Whitey Grandad Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 7 minutes ago, Jimmy_D said: Epicaricacy is one that should really be used more, especially in football. You can get a cream for that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Just watching Villa v Liverpool, Lucas Digne is providing a masterclass in what it would look like if Ryan Manning were to mark Mo Salah. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 21 hours ago, Jimmy_D said: Epicaricacy is one that should really be used more, especially in football. The last person caught practicing epicaricacy over a football match in our village was burned at the stake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 15 minutes ago, The Kraken said: Just watching Villa v Liverpool, Lucas Digne is providing a masterclass in what it would look like if Ryan Manning were to mark Mo Salah. Martinez unleashing his inner Bazunu too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 30 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said: The last person caught practicing epicaricacy over a football match in our village was burned at the stake. Did they also go blind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Just watching Man City about to win the title, with the possibility they will retrospectively have it taken from them by sanctions. I do not pretend to understand the ins and outs of ffp, but I get there are a lot of charges to work through, so, why can’t they be charged with say for example, tge ten most serious breeches pending further investigation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 35 minutes ago, Toussaint said: Just watching Man City about to win the title, with the possibility they will retrospectively have it taken from them by sanctions. I do not pretend to understand the ins and outs of ffp, but I get there are a lot of charges to work through, so, why can’t they be charged with say for example, tge ten most serious breeches pending further investigation? Because they're looking to change the rules retrospectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Aston Villa qualify for the champions league. In November 2022 they were 16th with 2 wins all season, they sacked Gerrard and appointed Emery. We were 18th also with two wins we appointed the self titled best manager in europe. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 4 minutes ago, Turkish said: Aston Villa qualify for the champions league. In November 2022 they were 16th with 2 wins all season, they sacked Gerrard and appointed Emery. We were 18th also with two wins we appointed the self titled best manager in europe. Not forgetting they were also the team that set the Hassenhuttl downfall in motion by walloping us 4-1 that time (the previous season?) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 1 hour ago, Toussaint said: Just watching Man City about to win the title, with the possibility they will retrospectively have it taken from them by sanctions. I do not pretend to understand the ins and outs of ffp, but I get there are a lot of charges to work through, so, why can’t they be charged with say for example, tge ten most serious breeches pending further investigation? Too big too fail? There are over 100 charges and they will be fighting every one of them, and no doubt using any influence they can to avoid punishment. I've not listened to it yet, but the Beeb had a programme tonight about sportswashing of Newcastle and Man City, and the influence they may have on a number of areas, not just football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 8 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said: Too big too fail? There are over 100 charges and they will be fighting every one of them, and no doubt using any influence they can to avoid punishment. I've not listened to it yet, but the Beeb had a programme tonight about sportswashing of Newcastle and Man City, and the influence they may have on a number of areas, not just football. They splash a lot of cash into all levels of football which benefits the local area. No-one wants that to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 1 hour ago, Weston Super Saint said: They splash a lot of cash into all levels of football which benefits the local area. No-one wants that to stop. Corporate bribery? Or more properly pork barrel spending perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 10 hours ago, Turkish said: Aston Villa qualify for the champions league. In November 2022 they were 16th with 2 wins all season, they sacked Gerrard and appointed Emery. We were 18th also with two wins we appointed the self titled best manager in Europe. Don't they have a huge amount more money than us as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 18 minutes ago, Charlie Wayman said: Don't they have a huge amount more money than us as well? Don't be daft. We're the richest team in the world! (copyright Manji 2024). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Let’s fucking hope so 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 (edited) 13 hours ago, Charlie Wayman said: Don't they have a huge amount more money than us as well? They are certainly more flush with cash, but I still can't get over how much we wasted in our last PL season. Upwards of £140m. That should have build a competitive PL team, it couldn't have gone much worse. Shows the mega importance of scouting, getting it wrong at the scale we did equals curtains pretty quickly. Villa bought well with Watkins, Diaby, Bailey, Pau Torres etc. But they added those particular players down the spine of the team for mega money, like 30-40m each - we focused on adding loads of players in the 15-20m region, but funnily enough still added up to similar as Villa. We needed to move away from that 10-15m player bracket and spend big on 2 or 3 proven players down the spine, but we didn't. Quality over quantity was certainly what we should have focused on. Edited May 15 by S-Clarke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 3 hours ago, S-Clarke said: They are certainly more flush with cash, but I still can't get over how much we wasted in our last PL season. Upwards of £140m. That should have build a competitive PL team, it couldn't have gone much worse. Shows the mega importance of scouting, getting it wrong at the scale we did equals curtains pretty quickly. Villa bought well with Watkins, Diaby, Bailey, Pau Torres etc. But they added those particular players down the spine of the team for mega money, like 30-40m each - we focused on adding loads of players in the 15-20m region, but funnily enough still added up to similar as Villa. We needed to move away from that 10-15m player bracket and spend big on 2 or 3 proven players down the spine, but we didn't. Quality over quantity was certainly what we should have focused on. Agree - Championship players are fetching £15-£20 million these days - it's how the market has gone. Good Premier League players are double that. The other issue we have with how much money we spent is that we were panic buying a lot of the time. Go up and we will probably need to spend another £150 million to even compete in the Premier League - and that's what worries me. (I'd still take promotion over not though!