[Football] Weekend Fixtures (27/28 February)

[John Arne]

Wahey.

[Magic]

#inb4doesnobodywanttowintheleague

[Boydy]

Zinedine ZiCan, there.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Probably have to call off the City title charge now. It's Chelsea's to lose.

[Lee]

I'll piss myself if the final top four features Leicester, Spurs and West Ham. We should break away and form a super league.

[Giggles]

Nothing matters once those horrible cunts are winning any game.

[CJay]

Firmino is quality.

[Lee]

Looking at the live league table.....what odds can you get on Chelsea finishing top four?

[Max Power]

Everything's coming up Milhouse.

German title race is all of a sudden interesting as well. Five points with Bayern going to Dortmund at the weekend

[Giggles]

Looking at the live league table.....what odds can you get on Chelsea finishing top four?

Chelsea pipping Spurs to 4th on the final day would be major lol.

[Jeet]

Race for 4th :drool: Arsenal fav to win it.

[Lee]

Chelsea pipping Spurs to 4th on the final day would be major lol.

It would be shit as it would mean they'd beat us on the last day.

[CJay]

Without wanting to tempt fate, City have an awful team out. Ok, they're missing De Bruyne and Toure, but Sterling, Navas, Fernando, Fernandinho is a pretty weak midfield four. Sterling's got some potential (although he's rubbish at the minute), but the other three wouldn't strengthen any other midfield in the top half, I reckon. Fernandinho, maybe.

[Max Power]

It would be shit as it would mean they'd beat us on the last day.

Title will be wrapped up by then mate

[John Arne]

Being an Arsenal fan must be infuriating. Lots of shrugging, flailing arms and moaning.

[Pen]

If you are still struggling for a link Lewis, I found this: http://soccerembed.com/watch-manchester-united-live-stream

edit: Better than the Arabian one I had for first half.

[randomlegend]

ronaldo7.net (lol) I always find has good streams.

There's always one which asks for and gives you a password which works well.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccerstreams/

Just bookmark it.

[Pen]

Reddit was surprisingly bad for streams this week.

[Lewis]

Basically anything over 300 kbps is too laggy to bother with, and since it isn't 2008 you can't find any that shit.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've found perfect streams for the United match on there.

[randomlegend]

How shit is your internet?
Lewis obvs.

[Disco]

This let me down the other day when the Egypt v Burkina Faso stream wasn't working but other than that it's great.

http://www.stream2watch.co/sports

[John Arne]

Lallana appears to have morphed into Messi, which is nice.

[Lewis]

Hull used to have its own council-owned telephone network, and the shithouse company that remains doesn't let legitimate companies use its infrastructure (it claims they don't want to use it), so you can only get internet and phone off them. Not surprisingly, they're shit at everything, and the internet gets even slower when it rains.

[Jeet]

Where's my gun!

[Magic]

This is total donnage. Why the fuck didn't they do this at the weekend?

[Magic]

Swansea. :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Arsenal :harold:

[Jeet]

Could see it coming when we hit the woodwork for the 3rd time.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mourinho probably has a special room in his house to go and lol in at times like this.

[Dquincy]

You're weird.

[John Arne]

Basically anything over 300 kbps is too laggy to bother with, and since it isn't 2008 you can't find any that shit.

Living in such under-developed backwaters has it's downfalls. At least you have not shitting in your back garden to look forward to.

[Giggles]

Tonight is awesome for Leicester. As you were.

[Shindig]

Well, this was totally expected.

[Samadini]

Bournemouth, Sunderland and Norwich in the next 4 weeks. Could be done and dusted.

[Serj]

This performance is quite surprising, especially in terms of defensive stability (with a central defence of Touré and an unfit Lovren, for Christ's sake). One for Watford would do nicely now.

[Magic]

37 points. Meh.

[Magic]

Bony is basically Benteke with hair isn't he? Both plodding, monumental wastes of money.

[Sam]

Arsenal bottling again is fantastic. It's regular as clockwork.

[Andy]

Lallana back to his Southampton form, although he seems to have turned into a massive cunt.

[leedsrevolution]

Both look amazing at average/shit teams but can't cut it at the top clubs. I do quite like Bony though.

