RS
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I was thinking of some combination of Hatton and Cotto
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Poisoned Slice
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Larry Duff
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My beloved Partick Thistle just climbed into a playoff spot in the Scottish Championship where typically tragedy awaits. They are being followed this year by a Wrexham/Sunderland type documentary film crew, we can see where that goes.
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Raul is good too! Quite a lot of good cheap forwards, which is why it makes a lot of sense to go without Haaland. You can basically have Wood, Welbeck and Raul for the price of one Haaland
it’s slightly more, maybe £16-17m, but you get the idea.Thanks! I’m enjoying it for tonight. I know you have Salah and there are Palmer captains out there that will destroy me tomorrow, but that’s a problem for tomorrow
Not only that. Kane would have also scored at least 3 more times, and had 2 assists.
Feña14
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Guillem Balague in the studio once more. I love it. He's still the man for Spanish football.
Only watched the first half. What did I miss?
I had something to do, unfortunately, but I saw the score. Definitely wouldn’t have predicted that after the first half!
First half was very good. The intensity was crazy, so many chances. It looked like the defences were clinging on for dear life, which they were, but up against that level of attacking talent, the last ditch blocks and marginal offside traps were probably about as well as they could’ve done.
Glad you all got some goals as the Cherry on top in the second half
Federer and Del Potro
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Only watched the first half. What did I miss?
I had something to do, unfortunately, but I saw the score. Definitely wouldn’t have predicted that after the first half!
First half was very good. The intensity was crazy, so many chances. It looked like the defences were clinging on for dear life, which they were, but up against that level of attacking talent, the last ditch blocks and marginal offside traps were probably about as well as they could’ve done.
Glad you all got some goals as the Cherry on top in the second half
Went from RM should be up 4-0 to they lose 0-4. All that was missing was RM in Manchester United shirts.
optic yellow
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lol @ Real
optic yellow
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wtf I'm back in 5th?Wolves ay we. Ait-Nouri with the late goal was delightful
So I’ve been doing some quick calculations.. the league was getting away from us, but our loyal consigliere, Silvio Dante has some thoughts on that.
493 @Gizo
486 @Feather
484 Me
477 @Poisoned Slice
Still a lot of big players to play this weekend, but it’s looking a bit better.
Poisoned Slice
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Barcelona defended very well, Lewandowski showing his class by timing his run to perfection, then he wasn't going to miss 1 on 1. I guess at the time, that was the difference, patience. Barcelona kind of took over afterwards and we got another Lewandowski goal moments later. Towards the end, Real were playing 415 sort of thing, prime Casemiro might have even struggled with this, but we had an even older Modric. Offside played their part, it was either 1-12 or 1-11.Only watched the first half. What did I miss?
I had something to do, unfortunately, but I saw the score. Definitely wouldn’t have predicted that after the first half!
First half was very good. The intensity was crazy, so many chances. It looked like the defences were clinging on for dear life, which they were, but up against that level of attacking talent, the last ditch blocks and marginal offside traps were probably about as well as they could’ve done.
Glad you all got some goals as the Cherry on top in the second half
Poisoned Slice
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You've only used 3 players. I would expect you to be above me at least, after the games tomorrow.
Poisoned Slice
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Yeah! Based on the first half, if you’d told me it was 4-0 I’d say Madrid won every time
felt like they just needed to get to grips with the Barcelona offside trap and they’d be scoring every 5 minutes.Kind of like that crazy Spurs v Chelsea game last season where we were offside about 16 times and had 5 goals ruled out.
I’m trying to find a video of the second half so I can try and understand what happened, proving tricky though. I’ve found a Russian language one in 240p that won’t stream to the TV. Not going well.
Federer and Del Potro
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Yeah! Based on the first half, if you’d told me it was 4-0 I’d say Madrid won every time
Kind of like that crazy Spurs v Chelsea game last season where we were offside about 16 times and had 5 goals ruled out.
I’m trying to find a video of the second half so I can try and understand what happened, proving tricky though. I’ve found a Russian language one in 240p that won’t stream to the TV. Not going well.
I had to run out but I'm pretty sure Mbappe had 1 or 2 more goals in the 2nd half also ruled out for offsides lmao. Need @Poisoned Slice to confirm
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Now that I need to see
BeIN Sports have come through for me. Up the Qatar
optic yellow
Legend
Just saw the Yamal goal. Truly special player.
TheAssassin
G.O.A.T.
Real were on a streak of 42 La Liga games unbeaten as well. Missed out on tying Barcelona's record tonight.
