The Football Thread - Page 2247

**mitchspur** · April 18th, 2019, 10:49 PM

I was honestly half way down the stairs towards the exit in disgust at Erikson losing the ball in that way. Blokes were kicking the iron fences on the staircases down from the THIRD tier at the Etihad. Then some wag shouted 'It's been disallowed for offside VAR'

I shot back up those stairs and then stayed in the ground for a further 20 minutes!!!! Amsterdam booked and my match ticket guaranteed. Who said: the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, was the only place you could watch Champions League Football??? Levy all along!!!!

And Poch has made ONE GOOD signing this season!!!!

**mitchspur** · April 18th, 2019, 10:58 PM

**Meini Again** · April 19th, 2019, 12:18 AM

Didn't we say it was GOOD.... @ mitchspur....

I can't do pics... yet....

BUT... if I could I would juxtapose a Pep GIF of him going wild, runnin' rantin n' runnin after Sterling's "winning goal"

With a young, Poch. Silent with a bandaged head in an after match pic at his home club.

How about 2 English-Only Euro Cup-Finals

Should speed Brexit anyway

**pierrelm** · April 19th, 2019, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Jud

Pogba blows hot and cold, a quality squad can compensate for his inconsistency, a crap team like Utd can't. He's just a big immature kid, talk of making him the regular team captain really concerns me.

It really is make or break this summer, clear out the mediocre and bring in a few quality players or be doomed to mid table obscurity.

Time to cash in on Carlton Palmer's love child I think, if Juve, PSG or whoever are willing to take a chance on the inconsistent one.
The recent round of european games were fascinating; Juve bought CR7 to increase their chances of winning the big prize, and the rest of the team has perceptively been a step back from their previous form. They'll win the Scudetto but given the domestic quality, so they should.
MU were always chancing it...IF everyone was firing on all cylinders they had a puncher's chance, but really, it wasn't going to happen.
Post exit PSG have been in a daze, with an outbreak of injuries so deep into their squad that you do wonder...?
Barca, and this is not the Barca of old, are being talked up as the team to beat - because they have Messi.
Meanwhile Spuds have Son but Liverpool have a defence and a manager who has worked out the simple fact that has thus far seemingly eluded Pep - stop the opposition scoring and your own chances of winning increase considerably. And the latter might just decide where the trophy ends up this season...

**pierrelm** · April 19th, 2019, 04:32 PM

Meanwhile...
back in the Championship, the early kick off sees Sheffield United, trailing Leeds, needing a win against Nottingham Forest. The Blades are without their two main goalscorers...naturally they run out comfortable 2-0 winners.
At Elland Road, Leeds have the chance to consolidate their second place against lowly Wigan, who are teetering on the brink of the relegation places. Leeds are awarded an early penalty and miss. Wigan are down to ten men and Bamford puts Leeds ahead.
And, then, against ten men, Leeds manage to concede two goals and second place in the league (on goal difference), proving that possession means bugger all if you don't take your chances. Pep G is a disciple of Marcelo Bielsa. Today the similarity showed, for the wrong reason....

At the moment the Blades are now favourites for the automatic promotion place behind Norwich, as Leeds face an Easter Monday trip to Brentford, one of their 'bogey' grounds, followed by their last home match of the season against in-form Villa.

Leeds are currently looking at a play-off semi against Middlesbro, whilst Villa could take on WBA in a cracking prospect of a midlands clash.

PS - make no mistake - despite that chatty manner I am truly madly deeply fucked right off with today's pathetic result and performance - clearly some of the first team thought all they had to do to win was turn up; Wigan thoroughly desreved their victory. Football: there really is no other game which can give you so many highs and lows, so frequently...Raheem Sterling might agree.

**Meini Again** · April 20th, 2019, 01:38 AM

SPANISH media report Leroy Sane and Gabriel Jesus are just two out of a possible eight players that have asked to leave Manchester City in the summer.

Quote:

According to El Chiringuito, there are 'seven or eight' City stars that are seeking a move away from the Etihad at the end of the season.
They sensationally claim that forwards Sane and Jesus are unhappy about their amount of game time this season, with both finding themselves on the bench regularly.

As clipped and pasted from a UK paper I'll never mention, nor read

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/footb...-ask-to-leave/

Link came via BBC

**buttsie** · April 20th, 2019, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Jud

As much as i'd like to see the back of the Glazer's, they have spent a fair amount of money, the problem is they handed the cheque book to that clueless cretin Woodward.

I do not expect Utd to do much in the vital summer transfer window (I seriously hope i'm wrong on this). I expect us to take 3 or 4 seasons to develop not only a squad that can compete with the best in Europe, but has substantial strength in depth to compete in all competitions.

There isn't a gap between the likes of Liverpool, City, Spurs, the cream of Europe, and Utd, there is a monumental gulf.
We are nowhere near the best Premiership and European teams, we are just a mid-table team (and a very average one at that) who are punching above our weight.

The club needs restructuring, we need a director of football who can help develop a good squad, not some clueless smirking dummy who is totally out of his depth, all Woodward is good at is paying over the odds both in transfer fee's and wages to run of the mill players.

Unless a serious attempt is made to recruit quality players then I see the likes of de Gea and Martial leaving, de Gea looks more despondent with every game he plays of late.

Pogba blows hot and cold, a quality squad can compensate for his inconsistency, a crap team like Utd can't. He's just a big immature kid, talk of making him the regular team captain really concerns me.

It really is make or break this summer, clear out the mediocre and bring in a few quality players or be doomed to mid table obscurity.

