[FOOTBALL] Weekend Football 11-14 December (Ant Special - Aston Villa vs Arsenal)

[P_3]

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Villa are due a bumming. Will Arsenal step up to the plate or will Remi Garde guide his team to a clean sheet and a vital point or three? Considering we are all rubbish at predicting goals and such, we will settle for a good old fashioned full time result bet this week. Odds taken from bet365. Best of luck.

Friday 11th
http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Championship:
Blackburn v Rotherham - 19:45
Wolves v Nottm Forest - Sky Sports 1, 19:45

http://i.imgur.com/WveiEiv.gif Spanish La Liga:
Getafe v Real Sociedad - Sky Sports 3, 19:30

http://i.imgur.com/8v1PFWx.gif German Bundesliga:
1. FSV Mainz 05 v VfB Stuttgart - BT Sport 1, 19:30

http://i.imgur.com/gbb3XrE.gif French Ligue 1:
Rennes v Caen - BT Sport 2, 19:30

http://i.imgur.com/ybH1O1q.gif Dutch Eredivisie:
sc Heerenveen v Excelsior - 19:00

Saturday 12th
http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Premier League:
Norwich v Everton - BT Sport 1, 12:45
Crystal Palace v Southampton - 15:00
Man City v Swansea - 15:00
Sunderland v Watford - 15:00
West Ham v Stoke - 15:00
Bournemouth v Man Utd - Sky Sports 1, 17:30

http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Championship:
MK Dons v Ipswich - Sky Sports 1, 12:30
Cardiff v Sheff Wed - 15:00
Charlton v Leeds - 15:00
Derby v Brighton - 15:00
Fulham v Brentford - 15:00
Huddersfield v Bristol City - 15:00
Hull v Bolton - 15:00
Middlesbrough v Birmingham - 15:00
Preston v Reading - 15:00
QPR v Burnley - 15:00

http://i.imgur.com/endgoGX.png Scottish Premiership:
Aberdeen v Hearts - Sky Sports 2, 12:30
Dundee Utd v Partick Thistle - 15:00
Hamilton v Ross County - 15:00
Inverness CT v Kilmarnock - 15:00
Motherwell v Dundee - 15:00

http://i.imgur.com/WveiEiv.gif Spanish La Liga:
Barcelona v Deportivo de La Coruña - 15:00
Celta de Vigo v Espanyol - Sky Sports Red Button, 17:15
Levante v Granada CF - Sky Sports Red Button, 17:15
Sevilla v Sporting de Gijón - Sky Sports 2, 19:30
Las Palmas v Real Betis - Sky Sports Red Button, 21:05

http://i.imgur.com/8v1PFWx.gif German Bundesliga:
Bayern Mun v FC Ingolstadt 04 - 14:30
SV Darmstadt 98 v Hertha BSC - 14:30
SV Werder Bremen v 1. FC Köln - 14:30
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim v Hannover 96 - 14:30
VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburger SV - 14:30
Bayer Levkn v B M'gladbach - BT Sport 1, 17:30

http://i.imgur.com/ND7cEHI.gif Italian Serie A:
Genoa v Bologna - 14:00
Palermo v Frosinone - 17:00
Sassuolo v Torino - BT Sport Europe, 17:00
Udinese v Inter Milan - BT Sport 1, 19:45

http://i.imgur.com/gbb3XrE.gif French Ligue 1:
Reims v Nice - 15:00
Lille v Lorient - BT Sport Extra 2, 19:00
Montpellier v Guingamp - 19:00
Nantes v Toulouse - 19:00
Troyes v Bastia - 19:00

http://i.imgur.com/ybH1O1q.gif Dutch Eredivisie:
ADO Den Haag v Willem II - 17:30
PSV Eindhoven v Roda JC Kerkrade - 18:45
SC Cambuur Leeuwarden v N.E.C. - 18:45
FC Twente v De Graafschap - 19:45

Sunday 13th
http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Premier League:
Aston Villa v Arsenal - Sky Sports 1, 13:30
Liverpool v West Brom - 16:00
Tottenham v Newcastle - Sky Sports 1, 16:00

http://i.imgur.com/endgoGX.png Scottish Premiership:
St Johnstone v Celtic - BT Sport 1, 12:30

http://i.imgur.com/WveiEiv.gif Spanish La Liga:
Rayo Vallecano v Málaga - Sky Sports 4, 11:00
Eibar v Valencia - Sky Sports 4, 15:00
Atl Madrid v Ath Bilbao - Sky Sports 4, 17:15
Villarreal v Real Madrid - Sky Sports 1, 19:30

http://i.imgur.com/8v1PFWx.gif German Bundesliga:
FC Augsburg v Schalke - BT Sport 2, 14:30
Bor Dortmd v Eintracht Frankfurt - BT Sport 2, 16:30