I trust them to take out City and Liverpool 10 times out of 10 more than beating these bankrupt lot lol...
I trust them to take out City and Liverpool 10 times out of 10 more than beating these bankrupt lot lol...
Poisoned Slice
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haha Yeah, we had another offside goal in the second half. Was just looking back at the stats. This would make Garnacho blush.
'' Remarkably, Mbappe was caught offside six times in the first 30 minutes of the clash against Barcelona. He was also adjudged to be offside when he found the net in the second half.''
Federer and Del Potro
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Federer and Del Potro
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I don't have the words anymore.
Fabresque
Legend
The pen was soft but West Ham was absolutely atrocious. Ten Hag continues to lower the bar every week. It’s clear that he is not the man to lead the squad anymore. You can’t just keep someone because of your Fergie fantasies. Sack him before he causes anymore irreparable damage to the club.
RS
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They can beat City and Liverpool all year and it will be fun
Poisoned Slice
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Awk well lol
Poisoned Slice
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Not necessary, sorry.. I need to learn to say nothing but 100000 posts hasn't stopped me before.
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Poisoned Slice
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Just repeating myself. Sorry once more.
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Poisoned Slice
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Meanwhile, on the bright side, have to change course, Palmer goes from strength to strength. Now in the discussion for the best pass in the history of the PREM today. What a guy. Chips on the house, kid.
optic yellow
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Well I have to say, FPL has introduced to me aninteresting dilemma: if a penalty was probably ********, but I got a lot of FPL points from it, do I feel guilty about it or not.
Poisoned Slice
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As much as I'd like you to feel guilty about it, I don't feel guilty, I don't have Bowen, but like they say in The Wire, the game is the game. Not like United haven't had fair share of dodgy penalties.
Celebrate good times. You got the points.
optic yellow
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For me it really comes down to whether or not you as a United fan preferred the loss here to hasten what you view as necessary change.
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He’s had a game this season with a goal and 3 assists. Another game where he’s scored 4… but today might’ve been the best performance of the lot. Absolutely ridiculous.
The funniest part is Roy Keane in the studio. This is a fella who can find fault with Messi, but show him Palmer and he’s like a giggling schoolgirl
Poisoned Slice
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I didn't prefer the loss, no. It's more just a mixture of emotions, as much as I'd like to be raging at a penalty decision, I can't find the strength just because we've been so poor. This probably isn't fair. Plus, I'm not sure what is going on, so another loss might not even matter, I'd like to think it does. I'm half expecting Denis Law to come out of retirement and score the goal that relegates us.
Poisoned Slice
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Roy Keane will be putting Cole Palmer up there with Denis Irwin soon enough.He’s had a game this season with a goal and 3 assists. Another game where he’s scored 4… but today might’ve been the best performance of the lot. Absolutely ridiculous.
The funniest part is Roy Keane in the studio. This is a fella who can find fault with Messi, but show him Palmer and he’s like a giggling schoolgirl
optic yellow
Legend
Yeah this is why I was doubting, because I didn't think the case the loss would help haaten any needed change was obvious. The ill is deeper really.
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I saw in the build up, ETH entered the stadium and was looking very lost.. then it appeared he tried to get into the West Ham changing rooms
Maybe he’d heard they had a hot tub in there, whilst the away dressing room only had showers.
But yeah, even I was feeling second hand embarrassment for him. If he were a cocker spaniel, he’d have been put out of his misery 12 months ago. Poor fella.
As for Chelsea today. 60 mins were excellent, top performance. Last 30 minutes was suffer time. Wasn’t ideal, wasn’t pretty, but you need to learn how to do it.
They showed a graphic before the game, not only is this team the youngest ever in the PL, it’s the youngest by a mile. To put it into context, that Leeds side in 2000, famous even today for being full of kids.. is almost an entire year older. The difference between 2nd youngest ever Leeds and Poch’s Tottenham in 10th is the same age gap as 1st place Chelsea and the aforementioned Leeds in 2nd.
The crazy thing about that is 27 year old Sanchez is about to lose his spot to 22 year old Jorgensen, so the average age is only going to come down. The oldest player in the starting XI is James at 24. Mad.
Poisoned Slice
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That's very interesting, this Chelsea team could live long and prosper. That's something to be proud of, and results starting to back it up now. When Alex Ferguson kind of revolutionized things with his fledglings, we still had so much experience, I'm pretty sure Steve Bruce was our oldest player at 35/36. Maresca could be the one to put Ten Hag (and every United fan, even his backers) out of the Man Utd misery, or it could be another game lost and on to the next one.I saw in the build up, ETH entered the stadium and was looking very lost.. then it appeared he tried to get into the West Ham changing rooms
Maybe he’d heard they had a hot tub in there, whilst the away dressing room only had showers.
