Football, innit (24th. 25th & 26th Nov)

Sat, Nov 24 2018

Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City

Fulham v Southampton

Everton v Cardiff City

Watford v Liverpool

Manchester United v Crystal Palace

West Ham United v Manchester City

Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea

Sun, 25 Nov 2018

AFC Bournemouth v Arsenal

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town

Mon, 26 Nov 2018

Burnley v Newcastle United

Championship

Sat, 24 Nov 2018

Rotherham United v Sheffield United

Preston North End v Blackburn Rovers

Wigan Athletic v Reading

Sheffield Wednesday v Derby County

Hull City v Nottingham Forest

Millwall v Bolton Wanderers

Swansea City v Norwich City

Stoke City v Queens Park Rangers

Leeds United v Bristol City

Brentford v Middlesbrough

Sun, 25 Nov 2018

Aston Villa v Birmingham City

Real Madrid getting shoed by Eibar. Does it turn out that Lopetegui probably wasn't the problem, and not having Ronaldo is?

I don't think I've watched this this season. Do they just crab it around and then periodically bounce it off Karim Benzema's shins?

Raheem Sterling :drool:

Three sides are getting relegated on goal difference, at this rate.

This feels like the phase of the season where City are going to canter off into the middle distance.

I've got the Joe Rogan Jake the Snake podcast on over this United match and its the least depressing of the two.

Is there anything worse than Liverpool winning? I guess Willian conning every manager into thinking he’s good is one.

https://gyazo.com/dc7775e4fb6703e99bb2d89965b622fe.gif

That's a decent freekick but what is the keeper doing?

Trent is just the best :cool2:

He's crap.

He's like three players, man.

Today was excellent.

Top four by christmas.

Chelsea really could do with a decent centre half alongside Rudiger.

Nice dodge by Luiz.

They’ve been due a thumping for a while. Kante needs put in the middle ASAP.

Chelsea look vulnerable to pretty much any cross coming from out wide.

Sonaldo :drool:

That was lovely.

That’s great from Son but Chelsea are a mess. The midfield is pointless. Whole system on a Wembley pitch is pointless.

How is Jorginho still on the pitch

That dive at the ball from Luiz for Son's goal was something I'd do at five a side.

I know we say that Serie A football is slow but I just watched Son run past Korginho at jogging pace.

Copa Liberatores final has been suspended after Bocas bus got nearly every window smashed in and tear gassed.

The Libertadores always delivers. :drool:

They like football too much that lot.

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Originally Posted by phonics

I know we say that Serie A football is slow but I just watched Son run past Korginho at jogging pace.

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I thought it was pretty lol how Kante didn't make the combined XI on the BBC Sport thing.

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Originally Posted by niko_cee

I thought it was pretty lol how Kante didn't make the combined XI on the BBC Sport thing.

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It's even worse than I remembered. Son gives him half a yard and the momentum advantage by cutting back and then going for it and ends up 2 yards ahead of him from the outside.

https://i.imgur.com/467lO5V.png
https://i.imgur.com/vBJULYa.png

Son takes 5-7 steps between those two images and gains 2-3 yards FROM THE OUTSIDE.

Imagine the riot there's going to be when they abandon the Libertadores final and award Boca a 3-0 default win.

:drool:

La Bombonera and El Monumental have to be two of the best stadium names going.

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Originally Posted by niko_cee

Imagine the riot there's going to be when they abandon the Libertadores final and award Boca a 3-0 default win.

:drool:

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It's going ahead isn't it?

Yeah, probably. Although 'Miguel Delaney' off the Independent reckons there might be more to it yet.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...47/unknown.png

That's the Boca bus and River fans surrounding it. It looks like the opening scene of a zombie film.

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Originally Posted by niko_cee

Yeah, probably. Although 'Miguel Delaney' off the Independent reckons there might be more to it yet.

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There could be alright. Sounds like 'Marcelo Gallardo' is offering to call it off now.

I was wondering whether that was the Gallardo who was the next Maradona at some point. Sounds a right farce. You can only imagine the amount of injury feigning the Boca lot will be no doubt up to. Would put whiplash claimants to shame.

How do you play it behind closed doors on Wednesday? Won't the River fans burn the city down before then?

He scored some goals for me on an old CM.

Delaney and Ewan McKenna both reporting that it's going ahead. In 90 minutes time according to the latter.

Looks like it's off again.

Boca are going to refuse to play and they're going to give them a 3-0 loss resulting in a civil war.

If Jorginho plays another game in the middle there needs to be a Chilcot-style inquiry. Kanté is the best midfield player in the league/world and needs treating as such. David Luiz also needs to be replaced by Christensen.

That said, we shouldn't confuse ourselves with title contenders due to a decent start. 3rd/4th would be excellent.

Where else is Jorginho going to play though? He can't really be mooching around in one of the more mobile midfield positions, so it's change system, or face the fact that against physical teams it's going to be a problem.

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River bottle thrower misses the bus and catches fellow fan across the street full on in the head.

On the few vids I've seen that bus really is shifting considering the crowd it seems to be going through.

And it's off again.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...50491.html?amp

There has never been a wankier headline.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...50491.html?amp

There has never been a wankier headline.

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You should try posting pictures like the pros instead mate, this is what I see.

https://i.imgur.com/CKD7A3X.jpg

I was going to say that, between 'Miguel Delaney' and that flub, the Independent has the worst sports writers of all the papers, but then I remembered lol it isn't a newspaper.

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Originally Posted by phonics

You should try posting pictures like the pros instead mate, this is what I see.

https://i.imgur.com/CKD7A3X.jpg

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What a shame.

Jonathan Liew is on 90% of occasions the best sports writer in the country. Occasionally goes in a bit too deep, but I don't mind that.

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Originally Posted by phonics

You should try posting pictures like the pros instead mate, this is what I see.

https://i.imgur.com/CKD7A3X.jpg

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I'm seeing it fine.

Jonathan Liew is very good but he's going to end up being an absolute parody of himself by the time he's anywhere near Henry Winters age.

For his next move, which should be asap really, he either has to go full gonzo and start doing ridiculous long features after 6 month embedding periods, or he has to rein himself in and focus on one sport.