http://i.imgur.com/ND7cEHI.gif Italian Serie A:
Chievo v Atalanta - 14:00
Empoli v Carpi - 14:00
Milan v Verona - BT Sport Europe, 14:00
Napoli v Roma - BT Sport 1, 17:00
Juventus v Fiorentina - BT Sport 1, 19:45

http://i.imgur.com/gbb3XrE.gif French Ligue 1:
Monaco v St Etienne - BT Sport ESPN, 13:00
Angers v Bordeaux - 16:00
Marseille v GFC Ajaccio - BT Sport ESPN, 16:00
Paris St G v Lyon - BT Sport 2, 20:00

http://i.imgur.com/ybH1O1q.gif Dutch Eredivisie:
FC Utrecht v Ajax - 11:30
FC Groningen v Feyenoord - 13:30
PEC Zwolle v AZ Alkmaar - 13:30
Heracles Almelo v Vitesse - 15:45

Monday 14th
http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Premier League:
Leicester v Chelsea - Sky Sports 1, 20:00

http://i.imgur.com/L7UOmTK.png Championship:
Blackburn v Nottm Forest - Sky Sports 2, 19:45

http://i.imgur.com/ND7cEHI.gif Italian Serie A:
Lazio v Sampdoria - BT Sport Europe, 19:45

[Kikó]

Bournemouth to play exciting football before being destroyed by the possession juggernaut and losing 0-0.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Football would be a much more exciting game if you took the goals away and made it a keep ball contest, with the winning side being the first to reach 45 minutes and 1 second of cumulative possession.

[Reg]

Decent weekend of football. Our game is on telly in some foreign land so will be watching on a stream.

Leicester v Chelsea might be the best game but I'll be out annoyingly.

[niko_cee]

Keep the unbeaten run going tomorrow and people might start mentioning Brighton when discussing teams likely to be promoted. Russell will probably terrorise whoever is filling in at leftback. He usually plays well against Brighton and without Bong and Rosenior things are a bit stretched back there. Would probably prefer Chicksen to play ahead of Calderon. Would take a draw.

[Manc]

I really need to get BT Sport. Calcio. :drool:

[Reg]

Would probably prefer Chicksen to play ahead of Calderon.
Calde's had an injury so will probably have to be Chicksen.

[Sam]

Jackett, just meh, useless.

[John Arne]

HD Streams on my new tele :drool:

[Waffdon]

The deadly duo :drool:

[Magic]

Bloody hell Everton are good aren't they?

[John Arne]

Footballers really are fucking pussies. There is no way Stone's was hurt so much that he couldn't sit up... he just lay down like a fucking mong for about 30 seconds then.

[John Arne]

He's back on his feet... BRAVEHEART.

[Max Power]

lol Everton should have been about 6 up at HT

[Magic]

Lukaku won't score now for a few games after those two utterly shambolic misses.

EDIT: LMAO at the screaming. What a cowardly cunt. HAHAHAHA he got a wee slap.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm enjoying Mick Mac's Tricky Tractors grind out a quite superb nuggety 1-0 win at the Milton Keynes Dons. The commentator's just had the chance to say 'And Sears sears away'.

[Kikó]

The excitement is starting to build. Maybe we can have two shots today!

[Jimmy Floyd]

Charlie Nicholas said at the kickoff lineups that the City players didn't look like they fancied the weather conditions, and it sounds like the game has panned out exactly in that fashion. Absolutely remarkable lack of professionalism from people being paid those sums.

EDIT: Or not.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Palace and Watford 6th and 7th. Mon the south.

[niko_cee]

Shame to concede a late equaliser, but a draw is still a good result. Hughton is such a Championship don. The run goes on.

:cool:

[Reg]

Good result for us, just seeing the shots now and they had double the amount and also double the amount on target, so we'll absolutely take the draw.

Not sure what their penalty was given for having seen five or more replays.

Great goal from Wilson. He better not be recalled.

[Magic]

Well we met our match in Charlton today!!!

Fucking dogshit.

[niko_cee]

United's defence looks a bit brutal.

[Reg]

United's defence looks a bit brutal.
Definitely showing the lack of depth today.

I was reading lots of quotes from van Gaal's press conference last night, and he blamed: refereeing decisions (which are very important nowadays apparently), the young players (his own signings), and the money in the Premier League even though he's spent twenty zillion. Then he claimed winning the Europa League should be considered a good season.

A far cry from "I'll win the title within three years" and "we'll aim for the Champions League" etc.

[Kikó]

He's a massive boring cunt.

[John Arne]

Crewe take the lead in the 90th minute, only to concede in the 93rd and 95th to lose 3-2. Cunts.