But yeah, even I was feeling second hand embarrassment for him. If he were a cocker spaniel, he’d have been put out of his misery 12 months ago. Poor fella.
As for Chelsea today. 60 mins were excellent, top performance. Last 30 minutes was suffer time. Wasn’t ideal, wasn’t pretty, but you need to learn how to do it.
They showed a graphic before the game, not only is this team the youngest ever in the PL, it’s the youngest by a mile. To put it into context, that Leeds side in 2000, famous even today for being full of kids.. is almost an entire year older. The difference between 2nd youngest ever Leeds and Poch’s Tottenham in 10th is the same age gap as 1st place Chelsea and the aforementioned Leeds in 2nd.
The crazy thing about that is 27 year old Sanchez is about to lose his spot to 22 year old Jorgensen, so the average age is only going to come down. The oldest player in the starting XI is James at 24. Mad.
Unless Leicester get in there first and Jamie Vardy gets the boss sacked. lol
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Not sure what to think! It feels like ETH has been under water for 18 months, then out of nowhere he will get one performance and all the pressure is gone.
He’ll be one game from the sack.. then beat Liverpool. Everyone reporting he’s been sacked before the FA Cup final, wins it, and he’s hardly won a game since, Christmas is around the corner.. and he’s still there
Should make it a fun game though. It wouldn’t be a huge shock if Chelsea put 5+ past them, but I can definitely see ETH getting another one of his job saving results.
Yeah the kids are alright! There are some ridiculous ones coming in the summer, right now Estevao and Santos will probably walk into the first team before long. No doubt a striker too, can see it being Delap after Ipswich get relegated.
It’s the defenders I’m not sure about. They need to be those wide channel types. Kind of like what Konate did against Arsenal (and does every game). Araujo is another. Neither are available though, hence my Diomande and Lukeba preferences.
Don’t know if you saw todays game and Liverpool last week. Gusto is wreaking havoc. He’s a full back who’s playing in he same position as Palmer (on the other side). He’s getting into such dangerous positions.. but he’s a full back
shots into row z, weak foot crosses hitting the first man etc.. hopefully they can find a freakish full back who’s also a 10 from somewhere too.I thought that the Arsenal-Liverpool game was entertaining viewing, though Arsenal were overly passive and poor attacking-wise for much of the 2nd half as they looked to protect their lead. After being expected to miss out, Saka was brilliant in the 1st half.
It's depressing that I immediately thought that this was a positive result for City though. The fact that City are unbeaten and have only dropped 4 points so far, despite not hitting top gear in the league, seems ominous at this early stage.
I only saw highlights of El Clásico, but laughed at Mbappe continually getting flagged for offside. It reminding me of Inzaghi and Fergie quipping that he 'must have been born offside'. I despise both Real and Barcelona equally, so I tend to want the referee to win in those matches. After slumming it at minnows like Dortmund, Bayern and Barcelona for so long, Lewandowski must surely regret that he didn't get his dream move to Blackburn in 2010.
It's depressing that I immediately thought that this was a positive result for City though. The fact that City are unbeaten and have only dropped 4 points so far, despite not hitting top gear in the league, seems ominous at this early stage.
I only saw highlights of El Clásico, but laughed at Mbappe continually getting flagged for offside. It reminding me of Inzaghi and Fergie quipping that he 'must have been born offside'. I despise both Real and Barcelona equally, so I tend to want the referee to win in those matches. After slumming it at minnows like Dortmund, Bayern and Barcelona for so long, Lewandowski must surely regret that he didn't get his dream move to Blackburn in 2010.
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Poisoned Slice
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I reckon that will be a future podcast. Ronaldinho, Lewandowski and Zidane all talk about their regret over not getting the chance to play for Blackburn.
'Why do you want to sign Zidane when we have Tim Sherwood'.
Footballing genius at work there.
Valencia have been in perennial crisis for at least 4 years, if not longer, and are bottom of La Liga with 1 win from 11 games. They narrowly avoided relegation 2 years ago, but they might not be so lucky this time unless things drastically improve.
The owner Lim (Gary Neville's mate) has both made terrible footballing decisions (sacking Marcelino on the back of a top 4 La Liga finish and Copa Del Rey the previous season and not communicating it properly to the players being one), and has run the club terribly from a financial perspective. So it's no surprise that the fans despise him.
