The English Football Thread

[Milan 17,862]

Spurs 2-0 down now

[Leif 6,006]

Fuck yes spank them

[Leif 6,006]

Nice to have 1 common hate with Arsenal.

[Special Juan 27,457]

Spurs have been really poor and no surprise that Arsenal are ahead because their front 3 have been excellent.

[Pizy 18,454]

This Spuds performance is what I'm worried about for us today. Lethargic and completely off their usual game after the long break.

Anyways, we can potentially go 2nd if we win today. Huge, huge game!

[communicate 2,703]

A very good game. Pretty even, spurs had tons of warning. Lacazete and Alexis have been playing at the shoulder the whole game. As much as English media has praised Ali this year, I thought on the ball he is not that great. 

[Milan 17,862]

Pochettino changed his coat. Is he trying some woodoo?

[Pizy 18,454]

Spuds look like Arsenal here and Arse look like Spuds. The Tater Tots look short of ideas and are getting bullied.

[Leif 6,006]

If i was Sanchez i would've issued a come-and-get-me plea to Juventus for a couple of seasons. Both would be better off; Juve really needed more instant-impact players, but they went for damn Bernardeschi.
Sanchez-Dybala would be orgasmic.

[Milan 17,862]

A proper Spurs mental meltdown is all I am missing now.

[Jase 43,479]

So much hype on Spurs and Pochettino and they are still useless away from home against the league's big teams. Flat track bullies.

[Milan 17,862]

Wow, you need to watch the start of the Man City game. Kompany should have seen a red card inside 2 minutes. HOW ON EARTH IS THAT NOT A SENDING OFF????

 

[LAM09 6,814]

Wow, you need to watch the start of the Man City game. Kompany should have seen a red card inside 2 minutes. HOW ON EARTH IS THAT NOT A SENDING OFF????
 

Typical refereeing in the Prem

[Milan 17,862]

Can Rafa really do it?  Newcastle lead 1-0

[Leif 6,006]

Shocked that Ibra's back already, I clearly missed something.

Anyone with sense starts him over Lukaku. Ability is so much more important than age, it goes without saying.

[Leif 6,006]

Imagine using Martial / Rashford as wingers & instructing them to track back 

[Milan 17,862]

3 hours ago, Jason said:

So much hype on Spurs and Pochettino and they are still useless away from home against the league's big teams. Flat track bullies.

I am loving Pochettino's post-match interview. Except for blaming the refs he came up with information that every team struggles with big teams away from home and specifically mentioned Man United. Like Mourinho ever tried to play football in the last years against the big teams.

[Jase 43,479]

2 hours ago, milan.cech said:

I am loving Pochettino's post-match interview. Except for blaming the refs he came up with information that every team struggles with big teams away from home and specifically mentioned Man United. Like Mourinho ever tried to play football in the last years against the big teams.

Comparing your own poor record with others just to make yourself look good is just daft. At least Mourinho has won a number of away games against the big sides over the years. How many has Pochettino won as Spurs manager? 1 in 17 and if we want to be choosy, that came against an ailing Man City side under Pellegrini. Said this before, when the spotlight is on Spurs, when they are expected to do something good, they choke. Last season's FA Cup semi-final, that West Ham game in May, the match at Wembley in August, their match at United last month and the Arsenal game today. Those were the times they were supposedly going to win and turn up the heat on others but every single time, they bottled it. All this novelty of building a team for the future, playing good football etc will only last for so long because if they don't do the business in the league, if they don't win trophies, it's all going to fall apart and players will leave at some point.