Good to see some English youngsters given the chance by Man Utd... LVG and Klopp have done more for English youngster this season then Wenger has in the past 5 years.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:face:

What a fucking start.

[Kikó]

Outstanding.

[Lee]

'Mon Bournemouth.

[Samadini]

Shame to concede a late equaliser, but a draw is still a good result. Hughton is such a Championship don. The run goes on.

:cool:

:drool:

[Ian]

Fellainimania very nearly running wild there.

[Ian]

Running wild.

:rave:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

On his knees and he's still storming them.

[Byron]

Running wild yet again.

[Reg]

He's so bad at so many things but to be fair that's a goal none of the alternatives would score.

Mayyybe Herrera.

[Kikó]

Such a Fellaini goal. Properly shite.

[Ian]

Fair play to Jamie Redknapp, he's getting worse.

[Magic]

On a side note, what is it with BT Sport having 4 commentators? Weird?

[Reg]

A lot of that was just saying what we all could see happening on screen. The kind of 'punditry' Gary tried to eradicate...

Magic - I like it because it means Michael Owen and Robbie Savage talk less.

[Kikó]

The standard of the football is laughable.

[Magic]

A lot of that was just saying what we all could see happening on screen. The kind of 'punditry' Gary tried to eradicate...

Magic - I like it because it means Michael Owen and Robbie Savage talk less.

I'm unsure, I did like Webb's view on decisions as it was from a referee's point of view, Savage is an annoying cunt and I actually don't mind Hoddle, he speaks sense. Owen I can't stand at all. Maybe you're right if you have a shit level of co-commentators more is more.

[Lee]

I fucking love Bournemouth.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Well this is better than a drab 0-0.

[Kikó]

Not by much.

[Davgooner]

That miss. :D

Fuck me.

[Lee]

Murray's having a 'mare.

[Boom-Boom]

Fuck me. Bournemouth are dominating United here.

[Magic]

:harold:

[Ian]

Top logic, LVG.

[Kikó]

Completely outplayed by fucking Bournemouth. Fuck me. Absolutely shite. Bin the cunt immediately.

[Davgooner]

Seems to me that there's a lot of disabled supporters in the ground.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Max Power]

Something I don't quite like about Bournemouth and Eddie Howe and I'm not quite sure what it is.

Good on them for taking points off our title/top four rivals though

[Jimmy Floyd]

Given the laughably low tolerance threshold that United fans seem to have, you'd have to declare CRISIS quite soon.

[Cord]

Bournemouth could bugger off for an open top bus tour here and United still wouldn't come close to scoring.

[Browning]

Back to back wins over Chelsea and United. :cool:

[Kikó]

What the fuck are you on about Jim?

It is absolutely fucking shite. It's boring and the manager is a complete idiot.

[Gray Fox]

Could this be considered as an impending e-victory for Smiffy?

[Jimmy Floyd]

What the fuck are you on about Jim?

It is absolutely fucking shite. It's boring and the manager is a complete idiot.

I appreciate that, but you can still definitely tell at the moment that every United fan under 40 has never known anything but rampant, dominant success.

They probably need someone like Guardiola (or Klopp...) to go in, tell all the cretins to fuck off and start again.

[Kikó]

Didn't he claim that he wouldn't get united top four? But probably not no.

[GS]

"The Villa" are absolutely fucked at this rate.

[Spoonsky]

Bournemouth are shit-hot.

[Boom-Boom]

So after 18 months and £250 million LVG has United sitting 4 points better off than Moyes did after 16 league games.

Not to forget they've been knocked out of both the League cup and Champions league. (Moyes was still in these competitions).

[Kikó]

Fuck Moyseh, he was just as clueless.

[Shindig]

So, yeah, Sundays game is kinda important. Bloody underdogs.

[Davgooner]

And the cockney reds are going out of their heads, cos United have won fuck all.

:dance:

[ScousePig]

0-1 home defeat to Watford.

Things are on the up.

[Max Power]

Hernandez hattrick for Leverkusen. Doesn't really matter but it's quite funny.

[Angelsaint]

Degayer for navas was this season deciding moment. A bit like zlatan for etoo but not happening.
ManU was going really well with Moreno or whatever he is called and were about to upgrade to best keeper in the world +cash and then real administration personal got his first fuck up of the season. Cherishev is another.
Since then it is a downfall spiral that will not end till the end of the season since real won't give Navas for a keeper that can't play in the Champions.

Meanwhile people discuss minor things as rooney form.

[Kikó]

A lot of words there but I'm not sure what you're saying. I think it's De gea is at fault for United's form?

And Romero is a good keeper? Wow. Saint is back.

