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  • West Ham - Currently 5th

    13 50.00%
  • Southampton - Currently 6th

    0 0%
  • Manchester United - Currently 9th

    1 3.85%
  • Manchester City - Currently 11th

    7 26.92%
  • Arsenal - Currently 14th

    1 3.85%
  • Sheffield United - Currently 20th

    4 15.38%
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Thread: December football: Who's most out of place?

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    December football: Who's most out of place?

    In these UNPRECEDENTED TIMES the league table has a few teams in unexpected positions so the poll is to have a guess at which of these will be furthest from their current position come the end of the season (it's City or West 'Aaaaaam, right?)

    Otherwise it's a month of evermore football, but fortunately for the sake of Taz's emotional wellbeing I think we're done with international breaks for months now.

    I'm also going to have to think of a January football thread topic following this year's V League extravaganza. Suggestions welcome.
    Last edited by Ian; 01-12-2020 at 08:51 AM.

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    City have games in hand. West Ham are just bonkers.
    I'm a twit

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    Sheff closely followed by Brighton.

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    Given I can only see Arsenal beating Burnley in their next ten fixtures, we are probably higher than we should be right now.

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    City at 9 places is the correct answer.

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    West Ham have no business being above 12th.

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    Newcastle vs Villa is off because of the dirty tier 3 coughing bastards.

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    If that's all it takes they better be getting Thiago/Salah/Keita/Mane/Alisson(?)/Shaqiri to gob into the A/C vents on an hourly basis.

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    I think some concerns were raised about the cleaning at our training facilities. 'cos like fuck is Mike Ashley coughing up £10 for some plastic shields and wipes.

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    Not sure I can remember the last time a non-frist choice Liverpool goalkeeper made a (proper) competitive debut (as opposed to in some mickey mouse cup) and didn't chuck one into his own net so best of luck to Kweeveeen tonight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Kweeveeen

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    Hot take:

    Tables shouldn't be published when there's less than double digits between 16th and 3rd.

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    I've always had that view. In fact I wouldn't publish them at all until after the season is complete. They should just publish that big fixture/results grid and let people work it out themselves if they really want to.

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    Don't publish them and keep the scoring system secret until the end.

    Yes, this year we were using the inverse Amsterdam Tournament rules . . .

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    Shakhtar beating Madrid home and away. Superb.

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    Also, this Newcastle game being postponed, I thought the official line was that unless you didn't have 14 available humans who can wear football boots then the game goes ahead?

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    Don't even publish it after the fact, just agree that it doesn't actually matter who won so long as everyone had a lovely time.

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    And most importantly, we all agree that West Brom are relegated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Don't publish them and keep the scoring system secret until the end.

    Yes, this year we were using the inverse Amsterdam Tournament rules . . .
    "One of you has 73% ..." <cut to smug Liverpool fan>

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    Allison must be the most injury prone goalkeeper of all time

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    Kelleher has strong Karis Lorius vibes.

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    One of the work permit rules is ‘the quality of the selling club’, how the fuck does that algorithm work? I know footballs not real life but the whole concept of the free transfer is employment law not football. How can you deny someone employment based on their previous position?

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    Sounds like a monumental fuck up in the offing unless getting paid the average annual wage in a week is like a million points.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Sounds like a monumental fuck up in the offing unless getting paid the average annual wage in a week is like a million points.
    The rule for non-EU players that already exists makes sense. They got rid of the ‘exceptional talent’ rule they loopholed in and said ‘if he cost more than 10 million quid it’s fine’

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    The game between Gladbach and Inter is batshit.

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    Kanté still fucked under that model though.

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    Firmino must be one of the only forwards where finishing is the weakest aspect of his game.

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    I remember when Newcastle picked up the highly rated prospect Ivan Toney only to almost ruin the lad's life. He's now well on the way to retiring Harry Kane.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spoonsky View Post
    Firmino must be one of the only forwards where finishing is the weakest aspect of his game.
    You're clearly not familiar with Joelinton's work.

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    Both ex-Hoffenheim, no?



    Most forwards can't finish for shit though, they're just marginally less bad at it than all the other players. Just look at every striker Brighton have had since Zamora (ok, Leon Knight excluded).

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    Curtis Jones sneaking all of these minutes under his belt is probably the main (only) redeeming feature of this season so far.

    Also, Ajax haven't half had a mare in the two games against Liverpool with their 'keeper tonight and that OG in the first game.

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    Owen Hargreaves pronounces Kaka as Cacker.
    I'm a twit

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    Do you opt for the bird call style?

    https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/e13a213...Bq0LHlmx8.copy
    Last edited by niko_cee; 01-12-2020 at 11:56 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Do you opt for the bird call style?
    Of course. That's his name.
    I'm a twit

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    West Ham being the most obvious but you know it's almost a given that they'll go on a stretch of winless games although I'd say all the 'United's' are in the most out of place positions. I'd expected Sheff United not to be rock bottom, Newcastle have clawed some good results and of course, the other one being higher than their performances should probably suggest.

    Tottenham is an interesting one but it'll only take a few bad results for Mourinho's new vibe to turn sour I reckon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Do you opt for the bird call style?

    https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/e13a213...Bq0LHlmx8.copy
    Just seen your edit. I was going to post that exact video. Amazing.
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    I was annoyed I couldn't embed it - or get one with the full crack an egg on it and the ca-caw.

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    Leipzig are being such dicks.

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    Mental game.

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    lol was that a yellow because of how pathetic the dive was?

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    I just....whatever, really.

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    Paredes put his face in first, to be fair, and dove like a silly cunt. I'm happy for these little pecks to not be perfunctory reds.

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    At what point do you give up on Martial too actually?

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    Giroud will never not be worthy

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    Perfect hattrick to top it off

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smjffy View Post
    At what point do you give up on Martial too actually?
    He wants canning as soon as possible.

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    Martial was great after the restart but he's been fucking dogshit all this season.

    Not that he's been the sole culprit here. We've wasted good chances, kept Fred on when he was clearly gagging for a red and started playing long ball to nobody in particular.

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    Giroud is basically Pele these days. Ageless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    Giroud is basically Pele these days. Ageless.
    Even his penalty was better than anything anyone could do.

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    When has Martial ever not been 10/10 for about 5 games a season and mostly wank for the rest of it?

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