[CJay]

Woof. Inter have equalised on aggregate against Juventus in the cup. :harold:

[Vim]

Rugani and Bonucci must have some extra-time related bet going.

[Lewis]

I reckon if Arsenal go out and buy a centre-back and another holding midfielder they will win it next year.

[Disco]

Slaven Bilic always looks like he's just come from knocking over a pawn shop.

[Lee]

As if we've ended up further ahead after last night.

[Lee]

And now United are in the top four.

EDIT: No they're not, full of shit Lee.

[SvN]

What a beauty.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Juan Mata :cool:

[Raoul Duke]

Proper Spursy result that.

[CJay]

And now United are in the top four.

Nah, goal difference, mate.

[SvN]

10 points off the top with 10 to play. It's on. :harold:

[QE Harold Flair]

We were absolutely clueless once they got it to 1-1, even if we did hit the woodwork 3 times. Giroud spent more time in our half making tackles and his first touch was that of a non league player. Campbell was by far and away our best player, and the first to be taken off. At least the yids bottled it as well. Nothing more to say really, we've turned back into the Hleb inspired tippy-tappy shitfest of 6 or 7 years ago.

[Boydy]

I wonder what the odds would've been on an accumulator of all the premiership matches tonight if you'd got the right outcomes.

[Magic]

Was gonna pick Mata as well.

[CJay]

What's the most amount of games the title winners have lost in a Premier League season?

[Giggles]

LVG :cool:

[Magic]

They're going to shit their way to at least 3rd.

[Dquincy]

10 points off the top with 10 to play. It's on. :harold:

By all accounts, Watford should have done you. Man Utd are still shit.

[Lee]

What's the most amount of games the title winners have lost in a Premier League season?

I think Blackburn lost seven.

[Jeet]

I reckon if Arsenal go out and buy a centre-back and another holding midfielder they will win it next year.

Na, will be another Attacking midfielder, possibly to be shifted out to the right, but if we did they will no doubt be injured or fail living up to their potential.

[Pen]

What's the most amount of games the title winners have lost in a Premier League season?

I think it has been 5 or 6. (Worth a check as I'm far from sure)

[randomlegend]

All accounts other than the score.

[Vim]

That's one point gained for Don Claudio. :drool:

[SvN]

By all accounts, Watford should have done you. Man Utd are still shit.

You've really been having a right seethe this last week or so, haven't you?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

By all accounts, Watford should have done you. Man Utd are still shit.

So is most of the league...

[Dquincy]

You've really been having a right seethe this last week or so, haven't you?

There's that word again. Christ.

[CJay]

On the ropes.

[Luke Emia]

What was Joe Hart playing at when the third one went in. Running and grabbing the ball when the games done and dusted. What a retard.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This is a proper champions performance this, it will be nice when we join Leicester at the top in a few games.

[Boydy]

The weird shape of Kompany's head always surprises me.

[Dquincy]

This is a proper champions performance this, it will be nice when we join Leicester at the top in a few games.

You've got many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many years in the wilderness.

[Jimmy Floyd]

What's the most amount of games the title winners have lost in a Premier League season?

7 by Blackburn, but since the move to 38 games, it's 6.

No way Arsenal lose seven already and win the title. Curtains for them.

[Giggles]

What was Joe Hart playing at when the third one went in. Running and grabbing the ball when the games done and dusted. What a retard.

Drop him for Willy just to see the media implode.

[Lewis]

Na, will be another Attacking midfielder, possibly to be shifted out to the right, but if we did they will no doubt be injured or fail living up to their potential.

Oh, I'm not saying they don't need another light-weight attacking midfielder. But the rest of the squad is pretty much bang on these days, so if Jack can stay injury-free and if Theo can finally get a run as a central striker... I don't see how the other sides could live with that.

[Vim]

https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12821531_1094134510624982_417949157363679640_n.jpg ?oh=d61ca98b97ba88f43791f491291a8132&oe=5797E133

Nothing to see here.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You've got many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many years in the wilderness.

Similar to the one Liverpool have experienced?

[CJay]

7 by Blackburn, but since the move to 38 games, it's 6.

