The English Football Thread

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Tomo said:

But then I can flip that and say Arsenal and United only ran us close because both had extended periods of title winning form.

Ultimately 72 points is usually enough.

Well, we had a similar run up till November as well. 

Our disbelief at finishing in the Top 4 back then said it all. 

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2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

mathematically eliminated

Like they even care at this point. 

[Tomo 21,751]

5 minutes ago, Jason said:

Well, we had a similar run up till November as well. 

Our disbelief at finishing in the Top 4 back then said it all. 

We had a lot of draws though, those two went on crazy winning runs that were sustained for about 2/3 months.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Despite the dodgy start United are on 12 unbeaten run..7 in the league. They'll be there right till the end..hopefully behind us though!

Think we always play after them.

[Pizy 18,877]

That second penalty United were awarded says everything you need to know about Jon Moss. Just sees someone hit the ground out of the corner of his eye and his first instinct is immedietly to award a pen. What a bastard.

He and Anthony Taylor are the two worst refs in the league.

[Vesper 30,119]

massive game

Sheff U  may be on top of Manure (they should be) and only 4 behind us if we win

but still would prefer they beat Manure

the Mancs have only that game, SOTON (maybe one could call that a bit of a test, given their form) and Leicester (last day of the season and Leicester may have already clinched top 4 by then so little incentive) as their hardest fixtures left

such as easy run in

BHA, Bournemouth, Villa, Palace, West Sham, <<< the other 5, arffffff 

really wished they had dropped all 3 tonight

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5 minutes ago, Jason said:

Like they even care at this point. 

deep in the subconscious it can make a wee difference

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4 minutes ago, Tomo said:

We had a lot of draws though, those two went on crazy winning runs that were sustained for about 2/3 months.

Not much difference really.

Arsenal - P14 W12 D4
Chelsea - P12 W8 D4
Man United - P12 W10 D2

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Just now, Vesper said:

deep in the subconscious it can make a wee difference

You're being "optimistic".

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16 minutes ago, Milan said:

This is also huge from the City European ban perspective. As things stand, the 5th takes the CL spot so there can be a solid gap if we beat Villa.

the shitty appeal result will be known before the season ends

maybe even in 2 or 3 weeks

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Just now, Vesper said:

the shitty appeal result will be known before the season ends

maybe even in 2 or 3 weeks

Will likely be announced in early July. 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/12004199/man-citys-uefa-ban-appeal-to-be-decided-by-cas-in-july

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Just now, Vesper said:

the shitty appeal result will be known before the season ends

maybe even in 2 or 3 weeks

Thats it once that is known be clearer if any wriggle room or not. Not writing off Wolves or Sheffield however. 

I think be one year. Be surprised if two just cause.

 

[Atomiswave 6,117]

 

11 minutes ago, Pizy said:

That second penalty United were awarded says everything you need to know about Jon Moss. Just sees someone hit the ground out of the corner of his eye and his first instinct is immedietly to award a pen. What a bastard.

He and Anthony Taylor are the two worst refs in the league.

They are all horrible, name me one ref that is even semi decent? All controversial all bent, its on display every single match, with multiple techs at hand and they still look clueless.

And fuck udt bastards, diving cunts left right and center, they get awrded fake and super soft pens all game.

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10 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

 

They are all horrible, name me one ref that is even semi decent? All controversial all bent, its on display every single match, with multiple techs at hand and they still look clueless.

And fuck udt bastards, diving cunts left right and center, they get awrded fake and super soft pens all game.

Michael Oliver overall (even though I bitch about him) is pretty decent

not much after him

any ref I mention I will get flamed, but I think Howard Webb and Mark Clattenburg were decent

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Its a good result. Obviously Utd were never gonna lose with the ref, VAR and the FA backing them. But 1-1 does not really help any of the two teams and Spurs are only 6 points off so you never know. Could have been much worse. And as long as Utd dont score from open play, they have that monkey on their back again. Never seen a team awarded so many soft penalties. You can bet you ass on us not getting such an easy pen as Utd today. Corrupted refs ruining the game, Corona or not

We obviously need a win vs Villa to widen the gap.