Football 12/3-14/3

[John Arne]

EDIT: -7hrs for UK KO times.

Football.

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[SvN]

Those kickoff times had me checking what day of the week it was.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Didn't Spain once do a half midnight kickoff in order to technically have a game on the next day for contractual reasons? Bring it in, I say.

[Weaver]

Aitor Karanka apparently told the Boro players he 'didn't want to manage them' in a team meeting last night, and it's been announced that Steve Agnew will be in charge for the game tomorrow against Charlton.

Boro won't want to lose him so I reckon it's just a cooling off period.

[Mellberg]

Spurs are struggling for a bit of form. Not to worry, lads. We'll play you right back into it.

[Mellberg]

Also, next season the Prem may have Guardiola, Mourinho, Wenger, Klopp and Benitez all managing in the division. With special mention for Conte, Ranieri and Pochettino. Never been stronger, surely?

[Max Power]

Aitor Karanka apparently told the Boro players he 'didn't want to manage them' in a team meeting last night, and it's been announced that Steve Agnew will be in charge for the game tomorrow against Charlton.

Boro won't want to lose him so I reckon it's just a cooling off period.
Basically called all the players cunts in the press after the midweek defeat as well.

Crazy if Boro don't go up this year with that outlay and squad.

[Baz]

Also, next season the Prem may have Guardiola, Mourinho, Wenger, Klopp and Benitez all managing in the division. With special mention for Conte, Ranieri and Pochettino. Never been stronger, surely?I highly doubt Mourinho and Benitez will be managing Premier League teams next season.

[CJay]

Has Wilfried Bony done anything in this game so far? I can't remember him touching the ball.

[CJay]

Hard to see City scoring, here. They're just not a very good team.

[Magic]

I cannot believe we are 2 up at Blackburn.

[John Arne]

The Norwich back 4 need to stop smashing the ball up-field as soon as they get it. They are just asking City to keep coming at them.

[Magic]

Come on Aguero you Argie cunt.

[CJay]

The Norwich back 4 need to stop smashing the ball up-field as soon as they get it. They are just asking City to keep coming at them.

City are completely toothless.

[Shindig]

Team of individuals, innit? Guardiola's going to get found the fuck out.

[Magic]

Benitez would sort those over-paid pre-madonnas out.

[CJay]

Team of individuals, innit? Guardiola's going to get found the fuck out.

They're not even very good individuals. There's Aguero and Silva (who hasn't been great this season) and then De Bruyne when he comes back. Other than those three it's a fairly mediocre squad.

[Magic]

They're not even very good individuals. There's Aguero and Silva (who hasn't been great this season) and then De Bruyne when he comes back. Other than those three it's a fairly mediocre squad.

Eh? They have the strongest squad in the league, it's down to their shithouse manager and overpaid, untouchable mentality that they are so shite.

[CJay]

Eh? They have the strongest squad in the league, it's down to their shithouse manager and overpaid, untouchable mentality that they are so shite.

Where's the strength in their squad, then? Sterling? The plodding midfield duo of Fernando and Fernandinho? Toure? Kompany? :harold: It's full of players who are over the hill or haven't properly adapted to the league. How can it be the 'strongest squad in the league' if they have terrible mentalities, anyway?

[Magic]

Ok m8 but when you consider the strength of the other BIG FOUR they have the strongest squad.

[CJay]

Only if you think that those players are still at the same level as they were at the last time they won the league, which they blatantly aren't. The difference between their squad and anyone of the other top teams is basically just Aguero.

[Magic]

:S

I'm afraid this is what happens when you try recruiting a new manager half way through a season.

[Magic]

Exeter's stadium is on fire, apparently.

[Waffdon]

Barcelona are absolutely awful at penalties. Missed eight this season.

[Disco]

Exeter's stadium is on fire, apparently.

It better not be, it's basically at the end of my garden.

[Disco]

It doesn't look like it's on fire, although it's such a piece of shit stand that it may well have been gutted entirely and not lost any of its aesthetic charm.