No way Arsenal lose seven already and win the title. Curtains for them.

So it's between Leicester, Spurs, and West Ham now? :drool:

Guardiola's got his work cut out for him next season.

[Dquincy]

Similar to the one Liverpool have experienced?

I'd say so.

[Sam]

Bayern losing to Mainz cut the deficit down to 5 points.

[Demerit]

Ighalo :doh:

[Jeet]

Spurs will still win it. Just need them to put the final nail in our coffin.

[Toby]

That is an outrageous set of results. Has there ever been a collective bottle job on this scale?

Also, lol at City, whose league record since announcing the 'Pep' appointment now consists ofa narrow win over Sunderland and three straight defeats.

[Mazuuurk]

The Premier League is downright bizzarre this year. It's like it's all some sort of Japanese collective suicide cult, or something.

[Jimmy Floyd]

At least Spurs had a hard fixture. If the various title challenger collapses were deaths in Jurassic Park, Arsenal's would be this one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMzfrod7hcE

[Luke Emia]

Is there a bigger team of mercenaries ever than City? Liverpool are dogshit let's not beat about the bush and to be rolled over that badly by them is awful but to do it twice in a season is embarrassing. Made me laugh that after 70 minutes they started putting challenges in, bit late by then.

[Jeet]

You know what this means right. England will go on and win the Euros.

[Magic]

Spurs would be the hunter dude as they get unsuspectingly devoured by relegation threatened teams after that winning run.

[Jeet]

Cech and Kos out inj for the Spurs game.

[Lewis]

*Sprs gm

[Giggles]

Can Utd win the league? I hate to say it, but that would even be more :drool: than Leicester.

[Jimmy Floyd]

United winning the title would be absolutely amazing. Can you imagine it, van Gaal grabbing a microphone on the pitch at Old Trafford. Ed Woodward up to collect his medal and diving in front of the Stretford End in his suit.

'Friends - we - are - champions - becoss - we - schtuck - with - my - philoschophy.'

*Mourinho hangs himself*

[Magic]

See Meathead has gone quiet now there's potential for his most hated to do a decent job this season.

[Dquincy]

That's not funny.

[Magic]

Lol @ Waffdon as well #btw

[Giggles]

See Meathead has gone quiet now there's potential for his most hated to do a decent job this season.

Jimmy probably could have just changed the Moruinho in his post above yours.

[Magic]

You know for some scummers it wouldn't be enough.

[Kikó]

I was out but thanks for worrying. I don't see what's changed, sounds like another shit performance. We will likely finish where we are.

[Toby]

Magic meaning Kiko there seriously threw me for a moment.

[Magic]

:)

[Smiffy]

.....

[Giggles]

I thought he meant smiffy too.

[Magic]

Wasn't kiko meathead?

[Boydy]

Wasn't kiko meathead?

Yeah. I knew who you meant.

[Lewis]

Lol @ Waffdon as well #btw

It looked like there were about fifty people there on Sky Sports News. Rangers have a higher average attendance than Celtic this season. :harold:

[Magic]

They were playing Dundee, mate.

[Magic]

Yeah. I knew who you meant.

:)

[Waffdon]

Lol @ Waffdon as well #btw

Kilmarnock losing yesterday made today areet. Not that we'll stay up. Mon the Scottish on Saturday :drool:

[Waffdon]

It looked like there were about fifty people there on Sky Sports News. Rangers have a higher average attendance than Celtic this season. :harold:

Celtic's average attendance is a bag of lies as well

[Chrissy]

I'm with Waff on this. They fudge the figures something daft.

[Chrissy]

Kilmarnock losing yesterday made today areet. Not that we'll stay up. Mon the Scottish on Saturday :drool:

Fuck you very much. I actually think our collapse will enable you lot to escape.

[Giggles]

Keep it in the shit leagues thread lads :nodd:

[Magic]

It's a bodge how clubs include non attending ST holders in attendance figures.

[Ian]

I'm with Waff on this. They fudge the figures something daft.

Counting non-attending season ticket holders and the like?

[Chrissy]

Counting non-attending season ticket holders and the like?

Yeah Ian, pretty much. Paper attendances.