[Angelsaint]

Almost right.
If Romero is a good keeper or not is arguable but I am sure Navas is the best keeper in the world at the moment.

ManU form is linked to Real administration department. Take your own conclusions from here.
Not many words this time.

[Kikó]

Still makes no sesnse. Unless Navas is a world class forward as well as a keeper then he's as useful as a chocolate tea pot.

[Kikó]

I appreciate that, but you can still definitely tell at the moment that every United fan under 40 has never known anything but rampant, dominant success.

They probably need someone like Guardiola (or Klopp...) to go in, tell all the cretins to fuck off and start again.

Missed this but while the success is true, I think there has been patience. When you start seeing baffling substitutions, awful performances and being outplayed (in effort and ability) and then have the manager come out with insultingly wrong headed comments well, I think many are within their right to expect more.

[Angelsaint]

Still makes no sesnse. Unless Navas is a world class forward as well as a keeper then he's as useful as a chocolate tea pot.
If you think the problem is scoring goals after conceding 3 from some flavor of the month German team and conceding 2 goals from bornemouth, 1 direct corner and other by a guy who is running for the record for a striker that score less goals... Well...Kikó is still the same Kikó.

[phonics]

I think the 6 0-0s in a row at home is more his issue.

[Kikó]

Yes, United have no issue scoring goals. Why am I even bothering?

[Angelsaint]

3 goals in the last 2 games. Why I bother?

[phonics]

675996637014159360

Sweaty David :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

That's probably even better than a thing I saw yesterday about how Jamie Vardy 'prefers English food, like pizza or Chinese'.

[Kikó]

Poor wee Davie :D

[Lee]

He's a bright lad, our Jamie.

[phonics]

As long as it's not Sushi.

[Kikó]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z5qrBBjcFU

[Kikó]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzP1XC51kro The original for that video has to be the most fucked people I've seen in a while. :D

[phonics]

Is Mellin slitting his wrists at this Villa piece Sky are playing? Those were the good times.

[phonics]

Mezut 'The Jury's Still Out On Him' Ozil, doesn't run after the ball when he loses it apparently. And we wonder why the British teams/managers are fucking rubbish.

[Manc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzP1XC51kro The original for that video has to be the most fucked people I've seen in a while. :D

The guy in the thumbnail is clearly experienceing a different dimension.

[Waffdon]

Did he change his opinion because they moaned at him?

[Angelsaint]

On of those penalties that if it was Diego Costa would be a yellow to him.
#Wengerdoeswhathewants

[phonics]

Alan Hutton is so, so shit.

[Reg]

Bloody hell, how many times must we see a replay and hear a Niall Quinn say the same things. It was the right decision so who cares.

Guzan looks awkward kicking with his left foot, as if he's actually right footed but always uses his left.

[Reg]

What is Sanchez doing? Either really lazy or terrible concentration.

Contest over now, Villa are hopeless going forward.

[Jeet]

Only passed it for the assist record :D

Jury still out though of course Moyesy.

[phonics]

All Aston Villa's good play happens to co-incide with Carlos Gil playing. Then they start doing shit and he's immediately dropped. Makes no sense.

[Jeet]

That BetVictor ad :D Oi,Oi, banter, lad, lad!

[Bob Sacamano]

Souness donning Grealish :harold:

Who was the Villa chap on the old board who used to claim Barry Bannan was the Scottish Xavi :happycry:

[Ian]

Didn't Zim think Bannan was the dog's bollocks for about a month before it turned out that, yeah, not so much?

[phonics]

Was there a Villa player that Zim didn't at one time claim as the superest player on the planet?

[Ian]

Possibly, but basically everybody was categorised as either the best thing since ever or the worst.

[Jeet]

16 shots by Villa so far, when did that happen? Ok 14 are all off target, but still.

[Raoul Duke]

Just watching the Milan vs. Verona game. Milan scored then, in a surprising turn of events, Nigel De Jong fouled someone, gave a way a penalty and got sent off :D

Such a shower this squad.

[Giggles]

Just watching the Milan vs. Verona game. Milan scored then, in a surprising turn of events, Nigel De Jong fouled someone, gave a way a penalty and got sent off :D

Such a shower this squad.

Been watching it too. Didn't realise Bacca had gone there.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm watching Eibar against Gary Neville FC. He looks properly miserable on the touchline.

[Raoul Duke]

Been watching it too. Didn't realise Bacca had gone there.

They need to shore up now De Mong got sent off.

Niang has looked utterly shit from what I've seen.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This is actually a really tough match. Valencia clearly have the superior players but look like they've never met before, whereas Eibar are a bunch of willing journeymen who have that sort of Crystal Palace vibe going on, with the stands close to the pitch and everyone bang up for it. The sort of match I can imagine Garreh berating Kleberson in the dressing room for not fancehing it in days gone by.