[Disco]

Panic over lads, three fire engines (one of the firemen was rolling a cigarette), no smoke, and lots of ironic cheers so I doubt anyone is burning to death in there. It's this kind of live blogging of major events that'll draw the masses in.

[Magic]

I bet there's thousands dead at the back and nobody has noticed yet.

[Disco]

I'll pop back and get some footage for Liveleak if there are.

[Shindig]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIxN3ypB3rw

Nevermind, Magic. Here's the one we all saw as kids.

[Waffdon]

Derby 3-0 up after 80 minutes. Now 3-3. Heh

[Danny]

Mane just been sent off for a clash of heads :cab:

[Browning]

Fuck off Derby.

[Lewis]

Where's the strength in their squad, then? Sterling? The plodding midfield duo of Fernando and Fernandinho? Toure? Kompany? :harold: It's full of players who are over the hill or haven't properly adapted to the league. How can it be the 'strongest squad in the league' if they have terrible mentalities, anyway?

This is why United have spent ten billion lololol is irrelevant. How much have they spent to depend on two players? How much have Madrid spent to be shit?

[Magic]

Derby. :D

[Kikó]

If united weren't so shit, we'd be ahead of city. As it is, West Ham will take fourth.

And knock us out of the cup.

[Samadini]

That's thirteen 1-1 draws for Marseille this season now :cab:

[Waffdon]

Oscar for Willian? Jesus.

[Waffdon]

That was great. Such a beast.

Cahill was clueless at the end.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lukaku :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

'A legend is being born here tonight'

You what Keown?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Costa :harold:

[Toby]

Well deserved win for Everton and well deserved red for Costa, the plodding wanker.

[Waffdon]

Absolutely love Diego Costa. He fkn hugged him at the end. :D

[Davgooner]

About fucking time. Fucking gypo cunt.

[CJay]

What was that? :cab: Did he bite him?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a mong Barry is.

[Browning]

What was that? :cab: Did he bite him?

I was wondering that. Obviously the ref missed it (if it happened) but I wouldn't be shocked to see a long ban for it.

[John Arne]

8 game ban for that. Unless you are Defoe.

[CJay]

He definitely went for it, might have turned it into a kiss or something. What a twat.

[Waffdon]

Do teams get near on 40k tickets for semi finals? Might try nab a ticket in the Everton end.

[Jimmy Floyd]

We are a total joke.

[Davgooner]

Bit disappointed we've missed out on the chance of losing to this Chelsea side again this season.

[Magic]

Chelsea season over in early March. It's like the pre-Oligarch days.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm told that Ivanovic, as well as Terry, was shagging the doctor.

Also Mourinho has women all over the shop.

[Lewis]

The hug was almost like he realised he had ballsed up this time.

[niko_cee]

Costa is such a div.

Not that an 8-10 game ban matters at this stage. Maybe they'll apply the logic that saw Suarez banned for 10 or whatever it was and give him something that will have an impact next season.

[Shindig]

In his defence, he hasn't bitten but there's intent.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I love that football now has a clear precedent for biting incidents. What a scummy sport.

I would say we should get rid as he's bringing the club into disrepute, but in reality he's just maintaining its ongoing status in disrepute. Still, get rid.

[niko_cee]

He does back out of it. Does he have form for biting? I'm sure when Liverpool were interested in him that was mentioned.

[hfswjyr]

I love it when managers can get away with "I haven't seen it yet" in their interviews. The interviewer should just whip out the Ipad for some video footage and get an answer.

[Giggles]

He does back out of it. Does he have form for biting? I'm sure when Liverpool were interested in him that was mentioned.

Never heard the biting thing but he was widely known as a complete knacker even before Chelsea.

[Ian]

Costa biting somebody would be about the least surprising thing to happen, I think.

[phonics]

He does back out of it. Does he have form for biting? I'm sure when Liverpool were interested in him that was mentioned.

I believe it was spitting. Well I say spitting, he Gobbed in his hands and chucked it at them.

