August football: This was nearly called "Ballgust"

[Ian]

With the Lionesses having conclusively brought football home once and for all I was hoping we might not feel the need to have a load of dickheads continue to play it every week but alas, Manchester United elbowing their way back into my life is s crushing inevitability.

But still, there is plenty to look forward to if that's your sort of thing. Champions League qualifiers, the ongoing failure of United, Haaland on #fraudwatch, all that stuff.

And even more football to watch too now we're all die-hard womens football fans. What a time to be alive.

[Don]

Going up to Preston-Hull on Sat which gets in the way of my enjoyment of the proper stuff but the break has had the desired effect, I'm fucking raring to go and it promises to be a top top season :drool:

[Lewis]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/19389458/premier-league-clubs-want-to-stop-taking-knee/


It has been said that most of the league's skippers have agreed that the gesture has 'lost its gravitas' at a meeting last week. Though the news outlet has stated that it is not yet known how and when Premier League teams will show their support for the movement. But it is believed that the gesture will be performed during primetime TV matches and local derbies.

Unfortunate for it to lose its 'gravitas' only a few months before the World Cup in Qatar.

[Yevrah]

I for one am staggered that it didn’t stop racism, or and let’s be frank, actually achieve anything.

[Baz]

Props to Zaha for fucking it off almost immediately.

[Pepe]

It's because they did not put enough resources into it. Had they taken two knees instead of one, racism would be no more.

[Baz]

Everyone join the TTH Fantasy Premier League league: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/8iql75

[Lofty]

By the logic of the football's home lot, the next time a pundit says Arsenal have never won the Champions League they should immediately be corrected as the ladies apparently won it in 2007.

Obviously, that's not the same but here we are. Still think the increased kudos and hype they are getting will result in some average journeymen suddenly having a gender crisis (a convenient one where they never actually have their cock and balls off) so they can have a crack at the world cup.

[Baz]

Do they lump them together in other sports? I feel like not. Like if a stat is shown about Serena Williams it will be comparing her alongside the likes of Navratilova and other good-at-tennis women, rather than the drug cheaty men.

[Giggles]

The BBC are just about the stage where the womens game is 'football' and the mens game is 'mens football'.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There's plenty of work still to do. I want 'Men' specified after every team name in every context. Port Vale Men. The FIFA Men's World Cup. The UEFA Men's Champions League. EFL Men's League One.

[John Arne]

Ballon d'or pour les hommes

[randomlegend]

Do they lump them together in other sports? I feel like not. Like if a stat is shown about Serena Williams it will be comparing her alongside the likes of Navratilova and other good-at-tennis women, rather than the drug cheaty men.

Someone asked Andy Murray how it felt to be the first person to win 2 gold medals in Olympic tennis and he responded "I think Venus and Serena have got about 5 each", but I appreciate that's slightly different given women probably should be included under the banner of "people".

I've heard a lot of people saying the women's World Cup/England team were "a lot better to watch than anything the men have served up recently", but having given the final a go once the United friendly finished the standard really is still pretty awful.

[niko_cee]

Women's football has become a handy vehicle for people who don't really like football, which probably won't serve 'the cause' all that well in the long run.

That isn't to denigrate what is an overwhelmingly positive thing, it's just what the fallout [for want of a better term] surrounding the whole thing feels like.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The whole 'the standard is much lower than the men's game' takes I find really strange. Of course the standard is lower than the men's game, for the same reasons that the men's 100m world record is 9.58 and the women's is 10.49. Doesn't make the women's race any less watchable.

It being used as a tedious weapon by one side of the culture war is quite grating, and is what caused me not to watch it. EDIT: in fact, by both sides.

[Baz]

Nah nobody cares about the womens 100m

[randomlegend]

Of course the standard is lower than the men's game, for the same reasons that the men's 100m world record is 9.58 and the women's is 10.49. Doesn't make the women's race any less watchable.


That's not really the same. The women in their 100m are probably technically just as good as the men and the sport is just as developed, they are just slower because of biology.

