April Football: Men Getting Hit By Football

[Don]

The ropes were never going to hold weight of such magnitude.

[Lofty]

Everton were doing reasonably well before the first points deduction, so they could easily seethe the next thirty years away blaming it for wrecking their form if this second round does it.

My neighbour is an Everton fan and previously had the corrupt premier league posters in his window until presumably his wife told him to take them down. Eagerly awaiting their return after today's news.

[John Arne]

Dickhead.

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[Lofty]

Can't wait for Harry Kane to do his little snide backing in to a jumping player in an attempt to injure them tonight and it be played off as not that sort of player.

[-james-]

BEEN TOLD it's Amorim.



:dc:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/09/real-madrid-close-roof-manchester-city-noise-champions-league

:harold:

[phonics]

:dc:

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[Waffdon]

Dier in a back 4. Yikes

[SincereTheRebel]

Fully expect B.Munich to turn up here. Bambi to dribble and Kane to shoot.

[Don]

An evening that truly calls for dual-screen viewing :drool:

Mon the BLMs shitting all over Arsenal and Cama, Vini and Bellingham not picking up a booking and making the 2nd leg pointless.

[Shindig]

I missed Gateshead booking their place in the FA Trophy final. They're playing Solihull Moors on the 11th of May.

[7om]

Holy shit what a free kick.

[Luke Emia]

Dier in a back 4. Yikes

He should be in the England squad so he reckons.

[Waffdon]

Holy shit what a free kick.

Really? It looked harder to not save.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Gnabry scoring and celebrating :drool:

[Waffdon]

Someone making a killing on the goals market here

[Luke Emia]

Do City and Arsenal play each other if they both go through?

[Luke Emia]

Whatever was going on with the Arsenal defending for that penalty. All he did was run in a straight line.

[phonics]

Whatever was going on with the Arsenal defending for that penalty. All he did was run in a straight line.

He kicked his own legs.

[Waffdon]

Put that bag down.

[Luke Emia]

He kicked his own legs.

Sane?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sane is absolute wank.

[Waffdon]

Sane is absolute wank.

He’s been the best player on the pitch :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He’s been the best player on the pitch :D

That hesitation when one on one was criminal.

[phonics]

Sane?
Whoever dived for the penalty.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Whoever dived for the penalty.

lol.

[Luke Emia]

Whoever dived for the penalty.

Put that pipe down.

[Shindig]

Coefficients on the ropes.

[Lofty]

Penalty was clear, what was criminal was the way Sane was tackled yet still ended up with the ball.

Kiwior and Jorginho looking off it, not sure why Arteta opted for a CB at LB here when supposedly the two LBs are fit. More frustrating is everyone has lolled at the prospect of Martinelli roasting Kimmich but we are allergic to playing down the left wing.

[phonics]

On replay I’m wrong and that’s a dumb penalty.

[Don]

EPL in the mud. World's greatest CB partnership to have never faced anyone better than Ollie McBurnie in the mud. Mikel Pulis in the mud. Erling 'not sure if still on the pitch' Haaland in the mud. ISIS in the mud. Superb 1st 45.

Those goals in the Real game were dogshit but given the tactic is to give it to the two and let them try shots, Carlo is cooking.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Can't wait for Harry Kane to do his little snide backing in to a jumping player in an attempt to injure them tonight and it be played off as not that sort of player.

Here. We. Go.

[Gray Fox]

Can't wait for Harry Kane to do his little snide backing in to a jumping player in an attempt to injure them tonight and it be played off as not that sort of player.

Ding ding ding.

[Luke Emia]

Snidey cunt.

[Ben]

Gorgeous finish.

[Spoonsky]

Little cunt might be the best finisher in football. Or at least the best at striking a football, as Jimmy would say.

[Gray Fox]

It's a shame for Arsenal that Jesus is only ever fit for about 5 games a season.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

And he's shit for 4 of those games.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Valverde :drool:

What a hit.

[Lewis]

It's hard to see anybody doing City over two games. In a final I would fancy a couple of teams, but not like this.

[Shindig]

Joselu on to save the day.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

On first viewing that's a pen for me.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yep, stonewall.

[Luke Emia]

On first viewing that's a pen for me.

On second viewing that’s a dive.

He chucked his leg into him.

[Gray Fox]

Absolute robbery there. The fix is in.

[Bernanke]

Saka kicks Neuer, give him a red.