[Disco]

The Swansea away strip is a fucking travesty.

[Reg]

I quite like it.

[Toby]

Wait, Cech pulled a hamstring running upfield for a late corner? Shouldn't laugh at injuries but if that's what happened it's pretty hilarious.

[Disco]

Alan Curtis blatantly forgot Guidolins' name there. :D

[Raoul Duke]

It'll be worth Spurs finishing above Arsenal just so I don't have to suffer another load of smug, self-congratulatory "St. Totteringham's Day" posts on Facebook.

[Yevrah]

Arsenal. :D

[Spoonsky]

Leicester gained a point on everyone this weekend. :cool:

Should've been three though.

[elth]

Leicester gained a point on everyone this weekend. :cool:

Should've been three though.

Lost two on United :cool:

[Davgooner]

:facepalm:

[Dquincy]

Lallana back to his Southampton form, although he seems to have turned into a massive cunt.

One good game doesn't mean he's back to his Southampton form. And apart from the last week, he hasn't played since the start of Feb, so not sure how you can come to this conclusion.

[simon]

Why don't we just give Hiddink the job full time?

[Toby]

Keep it in the shit leagues thread lads :nodd:

As if needed further demonstrating, I present the worst refereeing you're likely to see for a while:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wnmoGmwXFc

[Smiffy]

.....

[Giggles]

As if needed further demonstrating, I present the worst refereeing you're likely to see for a while:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wnmoGmwXFc

Isn't that against Wafflez team though? So therefore it's both hilarious and excellent.

[Toby]

No, in their favour. The goal was disallowed, Shinnie who set it up booked for diving, and the Aberdeen manager sent off for wondering what the fuck had just happened.

Waffelz lot lost anyway, but still.

[SvN]

That's hilarious.

[Andy]

One good game doesn't mean he's back to his Southampton form. And apart from the last week, he hasn't played since the start of Feb, so not sure how you can come to this conclusion.

It's just a throw away comment on a forum. That's the first time I've seen him at his best in a Liverpool shirt and thought I'd mention that he was showing the sort of form that had everyone interested in him.

[Andy]

Forget Lallana, it's Firmino that's going to be the real deal.

Next season he'll break out with a good preseason. There's no competitions Brazil will find themselves in, is there?

He's ace, looks like the sort of player perfectly suited to the league. Just need to nail a position down for him really.

[Lee]

Forget Lallana, it's Firmino that's going to be the real deal.

Next season he'll break out with a good preseason. There's no competitions Brazil will find themselves in, is there?

The Copa America Centanario in the summer, although there is some doubt as to whether South Americans will take full strength squads. Dunno how old he is but there's the Olympics too.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It was about 10 months ago that I was lolling on here at the prospect of Wes Morgan facing up to Lionel Messi at the Copa America.

No one's laughing now.

[Shindig]

Imagine 1995/6 but with Man Utd replaced by Spurs. We'd have done it. :(

[Giggles]

It was about 10 months ago that I was lolling on here at the prospect of Wes Morgan facing up to Lionel Messi at the Copa America.

No one's laughing now.

Where's he from? I always assumed Welsh by the name.

[Lee]

Where's he from? I always assumed Welsh by the name.

He's from Nottingham. Plays for Jamaica.

[Giggles]

I wouldn't have guessed Jamaica in the Cops America if I had a week.

[Lee]

I imagine they were one of the invitees last year. The one this year is a combined North and South America one to celebrate (make a shitload of cash from the hosting in the U.S.) the centenary of the tournament.

[SincereTheRebel]

Rayo have had two man sent off. There are 20 minutes left, messi has completed his hatrick to make it 4-1.

I think its the standard for teams who spain who have players sent off. Super dupa high line from rayo.

[Jimmy Floyd]

One of the US executives involved in the Super League negotiations comes clean.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1c86dc09d7314f50af6a978ab7b7b3c6/sports-executive-club-talks-says-closed-system-has-merits

A heartwarming story.

[elth]

You can't expect someone wealthy from the US to have any interest in sport as something other than a way to seperate punters from their cash, to be fair.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, that's just awful from start to finish.


