Football 2023/24

[charlierc]

On 4/2/2024 at 4:14 AM, Neil said:

how come, pep is the best manager ever, just a great manager who can't improve players.

They lost Gundogan and Mahrez in the summer and brought in inferior replacements in Nunes and Kovacic. Some suggest that players need a year to "bed in" to the way Guardiola does things, but in this situation, it makes it more awkward, to say nothing of the error that was Kalvin Phillips.

It must also be said that selling Cole Palmer to Chelsea has been a terrible piece of business given that Palmer has pretty much been Chelsea's only real consistently good player of late and arguably had more to offer than Doku, who seems to have been very inconsistent.

[Neil]

22 minutes ago, charlierc said:

 Cole Palmer

i reckon his parents wanted people to think "cole porter" it makes me think of "calton palmer". 😛 

 

 

[thetime]

2 hours ago, charlierc said:

They lost Gundogan and Mahrez in the summer and brought in inferior replacements in Nunes and Kovacic. Some suggest that players need a year to "bed in" to the way Guardiola does things, but in this situation, it makes it more awkward, to say nothing of the error that was Kalvin Phillips.

It must also be said that selling Cole Palmer to Chelsea has been a terrible piece of business given that Palmer has pretty much been Chelsea's only real consistently good player of late and arguably had more to offer than Doku, who seems to have been very inconsistent.

They are still doing well though, could quite easily win the treble again. 

[Neil]

Just now, thetime said:

They are still doing well though, could quite easily win the treble again. 

thought theyd be running away withit with haaaland's goals.

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, thetime said:

They are still doing well though, could quite easily win the treble again. 

True. I think they are FA Cup favourites and they have the potential to triumph in the Champions League after all.

[thetime]

2 minutes ago, charlierc said:

True. I think they are FA Cup favourites and they have the potential to triumph in the Champions League after all.

United will turn up this weekend and do Liverpool. 

[Neil]

i think they're too flaky to win the treble again. the way i see it they're probable too flaky to win anything but the prem.

in the other competitions  they'll be head-to-head  other teams  where those other teams will want it more/enough to expose city's flaky side. 

[thetime]

19 minutes ago, Neil said:

i think they're too flaky to win the treble again. the way i see it they're probable too flaky to win anything but the prem.

in the other competitions  they'll be head-to-head  other teams  where those other teams will want it more/enough to expose city's flaky side. 

Fa cup?

Can't see the remaining sides coming close to them to be honest. 

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, thetime said:

Fa cup?

Can't see the remaining sides coming close to them to be honest. 

That's the one I'm most confident about them reclaiming. Premier League is a genuine toss-up, while Real Madrid in the next round of the Champions League now have Bellingham and those who remember getting mauled at the Etihad in the semis last year are going to want revenge.

[thetime]

6 minutes ago, charlierc said:

That's the one I'm most confident about them reclaiming. Premier League is a genuine toss-up, while Real Madrid in the next round of the Champions League now have Bellingham and those who remember getting mauled at the Etihad in the semis last year are going to want revenge.

Champions league will be there stumbling block, can't see anyone in the Premier league to stop them. Certainly not that fist bumping twat at anfield. 

[Neil]

3 hours ago, thetime said:

Fa cup?

Can't see the remaining sides coming close to them to be honest. 

tghey only have to lose one game to be out of the fa cup, and their opponents only need to raise their game for one match. the opponents might want it more.

[Neil]

spurs will be on the slide now, as joe lewis is fined £5mn

[Neil]

man utd got proper turned over by palmer tonight just wish it'd been calton palmer. 😛 

[thetime]

Amount of shots utd concede is crazy. 

[charlierc]

4 hours ago, thetime said:

Amount of shots utd concede is crazy. 

Even so, to lose when 3-2 up with 97 minutes on the clock is concerning, and probably not what ETH needs for his job security. This on the back of being lucky to draw at Brentford after they missed 30+ chances does hint that this chaosball is too open to trouble.

I know that they, much like us at Newcastle or what feels like most of the Premier League, are having their arses kicked by injury, with particular issues in defence, but feels like teams still find a way to see such games out.

[lost]

Watching onana, he doesn't seem to have a conventional style. Alot of the time he palms the ball back into play rather than to the sides resulting in another chance.

[Neil]

just read a piece on the bbc website about gary richatdson retiring, at the bottom of the page was this picture of him with the '66 wc squad.

made me laugh cos you could stick any face on that body and claim they were with that squad.

 

[thetime]

4 hours ago, charlierc said:

Even so, to lose when 3-2 up with 97 minutes on the clock is concerning, and probably not what ETH needs for his job security. This on the back of being lucky to draw at Brentford after they missed 30+ chances does hint that this chaosball is too open to trouble.

I know that they, much like us at Newcastle or what feels like most of the Premier League, are having their arses kicked by injury, with particular issues in defence, but feels like teams still find a way to see such games out.

137 shots conceded last 5 games.

Would be united to beat the scousers Sunday though.

[Neil]

2 hours ago, thetime said:

137 shots conceded last 5 games.

Would be united to beat the scousers Sunday though.

liverpool to win, ram his new toy down ratcliffe's face. maybe klopp can get another utd manager sacked. 🙂 

[charlierc]

15 hours ago, thetime said:

137 shots conceded last 5 games.

Would be united to beat the scousers Sunday though.

Well, that FA Cup win the other week was unexpected and they did win the equivalent fixture at the start of last season. So much as Liverpool are favourites, it isn't out of the realms of possibility for Manchester United to pull a fast one on them.

[Neil]

Sam  aladice at old Trafford with Jim radcliffe is that the next manager?

[thetime]

1 hour ago, Neil said:

Sam  aladice at old Trafford with Jim radcliffe is that the next manager?

Good job for dodgy pens. 😃

[Neil]

1 hour ago, thetime said:

Good job for dodgy pens. 😃

i had the match on, and managed to sleep thru most of it.  so i don't know what happened.

[charlierc]

On 4/5/2024 at 7:33 PM, thetime said:

137 shots conceded last 5 games.

Would be united to beat the scousers Sunday though.

Given how awful Man United were in the first half, they did very well to be nearly do it.

 

Also means Klopp is 0/3 for games at Old Trafford against ten Hag. Which is quite something given some of the teams EtH's Man United have lost to or indeed how ridiculous they were in losing to Chelsea on Thursday.

 

Though given Chelsea drew at Sheffield United, maybe it was a mirage from them as well.

[thetime]

7 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Given how awful Man United were in the first half, they did very well to be nearly do it.

 

Also means Klopp is 0/3 for games at Old Trafford against ten Hag. Which is quite something given some of the teams EtH's Man United have lost to or indeed how ridiculous they were in losing to Chelsea on Thursday.

 

Though given Chelsea drew at Sheffield United, maybe it was a mirage from them as well.

It was more to do with Liverpool woeful strikers to be honest.

 

Especially as utd were on there 5th and 6th choice centre backs, plus 4th choice left back.