[Waffdon]

Saka is a horrid little cunt isn’t he

[Waffdon]

Stonewaller :lol:

Keeper literally does nothing. Saka kicks him

[SvN]

I thought it was a pen in real time, but the ref has got it spot on. Saka kicks him, it's a foul the other way if anything.

[randomlegend]

I thought it was a pen in real time, but the ref has got it spot on. Saka kicks him, it's a foul the other way if anything.

He basically had an open goal if he didn't go down as well, absolutely brainless.

[Don]

Sensational refereeing to tell the Nandos boy to fuck off because if the ref is a monghow and calls it, VAR will just show him contact and he sticks with his decision.

Were the quarters split KO times/staggered weeks last year or was there just a dead fixture on every day? Annoying to have to split screen such games.

[Manc]

Phil Foden is some player. Cannot wait for him to contribute absoutley nothing in the summer.

[phonics]

The Times have sacked Henry Winter. Feels unpatriotic.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Another national institution comes crumbling down under cost cutting measures.

[Don]

AI video generator on point:

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[Jimmy Floyd]

Baggy jeans appear to have come back in out of nowhere, it's all you see the kids wearing out there. Dreadful stuff.

[Giggles]

Beats those cheap looking ankles-out grey tracksuit bottoms.

[Danny]

https://www.premierleague.com/news/3962262

At a Premier League Shareholders’ meeting today, clubs unanimously agreed to the introduction of Semi-Automated Offside Technology.

I look forward to seeing how they managed to fuck this up.

[Adramelch]

Granted I only watched highlights, but this Atletico-Dortmund game last night looked like an absolute clown show. Almost every chance (and all three goals) for either team was a result of poor defending.

[Luke Emia]

Good job Alisson is nearly back as Kelleher has stopped saving shots again the past couple of weeks.

[Gray Fox]

The Kelleher giveth but the Kelleher mainly taketh away.

[Gray Fox]

This looks a lot like a team that has made 6 changes. No real rhythm at all.

I expect Salah, Szobo and maybe Diaz come on at HT.

[phonics]

Was checking out Villa's potential opponents in the Conference League and there's nothing like the comfort blanket of clicking on a Turkish teams squad. No matter what year it is, you'll always be greeted with a few faces you thought retired years ago, a couple of high profile premier league transfer flops, some guy who was a wonderkid in FM back in the day who's now 28 and a random West African player who's name you recognise because he spent a couple years at a upper tier Championship team.

[Gray Fox]

Liverpool with outstanding commitment to not wanting that 5th CL spot.

[Don]

This better be the last Gomez start this season.

[Raoul Duke]

Was checking out Villa's potential opponents in the Conference League and there's nothing like the comfort blanket of clicking on a Turkish teams squad. No matter what year it is, you'll always be greeted with a few faces you thought retired years ago, a couple of high profile premier league transfer flops, some guy who was a wonderkid in FM back in the day who's now 28 and a random West African player who's name you recognise because he spent a couple years at a upper tier Championship team.

I was thinking about something like this earlier - is it possible to predict which players will end up in Turkey? Of the Utd squad: Amrabat, Onana, Martial and Lindelof are my bets.

[Luke Emia]

This better be the last Gomez start this season.

I was just coming to say this is one of the greats of the genre of Goe Jomez being fucking useless.

He’s actually done ok the past few months but he’s been awful tonight. Where’s Bradley? We’ve looked much better the past couple of weeks with just two full backs bombing on.

Edit that shot and then getting stuck underneath the header from the goal kick was as bad as it gets.

[phonics]

I can already hear "Fletch" screaming 'Why did Arsenal let this man go?' as Fabio Viera wheels away after scoring a 30 yard screamer in a CL group stage game

[Luke Emia]

Cody Gakpo will be one for that genre.

[Luke Emia]

What a bumming.

[Gray Fox]

This is a proper tactical masterclass.

[Adramelch]

Liverpool with outstanding commitment to not wanting that 5th CL spot.

Moyes also doing his best (though in fairness 1-0 is not a bad result all things considered). No subs in the 85th minute after getting battered all game.

[Manc]

Legacy in tatters.

[Waffdon]

That Leverkusen team love a late goal or two.

peds etc

[Waffdon]

3 of klopps 5 major trophies are going to be from 0-0’s v Chelsea at Wembley :sick:

[niko_cee]

Last one wasn't 0-0, even though it felt like one.