[Giggles]

They need to shore up now De Mong got sent off.

Niang has looked utterly shit from what I've seen.

He's been awful.

Sall though Milan look most likely to win from here.

[Angelsaint]

The 15 points between Arsenal and Chelsea explained in the Arsenal penalty. Diego Costa would get a yellow and Arsenal a goal.

#Wengerownsenglishfa.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Eibar deservedly take the lead after just strolling round the back. Should be at least four goals up. Neville's got a job on his hands here.

[phonics]

The 15 points between Arsenal and Chelsea explained in the Arsenal penalty. Diego Costa would get a yellow and Arsenal a goal.

#Wengerownsenglishfa.

At which point they would have strolled to a 1-0 win instead of a 2-0.

[Raoul Duke]

Napoli vs. Roma at 5pm

[Giggles]

Napoli vs. Roma at 5pm

It's not on the channel I have here, bloody Monaco v St. Etienne is on instead.

Juve Fiorentina at half 7 though :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Villa eight points from safety and have already burned a manager sacking. Can we start writing the obituaries yet?

[Lee]

They're gone. There's just nothing to them. I guess that's what happens when the owner doesn't give a shit.

[Boydy]

I'm starting to come around to Milner and my hatred is now shifting towards Benteke.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Gary's also going to have to get used to mental Spanish refs, and he's just fallen foul of one as one of his players is given a straight red for an innocuous challenge for a header, one of the worst five decisions I've probably ever seen.

[Boydy]

Well, shit.

Mignolet all over the place there.

[GS]

Ming the Merciless isn't up to it.

[Gray Fox]

Tony Pulis strikes again.

[Boydy]

That was lucky.

[Gray Fox]

While the right call, that flag felt like it was about 10 years late.

[Angelsaint]

Nobody talks about pochettino amazing campaign but wow! Also I don't remember spurs breaking the bank with him.

Pulis, what a man!

[Reg]

Good atmospheres make so much difference, Napoli-Roma looks like it'll be a very good game already.

[Waffdon]

Cisse still starting games. smh

edit: well, that nearly worked out perfectly for Newcastle.

[Boydy]

It's starting to get quite boring watching Liverpool against teams they struggle to break down. Nice passing and a few fancy touches outside the box, someone has a fruitless long shot. Repeat.

[Giggles]

Good atmospheres make so much difference, Napoli-Roma looks like it'll be a very good game already.

From the 5 minutes of this Ligue 1 game I've watched, I can wholeheartedly concur.

[Gray Fox]

Well that was coming.

[Ian]

Sama. :cool:

[Kikó]

Klopp > van Gaal

[Gray Fox]

Tony Pulis team in hard tackling shocker.

[John Arne]

That delivery from the corner is nice from WBA.

[Serj]

Now that Liverpool have started scoring again from set pieces, it seems they've revived the proud tradition of being useless at defending them.

Lovren injured during his first decent spell of form as well. Looks like a bad one.

[Waffdon]

Lloris has turned into a bit of a flapper.

[Kikó]

Newcastle and West Brom making United's weekend a little better,

[Gray Fox]

Origi > Bentekkers.

[Foe]

:jayjay:

There's hope.

[Serj]

Get in. What a shit goal. :D

[Gray Fox]

Got it out of his feet and just went straight for goal. Benteke could learn a thing or two about that.

[Boydy]

Origi > Bentekkers.

He really is.

[Shindig]

Something tells me the bottom three will struggle to break 30 points.

[Gray Fox]

With the 3 goals against Southampton and saving a point there he deserves a start in the league really. I'd also start Bogdan.

[John Arne]

I'd try Bogdan, too.

Chelsea 16th :drool: 1 off relegation.

[Jeet]

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11225440_1831598643652326_8449915681790916531_n.jp g?oh=9bc6aef326a98f4290083297cf31445e&oe=571B8212

Well done on Liverpool for winning the league

[CJay]

Why did Benteke spend most of the game on the inside left position, wrestling with Craig Dawson? The man looks nearly as immobile as Carroll.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Klopp is an absolutely classic German trying and failing to understand how England works. I bet he puts swearwords in at inappropriate times. 'That's just a really nice fucking haircut you've had!' to the tea lady.

[Reg]

You must like him though, Jim. You simply can't not like him.

[Lewis]

Klopp is an absolutely classic German trying and failing to understand how England works. I bet he puts swearwords in at inappropriate times. 'That's just a really nice fucking haircut you've had!' to the tea lady.

He even looks like Jurgen the German.

[Reg]

That Roma game wasn't as good as promised, but a decent game. Think Inter and Juve will probably finish as the top two.

