December Football: Oh Christ

[Lofty]

Aguero retired.

[Don]

Probably outweighs Kimmich having a little cough for a couple of weeks. Bovid 1-0 Soft Shites.

[randomlegend]

What's Aguero retiring got anything to do with covid?

[Max Power]

9 players out with covid a long with our only 3 centre backs who are injured. Kane will get back in form now I’m sure

[Danny]

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Having a mare there.

[niko_cee]

You have to wonder how it took until 2 hours before kick-off for Watford to realise they weren't going to have enough first team players available to fulfill their fixture today.

The postponement rules seem somewhat arbitrary at the moment.

[Giggles]

How much are independent test results being tracked or is it a case of ‘good player x has a knock’, so we’ve loads of covid cases.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't know why any games are being postponed. If some players aren't available, play others. Play the kids. Field the coaches and support staff if you have to. Get fans out of the stands. It's not a dangerous sport in that sense.

[Kikó]

Integrity of the game mate. This is the greatest show on earth.

[Lewis]

Covering for them all having vaccine-induced heart problems.

[Waffdon]

Broja doesn’t half look a bit of a don

[Lofty]

It's annoying that suddenly they're saying 'woah some covid cases call it off' when Arsenal had the same on the opening day and it was 'lol play an U23 striker away at Brentford and we'll make a spectacle of it'.

[Don]

Shut the fuck up. There is no worse sight currently in the prem than your Spanish cunt smiling.

[Giggles]

Arsenal :cool:

[-james-]

I'm going to be in Manchester this weekend and I quite fancy going to the United game. What's the best way to go about getting a ticket?

[Manc]

@The Group

[Waffdon]

It’ll probably be postponed so I wouldn’t bother

[Kikó]

I'm going to be in Manchester this weekend and I quite fancy going to the United game. What's the best way to go about getting a ticket?

I doubt it'll be on but I can ask. DM.

[-james-]

Yeah it's off. Quite relieved I didn't fork out on Viagogo earlier today lol.

[SincereTheRebel]

Why do all these teams have reserves and all the age groups if they dont have enough players?

[Jimmy Floyd]

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I find it appalling the slack that footballers get given on this. Think of all the people who lose work / lose money when a game is called off. Unvaccinated players should pick up the tab in full.

[randomlegend]

Why do all these teams have reserves and all the age groups if they dont have enough players?

They have to have a certain number of first team squad player available. Which I think is reasonable, there's not much competitive integrity if one team is having to field their u18s against another team's first 11.

[Ian]

One of the gridiron lads can correct me but I'm sure the NFL has just said games WILL be played, unvaccinated players have to be tested constantly and will be kept away from the team for a fortnight if they get it. If teams fail to get it under control then tough shit, and presumably they'd (depending on the time of year) have to either use players from the practice squad or scramble for free agents.

[Manc]

Hopefully Richard Masters pulls the plug entirley ala Ligue 1 and I can get on with my life.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

One of the gridiron lads can correct me but I'm sure the NFL has just said games WILL be played, unvaccinated players have to be tested constantly and will be kept away from the team for a fortnight if they get it. If teams fail to get it under control then tough shit, and presumably they'd (depending on the time of year) have to either use players from the practice squad or scramble for free agents.

Well there haven't been any major outbreaks until this week but they really don't want to postpone any games.

Different rules for vaccinated players has been a really good thing for them too I think.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It will all be over in two weeks so they should just stay strong, but who knows what will happen in this heads-have-gone world.

[phonics]

It will all be over in two weeks so they should just stay strong, but who knows what will happen in this heads-have-gone world.

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

When you write a several hundred word article and the tweet directly beneath it says 'I dont even think my idea would work' is a great summary of the current state of the world.

[Giggles]

Where can one watch this draw?

[niko_cee]

BBC website has it on livetext.

Group B1: Armenia, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Ukraine.

[Giggles]

Fucking Scotland. Great trip for those inclined to go but they’ll wallop us.