[Magic]

Intent to bite. :D

He should get 8 games.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Hopefully he misses the rest of the season so we're forced into giving youngsters a go.

Although if we don't play them anyway now we should probably just shut the club down.

[Giggles]

Does the fact that two quarter finals so far were on the BBC mean that the two today will only be on pay TV?

[Jimmy Floyd]

They're both on BT in the UK.

[Lee]

Watford and West Ham wins would be great.

[Max Power]

Rossi :cool:

Lovely player, such a shame he's had so many serious injuries.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Levante is such a weird/random move for him. My only guess is he played in a similar locale with Villarreal and likes the local ham.

[SvN]

I'm actually dreading our game today.

[Giggles]

Watford and West Ham wins would be great.

Arsenal and Villa :nodd:

[Toby]

Costa getting banned for the rat of the season would be about the best thing that could happen of his performance yesterday was reflective of anything to come. Last competition Chelsea had any hope in and he looked less interested than post-strop William Gallas. Bertrand Traore has looked okay lately, give him a chance up front for a few games and fuck Costa back off to Atletico in the summer.

[Waffdon]

Costa has been great recently. You can't pin yesterday on him - your midfield was a travesty and then Cahill and Azpilicueta done there usual.

Whoever takes over needs to do a complete overhaul as well as playing the yoofs - doubt they'll be allowed though

[Toby]

Mikel, Willian and Fabregas were fine. The latter is an overrated wank but he did play some good passes yesterday. Matic was much as he's been all season and Pedro is just a bit useless. The defence were a bombs are (why does Cahill constantly turn his back on the ball?) but they could have been a couple up with a striker interested enough to actually run now and then.

[CJay]

Pedro is a bit crap, isn't he? He gets the ball in space and runs forward, taking his man on, looking so enthusiastic and promising, then gets tackled / falls over. Rinse and repeat.

[Waffdon]

Don't forget the step over.

[Magic]

Two footed, off the ground. Straight on front of the ref = No foul. :harold:

[Magic]

Igaylo on the Arsehole payroll.

[Max Power]

Watford can definitely nick this. Ighalo needs to get his head up though

[Waffdon]

Ten minute hattrick for Ibrahimovic

[phonics]

Elneny is quality. If he'd played during January it'd be squeaky bum time at The Grove.

[CJay]

Really? He just looks functional to me. Blew a very presentable chance towards the end of the half too.

[phonics]

Mate did you see the Flamini, Ramsey axis? Functional was worth at least 5 of the 20 we dropped. You don't need to be WORLD CLASS back there (as Coquelin has proved) just enough to give it to the others.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ighalo :cool:

[Magic]

:drool:

[Jeet]

Something something out!

[Magic]

Watford have been great here. Cunts.

[Magic]

If Ighalo was on form they'd be winning about 5-0.

Marriner and his team have been fucking awful.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fucking hell, what a hit that is.

[Lee]

What a fucking hit.

[Max Power]

SCREAMER!

This is great. Watford for the Cup.

[Jeet]

Be out in all comps within a week :drool: Been here before.

[Max Power]

Wonder if Wenger will take the second string to Barcelona? If they lose to Everton on Saturday could be season over.

[Magic]

Lol my TV Anywhere buffered just before he struck it, looked like it was going to go over the stand then it came back about a minute later as a goal. Nice.

[Disco]

Welbeck you mong.

[Max Power]

Welbz:lol:

[Waffdon]

Watford's second is nearly as good as that Steven Reid strike at Wigan. Thundercunt

[Magic]

Welberk. :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

Is Elton John going to keep it together this time?

[CJay]

Lulz. Come on West Ham.

[Max Power]

Thoroughly enjoyed that, well played Watford.

Good line up for the semis, especially if West Ham make it. Premier league clubs of varying sizes who haven't won anything for a long time.

[Demerit]

What a game, and what a fucking screamer

[Magic]

Bottling overpaid shitebags.