Another big'un in Juve-Fiorentina at 7:45. Might have it on in the background.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You must like him though, Jim. You simply can't not like him.

I do like him yes. If he managed Chelsea I'd probably be knitting a jumper with his face on it or something.

[Reg]

:cool: If Hughton wasn't nailed down to build a twenty+ year empire at Brighton, I'd shortlist him for our next manager.

[Giggles]

For what it's worth, I hope he gets run over :)

[mugbull]

I'm glad we lost, hopefully we'll finally change up the team after the last 4 or so games where we've been total shit.

[Max Power]

Nine points clear of fifth if we beat Chelsea tomorrow!

We won't, I feel a 0-0 incoming

[Yevrah]

For what it's worth, I hope he gets run over :)

Genuine lol at that.

The smile just nailed it.

[Giggles]

Epic dive there. I'd say Vim has exploded.

[Max Power]

Wild first five minutes in Turin. 100mph, 1-1.

[Vim]

Epic dive there. I'd say Vim has exploded.

I was more baffled than angry that a professional ref called that a penalty.

I did explode at the Cuadrado goal mind you holy shit. These first six minutes had more emotion than the whole of Napoli-Roma.

[Lee]

What a game to miss the first ten minutes of.

[Vim]

If Dybala grows a right foot, he'll be the best player in the world before 2020.

[Waffdon]

For what it's worth, I hope he gets run over :)

You really are a shithousing cunt of a man. I love it

[Lee]

Nine points clear of fifth if we beat Chelsea tomorrow!

We won't, I feel a 0-0 incoming

0-0 is my prediction as well. Worryingly I've moved beyond the expecting us to lose phase. Thing is, everybody is losing to the 'shit teams' we've been accused of having an easy run by playing. It might just be that the Premier League is shit. Not that I give a fuck, you understand. I don't support the Premier League.

[Giggles]

Did Pogba take the square in the bags?

[Giggles]

If Dybala grows a right foot, he'll be the best player in the world before 2020.

He could do with a left one too.

[Davgooner]

We were fucking shit for the duration, so happy with the points. Walcott was a fucking waste of space though and seemed to be playing at left back in the second half?

Hutton MOTM. Outstanding performance.

[Toby]

Chelsea on a run of terrible form that surely has to end at some point, Leicester on a run of brilliant form that surely has to come crashing down at some point. I'd like to think that all points to a Chelsea win, but I'm very far from confident.

[Vim]

The refereeing here. :face:

[Samadini]

:swing:

Think the late winner against Spurs makes it a line now in the Newcastle bingo, in record time. Battering Chelsea (I know it was a draw, but come on), bending over for City and the Steven Taylor life ending injury have a come already. Just need Pardew out and a boycoutt for the full house.

[niko_cee]

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11225440_1831598643652326_8449915681790916531_n.jp g?oh=9bc6aef326a98f4290083297cf31445e&oe=571B8212

Well done on Liverpool for winning the league

Was that today?

:cab:

Is it because the fans stuck around after Klopp coated them off for being wankers against Palace or whoever it was?

Benteke looks ridiculously camp in that moment, the colossal shitehawk.

[Vim]

Maaarioooooooo. He's gone and proved me wrong in the last couple of weeks, really.

[phonics]

676150462836514816

Such a balls up letting him move on.

[Shindig]

:swing:

Think the late winner against Spurs makes it a line now in the Newcastle bingo, in record time. Battering Chelsea (I know it was a draw, but come on), bending over for City and the Steven Taylor life ending injury have a come already. Just need Pardew out and a boycoutt for the full house.

Surely you can substitute Pardew for McClaren being 'in crisis' 10 weeks into the job or whatever. He's beasted Carver's points haul in less games with a better goal difference.

[Vim]

Mandzukic is making me miss not just Llorente but even fucking Bendtner.

I'd say he's turned it around since that post.

[CJay]

Never seen Dybala play before, but he looks tasty. Mandzukic is a lump.

[Cord]

676150462836514816

Such a balls up letting him move on.

I really don't think it was. His last three quarters of a season or so with United was some of the most diabolical half-arsed shite I've witnessed on a football field. He'd properly given up.

[Kikó]

Considering that's the same for most of them at the moment, maybe the issue wasn't him but the bloke in charge.

[Jeet]

676150462836514816

Such a balls up letting him move on.

Ozil says hi!

[Lee]

Fucking Juventus. They're going to win the league again.

[ScousePig]

Something tells me the bottom three will struggle to break 30 points.

Do you mean the current bottom three?

I'd be hard pushed to disagree that those will be the three that go down, but, Villa aside perhaps, it does seem to be one of those seasons where anyone can beat anyone.

