Football 17/18

[jyoung]

2 hours ago, vintagelaureate said:

In every Chelsea game I've seen this season he has always been the weak link (I'm aware of the sarcasm btw!). Always being slated and seems half a yard behind the game.

Yep. He's always second to the ball and on the remarkable occasion when he gets there first he makes sure to undo the good work by giving away possession.

2 hours ago, thetime said:

Tough run coming up with Barcelona , then utd and City away. Might let Arsenal back in for that 4th place if they can get the win against spurs. 

I would like to think things aren't that bad.

[WS_Jack_III]

Who are your 3 to go down then?

 

There's 9 clubs in the mix at the moment and Watford, Everton and Bournemouth all just sitting slightly ahead of those.

 

I had Watford, Swansea and Huddersfield at the start of the season.

It's going to be so close this year!

[pink_triangle]

24 minutes ago, WS_Jack_III said:

Who are your 3 to go down then?

 

There's 9 clubs in the mix at the moment and Watford, Everton and Bournemouth all just sitting slightly ahead of those.

 

I had Watford, Swansea and Huddersfield at the start of the season.

It's going to be so close this year!

I think WBA and Huddersfield will go down.

Im torn a little on the last one. At the moment I am going for Stoke, but could easily be Newcastle or Brighton. Interestingly there is a chance that all 3 promoted teams could be relegated. Don't think that has happened for a while.

[WS_Jack_III]

4 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

I think WBA and Huddersfield will go down.

Im torn a little on the last one. At the moment I am going for Stoke, but could easily be Newcastle or Brighton. Interestingly there is a chance that all 3 promoted teams could be relegated. Don't think that has happened for a while.

Newcastle can't kill games off and that has me worried as a fan but it's so close you can't really say for sure.

[TheGayTent]

Hopefully WHU

[Hugh Jass]

Interesting that we’re into February and there are only 3-4 teams with nothing to play for. The entire bottom half could still go down.

[Hugh Jass]

1 hour ago, WS_Jack_III said:

Who are your 3 to go down then?

 

There's 9 clubs in the mix at the moment and Watford, Everton and Bournemouth all just sitting slightly ahead of those.

 

I had Watford, Swansea and Huddersfield at the start of the season.

It's going to be so close this year!

I think we’re down.

If I had to pick two others right now I’d go for Huddersfield and Newcastle.

[TheGayTent]

I see the winter break agenda is being pushed again. 

Ridiculous idea. 

Fuck off.

[eFestivals]

8 minutes ago, TheGayTent said:

I see the winter break agenda is being pushed again. 

Ridiculous idea. 

Fuck off.

I agree. Clubs only want it so they go play matches for big money on the other side of the world, not for a break at all.

 

[Hugh Jass]

Scathing piece on West Ham here...

http://www.football365.com/news/west-ham-diamond-geezers-with-their-rhinestone-club

@TheGayTent Fair or not?

[TheGayTent]

Some of it isn’t strictly correct but my only real criticism of the piece is that it doesn’t go far enough. They’re much bigger c**ts than that. 

[Hugh Jass]

19 minutes ago, TheGayTent said:

Some of it isn’t strictly correct but my only real criticism of the piece is that it doesn’t go far enough. They’re much bigger c**ts than that. 

They are huge c**ts. They pulled all the same stunts when they owned Birmingham. Wouldn’t wish them on any club.

[Hugh Jass]

In other news the new England kits are decent, so glad they’ve gone back to blue shorts. England just looked wrong all in white.

[TheGayTent]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

They are huge c**ts. They pulled all the same stunts when they owned Birmingham. Wouldn’t wish them on any club.

And Cardiff 

[pink_triangle]

I missed evra to West Ham, that's a strange signing.

[TheGayTent]

26 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

I missed evra to West Ham, that's a strange signing.

No it isn’t. It’s a standard Sullivan signing. Old has been on a short contract with no transfer fee. This season’s Arbeloa. 

[thetime]

Sad news about Liam Miller, only 36.

[jyoung]

On 08/02/2018 at 12:37 PM, Hugh Jass said:

In other news the new England kits are decent, so glad they’ve gone back to blue shorts. England just looked wrong all in white.

Not a fan of the gross neck line! Other than that, top effort. We should be playing in red away too, so I'm pleased thats back. The Nigerian World Cup kit trumps any I've seen in recent times its insane!

[Hugh Jass]

33 minutes ago, jyoung said:

Not a fan of the gross neck line! Other than that, top effort. We should be playing in red away too, so I'm pleased thats back. The Nigerian World Cup kit trumps any I've seen in recent times its insane!

The Adidas World Cup kits are great this year, retro themes all round:

[TheGayTent]

Who gives a fuck about kits 

[Hugh Jass]

4 hours ago, TheGayTent said:

Who gives a fuck about kits 

I do.

[Comfy Bean]

Was reading earlier about the possible demise of Hampden.

Watching Spurs Arsenal reminded me what a great stadium Wembley is. Pitch views, access etc so much better than Hampden.

Scotland talking about taking the big games over to Murrayfield.

[Comfy Bean]

Funny not being at football today. Our cup game moved to tomorrow afternoon for Sky. 10,000 sell out compared to our usual 1500. 

Watching BT Score. Pretty decent but they should drop the Sutton Savage Punch and Judy routine. Funny as a poke in the eye.

[TheGayTent]

3 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

I do.

Do you buy them? 

[Hugh Jass]

2 hours ago, TheGayTent said:

Do you buy them? 

I’ve got a few that I use for running in and 5 a-side but I certainly don’t buy them regularly. In the past I’ve picked up shirts from places in the world I’ve visited as a souvenir. For example I do have an Ethiopian home shirt and a few Mexican club shirts.