[Waffdon]

Watford's second is nearly as good as that Steven Reid strike at Wigan. Thundercunt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHcxVcAqIdg
beauty

[niko_cee]

It was a good hit but Ospina should have saved it.

[John Arne]

Barca are going to smash 5 or 6 against this lot.

[phonics]

If United lose as well this is going to be a prime week for 'See, the big teams don't care about the Fa Cup!' when everyone put out full line-ups and just got beat straight up. Then it'll be on to "There's no magic left" when they actually mean "I'm old" and then it'll be on to "God these mediocre teams shitting it out in a final is so boring".

I hate the FA Cup narrative more than the competition.

[Toby]

Nah, I think it'll be coupled with what's happening in the league and viewed as the new TV deal helping to make things more competitive.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It was a good hit but Ospina should have saved it.

Ospina would have lost his hand had it gotten in the way.

[Magic]

Not really. It just highlights that the PL has given too much money to average players, shit mangers and smaller clubs.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ian Wright is seething.

[Magic]

Wright and James wearing the same shoes?

[phonics]

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I shouldn't but I really do enjoy the imagery of this moment.

[Gray Fox]

PSG won 9-0 away today and took the league title with 8 games to spare.

That gives Zlatan his 13th league title if I'm counting right. That's pretty damn impressive. To do it in 4 countries across 6 teams too.

[Byron]

Anyone want to hit me up with a decent stream?

[Davgooner]

Wenger's just resigned.

[SincereTheRebel]

PSG won 9-0 away today and took the league title with 8 games to spare.

That gives Zlatan his 13th league title if I'm counting right. That's pretty damn impressive. To do it in 4 countries across 6 teams too.

Mans legacy is unbelievable.

[igor_balis]

is it reductive to dismiss his success in France due to the lack of competition?

[Disco]

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I shouldn't but I really do enjoy the imagery of this moment.

That he didn't make up in order to use that line no sir not at all.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Ides aren't until Tuesday.

[Lewis]

Conning Arsenal into buying Danny Welbeck was Alex Ferguson's last (and possibly greatest) victory over them.

[niko_cee]

Ospina would have lost his hand had it gotten in the way.

Doubtful.

It doesn't help his case that he seemed to fall over in a comedy Dell Boy style after failing to get his hands to it in time.

[Weaver]

The Charlton fans are causing a bit of havoc in the game vs Boro - the fans near the pitch chucked black and white balls/balloons onto the pitch in the first minute, which caused a few minutes delay. And there's a person in the crowd with a whistle, and Boro have stopped playing twice thinking they'd been whistled for a foul or offside :D

[Kikó]

Fuck off van Gaal.

[SincereTheRebel]

is it reductive to dismiss his success in France due to the lack of competition?

Dont do that. Give him and the team their credit.

[Lewis]

'Zlatan' is a timewaster and a wanker.

[John]

He popped up on something the other day and it struck me that it was the first time I'd seen him talking not in a postmatch setting. His mouth moves like he should have a speech impediment.

[Magic]

Well...this is boring.

[Giggles]

I'm going to have to stump up for some of these sports packages next season. Having to watch Friends repeats now as there is absolutely fuck all else on today.

[randomlegend]

Lol at the Ligue 1 table.

Gold difference of 62 with the next team on 10.

EDIT: I tell a lie, Lyon have 14.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ligue 1 is a joke generally, even without them. 18th place have 33 points already, whilst third placed Nice have only 47.

[randomlegend]

Another bellend refereeing performance.

[Boydy]

I'm going to have to stump up for some of these sports packages next season. Having to watch Friends repeats now as there is absolutely fuck all else on today.
Can't you stream the games?

Or do something other than watching TV?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Streaming is shit. I'm sorry, but it is. I'd rather not watch sport than watch it on a tiny, grainy piece of shit, that's liable to break down at any moment, a foot from my face.

[Disco]

Shit streams are shit, that's why you don't use them.

[Giggles]

Can't you stream the games?

Or do something other than watching TV?