[Vim]

Inter look way better than I thought at the start of the season. 11 clean sheets from 16 is incredible, and history says the best defences also win titles in Italy. I think the fight for the title will be Juve vs Inter.

[Shindig]

I had no idea Angers were doing so well.

[Lee]

Do you mean the current bottom three?

I'd be hard pushed to disagree that those will be the three that go down, but, Villa aside perhaps, it does seem to be one of those seasons where anyone can beat anyone.

I've got this perception that we always think the early bottom clubs will struggle to get many points but that they all pick results up towards the end and get respectable totals for relegated clubs.

[Davgooner]

My money's still on PSG.

:gs:

[Reg]

Considering that's the same for most of them at the moment, maybe the issue wasn't him but the bloke in charge.
Definitely, in my opinion. What more could he have done in that team? Look at the attack he had in front of him for one thing. Broken Falcao? The midfield of Giggs-Scholes-Keane-Beckham would struggle to give that man good enough service.

It says something about van Gaal that he dropped his most talented player after he had about two bad games and never showed faith in him again.

People were very harsh on the first half of his season, anyway. He contributed to as many goals as anyone else. What exactly was expected of him?

My last post about di Maria for at least twenty minutes.

[phonics]

I really don't think it was. His last three quarters of a season or so with United was some of the most diabolical half-arsed shite I've witnessed on a football field. He'd properly given up.

Everyone slagged off Ozil in his first season as well after he lit up the month or two. It's what happens. He was one of those 'superstar' players that United are absolutely desperate for with all this Ronaldo/Bale/Neymar nonsense and was never given the time nor the license to do it.

[Ian]

More of an indictment is that he's dropped Ashley Young. :nono:

EDIT: What wasn't di Maria given the license to do? Whether or not he needed TIME doesn't alter the number of games where he went about doing fuck all. Not trying and just being shit, actually doing fuck all.

[ScousePig]

I've got this perception that we always think the early bottom clubs will struggle to get many points but that they all pick results up towards the end and get respectable totals for relegated clubs.

Well that sums Sunderland up. Norwich I can see being there or thereabouts all season, and Villa look dire, but they're Aston Villa for fuck's sake - they can't go down.

The likes of Swansea and Newcastle have a few genuinely good players, at least. I don't like West Brom picking up points.

[GS]

I don't see how "the Villa" can recover from here. They look awful, and there's already a significant gap to 17th.

[Smiffy]

.....

[niko_cee]

Palace looked truly dead in their first season though, and then stayed up comfortably.

But yeah, Villa look dire. When do we play them? That'll turn things around. I suppose you have to start thinking it's not your season when Sturridge turns in one of his biannual beastings (read: appearances) to turn you over.

[Smiffy]

.....

[GS]

Palace looked truly dead in their first season though, and then stayed up comfortably.

But yeah, Villa look dire. When do we play them? That'll turn things around.

Pulls turned them around. Villa have already sacked one manager.

[Lee]

Palace also had a point more than Villa do now having played four games fewer. And they were only three points off 17th. Villa are going this time.

[ScousePig]

Newcastle were absolute goners too, no? Amazing what a win or two will do. Thankfully I don't think Villa will escape this which is good because it's a joke of a club with zero ambition.

It's not the club that doesn't have ambition, it's the current owners.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Reg]

But now he's playing in a lesser league he's good again? His heart was never in it and lvg doesn't have a clue how to use fast, direct players who require some sort of free license whilst offering little in way of defensive support. He'd have been jacking himself off silly if he had a Dirk Kuyt on the wing.
This isn't what di Maria is like at all. He never stopped running at Real Madrid. In the season they won the CL he was pretty much playing three positions at once, letting Ronaldo stay motionless when they didn't have the ball.

I actually think van Gaal could give license to some players if he wanted to. Look at how Robben played in the World Cup.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Speaking of Real Madrid, Sir Rafa has binned another three points tonight, leaving them five short of Barcelona and indeed of Atletico. Send for Zizou, although based on the current appointment trend at Spanish clubs it'll probably be Nicky Butt.

[Waffdon]

Simeone to sneak it again. :drool:

Their defence has been ridiculous

[Spoonsky]

What is Klopp doing there? We've drawn at home to West Brom.

Tasty result in Tottenham-Newcastle.

[Davgooner]

It's a continental thing, thanking the fans for their support as opposed to celebrating anything. Still wank, mind.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That theory sounded good until Klopp said post-match 'We were celebrating because it felt like a win'.

[Davgooner]

Pulis riled him right up.

[CJay]

If you didn't get your full of future Fifa president Gianni Infantino on Friday, then he's doing the Champions League draw right now.

http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/draws/round=2000635/drawcentre/index.html?v=1450090836230

[phonics]

Of course Wolfsburg get Gent.... Bastards.

We're getting Barcelona for sure.