Women's football is miles behind men's football for a whole myriad of reasons and I just didn't find it that entertaining to watch when it's so...bad. That doesn't mean I don't think other people can or should enjoy it; loads of people love watching lower league football for example.

[Manc]

As international tournaments go it was underwhelming. No upsets and very little drama. Even the winning goal was meh.

[Pepe]

Female cycling is ok in that someone riding at 20 mph and someone riding at 24 mph look identical on TV.

[Lewis]

How does the standard being lower not make it less watchable?

[Pepe]

As long as the PASSION levels are the same amirite.

[Jimmy Floyd]

How does the standard being lower not make it less watchable?

Because football is a competition between two teams. If you only like to watch the best of the best, then what's the point.

[Lewis]

I watch what interests me, which means either 1) backing a particular team; or 2) watching for the Quality/occasion (to cover otherwise crap games in the World Cup etc.). I might as well watch myself doing a crossbar challenge if I just want to watch 'sport'.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I mean, I stand on my balcony and watch the Sunday league in the park below. You get down to a certain standard where winning a throw-in is actually a disadvantage, because no one has a first touch good enough to keep the ball afterwards. I still find it fun to watch them go at it.

Then I absolutely turn my nose up at all the people currently obsessing over pre-season friendlies of the Big Clubs, so who knows what my logic is. Maybe it's the stakes for those involved.

[Ian]

Stakes and a decent, invested crowd more than make up for Quality, personally.

I enjoyed the Euros knockouts more than 95% of Premier League games I watched last year. Which is admittedly swayed at least a little by most of the ones I saw featuring Manchester United.

[-james-]

Streaking down Paisley Road West if Tony Bloom's blue and yellow army can get the job done against Rangers tonight.

[niko_cee]

Radio 5 just refereed to Dean Henderson as "England Mens' Goalkeeper" in the context of his lol comments about United, which seems wrong on a number of levels.

[Boydy]

Someone asked Andy Murray how it felt to be the first person to win 2 gold medals in Olympic tennis and he responded "I think Venus and Serena have got about 5 each", but I appreciate that's slightly different given women probably should be included under the banner of "people".

I've heard a lot of people saying the women's World Cup/England team were "a lot better to watch than anything the men have served up recently", but having given the final a go once the United friendly finished the standard really is still pretty awful.

There might be another one about the Olympics but the one I've seen is he gets asked about someone being the first player to do something and he corrects the reporter to say "male player".

https://youtu.be/wOH-dCrV_XA

[randomlegend]

There might be another one about the Olympics but the one I've seen is he gets asked about someone being the first player to do something and he corrects the reporter to say "male player".

https://youtu.be/wOH-dCrV_XA



https://youtu.be/lSgf31RpRTk
It is a different one.

[Yevrah]

Radio 5 just refereed to Dean Henderson as "England Mens' Goalkeeper" in the context of his lol comments about United, which seems wrong on a number of levels.

Given the lines of what a woman and man actually are have never been more blurred, this is all bubbling up nicely to come to a glorious head.

[Yevrah]

And talking of bubbling up nicely, this Ten Hag stint could be absolutely lol tastic.

[randomlegend]

He's not going to suddenly win the league this season or anything, but I genuinely believe Ten Hag will do well. He could obviously do with something more out of this transfer window to help him out though.

[Kikó]

My bar is pretty low for what I'd consider a successful season. Team playing like they've only just met will be a significant improvement to last season. Challenging the top four is probably the best we can do with that squad

[Don]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62404611

Long live the "dedicated No Room for Racism match rounds" :D

[Browning]

Southend have named a stand after Rose West.

[Ben]

That's fantastic. :D

[Lewis]

He's not going to suddenly win the league this season or anything, but I genuinely believe Ten Hag will do well. He could obviously do with something more out of this transfer window to help him out though.

They could get a lot better and still finish sixth again, so it should be interesting. I'm not worried about Arsenal, and Chelsea look poised for one of their MELTDOWN seasons, so fourth is doable.