[Waffdon]

0-0 at full time though.

That gifted CL final against Harry Winks in midfield. My god.

[Luke Emia]

That game really showed up Endo’s shortcomings as well. He’s actually been pretty good since September but if anyone presses him he gets caught too easily in possession and can’t play out of it.

You could see in the first half it needed someone to be brave at the base of midfield and play round their crazy man to man marking all over the pitch if you do that you can probably pull them to piece’s but he’s not the player to do that.

[Luke Emia]

0-0 at full time though.

That gifted CL final against Harry Winks in midfield. My god.

Only put out Bayern and Barca in the knockouts and had a group with Napoli and PSG in it though. City and Madrid shit the bed in the Spurs side of the draw can’t control that.

[Giggles]

Dublin hoteliers cancelling the retirement villas in Barbados this morning.

[Giggles]

This one hadn't came into my head but I'd be all over that. Though someone going favourite for this poisoned chalice normally means he'll be ruling himself out by this time tomorrow.


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[Giggles]

Boom.


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[Gray Fox]

I see Emma Hayes is trying her absolute best to take the moral high ground for being a sore loser.

[Giggles]

She doesn't have to, she's a woman.

[Gray Fox]

She doesn't have to, she's a woman.

She's also played the sexism angle too, but it doesn't seem to have worked.

[Shindig]

I've finally seen the incident. I can't believe she's still digging, to be honest. There's nowt in it and, if there was, she's brought it.

[Yevrah]

I remember watching Question Time years ago when Katie Hopkins was on it. She was roundly booed for saying some/a lot of Women don't want equality, they couldn't handle it if they got it and what they're actually after is special treatment.

I'll just leave that there.

[Shindig]

Looking forward to a deflated Ange post-match press conference.

[Manc]

Leeds. :facepalm:

[wullie]

Nice for John Eustace, the only opposition manager to win at Leeds this season despite being sacked by now-23rd place Birmingham for not being winny enough while they were in the top six.

[Gray Fox]

It would seem nobody wants to be promoted.

[Ben]

Ipswich's keeper had a brain fart and ran out of the area with the ball still in his hands still and the ref/linesman just didn't clock it. Play on. :cab:

[Luke Emia]

Nice for John Eustace, the only opposition manager to win at Leeds this season despite being sacked by now-23rd place Birmingham for not being winny enough while they were in the top six.

I love the current Blues arc. Having not remembered last time they sacked a perfectly good manager for having them in the playoffs but not playing sexy enough football they did it again. Only to come full circle and get the man back in who they sacked 7 years ago for not playing sexy enough football. You couldn’t make it up at this point.

[wullie]

And they're battering us right now to make it two horrible defeats in a row since the Leeds game. Might sack off Wembley next week

[Waffdon]

Spurs shipping 4 today could actually be quite important. Now 1 behind Villa on GD with same amount of games played and probably no extra CL place

[Gray Fox]

Both still have to play us too and we'll chuck them loads of goals.

[Waffdon]

Probably be similar to the championship. Villa and spurs trying their best not to get 4th by dropping points every other week

[Shindig]

I don't see us making up the 10 point swing but I can dream.

[Gray Fox]

Another joke of a penalty decision in the Barclays.

[Gray Fox]

That's not a penalty either.

[Shindig]

The all important run-ins for 6th spot:

Newcastle: Crystal Palace, Sheff Utd, Burnley, Brighton, Man Utd, Brentford
West Ham: Fulham, Crystal Palace, Liverpool, Chelsea, Luton, Man City
Man Utd: Sheff Utd, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Newcastle, Brighton

I was going to completely write United out of Europe but West Ham's fixtures look quite iffy.

[Gray Fox]

That game against Liverpool is slated to be a 12:30 kick off right now. Though in a weird situation, should Arsenal beat Bayern, that will move to a Sunday game instead.

Liverpool season should capitulate from here. Palace tomorrow, Atalanta Thursday, Fulham Sunday, Everton Wednesday and then West Ham 12:30 Saturday. They're all away games after Palace too.

[-james-]

The all important run-ins for 6th spot:

Newcastle: Crystal Palace, Sheff Utd, Burnley, Brighton, Man Utd, Brentford
West Ham: Fulham, Crystal Palace, Liverpool, Chelsea, Luton, Man City
Man Utd: Sheff Utd, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Newcastle, Brighton

I was going to completely write United out of Europe but West Ham's fixtures look quite iffy.

