S-Clarke Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 (edited) 41 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said: What a strange club Chelsea have become. Outside of FFP restrictions, money is seemingly no object, they have an amazing recent history and could easily pay for the elite managers’ available. yet, here they are. At a much smaller-scale, we were kind of the same back in 2022. Spent £100m on players, some of the brightest talents around, got the most sought after talent spotter in Joe Shields, appointed a very respected/highly rated assistant coach in Selles.....yet in the same breath appointed Nathan Jones as our manager. Edited May 24 by S-Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 That slapping sound you can hear emanating from the South West is the sound of 20,000 Plymouth Argyle fans all facepalming in unison: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cw44xx1w1d8o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 A gift like that from a Leeds defender tomorrow would be welcome. United one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Well well, all the attacking riches that City have and their defence is letting them down. 2 nil to United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Weird feeling cheering Utd scoring. City so fucking boring. Also feel for Ten Hag being treated like shit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Saint Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Tippy tappy not working for City , 60% possession 3 times the passes but one shot all half ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 There are green shoots of recovery at United. Mainoo coming through it a big plus for them. Garnacho, Hojlund, Fernandes, Mainoo, Rashford (when on form), Diallo - if they can sort their defence out they could go back to challenging at the top again. I have no strong feeling for either of these teams really - City beating Liverpool to the League repeatedly pleases me a bit, and I used to follow United back in the 90s in the Champions League back when it was on ITV, but that's it. With Chelsea finding their stride too, the Premier League will be a tough league next year methinks. I'd still rather be there than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Every cloud, and all that......... A United win knocks Newcastle out of European competition next season. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSA96 Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 FT: City 1-2 United Ten Hag wins the FA Cup, Newcastle lose their Europa spot to United and Chelsea drop from Europa to Conference League. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 It’s a long time since I was please to see a Man Utd win. In fact, probably the first time ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Well done Jason Wilcox 👍👍👍 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Having just beaten one of the best possession teams around, it'll be interesting to see Wilcox chuck all that to become a pale imitation of the beaten team's philosophy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 15 minutes ago, CB Fry said: Well done Jason Wilcox 👍👍👍 Yes of course, two Wilcox inspired wins at Wembley on the same weekend. The man simply has the Midas touch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 1 hour ago, Holmes_and_Watson said: Having just beaten one of the best possession teams around, it'll be interesting to see Wilcox chuck all that to become a pale imitation of the beaten team's philosophy. When you say, “chuck all that,” all of what, exactly? Man Utd have been steadily declining towards absolute dog sh*t, both in ETH’s tenure and in the years before that. They have been hopelessly underperforming relative to what they’ve spent and half their players can’t be arsed. There’s not much use in putting in one glory performance in a cup final against City, when you’re not interested in beating Bournemouth and Wolves the rest of the year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 3 hours ago, SNSUN said: There are green shoots of recovery at United. Mainoo coming through it a big plus for them. Garnacho, Hojlund, Fernandes, Mainoo, Rashford (when on form), Diallo - if they can sort their defence out they could go back to challenging at the top again. I have no strong feeling for either of these teams really - City beating Liverpool to the League repeatedly pleases me a bit, and I used to follow United back in the 90s in the Champions League back when it was on ITV, but that's it. With Chelsea finding their stride too, the Premier League will be a tough league next year methinks. I'd still rather be there than not. The glaringly obvious reason for their improvement is the return of Martinez to their defence. He makes a massive difference to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 31 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: When you say, “chuck all that,” all of what, exactly? Man Utd have been steadily declining towards absolute dog sh*t, both in ETH’s tenure and in the years before that. They have been hopelessly underperforming relative to what they’ve spent and half their players can’t be arsed. There’s not much use in putting in one glory performance in a cup final against City, when you’re not interested in beating Bournemouth and Wolves the rest of the year. Today, they had a well drilled game plan that nullified Haaland and, just as importantly, his supply. In addition, they were compact enough to deal with not having the ball, while looking to spring forward when needed. Their manager feels they over achieved last season, while dealing with injuries in this. From what I've seen of them they have a number of players they can't wait to get shot of. Not many of those made the side today. If they switch yet again, there will be more transition both in learning the new system and in personnel. All while trying to shadow teams years ahead of them, who will have evolved by the time they get close to the first system they're trying to copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 An extra angle to today - denies Newcastle any European football next season, quite funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Torn tonight. Naturally want Dortmund to win but win £140 if Madrid win. Wonder which team used the Wealdstone FC’s fanzone and parking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Annoyed