[FOOTBALL] Weekend Football 20-23 November (Spain Special - Real Madrid vs Barcelona)

[P_3]

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This week we will give English football a rest and focus our efforts on the Real/Barca match. We will bet using something called Double Chance, which gives you a bigger chance to win but unfortunately the amount you win will be tiny. Bet odds taken from bet365. Best of luck.

15:00 kick-off time unless stated otherwise.

Friday 20th
http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Championship:
Middlesbrough v QPR - Sky Sports 1, 19:45

http://i.imgur.com/8v1PFWx.gif German Bundesliga:
Hamburger SV v Bor Dortmd - BT Sport 1, 19:30

http://i.imgur.com/gbb3XrE.gif French Ligue 1:
Nice v Lyon - BT Sport ESPN, 19:30

Saturday 21st
http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Premier League:
Watford v Man Utd - BT Sport 1, 12:45
Chelsea v Norwich
Everton v Aston Villa
Newcastle v Leicester
Southampton v Stoke
Swansea v Bournemouth
West Brom v Arsenal
Man City v Liverpool - Sky Sports 1, 17:30

http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Championship:
Bristol City v Hull - Sky Sports 1, 12:30
Birmingham v Charlton
Brentford v Nottm Forest
Derby v Cardiff
Ipswich v Wolves
Leeds v Rotherham
MK Dons v Fulham
Preston v Blackburn
Reading v Bolton
Sheff Wed v Huddersfield

http://i.imgur.com/endgoGX.png Scottish Premiership:
Celtic v Kilmarnock
Dundee Utd v St Johnstone
Hearts v Dundee
Partick Thistle v Inverness CT
Ross County v Motherwell

http://i.imgur.com/WveiEiv.gif Spanish La Liga:
Real Sociedad v Sevilla
Real Madrid v Barcelona - Sky Sports 2, 17:15
Espanyol v Málaga - Sky Sports 2, 19:30
Valencia v Las Palmas - Sky Sports 2, 21:00
Deportivo de La Coruña v Celta de Vigo - Sky Sports Red Button, 21:05

http://i.imgur.com/8v1PFWx.gif German Bundesliga:
1. FC Köln v 1. FSV Mainz 05 - 14:30
B M'gladbach v Hannover 96 - 14:30
Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer Levkn - 14:30
VfB Stuttgart v FC Augsburg - 14:30
VfL Wolfsburg v SV Werder Bremen - 14:30
Schalke v Bayern Mun - BT Sport 1, 17:30

http://i.imgur.com/ND7cEHI.gif Italian Serie A:
Bologna v Roma - BT Sport 2, 17:00
Juventus v Milan - BT Sport 1, 19:45

http://i.imgur.com/gbb3XrE.gif French Ligue 1:
Lorient v Paris St G - 16:00
Bastia v GFC Ajaccio - 19:00
Guingamp v Toulouse - 19:00
Monaco v Nantes - BT Sport Extra 1, 19:00
Montpellier v Reims - 19:00
Troyes v Lille - 19:00

http://i.imgur.com/ybH1O1q.gif Dutch Eredivisie:
AZ Alkmaar v sc Heerenveen - 17:30
Roda JC Kerkrade v PEC Zwolle - 17:30
Ajax v SC Cambuur Leeuwarden - Sky Sports Red Button, 18:45
De Graafschap v FC Groningen - 19:45
Willem II v PSV Eindhoven - 19:45

Sunday 22nd
http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Premier League:
Tottenham v West Ham - Sky Sports 1, 16:00

http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Championship:
Burnley v Brighton - Sky Sports 1, 13:15

http://i.imgur.com/endgoGX.png Scottish Premiership:
Hamilton v Aberdeen - BT Sport 1, 12:30

http://i.imgur.com/WveiEiv.gif Spanish La Liga:
Sporting de Gijón v Levante - Sky Sports 3, 11:00
Villarreal v Eibar - Sky Sports 5
Granada CF v Ath Bilbao - Sky Sports 5, 17:15
Real Betis v Atl Madrid - Sky Sports 1, 19:30

http://i.imgur.com/8v1PFWx.gif German Bundesliga:
Hertha BSC v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - BT Sport 1, 14:30
FC Ingolstadt 04 v SV Darmstadt 98 - BT Sport 1, 16:30