20/1 on West Ham top 6 if you fancy it. Chelsea still 3s lol.

[Shindig]

Pffft. Newcastle to finish 4th - 50/1 :drool:

[Gray Fox]

It seems Chelsea being desperate to comply with FFP have sold some hotels near the club ground, to the tune of £75m and have used this in their finances to attempt to balance the books with it.

Not only is that lol, but they sold it to essentially themselves.

[niko_cee]

Of all the Chelsea football finance lolz, and after all is football finance not the most important part of the game, I particularly liked this one:


Players costing £592m were sold for £203m, although accounting rules mean that generated a profit of £63m.

:cab:

What?

Probably explains why the CEIS has City running at a 50m profit after ostensibly being down over a billion over ten years.

[Gray Fox]

The players will have cost £592m over their total AMORTISATION, as you're allowed to spread the cost against FFP over the length of the contract. Sales you can choose to have do the same, or to have the full value of the sale count for that specific years figures. For example, sell Salah for £50m and have one year £50m up on sales, or £10m each year for 5 years.

They'll likely now need to sell off a couple of decent value transfers each year to balance the books. If say Gallagher and Chalobah are sold for £30m each this summer, for arguments sake, that's £60m to prop them up for another year.

They've chosen to do this way in the hope that all the early 20 year old signings they've made grow into a team that gets towards the top. It's supported with growth off the field but with a sale now and then. Probably a fringe or academy player who brings in tidy profit. A gamble. That's why Jim is right and Waff is wrong in terms of Chelsea managers. You have to give one a long term crack at getting the team doing what they want. Changing it every 6 months just has you more and more likely to see the gamble fail.

There'll likely be some headlines soon that they are in dire need of a fire sale, but I actually think they'll be fine. Unless of course the FFP bods decide the hotel sales are not to be included.

[Waffdon]

Not even Jim believes deep down about Pochettino being the correct fit

[Jimmy Floyd]

Don't let perfect be the enemy of acceptable, especially when the rest of the club is being torched to the ground.

[Waffdon]

He shouldn’t be in management for his training sessions alone. Every club he goes to has injury issues.

[Baz]

Noticed a stack of FREE sticker albums for the Euros in Morrisons so picked one up out of morbid curiosity. I didn’t bother buying any stickers. Based on what I’ve read in it, Topps seem very honoured to be doing their first Euro sticker book, but let’s just say I’m glad it was free.

So rather than wait and find out which teams qualify through the playoffs they’ve inexplicably included every posibility. So groups A to C are fine, with two-spread pages for the four qualified teams. But then Group D has the two-pager for Holland, Austria and France, plus then single pages full of stickers for Poland, Estonia, Wales and Finland. Group E and F does the same. Absolutely ridiculous.

So some kids are gonna be collecting players from Luxembourg, Israel and Wales and wondering why. The free album even comes with a Gareth Bale sticker. :harold:

Surely they could have waited?

[Gray Fox]

Olise and Eze fit for Palace? Yikes for Connor Bradley.

If he could fix the injury issues, Olise would be a lovely signing should Salah fancy some Saudi money in the summer.

[Waffdon]

Your pessimism is something to behold

[Gray Fox]

It's almost like I know this team very well.

[Vercetti]

I look forward to reading about metality mongs in the papers tomorrow after the inevitable 3-1 Liverpool win.

[Waffdon]

You go behind all the time. It doesn’t really mean much.

As Giggles says, you’d think Liverpool were losing most games with the way you lot go on in these threads. Klopp is doing miracle shit. The team isn’t great at all.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fair play to Andy Robertson for getting to that.

[John Arne]

Jota for Nunez, please. Useless Uruguayan turd.

[Shindig]

Newcastle's women are 3-0 up in their last home game of the season. I don't think they can be crowned champs today.

[Gray Fox]

I think this team echoes Klopp really. They've punched above their weight so much this season but there's only so many times you can go back to the well etc.

[Don]

We're cooking now. This XI at Anfield and you cunts still doubting us :D

[Waffdon]

We're cooking now. This XI at Anfield and you cunts still doubting us :D

You watching Premier League Years?

[Gray Fox]

This is not the game for Endo. Everything he tries is not coming off.

The Bradley/Konate side is just so open. I'd personally send Trent and Szoboszlai/Elliott on at HT, but I've no idea how fit Trent is.

