May football: Southend United relegated (nearly)

[Lewis]

Mohamed 'Mo' Salah is top Muslim with his anti-Zionism and plain wife he obviously batters. The others are nowhere.

[Kikó]

https://www.anfieldwatch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/graeme-souness-sky-sports-mnf_4461466.jpg

"You think it's okay to put the flag on the pitch but the flames from the flag nearly got into this gantry and could have killed everyone here"

[Lewis]

Antonio Valencia has retired, and it occurs to me that, after Wayne Rooney, he might have been United's best outfield player of that particular decade. Jesus. Who am I missing out? 2009 to 2019 (and half of it at right-back). There must be someone else.

[Shindig]

Maybe Fellaini? For some reason he sticks out as an impact sub.

[randomlegend]

Antonio Valencia has retired, and it occurs to me that, after Wayne Rooney, he might have been United's best outfield player of that particular decade. Jesus. Who am I missing out? 2009 to 2019 (and half of it at right-back). There must be someone else.

Van Persie?

[Lewis]

Not consistently across multiple seasons.

[Kikó]

Could be Chris Smalling if you're covering the entire period. Otherwise, Rooney(09-14?) or Carrick(09-17).

[Lewis]

Michael Carrick was pretty shit through the David Moyes/'LvG' years, albeit largely through no fault of his own in those crab-passing midfield toilets, and I seem to remember him having an off eighteen months during the victory years (specifically going missing in those Bayern Munich knock-out matches). Chris Smalling might be in there actually fucking hell what a crappy period.

[Lewis]

Manchester United post-Sir Alex Ferguson dream team:

David de Gea

Antonio Valencia
Chris Smalling
Harry Maguire
Luke Shaw

Bruno Fernandes
Michael Carrick

Marcus Rashford
Jesse Lingard
Ashley Young

A progressively past-it Wayne Rooney

:happycry:

[Raoul Duke]

Zlatan should be in with a shout, no?

[Jimmy Floyd]

That was probably the worst goal we've ever conceded since 1905.

[Luca]

Manchester United post-Sir Alex Ferguson dream team:

David de Gea

Antonio Valencia
Chris Smalling
Harry Maguire
Luke Shaw

Bruno Fernandes
Michael Carrick

Marcus Rashford
Jesse Lingard
Ashley Young

A progressively past-it Wayne Rooney

:happycry:

Bench:

'VdS'
Rafael
Trendy Lesbian
Andrew Herrera
van Persie
Nani
Zlatan

Paulp Ogba assman or something.

[Lewis]

Edwin van der Sar was retired before the eligibility period, and Nani must have got about ten minutes under 'LvG'. My bollocks bench would be Sergio Romero, Rafael, one of the other centre-backs chosen at random, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial, and Marouane Fellaini.

[Luca]

Edwin van der Sar was retired before the eligibility period, and Nani must have got about ten minutes under 'LvG'. My bollocks bench would be Sergio Romero, Rafael, one of the other centre-backs chosen at random, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial, and Marouane Fellaini.

I read '09-'19 upthread and went with that. If we're doing 13/14 onwards, Rojo is probably the defender I'd go with.

[Don]

Another round down and all the boys doing the biz to keep Juve out of the too 4 :drool:

Mon the gooners.

[Don]

CHO is back to looking like a hopeless cunt.

[Foe]

Get fucked, Hamilton, you plastic pitch bastards.

[Waffdon]

It’s baffling how Chelsea are where they are when they look absolutely shite in the majority of their games.

[Shindig]

Weaponised possession is useless if the bomb doesn't go off.

[SincereTheRebel]

They probably never went away but ive noticed a few players are donning Lotto, Mizuno and Diadora boots.

It's like they have gone into Soccer Sports and took the boots off the rack at the front of the shop that nobody ever bought, but stole. :drool:

[Don]

Top 4 is back in our own hands :happycry:

Shame we have to play Rhys Williams tomorrow.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Until we beat City in the final and throw you out again.

[Don]

I think that still means we go in. It needed Arsenal to win EL for scenes.

[randomlegend]

Manchester United post-Sir Alex Ferguson dream team:

David de Gea

Antonio Valencia
Chris Smalling
Harry Maguire
Luke Shaw

Bruno Fernandes
Michael Carrick

Marcus Rashford
Jesse Lingard
Ashley Young

A progressively past-it Wayne Rooney

:happycry:

It's definitely Pogba for Lingard and Fernandes shifted to the 10.

Right wing should just be vacant.