"Let's call it the money pot created by soccer and the fandom around the world. Who has had more of an integral role, Manchester United or Leicester? It's a wonderful, wonderful story. But you could see it from Manchester United's point of view too."

Which probably accounts for the relative disparity in wealth between the two sides. Does he think United are sharing all their commercial revenue or something? How much money did United's massive draw earn Leicester from the Champions League this season?

It's clearly more an anti-Scudamore/Premier League conspiracy from foreign types, envious of the ridiculous corporate behemoth that English football has grown into. I don't think the English teams are daft enough to not understand where this has come from, and what they would lose if they abandoned it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Do they even have recreational sport over there? As in, are there amateur baseball/basketball clubs and leagues for people who fancy a game at the weekend, like we have for all sports?

I never hear about US sport in any context other than either selling crisps, or their 'college' circle jerk.

[elth]

My impression of US sport is Little League to High School to College to sitting on the couch getting fat yelling at professionals, but I might be biased there.

[elth]

I don't think the English teams are daft enough to not understand where this has come from, and what they would lose if they abandoned it.

I guess the scary thought is whether or not people who have a grounding in that culture actually have any influence and power at big Premiership clubs any more. Now it's all foreign owners looking to maximise their return on investment, well apart from Chelsea maybe, does that still outweigh the huge piles of cash potentially being lost?

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Super League would be an absolutely shit competition. I've said this before but those legions of fans worldwide like United, Arsenal and co because they win a lot. It's gratifying to tune in and watch your favourite team thrash West Brom 4-0. Is it as good to watch them win only as often as they lose against more glamorous opposition? I don't think so.

[niko_cee]

That was the general thesis in that Why England Lose and other footballing phenomena book.

People often say they want even/fair competition, but they don't really. A league win over United means something to 'a lesser club', even if United are a bit pony at the time. Beating the reigning Superb Owl champions in the following regular season is completely meaningless.

[Disco]

The first comment under that article sums it up nicely.

'Wanker'

[Jimmy Floyd]

To preface whoever makes the next weekend football thread, I turned Sky News on earlier to be confronted by Claudio Ranieri repeatedly shouting DINGLY DONG! DINGLY DONG!

What a year.

[Disco]

It's glorious isn't it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35731021

[Lee]

He might just be the nicest man in the world. I love him.

[Max Power]

Just an absolute delight.

Where is Reg? Where's the new weekend thread?

[Giggles]

Yeah, someone get one up.

[Yevrah]

All very old TTH this.

One fack-off thread for everything. DO NOT START ANY MORE. THERE IS NO SPACE LEFT ON THE INTERNETS WITH WHICH TO DO SO!!!!

[Giggles]

All very old TTH this.

One fack-off thread for everything. DO NOT START ANY MORE. THERE IS NO SPACE LEFT ON THE INTERNETS WITH WHICH TO DO SO!!!!

I'd do one but I don't know where Reg gets his nicely formatted copyable fixture list from. Someone do it soon or you're getting a screenshot from Livescore.

[Reg]

Giggles, I use the BBC fixtures page but you have to delete bits. It's stupidly hard to find one you can just copy.

[Toby]

Giggles, I use the BBC fixtures page but you have to delete bits. It's stupidly hard to find one you can just copy.

They do that on purpose.

[Giggles]

Giggles, I use the BBC fixtures page but you have to delete bits. It's stupidly hard to find one you can just copy.

Fair play so, that you actually bother editing it. I was searching myself and couldn't find one at all either.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They do that on purpose.

I've literally never understood copyrighting of the fixture list. Why would they stop you from distributing dates and times when their product is available?

[Toby]

I've literally never understood copyrighting of the fixture list. Why would they stop you from distributing dates and times when their product is available?

I don't get that either, but I meant news channels do it so that it's easier to link (i.e. direct people to it) than to just lift it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It used to be (probably still is) that games such as FM weren't allowed to put the fixtures in the right order unless they had a licence agreement.

[Toby]

It definitely still happens with the FA Cup. Reports on the draw are never allowed to actually list the fixtures.

[phonics]

I'd been at work all day so hadn't seen any of the goals. That from Ramsey is saucey. Shit result though.