[randomlegend]

If we finish 6th but there's a recognisable (and decent) style of play, and the dressing room hasn't imploded come the end of the season, I would be pretty happy to be honest.

[niko_cee]

Problem is would Ten Hag survive that sort of season?

[randomlegend]

Yes. If United can be accused of anything, it's keeping managers too long, not the opposite.

[Lewis]

If we finish 6th but there's a recognisable (and decent) style of play, and the dressing room hasn't imploded come the end of the season, I would be pretty happy to be honest.

That sounds about right, although I get the feeling that the club are at the point where they would back him over any Dressing Room implosion, so I think he gets two years at the very least.

[Shindig]

I don't think settling on a manager is a bad thing. Arsenal took that plunge and it hasn't turned out that bad.

[-james-]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2022/aug/04/david-squires-on-predictions-for-the-2022-23-premier-league-season?CMP=share_btn_tw

The Everton one. :D

[Baz]

Brighton. :D

[Ian]

Squires is the best.

[niko_cee]

Anthony 'like a new signing' Martial out of the Brighton game injured.

[Waffdon]

Be great if AZ Alkmaar don’t twat us tonight so I can have some false hope for next week

[Giggles]

What way is the EPL working around the World Cup? This is normal start time so are they cramming more games in either side of the break or playing longer into next summer?

[Baz]

Imagine a mix so starting a week earlier, and therell be 1 or 2 more midweek games you'd assume and then finishing a week later than normal.

[Giggles]

That’s a great result for Pats.

[Don]

A Congolese fucker with the 87th mim winner too, drink it in Hristo.

[Shindig]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62428580

When's the last time they had a capacity crowd?

[CJay]

Levitt looks fantastic for Dundee here. Head and shoulders above the rest of the midfielders on the pitch. Always in the right place and so tidy and progressive on the ball.

[Waffdon]

Oh my fuckin god

What a goal

We will get batterer next week But cares. Dylan Levitt baybay

[Waffdon]

Levitt looks fantastic for Dundee here. Head and shoulders above the rest of the midfielders on the pitch. Always in the right place and so tidy and progressive on the ball.

Who the fuck are Dundee

[CJay]

Apologies. Dun Utd?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sky had to put that graphic up right before the corner.

[Lewis]

1555512724112785408

There is a new peak of smalltime, and I can't see it being beaten for a while.

[Giggles]

Sad bastards. They hadn’t made the final step to tiny time after all.

[niko_cee]

Did Martin Tyler just say "PL 31"?

[Don]

Palace look good, Doucoure looks tidy once he gets the fitness and Ebiowei :drool: Andersen remains the best CB outside of Top 4.

[Giggles]

Did Martin Tyler just say "PL 31"?

It’s not all he’s said :uhoh:

[Baz]

Lingard starts:

Henderson
Worrall Cook McKenna
Williams OBrien Colback toffollo
Johnson Surridge lingard

[Don]

Why the team leak? No Awoniyi should make it an even more straightforward Newcastle win.

[Don]

That Fulham 3 behind Mitro would do well in League 1.

[niko_cee]

It’s not all he’s said :uhoh:

Seemed a fairly classic example of actually 'misspeaking' to me, but good luck making that case these days.

[-james-]

Has Klopp had even more work done? He looks fucking ridiculous.

[-james-]

That Fulham 3 behind Mitro would do well in League 1.

I think the front 6 is alright tbh, it's just very funny how they're having yet another crack at it with that back 4.

[randomlegend]

25 minutes in and no shots on target? Klopp is done.

[-james-]

Looks a textbook fast start from brave newly promoted that end up losing 3-0.

[-james-]

3-1

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mitro :cool:

Fuck Liverpool.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

"Trent" got abused.

[Boydy]

Forgot how annoying dodgy streams are. Gonna end up paying for BT like a mug.

[John Arne]

I see "Andreas" is still a massive cunt. Such an unlikeable person.