[Lewis]

I'll swap Paulp Ogba in if he does the business in a couple of weeks, since Lingard currently dons him (and everyone) on his finals performances. This has been his best season though, but then his only other consistent one was his first year back when 'Zlatan' fluffed about twenty xAssists.

[Kikó]

They're doing it again. Coach is blocked.

[Waffdon]

Tyres popped :D

[Shindig]

Get out and walk it.

[Don]

The COVID-ridden corpse of Sadio has been laid to rest. We're gonna dick them 4-5.

[Don]

"Tory Tory Man Utd"...the state of those thickos destroying the whole thing :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why are we putting out a full strength team when we're basically locked into second and have a final in 10 days?

[niko_cee]

I would think the answer to that is fairly obvious but it would be quite funny to see Big Nat Phillips accidentally end Fernandes.

[Luca]

Taz would have topped himself at the sight of Greenwood-Elanga-Amad running riot, so we’ve done this as a precautionary measure.

[Gray Fox]

Cavani and Rashford against Rhys Williams suggests bloodbath. Hopefully we get shooting boots Salah and not that game he has where every chance falls to him and he scuffs them all.

[Ian]

Cavani and Rashford against Rhys Williams suggests bloodbath.

United against a big team suggests snoozefest which feels 13 hours longer than it is.

[Lewis]

Why are we putting out a full strength team when we're basically locked into second and have a final in 10 days?

'I like to see all the English teams do well in Europe.'

[Ian]

Another awesome goal contribution there.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a finish from Nat Phillips.

[Luca]

I’d feel more at ease if we were 1-0 down.

[Lewis]

Another awesome goal contribution there.

Goal contribution, goal contribution
He sets up own goals, he takes set pieces
His stats are fucking padded

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's not a pen.

What is Bailly meant to do in regards to the "follow through"?

[Kikó]

Special play from Pogba on that second, from the stupid foul to the piss poor marking.

[Mike]

Our Bobby! :wub:

[Don]

Parking up at Old Trafford with our banter 5th and 6th choice CBs and missing our captain and still absolutely shitting on them even with a bent ref. Almost all the TTH Utd cretins here to see it and take turns tongueing my shaft too. We eating good today.

[Mike]

Our Bobby! :wub:

What a man

[Ian]

Unless I'm just forgetting it's been a while since we let one in from a raking ball to the back post but at the start of the year it felt like about half our goals were that.

Been properly shit since that first fifteen minutes or so.

[Waffdon]

How have the teams conspired to let Liverpool finish top four

[Jimmy Floyd]

Our performance yesterday was full-on negligence. Literally gifted it to them.

[Ian]

My TV must have glitched there because it looked like Rashford hit it with his left rather than fannying about fucking endlessly to get it on his right.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This triple threat commentary team always screws with my brain in Manchester v Liverpool. Can't they just have one of Neville/Carragher doing it and the other in the studio? Will the people of the spurned city really rise up in rebellion?

[Lewis]

My TV must have glitched there because it looked like Rashford hit it with his left rather than fannying about fucking endlessly to get it on his right.

They should put a shot clock on him. The chances of him making the worst possible decision increase exponentially every additional second the ball is at his feet.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Rashford is one of my least favourite players to watch, as a 'neutral'. All he does is piss about and moan. Nice swan dive there as well.

[Ian]

They should put a shot clock on him. The chances of him making the worst possible decision increase exponentially every additional second the ball is at his feet.

That is an excellent idea.

[Baz]

What would be the best result for Liverpool in the Chelsea vs Leicester league match? :uhoh:

Either way if Spurs beat Leicester on the last day we’re laughing.

Just gotta see off WBA, Burnley and Palace. Easy.

[Shindig]

Yeah, Palace have never given you bother.

[CJay]

What would be the best result for Liverpool in the Chelsea vs Leicester league match? :uhoh:

Either way if Spurs beat Leicester on the last day we’re laughing.

Just gotta see off WBA, Burnley and Palace. Easy.

Gotta be a big Chelsea win to pull the goal difference in for Leicester. Can’t see us winning our 3 games, but even 2 wins might be enough on goal difference if Leicester lose to Chelsea and Spurs.

In reality though these are 3 games that the Liverpool of this season will draw 0-0.

[Spoonsky]

What a finish from Nat Phillips.

:cool:

Our lord and saviour.

[Don]

Leicester have 1 GD advantage over us. 3 wins and we're basically guaranteed top 4. Unfortunately, all 3 games look troublesome.

Hear the silence of the Man Utd fucks tho. Where's your quoting of my posts now, you little tramps?

[Kikó]

Well done on winning a meaningless game.

