Jammy Scouse cunts.
Jammy Scouse cunts.
At half time I'd have put money on any other score than 3-0.
Liverpool aside, it's almost a shame in the fact that I'd have liked to see City up against a Madrid or Barcelona. I think they'd do better than against Liverpool, at least at Anfield.
Liverpool were definitely the worst side City could've drawn. Likewise Liverpool need to draw Bayern in the semis, who they will absolutely do over.
Speaking of football twitter, the power dynamics involved in Neil Custis calling James Richardson arrogant, and James Richardson then retweeting it, are absolutely sensational. I get very annoyed by both of them for different reasons but it feels like a watershed moment in the battle for cultural turf between the match going, working class old timers and the sofa-bound, middle class intelligentsia.
My thinking was that anybody who doesn't defend like total mongs could (and hopefully will) see Liverpool off in a semi-final, but those same teams might end up playing to City's strengths in a crabbing it about contest.
By the way Spoon, is that yodelling Walmart kid you?
CSKA Moscow still fielding Ignasevich and the Berezutsky twins in defence is oddly comforting. Imagine they’ll be there for decades to come.
The CSKA defence have a total age of 108. We've put Cech in. I've gone hard on CSKA 2-1.
Don't worry about it lads. Ramsey has >18 months on his contract and refuses to sign another under Wenger. You won't have to worry about Arsenal having much about them for long.
Holy shit, CSKA still have the berezutski twins and ignashevic at back
Told you.
Shockingfayev is a garbage keeper. How was he so hought rated on FM? Woeful.
FUCK ME. THAT IS A FUCKING BEAUT.
lol
There was five goals in that first half, but the referee has blown for half time on 45:00.
How is that anything other than gross incompetence? What else is the fourth official doing?
That Ramsay goal was pretty tidy.
Arsene Wenger.
Winning this should actually save his job. He doesn't need another contract, but it gives them a year to actually recruit properly rather than just taking whoever is available.
Hard disagree. What he's gained in tactical adaptiveness in the last few years he's fallen apart on buying players. I was 100% behind him right up until the year we bought Cech and no-one else. We've been close so many times but those times we had excuses whether it was injury/ego/lack of squad, the one time I felt we weren't financially limited he bottled it.
I meant recruiting his replacement. The league is off limits for the foreseeable, so just finish fifth and bank the Champions' League money for the next manager.
What are the great managers that are going to be available next year? For all of the hipster journalists moaning about Pardew, Allardyce, Pulis and Moyes getting a job the only one's available that they rate are Tuchel, Conte, Sari and Enrique.
A list that involves 2 managers involved in the second division until recently and a Barcelona binman.
edit: Would take Conte. Just for the lols and his absolute pettiness at making sure we never lost to Chelsea ever again.
Somebody out of work this summer (Unai Emery, hair transplant, whoever) might want a trendy sabbatical.
What does being involved in the second division have to do with it? If they're good they're good. Wenger himself came from Japan.
Lazio will win it.
Name a change of a manager that'd been there for >10 years that has resulted in an upturn in fortunes for the team. I'm 99% sure it'll go completely tits up, I'd rather it went tits up on someone I trusted. None of the current options, I do.
Allegri's the closest I can think of but he was considered a joke at Milan which we're far more comparable to then a Juventus.
He should have gone after the 2nd FA Cup. You had a squad set for real things then. Now you just have a mish mash of random shit and anyone taking over from him can't impose a philosophy on them because of that and can't set them up tactically because they're not good enough from midfield back to do that either.
Frankly I don't have a clue what you do outside of hope Wilshere, Ramsey and Reiss Nelson sign long term contracts and boot a good third of the squad to fit a way whoever you hire wants to play.
I hope Klopp’s still at Liverpool in ten years.
I'm a twit
It is worth mentioning that goals are not explicitly included in the FIFA rules regarding injury time:
Originally Posted by FIFA Law 7
Interesting. I remember when we beat City with Owen's 97th minute goal, the media seemed to all agree that it was meant to be 30 seconds extra per goal.
I was wondering if that was the case. 30 seconds per goal is all I've ever heard cited as well, is that just nonsense?