[randomlegend]

I see "Andreas" is still a massive cunt. Such an unlikeable person.

Shit footballer as well.

[Gray Fox]

It seems like this Fulham approach has surprised Liverpool a bit. Not that I'm sure why. Diaz looking the only one who wants to try and score.

What tends to do teams in who play like this against us is when they get the lead, they start to sit back after 60 mins or so and it invites the wave of pressure on. I'd be quite surprised if Henderson comes out for the 2nd half.

It's really going to ramp up the "I dont want another midfielder" line should Fulham go on to win like this.

[randomlegend]

It seems like this Fulham approach has surprised Liverpool a bit. Not that I'm sure why. Diaz looking the only one who wants to try and score.

What tends to do teams in who play like this against us is when they get the lead, they start to sit back after 60 mins or so and it invites the wave of pressure on. I'd be quite surprised if Henderson comes out for the 2nd half.

It's really going to ramp up the "I dont want another midfielder" line should Fulham go on to win like this.

I'm at work so can't watch, how are Fulham playing?

Sitting back and inviting pressure after getting a lead and doing well playing a certain way really is one of the most impossible to understand things in football. I assume the STATS must prove me wrong, but it always seems like you become more likely to concede than you would if you just kept doing what you were doing.

[Gray Fox]

Nice and aggressive and in our faces. Especially on the midfield 3. We're getting no time on the ball at all, though Diaz could really have bagged a couple of goals already.

Their goal came from a back post cross. Trent trying to win a header against Mitrovic...

[Don]

Add Palhinha to the growing list of midfield gems.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Thiago is so brittle.

[Gray Fox]

He's so good but he's made of glass.

Get flashing the cash John Henry.

[Waffdon]

The Liverpool depth is absolutely horrendous. Imagine still bringing on James Milner.

Disgrace if they are allowed to them win any trophies. Crimes against humanity stuff

[Don]

We have the best squad in world football :D

[Waffdon]

Hahahahahaahha

You actually believe that as well. Fuck me

[-james-]

Firmino is never starting again is he?

[Waffdon]

Jurgen Klopp is definitely addicted to cocaine. He had all the mannerisms and his jaw is always gurning

[-james-]

Nunez is an odd player. Looks so clumsy in open play but composure and off the ball are 20s.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

STONEWALL, get fucked Van Dijk.

[Waffdon]

That awful Nunez 1st touch providing to be the perfect pass.

[John Arne]

I'll never understand how or why refs continue to fall for those dives that Mitrovic did. The ref was 10 yards away.

[Kikó]

Must be horrible when players dive constantly and gain penalties. :harold:

[John Arne]

Must be horrible when players dive constantly and gain penalties. :harold:

He was in his own half, nowhere near the penalty area :/

[Gray Fox]

Worst game I've seen from Henderson and Trent for some time. The insistence on hoofing it long diagonally to Salah every single time also infuriating.

He surely cannot deny the need for another midfielder now.

[thommo]

I'll never understand how or why refs continue to fall for those dives that Mitrovic did. The ref was 10 yards away.

These tears are delicious. :drool:

Cracking performance. Play like that every game and we'll stay up no issue. Palhinha is mustard.

[Foe]

Glad it wasn’t me that though Henderson had a mare.

Surprised they made all those subs and he was still out there.

[Gray Fox]

Everything he tried was overhit or brainless. He nearly redeemed himself at the death, but getting a goal in the 80th minute and then not having a notable chance after that is also a bit shit.

[Don]

Captain, leader and legend and we still got the fucking muppets wanting him replaced with their latest FM wonderkid. We don't have any structural issues with our squad and we don't need any signings. We're fucking massive.

[Manc]

The solution is to put TAA right of the midfield three and sign a competent defender.

[Kikó]

He was in his own half, nowhere near the penalty area :/

Respect the emoji.

[randomlegend]

Norwich's season not starting well.

[Spikey M]

I'm surprised Max Aarons is still there. I thought a few of the big boys were looking at him.