[Don]

Szobo, Trent and Jota on bench, Palace be lucky to finish within 1 goal of us.

Gomez and Kelleher's seasons are done with thankfully, just need Bradley and Luis Diaz to go the same way. The latter is going to be slightly trickier given gammons are woo-ing his pointless flicks and turns en masse.

[Gray Fox]

Gomez and Kelleher's seasons are done with thankfully, just need Bradley and Luis Diaz to go the same way.

Your touch knows no bounds.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dean Henderson :cool:

Keep it up lad.

[Baz]

Nunez off, Chris Wood on. If we could have made that sub in the 1st minute, it would probably be 3-1 by now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Curtis Jones :lol:

[niko_cee]

Some sort of William H Macy 'cooler' character must follow Liverpool around, chance conversion in their games, often from both sides, is inexplicable.

[Boydy]

I don't know why Curtis Jones plays so much. Every time I see him, he's shit.

[Waffdon]

Alexander Arnold going for Hail Mary’s every time he has the ball is fun viewing

[Gray Fox]

This has been both parts outstanding from Palace but also how the fuck haven't there been 10 goals.

[Serj]

What's really concerning is how shit Szoboszlai has become. Pass after pass is just the wrong decision. He had a good one-two with Salah winning a corner, but mostly he's a bombscare.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Stunning, I can almost taste the tears.

[Boydy]

Fucking Palace. It was those cunts that ended all hope in 2014 with that 3-3 as well, wasn't it?

[Waffdon]

What's really concerning is how shit Szoboszlai has become. Pass after pass is just the wrong decision. He had a good one-two with Salah winning a corner, but mostly he's a bombscare.

He’s there for his speed and stamina and once in a blue moon wonder strike. A shit Valverde

[Don]

I tell you what, that's one way of softening the blow of the nazi leaving. Gakpo and Jota got done dirty by the arrival of the favela rats.

[Gray Fox]

Fucking Palace. It was those cunts that ended all hope in 2014 with that 3-3 as well, wasn't it?

Everyone points to this game, but the league was lost at home to Chelsea. Liverpool were in need of a decent GD swing so went all out attack 3-0 up at Palace to try and get it. Even had it been 3-0 they still wouldn't have won the league.

[Raoul Duke]

That one was for Woy

[Serj]

He’s there for his speed and stamina and once in a blue moon wonder strike. A shit Valverde

He was a lot better at keeping possession and starting passing moves at the start of the season. Hopefully it's just a blip in form, otherwise there's only really Mac Allister in central midfield to play passes with any kind of conviction and creativity.

[Gray Fox]

I think your German league signings always struggle around now. They have a nice Christmas break and a shorter league season, so this is a new level of physical demand.

[phonics]

This has a really aggravating score draw or loss vibe.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Title was over with that Liverpool result. Race for 2nd should be good though.

[Waffdon]

Zaniolo seems a bit stiff to be a wide player

[phonics]

How did that not go in? :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

I put the Leverkusen game on instead of watching ken doll Odegaard rolling around on the deck, and Florian Wirtz immediately scored a ludicrous goal to make it 3-0. If I managed that team I'm not sure I'd go to a declining Liverpool tbh. Ride the wave.

[Shindig]

Turns out Newcastle's lasses won 10-0 and took the title. Cue a hastily produced banner whilst they all lift the trophy to M People.

[phonics]

Nailed it

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Title was over with that Liverpool result. Race for 2nd should be good though.

And just like that it's over.

[Waffdon]

Beautiful

[Yevrah]

Brutal.

[Waffdon]

What a fucking goal

[Gray Fox]

That's an outrageous finish.

[Waffdon]

Villa have absolutely dominated these this half. What a performance.

Shame they bottled it against Man Utd twice and to shite like Brentford and Burnley otherwise they’d have been right up there. Still, what a season from them

[Jimmy Floyd]

Villa have been outstanding second half. I like Ange's Spurs but Champions League football would be great for Villa.

[Adramelch]

Villa have been outstanding second half. I like Ange's Spurs but Champions League football would be great for Villa.

Especially since the new format makes seeding a lot less important (practically irrelevant?) so they wouldn't really be lobbed into a group of like Real, Bayern, Sporting or something.

[Ben]

It’s bizarre how Villa have been pretty average for weeks now because today they’ve looked the real deal.

