washsaint Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 I think Brentford will do well next season. Well coached and well run I think they will surprise some next year. Certainly I think they will do better than Saints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris cooper Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 4 minutes ago, washsaint said: I think Brentford will do well next season. Well coached and well run I think they will surprise some next year. Certainly I think they will do better than Saints They will do a sheff Utd .. fantastic 1st season then will struggle the following Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 Just glad there’s someone different thrown into the normal Norwich/Watford/Fulham/West Brom merry-go-round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igsey Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 16 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: Just glad there’s someone different thrown into the normal Norwich/Watford/Fulham/West Brom merry-go-round. Shame it's someone that wears red and white stripes though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 Champions league tonight: I know he’s marmite, but I do like to listen to Glenn Hoddle’s take on games, he seems to have a deeper understanding of situations than many of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 City not at the races tonight. Not working Chelsea gk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 Love that City failed again to win champions league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Saint Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 Would you swap Adams for Werner ? Ha Ha ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 So West London is the centre of the footballing universe from today's results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiberalCommunist Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 Chelsea were superb. Fair play to them. They deserve that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 I said before the game Chelsea would be too much defensively for City and I wish I'd put my money where my mouth was! City need work, especially in attack, although they were unfortunate that De Bruyne went off in tears. Chelsea were well organised and difficult to break down - I bet their fans would have taken losing the FA Cup if it meant winning tonight. Reece James, Ander Christensen and Kante were outstanding. I'm glad I didn't take sides in this game, it was much easier to watch, but the right team won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 City were fucking shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiberalCommunist Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 If one of Chelsea's players has covid, they now all have it after that trophy kiss fest! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 1 minute ago, LiberalCommunist said: If one of Chelsea's players has covid, they now all have it after that trophy kiss fest! lol And guess what, they will all be fine I should imagine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 18 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said: Would you swap Adams for Werner ? Ha Ha ! That’s what I was thinking, was going to make a sarcastic comment on the Che thread. Had 4 or 5 chances. If that was Che we’d never hear the last of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 I’ve seen a lot of “Pep Out” on Twitter from City fans. How fickle are fans! Anyways, looks like it’s time to close this thread- goodbye season 2020/21 you won’t be missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 Great no-nonsense refereeing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 29 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: City were fucking shit. Or, Chelsea were excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 Still, everyone knows that chopping and changing managers never leads to success. That's right, isn't it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 35 minutes ago, Toussaint said: Or, Chelsea were excellent Or both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 29 May, 2021 Share Posted 29 May, 2021 2 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: Or both! Yes, didn’t want to take anything away from Chelsea, it was their night, I though both full backs and Kante were excellent which nullified City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 Interesting thing for me was, how shite was Lampard with the same players? Food for thought for some on here that think no manager could do better with the players we have over Ralph. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 3 hours ago, Red said: Interesting thing for me was, how shite was Lampard with the same players? Food for thought for some on here that think no manager could do better with the players we have over Ralph. Except it's not Ralph, it's four consecutive managers and our players genuinely are very limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 3 hours ago, Red said: Interesting thing for me was, how shite was Lampard with the same players? Food for thought for some on here that think no manager could do better with the players we have over Ralph. But compare the cost and ability of Chelsea players to ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 Lampard underperformed, for sure. Got to think Chelsea have a reasonable chance of the title next season with Tuchel. He's beaten Man City three times in the last few weeks, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyell Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 Pep fucked that. He's been obsessed all season with playing without strikers, but imagine going into the biggest match in your club's history and deciding out of nowhere to play a one-man midfield. Not just any man - their leading scorer. A tactical masterstroke that both yielded the