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Sarnia Cherie

Sarnia Cherie

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On 22/12/2024 at 17:07, Wsaint said:

Forster having another bad time

He looked as nervous as hell. The Spurs back four are makeshift as it is with injuries. Having old Butterfingers behind you can't be helping.

Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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2 hours ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

It's Saturday, between Christmas and new year and there is no English football happening anywhere. Which idiots scheduled that? Sure usually at least one of the leagues would have a round of fixtures?

Tomorrow?

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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2 hours ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

It's Saturday, between Christmas and new year and there is no English football happening anywhere. Which idiots scheduled that? Sure usually at least one of the leagues would have a round of fixtures?

Playing today is very close to the Boxing day games, so they've given them an extra day to recover.

danjosaint

danjosaint

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8 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

The laws of the game now state that intent should not come into it. 

Which is bollocks as that's why Durans red card stands as they said there was intent 

saintant

saintant

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31 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Playing today is very close to the Boxing day games, so they've given them an extra day to recover.

Russell would have given them 3 weeks in Barbados.

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AlexLaw76

AlexLaw76

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12 minutes ago, danjosaint said:

Which is bollocks as that's why Durans red card stands as they said there was intent 

Duran made contact. That is the point 

AlexLaw76

AlexLaw76

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5 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Can still be a red without contact. If you throw a punch at another player and they dodge it, it is still a red card. 

The analysis last night claimed if there was no contact then it won’t be a red.

not that I agree

Badger

Badger

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4 hours ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

It's Saturday, between Christmas and new year and there is no English football happening anywhere. Which idiots scheduled that? Sure usually at least one of the leagues would have a round of fixtures?

Oh for the good old days, 70’s, 80’s perhaps, when you’d get fixtures in quick succession over Christmas and new year. Plus of course three games in four days over Easter. 
 

Wonder what Klopp, Wenger and all would have made of that. 
 

Proper football, proper fans, in freezing conditions (Saints at Arsenal, Boxing Day 1970); no dyed haircuts, and especially no mincing about gloves for outfield players or leggings !

(Think Keith Weller at Leicester may  have started the leggings trend early 70’s though) 

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CamSaint

CamSaint

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10 hours ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

It's Saturday, between Christmas and new year and there is no English football happening anywhere. Which idiots scheduled that? Sure usually at least one of the leagues would have a round of fixtures?

Way back clubs used to play both on Christmas Day and Boxing Day and they were often the reverse fixtures so that both clubs had equal travel requirements. As an example, on Christmas Day in 1913 Arsenal travelled up to Bradford, winning 3-2 and then beat them again 2-0 at Highbury on Boxing Day.

Generally morning kick-offs in those days where it was deemed socially acceptable for men to go to the football and pub on Christmas morning/lunchtime before returning home to consume the Christmas dinner their wives had been cooking for them.

Christmas Day 1957 was the last with a full league programme. In 1958 there were only three First Division matches played on December 25, and in 1959 just one. The last English League match played on Christmas Day was Blackpool versus Blackburn in 1965. This info comes from https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/football-christmas-day-match-history-victorian-tradition which highlights just how different football was back in the day!

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Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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13 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

How is that a penalty for Ipswich? VAR checked it too. Can't see any contact at all?!?!

It was never ever a penalty. I'm glad we'll be rid of VAR again next season. Won't be long before it's in the Championship though.

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OttawaSaint

OttawaSaint

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4 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

It was never ever a penalty. I'm glad we'll be rid of VAR again next season. Won't be long before it's in the Championship though.

Nuts isn't it. Then, in the Villa game VAR says no penalty because BHA player got studs on the ball. Well yeah but he also fouled the Villa player. It's like they just make it up as they go. 

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64saint

64saint

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Garry Neville just said that Utd got to be the worst team in the country bar none on their first half display so far.  !!!  🤣🤣🤣

AlexLaw76

AlexLaw76

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3 minutes ago, Badger said:

Wonder how long Amorim will last. 

