The English Football Thread

[Vesper 29,202]

crowd is already leaving!!!!!!!

[LAM09 6,840]

Villa fans leaving already. [emoji849]

Leicester's record could be in jeopardy on this showing.

[Special Juan 27,541]

4-0 what a ball by KDB

[Vesper 29,202]

Just now, Special Juan said:

4-0 what a ball by KDB

Insane pass

best AMF in the world by a margin greater than any other position in terms of distance between best and 2nd best

club crushing fuck up by Mou and the board in 2014!!!

I will NEVER forget, NEVER forgive

[Vesper 29,202]

18 January 2014

coming up on the 6th anniversary

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/18/chelsea-sell-kevin-de-bruyne-wolfsburg

[Vesper 29,202]

'Chelsea ruined Drinkwater!' - Fans mock midfielder amid Aston Villa's horror show vs Man City

Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater had a moment to forget on his return to action in the Premier League, having started for the first time during his loan spell for Aston Villa

https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/fans-mock-drinkwater-aston-villa-17555375

[Pizy 18,536]

When in form City are still the best side in the league. If they had a fully fit defense it would be much like last season with only a point or two separating the eventual champion from second place.

They're also much more pleasing to watch than Liverpool for me. Whereas Liverpool are a blunt object that blugeons everyone to death, City are like a surgical scalpel. I hope Frank is eventually able to have us be as clinical and ruthless.

And fuck me, I'm still jealous and angry every time I watch KDB. After Messi, I'd have him over any other player in the world.

[Vesper 29,202]

nil 5

lololol

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

Morata - 70 million

Bakayoko - 45 million

Drinkwater - 40 million 

Zappacosta - 30 million 

 

That 2017 summer window has to be labeled as the worst piece of business in the Roman era. Set us back for seasons.

[Vesper 29,202]

3 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Morata - 70 million

Bakayoko - 45 million

Drinkwater - 40 million 

Zappacosta - 30 million 

 

That 2017 summer window has to be labeled as the worst piece of business in the Roman era. Set us back for seasons.

2017-18 windows were HORRID

£235m spent, almost all on SHIT

plus insane wasted salaries that even now make it crazy hard to sell some

Rudiger was the only good one

plus the disastrous non sale of Courtois

then came the even worse non sales in summer 2018 (Willian, Alonso, etc etc etc)

 

 

 

[Vesper 29,202]

Aguero just broke Alan Shearer's EPL hat trick record

nil 6

[Vesper 29,202]

Shitty should buy (they are close to the only team I would recco buying him) Koulibaly

they are that perfect situation

they would get 2 and a half or 3 peak years out of him and they desperately need a CB for the next 3 CL runs

even with Laporte back

Stones is NOT the answer

[Laylabelle 9,406]

If City weren't so inconsistent mainly at the back then it wouldn't be such a boring decided already over title race...when they're good they're lethal.

[Vesper 29,202]

2 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

If City weren't so inconsistent mainly at the back then it wouldn't be such a boring decided already over title race...when they're good they're lethal.

as soon as I typed about their CB's they coughed up a pen and blew the clean sheet

[Laylabelle 9,406]

Just now, Vesper said:

as soon as I typed about their CB's they coughed up a pen and blew the clean sheet

And a VAR check...

 

 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

and Villa desperately want Bats

and Marina is up to her old tricks

raised his price to a crazy £45m

Chelsea quote massive £45m fee for Michy Batshuayi as Crystal Palace and Aston Villa are dealt transfer blow

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7878415/Chelsea-quote-massive-45m-fee-Michy-Batshuayi-transfer-blow-Aston-Villa.html

If that strue then she really is thick, have learned fuck all. You have a decent chance to offload a player no Chels rate and then you up the price

[Vesper 29,202]

14 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

If that strue then she really is thick, have learned fuck all. You have a decent chance to offload a player no Chels rate and then you up the price

yep, she did the same with Courtois in 2017 (knowing he was not going to renew), and then Willian, Alonso, Azpi, Luiz, and Hazard (same contract situ as Courtois,just one year later)

when all is said and done

my best guess is that she lost us (NOT joking) damn near £275-300m in lost sales revenue versus what we will get or did get for just those players

that doesn't count the well over £100m (I think it is far more actually, just Drinkwater will end up at least 50m loss) wipe out from other shit buys and that Higs loan and the Kepa overpay

so at least 400m quid shit down the loo

and now we are in FFP issues

LOLOL

and have fuckall replacements for many (especially Hazard and the horrid LB situation)

BRILLIANT!!!!!

[NikkiCFC 8,081]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

and Villa desperately want Bats

and Marina is up to her old tricks

raised his price to a crazy £45m

Chelsea quote massive £45m fee for Michy Batshuayi as Crystal Palace and Aston Villa are dealt transfer blow

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7878415/Chelsea-quote-massive-45m-fee-Michy-Batshuayi-transfer-blow-Aston-Villa.html

Rules say max one player on loan from another PL team and no way they pay that.