Football 2024/25

[gazzared]

59 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

You've won 1 title in 35 years, that's on a par with Leicester City and Blackburn.

Normally teams go on to win titles in phases over a continued period of time when everything just clicks and then can have a barren spell. Yeah we've only won 1 title in 35 years but it doesn't stop me supporting my club week in week out.

Edited November 30, 2024 by gazzared

[thetime]

 

12 minutes ago, gazzared said:

Yeah we've only won 1 title in 35 years but it doesn't stop me supporting my club week in week out.

 

But only go on festival football threads unless they are winning. 😃

[gazzared]

1 minute ago, thetime said:

 

 

But only go on festival football threads unless they are winning. 😃

🤣🤣🤣 No you've baited me into to replying...I've read your bitter nonsense for years. I'll go away again again 🤣🤣🤣

[thetime]

3 minutes ago, gazzared said:

🤣🤣🤣 No you've baited me into to replying...I've read your bitter nonsense for years. I'll go away again again 🤣🤣🤣

 

Liverpool must be due a bad run then. 😁

 

Hopefully for you they grab another title in the next 35....

 

 

[thetime]

Mad game at West Ham.

[Neil]

after getting punched in the face Gabriel isn't out for 2nd half

[gazzared]

13 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

Liverpool must be due a bad run then. 😁

 

Hopefully for you they grab another title in the next 35....

 

 

I hope so because I'll be dead if I have to wait that long again 🤣

[charlierc]

17 hours ago, thetime said:

Mad game at West Ham.

Certainly sounded more entertaining than a genuinely poor Newcastle display at Crystal Palace where we had one shot in the whole game and conceded an injury time equaliser.

 

After that is Liverpool on Wednesday and then a trip to Brentford, who somewhat curiously have the Premier League's best home record. Oh goodie.

[charlierc]

18 hours ago, gazzared said:

Normally teams go on to win titles in phases over a continued period of time when everything just clicks and then can have a barren spell. Yeah we've only won 1 title in 35 years but it doesn't stop me supporting my club week in week out.

I support English football's great underachievers that last won a major trophy in 1969 and of late has had a lot of people reclassifying that honour as a minor one, stretching the dry streak back to 1955. Comes with the territory.

 

I'd argue winning the Championship feels like a major honour now in a way it didn't really used to given how intense that division gets but apparently not.

[thetime]

2 hours ago, charlierc said:

 

I'd argue winning the Championship feels like a major honour now in a way it didn't really used to given how intense that division gets but apparently not.

 

Stretching it a bit now.

 

Bit like mourinho calling the community shield a trophy. 

 

 

[Neil]

20 hours ago, thetime said:

 

Liverpool must be due a bad run then. 😁

 

 

after xmas if it goes like recent years

[charlierc]

On 11/26/2024 at 1:41 PM, thetime said:

 

You would fully expect Everton in the bottom 3 on Boxing Day, nasty run in December. 

 

 

As I write this, Everton are 4-0 down at Old Trafford. With this sequence round the corner - yikes. If they can't beat Wolves on Wednesday, that could be major trouble.

[charlierc]

26 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

Stretching it a bit now.

 

Bit like mourinho calling the community shield a trophy. 

 

 

Yeah I know, I know.

 

I make the point given it feels intense to be involved in that division and the avalanche of games is quite something to wade through. Hell, Newcastle's two recent campaigns may have only been single season instant returns as league champions, but they were both so f**king stressful. Especially the last time given we lost 10 games and Brighton, Huddersfield and Reading really pushed us close.

 

But I'm aware that by default, a second tier isn't the same lucre as winning the FA Cup. I'm not going to pretend it has the same prestige.

[thetime]

Villas bubble well and truly burst. 

 

[Neil]

if pep is such a great manager why has he given haaarland the afternoon off 😛

 

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, thetime said:

Villas bubble well and truly burst. 

 

Same problem we had in the Champions League last season - squad just doesn't seem big enough. But I thought that might be possible this season with the CL being 8 games rather than 6.

 

Less sure on what our excuse is with no European football this year given ourselves and Villa are in the bottom half and level on points.

 

Not that either of us or indeed anyone really looks in the title chase. Liverpool now 9 points clear of Arsenal and 11 ahead of Man City. There's still 25 games to go, so there's still time for them to choke, but it doesn't exactly look like a gap that's about to be closed any time soon. Well unless Liverpool have an injury crisis, which tbf, they did last season.