[Shindig]

Jesus, Arsenal. This was supposed to be the year.

[Gray Fox]

The house always wins.

[Waffdon]

It’s bizarre how Villa have been pretty average for weeks now because today they’ve looked the real deal.

Match up well against good teams. Very good against teams that press them and seem to hold their high line better when not always dominating the ball

[Gray Fox]

Liverpool still to go to Villa. Another bloodbath incoming.

[Gray Fox]

This for Liverpool and Arsenal feels like the Arsene Wenger Arsenal days where they'd go out of every competition in the space of a week or two in February. Only difference now is they've postponed it to April.

[Clunge]

That finish by Watkins :chief:

[Giggles]

Am I reading it wrong or are these two teams not 2 points behind Man City with 6 games to play?

[Waffdon]

What a terrible afternoon for sky sports

[Gray Fox]

Am I reading it wrong or are these two teams not 2 points behind Man City with 6 games to play?

City have 6 very winnable games and are used to doing it. The other two do not.

[Waffdon]

Am I reading it wrong or are these two teams not 2 points behind Man City with 6 games to play?

Same as every other year. Once city go ahead in spring they aren’t throwing it away

[Yevrah]

Yeah, that's Blockbusters.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Especially since the new format makes seeding a lot less important (practically irrelevant?) so they wouldn't really be lobbed into a group of like Real, Bayern, Sporting or something.

Does it determine how hard your schedule is? I'm not really sure.

[Adramelch]

Does it determine how hard your schedule is? I'm not really sure.

I'm only going under the assumption that the implementation in Football Manager is accurate mind you, but you get drawn against two teams of each pot and one of them is at home and the other one away, so seeding seems to have no meaningful impact once you are in the group stages.

[Gray Fox]

Does it determine how hard your schedule is? I'm not really sure.

I believe you still have teams separated into 4 pots. You then get a home and away game from a random draw against each pot. You can get lucky and get the two easiest teams from each pot, or you could get the two hardest.

I actually think people will prefer the new format once they get used to it.

[Foe]

Perfect weekend for Manchester blue.

Grief.

[Lofty]

The away treble must have been tasty odds.

Havertz and Jesus can't play together.

[phonics]

Didn’t nail it.

[randomlegend]

Leverkusen :cool:

Kane must be seething.

[Luke Emia]

Went to the game today. I’ve always been not Pro Nunez but thought there was something that could be worked with this past week and seeing him in the flesh for the first time since before Christmas has 100% changed my mind. 4th/5th choice for chaos, he’s a decent option but he is not it and he is never going to be the man. he is literally an attack killer at the minute.

Far too safe these past two games, Gakpo was the only player who dribbled and took someone on today and when he did we consequently looked a bit more dangerous the rest of it was just shifting the ball left to right with no real plan of how to break them down once they scored.

The drop off from Mane, Salah and Firminio with Jota off the bench is massive now and that’s probably what costs the league more than anything else.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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It was a Good Ebening.

[Clunge]

He still does it all his interviews too – I love him.

[Giggles]

What an organisation. That said, no harm he's gone.

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[Waffdon]

Pochettino refusing to let palmer play off the right again. It’s like he never watched the Sheff Utd mess

[Waffdon]

This Chelsea back 4 would struggle to keep clean sheets in the championship.

[Waffdon]

Palmer :drool:

[Shindig]

Happy now? :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

3rd top scorer in the league, mental stuff. Most goals by a Chelsea player since Diego Costa. 3 more for the most since Drogba in 2010.

[Waffdon]

Perfect hat trick :drool:

[Waffdon]

3rd top scorer in the league, mental stuff. Most goals by a Chelsea player since Diego Costa. 3 more for the most since Drogba in 2010.

Still due his customary penalty as well.

[Shindig]

You could get eight that this rate.

[Baz]

Does Southgate play Palmer?

[Shindig]

Southgate's choice paralysis will kick in and we'll wind up with a compromised midfield three or something.

[igor_balis]

Bookmark this hot take but Palmer is overrated shite.

Hiya mate

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've seen a lot of stuff about Branthwaite playing for England, based on this display he's closer to being returned to Easter Island.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Does Southgate play Palmer?

Shouldn't do, Foden better.

[Don]

They were comparing Bruno goal contributions to Salah a few years back when I said he was a poor player. You can't be getting to the top with a complete lack of physicality like this chinless lad.