[Spoonsky]

:console:

[Ian]

When two Super League teams face off everybody's a winner.

[Kikó]

Henderson looks like he's going to struggle to become the number one after tonight and recent performances. Bailly and Lindelof are never going to be a partnership and desperately need to find a centre back or two.

Fred, while I like him, is never going to win you leagues.

[Jimmy Floyd]

We should let Leicester win, or at least agree a draw, and put pressure on ourselves to beat City. Either that or Tuchel should just be sacked tonight for losing at home to fucking Arsenal.

[Lewis]

Henderson looks like he's going to struggle to become the number one after tonight and recent performances. Bailly and Lindelof are never going to be a partnership and desperately need to find a centre back or two.

Fred, while I like him, is never going to win you leagues.

I think they need to judge him under normal crowd conditions to see whether he falls to bits like Ben Foster.

[randomlegend]

Lewis

I'm starting to think we might not win the league.

[Kikó]

He's just making quite a few fundamental errors at the moment. Can't help that DDG played like a legend the other night.

[igor_balis]

This triple threat commentary team always screws with my brain in Manchester v Liverpool. Can't they just have one of Neville/Carragher doing it and the other in the studio? Will the people of the spurned city really rise up in rebellion?

I actually like Neville and Carragher as colour commentators but they absolutely should not be commentating on utd and Liverpool games respectively.

People who know about the clubs playing improves the studio analysis, but the bias interferes with the commentary. Imo.

[Jimmy Floyd]

People like Andy Hinchcliffe who have played for every club and none are quite good for that in lesser games, but in MASSIVE games it's probably hard to find anyone of sufficient stature who doesn't have a bias.

I guess they could send Micah Richards in to do this one, using ICC Elite Panel logic.

[Shindig]

"Lads, we've got Danny Murphy for today's game." <Danny Mills shows up> :(

[igor_balis]

I'd rather total neutrals, but if I had to pick I'd much prefer commentators with a negative bias than positive. I feel like even the most tribal #footballmen can be fairly objective about their biggest rivals in a way they can't be about their own teams, cus of not wanting to insult their mates and that.

[igor_balis]

But yeah for games like Liverpool Vs Manchester United just get someone who doesn't like either.

[Shindig]

Positive/Negative is a fine dynamic for a wrestling PPV but not football. What's David Pleat doing these days? I hope he's well.

[igor_balis]

Positive/Negative is a fine dynamic for a wrestling PPV but not football. What's David Pleat doing these days? I hope he's well.

Heh, i listen to a really good wrestling podcast (lapsed fan) with a nerdy super well researched journalist guy who likes real sport as well, and his actor mate who loves wrestling but doesn't care for the non-fake shit.

They're both good in their own way, but the latter went on this big rant at one point where he said proper sport would be better if the commentators, even if they had no bias, just pretend to prefer one team to the other, and commentate accordingly.

I agree with his love of the Heenan/Gorilla dynamic, and even agree that the Ventura/Gorilla partnership was underrated, but I'm not sure I agree that Everton vs Fulham in the 12pm Super Sunday fixture would be improved by Rob Hawthorne scolding Alan Smith for saying he hopes Allan ends the careers of Fulham players with leg breaking tackles.

[Don]

"I think Liverpool will be looking at Chelsea's and Leicester's next two fixtures," former Liverpool midfielder Don Hutchinson told BBC Radio 5 Live.

Don and Micah are why I ought to start paying my licence fee.

[Spoonsky]

I actually like Neville and Carragher as colour commentators but they absolutely should not be commentating on utd and Liverpool games respectively.

People who know about the clubs playing improves the studio analysis, but the bias interferes with the commentary. Imo.

McManaman is the worst for it, you'd be better off watching Fan TV (if that even still exists). I find Carragher alright, his analysis is pretty precise despite the bias involved.

[Mike]

They should all just get Ally McCoist on.

[Kikó]

I think Gary Neville goes too far the other way to show how unbiased he is sometimes. The penalty conversation was intensely dull and there's zero chance he thinks that was actually a penalty.

[Don]

Which one of the two stonewall penalties did he think was a penalty?

[Kikó]

I'm not surprised you have a loose grasp on the rules of football based on your footballing ability and tendency to be megged.

[Don]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVqXFabXsAATm0K.jpg

[Kikó]

https://pics.me.me/that-feeling-when-you-get-nutmegged-15-tag-a-friend-12549449.png
Don

[randomlegend]

The league might actually be pretty good next season. City are obviously very good, Liverpool will be a different proposition with Van Dijk back, Chelsea look good under Tuchel, Utd look half-decent for the first time since Ferguson and a successful transfer window could see us genuinely good.

