Premier League

[Vinjay]

They need someone to blame. How long until Whorecox takes the fall. Lancashire Telegraph hiring?

[RevidgeBlue]

What an abysmal game the Europa League final was, 90 mins of play acting, feigning serious injury, and trying to get opponents in trouble on both sides.

Pleased the Red Scum lost though. Hopefully it magnifies any financial issues they may or may not have.

How did Bruno Fernandes get away with remonstrating with the referee like he did after one of his team mates was booked? Ludicrous.

Edited 15 hours ago by RevidgeBlue

[jim mk2]

Rubbish game, rubbish goal, rubbish result. Two clubs it’s difficult to like but I’d rather a dislikeable northern club beat a dislikeable southern one.  The football season drags on and on, it’s far too long. Time for cricket. 

[rigger]

7 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Rubbish game, rubbish goal, rubbish result. Two clubs it’s difficult to like but I’d rather a dislikeable northern club beat a dislikeable southern one.  The football season drags on and on, it’s far too long. Time for cricket. 

There is the World club cup to come.

[simongarnerisgod]

4 minutes ago, rigger said:

There is the World club cup to come.

football winding down for me,watching and betting wise,bring on the cricket,im`e not interested in that money making ****,which,after a long season for european players,will be like walking football

[jim mk2]

4 minutes ago, rigger said:

There is the World club cup to come.

No interest whatsoever. I watched tonight’s game out of curiosity with 2 English clubs involved but it was even worse than I expected. That’s it for with football for me. Our local cricket club needs help and that’s where I’ll be for the next few months until Rovers kick off another season of dashed hopes and ultimate disappointment 

[joey_big_nose]

Its incredible that two clubs who have spent between them the best part of half a billion quid can be so extravagantly awful. But so delicious! The only thing that has kept my interest in the prem has been seeing them both plummet down the table.

Terrible game but enjoyable nonetheless. I hope we can look forward to more of it next season. 

Not sure notts forest or crystal palace would take a player off either side except maybe Fernandes or Van der ven. Strange times indeed.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, jim mk2 said:

Rubbish game, rubbish goal, rubbish result. Two clubs it’s difficult to like but I’d rather a dislikeable northern club beat a dislikeable southern one.  The football season drags on and on, it’s far too long. Time for cricket. 

Sadly Lancashire are shit this year, as they were last year.

[ageoftherover]

They can't get rid of Ange now surely.

[arbitro]

I was pleased to see Postecoglou sacrifice his principles and methods to win the game by proper defending and not over playing in the wrong areas.

It adds weight to my theory that 'Pepball' is on its way out and that there is more than one way to win a game.

 

[Upside Down]

31 minutes ago, arbitro said:

I was pleased to see Postecoglou sacrifice his principles and methods to win the game by proper defending and not over playing in the wrong areas.

It adds weight to my theory that 'Pepball' is on its way out and that there is more than one way to win a game.

 

Pepball works when you have the best players in the world at your disposal.

If you don't have that then it doesn't work.

[KentExile]

13 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Pepball works when you have the best players in the world at your disposal.

If you don't have that then it doesn't work.

I would argue that it works when you have far better players than your competitors (which doesn't necessarily equate to the best of the world).   Like the Dingles under Kompany, or Southampton under Martin at Championship level, but hopelessly exposed in a higher division.

Kompany has gone on to be fine at Bayern, at least in Domestic games (I would argue due to the gulf in class between Bayern & everyone else), but their Champions League performances have not been stand out

Would imagine Russell Martin would also look like the genius that he thinks he is if he were in charge of Rangers or Celtic. (maybe with the exception of Old Firm games).. but would again be hopelessly exposed in European games

Edited 5 hours ago by KentExile

[arbitro]

3 minutes ago, KentExile said:

I would argue that it works when you have far better players than your competitors (which doesn't necessarily equate to the best of the world).   Like the Dingles under Kompany, or Southampton under Martin at Championship level, but hopelessly exposed in a higher division

And too many wannabes try to out football those types.

 

[oneandycrawford]

11 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

Rubbish game, rubbish goal, rubbish result. Two clubs it’s difficult to like but I’d rather a dislikeable northern club beat a dislikeable southern one.  The football season drags on and on, it’s far too long. Time for cricket. 

Agree on the fact it should be all about cricket by late May. If only Lancashire weren't so crap!

Supporting Rovers, LCC and Hornets in my three favourite sports doesn't feel like great choices ATM!