[Waffdon]

He’s about a foot taller than you Mr Hobbit

[Luke Emia]

I've seen a lot of stuff about Branthwaite playing for England, based on this display he's closer to being returned to Easter Island.

I was thinking this myself. Looks ok in a team who only want to try and defend and the mistakes get covered up because the team is shite and he’s English. Get him to United as has been rumoured and he could be the new Harry Maguire.

[Jimmy Floyd]

One thing I'll say against Pochettino, all this arguing over penalties is seriously unbecoming. Tell them who's taking the fucking penalty.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Madueke needs sending to the reserves for having done this twice. Under Sir Alex or someone he'd be playing for St Mirren next year.

[Foe]

What was the pen even for?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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:lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's a team of children who think they're playing an individual sport. 5-0 up though, fuck the scousers.

[Baz]

What was the pen even for?Just the ‘palmer must have at least one a week’ rule.

[Waffdon]

5-0 up against a team more into getting yellow cards and we see one substitute. Pochettino could win the champions league and I’d still think he’s an utter wrong un

[Waffdon]

Jackson and caicedo both a booking away from 2 match ban. Take them off ffs

[John Arne]

That penalty stuff was so cringe, and reflects really bad on Poch. On what planet are the penalty takers not prearranged before the game - it's not something you leave to the players.

[Ben]

Palmer always takes penalties. Seems to me like the other two were being bitches and trying to get themselves a goal because Palmer already had a hattrick. Fines and dropped for the next game if Pochettino has got any balls.

[wullie]

The best way to do it is a quick game of rock paper scissors

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When they did that I was sure Wright would miss, would have been deserved

[Shindig]

Pickford's assist for the third is amazing. Pure tunnel vision.

[niko_cee]

Are Everton set to go into administration?

Keep those deductions rolling boys, that one might actually kill the bastards.

[Ben]

Apparently they extended the loan agreement last night so they will live on, at least a little longer.

[Gray Fox]

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/everton-takeover-777-partners-loan-b2529346.html

Sounds like living on borrowed time. They probably wont go down now, but if they did it would be curtains.

[Luke Emia]

In more important news. What is happening to Goodison when they move? Two reasons, it's not a desirable area to put it mildly and it's even more hemmed in than even Anfield ever was it's not like they are going to be able to do what Arsenal did with Highbury. Secondly where the fuck am I going to park once it's gone?

[Gray Fox]

It's already been signed off. They're knocking it down and building housing, care homes and some shops on it.

It's going to be so strange when that's gone. It just feels wrong them moving out.

[John Arne]

Never realised Atalanta's stadium was so small. It's really.nice, but only 22,000.

[Ben]

And that's only since 2020. Before that they had to play their European games elsewhere.

[niko_cee]

I see Naby-Lad has continued to steal a living after going to Germany, to the point where he has now been fined and suspended by Werder. Shame. He was good for a few months when he first signed for Liverpool, and presumably prior to that for Red Bull whoever.

[Don]

My football consumption has slipped in the last couple of months but I'm so hard for tonight and tomorrow.

PSG to run riot.

[Danny]

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[Luke Emia]

PSG might yet make it through. But, fuck me you couldn’t wish for a more inviting route to the final and it looks like they have fucked it.

How can you spend so much money and be so bad?

[niko_cee]

Quite easily.

Really looks like Ten Hag running through on goal in that clip, which would make it better.

And Klopp [?] looks more like that comedian with the teeth.

[Shindig]

Gateshead confirmed their spot in the play-offs last night. Tickets for the FA Trophy final go on sale Thursday. I might take a peek but probably don't fancy the trip down to London for it. :D

[Don]

Check the difference in quality of the benches :D That's where the money has gone in case you were completely blind to PSG's quality.

[Waffdon]

Lewandowski trying to block that shot :D

[Waffdon]

That tackle from cancelo. Bloody hell lmao

[Don]

Barca chasing with 30 mins to go, Mbappe hattrick and possible double figures on the cards.

[Ben]

Outstanding capitulation from Barca it must be said.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

lol at Barca.

Mbappe really should have ended it with the first shot though.

[Manc]

No love for Dortmund? One of the best headers I've seen in yonks from Fullkrug.

[Shindig]

I liked the look of them in the group stages (as they put us in our place). Nice to see them go far.

[Dan]

Not long got home from Pompey/Barnsley. What an amazing way to seal the league & a perfect encapsulation of what's made this season from all the others where we've fallen short.

