out?

[Shindig]

Well, then. I guess the fix is in. Giggles I don't really count Leicester a proper shithouse club, though. Like, they're legitimately ran like a team with skilful players. Same could be said for Wolves.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, and Wolves or United could qualify by winning the UEFA Cup as well.

[Lewis]

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[randomlegend]

Pochettino is still a free agent. Breaks my brain how badly run football clubs are.

If there were any justice the league would be done on xPoints and he'd still have his job at Tottenham

[SvN]

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This documentary is fucking brilliant. I watched it recently after listening to the Quickly Kevin episode about it.

[SincereTheRebel]

Atalanta have taken a 1-0 lead vs Juventus in Turin. They will be 6 points behind Juve with 6 games left if stays like this.

[Giggles]

Atalanta have taken a 1-0 lead vs Juventus in Turin. They will be 6 points behind Juve with 6 games left if stays like this.

But Juventus will still win the league.

[Giggles]

This should be stopped on humane grounds. In this era of no fans, the two managers should be able to agree to finish up early.

[Giggles]

What a way to finish a hat trick.

[CJay]

Those Juventus penalties are ridiculous.

Not surprising in the slightest of course.

[Luca]

They're the right calls per THE RULES, but the rules are shit.

[-james-]

If there were any justice the league would be done on xPoints and he'd still have his job at Tottenham

I mean I get why he was sacked but at this stage I can't see how there's an objective argument to thinking he'd be doing a worse job than the incumbent.

[Don]

The boys in the studio made a great point, Frank saw that he got it wrong at HT at 2-0 down and made the double change and changed up the system.

[Don]

65 minute BBC produced look back at the life and times of Alan Hansen with Ludovico Einaudi backing track to give it that emotional depth. I wonder if I'll be as fucking done with life to tune in for "Mo Salah: Egyptian King" in 2055.

[SincereTheRebel]

But Juventus will still win the league.

and...

[Danny]

I love that Kepa's automatic reaction is just to put his hands out in appeal every time one goes in.

Watching MOTD and that was his exact reaction for the first goal today.

[John Arne]

That first Juventus penalty is a joke. The rules don't say you have to put your arms behind your back, and de Roon keeps them in a very natural position. Very harsh.

[Ian]

Don't foprget today is one of the five games you're allowed to talk about, lads.

Enjoy!

[SincereTheRebel]

Pope needs to take over from little arms immediately.

Its 3-0 Wolves and his arms are built like a t-rex

[SincereTheRebel]

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[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's never a handball.

[Giggles]

That’s ridiculous.

[Shindig]

Shoulder. He's a big boy.

[Don]

Some effort by Villa to get out of this but lookin at Watford's fixtures, it's a possibility. Least get it to final day cause I'm fast losing interest.

[SincereTheRebel]

Is this 343 from Arsenal normal for them since Arteta came in?

[phonics]

Post lockdown yeah. Arteta has an obsession with having a left footed CB so when Marri got injured in the Man City match swapped it to have Kola as a CB.

[SincereTheRebel]

In guessing he wants Luiz to do as little moving as possible.

[phonics]

As I say, it's literally to have a left footed CB.

[phonics]

Bellerin absolutely rinsed two Spurs players there. Looks like hes finally starting to recover from the ACL.

[SincereTheRebel]

You can have a left-footed CB as a two

[phonics]

You can have a left-footed CB as a two

Not if that CB is Sead Kolasinac.

Lacazette has added so much power to his shot over the break. Seen a few of these in the training videos.

[phonics]

Kolasinac gonna Kolasinac.

[phonics]

Emi Martinez, best 2nd keeper in the league imo.

[phonics]

What is the point of Nicolas Pepe. Yeah, Arjen Robben made an entire career of cutting in and shooting but Pepe doesn't ever get the ball into that position.

[phonics]

Just looked at the table and looks like Arsenal can get max 62 points so we’d need 2 teams 5th and above to lose 4 games in a row. Not happening.

[Lofty]

FA Cup or bust fam.

[phonics]

Sounds like bust in that case blud. We’re not equipped to beat City.

[phonics]

This is the least physical derby I’ve ever seen.

[SincereTheRebel]

This is the least physical derby I’ve ever seen.