[randomlegend]

Ajax seem to have gone to shit with ETH leaving.

[Gray Fox]

It's really going to ramp up the "I dont want another midfielder" line

He's already off.

Thiago, Keita(Mystery illness), Jones and Oxlade already out injured and we're one game into the season.

The annoyance here is I could have seen Oxlade be sold and someone else being brought in, but it seems he's out til maybe November now.

[Danny]

Salisu :D

[Kikó]

Ajax seem to have gone to shit with ETH leaving.

They have sold pretty much their entire team as well.

[Shindig]

They can just make more of them. Do they still have a feeder club in Cape Town?

[Offshore Toon]

Beautiful finish by Wilson.

https://clip.dubz.co/v/v3070y

[randomlegend]

They have sold pretty much their entire team as well.

They do that every year.

[Waffdon]

They really look like they’re struggling without him

[Giggles]

How much are they losing by? Must be a lot.

[Shindig]

Gateshead watch:

Drew 2-2 with Dagenham & Redbridge. Three points slip through our fingers due to a 95th minute equaliser. :moop:

[Waffdon]

How much are they losing by? Must be a lot.

They were winning 3-1 last I looked

[Don]

Poor geezers can't even indirectly make the baldie look competent.

Iwobi at CM with Gordon as a lone man. Rape incoming.

[Waffdon]

Chelsea just don’t beat Everton. Think they’ve lost their last 5 at Goodison. Doubt it changes

[Giggles]

The commentator on this Dortmund game is comfortably the worst I’ve ever heard.

[randomlegend]

Ajax seem to have gone to shit with ETH leaving.

https://i.imgur.com/JmjEJAp.jpg


They really look like they’re struggling without him


Poor geezers can't even indirectly make the baldie look competent.

Iwobi at CM with Gordon as a lone man. Rape incoming.

[randomlegend]

That Nunez goal is a cracking fluke.

[wullie]

Our game's been postponed tomorrow because the pitch hasn't passed checks after about 400 rugby 7s games were played in a few days for the Commonwealth Games and Wasps didn't bother with a planned relaying. I've seen us play on some awful surfaces over the years but having the pitch deemed unfit for purpose at the start of August is a new one on me.

[Don]

He scored a shitty old man bicycle kick but get a load of this touch:

1556004751166377985

[John Arne]

MLS defenders need to be a bit better.

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[Clunge]

Taunton off the mark in the NLS – ground out a 0-0 with Welling in our first ever NLS game.

[Shindig]

I can't have a man sounding that white giving it the ¡Gol!

[Don]

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[John Arne]

I can't have a man sounding that white giving it the ¡Gol!

It's so fucking annoying.

[Ian]

Which version of FM was it where if you had a poacher set up to have passes to run onto played into him half the goals would be exactly that Bale goal? '11 or '13, maybe?

Happy members of Hernandez scoring me a billion goals that way, regardless.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Good start for Dalot.

[John Arne]

Looking forward to seeing this midget centre-halve who is understudy to Otamendi for Argentina.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That should have been 1-0.

[Lewis]

MLS defenders need to be a bit better.

1556129122795094021

:cool:

[John Arne]

Only saw one replay, but McTominay looks a little lucky to stay on there.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Donned by Welbeck :moop:

[Waffdon]

Man Utd’s defence looks absolutely tragic :lol:

[-james-]

Eric Tenth Place. :harold:

[-james-]

Brighton look like Classic XI in this system. Solly March is Carlos Alberto.

[Waffdon]

Trossard is such a lovely player to watch

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:face:

[Waffdon]

What a goal

[Lewis]

The way Luke Shaw always tracks the wrong player, but still doesn't attempt to defend him, is sort of like his own little trademark move now.

[randomlegend]

Who would have thought that a midfield of McFred would continue to be completely incapable of controlling a game.

McTominay is so bad.

[Don]

Hows the aerial dominance of the midget coming along? Great battler I've heard.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

VAR has bottled that.