Definitely wasn't our greatest performance, the nerves definitely seemed to have got to a few players as we were a bit sloppier than usual with our build up & gave the ball away cheaply a decent amount, but where typical Pompey teams would find themselves 2-1 down while playing below par & would've just struggled through the rest of the game without offering anything, this season we've been much more resilient & even when we've not been playing well we've managed to find a moment from somewhere that turns the tide.

Today that was Christian Saydee winning us an 83rd minute penalty that, I'll be honest, I'm not entirely convinced was legit, but Colby Bishop hit it hard enough to get it past their keeper, and when Connor Shaughnessy headed us in front from a corner shortly after that was me gone. Had a little cry in the stands whilst some fans did a Leverkusen & stormed the pitch before the game had ended. Hopefully we'll lift the trophy against Wigan on Saturday as I'm going to that one too, and fingers crossed I'll be able to get a season ticket next season as we got in early on the waiting list.

John Mousinho has done a fantastic job with the mental side of the team in particular - consistency & perseverance were two things that consistently let us down in the past but this year we avoided the typical slumps in form around new year & towards the end of the season, and as mentioned above, we've been much better at getting results from bad situations. He's also done a great job managing the squad in every way, utilising the depth for matchups, finding ways to get through numerous injuries, particularly in central midfield, and also with his use of substitutes, which was another thing that came through today as both Saydee & Bishop had come off the bench.

We'll definitely need some improvements to the squad for the Championship. Man-Will Neuer-ris is probably adequate in goal but we lack pace basically everywhere outfield, with CB & striker being two particular areas I'd hope we look at. I'd imagine Abu Kamara will be back at Norwich next year as he's elevated his game down the back half of the season after an inconsistent start, but it would be nice to have him & Alex Robertson back if possible as they both look like they should become good Championship players. It would also be great if nobody took Mousinho away, but hopefully Eric Eisner will open up the Disney warchest for him if it comes down to it.

Football, eh? It's pretty good sometimes.

[Dan]

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Marlon 😍 He might not be able to run but he still controls the game with his passing & he’s one of our own, so we’ll let him off.

Also a big fan of my boy Paddy Lane waving a flare about then crowdsurfing his way to join the rest of the team.

[John Arne]

Cubarsi and Yamal to go the same way as Pedri and Gavi by being overplayed at a young age?

[Pen]

If John Mousinho was called Jose Mourinho he'd have managed the top teams in the top leagues by now.

[niko_cee]

:D

Glad I'm not the only one thinking that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Xavi SEETHING at the ref and blaming him for them losing :harold:

[Dan]

If John Mousinho was called Jose Mourinho he'd have managed the top teams in the top leagues by now.

You’ll be shocked to discover we do roll out the ‘who needs Mourinho, we’ve got Mousinho’ chant.

[niko_cee]

Is the looming City v PSG Champions League final football's, I want to say 'End of History' moment, but I think 'End of Days' is probably more appropriate?

[Kikó]

Genuinely shocked he's called John Mousinho. Thought it was a quaint nickname.

[Yevrah]

Well, hello.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Kyle Walker playing Vini on after McManaman and Fletch have been bigging up Walker all game and saying how Man City are so thankful to have him back :harold:

[Waffdon]

This Bayern team doesn’t have much attacking threat at all. Defensive full backs and midfielders and a lack of pace on the break outside of Sane and maybe Musiala

[Yevrah]

Who's this cunt in goal for Real and why can't he catch the football?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Who's this cunt in goal for Real and why can't he catch the football?

Andriy Lunin.

Ukrainian lad who has been an FM WONDERKID for a few years.

Only recently started actually playing for them despite being there for a while.

[Yevrah]

Has he usurped Courtois?

[Adramelch]

Courtois has missed the whole season due to two different injuries. It's why they brought Kepa in the first place I believe.

[Raoul Duke]

Courtios is mega injured right now. He usurped Kepa, on loan from Chelsea, who is bobbins

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Courtois has no knees.

Tore his ACL and then when he was attempting to come back he tore the meniscus in his other knee.

Kepa is their only other keeper and he's been wank.

[Waffdon]

Arsenal are a complete let down if they can’t win this. Bayern are completely average

[Lofty]

They need to score one of the chances they keep being gifted.

[Ben]

Man City did well not to score in that half.

[Manc]

Has anyone got a decent stream on the go?