Another manager going into the game with 3 at the back and a complete surrender of the middle of the park….. until that sub

 

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whelk

whelk

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32 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Won't be long before it's in the Championship though.

Don’t know why everyone always says this, and were saying it last season. There aren’t enough refs

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Chez

Chez

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34 minutes ago, Badger said:

Wonder how long Amorim will last. 

they have us on the 16th Jan. If they don't win before then...

Badger

Badger

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20 minutes ago, Sarnia Cherie said:

Because they show some fight and backbone. Unlike us.

Ipswich giving it a go, and if/when they go down at least they’ll look back on some memorable matches.

Wonder which defeat we’ll get all sentimental over. 

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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I'm just glad that they're dragging Everton and (hilariously) Man Utd back into the equation. The latter wont go down in a million years but the idea of their fans twitching over that shrinking seven point gap keeps me warm at night.

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S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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3 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

A Man Utd manager admitting they might be in a relegation battle...

https://x.com/BBCMOTD/status/1873877660780122257?t=6qhAH3iP1fpOyCbDJ3v9Lg&s=19

 

Fortunately for them they play us on the 16th, so they can start to pull themselves away. It always makes headlines when big clubs look closer to the bottom than the top, but they'll quite obviously finish in the 50's or 60's come the season end. Top half I expect.

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Sarnia Cherie

Sarnia Cherie

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Just imagine going to the bookies at the beginning of August and putting a bet on that at the start of 2025, Forest would be 2nd, Man City would have had a run of 14 matches without a win and the Man U manager was talking about relegation. Oh well. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Lord Duckhunter

Lord Duckhunter

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36 minutes ago, Sarnia Cherie said:

Just imagine going to the bookies at the beginning of August and putting a bet on that at the start of 2025, Forest would be 2nd, Man City would have had a run of 14 matches without a win and the Man U manager was talking about relegation. Oh well. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

And we’d be 9 points below fucking Ipswich 

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OldNick

OldNick

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On 28/12/2024 at 17:10, Badger said:

Oh for the good old days, 70’s, 80’s perhaps, when you’d get fixtures in quick succession over Christmas and new year. Plus of course three games in four days over Easter. 
 

Wonder what Klopp, Wenger and all would have made of that. 
 

Proper football, proper fans, in freezing conditions (Saints at Arsenal, Boxing Day 1970); no dyed haircuts, and especially no mincing about gloves for outfield players or leggings !

(Think Keith Weller at Leicester may  have started the leggings trend early 70’s though) 

When teams like QPR, Saints, Forest, Derby, WBA, Ipswich, Norwich, really had a chance to win the PL. Although even then the money talked with Liverpool and Man Utd using their muscle. It was old way of Man City and Chelsea spending more than the rest.

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Chez

Chez

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12 hours ago, Badger said:

Ipswich giving it a go, and if/when they go down at least they’ll look back on some memorable matches.

Wonder which defeat we’ll get all sentimental over. 

I suppose we can reminisce about the 0-0 draw away at Fulham where we got out of our own half once.

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Badger

Badger

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12 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

These modern managers are dreadful with their fixed tactics hiding as bullshit philosophies. Amorim is just an expensive Russell Martin. 

Yeh,, the beards a giveaway. 

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Sarnia Cherie

Sarnia Cherie

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12 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

These modern managers are dreadful with their fixed tactics hiding as bullshit philosophies. Amorim is just an expensive Russell Martin. 

When it comes to bullshit philosophies, our very own Rasmus Ankersen is in a class of his own. 

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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17 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Wayne Rooney has left Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth. Any idea what we call them now?

They're lucky, they can be seen as a proper football team again.

In theory this should be the absolute end of his managerial and coaching efforts, but you know there are still bat shit crazy chairman out there who think he'd still be a good idea. (Step forward Rasmus)

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Saint Keef

Saint Keef

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57 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Wayne Rooney has left Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth. Any idea what we call them now?

He really isn't very good is he? How many jobs does he have to fail at before they realise? Agree with S-Clarke's comment above. Oy Rasmus! NOOOOOOOO!!!!

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