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[Waffdon]

Yeah, their last win was, surprise surprise, at the Amex.



I don't know the exact mechanics of this, or if it indeed will be the case, but is Rangers' good run in Europe going to benefit Celtic by way of coefficient for the Champions League next season? Would be quite lol and a bit of a travesty if so.

Yeah it does. Think Celtic ate straight into the group stages

[niko_cee]

Feels like, out of nowhere, you're going to need an unusually high number of points to stay up this year. Hasn't it drifted to around 34/35 in recent years?

[niko_cee]

Yeah it does. Think Celtic ate straight into the group stages

Which basically gives them the financial power to dominate for another 5 years. :happycry:

[Gray Fox]

No idea how the ball stayed out there.

[Magic]

We're fucked.

[Waffdon]

Chelsea somehow managing to make their top 4 ‘race’ go to the final day yet again is a right laugh.

[phonics]

We’ve got someone called Oulad M’hand on the bench.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mina :lol:

[niko_cee]

United and Chelsea need to take a long hard look at themselves and think about what they've done this season.

[Lewis]

They're a bad team, bad teams lose away from home. Maybe there's something causal in the pattern but it's probably just noise. Home/away form is mostly just taking a small sample and chopping it in half.

Mate.

[-james-]

Mate.

What's up?

[Giggles]

Another case of taking every common opinion about the sport and then spouting the opposite as fact in an effort to look like some sort of genius. Takes a wee bit more.

[-james-]

Lol spaghetti haha.

[Giggles]

Classic.

[phonics]

Putting Manuel Lanzini on Holding at corners :cab:

[Waffdon]

United and Chelsea need to take a long hard look at themselves and think about what they've done this season.

Both will spend big again in the summer on players that do nothing to improve them as well. Liverpool, and City to a lesser extent, must be the only teams who spend big and have a huge strike rate in terms of them actually making an impact.

[Giggles]

If Liverpool took a shit it would turn into a 15 goal a season winger. Though that's what happens when you've the best manager in the game.

[Kikó]

It would be quite sensational if United are unable to improve this squad.

[Giggles]

It would be quite sensational if United are unable to improve this squad.

Depends on if the same people are doing the buying, because they really need to start looking at different things and stop buying talented lazy wasters. And from what is said, the manager has abolutely no say there.

Beggars belief how you fuck a club up so much.

[Lewis]

We were reasonably optimistic about the squad before the season. It was the manager who was clearly not up to it. Now a few of them have been exposed good and proper, so there can't be any disappointment next year at least.

[niko_cee]

Both will spend big again in the summer on players that do nothing to improve them as well. Liverpool, and City to a lesser extent, must be the only teams who spend big and have a huge strike rate in terms of them actually making an impact.

City more manage to dodge bullets [usually by having United or Chelsea gazump them - Maguire, Fred, Jorginho, probably more] than anything.

I was more critiquing those two managing to lose to Everton [and thereby probably keeping them up].

[Kikó]

The three main architects have all left. The Bristol uni crew have been replaced.

[Lewis]

Have the Glazers realised that they can't coast to fourth-ish every year now? It all seems a bit like they are suddenly worried about it getting past the point of no return.

[Waffdon]

Everton beat Chelsea every year so that should have been a given. Especially when you add into the fact the latter aren’t really playing for anything and the home fans went all Liverpool with their pre match build up

[Waffdon]

Arteta doesn’t half try to impersonate ‘pep’

[Gray Fox]

Chelsea very soon will have something to play for if they carry on as they are. I get they've a cup final in a few weeks, but they're only 3 points above Arsenal now.

[Lofty]

Great result for Arsenal, I bet Rice is easy to wind up. Hope someone called him a turncoat and that's why he was crying so much.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Does Richarlison count as am 'otherwise disappointing Everton striker'? It would be great to keep the tradition going.

[Waffdon]

Chelsea very soon will have something to play for if they carry on as they are. I get they've a cup final in a few weeks, but they're only 3 points above Arsenal now.

Think they’re banking on 4th since Spurs and Arsenal play each other and Spurs at Anfield. Basically 4 and 6 clear due to GD so probably only need 1 win and a draw.

[niko_cee]

AC Milan moved five points clear at the top of Serie A after a late goalkeeping howler gifted them a win against Fiorentina at San Siro.

You might be onto something Waff.

Kicked it straight to Leao then dived out of the way of a weak shot. :happycry:

[phonics]

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:d

[Gray Fox]

Back to where we were 2/3 years ago. Both teams just look so likely to win out from here. It just is what it is. Don't let them get 14 points ahead next time.

If there are going to be any dropped points, both play tricky ish away ties back to back after next weekend.

[niko_cee]

Winner takes all on the Champions League final.

[Spikey M]

1520508425272180740

:d

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Mate.

[Ian]

I mean really if you're even ten points behind that could be a few weeks of bad injuries which is just luck and therefore NOT FAIR.

Ergo, top 16 should go into as playoff system, relegation should be abolished and all teams should have to have their current nickname (Red Devil, whatever) as part of their official team name.

[Gray Fox]

I for one love my Liverpool Redbirds. Perhaps the Merseyside Redbirds in case we need to move the franchise around to a new stadium.

[Baz]

Winner takes all on the Champions League final.

Can't really let Real Madrid win the Premier League.

[Giggles]

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Mate.