Comparing and contrasting two regional rivals, Villarreal have essentially been the best run La Liga club bar none over a long time, while Valencia have been one of the worst run clubs.
The owner Lim (Gary Neville's mate) has both made terrible footballing decisions (sacking Marcelino on the back of a top 4 La Liga finish and Copa Del Rey the previous season and not communicating it properly to the players being one), and has run the club terribly from a financial perspective. So it's no surprise that the fans despise him.
Comparing and contrasting two regional rivals, Villarreal have essentially been the best run La Liga club bar none over a long time, while Valencia have been one of the worst run clubs.
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Thought it was pretty good! Not quite as good as Inter v Juventus on at the same time though. Where was that Juventus performance when you saw them last month?
I still don’t really know what to make of Arsenal and Liverpool. I admire Arsenal, the team of 6’3 players, 4 centre backs, 3 DM’s.. it’s retro, and quite fun to watch as it’s a novelty in todays game (at the top anyway), but I’m not sold on it winning titles.
Liverpool feel like they could go either way to me. Slot is doing well and these could just be the foundations, but I think there are weaknesses that Chelsea and Arsenal have shown in the last few weeks. I guess all teams are flawed in some way, even City, it’s the results that matter.
Thought it was pretty good! Not quite as good as Inter v Juventus on at the same time though. Where was that Juventus performance when you saw them last month?
I still don’t really know what to make of Arsenal and Liverpool. I admire Arsenal, the team of 6’3 players, 4 centre backs, 3 DM’s.. it’s retro, and quite fun to watch as it’s a novelty in todays game (at the top anyway), but I’m not sold on it winning titles.
Liverpool feel like they could go either way to me. Slot is doing well and these could just be the foundations, but I think there are weaknesses that Chelsea and Arsenal have shown in the last few weeks. I guess all teams are flawed in some way, even City, it’s the results that matter.
What a wacky game that was !
Yildiz being benched at the start was strange, but then after coming on he of course made a huge impact. Bring on a player that he should have started constitutes fixing an error rather than a tactical masterstroke by Motta (similar to Benítez bizarrely not starting Hamann in the 2005 CL final and then bringing him on a half-time), but it worked.
Juve look to be a work in progress, but on the positive side for them, they're unbeaten.
The Juve-Napoli game I was at last month, was one of the most boring matches I've ever seen. Juve as the home team, created barely anything. The polar opposite to yesterday's game !
It will be interesting to see if Conte follows his standard pattern of winning the title with Napoli this season, but falling out badly with the hierarchy and soon departing.
Over the last few years, I've considered Serie A to be clearly the most competitive out of the top European leagues. It's just a safe that so many clubs within it have financial difficulties.
Poisoned Slice
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The kids aren't alright was going through my mind there.
Kobbie had a chance, well, he really did
Instead, he went to Real Madrid
Eddie Casemiro still lives at home 'cause he's got no job.
He just plays football manager and smokes a lot of pot
Goldbridge still has Manscaped on his side
the superchats OD'd and died
What the hell is going on?
The Ten Hag, reality
Ratcliffe's broke
Nothing's free
Longing for, used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams
Kobbie had a chance, well, he really did
Instead, he went to Real Madrid
Eddie Casemiro still lives at home 'cause he's got no job.
He just plays football manager and smokes a lot of pot
Goldbridge still has Manscaped on his side
the superchats OD'd and died
What the hell is going on?
The Ten Hag, reality
Ratcliffe's broke
Nothing's free
Longing for, used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams
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Poisoned Slice
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And it's over, ladies and gentlemen.
Erik Ten Hag has been sacked.
As expected, Ruud is in as interim, but I would not be hoping for any Ole at the wheel shenanigans, and I don't want to start berating Ruud next. Oh dear.
Xavi has been heavily speculated, the story today said United would be willing to pay compensation to get another manager out of his job. To nobody's surprise, that man is Carlo Ancelotti. haha Only joking. I had you, didn't I? That other manager is Thomas Frank. United said to admire him from a distance. Creepy as ever.
Erik Ten Hag has been sacked.
As expected, Ruud is in as interim, but I would not be hoping for any Ole at the wheel shenanigans, and I don't want to start berating Ruud next. Oh dear.
Xavi has been heavily speculated, the story today said United would be willing to pay compensation to get another manager out of his job. To nobody's surprise, that man is Carlo Ancelotti. haha Only joking. I had you, didn't I? That other manager is Thomas Frank. United said to admire him from a distance. Creepy as ever.
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