http://i.imgur.com/ND7cEHI.gif Italian Serie A:
Verona v Napoli - BT Sport Europe, 11:30
Atalanta v Torino - 14:00
Carpi v Chievo - 14:00
Fiorentina v Empoli - 14:00
Genoa v Sassuolo - 14:00
Lazio v Palermo - BT Sport Extra 2, 14:00
Udinese v Sampdoria - BT Sport Europe, 14:00
Inter Milan v Frosinone - BT Sport 1, 19:45

http://i.imgur.com/gbb3XrE.gif French Ligue 1:
Caen v Angers - BT Sport 2, 13:00
Rennes v Bordeaux - BT Sport 2, 16:00
St Etienne v Marseille - BT Sport Europe, 20:00

http://i.imgur.com/ybH1O1q.gif Dutch Eredivisie:
Heracles Almelo v Excelsior - 11:30
Feyenoord v FC Twente - Sky Sports 3, 13:30
N.E.C. v FC Utrecht - 13:30
ADO Den Haag v Vitesse - 15:45

Monday 23rd
http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Premier League:
Crystal Palace v Sunderland - Sky Sports 1, 20:00

http://i.imgur.com/WveiEiv.gif Spanish La Liga:
Getafe v Rayo Vallecano - Sky Sports 2, 19:30

[Lee]

We should win tomorrow. That might be the first time I've said that this season so I'm bound to have jinxed it now.

I'll be watching Hinckley vs Leicester Road in the cold. Big game.. LR were formed by the directors who sent Hinckley United bust and play at their 4,500ish capacity stadium in the town. Hinckley, who are the community-owned successor club to United, are playing in the village of Heather which is twelve miles away. There is significant bad blood here. LR are having a better season than Hinckley, having been promoted last year, so it would be nice to see them brought down a peg or two.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Who in that scenario would continue supporting 'Leicester Road'?

[Giggles]

Spurs on a Sunday in a min Europa week :moop:

[Lee]

Who in that scenario would continue supporting 'Leicester Road'?

Only a few have, mostly people who were involved with the Hinckley United youth teams as they've stayed at the old place because of the better facilities.

Hinckley are getting just under 200 for home games (I've seen 300 for big cup games - brilliant how much cups mean at this level) whilst Leicester Road get up to 150. They have the advantage of being a better side in a nicer ground inside the town boundary. I agree with you though.

The shit name, incidentally, is because that's where the ground is.

[Vim]

Fuck el Clasico, Juve-Milan is where it's at. :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTG0oMDP2E4

[Kikó]

I'm at Watford tomorrow. New ground to tick off the list but I've got a feeling that Troy Deeney is going to bag a brace and make us look daft. Especially as we have no strikers.

[Reg]

There's a ridiculous amount of good sport on telly this weekend, with the bunch of big football games along with the tennis semis and final.

Biggest match of them all is 3rd v 2nd on Sunday. :drool: I think we'll add to our growing collection of draws, Hull will win and go 2 points clear.

[Benny]

Pikeys on Sunday, all it takes is a couple of shit England games to make you realise how much you miss club football.

[Pleb]

The El Clasico will probably be a massive boredraw.

That being said I wouldn't mind a Liverpool thrashing from City.

[Lee]

Hamburg are giving Dortmund a good fisting here. 3-0 after 55 minutes.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Anyone seen this Middlesbrough 0-0 QPR? Bit gutted I've missed it.

[Kikó]

You missed Leadbitters 90th minute winner clearly.

[Toby]

Surely Chelsea will beat Norwich at home. Surely.

[Reg]

Surely Chelsea will beat Norwich at home. Surely.
I hope not because I've put a quid on relegation @250. :cool:

[Ian]

Perfect football-watching weather here today. Cold and clear. Wrap up warm and get a pie down you. :drool:

[Manc]

I can see a few upsets today. Watford, Norwich, Stoke, maybe even Villa.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can't see us upsetting Norwich.

[Mellberg]

£12 on the Watford 0-0 and Villa in a double @ 42

[Weaver]

de Gea; Young, Smalling, Jones, Blind; Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger; Mata, Herrera, Lingard; Depay with a bench of Romero, Rojo, Darmian, McNair, Pereira, Goss and Rashford for Man Utd.

Gomes; Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Anya; Abdi, Watson, Capoue, Jurado; Deeney, Ighalo with a bench of Arlauskis, Aké, Paredes, Oulare, Guediora, Diamanti and Ibarbo.