I've found streams never work. And if you do find one that isn't pasted with pop-up ads then it gets pulled just as you're getting into it.

The latter isn't an option as it's the weekend, so anywhere that I could go is full of other cunts and their septic offspring.

[Giggles]

Streaming is shit. I'm sorry, but it is. I'd rather not watch sport than watch it on a tiny, grainy piece of shit, that's liable to break down at any moment, a foot from my face.

Yes, basically this.

[Waffdon]

Hibs lose more cup finals than us. What a joke of a club.

[Kikó]

Sorry if you think streaming is watching it on a shitty grainy thing then you're completely doing it wrong. I stream on HD most match days.

[Magic]

I'd rather stream than pay money. If BTS didn't come with Virgin XLTV then I wouldn't watch any football.

[Giggles]

Sorry if you think streaming is watching it on a shitty grainy thing then you're completely doing it wrong. I stream on HD most match days.

You must be privy to very exclusive ones. I have never seen one for any sport that wasn't completely shite.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Most of my experience of it is getting African qualifiers and the like, which are not available from any other source, so there may be some treasure trove of hologram coverage from the big leagues that I don't know about. If it's just a Chelsea game then I'll generally put the radio on.

[SvN]

I have a paid service that provides as free streams that I watch via my TV. It's about a fiver a month if I recall.

[Magic]

Does this go to ET or replay?

[John Arne]

If your streams are shite, you're not doing it right.

I'm currently watching a near HD quality of Man Utd - West Ham, and have done all season.

[Kikó]

I paid 50-60£ for the year for all the channels.

[Giggles]

If your streams are shite, you're doing it right.

I'm currently watching a near HD quality of Man Utd - West Ham, and have done all season.

That makes no sense.

[John Arne]

That makes no sense.

Yeah, bloody typo'd didn't I.

[SvN]

Even on Howard Webb's slow mo replay I couldn't see any contact there.

[igor_balis]

Yeah moaning about shit streams is a bit 2009.

[Boydy]

Ander Herrera looks like Jaime from Broad City.

[Giggles]

Are you on some special forum that has proper streams? I think I remember DS saying he was on some that gave him better film downloads, so is it something similar?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Payet is brilliant.

[igor_balis]

Oh yes.

[Max Power]

Absolutely stunning.

[niko_cee]

Boro are shitting the bed in fairly impressive style at the moment.

[Giggles]

Yeah moaning about shit streams is a bit 2009.

Yet nobody ever provides a good one.

[CJay]

What a goal. :drool:

[Waffdon]

What a player. What a song

[Byron]

Payet is a God and you will all bow to his majesty.

[Boydy]

Are you on some special forum that has proper streams? I think I remember DS saying he was on some that gave him better film downloads, so is it something similar?
That film thing was torrents.

Try the r/soccerstreams subreddit. It usually has good ones.

[Giggles]

Payet is a God and you will all now to his majesty.

Who else is in that team or is it really a case of Payet dragging them this far and to the top four?

[Magic]

Owen is a biased scum cunt.

[Giggles]

That film thing was torrents.

Try the r/soccerstreams subreddit. It usually has good ones.

Yeah but same principle in the fact that it's private and you can't give out the good ones.

[Magic]

Boro. Losing to a side in utter disarray with all the protesting disrupting the game. Clowns. Karanka was right, sounds like an inside job.

[Waffdon]

Who else is in that team or is it really a case of Payet dragging them this far and to the top four?

Their squad is quality. Could do with a right back though.

[Byron]

Who else is in that team or is it really a case of Payet dragging them this far and to the top four?

It's probably the best team I've seen in a long while. Lanzini, Kouyate, Adrian, Noble and Cresswell have all been excellent but Payet is such a class above that it's unreal.

I'd go so far as to say he's the best player I've seen at the club since Di Canio.

[Magic]

Their squad is quality. Could do with a right back though.

Byram is cup tied.

