For fuck's sake it's still six Manchester Uniteds 'til Christmas.
It's (almost) all league all the time for a month, so any time you're not spending hiding an elf or telling people you don't want to take part in a secret Santa you'll no doubt be watching a load of teams pretending City just aren't going to win the league in the end anyway. Joy.
Thank Christ I can't watch United's thrashing at the hands of Newcastle tomorrow.
I quite enjoy it but ideally there would be another international break so that I could taste some more tears of those morbidly addicted to barclays prem soccer.
In perhaps the ultimate indictment of xG as a stat, I see it is now being rolled out to explain how Onana is actually a really good goalkeeper because teams have been missing sitters against United all season.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67587754
Respect to Sheffield United for somehow conceding 35.59 xGOT in what, 13 games? Fucking hell.
As I've been saying pretty consistently forever, xAnything is absolute bobbins.
How is he doing on xShambles?
I almost made this whole opening post about him, because I had the line in my head: "On the first of December it's very clear to me, Onana's an awful goalieeeee" but couldn't decide how to build on that so settled for the turd I actually curled out.Originally Posted by niko_cee
Huge fan of somebody writing that up the day after he punched a body-save over his own body though.
The more pressing question is has the weekend's FA Cup curtain-raiser, in my mind often slated for a Friday night these days once you get into the proper rounds, been pushed back so as to not conflict with very important Women's football tonight? Or are the FA respecting match going fans by not doing that?
Also, looks like there might be some more magic of the cup on the way.
York v Wigan is on the beeb tonight.
Chestnuts roasting Onana's under fire. :shrug:
I would've opened it with how Joey Barton still thinks it's the black lad's fault his brother went to prison.
I would've if I'd seen that. That said "Joey Barton still cunt"? I could have opened with "Footballs still round."
On the first of December it's very clear to me:
Rashford's a tosser
Bruno's a wanker
Luke Shaw's a podger
Mount's tiny todger
Martial's a pillock
Evans drawing a pension
Sancho isn't playing
Antony's a groper
MAC
TOM
IN
AY
Ha-arry Maguire
Malacia
Diogo Dalot
And Onana's an awful goalie.
Whatever happened to Malacia?
Repeated knee injury doom.
Nice, although RIP my basic internet skills.
That fog in York.
Beautiful. Better than their Eric Cantona abortion.
Some deeply contrived efforts there, hence me not pursuing it further, but all worth it for "MAC
TOM
IN
AY"
I think it's very sad that you'd suggest fitting Man Utd players and various childish insults about them into that song was in any way 'contrived'.
Goodness no, they all deserve the shit being flung at them, it's just the cadence I'm analysing.
The magic of the cup lives on in reminding me of the existence of David Stockdale's website.
Hopefully the Notts County manager comes out and explains the benefits of allowing an opposition player to score the easiest hat trick of their life.
Yoooo
Yeah not a great look for their manager just a few days after giving it the big I am.
Half the fun of lower league football, is that the players are generally quite good, but they usually have one terrible attribute that means they can't play at a higher level.
So the centre backs are usually decent, but only 5 ft 4, or terrible at passing. The wingers can cross, but get overtaken by passing snails, etc.
In this instance they seem to have made the mistake of signing Harry Maguires family.
Notts County won three corners so I'm assuming that's where their two goals came from.
Southend game cancelled. Frozen pitch.
Gateshead's match at Woking is also off.
Jimmy, we're going to need a lament to the tune of Danny Boy when you're ready please.
Oh Spikey boy, the pitch, the pitch is frozen
From end to end, and also side to side
The summer's gone, the winter's here, it's cancelled
Now you must push your children down a slide
But come ye back when sunshine's on the forecast
Or when your head has grown from very small
They'll still be shite, in sunshine or in shadow,
Oh Spikey boy, oh Spikey boy, you love Roots Hall
Bravo. You're wasted flogging tractor axles, Jim.
Pays better than making up four-line stanzas about your Saturday plans.
I'm off to Newcastle tonight to watch us get beheaded by Eddie Howe's barcodes. Can't wait to sing Jimmy's new ditty.
Luton, make you admire their work-rate one weekend and then get their keeper booked for timewasting in the 38th min and make you realise your life would be greatly improved if they went back to the championship.
They can take Sheff Utd with them.
Everton going bottom before they play. It'll look even worse for them should Luton somehow find a winner.
McBurnie
What on earth are Sheffield United upto?
Denmark, good God, the most boring pot 2 option.
Group of death please.
Scotland in the opening fixture is good fun.
Greece, Georgia, Luxembourg or Kazakhstan?
Seriously?
Has Laudrup got a Scottish accent?
Sex noises pretty loud here.
Classic Southgate group, ultra dull, ultra soft.
That was a great draw until Switzerland came out. Should be great fun anyway.
2 1-0's and a 0-0 to seal it.
Just copped flights to Munich for the opener.
"Dwight McNeil, the Spider-Man fan, makes himself a superhero in his own right"
That might be the shittest line a commentator has ever said.
I always like to imagine they (especially Drury) have one pre-written for every player in the matchday squads.
MOUSSA DEMBELE...
WHO HOLIDAYS IN MOROCCO...
PUTS THE LID ON THE TAGINE FOR SPURS
Would be nice if Ten Hag would stop hating Varane.
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