Agreed with 0-0.

[Lee]

Perfect football-watching weather here today. Cold and clear. Wrap up warm and get a pie down you. :drool:

Yep, this is how football should be watched. I'll be giving the pie a miss but lots of hot drinks shall be consumed. First outing for the hat, scarf and gloves too.

[Danny]

There's the 0-0 gone. Lovely cross and finish

[Reg]

Yep! It's gonna be one degree here by 7pm, and I'm in the perfect mood for sitting all day, consuming plenty of warm drinks and food, and club football back on.

Man United narrow Brazilian like 4222, it looks like. Interested to hear van Gaal explain why.

Did Memphis shin that? It looked like perfect technique until the last angle.

[randomlegend]

Where's Marshal?

EDIT: Injuired, damn.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Gayer is such a hero.

[Waffdon]

Pile on Oxford, lads.

[randomlegend]

The Gayer is such a hero.

He must be the best keeper in the world. He's unreal.

[Danny]

Lingard has to score that

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What the fuck is Rojo doing?

[Danny]

And that's why

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pig fucker :rave:

[Danny]

Ze German :cool:

[Reg]

That would have been lovely from Gianfranco Smalling.

[Waffdon]

Over 2.5 ��

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That throw in :D

[Foe]

Oh deeney me.

[randomlegend]

We really don't want to win this do we.

EDIT: Lol I missed that before the replay :D

[simon]

Are we playing this Kenedy chap at left back? I thought he was a winger?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Are we playing this Kenedy chap at left back? I thought he was a winger?

Mourinho has seen how amazing the Antonio Valencia experiment has been.

[randomlegend]

And World Class left back Ashley Young.

[Danny]

Guzan with his hand up for offside :D

[John Arne]

Delighted for Vardy.

[Mellberg]

Think we might just be fucked this year.

[Boydy]

Delighted for Vardy.

He's equalled the record now, hasn't he?

:cool:

[Waffdon]

Think we might just be fucked this year.

Same X

[Lee]

Top of the league, fuck me. :D

[Danny]

He's equalled the record now, hasn't he?

:cool:

He has, they have United next week when hes going to try break it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

16 points behind Ranieri's Leicester on current scores. Abramovich out.

[Yevrah]

Top of the league, fuck me. :D

It's absolutely remarkable.

[phonics]

This midfield stuff is just embarrassing.

[Jeet]

Captain's performance by Arteta today as he comes off injured

[Toby]

I think I'd take Chelsea relegation in exchange for Leicester somehow hanging on to make the Champions League. Every week you think the collapse will be coming but they seem to just keep going.

[phonics]

I'm not sure anyone should have thought Newcastle was the place where the run would end in all fairness.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Arsenal should have bought Pogba, Vidal and Busquets in the summer.

And Djilobodji.

[phonics]

Quite the opposite, I was perfectly happy with Coquelin but when the next one down hasn't completed a match in 6 months it gets a bit awkward.

[Danny]

Villa getting beaten like a red headed step child

[Jimmy Floyd]

Diego Costa? More like Diego Goalsta.

[Magic]

Fuck off Cellino fuck of Evans. Clueless shite.

[Danny]

Diego Costa? More like Diego Goalsta.

Diegoal Costa?

[Lewis]

United are going to toilet their way to the title.

[Giggles]

United are going to toilet their way to the title.

Would fucking love that.

[Jimmy Floyd]

http://media.90min.com/process?url=http%3A%2F%2Fftbpro-post-images.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com%2Fproduction%2F485734808&filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bw%5D=0.9993328498912255&filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bh%5D=0.37285714285714283&filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bo_x%5D=0.0&filters%5Bcrop%5D%5Bo_y%5D=0.04&filters%5Bresize%5D%5Bw%5D=912&filters%5Bresize%5D%5Bh%5D=516&filters%5Bquality%5D%5Btarget%5D=80&type=.jpg

[Smiffy]

.....

[Shindig]

The state of us.

[Jeet]

When's the next Int break.......... :(

[Jimmy Floyd]

Famous win for us. Leapt up the league to 15th. No win for Bournemouth, Villa or Newcastle either so a good day for the club.

[niko_cee]

We're going to get such a bumming. The silver lining will be not helping out United (sorry Leicester).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Aguero against Lovren? lol.

[Lewis]

Real Madrid love a bit of mawkishness.

[Smiffy]

.....