The spurs players are not going into the tackles at all.

Edit: they are on yellows

[phonics]

Pepe booting a free kick into the wall, losing the ball in a 70/30 and then comitting a foul and getting booked.

72 million quid.

[Lewis]

I've got the Arsenal Fan TV watchalong on. The state of Claude. If he had to tie his shoes from a standing start he would explode.

[Lewis]

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'DT' slouching because his jeans are too tight.

[Spikey M]

The cunt in the headphones is the worst of the bunch. You know he still sleeps in a single bed with Arsenal bed sheets and wallpaper

[Bob Sacamano]

What are Reiss Nelsons 7 Bundesliga goals worth? Same value as Eredivisie

[Lewis]

'Tai' is just a simpleton who loves his little hobby too much. He would be helping out in a charity shop in another life, or being the token spastic in a warehouse, where as 'Troopz' would be doing thirty-five years for terror offences.

[Shindig]

Troopz is the Asian guy trying to be the blackest in the room, right?

[SincereTheRebel]

It as a good game. Arsenal had a few chances, but nothing really clear cut. Spurs defended like a team managed by Jose.

[SincereTheRebel]

I've got the Arsenal Fan TV watchalong on. The state of Claude. If he had to tie his shoes from a standing start he would explode.

He is a big man. 50+ in guessing. Stop being a dickhead

[phonics]

It as a good game.

Did we watch a diff game? That was awful.

[Luca]

They had to postpone the Toronto FC - DC United game this morning about 10 minutes to kickoff because of one positive test and another inconclusive test. Two teams have already pulled out completely. What’s the point?

[Lofty]

Arsenal were poor really. We have to bin off the defensive dogshit if this team is going anywhere next season. Kolasinac and Sokratis signed on a free, any wonder? Mustafi had looked alright the last couple of games but he shit the bed a lot today, Kane made him look like Cygan.

[Gray Fox]

https://i.gyazo.com/7efdcb639c8801edebb372e5b4a40508.png

Life comes at you fast.

[phonics]

45% of goals that Arsenal concede are from set pieces. That’s insane.

To put it into perspective, it's normally around 20% for even the worst teams. Southampton had a high of 38% once.

[niko_cee]

Jesus, that's Traore-esque from the Bournemouth defender there.

[Lofty]

https://i.gyazo.com/7efdcb639c8801edebb372e5b4a40508.png

Life comes at you fast.

On the other hand 2020 Tottenham are in the post Emirates Arsenal decline without actually winning anything. At least the highlights of Arsenal's last successes are available in HD.

[Gray Fox]

You do wonder. Go back to an Arsenal fan in 2003 and tell them they'll become the invincibles and get a much bigger new stadium in 3 years, but they'd spend the next 15 slowly declining from top team to now on the verge of mid-table.

Would they take it?

EDIT: Also never forgot that Spurs got the most points in the country over a 2 year period under Poch and never won a thing.

[phonics]

You do wonder. Go back to an Arsenal fan in 2003 and tell them they'll become the invincibles and get a much bigger new stadium in 3 years, but they'd spend the next 15 slowly declining from top team to now on the verge of mid-table.

Would they take it?

EDIT: Also never forgot that Spurs got the most points in the country over a 2 year period under Poch and never won a thing.

Would Liverpool fans have taken the success of the 80s knowing they'd be completely irrelevant for the next 25 years? Clubs go through cycles. It's not like Arsenal has a glittering history of constant success over it's history.

[niko_cee]

Someone decent should buy David Brooks.

[niko_cee]

Would Liverpool fans have taken the success of the 80s knowing they'd be completely irrelevant for the next 25 years?

Yeah, of course you would. Well, late 70s/early 80s.

Although complete irrelevance including winning the European Cup is pretty lol coming from one of your lot.

[phonics]

Champions League was erased from our existence once we lost 10-2 to Bayern.

[niko_cee]

Same for the league after that United game.

[phonics]

That game was why we bought Arteta. Pieces had to fall into place. Still find Chelsea 6 - 0 Arsenal worse. Genuinely felt like giving up on football at that point because losing 6-0 felt predictable.

[Danny]

Soyunchu :lol:

[SvN]

What an idiot.

