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23 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

Yep. Ours have done it enouhj times. Hopefully won't be happening anytime soon. Just so disrespectful. No excuse. Don't want to play for manager do it for the fans who turn up week in week out. 

You dont think there was some of that going on for the first 4 months of this year?

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9 hours ago, Special Juan said:

Players want fucking shooting the toss pots, totally proved they downed tools for JM and despite who they are that is fucking not on ay any level.

It happens but it disgusts me.

Problem is, why does it keep happening to Jose? It's a similar song at Real, Chelsea and now United and he's the only common factor all three times. I don't think it's downing tools per se (in my opinion thats an overhyped cliche to hide managerial failings) i think he mentally ruined most of his squad to the point it was affecting their personal lives aswell as professional ones. 

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2 hours ago, Tomo said:

Problem is, why does it keep happening to Jose? It's a similar song at Real, Chelsea and now United and he's the only common factor all three times. I don't think it's downing tools per se (in my opinion thats an overhyped cliche to hide managerial failings) i think he mentally ruined most of his squad to the point it was affecting their personal lives aswell as professional ones. 

Jose is the most common one, Conte was the past example and there was a few before those.

If people doesn't think player power exists they are stupid.

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9 hours ago, Special Juan said:

Jose is the most common one, Conte was the past example and there was a few before those.

If people doesn't think player power exists they are stupid.

There is player power, that is obvious. SAF was the only manager that is bigger than players, he can basically sack the whole squad without anybody asking question. 

For me, it is the manager job to make the player to play for him. I think you can sense how loved klopp in pool and how loved Poch in spurs. Manager job is not just tactic but also managing 25 young millionaire to play well together. 

I may not like it but it is the reality. 

 

 

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What happened to football on Christmas Day? The lost history of a Victorian tradition

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/what-happened-football-christmas-day-lost-history-a-victorian-tradition

Football was once as much of a Christmas Day staple as the Queen's Speech and pigs in blankets – but was it all festive fun or just a freezing farce? Paul Brown dons his silly hat...

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For football fans, the Christmas period serves up a real festive feast, with fixtures stuffed into the calendar like sage and onion into a turkey’s nether regions. Christmas Day, however, is a football-free zone, with supporters left to sit indoors and endure the Queen’s speech, cracker jokes and kisses from elderly relatives.

This wasn’t always the case, though – up until the 1950s, football was traditionally played on Christmas Day. 

This made a lot of sense, particularly in the early years. Christmas Day was a rare public holiday, and football was one of the few entertainments available. In the days before television, it wasn’t possible to slump on the sofa in front of the EastEnders Christmas special, so folk wrapped up in new hats and scarves from Santa Claus and went out to watch football instead. There would be a full programme of fixtures on Christmas Day and, usually, another full programme on Boxing Day. In the Victorian era, when many of the festive traditions we enjoy today were introduced, football was very much a part of Christmas. 

TWO DAYS, THREE GAMES

In 1888, Everton played two matches on Christmas Day, then another on Boxing Day. All three matches took place at Everton’s pre-Goodison home – Anfield. On Christmas morning they played a Lancashire Cup tie against Blackburn Park Road, coming from behind to win 3-2. Then in the afternoon they played an annual exhibition match against Ulster FC, winning 3-0, with goalkeeper Charles Jolliffe scoring the third goal to the great amusement of the 2,000 spectators – a large crowd for the time. The Boxing Day match against Bootle was less amusing, being played in a shower of hailstones, and ending as a goalless draw.

The first Football League match to be played on Christmas Day was Preston North End versus Aston Villa in 1889. Preston’s 'Invincibles' were the reigning league champions, but Villa had won the previous meeting between England’s top two sides. This was a real Christmas cracker and 9,000 spectators postponed their turkey dinners to see it, making it one of the highest-attended games the fledgling league had seen.

Man of the match was Preston’s Nick Ross, the fearsome defender-turned-forward who terrified opponents by hissing at them through a crooked set of rotten teeth. Ross gave Preston an early lead, but Villa hit back with two goals before half-time. In the second half, Ross hit a long-range equaliser and then claimed his hat-trick with a “lightning shot”. A hard-fought game ended 3-2 to Preston, who went on to win the league for the second season running.

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1 minute ago, Laylabelle said:

Oh and Matic just scored... 

Guess way its going Liverpool title.. Hopefully they don't go all the time way unbeaten as that be unbearable.. 

Liverpool, both times they topped table at Christmas, lost the title

I still think Pep beats them

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these clubs don't tolerate ineffective , technically poor players in their attack. That is the difference between them and us - they wouldn't be utilising willian and morata, whereas we'd still be trying to get a tune out of aaron lennon and soldado

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21 minutes ago, lucio said:

these clubs don't tolerate ineffective , technically poor players in their attack. That is the difference between them and us - they wouldn't be utilising willian and morata, whereas we'd still be trying to get a tune out of aaron lennon and soldado

They won't allow someone as slow as snail to play left back and support attack...

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