[Shindig]

Our group looks fantastic. :D

[niko_cee]

World War Mash-Up.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Our main aim from that should be to try and bait Hungary into a racism ban. All black squad maybe and take the knee for the entire length of the warm-up?

[Shindig]

Whilst the England band do a rendition of Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet.

[Giggles]

I was just going to say jimmy would need an hour in a darkened room after that. Set up for the next two years, all that’s missing is France.

[Waffdon]

There’s not gonna be any games this weekend in the Premier League at this rate. Leicester, Norwich and Brentford games all off at the minute. Chelsea/Everton will go ahead tonight though Chelsea apparently have a few positive tests. Presumably Werner/Lukaku/Havertz as they’re all not in the squad and Chelsea don’t have a single striker on the bench or starting 11.

[Waffdon]

Idk if Everton are full of injuries or covid cases as their team looks somehow even more depleted than that Chelsea team. Proper league cup 3rd round vibes. Surprised it’s even going ahead

[Jimmy Floyd]

Tuchel probably playing the long game, Everton are turd and it will save the horrendous fixture pile up later.

[-james-]

The benches in the Chelsea game are proper lol. The closest thing to a forward on either side appears to be Ross Barkley.

[-james-]

Actually Everton have someone called Lewis Dobbin who scored 11 in 16 for their under 18s a couple of years ago.

[niko_cee]

Van Dijk has covid?

Cancel the season.

[Boydy]

Shite effort from Alisson there.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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[Don]

Some outrageous moments in that half. The nazi cunt has made a Messi out of some lightweight flakey muzzy winger and has got Hendo and Ox playing Thiago balls for banter. Gonna miss him when the myocarditis wipes him out.

[Waffdon]

Tuchel’s obsession with 3/5 at the back is weird. He’s moved his only proper forward to left wing back to now play a front 3 of Saul/Mount/Ziyech with Barkley and Jorginho behind :sick:

Edit: lol

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mason Mount? More like Mason Goal.

[Waffdon]

The December curse strikes again :lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Tuchel has to go. Only Frank Lampard can get this team playing again.

[Waffdon]

To be fair, Lampard got sacked for a similar run of games in January. Wolves always beat Chelsea and then they have Liverpool and Man City. Gone by mid January

[Baz]

Chelsea :harold:

[Shindig]

Bah. We're just not good enough for this league. And the league is shit.

EDIT: Although we had chances. The second goal tells us where our biggest problem lies. We can't stay switched on. Alexander-Arnold's cracker, though. Oof. That could kill a pigeon or a small child.

[Manc]

Or a dog. You'd love that.

[Giggles]

Was the NL always run off as quick? That June slate is mental.


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[Adramelch]

No but there's the (winter) World Cup next year so they are struggling for time.

[Pen]

Nations league is a great format. Would’ve liked us to draw one of the Nordic countries, but our group should be pretty even and interesting.

[phonics]

Arteta on if Wilshere is good enough to play again in the Premier League:

“100% and if he has doubts I can tell him that.”

Will Wilshere play again for Arsenal?

“That’s a different story.”

lol brutal

[Shindig]

Just the err ... one match today then.

Gateshead up to third with two games in hand, though.

[SincereTheRebel]

Why do they have 20+ registered first team players and a reserve squad and the under 18s again. Ive played enough FM to know, these clubs have a bag-of-man to pick from.

[Spikey M]

Arteta on if Wilshere is good enough to play again in the Premier League:

“100% and if he has doubts I can tell him that.”

Will Wilshere play again for Arsenal?

“That’s a different story.”

lol brutal

It's a stupid question to be fair. He's obviously good enough, he's just made of tracing paper.

[Lofty]

Why would Arsenal go back there when they are now focused on youth recruitment and presumably have the next option in that position identified? He could do a job for Brighton.

[phonics]

This has Arsenal 1 - 2 Leeds written all over it.

[Shindig]

Gateshead beat Conference North leaders Brackley Town 2-0. Excellent.

[SincereTheRebel]

Im confident, it isnt part of the sock design but why do so many players have holes in the back of their socks?

[phonics]

Their calf’s are massive so it releases the pressure.