In reality City will buy Kane or Haaland and run away with the league again.

[Don]

My, how the tables turn.

https://therepublikofmancunia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/scouseboombustcycle1.jpg

[niko_cee]

:D

[Jimmy Floyd]

When was the league last properly good? The Leicester year? City-Liverpool winathons don't count as good.

[Ian]

Must be Leicester. How many properly competitive ones have we had since Agueroooooooo on the last day? I suppose there must have been one or two.

[Baz]

The glory days before VAR prevented any kind of euphoria.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I was going to dub our current epoch the Post-Sunderland Era, but I suppose it's really VAR isn't it.

[-james-]

It depends how you define a good season, I suppose. Everyone was shit in the Leicester year. 18/19 had loads of good games and likeable teams iirc.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'd define a good season as one in which the big prizes/relegation aren't decided until the very end and there are lots of twists and turns and excitement along the way. For that to happen there obviously has to be a certain amount of incompetence involved, rather than 18/19's relentless winning machines decided on Kompany randomly bopping one in about four games from home.

[Kikó]

I don't see United being that much closer unless there's about 3 good players signed at CB, RW and CM. It's unlikely to happen.

Struggle to see how van Dijk comes back the same players either.

[niko_cee]

City beating Liverpool by a point was a pretty good season, most of those run-in games were far from walkovers (particularly for Liverpool), it was just mad that they both kept winning.

The Leicester season obviously tainted by the fact that Spurs could well have won the league, and that everyone else was absolute shit. It does feel that the days of things going into late-April with all to play for are somewhat of the past.

Can also see United reverting to being pretty average, so they'll probably romp it.

Van Dijk only needs to come back at about 50% to be fine, or 1% to be an improvement on available options this season.

[Ian]

Yeah I don't think United will be any closer to the top next season and may well be further away again if there's more than one actually good team again.

I still don't see us winning anything significant under OGB unless he just FMs it by throwing increasingly expensive players at it and they sort it out among themselves.

[Manc]

The Tuchel love in won't last. He's a maniac.

[Gray Fox]

Nearing 30 after a ACL tear is never good, but the important thing is not to rush him and get him a proper pre-season. He's apparently told the Dutch manager not to pick him for the Euros. Probably says something about where he feels he is.

It's obviously player by player though. It seems to have completely shagged Oxlade-Chamberlain.

I think the spending power of City and United will keep them in the top 4. Liverpool will have to dig into the pockets. Regardless of league finish, we've had the same squad for essentially 4 years now with very few additions making it in. I'm not sure Chelsea will go mad, but their signings will settle and I think we'll see a true "big 4" emerge again like we had in the late 00's.

[randomlegend]

True about VVD not necessarily coming back the same player. They seem to have signed Konate though who gets good reviews.

Utd to have a banger summer of transfers. Believe.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Oh god, I forgot about transfers. Can the Euros be expanded to 96 teams and block out all transfer coverage until August? Isle of Man, Yorkshire, Atlantis, invite them all in for the filibuster.

[Shindig]

"We want this fella but we're loaning him to Benfica so we can bring them in from a Green list country."

EDIT: Carson starts! The disrespect. :D

[Waffdon]

Bruce and Pep clearly met up 5 mins before and just decided to say ‘fuck it’

[Raoul Duke]

Think Newcastle have forgotten what the ball is used for

[Shindig]

It would've been nice to get something from that. Still, Sheffield and Fulham to come.

[Don]

Are you getting paid for these posts (by the word)?

[Shindig]

Yes. Yes, I am.

[Lewis]

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:lol:

[Disco]

You just dissolve the fan and start afresh at the bottom without any of your former problems.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a hero socially distancing from the crowd.

[Waffdon]

1393559254985056262

:lol:

They spent more money buying flares than saving their club :lol:

[Lewis]

Look at that German combover idiot not wearing a suit.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why not just open the whole stadium if they're letting them sit together anyway?

[Shindig]

It'll be down to staffing. They only want X amount of turnstiles open, X amount of stewards working the game, policing, etc.

[Manc]

Fans reacting. :drool:

[Pleb]

Timo having a shocker with those crosses.

[Lewis]

I haven't heard James Maddison mentioned all season. Has he dropped right off or was he never actually all that?

[Lewis]

Whew. Fucking hell.

[Waffdon]

Tielemans has been so good.

[Ian]

The magic of the cup. :cool:

[Mellberg]

What. A. Strike.