[Kikó]

It'll be five in a row by the start of next week. Fuck off van Gaal. Fuck off the Glazers. Fuck off Ed Woodward. Fuck off Fellaini.

[Magic]

Schweinsteiger. :harold:

[John]

Yeah but same principle in the fact that it's private and you can't give out the good ones.

Streams are temporary, single source things, so there's no burning need to keep a good one private. Torrents rely on people who download them being willing to seed and let the next person download off them, so it's the fact that the site is private that makes the torrent good.

[Magic]

PUTS HIS BODY ON THE LINE!!!!!!!

It's a fucking football you utter clown.

[Max Power]

It's probably the best team I've seen in a long while. Lanzini, Kouyate, Adrian, Noble and Cresswell have all been excellent but Payet is such a class above that it's unreal.

I'd go so far as to say he's the best player I've seen at the club since Di Canio.
Kouyate is fucking quality. No-one seems to talk about him but I think he's really, really good.

Billic is a geezer as well. Like West Ham a lot actually. Top 4 and the FA Cup and a defeat to Leicester City on April 17th please.

[igor_balis]

PUTS HIS BODY ON THE LINE!!!!!!!

It's a fucking football you utter clown.

A football dislocated my retina you insensitive cunt. It could have BLINDED me.

[Magic]

You dislocated my retina when you sent me those videos of you with your freak mates in Rugby.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Tony Marshall :cool:

[Smiffy]

.....

[Kikó]

Big Tony

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Memphis you fucking prick.

[Kikó]

Chasing victory? Change the right back.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Corporal Pig Fucker :cool:

[Boydy]

Cheating bastards.

[Magic]

Yep good spot Webb as if you'd given that you closet scummer.

[Foe]

Hibs lose more cup finals than us. What a joke of a club.

:cool:

Had a fiver on county 2-1 with schalk to score anytime. That last minute winner :drool:

What a day.

[Pen]

I didn't see the whole game, but I think Payet should've gotten a second yellow for his penalty dive and United's goal probably should have been disallowed. Seeing as this is United's only chance of silverware I hope they can get past West Ham away.

[Giggles]

Anyone a link to Payets goal that's not from BT?

[Danny]

http://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/2016/03/13/manchester-united-vs-west-ham-united-highlights-full-match/

7 mins in

[Max Power]

https://streamable.com/4zmd

[John Arne]

Anyone a link to Payets goal that's not from BT?

https://gyazo.com/dba77d8ac4fab10ca6628692a4f624a5.gif

[Giggles]

Gifs :drool:

Cheers all.

[Gray Fox]

He knew that was in as soon as he hit it. He's already off celebrating.

[Yevrah]

Streaming is shit. I'm sorry, but it is. I'd rather not watch sport than watch it on a tiny, grainy piece of shit, that's liable to break down at any moment, a foot from my face.

+1 for that. It's bollocks.

[Kikó]

Watch a good stream then.

[Yevrah]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/next-arsenal-manager-5-candidates-7549480

Please let it be Brendan.

I don't think he's a bad manager, but the Champions League definitely needs his interviews.

[Giggles]

Watch a good stream then.

PM us all a good stream next time then.

[Waffdon]

Simeone at Arsenal. :D

[Boydy]

PM us all a good stream next time then.


That film thing was torrents.

Try the r/soccerstreams subreddit. It usually has good ones.

Again.

[Davgooner]

A lot of the side-parting mob are touting Simeone as if they wouldn't be the first twats to throw a wobbler when he produces a load of boring shite.

It'll probably be Martinez. :baz:

[Giggles]

Again.

Give me a link because I have no idea what r/ means. Also, do I need to sign up to reddit to see?

[Giggles]

A lot of the side-parting mob are touting Simeone as if they wouldn't be the first twats to throw a wobbler when he produces a load of boring shite.

It'll probably be Martinez. :baz:

Give him one more season and bring in Vieira.

[Danny]

Give me a link because I have no idea what r/ means. Also, do I need to sign up to reddit to see?

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

And if you do it will be worth it just for those links.