[ScousePig]

Made up for the Leicester lot. Impressive. Here's hoping Spurs and West Ham draw tomorrow.

Absolutely this.

[niko_cee]

I have a new found respect for C.Ronaldo after that BBC quiz thing informed me he is tattoo-less.

[Lewis]

'Rafa' will don this today and then they will draw their next three. :cool:

[Kikó]

Great win but shit again. Watford is a cute ground

[Lewis]

Maybe not.

[Lee]

What a match I've just seen. Leicester Road were 2-0 up at half time and it looked pretty shit for Hinckley. Their keeper was sent off for an awful challenge with about 25 minutes left but one of Hinckley's best players skied the resulting penalty. Then Hinckley brought last season's captain on (he left last summer) for his first game back. He ran the game brilliantly from then on and Hinckley ended up winning 3-2, with the current captain scoring the winner (and his second) deep into injury time. Fantastic day. An attendance of 290 in the freezing cold as well.

And Leicester go top of the league with Vardy equalling the record. :drool: :drool: :drool:

Still, our hard run of games starts with United next week so it would be wise to make the most of this. I reckon I'll watch Liverpool-Man City rather than Real-Barcelona now, in the hope that Man City drop points and we end the weekend top. What a fucking sentence that is to write. :cool:

[niko_cee]

Suarez is such a don.

:(

[Lewis]

Cutting to fan parks in Miami and China is a new low. It's a fucking league game.

[Lee]

Cutting to fan parks in Miami and China is a new low. It's a fucking league game.

That sealed my decision to switch over.

C'mon Liverpool!

[Boydy]

Ahahahahaha

[John Arne]

He thinks he's fucking Djimi Traore...

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can't believe Martin Tyler has just said that football is a cruel game because two French players made mistakes to send their team 1-0 down.

[niko_cee]

He just can't, he just can't . . .

Even fits the rhyme.

[simon]

I think some form of crusade needs to be started over defenders stepping up in ridiculous situations. Mangala has now been added to the list of idiots.

[Giggles]

If this shower of cunts are even remotely in the hunt by the end of January, I'm out.

[Lewis]

Did they cut to Bernard Manning's grave for a crowd reaction?

[Smiffy]

.....

[niko_cee]

If Liverpool win here they probably go winless through the run of 'easy' fixtures.

[Lee]

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

[Smiffy]

.....

[John Arne]

Great ball.

City are all over the place.

Otamendi on for Demichelis very soon.

[Jimmy Floyd]

14 points off the top. It's back on.

[Pleb]

Well that was something.

[Boydy]

This is great.

Shame I have to go to work and won't see the second half.

[Pleb]

Either City is doing fuck all or Liverpool are on fire.

I sense a thumping.

[Waffdon]

Neymar is better than Messiiiiiii

[Smiffy]

.....

[Lee]

That's fantastic.

[Pleb]

Toetap :baz:

[John Arne]

Oh God :drool:

[Boydy]

Holy shit, that was fucking beautiful.

[Magic]

Lol @ me having a decent week then Mongala scoring an OG.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Lee]

Jesus this is a proper battering.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Pleb]

"This is five-a-side stuff"

:harold:

[Magic]

I can't believe I'm sat here writing "should have been four" after just 35 minutes. :D

I could, just about the other team.

[Boydy]

That should've been four.

[Manc]

Cheeky from Can.

[Manc]

Running riot. :drool:

[Boydy]

I like Lucas but he really needs to calm it down with the silly yellows.

[simon]

Fernandinho should've come on about 15 minutes ago.

[Pleb]

I see Augero just woke up...

[simon]

Aguero is fucking good, isn't he. No idea what his hairdresser has been at, though.

[Boydy]

No. :(

[Magic]

Extreme lols will be had if these bottling Scouse cunts throw this away.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I swear it's basically an advantage to play away this season.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Lee]

Counter attacking football is the in thing.

[Pleb]

Holy shit what a fucking goal.

Ineista donned that.

[niko_cee]

Pack your bags Rafa.

[Pleb]

Messi's coming on.

What fucking scenes.

[Spoonsky]

With the exception of the last five minutes that's possibly the best half of football I've ever seen Liverpool play. Can't bottle it now though.

[Gray Fox]

In before the bottle job.

[Smiffy]

.....

[leedsrevolution]

5-3 to City. Can see it.

