Football 2021/2022

[DareToDibble]

I don't watch all of United's games so can't comment so I'll put it to you.... is Rashford as out of form as I'm seeing on twitter? Didn't read them but saw a few articles suggesting he looks uninterested etc.

A year or 2 back I used to be terrified of Rashford playing against us.

[The Nal]

56 minutes ago, DareToDibble said:

I don't watch all of United's games so can't comment so I'll put it to you.... is Rashford as out of form as I'm seeing on twitter? Didn't read them but saw a few articles suggesting he looks uninterested etc.

A year or 2 back I used to be terrified of Rashford playing against us.

Yeah hes really sloppy and losing the ball a lot. Not getting into positions to take chances, not taking players on etc. 

[eastynh]

1 hour ago, DareToDibble said:

I don't watch all of United's games so can't comment so I'll put it to you.... is Rashford as out of form as I'm seeing on twitter? Didn't read them but saw a few articles suggesting he looks uninterested etc.

A year or 2 back I used to be terrified of Rashford playing against us.

He's always been decidedly average, just hyped up because he plays for United. He's a modern day Darren Huckerby, a speedboat without a driver.

[WS_Jack_III]

I've just seen Newcastle linked with 34 year old Marouane Fellaini 😢

Edited January 11, 2022 by WS_Jack_III

[charlierc]

On 1/11/2022 at 6:30 PM, WS_Jack_III said:

I've just seen Newcastle linked with 34 year old Marouane Fellaini 😢

Not gonna lie I thought he'd retired.

[Cooter]

On 1/11/2022 at 5:13 PM, eastynh said:

He's always been decidedly average, just hyped up because he plays for United. He's a modern day Darren Huckerby, a speedboat without a driver.

Yes dare I say he's slightly overrated too. His last performance looked like he was throwing a very silent but moody tantrum towards something/someone. Perhaps he didn't get any dinner at school that day.

[TheGayTent]

1 more win should see us safe 

[squirrelarmy]

The Belgian FA has just been hit by a big match fixing and corruption scandal. Not sure if it’s at the same level of the Italian corruption as reports are only just coming out. 
 

It’s got me thinking about the state of the  EPL referees.
 

Are they just completely incapable of doing their jobs or is there something bigger at play? 

[WS_Jack_III]

3 hours ago, squirrelarmy said:

The Belgian FA has just been hit by a big match fixing and corruption scandal. Not sure if it’s at the same level of the Italian corruption as reports are only just coming out. 
 

It’s got me thinking about the state of the  EPL referees.
 

Are they just completely incapable of doing their jobs or is there something bigger at play? 

There's definite corruption in the EPL, just look at some of the stuff that's happened recently. "Big 6" run the league.

[lost]

6 hours ago, squirrelarmy said:

Are they just completely incapable of doing their jobs or is there something bigger at play? 

Football definitely does feel different. Its difficult to tell if its deliberate or because their decisions are now affecting the revenues of what are effectively billion dollar corporations they feel more pressure for things to play out "as you would expect them to" so to speak as that's less controversial and brings less focus on them.

I've slowly been losing interest myself since the introduction of VAR and at the moment that seems a blessing in disguise! 

Edited January 15, 2022 by lost

[eastynh]

It's been bent towards United and Liverpool for years. It was worse years ago, than it is now.

[thetime]

Massive points for Norwich and Watford. 

[WS_Jack_III]

Simply not good enough again from Newcastle. Nice to see a change in style and actually dominate the ball at home for the first time in years but they're missing far too many opportunities and we always concede. 21 points dropped from winning positions this season. 

 

Newcastle will be relegated this season.

Edited January 15, 2022 by WS_Jack_III

[The Nal]

When's Rafa getting sacked? 

[WS_Jack_III]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

When's Rafa getting sacked? 

Probably right before Newcastle play Everton so they get new manager boost and beat us.

[charlierc]

21 hours ago, The Nal said:

When's Rafa getting sacked? 

He's gone officially. A very brief statement has been put on the Everton website confirming the sacking.

