Football 17/18

[thetime]

Just now, eFestivals said:

surely those mickey mouse trophies are worth waaaay less than £150M?

Cos when anyone else wins them that's what you say.

When you've only won one trophy in 12 years any Micky mouse trophy will do.  

[DareToDibble]

You can copy & paste the review of our matches every single week.

Brilliant attacking goal. Terrible defending means we concede from the oppositions only shot. It's getting slightly boring now.

[The Nal]

I would've had a full firing LFC side in the title race. Certainly not out of it by October anyway. But the defence is so bad its not a runner. First time in ages that I don't think they'll be able to handle the Utd attack. The boring, boring Utd attack who have scored 21 goals in 7 games. 

BTW Neil, Klopp has spent 150m on 13 players, won nothing and has a worse record than Brendan across all metrics. 

[thetime]

Just now, The Nal said:

I would've had a full firing LFC side in the title race. Certainly not out of it by October anyway. But the defence is so bad its not a runner. First time in ages that I don't think they'll be able to handle the Utd attack. The boring, boring Utd attack who have scored 21 goals in 7 games. 

 

Depends if he parks the bus or not.

[The Nal]

3 minutes ago, thetime said:

Depends if he parks the bus or not.

It'll be a lot more conservative of course but LFC will be shitting themselves when theres a counter on. 

[jyoung]

 

[WS_Jack_III]

14 hours ago, Comfy Bean said:

It's an odd one as you say. Can't see it confirmed anywhere but he's out I think.

With the injuries already he would have been involved Thursday and Sunday.

Hes not a starter normally as you say but he plays at a level way above the majority of our squad.

He's our best player at the moment. Wonder if Rafa asked him to miss it.

[kaosmark2]

5 hours ago, DareToDibble said:

You can copy & paste the review of our matches every single week.

Brilliant attacking goal. Terrible defending means we concede from the oppositions only shot. It's getting slightly boring now.

We had more shots on target than you did!

[DareToDibble]

1 hour ago, kaosmark2 said:

We had more shots on target than you did!

Fair comment. Exaggerated slightly but it's the same story of us (mostly) dominating a game yet still dropping points. Embarrassing defending yesterday. Good ball by Shelvey to be fair to him but there is no way that should have been allowed to happen.

(You guys are looking good early on... hopefully it continues as I have money on you finishing above Everton  )

[DareToDibble]

5 hours ago, jyoung said:

 

Seems slightly harsh to me, that. He is actually looking away and flings his arm up to complain but has absolutely no idea the ref is lowering his hand at the same time. Mad.

[kaosmark2]

1 hour ago, DareToDibble said:

Fair comment. Exaggerated slightly but it's the same story of us (mostly) dominating a game yet still dropping points. Embarrassing defending yesterday. Good ball by Shelvey to be fair to him but there is no way that should have been allowed to happen.

(You guys are looking good early on... hopefully it continues as I have money on you finishing above Everton  )

Coutinho's goal aside, the shots your lot were making were atrocious. Completely comfortable in the middle of the park but awful in both boxes. The defending for our goal was shockingly bad.

We're doing okay. Might've got something out of the game vs Spurs if Shelvey hadn't been an idiot, slightly unlucky in 1-0 losses at Huddersfield and Brighton, but our strikers haven't looked like scoring outside the West Ham game. And I still don't think Eliot should be a first choice keeper for a Prem club.

[jyoung]

1 hour ago, DareToDibble said:

Seems slightly harsh to me, that. He is actually looking away and flings his arm up to complain but has absolutely no idea the ref is lowering his hand at the same time. Mad.

Slightly?! Complete joke, no two ways about it! He flicks his hand towards the ref in a dismissive action and the ref brings his hand down at the same time causing the two to clash. To think that deserves a red is pure stupidity.

[The Nal]

Morata out for 6 weeks. Missing 7 games. Big blow. 

[jyoung]

2 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Morata out for 6 weeks. Missing 7 games. Big blow. 

No, no, no. Where you reading this? 

[thetime]

Just now, jyoung said:

No, no, no. Where you reading this? 

Pretty much everywhere. 

All 3 of the title challengers missing big players over the next month or so. 

[jyoung]

6 minutes ago, thetime said:

Pretty much everywhere. 

All 3 of the title challengers missing big players over the next month or so. 

Damn. Thats two crunch Champions League games against Roma and the big one versus United. Conte will have to go with Batshuayi upfront now, none of that no out and out striker experimentation. He's managed to score a few this season but his hold up play and general all round game is often criticised. Time to step up, Michy!

Slightly awkward though, seeing as we now only have one striker in the squad. Morata was always going to be prone to an injury - having never been a regular before and now playing in an intense league with games coming thick and fast.

Edited October 3, 2017 by jyoung

[pink_triangle]

Bale out for Wales qualifiers. With qualification hanging by a thread its a huge blow.

[The Nal]

1 hour ago, pink_triangle said:

Bale out for Wales qualifiers. With qualification hanging by a thread its a huge blow.

Yep, delighted at that but we'll manage to fuck it up. We'll draw against Moldova on Friday or something. 

[pink_triangle]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

Yep, delighted at that but we'll manage to fuck it up. We'll draw against Moldova on Friday or something. 

I think our group will end up being the one where runner up doesn't make the playoffs .

[WS_Jack_III]

Talkover talk at the Toon. Please let it be true and the nightmare reign of Ashley to be over.

[eFestivals]

So .... who fancies Barca in the Prem?

Rather laughably, the team who support Catalan independence don't support themselves doing what the FIFA rules say of them playing in a national league. Instead they're talking about joining the French, Italian or English leagues.

[LJS]

2 hours ago, eFestivals said:

So .... who fancies Barca in the Prem?

Rather laughably, the team who support Catalan independence don't support themselves doing what the FIFA rules say of them playing in a national league. Instead they're talking about joining the French, Italian or English leagues.

How do berwick rangers &  Swansea get away with it?

[eFestivals]

3 minutes ago, LJS said:

How do berwick rangers &  Swansea get away with it?

with a historical exemption from FIFA, same as the exemptions which allows there to be 'national' footie teams for England, Scotland, Wales and NI.

If you paid attention you might have noticed that FIFA doesn't do new exemptions, and that FIFA is trying to make the exemptions which do exist better-fit within FIFA structures rather than degrading those structures. No new exemptions have been granted for decades, and FIFA's rules don't allow them to be.

C'mon, FFS .... the only reason Celtic and Rangers still play in Scotland is because Scotland knows it'd lose its 'national' team if it changed.

[zahidf]

2 hours ago, eFestivals said:

So .... who fancies Barca in the Prem?

Rather laughably, the team who support Catalan independence don't support themselves doing what the FIFA rules say of them playing in a national league. Instead they're talking about joining theae French, Italian or English leagues.

La ligas president and real madrid fan javier tabas says that if there is indie, catalan sides will be ejected from La liga. Its not Barca's choice to stay

[LJS]

18 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

with a historical exemption from FIFA, same as the exemptions which allows there to be 'national' footie teams for England, Scotland, Wales and NI.

If you paid attention you might have noticed that FIFA doesn't do new exemptions, and that FIFA is trying to make the exemptions which do exist better-fit within FIFA structures rather than degrading those structures. No new exemptions have been granted for decades, and FIFA's rules don't allow them to be.

C'mon, FFS .... the only reason Celtic and Rangers still play in Scotland is because Scotland knows it'd lose its 'national' team if it changed.

You're welcome to them, mate.