[niko_cee]

Came so close to sticking Martinelli in the fantasy team this week, so you're welcome Arsenal fans.

[Manc]

Jonathan Wilson will never recover from Bielsa being lolled out of the Premier League.

[Jimmy Floyd]

No one has a clue when it comes to Bielsa discourse. You shouldn't judge him in the way you'd judge other managers. He's like Miles Davis. You can sign Cliff Richard to your record label and he'll sell 10x more records (rekkuhds), but it doesn't change the greatness of Miles Davis.

[Shindig]

I'm sure Leeds have money to spend but he seems pretty tight-fisted. He likes what he likes but won't tell anyone what that is.

[phonics]

Odegaards been fantastic today.

[Queenslander]

I love Ange.



https://youtu.be/rmcgfpaH7ug

[Giggles]

Just sitting back watching this Arsenal Leeds game. Soccer (probably all sport) really is so stupid if you stop and think about it too much. Probably best not to.

[Baz]

Just sitting back watching this Arsenal Leeds game. Soccer (probably all sport) really is so stupid if you stop and think about it too much. Probably best not to.

Yeah, especially when you factor in the amount of money involved for kicking a ball into a rectangle.

[Giggles]

Some millionaire rolling about after someone brushing against them, 4 others with outstretched arms berating the poorly paid man like it’s the worlds biggest injustice, all topped off with a load of old men in colourful tops and hats screaming at said 20-something year old like they despise him just because his colourful top is different.

Yet it all just works, so best to just glaze over and take it for what it is.

[Shindig]

Because the tradition of hating the colourful tops was passed down from generation to generation. Back when they'd finish work, put on their colourful tops and gigantic shorts and launch into a two-footed challenge to defend their rail company's honour.

[Lofty]

Supposedly the Leeds fans were racially abusing the Arsenal bench, I did wonder what the stuff with the goal celebrations and the ref intervening were about.

[Adramelch]

Some millionaire rolling about after someone brushing against them, 4 others with outstretched arms berating the poorly paid man like it’s the worlds biggest injustice, all topped off with a load of old men in colourful tops and hats screaming at said 20-something year old like they despise him just because his colourful top is different.

Yet it all just works, so best to just glaze over and take it for what it is.

This post kinda reminded me this:


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

[John Arne]

Malaysia v Indonesia in the final group game of the Suzuki Cup... winner goes through, loser goes home. Could get tasty.

https://livebongda1.tv/truc-tiep/malaysia-vs-indonesia-1930-19-12/

[Gray Fox]

Supposedly at least 1 more Chelsea player now has COVID, so they asked to postpone todays game at Wolves. The Premier League have told them to piss off and get on with it though.

Makes you wonder exactly how many have to be missing for games to be off or not.

[Waffdon]

Mourinho was right.

4 outfield players on the bench and no forward in the team. :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

I reckon Kepa could do a job on the left.

[Gray Fox]

The state of VAR not even looking at that Ederson challenge.

[Gray Fox]

No Thiago or Henderson today. If we're still missing Jones and Fabinho, this could be a very crap game.

[Gray Fox]

Chelsea employing interesting tactics.

https://i.gyazo.com/a6a316cac74260c813ed6a494d33d1d5.png

[Don]

Milner and Morton imstead of Ox and Bobby? Vax has got to the nazi.

[Spoonsky]

That Liverpool midfield :rasta:

[igor_balis]

Jesus christ, that Kane foul :D

[Don]

Get these 2 fucking clowns off the pitch when you're done penning your latest political column.

[Manc]

That's an England Captain bye if ever I've seen one. Horrendous challenge.

[Gray Fox]

I was about to come here and say this is more of a Firmino game than a Jota game. That's come from nowhere really.

[Gray Fox]

Standard of refereeing is piss poor here.

[John Arne]

Hold on, that's a pen on Jota...

[Spoonsky]

Can't argue with the entertainment value there. The save by Allison is so good on the reverse angle.

[Gray Fox]

Should be about 6-1 down. Really stretching the risk v reward.

Milner and Morton struggling big time. I'd suggest the latter may be hooked at HT.

