The English Football Thread

[Pizy 18,918]

Just sad seeing these clubs we've laughed at and made fun of over the past decade or so now completely eclipse us both on and off the pitch. Liverpool and Spuds have been laughing stocks and are now so much better placed going forward. Whether it's the new stadium for Spuds or the massive investment by Liverpool, it just feels like Chelsea are being left behind.

What we do next month in the market will say a lot about our ambitions. If we do nothing but hope shit gets better we'll see Arsenal and even fucking United fly past us in the league.

[Vesper 30,186]

1 minute ago, Johnnyeye said:

if we get quality, a big fucking if

HUGE if

and

If we do this Higuain swap and he bombs out, we are well and truly fucked.

Hopefully he rolls back the years to 2015–16 level

[lucio 5,418]

2 minutes ago, Johnnyeye said:

if we get quality, a big fucking if

if we approach the str position like we approached cm in the summer, we will be alright.

[Vesper 30,186]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Just sad seeing these clubs we've laughed at and made fun of over the past decade or so now completely eclipse us both on and off the pitch. Liverpool and Spuds have been laughing stocks and are now so much better placed going forward. Whether it's the new stadium for Spuds or the massive investment by Liverpool, it just feels like Chelsea are being left behind.

What we do next month in the market will say a lot about our ambitions. If we do nothing but hope shit gets better we'll see Arsenal and even fucking United fly past us in the league.

great post

[Vesper 30,186]

1 minute ago, lucio said:

if we approach the str position like we approached cm in the summer, we will be alright.

what do you think of Higuain?

 

[!Hazard! 3,394]

5 minutes ago, lucio said:

if we approach the str position like we approached cm in the summer, we will be alright.

Str will make a big difference IMO

It's a whole new team when you got a CONFIDENT striker that will comfortably score 25-30 goals a season. Right now our strikers can't hold on to the fucking ball nevermind finish the chances they get. That makes the all the other players more cautious on the ball and force them to keep passing sideways

[lucio 5,418]

3 minutes ago, Vesper said:

what do you think of Higuain?

 

i'm not sure, I haven't watched him since his real madrid days. I think he will be a lot more clinical than morata or giroud though, I don't see him consistently missing easy chances like morata

[lucio 5,418]

1 minute ago, !Hazard! said:

Str will make a big difference IMO

It's a whole new team when you got a CONFIDENT striker that will comfortably score 25-30 goals a season. Right now our strikers can't hold on to the fucking ball nevermind finish the chances they get. That makes the all the other players more cautious on the ball and force them to keep passing sideways

true, giroud loses the ball more often than not. they then pass sideways to willian or alonso and it all breaks down

[Vesper 30,186]

3 minutes ago, lucio said:

i'm not sure, I haven't watched him since his real madrid days. I think he will be a lot more clinical than morata or giroud though, I don't see him consistently missing easy chances like morata

he is in a huge slump atm, looks for shit

hasn't scored since October

12 straight games no goals

only 5 league goals all year

I am super worried he will bomb out

[Vesper 30,186]

 1 1 wooot

[Vesper 30,186]

ffs

538: Liverpool now 72% likely to win the Premier League

American statisticians FiveThirtyEight have a permanent Premier League table on their site with chances of winning the league, top four spots, Europa League places and who is most likely to go down.

Following the results on Boxing Day, Liverpool are now considered 72% likely to win the Premier League.

Manchester City are still considered the most likely challengers, with a 19% liklehood of winning the title.

Tottenham are rated at 7%.

All of the three top sides have a strong chance (over 90%) of finishing in the top four.

See a screenshot from the FiveThirtyEight table here:

[Unionjack 7,531]

45 minutes ago, Vesper said:

what do you think of Higuain?

 

I have my reservations too mate. But as you know I do think theres a good chance of him doing good.

You know that confidence and the trust of your manager is important to these likkle lambs and Sarri has all the faith and love for Higuain he will need.

 

The problem as I see it is that Sarri has told the board he wanted Icardi first and Higuain as backup.

But Granny being a business woman first and knowing fuck all about football thinks doing the loan deal wont cost us owt and in her likkle mind they are both strikers so SHOULD be doing the same job. And of course our board of sheepy yes men don't have the nous and balls to explain the difference and stand up to her!

I hope Hig does well for us but I'd dearly love Icardi or Martial. Dream on Uj mate!

[Laylabelle 9,535]

That's the thing liverpool have got the players they wanted and needed. Less faff around and what a difference its made. Plus the goalie is definitely worth what they paid.7 goals against... 43 scored.. Depressing 

[Unionjack 7,531]

You would think the £500k a week would be enough that he didn't need to gamble!

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[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Ofc, Salah does not get a ban for his obvious dive vs Newcastle. Media darlings and FA prodigies. 

[DDA 9,941]

35 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Ofc, Salah does not get a ban for his obvious dive vs Newcastle. Media darlings and FA prodigies. 

Hate them. It's unreal how the media are scared to death of upsetting the Scouse. 

[communicate 2,703]

49 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Ofc, Salah does not get a ban for his obvious dive vs Newcastle. Media darlings and FA prodigies. 

That was obvious dive.  But I knew he won't get ban. Salah and pool are kinda the darling of FA. 

If what salah did was not a dive, then we don't need Morata to get stronger, he can keep falling down under minimal contact but sadly we will not get any penalty 

[Johnnyeye 7,510]

57 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Ofc, Salah does not get a ban for his obvious dive vs Newcastle. Media darlings and FA prodigies. 

fucking media and FA darlings, what a load of shit , you can bet that if it was us we wouldn't hear the end of it. Hypocrites

FA( Fucking Assholes)

[Laylabelle 9,535]

Why has the Arsenal manager spoken about how Liverpool can go unbeaten all the way.. Before playing them.. Surely wait till you have then say. May not be wrong.. Hopefully wrong... 

The FA are just odd with what they do.. 

[Unionjack 7,531]

3 hours ago, DDA said:

Hate them. It's unreal how the media are scared to death of upsetting the Scouse. 

Really do hate Scosers! Hate their accents too. ALMOST as bad as a Brummie one.

3 hours ago, Johnnyeye said:

fucking media and FA darlings, what a load of shit , you can bet that if it was us we wouldn't hear the end of it. Hypocrites

FA( Fucking Assholes)

Victimpool and Shitty well both Manc clubs have always had the media stuck up their arses! Always been the same. Even when we were winning everything in sight you still felt this underlying thing of the media just waiting for us to fuck up and jump on us. We beat Shitty and I read headlines saying they were unlucky and hardly mentioning us in the write up. Mou mighta been a bit para and bonkers trying to do what Fergie did and make it a us Vs the world but hee never had to work hard to get the media to do it.

8 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

Why has the Arsenal manager spoken about how Liverpool can go unbeaten all the way.. Before playing them.. Surely wait till you have then say. May not be wrong.. Hopefully wrong... 

The FA are just odd with what they do.. 

Its hard to even think it but might prefer the Scouse gits to beat the north Londoners.