The Football Thread.

sev112

Don’t think 5 goal losses against Chelsea and Palace are bad,  Chelsea have been having a bad run recently (all season) and Cp beat ManU also by 5, who West Ham are fine

rze99

Man U. Goal difference.  Minus 3.   Ahahhahha!

guitars4you

Stupid - Hull sack Liam Rosenior  for failing to get in the play offs - By 1 place and 3 points - Thought he did a good job and often the club played well - What do these clubs expect and who do they think they are 

thecolourbox

It's a strange decision isn't it, surely must be more to it than that, they surely can't have expected playoffs as as minimum? I'm surprised they didn't hold on to him and wait for a bigger club to go for him so they'd at least score some compensation

guitars4you

Excellent Dortmund - rode their luck at times but no goal in 180 mins for PSG

TTony

Shame, poor PSG.

TeleMaster

Love to see it! They've cursed themselves.

Mbappe isn't the player he thinks he is. 

swiller

Big up palace!! (from an NUFC fan) for last nights performance. Very similar to newcastle victory, shock and awe from forwards, world class finishing and attack again no doubt about it. Liverpool, manure, west ham, newcastle all beaten in 4 of last 5 games. 

Things not looking great for man u, with arsenal and newcastle 2 of last 3 fixtures and 2 points behind newcastle and 2 positions behind them. You have to wonder can any manager on the planet bring success back to man u. They have tried a fair few now since fergie retired. Oh well, nevermind.

Nitefly

Bowton Wunders!  Beat Barnsley to get to the League 1 playoff final - hooray!

guitars4you

TeleMaster said:

Love to see it! They've cursed themselves.

Mbappe isn't the player he thinks he is. 

it is that huge chip on his shoulder that is the problem 

guitars4you

swiller said:

Big up palace!! (from an NUFC fan) for last nights performance. Very similar to newcastle victory, shock and awe from forwards, world class finishing and attack again no doubt about it. Liverpool, manure, west ham, newcastle all beaten in 4 of last 5 games. 

Things not looking great for man u, with arsenal and newcastle 2 of last 3 fixtures and 2 points behind newcastle and 2 positions behind them. You have to wonder can any manager on the planet bring success back to man u. They have tried a fair few now since fergie retired. Oh well, nevermind.

I'm baffled that the press talk is Tuchel, Potter or Southgate to go to Man U - Southgate is pretty boring and no record as a club manager - Tuchel and Potter haven't pulled up any trees in recent years - Tuchel is living of a good night at Chelsea in the CL and it was hardly a dominant win v City

Yet the players at Man U are not crap players - Something is not right (obvious statement I know)

guitars4you

TTony said:

Shame, poor PSG.

agree - the problem of playing in a. league with little competition, then expected to perform well, when they play the big boys

guitars4you

guitars4you said:

Stupid - Hull sack Liam Rosenior  for failing to get in the play offs - By 1 place and 3 points - Thought he did a good job and often the club played well - What do these clubs expect and who do they think they are 

thecolourbox said:

It's a strange decision isn't it, surely must be more to it than that, they surely can't have expected playoffs as as minimum? I'm surprised they didn't hold on to him and wait for a bigger club to go for him so they'd at least score some compensation

The most bizarre decision in the EFL this season was from Birmingham - Sack Eustace - Think they were 5th at the time and give the job to Rooney - Worked out well didn't it - You have to question the board at times

Hull finished 19th, 15th previous seasons and now 7th - So where did it go wrong for Liam - Crazy - He had a chance to take it further next season - support him 

victorludorum

guitars4you said:

swiller said:

Big up palace!! (from an NUFC fan) for last nights performance. Very similar to newcastle victory, shock and awe from forwards, world class finishing and attack again no doubt about it. Liverpool, manure, west ham, newcastle all beaten in 4 of last 5 games. 

Things not looking great for man u, with arsenal and newcastle 2 of last 3 fixtures and 2 points behind newcastle and 2 positions behind them. You have to wonder can any manager on the planet bring success back to man u. They have tried a fair few now since fergie retired. Oh well, nevermind.

I'm baffled that the press talk is Tuchel, Potter or Southgate to go to Man U - Southgate is pretty boring and no record as a club manager - Tuchel and Potter haven't pulled up any trees in recent years - Tuchel is living of a good night at Chelsea in the CL and it was hardly a dominant win v City

Yet the players at Man U are not crap players - Something is not right (obvious statement I know)

Well Southgate was a Man U fan back in the day, so he'd be up for it I would imagine. I'm not sure I could say the same for the fans though.

TTony

guitars4you said:

I'm baffled that the press talk is Tuchel, Potter or Southgate to go to Man U 

I'd like to see TommyT at ManU, mainly because of his record of really not doing very well.

Potter needs to rebuild himself out of the spotlight of the bigger clubs.

Southgate would be an interesting change of direction.  He has made a big thing about loyalty to players (Maguire, Henderson) and building a team spirit.  He's also managed with big ego players coming into the side from their clubs and doing a team job.  Arguably, it's the team spirit and ego-management that's been missing from ManU for a while.  He must be a much stronger character than he appears (in TV interviews, etc) to be.

Rocker

My late uncle, an Aston Villa fan BTW), said that professional footballers should be capable of hitting the target. Then if the shot is not saved, a goal is scored. Pretty basic stuff but how many players on ‘your’ team manage to hit the target area 50% of the time?

Last evening PSG, apart from the shots that hit the post and bar, did very little else despite having so many opportunities to shoot. Sometimes it is necessary to be brave and go for it.....

guitars4you

Rocker said:

My late uncle, an Aston Villa fan BTW), said that professional footballers should be capable of hitting the target. Then if the shot is not saved, a goal is scored. Pretty basic stuff but how many players on ‘your’ team manage to hit the target area 50% of the time?

Last evening PSG, apart from the shots that hit the post and bar, did very little else despite having so many opportunities to shoot. Sometimes it is necessary to be brave and go for it.....

In principle and easy statement and I do tend to agree with you - I'm sure we've all seen our favourite stars smack 7 bells out of the ball and miss good chances - My 2 favourites from the past who used to 'pass' the ball in the net were Jimmy Greaves and Allan Clarke - At times both made it look effortless and the keeper look clueless - You do see glimpses today of a player who will pass/place it in the net, but many chances are missed by power over accuracy 

joneve

Boromedic said:

So Forest lose their appeal (surprise, surprise after the ref controversy the other week), still think it's all hokum until they finally actually deduct some points from Man City for even more egregious breaches. 

Easy to pick on the little guys innit.

As a Forest fan, I think 3 points was definitely fair based on Everton's indiscretions....4 not so much...but it is what it is. The criteria just seems to be made up each time they have one of these hearings  

Man City will 100% get away with not being punished, mark my words. 

Still in our own hands - beat Chelsea and we're clear. Get a point, and we've got one foot through the door and Luton have to pull off 2 wins in the last 2 games. 

RaymondLin

Forest should be fine.  It is both in their hands and both Luton needs to pull out a couple of wins.  The odds are good and now the appeal process is over, at least they know what they need to do.

guitars4you

joneve said:

Boromedic said:

So Forest lose their appeal (surprise, surprise after the ref controversy the other week), still think it's all hokum until they finally actually deduct some points from Man City for even more egregious breaches. 

Easy to pick on the little guys innit.

As a Forest fan, I think 3 points was definitely fair based on Everton's indiscretions....4 not so much...but it is what it is. The criteria just seems to be made up each time they have one of these hearings  

Man City will 100% get away with not being punished, mark my words. 
 

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