They clear out the mediocre every time they appoint a new manager
who then goes out and buys more of the same expensive mercenaries

Its a shame the contracts these guys are on arent results based
with a very low base for losing instead of a high base for just turning up.

We had a team years ago who were known as the good time party club

They introduced results based contracts - 100% for a win 50% for a loss
and suddenly they started winning games and then titles.

Ghosts, duds & disasters: How Manchester United transfer failures are haunting Solskjaer

Last updated 4/14/19
https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/ghos...i12pu321wdk6j0

**Old Jud** · April 20th, 2019, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buttsie

They clear out the mediocre every time they appoint a new manager

Unfortunately they don't, they only perform a partial clear-out.

who then goes out and buys more of the same expensive mercenaries

Its a shame the contracts these guys are on arent results based
with a very low base for losing instead of a high base for just turning up.

We had a team years ago who were known as the good time party club

They introduced results based contracts - 100% for a win 50% for a loss
and suddenly they started winning games and then titles.

Ghosts, duds & disasters: How Manchester United transfer failures are haunting Solskjaer

Last updated 4/14/19
https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/ghos...i12pu321wdk6j0

Blame 'Woodenhead' for cocking up the contracts, but then again what does the smirking dummy know about football?

OGS has voiced his concerns about this awful squad of players and his desire to improve the squad, but he has a severe handicap that could hold back his chances of improving the squad....Woodenhead.

My main concern is the possibility of losing de Gea, he could walk into virtually all of the top European squads and improve them, the chances of winning major silverware look more and more remote at OT, so maybe he will leave?

Pogba and Lukaku can leave today as far as i'm concerned. I see a world-class player in the making with Martial, provided he has quality players around him so we get the very best out of him.

**Motorboater** · April 21st, 2019, 02:10 PM

Check out the comedy playing at Goodison atm?

**mitchspur** · April 21st, 2019, 10:53 PM

Streewth!!!! Spent the day expecting United to catch us up and The Arse to go ahead of us!!! But wait a minute, Gwendozy came to my rescue!!!
Can somebody explain to me the point of him????

I also think you'll find when he plays The Arse lose and when he doesn't play they win!!!???

April 19th, 2019, 04:32 PM	#22465
pierrelm Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Midst the fen mists Posts: 5,450 Thanks: 55,798 Thanked 72,921 Times in 5,422 Posts	Meanwhile... back in the Championship, the early kick off sees Sheffield United, trailing Leeds, needing a win against Nottingham Forest. The Blades are without their two main goalscorers...naturally they run out comfortable 2-0 winners. At Elland Road, Leeds have the chance to consolidate their second place against lowly Wigan, who are teetering on the brink of the relegation places. Leeds are awarded an early penalty and miss. Wigan are down to ten men and Bamford puts Leeds ahead. And, then, against ten men, Leeds manage to concede two goals and second place in the league (on goal difference), proving that possession means bugger all if you don't take your chances. Pep G is a disciple of Marcelo Bielsa. Today the similarity showed, for the wrong reason.... At the moment the Blades are now favourites for the automatic promotion place behind Norwich, as Leeds face an Easter Monday trip to Brentford, one of their 'bogey' grounds, followed by their last home match of the season against in-form Villa. Leeds are currently looking at a play-off semi against Middlesbro, whilst Villa could take on WBA in a cracking prospect of a midlands clash. PS - make no mistake - despite that chatty manner I am truly madly deeply fucked right off with today's pathetic result and performance - clearly some of the first team thought all they had to do to win was turn up; Wigan thoroughly desreved their victory. Football: there really is no other game which can give you so many highs and lows, so frequently...Raheem Sterling might agree. Last edited by pierrelm; April 19th, 2019 at 08:39 PM.. Reason: Still seething :)

April 18th, 2019, 10:49 PM	#22461
mitchspur Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5,659 Thanks: 10,164 Thanked 87,384 Times in 5,774 Posts	I was honestly half way down the stairs towards the exit in disgust at Erikson losing the ball in that way. Blokes were kicking the iron fences on the staircases down from the THIRD tier at the Etihad. Then some wag shouted 'It's been disallowed for offside VAR' I shot back up those stairs and then stayed in the ground for a further 20 minutes!!!! Amsterdam booked and my match ticket guaranteed. Who said: the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, was the only place you could watch Champions League Football??? Levy all along!!!! And Poch has made ONE GOOD signing this season!!!!

April 18th, 2019, 10:58 PM	#22462
mitchspur Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5,659 Thanks: 10,164 Thanked 87,384 Times in 5,774 Posts

April 19th, 2019, 12:18 AM	#22463
Meini Again Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: North Wales Posts: 3,637 Thanks: 32,358 Thanked 31,827 Times in 3,566 Posts	Didn't we say it was GOOD.... @ mitchspur.... I can't do pics... yet.... BUT... if I could I would juxtapose a Pep GIF of him going wild, runnin' rantin n' runnin after Sterling's "winning goal" With a young, Poch. Silent with a bandaged head in an after match pic at his home club. How about 2 English-Only Euro Cup-Finals Should speed Brexit anyway

April 21st, 2019, 02:10 PM	#22469
Motorboater Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 4,325 Thanks: 41,507 Thanked 38,322 Times in 4,299 Posts	Check out the comedy playing at Goodison atm?

April 21st, 2019, 10:53 PM	#22470
mitchspur Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5,659 Thanks: 10,164 Thanked 87,384 Times in 5,774 Posts	Streewth!!!! Spent the day expecting United to catch us up and The Arse to go ahead of us!!! But wait a minute, Gwendozy came to my rescue!!! Can somebody explain to me the point of him???? I also think you'll find when he plays The Arse lose and when he doesn't play they win!!!???