[-james-]

:cab:

[Waffdon]

Unwritten rule that you can’t get a penalty for them sort of challenges

[niko_cee]

Absolute stonewall.

Would have been a red card for that Argie mug as well.

McTominay's was a strong orange as well.

[Ben]

You’ll not see a more stone wall penalty all season.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Prime Trashford.

[Don]

Geezer literally has no braincells, does he? Proper hit and hope merchant.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dalot is MASSIVE.

[niko_cee]

VAR has money on United.

[Ben]

VAR on the take here. The handball wasn’t clear cut but switching camera angles just as it was hitting his arm then watching ten replays of Sanchez dive after it is a bit suspect.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

VAR on the take here. The handball wasn’t clear cut but switching camera angles just as it was hitting his arm then watching ten replays of Sanchez dive after it is a bit suspect.

Because at that point they were checking for an offside.

At least that's what it said in the corner.

[niko_cee]

If that had gone in directly off Dalot's arm would it have been disallowed?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Donny is back :cool:

[Ben]

If that had gone in directly off Dalot's arm would it have been disallowed?

I seem to recall that being the rule, now you mention it.

[-james-]

If that had gone in directly off Dalot's arm would it have been disallowed?

I thought the rule forbade any contact with an arm in the lead up to a goal. I think it possibly wasn't far enough down the sleeve.

[Ben]

I thought the rule forbade any contact with an arm in the lead up to a goal. I think it possibly wasn't far enough down the sleeve.

I’m sure they changed it. Middlesbrough’s goal at Old Trafford last season was something similar with Watmore handling it in the build up.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why the fuck is Malacia marking Dunk there?

[niko_cee]

:drool:

[niko_cee]

Paul Tierney remains one of the worst refs going.

[Gray Fox]

Should've got Potter in.

[randomlegend]

I can't do another season of McFred in midfield. Four seasons is enough. If we don't sign a midfielder (preferably 2) before the end of the window I'm just not going to watch this year.

[Guybrush]

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

[Raoul Duke]

Feels like pure shit, just want Ole back

Penny for Varane's thoughts too. Goes from winning the CL fifty times in a row to being backup to Slabhead and his midget son

[Don]

Why the fuck is Malacia marking Dunk there?

The aerial weakness of this Utd side is actually gonna be so lol to watch. At one point it was slabhead, midget and Ronaldo and 7 geezers who will actively avoid heading the ball (Mo Salah style).

[Ian]

Delighted I was only able to have today's game on the radio.

[Don]

I'll never tire of watching how much of a downgrade Jesus to Haaland is for this side. You ain't outmuscling EPL CBs that often lad.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Congratulations on Mark Noble finally having a holiday.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why is Grealish still starting?

[randomlegend]

Cus he cost £100m.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was a class finish.

[Giggles]

Taz predictions alive and well.

[randomlegend]

Haaland is absolute class.

[igor_balis]

I'll never tire of watching how much of a downgrade Jesus to Haaland is for this side. You ain't outmuscling EPL CBs that often lad.

:D

[Don]

He was odds on to score, only the truly massive can even have the audacity to make such claims let alone be proven bang on within 12 months :cool:

[Baz]

Any headers on target?

[Don]

I missed most of the game but I don't think so.

[Don]

Caicedo's involvement in both their goals :drool:

[Shindig]

Fabian Schar made Garth Crook's Team of the Week:


His first-half tackle on Jesse Lingard in the Newcastle box was enough to suggest the Swiss defender was in no mood to give the Nottingham Forest player one inch.

Schar's strike for Newcastle's opening goal was struck beautifully. This footballer can defend and play in equal measure. Precisely what Lingard is doing at Forest I am not entirely sure, but a one-year deal on a free transfer? What sort of commitment is that? Does Lingard think we are all stupid?

Take the deal and split if the team goes down - is that the plan? I'm not sure who looks more ridiculous. Lingard for signing or Forest for accepting the terms.

"So, yeah. Congratulations, Fabian ...."

