Football 2024/25

[charlierc]

17 hours ago, thetime said:

 

What does the 80s, 2000's and now have in common? Newcastle winning f**k all. 😃😃

Winning the Championship in 1984, 1993 and 2010 doesn't count huh

 

... yeah I'm aware it doesn't. And indeed neither does the time in 2010 that winning a pre-season tournament in Spain got us this magnificent folly

Edited Friday at 04:56 PM by charlierc

[charlierc]

8 hours ago, lost said:

Anything before VAR is an improvement, the 80's nostalgia comes from when it was still the working class game before the prem though the hooliganism tends to spoil it a bit for me.

 

2000's / early 2010's also the best champions league period for me as well. Zidane, Fat Ronaldo, Pirlo, Rooney, Seedorf, Nesta, Henry etc.. early enough in the format when big teams across europe playing each other still felt special

I can remember the strange momentum break in a stadium. Last time I saw a Newcastle game in stadium 2 years ago (I live down south and they now have a membership program that makes getting tickets difficult), there was a VAR stop for a penalty given by VAR for a handball by a Bournemouth defender and there was a definite momentum break made unhelpful that it wasn't that clear it was a handball.

 

I agree the Champions League felt a lot more special then though. Jury's out on how this new sprawling format goes but it does feel a bit less magical at present.

[charlierc]

Two weeks after Liverpool demolished Man United on their own patch and they duly lose at home to Forest, who last won at Anfield in 1969. Makes ya wonder why anyone predicts anything as I can assume a vast majority of people would've called this as a Reds win beforehand.

[thetime]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

 Makes ya wonder why anyone predicts anything 

 

Everton losing a 2 goal lead is up there for a banker. 

[charlierc]

25 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

Everton losing a 2 goal lead is up there for a banker. 

I mean doing it for two games in a row is consistent. Just not the great consistent.

[kaosmark2]

I'm not too surprised Liverpool have lost a game. Home to Forest you wouldn't have expected but changing manager was always going to bring a few results as the style and tactics shift.

[Neil]

4 hours ago, thetime said:

 

Everton losing a 2 goal lead is up there for a banker. 

everton were great - if they can keep the same energy they'll avoid the drop.

[charlierc]

Quite something that Friday had an article on the BBC Sport website bemoaning the lack of long-range goals anymore in the Premier League, and then two outside-the-box hits tilt Newcastle from defeat to victory at Molineux. Still unbeaten too, despite still arguably not playing that well and having had a week of our manager and sporting director apparently being sassy about one another.

 

Also will note a slightly surprise at the North London Derby before it. Thought no Rice or Odegaard would leave Arsenal with problems but Spurs just didn't get it together.

[Neil]

2 hours ago, charlierc said:

Quite something that Friday had an article on the BBC Sport website bemoaning the lack of long-range goals anymore in the Premier League, and then two outside-the-box hits tilt Newcastle from defeat to victory at Molineux. Still unbeaten too, despite still arguably not playing that well and having had a week of our manager and sporting director apparently being sassy about one another.

 

Also will note a slightly surprise at the North London Derby before it. Thought no Rice or Odegaard would leave Arsenal with problems but Spurs just didn't get it together.

spurs were spursy.

[pink_triangle]

On 9/13/2024 at 6:23 PM, charlierc said:

 

I agree the Champions League felt a lot more special then though. Jury's out on how this new sprawling format goes but it does feel a bit less magical at present.

For all the criticism of the sprawling format, most people don’t pay attention until the knockouts anyway. It’s just a different way of pretty much the same teams advancing.

[charlierc]

18 hours ago, pink_triangle said:

For all the criticism of the sprawling format, most people don’t pay attention until the knockouts anyway. It’s just a different way of pretty much the same teams advancing.

I guess there'll be a degree of interest this year with this being the first chance the new format has had. Until now we've just been contemplating how this looks in theory, or at least playing it on Football Manager/FIFA.

 

The BBC getting a weekly highlights show is also a good thing and frankly something UEFA should've looked into a lot sooner. Even if it being on Wednesday this week means it misses the 6 games being played on Thursday.

Edited yesterday at 11:49 AM by charlierc

[kaosmark2]

12 minutes ago, charlierc said:

the 6 games being played on Thursday.

I had completely missed this part of the changes.

[charlierc]

5 hours ago, kaosmark2 said:

I had completely missed this part of the changes.

So had I until yesterday tbf. But next week is Europa League only then the week after the UCL goes back to Tue/Wed only. So I guess this is just by way of introducing the league for this season.