[Spikey M]

Battle of the Car Crash midfields, this.

[Waffdon]

Harry Kane is having a great game

[Spoonsky]

They're inventing new ways not to score here.

[Spoonsky]

And new ways to score. :D

[Spikey M]

Mental game. :D

[Manc]

Surely not.

[Waffdon]

It’s a clearer red than Kane’s :D

[randomlegend]

Robertson is such a nasty little shit.

[Gray Fox]

They’ve got the two the wrong way around ffs.

[John Arne]

That's soft. Kane nearly broke his leg first half and got a yellow.

[Waffdon]

Robertson wasn’t even arsed. Clearly knew it was a red car.

[Spikey M]

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:happycry:

[randomlegend]

I've only just seen Kane's but Robertson's was clearly worse.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They're both reds.

[Manc]

Precisely. Why VAR has got involved with one and not the other is the question.

[niko_cee]

Because VAR is shit and/or Kane's was early enough to be first ruled, whereas Robertson's was when the game was highly charged.

LOL at the non penalty and the reason the ref gave to Klopp for not giving it if true (Jota slowed up looking to be shoved over). Isn't that why forwards try to 'get across' defenders?

[Shindig]

Do the VAR blokes have any remit to pull the ref's ear and say, "Actually, give this a second look."? I thought they did.

[Baz]

Because VAR is shit and/or Kane's was early enough to be first ruled, whereas Robertson's was when the game was highly charged.

LOL at the non penalty and the reason the ref gave to Klopp for not giving it if true (Jota slowed up looking to be shoved over). Isn't that why forwards try to 'get across' defenders?It wasn’t a foul because he was only fouled because he wanted to be fouled. :cab:

[Shindig]

"She was asking for it!"

[Lofty]

Supposedly Robertson has been assaulted in the tunnel after he was sent off by a Spurs youth player who has since been arrested.

[Ian]

What? :cab:

[Boydy]

Just seen the highlights on MOTD2. Both horror tackles that should've been reds.

[Lewis]

I don't know about the second one. It looks worse because one of them is standing still.

[Don]

The first one is a leg-breaker, you mongs.

[randomlegend]

Maybe your little twiglet legs.

[Spikey M]

The first one is a leg-breaker, you mongs.

He walked it off ridiculously well then. Fair play.

[Don]

Have you ever played the game Spikey or can I just group you in with dildoboy for ease of reference?

[niko_cee]

Robertson just boots that guy. It's a red in the current zeitgeist, but it would be hard to actually do anyone any harm with that sort of tackle. More of a frustration thing. Thought the Kane one was ok in real time, but you can slow it down/stop it at a point where he's fully studs up, off the ground into Robertson's shin/ankle, which is far more dangerous, and a red card in 99 of the other 100 instances of such a tackle.

Ederson cleaning out Ryan Fraser equally as lol. It's ok, neither of them had the ball. Oh aye, cracking formula going forward that one.

[Spikey M]

Have you ever played the game Spikey or can I just group you in with dildoboy for ease of reference?

Never played it. Or any other game. My mate asked me to play draughts once. Could have broken my hand, he could.

Shut the fuck up you tart.

[Don]

Settle down, son.

[phonics]

People who think Robertson’s was a straight red have either never played football or I no longer understand what a yellow card is for.

[niko_cee]

"Excessive Force"

I can understand the what a load of shit viewpoint, but it's hard to get away with that sort of wild booting these days. I think he was trying to hoof the ball rather than the man, but, well, he missed.

[Lewis]

If he cleaned him out equally forcefully whilst running alongside him it would have been a yellow.

[Adramelch]

Pretty filthy that one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5NRS_xLiho

[Waffdon]

People who think Robertson’s was a straight red have either never played football or I no longer understand what a yellow card is for.

There’s nae danger you’ve played football

[Spikey M]

It's just because it’s Tottenham. An acid attack would only warrant a stern ticking off.

[randomlegend]

Robertson's was a red because it was a completely deliberate, petulant kick with zero intent to play the ball.