[Waffdon]

Chelsea still starting Marcos Alonso in 2021 means they deserve to lose every game he plays

[Mellberg]

Kai Voldemort enters the fray.

[Lewis]

I had completely forgotten about that Leicester helicopter crash. Good on them not milking it to death, and I hope they see this out.

[Lewis]

lol his massive fivehead was offside.

[Waffdon]

That was always going to happen after VAR didn’t chop Leicester’s goal off

[Shindig]

Can you score with a breadth of hair? Can you fuck. :D

[Waffdon]

Wonder what odds you get on Tuchel to be sacked after he loses both cup finals and finishes 5th?

[Mellberg]

That's the first game I've watched not involving Villa or England and enjoyed for a very long time. Love a bit of Leicester porn.

[Lewis]

Taz your Leicester brothers have had the flag out. Pre-emptive lol at whatever the FA ends up doing.

[Don]

Saw it, big up Hamza and Wes. Caglar letting the side down. I meanwhile am in the same boat as Caglar, I should have been in those London scenes today ffs. Hopefully they keep bombing the shit out of the dirty Arabs for another week so I can have my day out next Saturday.

[phonics]

Ibra doing a big song and dance at coming back for Sweden and then doing his knee. Lol.

[Lewis]

Binedine Binman is crying off again, and what is the European Super League without its star managers?

[Shindig]

He's probably hoping for the France job after the Euros.

[Waffdon]

Some of these videos of the Rangers fans battering each other all over Glasgow is tremendous. Manchester 08 vibes

[Shindig]

It's been a good weekend for that.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-57127034

You know it's good when they start flinging chairs.

[Gray Fox]

No Jota could be bad. Not a lot to change the game from the bench.

Hopefully West Brom aren't up for it.

[Waffdon]

Out for the season. He isn’t half injury prone.

[Gray Fox]

I mean the season is only a week long at this point. I can't wait for it to be over.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Prince Hal doing his bit for queen and country.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fat Sam denying Liverpool Champions League football would be glorious.

[Lewis]

1393867771310747653

Deserved that for filming themselves.

[Kikó]

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Not fucking about.

[Gray Fox]

Absolutely dire and not much of a hint of Thursday night.

[Waffdon]

1393685707080802306

Not fucking about.

It’s the sorting of the jacket afterwards :D

He’s a Rangers fan as well. Some team

[Waffdon]

If they don’t allow that goal :lol:

How is that offside

[Waffdon]

Hahahahahaha fuck off

[Jimmy Floyd]

Like a soulless, corporate Jimmy Glass.

[Mellberg]

Someone get me some decent footage of that ffs.

[Manc]

:drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

It was a standard near post free header, except the bloke doing it had gloves on.

[Guybrush]

Hahaha, fucking get in!

[Waffdon]

1393981987908636683

Some header and cross to be fair. Written in the stars for them after that disallowed goal and that

[Manc]

It was a standard near post free header, except the bloke doing it had gloves on.

Bore off.

[Smjffy]

:drool: Incredible.

[Gray Fox]

First ever goal for a Liverpool goalkeeper in any competitive game. Absolute madness.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Bore off.

I wasn't belittling it. That's literally what it was. Keeper goals are normally some mental scramble, this was regulation set piece stuff.

[niko_cee]

Bit of an Eric Dier special, yeah. Thus making it all the sweeter against a well organised Fat Sam outfit.

Sort of a shame as dreadful draws against them would probably have bookended a woeful 5 months quite well, but now I guess it can be dreadful 0-1s against Burnley instead.

[Don]

Gahahha. That is better than winning the league in an empty stadium :D

[Baz]

:jayjay:

[Ian]

It's a shame it's for Liverpool but I can't really be grumpy about a goalie scoring.

[Spoonsky]

:drool:


Gahahha. That is better than winning the league in an empty stadium :D

10x. Don’t remember the last time I felt genuinely ecstatic watching football but that’s done it.

His post match interview too ffs. A tear in the eye.

[Mike]

We all fell in love with him a little bit in his interview right? :wub:

[Don]

Yep, he could put in a Karius performance (he couldn't) and I'd still absolutely love him. Now use that fucking Brazillian community of ours to attract Perreira over.

[Waffdon]

Atletico have just bottled the league, the useless bastards

[Ian]

Couple of assists for Waffdon there. :cool:

[Waffdon]

Wahey. Me and Taz are better than Cole and Yorke

[Shindig]

I don't know what I expected from this Women's Champions' League Final, but I'm still disappointed.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This entire weekend of football has been an attempt to piss me off, and it's succeeded.

