Football 2024/25

[pink_triangle]

7 hours ago, Comfy Bean said:

Spurs poor tonight again. Think Ange on his last legs. Shame as he seems a top bloke and when his “style” works it’s great to watch. 

Agreed and if spurs are not going to win anything (which is the norm) then I would rather them do it not playing like Conte Spurs..

 

Interesting one of our players Sam Dalby is doing well north of the border following loan move to Dundee Utd, have you seen anything of him ?

[Comfy Bean]

3 hours ago, pink_triangle said:

Agreed and if spurs are not going to win anything (which is the norm) then I would rather them do it not playing like Conte Spurs..

 

Interesting one of our players Sam Dalby is doing well north of the border following loan move to Dundee Utd, have you seen anything of him ?

nah mate. My football watching is a league down unfortunately. 

[charlierc]

So England's World Cup qualifying draw features Serbia and Albania, meaning a direct contest between two nations that really dislike one another and famously got a game in Euro 2016 qualifying abandoned over a drone being flown over the stadium.

 

This feels like a bit of a bad idea waiting to happen.

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6 hours ago, charlierc said:

So England's World Cup qualifying draw features Serbia and Albania, meaning a direct contest between two nations that really dislike one another and famously got a game in Euro 2016 qualifying abandoned over a drone being flown over the stadium.

 

This feels like a bit of a bad idea waiting to happen.

More importantly, why do England always get such an easy draw?

[charlierc]

Well, a win for Chelsea tonight reduces Liverpool's lead to two points, even if they've played a game less. Perhaps I was hasty in saying no title race after all. Although certainly Arsenal will be narked that with Liverpool having a stumble at home to Fulham yesterday, they couldn't break down Everton.

 

Also surprised at how fractious it's getting at Wolves. Keeper Jose Sa has not been seen since jumping into the stands to have an argument with a fan during a game against Bournemouth - albeit one where he conceded multiple penalties - then Mario Lemina got stripped of the captaincy for starting a brawl after the final whistle at West Ham last week, and now Ait-Nouri got sent off for his part in a brawl after the loss to Ipswich yesterday, with Cunha likely to get a ban for starting on a member of Ipswich's security. All a bit undignified.

 

Plus, you know, Newcastle thrashed Leicester. How Ruud of us to end Van Nistelrooy's unbeaten start.

[FeverDream]

2 hours ago, charlierc said:

Well, a win for Chelsea tonight reduces Liverpool's lead to two points, even if they've played a game less. Perhaps I was hasty in saying no title race after all. Although certainly Arsenal will be narked that with Liverpool having a stumble at home to Fulham yesterday, they couldn't break down Everton.

 

Also surprised at how fractious it's getting at Wolves. Keeper Jose Sa has not been seen since jumping into the stands to have an argument with a fan during a game against Bournemouth - albeit one where he conceded multiple penalties - then Mario Lemina got stripped of the captaincy for starting a brawl after the final whistle at West Ham last week, and now Ait-Nouri got sent off for his part in a brawl after the loss to Ipswich yesterday, with Cunha likely to get a ban for starting on a member of Ipswich's security. All a bit undignified.

 

Plus, you know, Newcastle thrashed Leicester. How Ruud of us to end Van Nistelrooy's unbeaten start.

And now O’Neil is sacked. I can’t see a scenario where Wolves don’t go down now. It’ll be them and Southampton for certain then a toss up between Ipswich, Palace and Leicester for the last spot I think, though I’d lean towards Ipswich.

[kaosmark2]

29 minutes ago, FeverDream said:

And now O’Neil is sacked. I can’t see a scenario where Wolves don’t go down now. It’ll be them and Southampton for certain then a toss up between Ipswich, Palace and Leicester for the last spot I think, though I’d lean towards Ipswich.

I think Everton can easily get pulled back into it.

 

Ipswich have played pretty well all season and are now finding a way to get some wins. I think they're in a decent spot to keep slowly climbing. I'm not sying they'll get out of it, but I kinda fancy them to stay up now.

 

Palace have such a good spine to their team, that I feel they're surely 1 signing away from becoming fine, but they're clearly not atm.

[FeverDream]

37 minutes ago, kaosmark2 said:

I think Everton can easily get pulled back into it.

 

Ipswich have played pretty well all season and are now finding a way to get some wins. I think they're in a decent spot to keep slowly climbing. I'm not sying they'll get out of it, but I kinda fancy them to stay up now.

 

Palace have such a good spine to their team, that I feel they're surely 1 signing away from becoming fine, but they're clearly not atm.

My thing with Everton is they’ve floated with the possibility of relegation for the last few seasons and somehow always escape it. I think they’ll get away with it again.

 

I'd love Ipswich to be the side out of the 3 promoted that stay up tbf. 
 

Palace have played well against Brighton this first half so I think you’re probably right in that they might just have enough.

[thetime]

7 minutes ago, FeverDream said:

My thing with Everton is they’ve floated with the possibility of relegation for the last few seasons and somehow always escape it. I think they’ll get away with it again.

 

I'd love Ipswich to be the side out of the 3 promoted that stay up tbf. 
 

Palace have played well against Brighton this first half so I think you’re probably right in that they might just have enough.

 

Everton's form is pretty decent in the last 3 months in the league. 

 

3 wins

6 draws

2 defeats.

 

 

 

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, kaosmark2 said:

I think Everton can easily get pulled back into it.

 

Ipswich have played pretty well all season and are now finding a way to get some wins. I think they're in a decent spot to keep slowly climbing. I'm not sying they'll get out of it, but I kinda fancy them to stay up now.

 

Palace have such a good spine to their team, that I feel they're surely 1 signing away from becoming fine, but they're clearly not atm.

We've just seen Palace record a pretty decent win to see off Brighton as part of an unbeaten run they're knitting together. So something does seem to be clicking there.

 

I think Wolves and Southampton are the two most at risk of the drop, then one of Leicester, Ipswich or Everton as the other vulnerable one. PSR may well be a factor given the talk of a points deduction for Leicester or Everton that's been somewhere in the background for a few months, although there's yet to be any charges filed so we may have to wait on that one.