[Pen]

You don't need to sign up.

[Magic]

Giggles is shite at the internet.

[Giggles]

Giggles is shite at the internet.

I'm shite at reddit. Though in fairness, it's a fucking mess.

[John]

Hibs lose more cup finals than us. What a joke of a club.

http://i68.tinypic.com/90zx1j.jpg

:eyemouth:

[Giggles]

Right I went on and looked at the Madrid ones. It's taken til now to get rid of the pop-up system messages.

[Pen]

Ronaldo7.net is also pretty good for streams despite its lol name and there's a group on Facebook where the admin posts links to most Premier league and european games. The group is called FreeFootyLive.

[Disco]

Right I went on and looked at the Madrid ones. It's taken til now to get rid of the pop-up system messages.

It's a shame no-one ever invented software that blocks adverts, a sort of advert blocker if you will. I bet millions of people would use that.

[GS]

What is the general view on Wenger amongst Arsenal fans? Surely the habitual spring collapse has become too regular for there not to be fairly serious murmurings of discontent.

[Jimmy Floyd]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/next-arsenal-manager-5-candidates-7549480

Please let it be Brendan.

I don't think he's a bad manager, but the Champions League definitely needs his interviews.

I'll offer anyone 1/5 that it won't be any of those.

[Giggles]

It's a shame no-one ever invented software that blocks adverts, a sort of advert blocker if you will. I bet millions of people would use that.

I don't use one because it blocks ads I actually want. Plus, they don't stop system type pop-ups.

[Davgooner]

What is the general view on Wenger amongst Arsenal fans? Surely the habitual spring collapse has become too regular for there not to be fairly serious murmurings of discontent.

'Fairly serious murmurings of discontent' have been present for about 6/7 years now, so yeah.

[GS]

'Fairly serious murmurings of discontent' have been present for about 6/7 years now, so yeah.

To the extent he could be sacked / eased out the door without some sort of BACKLASH, I mean. He's always struck me as basically being able to decide for himself when he wanted to chuck it rather than having it decided for him, but I get the impression now that that dynamic has shifted. Fuck knows if that's accurate or not, however.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The only thing that has changed is the nature of football fandom, especially at that club, which basically shows what a don he is to have weathered it all so successfully for such a period of time.

[Davgooner]

To the extent he could be sacked / eased out the door without some sort of BACKLASH, I mean.

Again, it's well well past that point. He's protected A) by an administration that thinks he's doing a fucking incredible job and B) by the fact that our home support is 95% twats who ultimately don't give enough of a shit to stay angry at anyone for more than a week. They're the sort of mongs who still think the problem with Wenger is his transfer policy. I'd say the away support is mostly anti-Wenger, although it's tempered by the knowledge that the whole club is run by a bunch of cunts and as such nothing's likely to change quickly.

[Magic]

Just seems a bit rich.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm watching my first MLS 'game'. We're starting with, for some reason, the Canadian national anthem. I mean, clearly it's because Toronto are playing, but come on. Pirlo is pulling a face that asks 'What?'

Somebody is heckling during the star spangled banner, or maybe their passion has overcome them. I dunno. What the night's spectacle definitely gives proof of, though, is that the flag was still there.

The back three for one of the teams is Saunders, Hernandez and Briliant. How USA.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Wait, this is Yankee Stadium? We should get Spurs playing at Lord's.

[John]

I watched them play a week or so ago, as did Lee and Yev, and it's brilliantly shit.

One goal came from a defender kicking a teammate in the head at the same time he was handling it through for a striker to pop in the corner. Another came from the defence trying to play offside fifty yards from goal while a midfielder just ran through unnoticed to wind up onside and in fifteen yards of open space in all directions.

It was like watching one of those old games with Zaire or someone who doesn't have a full handle on the rules.

[Lewis]

I like to imagine that if I moved to America and went to a soccer game, I would instantly be made leader of their 'ultras' simply because I can swear properly.

'It's twat as in fat, lads. Not shot.'