But I'm lucky enough to have the great memories from all 3 teams over the last 50+ years. You have to be in it for the long game I guess to get the perspective.

[Upside Down]

1 hour ago, KentExile said:

I would argue that it works when you have far better players than your competitors (which doesn't necessarily equate to the best of the world).   Like the Dingles under Kompany, or Southampton under Martin at Championship level, but hopelessly exposed in a higher division.

Kompany has gone on to be fine at Bayern, at least in Domestic games (I would argue due to the gulf in class between Bayern & everyone else), but their Champions League performances have not been stand out

Would imagine Russell Martin would also look like the genius that he thinks he is if he were in charge of Rangers or Celtic. (maybe with the exception of Old Firm games).. but would again be hopelessly exposed in European games

I agree with this re-evaluation.

[USABlue]

13 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

What an abysmal game the Europa League final was, 90 mins of play acting, feigning serious injury, and trying to get opponents in trouble on both sides.

Pleased the Red Scum lost though. Hopefully it magnifies any financial issues they may or may not have.

How did Bruno Fernandes get away with remonstrating with the referee like he did after one of his team mates was booked? Ludicrous.

I was ashamed to be a football fan.  How embarrassing flooping and fakin rolling around it's disgusting.  How much donthese assholes make?

  Few.mins from the end #17 goes down, rolling around slapping the ground in pain, pauses to check out what the ref is doing then goes back to acting kike he is hurt.  Replay showed no contact.  This stuff needs reviewed and serious penalties handed out.  I for i e have had enough it needs fixed.  How much did those fans pay tonwatch that disgraceful show.  Very very poor reflection on the Premier League. 

[DE.]

I'd be curious to know how Spurs fans are feeling about this season. Very weird situation they've found themselves in. 

An abominable PL campaign which may well see them finish as the 4th worst team in the division over 38 games - although theoretically they could still finish as "high" as 14th, owing to actually having remarkably solid GD for a club in 17th position. When you factor in that the three relegated clubs are just Championship level sides LARPing as PL teams for a season, though, it's still an embarrassing position to be in. They've also lost the most games in the division as it stands outside of the bottom three (Spurs 21 lost, Ipswich 23, Leicester 24, Soton 29). 

Yet, the league campaign effectively means nothing and was arguably pointless, as they've qualified for the "Champions" League regardless, thanks to the Europa League 'Get Out of Jail Free Card'. 

So, if you're a Spurs fan who basically wasted a ton of money to mostly watch your team lose week in and week out, does winning the Europa League and therefore qualifying for the CL make up for it? Or is there still some resentment there? Particularly as far from all Spurs fans who attended the league games will have been able to attend many or any of the Europa League games. 

As for Man Utd fans, well... they get to look forward to moving into a gigantic circus tent in the not-too-distant future. 

[speeeeeeedie]

1 hour ago, DE. said:

I'd be curious to know how Spurs fans are feeling about this season. Very weird situation they've found themselves in. 

An abominable PL campaign which may well see them finish as the 4th worst team in the division over 38 games - although theoretically they could still finish as "high" as 14th, owing to actually having remarkably solid GD for a club in 17th position. When you factor in that the three relegated clubs are just Championship level sides LARPing as PL teams for a season, though, it's still an embarrassing position to be in. They've also lost the most games in the division as it stands outside of the bottom three (Spurs 21 lost, Ipswich 23, Leicester 24, Soton 29). 

Yet, the league campaign effectively means nothing and was arguably pointless, as they've qualified for the "Champions" League regardless, thanks to the Europa League 'Get Out of Jail Free Card'. 

So, if you're a Spurs fan who basically wasted a ton of money to mostly watch your team lose week in and week out, does winning the Europa League and therefore qualifying for the CL make up for it? Or is there still some resentment there? Particularly as far from all Spurs fans who attended the league games will have been able to attend many or any of the Europa League games. 

As for Man Utd fans, well... they get to look forward to moving into a gigantic circus tent in the not-too-distant future. 

My guess is that Spurs fans won't care. They won a European trophy and have Wednesday night Champs League games to look forward to next year. 

As to the game, like most I wanted both teams to lose but I'll take Man U losing over Spurs. It wasn't a classic by any means but Spurs decided to park the bus which was a rare day for them. 

Man U needed 1 goal so took of 1 abysmal striker in Hojlund and replaced with with one just as ineffective in Zirkzee. Next up was a change at wing back.

Man U have some massive problems. If their aim is the top 4 they need to replace the whole squad which will cost an utter fortune, which apparently they don't have.