[Dquincy]

We are going to regret these missed chances. For fucks sake.

[Magic]

Suarez. 4 up.

[Lewis]

So who replaces 'Rafa'? It's surely between Fabio 'Mr. Capello' Capello or Guus Hiddink, since they're a) unemployed; b) can do whatever 'Rafa' was trying to do; c) don't have careers to ruin.

[John]

Zidane, apparently.

[Smiffy]

.....

[John]

Barcelona are properly taking the piss here. They should have about eight.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nice of Mangala to try and help Benteke there.

[Dquincy]

For fucks sake Liverpool!

Edit. I mean, well done :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's a fucking great strike.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Dquincy]

...but that benteke miss was shit.

[John Arne]

Ooof.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I hesitate to say in the current climate that Mangala has been a 'bombscare', but...

[Manc]

I just came.

[Lee]

What a perfect day of football.

[John Arne]

Lallana was excellent today.

[John Arne]

Delph was good for City when he came on.

[Luke Emia]

Jesus I think 4 was kind to City. I'd imagine Giggles has spontaneously combusted somewhere.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Sky presenter reckons Klopp 'may well be the new Messiah'.

Has anyone informed the Pope?

[Mike]

Pretty good that match :D

[Gray Fox]

Well that was fantastic. Apparently Rafa has failed again, too. What a day.

[Giggles]

Jesus I think 4 was kind to City. I'd imagine Giggles has spontaneously combusted somewhere.

I think it's near time to give up now, this isn't going to end well.

[P_3]

Liverpool. :drool:

By the way I think I've borked vBookie again only this time by setting three bets of which at any point two would be correct. Fuck's sake.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Klopp is donning Geoff Shreeves by frowning at his shit questions. Mourinho will have to up his mind games game.

[Spoonsky]

Did you miss the Arsenal game a few seasons ago?

I did yeah.

Skrtel's goal was mental

[niko_cee]

Didn't see that coming.

Roll on Jonjo and co donning us senseless next weekend.

[Lee]

It took us until 18th April, after a 2-0 home win versus Swansea, to hit 28 points last season. We're pretty much guaranteed survival with four more wins before November is over. To be top at this stage is extraordinary. That said, we are only two points (and zero victories) better off than Southampton were at this stage last season so I'll not be getting carried away. I'm still firmly in the "top ten would be brilliant" bracket.

But, fucking hell, this is fun. The novelty of hosting Manchester United in a top two clash next Saturday is gong to be just delicious.

[Davgooner]

That City result has saved the day. :D

We'll see Coquelin again in April.

[Lee]

Alright, fourth.

[Davgooner]

Cheque-book Champions. :gs:

[Lee]

That first team today cost less than £25m by a rough calculation. We make Man City look like paupers.

[Davgooner]

£25m? You could buy one and a half Callum Chambers' for that. It's a disgrace.

All joking aside you been top-drawer.

[Lee]

It's great to watch at the minute. Forget where we are in the league, the football is just fun. Even when your lot gave us a seeing to ot was because we were having a proper go and leaving gaps all over the shop.

[ScousePig]

It took us until 18th April, after a 2-0 home win versus Swansea, to hit 28 points last season. We're pretty much guaranteed survival with four more wins before November is over. To be top at this stage is extraordinary. That said, we are only two points (and zero victories) better off than Southampton were at this stage last season so I'll not be getting carried away. I'm still firmly in the "top ten would be brilliant" bracket.

But, fucking hell, this is fun. The novelty of hosting Manchester United in a top two clash next Saturday is gong to be just delicious.

I remember when we played United around the turn of the century in similar circumstances. Halcyon days indeed.

(we finished 7th that season, btw.)

[Lee]

I remember when we played United around the turn of the century in similar circumstances. Halcyon days indeed.

(we finished 7th that season, btw.)

You'd just come back up, hadn't you? Wasn't that the season Phillips bagged 30? You finished just above us and we went on to win the League Cup. Against Tranmere, who are now languishing in non-league.

[Max Power]

We're gonna win the league :nodd:

[Pleb]

Utd
Leicester
City
Arsenal

Ideally in that order come May...

[Giggles]

Only just seen about Souness. Any more news on him?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can definitely see Leicester bottling the title. I mean what has Ranieri ever won in the big European leagues?

[Bob Sacamano]

I'm at Watford tomorrow. New ground to tick off the list but I've got a feeling that Troy Deeney is going to bag a brace and make us look daft. Especially as we have no strikers.