[Giggles]

I thought he had fucked off finally.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's the classic Crooks flourish, pick someone in his team of the week as a cipher for writing about an unrelated topic that he actually wants to get off his chest.

[Don]

Sarr sitting there tearing up the Champ with goals like that and Arnautovic is in the gossip talk.

[igor_balis]

I'm so glad I'm a massively lapsed Albion fan cus this is bleak.

[phonics]

I'm so glad I'm a massively lapsed Albion fan cus this is bleak.

My Dads in the stadium and has a 2.5 hour drive back.

[Baz]

Thiago out for 6 weeks. :uhoh:

[-james-]

USG. :(



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[Shindig]

Following a Premier League decision to ban Newcastle from wearing any of their three current kits at Brighton on Saturday, United confirm that they will sport their light blue warm-up ensemble at the Amex Stadium.

What actual bollocks.

[Boydy]

Why are they banned from wearing any of their kits?

[Shindig]

I'm assuming it's a kit clash. The Saudi kit (white with green trim) would've been a no-go but we should've got away with our navy blue third kit. Instead we're going with this:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgbVlYfhxubfZexIFDpLqKT4Nm1vvJqiAf6jcRdfZcf VeVUEn2bAAU79r3b-Aq1qbN00TfQMYN4dNj5No6RXf3Y_cANgxhqNZoYoZTmAM1VCEI jqGTwpMYaQIPDY00aybXFM9JeIr1Zh37KTzzW60P8FKwCOiqpu g4SyVRM_g9v-kqjJbWdv0ZIsVCQ/s1000/Amazing%20Newcastle%20United%2022-23%20Pre-Match%20Shirt%20%284%29.jpg

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sounds like more bollocks from the kit illuminati. Bournemouth's home kit is another step towards fascist rule.

[Baz]

Sounds like more bollocks from the kit illuminati. Bournemouth's home kit is another step towards fascist rule.Hard to believe Birminghams kit designers did not see this:

https://www.rllmukforum.com/uploads/monthly_2022_08/image.png.7434b1e1c46dde0245dc2c3bbd95c5a8.png

[Ben]

What actual bollocks.

I think they could wear any of the three and the clash won't be noticeable enough. The away one is especially lol; you're not allowed to wear your blue kit, so instead you'll wear a different blue kit.

[niko_cee]

On the kit front I thought it was a bit odd [in the sense that an opportunity to wear an away kit is rarely missed] that both United and Brighton wore white shorts on Sunday.

It annoys me when alternative shirts feature the same colours as home kits though. Should be a 3-0 forfeit and an appointment at the Saudi embassy for the kit manager.

[Lofty]

That United 3rd kit, are they just trying to one up how bad it is every season now?

[Ian]

Nah, last season's was worse and it's not even close.

Speaking of kits though...

https://twitter.com/Neeks_77/status/1556537199927107585

Dairy Milk. :drool:

[Ben]

Polo would be even better if he put the Toblerone collar on it.

[Manc]

Is anyone watching All or Nothing? That speech in EP1 was mental.

[thommo]

Oh my fuckin god

What a goal

We will get batterer next week But cares. Dylan Levitt baybay

You weren't wrong. This could be double figures.

[-james-]

Wafflolz

[Waffdon]

Dylan levitt baby

[Don]

Dortmund crafting another Jokensliga wonderkid from the remains of a mixed race Man City winger.

[niko_cee]

Off to the Amex. I'm probably going to die on the way so god knows how they are going to play football in this heat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's a lovely finish from Ings.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Taz will be frothing when he sees Onana.

Digne is a plum.

[Gray Fox]

Depends if Taz also loves BLM talent even if it wears an Everton shirt.

[Foe]

Everton look absolutely horrid.

Is there one team worse than them, never mind 3?

Nottingham forest, Everton and Bournemouth down?

[Shindig]

I'd have Southampton sneak into the mix, although they'll probably wind up comfortable despite a couple of 8-0's.