midfield to the opposition but also neutered his chief goal threat as instead of making late runs into the opposition box, he spent the whole game running back towards his own goal. Meanwhile star player De Bruyne was consistently 50 yards away from where the ball was at, twiddling his thumbs waiting for a quality pass that would never come from a one-man midfield that couldn't outmanoeuvre Chelsea's press. It's hard to think how the manager could've set City up worse. Tuchel must've been laughing his ass off - they nullified themselves without him having to do anything special. They just lined up how they usually do. I'm sure the England manager will be chuffed that his two likely starting wide attackers, Rashford and Sterling, threw in 3/10 performances this week in major finals. I wonder if he has the balls to cut Sterling from the final 26 entirely. He's been appalling for six months. Which makes it even more baffling that Pep decided to sacrifice his dominant midfield to accommodate him for a final. Still only won the Champions League twice - both times when the only tactic required was get the ball to peak Messi - in spite of the massive resources available to him at three clubs. What a genius. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 1 hour ago, SaintBobby said: Lampard underperformed, for sure. Got to think Chelsea have a reasonable chance of the title next season with Tuchel. He's beaten Man City three times in the last few weeks, no? Yet he couldn’t beat the Saints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 1 hour ago, qwertyell said: Pep fucked that. He's been obsessed all season with playing without strikers, but imagine going into the biggest match in your club's history and deciding out of nowhere to play a one-man midfield. Not just any man - their leading scorer. A tactical masterstroke that both yielded the midfield to the opposition but also neutered his chief goal threat as instead of making late runs into the opposition box, he spent the whole game running back towards his own goal. Meanwhile star player De Bruyne was consistently 50 yards away from where the ball was at, twiddling his thumbs waiting for a quality pass that would never come from a one-man midfield that couldn't outmanoeuvre Chelsea's press. It's hard to think how the manager could've set City up worse. Tuchel must've been laughing his ass off - they nullified themselves without him having to do anything special. They just lined up how they usually do. I'm sure the England manager will be chuffed that his two likely starting wide attackers, Rashford and Sterling, threw in 3/10 performances this week in major finals. I wonder if he has the balls to cut Sterling from the final 26 entirely. He's been appalling for six months. Which makes it even more baffling that Pep decided to sacrifice his dominant midfield to accommodate him for a final. Still only won the Champions League twice - both times when the only tactic required was get the ball to peak Messi - in spite of the massive resources available to him at three clubs. What a genius. Neither Rashford nor sterling would get in my England team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 9 hours ago, nta786 said: I’ve seen a lot of “Pep Out” on Twitter from City fans. How fickle are fans! Anyways, looks like it’s time to close this thread- goodbye season 2020/21 you won’t be missed You can find anything on Twitter. If I were a city fan I would be pissed off with him for playing first time with no striker and no holding midfielder. He can’t help overthinking but city fans know they have the best manager in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 Just now, hypochondriac said: Neither Rashford nor sterling would get in my England team. Not for me either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 9 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said: Great no-nonsense refereeing. Showed how’s it done, PL should be embarrassed the best we have is Mason , Riley , Atwell and Friend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnia Cherie Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 10 hours ago, Toussaint said: That’s what I was thinking, was going to make a sarcastic comment on the Che thread. Had 4 or 5 chances. If that was Che we’d never hear the last of it. Tuchel has some work to do on Werner. I think he's scored 6 goals this season which is way off the mark for a top club striker. He needs to up his awareness too. Goodness knows how many times he's offside. I am pleased that Che has been named in the Scotland side for the Euros. Great experience for him which may bode well for us next season. 🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyell Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 24 minutes ago, hypochondriac said: Neither Rashford nor sterling would get in my England team. Nope. Foden, Mount, Grealish, Sancho are way ahead for me. Possibly even Lingard. If he wasn't on the brink of burning out after carrying Arsenal all season, I'd have Saka in the mix too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyell Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 26 minutes ago, whelk said: Showed how’s it done, PL should be embarrassed the best we have is Mason , Riley , Atwell and Friend To be fair, Lahoz is the Spanish Mike Dean domestically - a drama queen who makes everything about himself - and is rated about as highly over there as the Dean Machine is over here. Loves to give straight reds for back chat. I think everyone was a bit surprised at how well he reffed the game. I particularly liked how clearly and decisively he dismissed the City handball claim in a manner that anyone watching could understand: "Body onto arm: no handball. Now shut the fuck up and get on with it." