The English Football Thread

[Ledg 639]

So at the end of the day, even with our disastrous lose the weekend was not so bad after all. Everybody around us dropped points, except Spurs. Maybe the people who though we had a chance to catch City are the most disappointed.

[Milan 17,848]

So much pressure from United!!  Embarassing, but on the other hand City did extremely well and the final 6 minutes were tactically spot on.

Lukaku MOTM  

[cosmicway 1,299]

Pep was not even our opponent last year, Spurs were.
It shows that he did a brilliant job in the transfer period.

[Jase 43,479]

Not liking the fact that City are probably gonna break our league records (most wins, most points etc)!

[positivefootball 195]

Pep is the best. Amazing.

[coolhead23 1,146]

Jose destroying United ... Enjoying it ... hahahaha!!! From being notorious in attack under Fergie to parking the bus sorry the correct term by "United fans" playing "counter attacking football" they are going in the right direction. Keep going, Jose. 

 

P.S. United & Chelsea ensured that Delep is a world class player because both never exploited that left side. 

[Milan 17,848]

One just has to admire what is happening there - 16 games played, 15 wins, 48 goals scored already, 11 points gap, consistent performances with some late winners. All that while playing attacking minded football. No contest whatsoever this season. It would need a massive, massive blip to let other teams racing for the title again.

Watching Mourinho fail again is a wonderful thing, that must be said.

[Pizy 18,323]

City winning the PL is hollow and meaningless to me personally, so more power to them. If it's not us they're the most palatable club.

Really, really don't want them to win the CL, though.

[Panic 57]

I only watched the second half, but City weren't that impressive and the game seemed to be up for the taking. Granted, Manchester United actually had to play football to do so.

[El P. 1,354]

It is not them winning the league that I hate. It's that they'll probably break all kind of records, maybe even be new invincibles, and even more important - they have a team which can dominate in England and Europe for a lot of years to come..

They could win most of the leagues in upcoming years, maybe even UCL. And then, they will be about leveled with us in the number of important trophies. Their project just screams 'longevity' and ours actually never did. And they will have this really good football, people will always admire that.

[!Hazard! 3,394]

It's a bit alarming for Mourinho that it seems to be quite to easy to look good against his teams nowadays. Back in the days he was known for making the opposition look mediocre in big games.

[Jase 43,479]

Klopp totally lost it after the derby.

 

[Azpinator 2,325]

41 minutes ago, El P. said:

It is not them winning the league that I hate. It's that they'll probably break all kind of records, maybe even be new invincibles, and even more important - they have a team which can dominate in England and Europe for a lot of years to come..

They could win most of the leagues in upcoming years, maybe even UCL. And then, they will be about leveled with us in the number of important trophies. Their project just screams 'longevity' and ours actually never did. And they will have this really good football, people will always admire that.

You're overrating them way too much. The competitive nature of modern football would stand in the way of such dominance.

[Laylabelle 9,341]

Least teams below dropped points as well other then Spurs otherwise been bit further down end of today 

[El P. 1,354]

7 minutes ago, Azpinator said:

You're overrating them way too much. The competitive nature of modern football would stand in the way of such dominance.

Yes, I might be. Hope you are right.

[11Drogba 2,000]

The moment they put Begiristain in charge they started building this team. We and other clubs have accountants in charge. They will dominate, rest of us will compete.

[Johnnyeye 7,432]

De Bruyne will win PFA player of the season, its just bound to happen. City break the winning run record with 14 straight wins, and probably going to break even more records come the end of the season. This was on the cards really, congrats to Guardiola and Ciy, they have been nothing short of brilliant and deserve all the praise they get, sometimes you just have to acknowledge and admire the opposition and only a meltdown will stop them from winning the title, wich wont happen. City's playing style, players performing and results are the mark of champions, our board should take a good look at themselves and admit they fucked up big time with transfers this summer, we are miles away from competing with this City side, unless Conte gets a proper backing in transfers or else he will leave for sure, i have to be honest. Cheers

[LAM09 6,687]

The moment they put Begiristain in charge they started building this team. We and other clubs have accountants in charge. They will dominate, rest of us will compete.

Having a Sheikh helps quite a bit