[SincereTheRebel]

Barca lost and are out of the title race. R.Madrid won. Saurez scored in the 88th minute to give A.Madrid a 2-1 win. One game left and two points separating both teams. A.Madrid are away to Valladolid who needs to win and hope other results go there as a way to stay in the division. R.Madrid are at home to Villareal who can still make Europa league places

Sporting Lisbon won their league last week.

Juventus are currently outside the champions league places by one point going into the final day.


Lille are currently drawing 0-0 with 10 minutes left. As it stands with PSG winning, Lille are a point ahead going into the final day

[SincereTheRebel]

Saint Etienne have a 20-year-old, six-foot-four goalkeeper called Etienne Green. Somehow he is English. He has made some big saves.

[Baz]

Saint Etienne have a 20-year-old, six-foot-four goalkeeper called Etienne Green. Somehow he is English. He has made some big saves.

Somehow all true. :D

[Don]

https://www.sheffieldunited.news/static/uploads/11/2021/05/GettyImages-1232768380.jpg

6'3", muscle density like a bull,the sensibility that is afforded by a Canadian upbringing and 17 years old. Retire that 38 shirt.

[Lewis]

Yeah if he keeps it for his entire fifteen year spell there.

[Don]

Mixed race BLM talent like that doesn't get left behind. He's like a shiny Dragonite in the world of Jorge Mendes.

[Lewis]

If he's mixed race then whichever parent is black must suck the light out of rooms.

[Don]

My bad, he's just a lightie.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcToSW0mCtaVKQ4VRYevF4hvbVlLMRVBe cOxEA&usqp=CAU

[Lewis]

There you go. Ten years of muscle injuries and poor ball control awaits.

[Waffdon]

I don't know what I expected from this Women's Champions' League Final, but I'm still disappointed.

Check out Barcelona Women’s record in the league. You’d struggle to replicate it on FM.

26 wins out of 26. 128 goals scored and 5 conceded lol

[niko_cee]

I don't particularly follow the goings on at White Hart Lane, but, seeing that picture of Dele Alli on the BBC Sport front page, what the fuck? That seriously looks like his mysterious [40 year old] brother Jose was always going on about.

[Shindig]

Only Jamaican centre-backs can pull those dreadlocks off.

[Spikey M]

They really don't suit him at all.

[niko_cee]

Also, what the fuck is this? (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/56972365)

[Kikó]

https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3070007.1493821822!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620_330/image.jpg

[Spikey M]

Joke's on them, Global Warming and Covid40's Ealing Varient will have killed us all by then.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I know the BBC is now staffed by northern goons who can barely string a sentence together, but how does this sort of thing make it past the editorial process:


It will be the first tournament to have all matches played at night. This will help host nation China address the extreme heat for fans travelling to the arenas.

With China eight hours head of the UK, kick-off times for home nations fans will be at 06:00, 08:00 and 10:00 BST.

So those kickoff times are at the famously nocturnal hours of 4pm, 6pm and 8pm locally.

[phonics]

This Gary Neville thing is such wank. Just like his players union stuff, it's say very vague things but say they'd be good.

Maybe they could have this independent football regulator be like, an association of members from the football community. The Football Association or something maybe?

[Reg]

I know the BBC is now staffed by northern goons who can barely string a sentence together, but how does this sort of thing make it past the editorial process:


It will be the first tournament to have all matches played at night. This will help host nation China address the extreme heat for fans travelling to the arenas.

With China eight hours head of the UK, kick-off times for home nations fans will be at 06:00, 08:00 and 10:00 BST.

So those kickoff times are at the famously nocturnal hours of 4pm, 6pm and 8pm locally.

And they'll only be 7 hours ahead in the below months. Unless they adopt daylight savings before 2050.


China 2050 will take place across June and July, with the final taking place on 30 July.

[phonics]

Ole blaming protesting fans as the reason he's losing matches :drool:

[Ian]

I liked that he said he didn't want to blame it on that and then immediately blamed it on that.

"I'm not saying the fans have cost us 6 points, but..."

[phonics]

This is the best match I’ve seen in ages. Might be up for Arsenal getting relegated tbh.

[Gray Fox]

It'd be your best chance at a trophy to be fair.

[Shindig]

"It's a tough league to get out of." Remember that when Gendouzi scores his 8th hat-trick against a stern Luton defence. The Championship is fun.

[Gray Fox]

I see 'arry Kane wants out again.

They talked him down with a new deal last time if memory serves. Not so sure it works this time.