[Foe]

Southampton at least have JWP to try and carry them going forward. If he gets injured they’re in trouble too.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://clip.dubz.co/v/20zzp3

Tidy finish from Jesus.

[Baz]

https://clip.dubz.co/v/20zzp3

Tidy finish from Jesus.:henn0rz:

[Yevrah]

Looking forward to my first glimpse of the Man Utd lol fest this afternoon. :drool:

[Lewis]

If it's McFred again I'm off food shopping.

[Andy]

I'd have Southampton sneak into the mix, although they'll probably wind up comfortable despite a couple of 8-0's.

We are probably the worst team in the league at the moment. 6 defeats in a row, our worst ever Premier league run.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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[Shindig]

Frediksen.

[Gray Fox]

Is Varane just unfit or does Maguire have some dirt on Ten Haag too?

[Lewis]

That third kit is revolting.

[John Arne]

I don't get 'Bring On United'.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We are probably the worst team in the league at the moment. 6 defeats in a row, our worst ever Premier league run.

Might be turning it around today.

[phonics]

Carrying over defeats from a different season is such a useless stat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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QPR's keeper scoring a late equaliser :cool:

[Shindig]

Here is your weekly Gateshead update:

A 2-2 draw against Barnet preserves their unbeaten record on their return to the National League.

[Alex]

Leeds gutting on a clinic in how to completely and collectively lose your heads as a team there. It was plain sailing until the 70 minute mark when everyone apparently decided, as a group, to forget how to play organised football. But I suppose we'll take four points from the first two games. I've still no really idea what to expect this season.

Bamford is finished, I know that. Not in the sense that I don't think he'll play again. I'm sure he will. But I just think he will ever be a reliable main attacking outlet again. We need to be outright replacing him with a new main man up top. Or just pass the torch completely to Gelhardt and let him crack on.

[Kikó]

I'd like to pretend I'm looking forward to the game but I'm not.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Kit almost blends into the pitch.

[Don]

Taz will be frothing when he sees Onana.

Digne is a plum.


Don't make me dig up your opinion on the signing.

Jesus, get a load of this Lille lad West Ham are signing. The likes of it hasn't been seen since Papa Boupa "The Wardrobe" Diop graced these shores and raped all that came within his vicinity. Scamacca and him added to Soucek, Zouma and Dawson; thoughts and prayers for any side defending their set-pieces deep.

Absolutely wiped the floor with Villas gammons apparently.

[Yevrah]

Didn't take long for the lols. :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What. The. Fuck.

:face:

[Ian]

:D

Here we fucking go.

[Yevrah]

Oh and playing an out of form Bruno and Eriksen in the same team is madness.

[Ian]

Ronaldo's control there too. :drool:

[Gray Fox]

Shoot on sight after that. Christ.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bruno's shooting last week and that shot there has been shocking.

[Don]

Oh and playing an out of form Bruno and Eriksen in the same team is madness.

I'm hearing midfield 3 of them and Fred? The bald paedo is sensational.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

#TenHagOut.

[Yevrah]

Oh my. :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What the fuck even is that?

What are we doing?

[Ian]

Just sell every one of these fucking cunts.

[Boydy]

Just switched it on to see that second goal. :lol:

[John Arne]

To think Man Utd let Henderson go :D

[Waffdon]

This could be an AZ Alkmaar

[-james-]

Excellent.

[Kikó]

To think Man Utd let Henderson go :D

He was shit.

[Giggles]

Delighted for Eriksen in that second goal the sour pussed twat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:face:

Relegate us.

[Yevrah]

This is an event of such beauty, I may need a little cry.

[Boydy]

:roflol:

[Ian]

Can't believe that our 3'9 centre half got done at the back post there.

[Giggles]

How do Brentford get the corner there when they handled it in the process of getting it? Should it not have been a free kick out instead of a corner? Or is just a case of VAR still being as waste of time?

Still though, lol.

[niko_cee]

I see Brighton out xG'd City today.

:face:

That said, it was mostly bad luck, save for Lallana's header, which was an absolute sitter.