Third tomorrow if we win :cool:

[Waffdon]

This is the worst race for top four of all time. :D

Man Utd should piss it

[Waffdon]

How do you concede two goals to Solanke. Bloody hell

[niko_cee]

Hang on a second, what's happened here? I left that at 1-0 Leicester and Bournemouth looking shite.

Bad weekend for the mighty Bright but they should still be good for 17th, hopefully.

[niko_cee]

This is the worst race for top four of all time. :D


I dunno, it was a bit of a shit-off last season as well, with Sarri's dreadful Chelsea side lolling their way into 3rd.

[Kikó]

Ole Gunnar Binman potentially finishing third is quite a turn up.

[phonics]

Ole Gunnar Binman potentially finishing third is quite a turn up.

Not really because it looks like Frank Binman will be coming 4th.

[mugbull]

Still somehow a slim chance of us getting 5th place. If the stars align it would be the least-deserved Champions League spot ever

[Luca]

I dunno, it was a bit of a shit-off last season as well, with Sarri's dreadful Chelsea side lolling their way into 3rd.

Yeah. We actually look capable of capitalizing on opportunities (perhaps famous last words :uhoh:) which, even from a neutral perspective, eclipses last year's annoying game of Champions League hot spot-ato.

[Mellberg]

It's the hope that kills you.

[Don]

That Laca goal :drool: He's so fucking deadly, to think he was close to us at one stage. I would have died a death to have that nonchalance and swagger associated with my club, instead I get two muzzies and a lezza.

[Don]

God I fucking love it when MOTD2 gets serious with Chappers firing a hardtalk question at a dominant Jermaine Jenas who opens up his body to deliver a forthright and concise response about social media policing. Keown rightly sitting it out as no place for a white life to comment. They should double the licence fee.

[Don]

Someone decent should buy David Brooks.

He can't cost more than £20m, he's like a refined Cantwell/malnourished Grealish, get him in Jurgen.

Watch Solanke absolutely arrive on the scene with a monstrous [champ] season next season.

[Baz]

Will Hughes. Touted for big things when at Derby.

Prick lost me €5 in The Worst Bet Ever Made™.

https://i.imgur.com/knYxakP_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

[Jimmy Floyd]

I had a similar one as a young fellow, wagering my mate that Carlton Cole would score more England goals than Wayne Rooney. Never paid up, come to think of it.

[niko_cee]

So, 30 minutes until the end of FFP?

[Don]

I want live streams of all of them round Benjamin Mendy's house and fans huddling around that shithole of a stadium.

[Manc]

So, 30 minutes until the end of FFP?

One step closer to a SUPER LEAGUE.

[niko_cee]

No ban, £10m fine. lol

[niko_cee]

Verdict's already on the CAS website so not sure why SSN and co haven't picked it up.

[niko_cee]

The CAS award emphasized that most of the alleged breaches reported by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the CFCB were either not established or time-barred

:harold:

[John Arne]

Called it.


I suspect City will have their ban rescinded, given that UEFA broke their own rules whilst investigating them. CAS won't like that.

Interestingly, CAS are saying that City didn't hide anything.

UEFA really need to get some new lawyers.

[John Arne]

:harold:

Yup. UEFA broke their own statute of limitations with the charges :/

[Don]

I expected better from our upstanding sport. Brb gonna slide into Sterling's DMs with racist insults.

[Manc]

Pep secretly fuming as he knows they won't win it now.

[niko_cee]

Best outcome for everyone bar Brendan Rodgers really.

And all the moaning continental elite clubs.

[Mellberg]

I had a similar one as a young fellow, wagering my mate that Carlton Cole would score more England goals than Wayne Rooney. Never paid up, come to think of it.

I bet a Leicester fan £20 on who would finish higher in the Prem a few years back. We were relegated finishing dead last and they won the league.

[John Arne]

I seem to remember good ol' Jimmy Floyd donating £20 to a charity of my choice after young Josh McEachran didn't play 20 games or summit for Chelsea.

[Giggles]

I never really seen what Danny Ings looks like before. He’s the spit of a lad I know.

[CJay]

Interested to see what Southampton can do here. They’re top 5 in terms of their away record.

[niko_cee]

They'll probably do alright for a bit, concede a penalty and then get bunted.