:rasta:

[Sam]

I envy you, I forgot who we played today, apparently we drew, fuck football.

[CJay]

Firmino and Coutinho link up so nicely. The Klopp factor. :drool:

It seems like Skrtel scores a lot against City and Arsenal. I've just looked it up - 4 and 3 respectively.

[Spoonsky]

I have to hand it to Taz (:(), Firmino is looking pretty tidy. Just took Klopp to wake him up.

Has Skrtel ever scored with his foot before?

[CJay]

I like how they played a piano version of La Marseillaise at the Bernabeu this evening. Much nicer touch.

[Kikó]

:rasta:

Nailed it...

Seems Klopp is making Liverpool play some cracking stuff. I wonder if he fancies replacing van Gaal at the end of the season?

[Dquincy]

Firmino and Coutinho link up so nicely. The Klopp factor. :drool:

It seems like Skrtel scores a lot against City and Arsenal. I've just looked it up - 4 and 3 respectively.

Firmino looked very promising. If he can sharpen up his finishing to be a bit more clinical, he could prove a very good acquisition.

[ScousePig]

You'd just come back up, hadn't you? Wasn't that the season Phillips bagged 30? You finished just above us and we went on to win the League Cup. Against Tranmere, who are now languishing in non-league.

Yep, that sound right. It was just after Christmas we played them and were still second, incredible really. Man United did walk the league mind, and were probably a good number of points ahead of us at the time.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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

What a place to put that ad.

[Weaver]

There was a TV advert for Head and Shoulders just after the game finished last night with Joe Hart in - the 'crowd' were using the Yaya/Kolo Touré chant to sing 'There's no dandruff!' at him.

Quite strange really.

[Reg]

That was a fairly dull game, not helped by the quiet crowd, but a draw away to Burnley is good. The top of the table is so tight now, we'll start slipping down soon enough if we worry about this unbeaten run and let it stop us going for wins.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Marchons, marchons
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons. Bom de bom.

COME ON WEST AM

[Ian]

Immense. :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I love Kane. He is a proper striker. No fannying about, no little geniusery, just kicks the ball into the goal in the manner required.

[Lee]

Yeah I'm over my bitterness at him being shit on the left wing on loan for us now. He's very good at what he does.

2-0 now. Spurs are a very good side.

[Max Power]

Kane and Vardy on the bench together in France obviously.

Spurs look a proper side

[Davgooner]

Payet's a big miss for the wideboys.

Kane. :D

[Lee]

Vardy would have scored that.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Big boost this for Tottenham's title challenge. And a blow to Arsenal's.

[Giggles]

Kane and Vardy on the bench together in France obviously.

Spurs look a proper side

Just wait an hour or so and see why Spurs are Spurs.

[Reg]

Garth Brooks is such a tit but this is quite funny:

https://www.facebook.com/BBCMOTD/videos/10153801482400982/

[Danny]

He's full of shit too, not a shock though.

He didnt do it in the top flight and he only scored 21 goals in a season once in his whole career!

[Disco]

Garth Brooks is such a tit but this is quite funny:

https://www.facebook.com/BBCMOTD/videos/10153801482400982/

Almost...

http://i.imgur.com/LBo5l83.png

[Lee]

And hadn't scored more than 34 (dunno when in the year his goals were scored so I'm being generous and giving him full seasons) top flight league goals before turning 23.

[Max Power]

Just wait an hour or so and see why Spurs are Spurs.

They look alright to me chief.

Could be a great season. Title, Top Four, Relegation all up for grabs with numerous teams in the mix.

[mugbull]

This Spurs are actually disciplined (so far), which was always the issue in the past.

[Reg]

:D
I even googled the name and it was just pictures like the above, then I tried "Garth Brooks BBC" and Crooks came up.

I should have looked at the description in my own link...

[Davgooner]

First call on 606 just now was a West Ham fan suggesting they should have gone 4-4-2 with Noble up front with Carroll.

[Ian]

First call on 606 just now was a West Ham fan suggesting they should have gone 4-4-2 with Noble up front with Carroll.

From the start!?

[Davgooner]

Aye.

Coquelin is out for three months apparently. No-one saw that coming.

[Dquincy]

Garth Brooks is such a tit but this is quite funny:

https://www.facebook.com/BBCMOTD/videos/10153801482400982/

Love Garth and his twatisms. Got anymore?

