Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 13, 2020 If I was a betting man I'd be shoving a decent chunk on Man City to have an 'invincibles' season next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 14, 2020 Championship has gone full on football manager mode Wigan 8 v 0 Hull More remarkably 7 goals in the first half. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,290 Posted July 14, 2020 47 minutes ago, Miracle Aligner said: Championship has gone full on football manager mode Wigan 8 v 0 Hull More remarkably 7 goals in the first half. Wigan are about to have 12 points deducted for going into administration. If you take them off now, they are out of the bottom 3 on goal difference, at the expense of...Hull. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said: Wigan are about to have 12 points deducted for going into administration. If you take them off now, they are out of the bottom 3 on goal difference, at the expense of...Hull. Meanwhile in the match that you might have predicted to go 8-0 Chelsea scrape a 1-0 against Norwich City, reminding us why 8-0 and 9-0 are so rare in any English league. Man City v Bournemouth tomorrow night a possibility? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 15, 2020 Can't wait for next seasons Man City v Liverpool fixtures. Meanwhile Mourinho seems to be eyeing up the Newcastle job if we get taken over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,290 Posted July 15, 2020 12 hours ago, Miracle Aligner said: Man City v Bournemouth tomorrow night a possibility? Normally I think it would be, but the games are so slose together that (as demonstarted by Wigan last night) any team that has the match won at half time is told to take it easy and conserve energy for the next one. I think City will be 4 up at half time and stroll the rest of the game. They have a tough FA Cup semi final at the weekend against an Arsenal team whose whole season/chances of getting into Europe rest on that game. I fancy Arsenal to upset the form book. Never seen a team play so badly and win 4-1 as Bournemouth did v Leicester. Mind you, Leicester scored one for them and got assists in all the others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 15, 2020 42 minutes ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said: Normally I think it would be, but the games are so slose together that (as demonstarted by Wigan last night) any team that has the match won at half time is told to take it easy and conserve energy for the next one. I think City will be 4 up at half time and stroll the rest of the game. They have a tough FA Cup semi final at the weekend against an Arsenal team whose whole season/chances of getting into Europe rest on that game. I fancy Arsenal to upset the form book. Never seen a team play so badly and win 4-1 as Bournemouth did v Leicester. Mind you, Leicester scored one for them and got assists in all the others. I'll be watching Newcastle v Tottenham so will have to monitor the goals after, anyway re Newcastle's game on current form looks all set to be a 1-1 or 2-2 draw, or a comfortable win for Spurs. Jose Mourinho clearly shopping for a move to the toon if the takeover goes through must make for an interesting dynamic in the away dressing room. My favourite match against Spurs has to be the season we went down (2015/16) and beat them 5-1 in the last game of the season, having been relegated already, not sure if @Lord Fellatio Nelson attends away games but he may well have heard one of my favourite chants of that season of '5-1 to the Championship' echo around St James if he does. What a day that was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 17, 2020 Leeds have finally managed not to fuck a promotion bid..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fergie86 376 Posted July 17, 2020 44 minutes ago, Miracle Aligner said: Leeds have finally managed not to fuck a promotion bid..... Yeah next season they will be fighting relegation instead, all my Leeds United supporting mates going crazy over it but unless they invest significantly can’t see them been in the league long probably 2 or 3 seasons max. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, Fergie86 said: Yeah next season they will be fighting relegation instead, all my Leeds United supporting mates going crazy over it but unless they invest significantly can’t see them been in the league long probably 2 or 3 seasons max. To be honest I can see them staying up unlike many of the other promotion contenders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fergie86 376 Posted July 17, 2020 59 minutes ago, Miracle Aligner said: To be honest I can see them staying up unlike many of the other promotion contenders. A lot depends on how they start get on a good run and they could do but Bielsa tactic of running his teams ragged in training could come back to haunt them if he overtrains them and they are too knackered in Premier League they will be punished. One advantage they may have though is there history and pedigree they should have resources to attract better players which could help them. They certainly have a better chance of succeeding than say a club like Huddersfield Town on resources alone. Time will tell I suppose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 17, 2020 Leeds fans gathering in large numbers outside Elland Road to remind everyone in the top division they're scum before returning. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 18, 2020 Norwich v Burnley might have fuck all on it, but the second half should be fun., Norwich 0 (2 red cards) v 1 Burnley Second half should be fun. Edit: Jinxed it - was fucking boring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted July 19, 2020 Gambian football player Biri Biri dead before Gris Gris can consider them 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted July 19, 2020 Watford sack there 3rd manager this season. MENTAL I'm not a fan of Nigel Pearson but I'm not sure that was the right decision. He saved them from almost certain relegation this season and the team is in better shape than when he got it https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53464251 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 22, 2020 West Brom promoted in 2nd taking up the 'too shit for the premier league, too good for the Championship' slot. Forest fuck up a nailed on play-off place..... getting 4-1 beat by Stoke.... to go out of the play-offs on goal difference to 4-1 winners against Reading Swansea who nabbed that play-off spot. Brentford, Fulham, Cardiff, Swansea go to the play-offs. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 22, 2020 Leeds are fucked. Told all their supporters to stay home and did this! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 22, 2020 35 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: I don't know what's funny. The video itself or the amount of people who actually think it's a real roving reporter. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 23, 2020 On a thought exercise. People constantly bark on about a 'European Super Ligue' that will eventually break away from the domestic leagues, I was trying to think how that might work in reality and which clubs would be involved. You could probably quite easily do it in terms of team picks...... Premier League Top 4 La Liga Top 4 Bundesliga Top 4 Serie A Top 4 Ligue 1 Top 4 Like how would relegation and promotion back to the domestic leagues work? 2 lowest placed from each feeder league go back to their feeder league? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,480 Posted July 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Miracle Aligner said: On a thought exercise. People constantly bark on about a 'European Super Ligue' that will eventually break away from the domestic leagues, I was trying to think how that might work in reality and which clubs would be involved. You could probably quite easily do it in terms of team picks...... Premier League Top 4 La Liga Top 4 Bundesliga Top 4 Serie A Top 4 Ligue 1 Top 4 Like how would relegation and promotion back to the domestic leagues work? 2 lowest placed from each feeder league go back to their feeder league? Presumably it wouldn't? The people who'd pay for a super league would want Barcelona v Man U every year, they wouldn't give a toss about Wolves or Newcastle or whoever. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 23, 2020 1 hour ago, msc said: Presumably it wouldn't? The people who'd pay for a super league would want Barcelona v Man U every year, they wouldn't give a toss about Wolves or Newcastle or whoever. I doubt it, they'd want the best teams in the world every year. The biggest teams has changed every so often for years. There'd have to be some churn. If you'd started it 15 years ago you'd not include City but you'd have too now.... there'd need to be some balance. The idea that was floated a few years ago where you run the super league in place of Europa/Champions Leagues and let the clubs also play their domestic leagues seemed most palatable to me. I'd be fundamentally against anything that took these clubs out of their domestic leagues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,623 Posted July 23, 2020 Just when you think professional football clubs can't get any worse/more stupid/more whatever, Birmingham City announce they're retiring the number 22 shirt after selling a 17 year old with one season under his belt (44 appearances, 4 goals, 3 assists). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted July 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, time said: Just when you think professional football clubs can't get any worse/more stupid/more whatever, Birmingham City announce they're retiring the number 22 shirt after selling a 17 year old with one season under his belt (44 appearances, 4 goals, 3 assists). That ridiculous Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