Really feel like mixing oil and water tbh. I think there's a scenario where such a controversial move could have worked but it's been clear for a few weeks that it hasn't worked.

[charlierc]

22 hours ago, WS_Jack_III said:

Simply not good enough again from Newcastle. Nice to see a change in style and actually dominate the ball at home for the first time in years but they're missing far too many opportunities and we always concede. 21 points dropped from winning positions this season. 

I don't understand what's happened to Jamal Lascelles. Under Benitez and in the first Bruce season he looked pretty consistent - had an odd error but largely pretty reliable. Yet yesterday (admittedly just from the 3 minute YouTube clip) he just looked like the weakest link.

It is insane we still have chance of staying up tbh. 1 win from the first 21 games and blowing leads in 9 separate matches, not least the fact we've done that against a poor Watford team twice, really should have us out for the count now, even with our transfer riches to play with.

[pink_triangle]

9 minutes ago, charlierc said:

I don't understand what's happened to Jamal Lascelles. Under Benitez and in the first Bruce season he looked pretty consistent - had an odd error but largely pretty reliable. Yet yesterday (admittedly just from the 3 minute YouTube clip) he just looked like the weakest link.

It is insane we still have chance of staying up tbh. 1 win from the first 21 games and blowing leads in 9 separate matches, not least the fact we've done that against a poor Watford team twice, really should have us out for the count now, even with our transfer riches to play with.

I remember a few years ago Lascelles looked like he had potential, now he looks a championship player.

I think what's more insane is Norwich have a chance of staying up, they have been comfortably the worst team in my view.

[charlierc]

1 minute ago, pink_triangle said:

I remember a few years ago Lascelles looked like he had potential, now he looks a championship player.

I think what's more insane is Norwich have a chance of staying up, they have been comfortably the worst team in my view.

Yeah if Norwich beat Watford next weekend, they could genuinely be survival favourites, which would be quite extraordinary given how hopeless they looked under Daniel Farke and that their win over Everton on Saturday came on the back of 6 straight defeats, all without scoring.

Lots of Newcastle players seem to have gone backwards even just on last season, but Lascelles has to be up there with the worst. Club captain, once touted as potential to be an England international or linked with a big move, and has previously been seeing trying to rouse the team in difficult moments. But yesterday, he was an accident waiting to happen and not for the first time of late either.

[The Nal]

32 minutes ago, charlierc said:

He's gone officially. A very brief statement has been put on the Everton website confirming the sacking.

[WS_Jack_III]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

I don't understand what's happened to Jamal Lascelles. Under Benitez and in the first Bruce season he looked pretty consistent - had an odd error but largely pretty reliable. Yet yesterday (admittedly just from the 3 minute YouTube clip) he just looked like the weakest link.

It is insane we still have chance of staying up tbh. 1 win from the first 21 games and blowing leads in 9 separate matches, not least the fact we've done that against a poor Watford team twice, really should have us out for the count now, even with our transfer riches to play with.

I've never rated him really.

[WS_Jack_III]

Rafa to the toon in an upstairs role? He's in with the owners.

[JoeyT]

Leeds. Bielsa. Jack Harrison.

Love my club ❤️

[lost]

22 minutes ago, WS_Jack_III said:

Rafa to the toon in an upstairs role? He's in with the owners.

Unless your talking about serving up prawn cocktails in the business lounge, surely that would limit your choice of manager going forward. Any manager would have to be insane to work under him?

In less than 6 months at Everton he's fallen out with and had removed. The director of football, The head of recruitment, The head of the medical team, James Rodriguez and Luca Digne. There are also strong rumours that something similar was happening with Allan and Doucoure was forced to make a public statement correcting his comments on playing in a 2 vs 3 man midfield.

Any manager would feel less stressed and more stable working for Watford surely? 

Edited January 16, 2022 by lost

[Gnomicide]

Sorry to see Rafa gone, it's been a right laugh. As a parting gesture, they dropped a further place as he was getting sacked.