[Lewis]

Barnsley, Bournemouth, Brentford, and Swansea. I'll take Barnsley for obvious reasons but I would take the European Super League over any of them.

[Lewis]

I see 'arry Kane wants out again.

They talked him down with a new deal last time if memory serves. Not so sure it works this time.

A six year one in 2018, which either has some sort of get-out clause/release fee in his favour or he's an idiot.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Kane to one of the Manchester pair makes sense doesn't it? Can imagine Levy leading his gold-laden camel train all the way back to London like the Mansa Musa.

[Don]

What's this Arsenal bidding for Berge nonsense about? When did they get a brain?

[phonics]

It'd be your best chance at a trophy to be fair.

Days since last trophy:
Leicester City - 2
Manchester City - 6
Arsenal - 288
Liverpool - 325
Chelsea - 718
Manchester Utd - 1453
Wigan Athletic - 2927
Swansea City - 3003
Birmingham City - 3731
Portsmouth - 4747
Spurs - 4831

[phonics]

What's this Arsenal bidding for Berge nonsense about? When did they get a brain?

The Partey ITK is trying to push the ridiculous idea that the Kroenkes are very sad about people not liking them so are going balls deep on Camavinga. Thinking it's more likely we end up buying Berge for 8 million more than they asked for 3 months from now.

[SincereTheRebel]

Arsenal may as well cut off Xhaka and whoever else has been there in midfield for the past two years, and just bring back in Willock and go from there. They are a mid-table club they are now with unlimited resources.

[Shindig]

Leave Wor Willock alone, please. It's nice to have goals coming from our midfield. Also, if Darren Bent's wound up sending Zaha our way, I'll be chuffed.

[randomlegend]

The Partey ITK is trying to push the ridiculous idea that the Kroenkes are very sad about people not liking them so are going balls deep on Camavinga. Thinking it's more likely we end up buying Berge for 8 million more than they asked for 3 months from now.

Camavinga's apparently been wank this season.

I honestly can't see Kane getting his move. Where's he going to go? Levi will want £150m or something absurd for him. City never spend that much on one player. Barca are broke. Real are probably also broke and if they're going to bankrupt themselves it will be for Mbappe. Pre-Ole it would have been a very Utd signing but I don't think we'd pay that much for a 28 year old nowadays, especially with Cavani having just signed a new contract. If we're going to drop mega money it will be on someone like Sancho or Haaland. We hardly guarantee silverware either so not convinced he'd even want to come to us. Chelsea could do it if Abramovich has a mad one but again, is that a big enough step up for him to go all in on?

PSG are the most likely to put up the money I reckon, and he's guaranteed League titles if he goes there I suppose. But he's probably got his sights set on Shearer's record and would he really want to go to France?

I think he'll still be at Tottenham next season and he fucked his chances to get his big move when he signed that contract.

[Jimmy Floyd]

We could do it, but he'd have to want to get booed at Tottenham for the rest of his life, which I find doubtful. Also I'm sure he's heard about the operation.

Liverpool?

[-james-]

The man has no ankles, he's going nowhere.

[mo]

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Bet it took him fucking ages to get over to take that corner.

[phonics]

Just seen that we've been absolute dogshit all year and could technically be within 2-3 points of Liverpool, Chelsea and Leciester by the end of the season.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:drool:

That was fucking delightful.

[Danny]

I love goals like that. Beckham against Birmingham has always been a fav

[Lewis]

I bet there aren't many players who could have scored that. What a player.

[Lewis]

I don't think Bruno Fernandes touched that. He obviously gets so many goal contributions that they assumed he did, like when divers don't get definite penalties because of their reputations.

[thommo]

Not that it matters, we're down, we're shit and we will lose this regardless, but how the fuck does VAR miss that? Cavani is about 2-3 yards offside.

Actually looking forward to next season where games can simply be ruined by shit refereeing, not shit refereeing followed up by inadequate VAR reviewing it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ban those United fans who left early.

[Kikó]

Another unbelievably shit home performance.

[Lewis]

I would have left ages ago. The stewards will be on a right power trip not letting people out all at once.

[thommo]

Probably should have won it. Fans were deathly silent, like they were bored to be there. Weird game.

Ridiculous season - won away at Liverpool, Everton and Leicester, drew away with Spurs, Arsenal and United, and yet we are 10 points adrift and relegated with 3 games to go.

[niko_cee]

Home and away is meaningless in the no-fan zeitgeist.

It's really hard to get your head around that though, having spent however many years looking at tricky away fixtures etc.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Chelsea with only 8k fans, could they not shift another 2k tickets?