[Byron]

Fuck sake. Way to ruin a good weekend.

[Dquincy]

Sorry.

[Ian]

I'd missed that Hamilton were wearing the France away kit today.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34895314

:cab:

[Jeet]

Bet Coquelin will return just in time to convince Arsene not to sign anyone.

[Benny]

Spurs :drool:

[Giggles]

Anywhere one would find highlights online so I don't have to wait up for MotD2?

[Ian]

Anywhere one would find highlights online so I don't have to wait up for MotD2?

http://hoofoot.com/?match=Tottenham_4_-_1_West_Ham_2015_11_22

I've a feeling from whatever United game I found on there ages ago that they do the goals plus a million replays rather than actual, proper highlights so it might not be quite what you're after.

[Luke Emia]

I see Harry Kane is no longer dead. This is a bit depressing I have to say.

[Giggles]

He took that first goal lovely. Definitely would have taken a touch too many earlier in the season, but back to no fucking about now by the looks of it.

[Davgooner]

The stabbing of the West Ham fan isn't related to FV by all accounts.

[Danny]

http://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/2015/11/22/tottenham-hotspur-vs-west-ham-united-highlights-full-match/

@ Giggles

[niko_cee]

Benitez is going to get sacked tonight. Do we need a watch?

[Gray Fox]

I'd say not. He was never going to work at Real Madrid so it's not a great surprise.

[SvN]

He's basically the Spanish version of Sven nowadays.

[niko_cee]

It's a [real] tragedy they scabbed that Champions League final off Atletico. Pretty much unremitting failure other than that in Galactico II era.

[Gray Fox]

But that was all down to Champions League Final MOTM, Angel di Maria.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Toby]

Winning the Europa League with Chelsea really can't go down as some crowning glory for a manager. It's not like most people give Di Matteo any real credit for the Champions League.

[Reg]

Which is obviously unfair.

[phonics]

Which is obviously unfair.

Yeah he's been a great success at all the other places who carted him off after 3 months claiming he does little to nothing. West Brom sacked him for the same reason, he doesn't do anything.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Drogba should really get that on his managerial credits.

Also, Rafa is a terrible manager. He gets shit done (occasionally) but destroys your siul doing it. Mourinho at least seethes and winds people up.

[GS]

Lord Benitez is on a hiding to nothing at Madrid. Perez wants four attacking players who don't bother defending in the team at all costs so he can justify spending a quarter of a billion quid on them.

[Magic]

Drogba should really get that on his managerial credits.

Also, Rafa is a terrible manager. He gets shit done (occasionally) but destroys your siul doing it. Mourinho at least seethes and winds people up.

There's literally no difference, two complete borebags that hopefully once one of them fucks off we never see on these shores again.

[niko_cee]

Monk's getting it today as well by the sounds of it. Rodgers back, first game at Anfield?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Firing Garry Monk is one of those 'you deserve to go down' type decisions.

[phonics]

Firing Garry Monk is one of those 'you deserve to go down' type decisions.

In what sense? Swansea have normally got the timings of their sackings spot on even going back to Sousa.

[five time]

What's the Monk stuff even about? He must be cheap, and they're still in 14th. What are they expecting, top four?

[phonics]

What's the Monk stuff even about? He must be cheap, and they're still in 14th. What are they expecting, top four?

His job is to coach the team. That's his only job, coaching a top 10 team last year that had money spent on it this summer, therefore I can see why they're looking at other options.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Top 10 because he got them there even though they sold the guy who was scoring all the goals. You could make an argument for sacking anyone at any time on similar logic.

[phonics]

Top 10 because he got them there even though they sold the guy who was scoring all the goals. You could make an argument for sacking anyone at any time on similar logic.

Swansea have been there or thereabouts when it comes to the Top 10 since they got promoted. I can't think of a year where they squeaked out of relegation.

If you look at Bony's scoring record, it was always the third in a 3-1 win. The amount of unimportant goals he scored there is quite incredible.

Michael Laudrup was sacked around the same time last year after seven bad results, he'd also had his best goal scorer sold from underneath him.

Swansea know what they're doing.

[CJay]

Who was the best goal scorer who was sold from under Laudrup?

[phonics]

Michu?

[five time]

His job is to coach the team. That's his only job, coaching a top 10 team last year that had money spent on it this summer, therefore I can see why they're looking at other options.