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintTex Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 (edited) so Leeds and Norwich are up first.. who is the better matchup for us if we win Friday? ie: just tell me who to root for tonight. Edited May 16 by SaintTex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patches O Houlihan Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 (edited) Norwich are unbeaten against us this season. (4-4, 1-1), whereas we've beaten Leeds both times (3-1, 1-2) and against expectation both times. That said Leeds have a more threatening attacking line up... Have a listen to Adam Blackmore's interview with THB. He seems to think his teammates have turned a corner since Leeds and are now mentality monsters. I'd love him to be right. Edited May 16 by Patches O Houlihan link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 1 hour ago, SaintTex said: so Leeds and Norwich are up first.. who is the better matchup for us if we win Friday? ie: just tell me who to root for tonight. Norwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinK1961 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 1 hour ago, CB Fry said: Norwich. Got to be this. If we get there, I can’t see us beating Leeds again in the final - they have the ability in that team to click at any moment and us beating them three times in one season feels unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 I thought Norwich looked pretty naff of what I saw on Sunday, they pretty much wasted their chance in my eyes (as Leeds looked equally as crap). I think quality will see this one through, not sure Norwich have enough to repel Summerville, Gnonto, Rutter at Elland rd - Leeds will be right up for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 So who do we want to win tonight? Leeds or Norwich? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSA96 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Leeds 1-0 Norwich - Gruev 7' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Gunn still shite then huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Angus Gunn do do do do do do🦈 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Angus Gunn 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Awful goal to concede. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSA96 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Leeds have not lost a game after scoring first this season (20 wins, 2 draws) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Just now, CSA96 said: Leeds have not lost a game after scoring first this season (20 wins, 2 draws) That could continue and they still get knocked out tonight 🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 9 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said: Gunn still shite then huh? No, he has a save percentage of 71% this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSA96 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Leeds 2-0 Norwich - Piroe 20’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Bum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Angus Gunn disasterclass. Great cross but still awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Gunn fucked up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matty 76 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 2 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: No, he has a save percentage of 71% this season. Well just like your best mate Gav, he looks shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 That's Leeds in the final then! Angus Gunn showing why we bought him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Angus Gunn makes Bazunu look like Peter Shilton! Shocking goalkeeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Even worse goal to concede, Gunn should've come and cleaned that out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Worst gk performance since Bruce grobbelar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Scott Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Sergeant has to square to Rowe for the tap in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallBoy Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Two totally contrasting goalkeepers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Norwich look shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdmickey3 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 We won’t be beating Leeds in final if we get there, they will get a confidence boosting 4 nil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 (edited) Still think Leeds have had the best attack in the League this season and possibly ever in the Championship and they're showing it tonight. It was a bit blunt over the last few games of the season which is how Ipswich capitalised but on fire they're a real force to be reckoned with. If they win the play offs they are my tip to do best amongst the promoted sides next season. Norwich's passing has been poor. Edited May 16 by SNSUN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Leeds look like a shit version of us, very pedestrian and fortunate that gunn is being so charitable. We're going to walk this, get ready for a miserable season next year... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Here's hoping we don't go 2 nil up after 20 minutes... Far too early in the game to feel safe as a Saints fan! #scartissue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 2 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said: We won’t be beating Leeds in final if we get there, they will get a confidence boosting 4 nil That's the kind of never say die attitude that's sure to bring us glory. This is the same Leeds who had a chance to make the autos if they got a decent result against relegation threatened QPR but completely bottled it and got thumped 4-0. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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