[Baz]

Klopp's a knob isnt he

[Jimmy Floyd]

For all his po-faced stuff in press conferences, he has some seriously nasty meltdowns at times. Proper childish.

I always respected Mourinho for maintaining a constant level of villainy, with no apparent loss of temper.

[Spikey M]

He's gone native.

[Luke Emia]

Robertson's was a red because it was a completely deliberate, petulant kick with zero intent to play the ball.

I don't think you will find many rational Liverpool fans who would argue with that too much it's petulant it's stupid it is all of those things and it deserved a red card but he's unlikely to seriously injure the player. I think the issue is with regards to the complete lack of consistency. Kane's was out of control and dangerous and if Robertson's leg is planted it's a leg breaker and yet am I right in thinking VAR didn't even review it. Same with the penalties both Liverpool and Spurs should have had one but for whatever reason the VAR and ref have decided not to give them and I cannot get my head round it when you see some of the other stuff that does get given.

As for Klopp being a knob he can be whatever he wants to be at the end of the day he's no different to what Ferguson used to do back in the day.

[Waffdon]

Klopp has definitely always had a want about him.

[niko_cee]

BBC Sport was told one of the mitigating factors behind the decision not to dismiss Kane for his first-half challenge was the fact Robertson lifted his standing leg out of the way of the Spurs captain's tackle.

:happycry:

[John Arne]

Reminds me of the time Wilder moved his head forward into the fist of Tyson Fury.

[Spikey M]

I don't know where Liverpool fans get this reputation for being victims.

[Lofty]

Kane is a turbo cunt and always has been though, his backing into airborne opponents is peak shithousery.

[Spikey M]

I don't know where Arsenal fans get this reputation for being obsessed.

[niko_cee]

I don't know where Liverpool fans get this reputation for being victims.

I couldn't give a fuck, I just think it's funny that the referees are coming out with such shit. Dig up lads! UP!

Maybe this is why they are reticent to front up and explain their decisions.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If they are anything like the umpires I know, it's due to the massive ego that is required to actually jump through all the hoops (set by other egomaniacs) to get to the top of the discipline.

[Waffdon]

I couldn't give a fuck, I just think it's funny that the referees are coming out with such shit. Dig up lads! UP!

Maybe this is why they are reticent to front up and explain their decisions.

Mate, you care more than the RAWK creatures going by your posts every time something happens involving Liverpool

[Ian]

Whatever happened to RAWK Meltdown?

[Kikó]

They started winning.

[Ian]

And? Football fans are still frequently deranged mongs when their team is doing well, there must be plenty of good stuff still lurking on RAWK.

[Luke Emia]

Coupled with United not winning. It's a lot easier to take the piss when you are top.

[Ian]

Well it took me 30 seconds to go on there, pick a thread and see somebody describe van Dijk as a "walking This Is Anfield sign" and another praise the COURAGE of him taking a free kick so I'm not having that a few years of being good has cured all of them from being enormous fannies.

[Don]

Get the fuck back to the NFL thread and whatnot, you mongs.

[Luke Emia]

Well it took me 30 seconds to go on there, pick a thread and see somebody describe van Dijk as a "walking This Is Anfield sign" and another praise the COURAGE of him taking a free kick so I'm not having that a few years of being good has cured all of them from being enormous fannies.

Undoubtedly they are. But, when you are getting twonked at home by the same team you want to take the piss out of 5-1 or finishing 30 odd points behind them in the league I think arguments like which flavour of shit do you want in your midfield Fred, McTominay, Matic or Pogba are more pressing questions.

[Waffdon]

:D

[Ian]

Undoubtedly they are. But, when you are getting twonked at home by the same team you want to take the piss out of 5-1 or finishing 30 odd points behind them in the league I think arguments like which flavour of shit do you want in your midfield Fred, McTominay, Matic or Pogba are more pressing questions.

Pressing is a touchy subject with any of them, tbf.

[niko_cee]

Listening to the chairman/spokesman/chief bawbag of the Scotch Football Supporters thing just now was quite funny. He seemed more disappointed that football wasn't being shut down across the whole of the UK than anything.