[Neil]

Chelsea and man city showing us that money only buys a temporary shine and then things revert to years barren of success.

[charlierc]

10 hours ago, Neil said:

Chelsea and man city showing us that money only buys a temporary shine and then things revert to years barren of success.

You say that, Chelsea actually look like in a decent groove at the minute. 3rd in the league and just two defeats so far is much better than I expected given how bad the vibe was going into the season.

 

Man City's sudden drop-off is going to be the centre of attention at present. At the very least, they seem to be in a position where they're going to be having a summer refresh given a lot of players seem to have reached the end of things there.

[Gnomicide]

Seeing as there are about 300 Newcastle fans on here, how do you fancy your chances tonight? I think this could end up being Liverpool's toughest game of the last 10 days or so. 

 

Already beaten Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea at home and a draw with Man City. Losing to West Ham a blip or is something up?

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

Seeing as there are about 300 Newcastle fans on here, how do you fancy your chances tonight? I think this could end up being Liverpool's toughest game of the last 10 days or so. 

 

Already beaten Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea at home and a draw with Man City. Losing to West Ham a blip or is something up?

Hey I resemble that remark 😜

 

Truthfully? Not confident. Our attack isn't doing the business right now, Isak is injured with Wilson only fit to play about 20 minutes a time, our midfield seems to be currently trying to fit square pegs in round holes and Liverpool have some kind of strange voodoo over us, not least winning from 1-0 down with ten men in the last 5 minutes of meeting last season.

 

But equally, it's football. I hate making predictions because I'm usually wrong and tbf a Steve McClaren Newcastle beat Klopp's side in 2015, so... you never know.

[thetime]

That FA Cup draw....Ouch. 

 

Although utd did beat Liverpool and City to win it last season. 

[charlierc]

4 hours ago, charlierc said:

Hey I resemble that remark 😜

 

Truthfully? Not confident. Our attack isn't doing the business right now, Isak is injured with Wilson only fit to play about 20 minutes a time, our midfield seems to be currently trying to fit square pegs in round holes and Liverpool have some kind of strange voodoo over us, not least winning from 1-0 down with ten men in the last 5 minutes of meeting last season.

 

But equally, it's football. I hate making predictions because I'm usually wrong and tbf a Steve McClaren Newcastle beat Klopp's side in 2015, so... you never know.

Ok in my defence Howe said Isak hadn't trained all week after suffering a hip injury against Crystal Palace in our last game. Coulda fooled us with that brilliant strike for 1-0.

 

What a crazy game. So close to finally getting a win against Liverpool, equally as to losing it, have genuine cause to be annoyed with the referee for blowing when we were 3 on one at the end, and plenty to ponder. Attack looked way better than recent weeks but midfield feels like it can do a lot better at controlling things.

[FeverDream]

20 minutes ago, charlierc said:

What a crazy game. So close to finally getting a win against Liverpool, equally as to losing it, have genuine cause to be annoyed with the referee for blowing when we were 3 on one at the end, and plenty to ponder. Attack looked way better than recent weeks but midfield feels like it can do a lot better at controlling things.

Waiting for a bus back from the match in the dreary rain so I’ll pass the time with my thoughts…

 

Far, far better than Palace but still some work to do. I thought it was anyone’s game up until about 80 mins until we had a rough 3 or so minutes and subsequently went 3-2 down. Defence is still a worry for me. That third goal from Liverpool was entirely preventable if I (think) Joelinton hasn’t essentially left the ball for a Liverpool player after advantage was given to us. Could have been game over at that point on another day.

 

Right wing also a worry. Murphy often a liability.
 

Agree about the whistle, infuriating because the opportunist in me says we’d have put that in the back of the net if we were allowed to take it all the way. The crowd made their thoughts known about that and rightly so. 
 

My issue is we’ve been here after Arsenal and Man City. Put up a fight against the teams you don’t expect to beat and then drop points to teams you should be beating. Let’s see if this builds some momentum and we can get a result against a revitalised Leicester.

[thetime]

Chelsea are looking impressive, nice run until 25th January after spurs. If they get 3 points from spurs, I fancy them being top come Feb. 

[FeverDream]

32 minutes ago, thetime said:

Chelsea are looking impressive, nice run until 25th January after spurs. If they get 3 points from spurs, I fancy them being top come Feb. 

Think they’ll get top 4 this season myself. I reckon Liverpool win title, and then City, Chelsea and Arsenal make up the rest of top 4 (unsure on order) come May.