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 2 hours ago, qwertyell said: Pep fucked that. He's been obsessed all season with playing without strikers, but imagine going into the biggest match in your club's history and deciding out of nowhere to play a one-man midfield. Not just any man - their leading scorer. A tactical masterstroke that both yielded the midfield to the opposition but also neutered his chief goal threat as instead of making late runs into the opposition box, he spent the whole game running back towards his own goal. Meanwhile star player De Bruyne was consistently 50 yards away from where the ball was at, twiddling his thumbs waiting for a quality pass that would never come from a one-man midfield that couldn't outmanoeuvre Chelsea's press. It's hard to think how the manager could've set City up worse. Tuchel must've been laughing his ass off - they nullified themselves without him having to do anything special. They just lined up how they usually do. I'm sure the England manager will be chuffed that his two likely starting wide attackers, Rashford and Sterling, threw in 3/10 performances this week in major finals. I wonder if he has the balls to cut Sterling from the final 26 entirely. He's been appalling for six months. Which makes it even more baffling that Pep decided to sacrifice his dominant midfield to accommodate him for a final. Still only won the Champions League twice - both times when the only tactic required was get the ball to peak Messi - in spite of the massive resources available to him at three clubs. What a genius. Totally agree, his team selection was bizarre to say the least. Sometimes you can be just a bit too clever and I think Pep suffers from that at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 (edited) 37 minutes ago, beatlesaint said: Totally agree, his team selection was bizarre to say the least. Sometimes you can be just a bit too clever and I think Pep suffers from that at times. So is Ralph Edited 30 May, 2021 by Toussaint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 1 hour ago, hypochondriac said: Neither Rashford nor sterling would get in my England team. Sterling has to be the most overrated player of the current era, he isn’t that much better than Redmond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Toussaint said: Sterling has to be the most overrated player of the current era, he isn’t that much better than Redmond This is nonsense. If you just take goalscoring... Sterling scored 65 Premier League goals vs Redmond's 13 goals over the last 4 seasons. Edited 30 May, 2021 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 21 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: This is nonsense. If you just take goalscoring... Sterling scored 65 Premier League goals vs Redmond's 13 goals over the last 4 seasons. Pish posh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 8 minutes ago, Toussaint said: Pish posh It's not to be fair. Redmond and Sterling exist in entirely different footballing universes. Sterling carried the City goal scoring whilst Aguero was injured over previous season, albeit he has slowed down a bit this year. He's a top level player and Redmond isn't fit to lace his boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 1 hour ago, qwertyell said: To be fair, Lahoz is the Spanish Mike Dean domestically - a drama queen who makes everything about himself - and is rated about as highly over there as the Dean Machine is over here. Loves to give straight reds for back chat. I think everyone was a bit surprised at how well he reffed the game. I particularly liked how clearly and decisively he dismissed the City handball claim in a manner that anyone watching could understand: "Body onto arm: no handball. Now shut the fuck up and get on with it." I like him even more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 2 hours ago, qwertyell said: To be fair, Lahoz is the Spanish Mike Dean domestically - a drama queen who makes everything about himself - and is rated about as highly over there as the Dean Machine is over here. Loves to give straight reds for back chat. I think everyone was a bit surprised at how well he reffed the game. I particularly liked how clearly and decisively he dismissed the City handball claim in a manner that anyone watching could understand: "Body onto arm: no handball. Now shut the fuck up and get on with it." I thought he was excellent, as was the guy in the Europa league final. The “handball” was handled expertly, didn’t hide behind any var review, just clearly showed why he didn’t give it and who was in control (him not the VAR). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 1 hour ago, S-Clarke said: It's not to be fair. Redmond and Sterling exist in entirely different footballing universes. Sterling carried the City goal scoring whilst Aguero was injured over previous season, albeit he has slowed down a bit this year. He's a top level player and Redmond isn't fit to lace his boots. My initial comment was using hyperbole to emphasise my point that he in my opinion is overrated. I know he is a different level to Redmond, I just couldn’t be bothered to argue about on this beautiful day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 (edited) Blackpool promoted to the Championship - yay !!! Edited 30 May, 2021 by badgerx16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 30 May, 2021 Share Posted 30 May, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, S-Clarke said: It's not to be fair. Redmond and Sterling exist in entirely different footballing universes. Sterling carried the City goal scoring whilst Aguero was injured over previous season, albeit he has slowed down a bit this year. He's a top level player and Redmond isn't fit to lace his boots. From what I saw last night it seemed that Sterling was a "billionaire's version" of Redmond, threatened the opposition on reputation alone and seemed to run into blind alleys before delivering. Edited 30 May, 2021 by Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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