[Giggles]

Top stuff from old poggers. He looks up for it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was lovely from Martial.

[Danny]

Pogba needs to wake up. That pass was lovely but he has been too slow so far.

That Shaw Rashford move was very nice, just needed a better run.

[Giggles]

There’s a turnaround. Southampton’s defending for both goals was pitiful though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lovely.

Huge fan of confident Martial.

[Danny]

Martial has been unreal since the restart.

[Waffdon]

Southampton’s centre halves still fear me up. Look good other than that. Armstrong can’t even get in the Scotland squad lolz

[Lewis]

I would sell Big Fat Luke Shaw tomorrow for actual peanuts. He offers nothing at both ends.

Anthony Martial. :cool:

[Waffdon]

Man Utd should stick 5/6 past Chelsea in the cup at the weekend. Too good going forward. Greenwood has touched the ball about twice

[randomlegend]

Man Utd should stick 5/6 past Chelsea in the cup at the weekend. Too good going forward. Greenwood has touched the ball about twice

I would imagine we'll rest players for the cup game. This team has started 5 games in a row.

[Kikó]

Not a chance we rest for a cup semi final.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's a nasty challenge by Romeu.

[Lewis]

They can have a rest against West Ham and the Europa return match.

[Giggles]

Southampton are so laboured in everything they do.

[Andy]

Totally lost it after that second goal. We have barely rotated since the restart, as soon as United stepped it up a notch weve dropped off.

[mo]

Fair play Wycombe. Get your bets on for them to finish bottom next season though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Time for Brandon Williams.

[Danny]

Akinfenwa in the Championship?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I could have sworn Lawrie Sanchez had got them up there for a season, evidently not.

[Kikó]

Chill out.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We've been so fucking shit this half.

[randomlegend]

Well that's frustrating.

[Waffdon]

Lol. They’ll all somehow find a way of losing the final game of the season.

[Kikó]

5th place for life.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Good to see we keep our fully deserved 3rd place.

[Giggles]

Good lad Obafemi. I’d knocked it off at half time so I missed it.

[niko_cee]

It's deja vu all over again.

[SincereTheRebel]

I didnt expect Strong Nose to sound like that at all.

[Baz]

Taz has done a spoken WDYTOE?

[Luca]

Yeah. We actually look capable of capitalizing on opportunities (perhaps famous last words :uhoh:) which, even from a neutral perspective, eclipses last year's annoying game of Champions League hot spot-ato.

:harold:

[Don]

James McClean :cool:

[Lewis]

He's right isn't he, the bogtrotting, tattie-munching, bead-rattling...

[Jimmy Floyd]

Somebody answer me this: why does Arsenal twitter (and maybe Arsenal fans full stop) have the unique trait of, when one of their players is sent off, spending the next several weeks crying tears of abject frustration whenever another player in a completely unrelated match isn't sent off for something they subjectively deem to be worse?

Was the Stoke/Aaron Ramsey leg break when Brexit and Remoaning started?

[Ian]

Which incident is it this time?

I got really bored of Neville banging on about Romeu last night for what felt like about half the match.

[Kikó]

That Romeu incident is a bloody joke. Genuinely pointless having VAR if the people checking are unable to ref the game.

[niko_cee]

Genuinely pointless having VAR if the people checking are unable to ref the game.

:harold:

[Andy]

VAR since the break has been terrible, every game I watch they get something completely wrong.

Was the Romeu foul overlooked as the referee saw it and gave a punishment already?

Nice to see us get a decision go for us at Old Trafford for a change as it was a pretty obvious red.

[niko_cee]

VAR is just terrible full stop.

It doesn't 'correct' anywhere near enough 'howlers' (whether this is because they are less prevalent in a VAR system I don't know) to offset the harm it does with all the armpit offsides and brushed the hand disallowed goals (although that's not specifically VAR's fault). Add in the fact that it is just getting things objectively wrong quite often now I'm not sure really what it is bringing to the game.

[Ian]

The commentary at the time said VAR hadn't spoke to the referee about it and they were just checking it themselves so I dunno how the rules work there but it sounds like they didn't want to overrule the ref anyway as nothing came of it.

[Manc]

Any referee in the modern game who refuses to use the pitch side monitor should be sacked.