[Giggles]

Some of the replies are gold :D


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[Baz]

They are indeed. :D

[Yevrah]

The crunch corner one made me genuinely lol. :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mullet man is surprisingly awesome considering he has a mullet.

[Baz]

Mullet man is surprisingly awesome considering he has a mullet.

The cricket one, yes. The tryhard manchild nonce, definitely not.

[igor_balis]

I remember having some good #localissues Liverpool chat on RAWK when I was at uni there, recommendations on butchers that sold good black pudding etc, but they were fucking deranged on any football issues.

The most controversial iffy thing was them almost universally going mental at suggestions of "safe standing", cus Hillsborough. I understand why it's a sensitive issue, but I don't think having a designated bit where some losers can stand up and sing is some sort of insult to the victims or something. And the very fact I pretty much agree with the Liverpool fan interpretation of Hillsborough (police malice/incompetence) makes it even weirder to me that they'd act like terracing is inherently dangerous. Also some bloke in a wba Liverpool match thread referred to Craig Dawson's performance by saying "Michael Dawson is a dirty cheating cunt", so I quoted him and said Anthony Gerrard was an overrated hollywood-passing dickhead and had about ten people threaten to kick my head within about ten seconds.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They won't be able to talk rationally about Hillsborough and its legacy until the living memory has died out.

[Boydy]

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These two are a great double act. I could watch them all day.

[Yevrah]

That was delightful.

[Giggles]

Their close proximity to each other in a vehicle makes me uneasy.

[Waffdon]

I see Benjamin Mendy has been charged with another rape. He’s nearly got a starting XI of rape charges within one year. Some going

[Lewis]

They must be proper slam dunk ones as well if they happened ages ago and they still think they can prove them. It will end up being some right bizarre shit.

[Manc]

Are the EFL games on the tele box?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Spurs v appy ammers is on TV. I'll have to wait for the morning papers to find out what happened in our game.

[Don]

Eyes out for the Islamic Republic flag on the front row at the corner flag right beside Chelsea fans tonight.

[randomlegend]

They must be proper slam dunk ones as well if they happened ages ago and they still think they can prove them. It will end up being some right bizarre shit.

My guess is he filmed them.

[Spikey M]

Link?

[Lewis]

He'll blame the Chelsea one and moonwalk out of there.

[SincereTheRebel]

Eyes out for the Islamic Republic flag on the front row at the corner flag right beside Chelsea fans tonight.

Your nostrils will be visible from the halfway line.

[Don]

Gonna boo the knee extra loud for that.

[Giggles]

What minute do the hotdogs go off at?

[ScousePig]

We put up a pretty decent showing last night despite the heavy scoreline. Some decent football and some kind of attempt to go toe to toe with Arsenal rather than sit back and/or try to shithouse them. Quite refreshing.

Some of the Arsenal (presumably) daytripper fans are lol, mind. Hurling a barrage of missiles down at the away fans towards the end of the game, plus three pitch invaders, one of which seemed to want to get down the tunnel at the final whistle.

[Giggles]

Who’s the lad sitting between Dawson and Redknapp? He sounds the exact same as that big fat chef who has 27 different favourite meals ever.

[Gray Fox]

Leicester rocking up with the full first team against the reserve/youth XI. Going to be interesting to see if they can do anything to come back.

[Gray Fox]

That’ll be a no, then.

[Baz]

This defensive line is bonkers.

[Gray Fox]

Koumetio is struggling big time with this, but it's to be expected.

[Waffdon]

Leicester rocking up with the full first team against the reserve/youth XI. Going to be interesting to see if they can do anything to come back.

Fuck sake, imagine playing your first team in a QF.

[Gray Fox]

More wondering what the kids can do. If I were Rodgers, I'd have done the same.

I'm actually surprised that more managers don't do it, in obvious situations of one team resting first teamers.

[Gray Fox]

Proper game of football this.

[Danny]

Lefties on penalties are a no go.

Nice of Minamino to miss so Kelleher could also be the hero.