[Jimmy Floyd]

The main issue so far seems to be that the pitch is only marginally wider than the ball. Still, they can overcome anything in the land of opportunity.

[John]

Badgeless Patrick Vieira as manager is good fun.

[Davgooner]

Las Palmas have just got a deserved equaliser. They've fucking battered them this half.

[Davgooner]

Stupid cunts.

[Boydy]

I like to imagine that if I moved to America and went to a soccer game, I would instantly be made leader of their 'ultras' simply because I can swear properly.

'It's twat as in fat, lads. Not shot.'

:D

Sounds like some sort of reverse Green Street.

[Lewis]

'You know Maynor Figueroa?'
'Yeah.'
'Have you heard that Seven Nation Army song?'
'I think so.'
'Well what if...'

Top Boy at FC Dallas.

[Magic]

Do Yanks do chanting?

[John]

Not really. Chicago have a little cage thing at the front of one stand for the 'lead ultra' to stand in and marshall the troops, but last week at least it was just two drunk twats twirling scarves about and shouting.

[Lewis]

I think they've just sort of aped the Turkish style of organized chants and fruity banners, rather than having any sort of wit or nastiness about them like Proper [British] Fans.

[Magic]

Anything dece or just the usual Homer type cheer and jeer?

[Jimmy Floyd]

'Let's go, 'mur'ca, let's go'.

Toronto look utterly atrocious, 2-0 down already to two David Villa goals.

[John]

They'll score at some point. New York are laughably error prone at the back.

Small sample size but they were too inept last week for it to have been a fluke.

[Raoul Duke]

I went to see Chicago Fire play when I was over there and there was some gimp shouting "shoot it!" every time they got near the goal :facepalm:

Also, there were cheerleaders and some kind of monster truck/BBQ thing happening outside.

[Magic]

I went to see Chicago Fire play when I was over there and there was some gimp shouting "shoot it!" every time they got near the goal :facepalm:

Also, there were cheerleaders and some kind of monster truck/BBQ thing happening outside.

Did they have a lot of black players?

[John]

What's the FIREPIT! thing all about?

[Boydy]

Anything dece or just the usual Homer type cheer and jeer?

Someone start giving him warning points for that.

[Raoul Duke]

I don't think that was there (this was 6 years ago or so). It was ridiculous, but quite fun

[Magic]

Someone start giving him warning points for that.

I said jeer not queer.

[CJay]

Is this New York pitch horribly narrow or is it the camera angle?

[Giggles]

Is this New York pitch horribly narrow or is it the camera angle?

I haven't seen any of this but I remember that hurling match there a few months back and the pitch was tiny to fit it in to the shape of the baseball stadium.

EDIT: Actually I think that was Fenway, but it's probably the same dimensions as Yankee.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's on the smaller side.

110 yards (101 m) x 70 yards (64 m) according to Wiki.

Maximum is 130 yards by 100 whilst the minimum is 100 yards by 50.

Edit: It's only 4.4 yards narrower than Old Trafford actually. It seems it's about normal.

Apparently 115 by 74 is the average for the bigger teams.

[Lewis]

What? So you're theoretically allowed a square pitch?

[Giggles]

I think there's something built into that where the length has to be a certain % more than the width.

[Lewis]

It should be standardised against whatever Wembley has.

[John]

We had some nomarks about a month ago narrow their pitch by fifteen yards for the day so we couldn't play wide. Still biffed the fuckers.

[Spoonsky]

I think they've just sort of aped the Turkish style of organized chants and fruity banners, rather than having any sort of wit or nastiness about them like Proper [British] Fans.

This is it. It's partly because MLS as a league still has an 'us-against-the-world' mentality, as a function of a) its shitness; b) it being a relatively minor sport in America, so there's really that much antipathy between teams.

I was at the RSL game yesterday afternoon, won off our massive Colombian centerback beating their goalkeeper to a floated cross in the 86th minute. Seattle fans are the apex of loud and shit chants, and they always have big away support here.