[thommo]

Home and away is meaningless in the no-fan zeitgeist.

It's really hard to get your head around that though, having spent however many years looking at tricky away fixtures etc.

True, but I'd have been shocked if we'd managed those results against those teams at home. Just a weird season where we performed fairly well as underdogs, and generally shit the bed when faced with teams in the lower half.

[Waffdon]

How’s Mike Dean given a free kick rather than a penalty there? :D

[Guybrush]

How’s Mike Dean given a free kick rather than a penalty there? :D

And why is VAR not overruling it?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Werner :harold:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

And again, lol.

What a start this has been for Werner.

[Waffdon]

Werner must be in double figures for disallowed goals, the massive retard

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The celebrations, especially with the fans here, after both of those made them so much sweeter.

[niko_cee]

Liverpool?

Yeah, but no.

He'd obviously massively improve anyone he joined, but I'm not sure anyone has the gold to fuel the train, as you put it, least of all Liverpool and their transfer committee moneyball wankery.

I don't really see how anyone is going to pay £150m(?) when Mbappe's kicking around on a 1 year contract and Haaland will be available for (relative) peanuts next summer.

[Spoonsky]

The celebrations, especially with the fans here, after both of those made them so much sweeter.

Yep, the amount of false joy across these last two games for Chelsea. :D

This has been really enjoyable - fans make all the fucking difference don’t they?

[Waffdon]

Martin Tyler is fuming.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jorginho being Chelsea's top scorer in the Premiership with 7, all penalties, is criminal.

[Shindig]

City don't need to be after Kane. They need some no nonsense defenders to sort out Brighton running riot on them.

[Lewis]

Sir Alex Ferguson sounds as Scottish as he did in the nineties in this Gary Neville interview. He doesn't live there, so his brain must be damaged.

[Mellberg]

Leicester, as magnificent as they are, have blown this again.

[Waffdon]

Sir Alex Ferguson sounds as Scottish as he did in the nineties in this Gary Neville interview. He doesn't live there, so his brain must be damaged.

Can’t be losing the best accent in the world

[Waffdon]

Werner will probably score about 30 goals next season. The nicest, slightly retarded, footballer you’ll ever see

[Don]

Dias' propensity to go to ground in search of the block was fully shown up by Trossard there. The VVD (RIP) comparisons aren't going to age well when he's loaned out to Sean Dyche's Spurs.

[Don]

Someone fucking slap down however much it takes for Bamford to hang up his boots and take up punditry.

[Spoonsky]

Dias' propensity to go to ground in search of the block was fully shown up by Trossard there. The VVD (RIP) comparisons aren't going to age well when he's loaned out to Sean Dyche's Spurs.

It looks like on FIFA when you just keep spamming X. :D

[-james-]

Someone has petrol bombed Peter Lawwell's house. :cab:

[Ian]

I've just seen the excellent statistic that Jorginho is Chelsea's top league scorer and that all 7 are penalties.

The Operation. :drool:

[niko_cee]

Back in the stadium for the first time in 6 months and Spurs are booing their team of at halftime? :D

[Spikey M]

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Goal of the season. You can't teach that.

[Shindig]

Striker's instinct. :cool:

Also, Willock for England.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hugo and his weak wrists should have saved it.

[Spikey M]

Hugo and his weak wrists should have saved it.

He probably wasn't expecting his Left-Back to turn into a backwards Roberto Carlos.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He probably wasn't expecting his Left-Back to turn into a backwards Roberto Carlos.

He got a hand to it.

[Foe]

I’ve seen this chukwumeka lad play for 5 minutes and he’s already convinced me he should be starting ahead of nakamba, who didn’t looklike a professional footballer at all today.

[Waffdon]

Great attempt at a save from the Burnley ‘keeper there

[Don]

Thiago has settled. About 10 months late but it gives me a chance to stock up on the kleenex for next season.

[Baz]

Nah. I’m not convinced. Good stats on paper but next to nothing in terms of influencing games.

[Don]

Just watch every pass closely and then note the difference in its pace and how it automatically initiates progressive movement from its recipient compared to Gini's turgid rolls behind every target or any mere mortal frankly.

[Mike]

He’s quality, it’s shown in the last two games before today for sure.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Will Spurs, Everton and Arsenal all try and lose at the weekend to avoid the Conference League?

[Shindig]

All the talk about Allison's header has led me to Mart Poom's awesome one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQpS2kf0ZwU

Like a freight train.

[Boydy]

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bet it took him fucking ages to get over to take that corner.

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:D

Lol