[Gray Fox]

Another team falling victim to their own time wasting against us.

Lots of love for Kelleher.

[Waffdon]

Especially not three in a row. It’s so obvious where they’re going.

[Giggles]

Was Kelleher not raining goals early on?

[Gray Fox]

Probably should have got the first, but not a lot he can do with the other two.

[Lewis]

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[niko_cee]

How did Vardy play the 90 and not take a penalty for Leicester? I assumed he must have gone off. That's some big brain thinking there.

[Waffdon]

Same with Jota. Why on earth was he not in the first 5? Looked confident enough when he eventually took one

[niko_cee]

Aye, but at least Liverpool weren't sending up useless left footed defenders in his stead.

[Baz]

lol at Leicester.

Hopefully Sir Brendan had to hold back tears when the ‘feed the scousers’ chant finally ended after 96 ( :henn0rz: ) minutes.

[Lewis]

Have Liverpool always been pissy about 'feed the Scousers'? I noticed it trending last night, but the sadcases have been complaining about it for a couple of seasons. Surely nobody cares outside of the type of people who want to care about something?

'Mate. Foodbanks mate. No place for it in Football mate. If you want to chant about poverty mate...'

[Jimmy Floyd]

When they stop giving out 'Chelsea rentboys' they can start whingeing about that.

[Don]

Racist rentboys were singing it last night too, bless 'em.

[Magic]

Our match been postponed. :drool:

[niko_cee]

Fantasy football in absolute ruins.

[phonics]

Liverpool whining that they’ve got 2 games in four days and now don’t. Arsenal have 2 games in 45 hours and now one of them is against a team that doesn’t even play on Boxing Day. Nice.

[Kikó]

Somehow about arsenal/Liverpool

[phonics]

I've never understood this 'lol you post about the football club you support' like I've got to post about Burnley/Watford/QPR once for every 4 posts I make about Arsenal.

[Alex]

Our match been postponed. :drool:

Thank fuck.

Although I'm semi-surprised Marcelo doesn't want to press ahead anyway and just field the under 18's or something. :D

[Magic]

Thank fuck.

Although I'm semi-surprised Marcelo doesn't want to press ahead anyway and just field the under 18's or something. :D

He probably does as a matter of PRINCIPAL.

[niko_cee]

In fairness, Arsenal did get to lay the smack down on the Leeds U12s last weekend.

Does feel like the integrity of the competition is being somewhat undermined at the moment. Some teams playing every three days, some teams getting 2 weeks off, no real clarity about what the situation with covid is at any given club. I do think Klopp is on to something when he says teams should name the players that are unavailable. X first team and staff members always reeks of a few players and the dinner lady crew being unavailable.

[Waffdon]

I don’t think you’re allowed to name them without the players permission by law

[Mike]

I don’t think you’re allowed to name them without the players permission by law
Could just list all the ‘injured’ players, I’m sure we’d work it out.

[Shindig]

That's how we figured out ours and then Bruce confirmed them over time.

[Baz]

Burnley Everton off.

[Spikey M]

Looks like another Spurs game is off. This time due to Palace cases.

This season is a mess.

[Lofty]

The only option is to award all of Spurs affected games as 3-0 wins to their opponents.

[Spikey M]

:D

There will come a point where games have to be decided that way. Imagine supporting a club that gets relegated off the back of a Covid 3-0. Ouch.

[Giggles]

It’d stop teams using it as an excuse while one of their better players recovers from a knock or something too.

[Jimmy Floyd]

All they're doing is creating fixture congestion for themselves down the line.

[Baz]

Looks like another Spurs game is off. This time due to Palace cases.

This season is a mess.
Someone should tell spurs.

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[Spikey M]

They were doing the same before the last one that got cancelled. The Palace Journalists are saying it's off.

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Hopefully the Premier League just tell them to get on with it.

If it comes down to using youth players then so be it. It's no different from Food Poisoning incidents or having loads of players out through injury. Just play the game.

[-james-]

As niko said, the whole thing is a joke at the moment. Burnley have had their last three games called off because their opposition has cried covid.