that instead of Lenny Kravitz we got that stupid "can you feel it" rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64saint Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Wonder which team next season will be the first to follow Dortmunds crossing of the half way line as the teams line up seconds before the kick off to salute their supporters. Imagine an away team doing that at St Mary's seconds before kick off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 (edited) Ref falling for a lot of simulation. V Jr. seems like a right cheat. Edited June 1 by adrian lord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 7 minutes ago, adrian lord said: V Jr. seems like a right cheat. Careful, he might start crying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 1 hour ago, whelk said: Wonder which team used the Wealdstone FC’s fanzone and parking? If it’s Dortmund then I hope they do the right thing and invite Wealdstone to a pre-season friendly. Just so the Raider can stand in front of their famous yellow wall end and tell them “ you’ve got a shit ground, and you’ve got no fans “ ( in English or German) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 39 minutes ago, 64saint said: Wonder which team next season will be the first to follow Dortmunds crossing of the half way line as the teams line up seconds before the kick off to salute their supporters. Imagine an away team doing that at St Mary's seconds before kick off. Didn’t see it, but didn’t Leeds start something similar in the early 1970’s under Don Revie ? Thankfully it didn’t catch on for about 40 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Quality from Dortmund 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Decent support https://x.com/faisalislam/status/1796980573711356251?s=61&t=SMhSD-dpl9sq7-ekGbXk7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc4prem Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Dortmund's support is excellent because it is naturally passionate but also so, so organised. Colours, flares, flags, chants, seating. They synchronise everything so well and it looks extremely effective as a result. Look to the sides and wings and you'll see the classic modern football fans on their phones, observing in silence. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 (edited) Love them or hate them they always find a way to win. A class club, Ancellotti up there with the best of all time too still can’t believe he was at Everton fairly recently! Edited June 1 by Turkish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Rio seems a decent bloke but fuck me spouts some shit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 1 minute ago, whelk said: Rio seems a decent bloke but fuck me spouts some shit It’s all in Spanish where I am so can’t understand a word of best commentary I’ve heard in years 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 11 minutes ago, Turkish said: Love them or hate them they always find a way to win. A class club, Ancellotti up there with the best of all time too still can’t believe he was at Everton fairly recently! Ancellotti is class, with an incredible record. Can't stand Real Madrid though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osvaldorama Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Atmosphere nowhere near what it was on Sunday. Just saying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 3 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said: Atmosphere nowhere near what it was on Sunday. Just saying Tbf the TV sound tonight has been utterly dreadful. When the teams walked out at the start it was almost silent on TV but you could see the fans going mad. Really strange what they’ve done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 13 minutes ago, Dark Munster said: Ancellotti is class, with an incredible record. Can't stand Real Madrid though. I don’t mind them. One of those clubs that attracts all the plastics but for any club to stay at the top for so long however big is pretty special. What’s they now their 15th European cup/champions league? Incredible success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 6 minutes ago, Turkish said: I don’t mind them. One of those clubs that attracts all the plastics but for any club to stay at the top for so long however big is pretty special. What’s they now their 15th European cup/champions league? Incredible success They are the driving force behind the proposed breakaway super league for the filthy rich clubs in Europe to get even richer. The top EU court also found them guilty of receiving illegal state aid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Is it fair to say Ancelotti is the best manager in the world? I think so. Quote "I don’t believe in ideologies like Guardiolismo, Sarrismo... I believe in the identity of the team. A clever coach is one who adapts the game to the characteristics of his players.“ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 44 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said: Atmosphere nowhere near what it was on Sunday. Just saying You had to be there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 1 hour ago, whelk said: Quality from Dortmund Google translate: 'Last few tickets available in Northam Wall - be in that number' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osvaldorama Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 54 minutes ago, sandwichsaint said: Google translate: 'Last few tickets available in Northam Wall - be in that number' How the fuck are they allowed those in? Old bill poured my can of beer and threatened to nick anyone in sight for a couple of smoke bombs 🤣 meanwhile Dortmund have got more firepower than Benjamin Netanyahu 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 2 hours ago, Dark Munster said: They are the driving force behind the proposed breakaway super league for the filthy rich clubs in Europe to get even richer. The top EU court also found them guilty of receiving illegal state aid. Didn’t they have €200m of debt and sold their training ground worth about €30m at the time to the king of Spain, who was a Real fan for €200m? I remember something along those lines anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Gibraltar got a 0-0 v Wales today, haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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