Except things don't work like that. They've probably overachieved finishing 8th last year and comfortably finishing midtable should be what they're looking at. Another case of expectations getting out of control on the back of one good season. They'd be better off spending Monk's payout on a decent striker in January and they'll finish top half.

[Davgooner]

He only left the club a few weeks ago.

[CJay]

Nope, he was loaned out in summer 2014, although he had injury problems in 13/14, I think.

[five time]

Laudrup was sacked due to a 'breach in contract' for what it's worth.

[phonics]

Except things don't work like that. They've probably overachieved finishing 8th last year and comfortably finishing midtable should be what they're looking at.

But the whole point is they don't see 8th as 'overachieving', they see it as hitting a milestone that you then need to hit again. This is a club that has progressed from financial destruction to get to where they are and didn't do it by 'looking to finish comfortably midtable'.

It feels like when people were saying that the Adkins dismissal for Pochetino was a bad thing for the club when it clearly wasn't.

[Davgooner]

The Adkins one was mental irrespective of what subsequently happened.

[phonics]

I'm not saying that he should be sacked by the way. I have no idea either way but if Swansea are looking at it, there's reason to it.

[five time]

But the whole point is they don't see 8th as 'overachieving', they see it as hitting a milestone that you then need to hit again.

Well they aren't going to finish above 8th, Monk or not unless they spend some serious money. You can rise through the lower leagues through prudent management, but which club in recent years has consistently qualified for Europe without spending?

[phonics]

But they did spend and now they're 14th...

You think Jordan Ayew comes in on the cheap? Gomis cost them 9 million in agents fees this summer. Eder, etc.

[five time]

But they did spend and now they're 14th...

You think Jordan Ayew comes in on the cheap? Gomis cost them 9 million in agents fees this summer. Eder, etc.

Bony and Davies leaving was about 30m last season, I doubt their net is that high. Most other teams have spent money too and there's bound to be some kind of variation from season to season. Sacking him suggests they think they have some kind of right to finish top half, 14th is probably the lower end of 'par' for that club. If this run continues then fair enough, but sacking him now is absurd.

[phonics]

So what you're saying is the head coach is under performing but should keep his job because... '?' despite the club having a long term history of making the correct managerial appointments and reacting at the right time when necessary.

[five time]

Because they aren't actually doing that badly, and most likely won't do any better if they waste money sacking him.

[Lewis]

These decisions normally work out in the end, 'deserved' or not.

[phonics]

Because they aren't actually doing that badly, and most likely won't do any better if they waste money sacking him.

Considering you get 1.4 million per table position these days, sacking him would be 'value' if the next guy gets them to 13th.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Swansea 'knowing what they're doing' like some sort of Welsh footballing Holly is a curious concept.

[Reg]

They have to pay him off first so it wouldn't be value.


Top 10 because he got them there
Exactly.

Everyone agreed that they overachieved last season so holding a current 14th place against him is harsh.

[Sam]

Swansea have all the right to sack the man if they believe they can do better, keeping a manager because Swansea are where Swansea belong, regardless of well they performed in the previous season is ridiculous. We did the same shit with Mick McCarthy, held onto him when he should have been booted sooner, look how that ended.

[John]

Nobody is arguing that they don't have the right, it's just a stupid decision that some people justifiably hope fucks them over.

[SvN]

Yeah, not sacking McCarthy soon enough was what caused Wolves to plummet through the divisions :uhoh:

[Sam]

Yeah, not sacking McCarthy soon enough was what caused Wolves to plummet through the divisions :uhoh:

Ironically it was, led to the appointment of Terry Connor when it was too late. Relegation one followed. Majority of the players he signed were on ridiculous 4 year contracts (Jamie O'Hara on £50k a week :happycry:), despite most downing tools once random foreigner (Solbakken) arrived, albeit he had his hands tied because the wage bill was full with Mick's men. Relegation two followed. The rest is history.

Most of it pre-dates not giving Mick the boot after the 2nd season, or that he'd won 2 in 27 games before he got sacked, in the middle of fucking February. Quicker actions and we'd have stayed up. Woe be any team that gives him some money, fantastic guy, passionate, but his glass ceiling is 4th from bottom.

As such, I can whole-heartedly agree with Swansea potentially giving Monk the boot, kick on whilst they've got a chance to turn it around.

[CJay]

Mourinho. :rolleyes:

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