On the other hand my fantasy team would love the Spurs game to be called off so get grovelling Paddy.

[Luke Emia]

They are probably at the point with the Premier League at least that if they want to keep the show on the road they need to put players into bubbles. That’s the only way you are going to be able to plan on a game by game basis effectively.

[Shindig]

Or you play them in accordance with fitness. I.e. a player show positive but not symptomatic? Get on the bus.

[Waffdon]

They were doing the same before the last one that got cancelled. The Palace Journalists are saying it's off.

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Hopefully the Premier League just tell them to get on with it.

If it comes down to using youth players then so be it. It's no different from Food Poisoning incidents or having loads of players out through injury. Just play the game.

It’s getting played

[Lewis]

What is going on with Mark Wyatt's hair? Does he cut it with a spoon?

[-james-]

Sounds like Palace have tried to force the PL's hand by leaking the expectation that it would get cancelled but not got a bite. Lol.

[Spikey M]

It’s getting played

Fingers crossed, but this happened with the Leicester game too. It's a shambles.

[Waffdon]

Dundee are having to play a game today with 14 players travelling and 3 of them are keepers. Faf

[John Arne]

Thailand v Vietnam (2-0) second leg semi final underway. Should be a cracking game if you fancy watching some Asian stuff.


https://youtu.be/EYD84RAluJE

[Spikey M]

get grovelling Paddy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59795606

[Gray Fox]

Leeds v Villa on Tuesday is off but the Palace game goes ahead?

It'd be nice if they clarified why certain games are being made to go and others not.

[-james-]

Palace side is basically fine lol, not sure what they were playing at. Don't even have any 17 year old black kids with hyphenated surnames on the bench.

[Shindig]

Gateshead vs Blyth Spartans is off due to ....

pitch conditions. :D

[Spikey M]

Leeds v Villa on Tuesday is off but the Palace game goes ahead?

It'd be nice if they clarified why certain games are being made to go and others not.

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Their team is fine.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Isn't that their first choice side? Maybe a midfielder missing? Subs look OK too.

[Spikey M]

Looks it to me. They just didn't want to be without Viera.

[niko_cee]

The mid tier teams are just chancing their arm across the board as fixture congestion isn't really an issue for them in the second half of the season.

[Gray Fox]

If the team is fine why on Earth were there Journos calling it off yesterday?

Still strange seeing Butland in that team too.

[phonics]

These teams should have done what Arsenal have done and seemingly concentrated the COVID in one position. We've got 4 out, all of them right-backs.

[Spikey M]

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I forgot about this. :happycry:

[Pepe]

I just allowed a homeless man stay in my spare room. Thank you, Spurs.

[igor_balis]

Zaha is such a spaz

[phonics]

Norwich spend the last 10 minutes throwing their toys out of the pram and then get cut open so easily.

[Don]

Hopefully City chuck their Brazillian kid Kayky on here for some interest. Dull af games.

[phonics]

3 points off Chelsea :drool:

Up the Villa.

[Lofty]

Leicester...

[Giggles]

These teams should have done what Arsenal have done and seemingly concentrated the COVID in one position. We've got 4 out, all of them right-backs.

Somehowabout.

[John Arne]

Oofff.

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[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't think there's a club I hate more, while playing them, than Aston Villa. Maybe Everton.

[Lewis]

[The] Villa are the most inoffensive team in the league. What is there to even think about them either way?

[Don]

Lovely to watch how Stevie's got these boys beating that rentboy press. Hopefully they grab another. Chelsea are a rancid team to watch.

[Waffdon]

Pulisic is a bang average player at the best of times but Pulisic up front as your ‘false 9’ is non league levels of bad

[Jimmy Floyd]

I want to know what's happened to Havertz. Both years so far he's had a massive Covid absence on the hush hush.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Pulisic is a bang average player at the best of times but Pulisic up front as your ‘false 9’ is non league levels of bad

Yeah but he presses hard which for German managers is way more important than whatever Lukaku does.

[Lewis]

United Lukaku watches the 'keeper stroll out and claim that. Good for him.