Football 2024/25

[Gnomicide]

Great game last night, Bradley's tackle on Mbappe cheered nearly as loudly as a goal.

 

Very nervous for Sunday still, though obviously not as much as I would have been a few weeks ago.

[gazzared]

14 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

Great game last night, Bradley's tackle on Mbappe cheered nearly as loudly as a goal.

 

Very nervous for Sunday still, though obviously not as much as I would have been a few weeks ago.

it was magical....happened right in front off me . The first half the ref kept getting conned by all the diving and play acting but fair play he must have watched the replays at half time and second half he wised up to all the play acting

[gazzared]

On 11/27/2024 at 9:13 AM, thetime said:

 

I'm unsure, Liverpool have been getting away with it so far this season. 

 

Could be very tight this season, wouldn't rule out someone like Chelsea winning it. 

 

City certainly have it to reel in one team. 

I've read your comments for years but cant be bothered replying until now .why such hatred for Liverpool supporters ?

[thetime]

10 hours ago, gazzared said:

why such hatred for Liverpool supporters ?

 

I was raised in the 80s. 😃

 

Plus they are all frauds, don't hear a peep from them unless they are going for a title. From 1990 until klopp, quiet. Last season not a peep, that's all of them. 

 

Disclaimer my best man was a Liverpool fan. 

Edited Friday at 10:22 AM by thetime

[gazzared]

1 hour ago, thetime said:

 

I was raised in the 80s. 😃

 

Plus they are all frauds, don't hear a peep from them unless they are going for a title. From 1990 until klopp, quiet. Last season not a peep, that's all of them. 

 

Disclaimer my best man was a Liverpool fan. 

 

[Skip997]

On 11/28/2024 at 11:41 PM, gazzared said:

I've read your comments for years but cant be bothered replying until now .why such hatred for Liverpool supporters ?

Jealousy simple as that 

[thetime]

2 hours ago, Skip997 said:

Jealousy simple as that 

 

You've won 1 title in 35 years, that's on a par with Leicester City and Blackburn.

Edited Saturday at 05:05 PM by thetime

[gazzared]

59 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

You've won 1 title in 35 years, that's on a par with Leicester City and Blackburn.

Normally teams go on to win titles in phases over a continued period of time when everything just clicks and then can have a barren spell. Yeah we've only won 1 title in 35 years but it doesn't stop me supporting my club week in week out.

Edited Saturday at 06:05 PM by gazzared

[thetime]

 

12 minutes ago, gazzared said:

Yeah we've only won 1 title in 35 years but it doesn't stop me supporting my club week in week out.

 

But only go on festival football threads unless they are winning. 😃

[gazzared]

1 minute ago, thetime said:

 

 

But only go on festival football threads unless they are winning. 😃

🤣🤣🤣 No you've baited me into to replying...I've read your bitter nonsense for years. I'll go away again again 🤣🤣🤣

[thetime]

3 minutes ago, gazzared said:

🤣🤣🤣 No you've baited me into to replying...I've read your bitter nonsense for years. I'll go away again again 🤣🤣🤣

 

Liverpool must be due a bad run then. 😁

 

Hopefully for you they grab another title in the next 35....

 

 

[thetime]

Mad game at West Ham.

[Neil]

after getting punched in the face Gabriel isn't out for 2nd half

[gazzared]

13 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

Liverpool must be due a bad run then. 😁

 

Hopefully for you they grab another title in the next 35....

 

 

I hope so because I'll be dead if I have to wait that long again 🤣

[charlierc]

17 hours ago, thetime said:

Mad game at West Ham.

Certainly sounded more entertaining than a genuinely poor Newcastle display at Crystal Palace where we had one shot in the whole game and conceded an injury time equaliser.

 

After that is Liverpool on Wednesday and then a trip to Brentford, who somewhat curiously have the Premier League's best home record. Oh goodie.

[charlierc]

18 hours ago, gazzared said:

Normally teams go on to win titles in phases over a continued period of time when everything just clicks and then can have a barren spell. Yeah we've only won 1 title in 35 years but it doesn't stop me supporting my club week in week out.

I support English football's great underachievers that last won a major trophy in 1969 and of late has had a lot of people reclassifying that honour as a minor one, stretching the dry streak back to 1955. Comes with the territory.

 

I'd argue winning the Championship feels like a major honour now in a way it didn't really used to given how intense that division gets but apparently not.

[thetime]

2 hours ago, charlierc said:

 

I'd argue winning the Championship feels like a major honour now in a way it didn't really used to given how intense that division gets but apparently not.

 

Stretching it a bit now.

 

Bit like mourinho calling the community shield a trophy. 

 

 

[Neil]

20 hours ago, thetime said:

 

Liverpool must be due a bad run then. 😁

 

 

after xmas if it goes like recent years

[charlierc]

On 11/26/2024 at 1:41 PM, thetime said:

 

You would fully expect Everton in the bottom 3 on Boxing Day, nasty run in December. 

 

 

As I write this, Everton are 4-0 down at Old Trafford. With this sequence round the corner - yikes. If they can't beat Wolves on Wednesday, that could be major trouble.

[charlierc]

26 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

Stretching it a bit now.

 

Bit like mourinho calling the community shield a trophy. 

 

 

Yeah I know, I know.

 

I make the point given it feels intense to be involved in that division and the avalanche of games is quite something to wade through. Hell, Newcastle's two recent campaigns may have only been single season instant returns as league champions, but they were both so f**king stressful. Especially the last time given we lost 10 games and Brighton, Huddersfield and Reading really pushed us close.

 

But I'm aware that by default, a second tier isn't the same lucre as winning the FA Cup. I'm not going to pretend it has the same prestige.

[thetime]

Villas bubble well and truly burst. 

 

[Neil]

if pep is such a great manager why has he given haaarland the afternoon off 😛

 

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, thetime said:

Villas bubble well and truly burst. 

 

Same problem we had in the Champions League last season - squad just doesn't seem big enough. But I thought that might be possible this season with the CL being 8 games rather than 6.

 

Less sure on what our excuse is with no European football this year given ourselves and Villa are in the bottom half and level on points.

 

Not that either of us or indeed anyone really looks in the title chase. Liverpool now 9 points clear of Arsenal and 11 ahead of Man City. There's still 25 games to go, so there's still time for them to choke, but it doesn't exactly look like a gap that's about to be closed any time soon. Well unless Liverpool have an injury crisis, which tbf, they did last season.

[Neil]

Chelsea and man city showing us that money only buys a temporary shine and then things revert to years barren of success.

[charlierc]

10 hours ago, Neil said:

Chelsea and man city showing us that money only buys a temporary shine and then things revert to years barren of success.

You say that, Chelsea actually look like in a decent groove at the minute. 3rd in the league and just two defeats so far is much better than I expected given how bad the vibe was going into the season.

 

Man City's sudden drop-off is going to be the centre of attention at present. At the very least, they seem to be in a position where they're going to be having a summer refresh given a lot of players seem to have reached the end of things there.