[CJay]

Chelsea - PSG and Arsenal - Barcelona :D

[phonics]

That was unpredictable.

[CJay]

Juventus - Bayern :drool:

That'll be quality.

[phonics]

Had a look at the fixtures.

Will be Leicester (h) / Barcelona (h) / Man United (a) / Swansea (h) / Spurs (a) / Barcelona (a)

Good one mate. Love the Champions League.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can see us shitting our way past PSG this time. In fact I wish we'd drawn Barcelona just to witness one of those epic Mourinho rearguards.

[CJay]

City going out to Dynamo Kyiv? Nah, mate. If Chelsea aren't still in a relegation battle by February they have a decent chance, too.

[Davgooner]

Lmao.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Jimmy Floyd]

We can have 5 teams in it. In that scenario 4th place would miss out.

[Jeet]

Out of the CL by Feb again

Don't mind really as we can go all out for the league now.

[Mazuuurk]

Yeah this is probably a blessing in disguise for Arsene, as he can just go out without having to really explain himself to anyone, and focus on the league.

Then again, whether Arsenal still have a realistic shot at the league by then will be decided over X-mas fixtures I reckon.

[Toby]

Chelsea's best bet for the season probably is to do the bare minimum in the league and try to win this so they actually qualify again. I can't see it ever happening but it'll be an interesting experiment on whether fixture congestion is as big a deal as some say.

[Vim]

Easy.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Our best bet as far as fixture congestion experiments go is to win the FA Cup and get relegated, as we'll then need to fit in both the Europa League and a 46 game Championship season. Win the Europa League and find ourselves relegated again, and we'll be playing Champions League football from League One.

[Toby]

I forgot Europa League meant Champions League qualification now. They really missed a trick by beating Porto.

[Weaver]

Fiorentina vs Spurs
Augsburg vs Liverpool
Midjitylland vs Man Utd

For the Europa League Round of 32.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Vim]

Fiorentina-Spurs is a great clash.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sevilla are in the competition and have a kind draw, everyone else should just go home.

[Mellberg]

A run of form of form akin to Leicester/Palace would see us safe. I don't see it happening as we're shit. Shame, as I really like our midfield. Just the rest of the side is full of complete dross.

[Sam]

A run of form of form akin to Leicester/Palace would see us safe. I don't see it happening as we're shit. Shame, as I really like our midfield. Just the rest of the side is full of complete dross.

Walsall, Wolves, Blues, Coventry and Villa potentially in the Championship next season?

What's not to like about that. :happycry:

[Weaver]

Schmeichel; Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs; Albrighton, James, Kante, Mahrez; Ulloa, Vardy.

Courtois; Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Azpilicueta; Ramires, Matic; William, Oscar, Hazard; Diego Costa.

[Lee]

3-0 Chelsea, this one.

Got here at a normal time today and the bastards gave me the suicide bomb check. I had a shave as well.

[GS]

I can't see Chelsea not winning this, mainly because THE FORM BOOK suggests the complete opposite.

[Lee]

Their form is okay, Bournemouth aside, isn't it?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I reckon we might win very comfortably on this occasion. I kind of don't want us to though, because Claudio.

[CJay]

Mahrez nutmeg on Hazard after 1 minute. :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

To be fair I don't think anyone's living with that goal.

[Boom-Boom]

Great goal that.

[Boydy]

Lovely goal.

[Baz]

Haha sit down, Jose.

[Byron]

Vardy party, Vardy party, Vardy party.

[Kikó]

What the fuck is this season about.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'll tell you who's a useless fuck. Pedro.

[CJay]

Aye, I know the team's been awful, but has he done anything since scoring against West Brom?

[mugbull]

Chelsea are worse than we are when it comes to ruining players. It's incredible how much money they have and yet how poorly they're run.

[Sam]

Leicester winning this would put them 9 points clear of 5th place Spurs?

:sherlock:

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's just Willian + 10 really, but him and Fabregas win the prize for vacant twattery.

I don't know why we don't recall John Swift or just play anyone who gives a shit.

[Davgooner]

Chat shit get banged.

I'd fucking love it if Leicester won the thing. Lee wouldn't know what to do with his selfie stick.

[Lee]

Bloody hell. If we hold on I'm going to whack my cock out in the ground.

[Davgooner]

There you go.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Jimmy Floyd]

The best season ever was when Liverpool cunted it at the death in 13/14.

[Sam]

Bloody hell. If we hold on I'm going to whack my cock out in the ground.

:chortle:

[Ian]

How the fuck are Leicester doing this?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Whoever the fuck was supposed to be closing him down in that 30 second interlude between him taking the ball down and scoring needs a P45.

Dave. Fuck.

[Pleb]

Woof.