I really hope he hasn't reproduced.

[Boydy]

He's taking the piss.

[Giggles]

With Liverpool fans that is far from certain.

[Lewis]

I really hope Ronaldo gets his twenty league goals.

[Lewis]

Didn't United have some stupid system under Mourinho(?) where the players decide to swap the taker once someone misses one? That can't still be in place surely.

lol

[Raoul Duke]

I'm glad they found Mata stuck down the back of the sofa. Good to see him getting some minutes

[phonics]

The keeper there would have been better off pretending he didn’t know where that was going and icing the wrong way. We got quoted 25 million quid for him.

[phonics]

Being captured in the 74th minute with your Glazers are shit walk out on the 73rd minute bedsheet is a bit embarrassing.

[Ian]

Being captured in the 74th minute with your Glazers are shit walk out on the 73rd minute bedsheet is a bit embarrassing.

Yes I enjoyed that a lot.

[Kikó]

Paying for a football match that you're going to walk out of had never made sense. They only care about money, don't pay in the first place. The lad walking around with the flares is going to get a good ban as well.

United's best home games have been the first and last (assuming Leeds was first).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The one time I'm not able to watch and we beat someone.

[Shindig]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61301238

Okay, who gets their coefficients? I hear the Fair Play league is still a thing.

[Waffdon]

Means Scotland are guaranteed 3 teams and in the Group Stages minimum which is a bit mental. Celtic in CL, Rangers in pot 1 of CL if they win the EL or into CL qualifying - if they don’t win in that they’ll drop straight into the group stages for the EL. Then it’s the same for Hearts but into Europa Conference if they don’t win their play offs.

The 80s are back!

[Reg]

I mean really if you're even ten points behind that could be a few weeks of bad injuries which is just luck and therefore NOT FAIR.

Ergo, top 16 should go into as playoff system, relegation should be abolished and all teams should have to have their current nickname (Red Devil, whatever) as part of their official team name.
:D Look forward to it. Brighton Seagulls safe for eternity, jousting with Crystal London Eagles and East London Hammers for the honourable / entirely meaningless 8th place.

Ronaldo was excellent tonight. Surely his best all-round game in terms of link up etc. Not as fun as the mental hat-tricks but nearly as impressive.

[Waffdon]

Nottingham Forrest winning today and hopefully next week would be a lovely change rather than Bournemouth/Fulham +1

Luton coming up in the play offs would be funny for a few weeks before they break Derby’s record

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

STONEWALL penalty that.

[Boydy]

Fucking hell this is nervy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fuck Liverpool.

[Luke Emia]

Should have hooked Keita for Henderson after 10 minutes.

[Ian]

This'll just make it more annoying when Liverpool go through anyway.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

All Spanish final :drool:

Even though I hate same country finals.

[Adramelch]

I mean, I am pretty sure Liverpool will still go through here, but writing off a Unai Emery team in a knockout format has to be kind of naive nowadays.

[Waffdon]

At least there’s no away goal to make it boring if they score once

[Don]

Klopp called it right tbf. Proper Quieroz masterclass from Emery here.

Moreno and their general lack of depth will tell.

[Lewis]

That Bournemouth winner seems like something you should see more often.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rulli is so fucking shit.

[Waffdon]

This goalkeeper has been on the take both games. What a joke

[Lewis]

That was fun whilst it lasted.

[Ben]

That keeper almost needs to be looked into for match fixing, he's been that bad.

[phonics]

Didn’t realise it was that wet. That pitch is soaked.

[Ian]

That'll be that, then.

[phonics]

This goalkeeper is truly atrocious.

[Lewis]

What's this about Villarreal. Apparently it's only a small town(?).

[Boydy]

Rulli is so fucking shit.


This goalkeeper has been on the take both games. What a joke


That was fun whilst it lasted.


That keeper almost needs to be looked into for match fixing, he's been that bad.

:happycry:

[Waffdon]

It’s the hope that kills. Diaz changed the game yet again, so fucking direct. Created gaps everywhere for Liverpool to go forward in

[Ben]

:happycry:

Well come on.

[Luke Emia]

Diaz has to start every week at the minute he’s the one that can’t be dropped. He’s so fucking good I can’t believe he was so cheap.

[Baz]

Villareal might be decent if they had a goalkeeper

[Ian]

What's this about Villarreal. Apparently it's only a small town(?).

Nah, somebody would have mentioned it.

[Mike]

Easy that ;)

[Gray Fox]

Nah, somebody would have mentioned it.

Did they mention how many people live there? I'd love to know.

[Manc]

Been a while since I've eyed the xG table. Leicester sitting in 17th. :cab:

[niko_cee]

Where's the May thread at Ian? :nono:

Anyway, much as I'd like to see a latter day recreation of the '81 final, I can't see past City bunting the meringues out tonight and then returning losers have quite a good record in finals don't they? Can think of Bayern and Liverpool who went straight back and won second time round in recent times, although looking further back United managed to do the reverse and win then lose, and Juve and Valencia managed to lose two finals consecutively to different teams, with Juve doing that on the back of their win against Ajax. :face:

Hoping for pens tonight.

[Giggles]

Fuck sake Ian. 4 days deep.

[Spikey M]

All respect gone.

[Ben]

Can't see past City now they've got a couple of full-backs available.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Can't enjoy football knowing we aren't posting in the right month's fred.