The English Football Thread

[Fulham Broadway 16,975]

2 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

We'll ignore Liverpool cause thats ridiculous.

I remember early on in the season they had around 10 games when the luck ran with them. It was ridiculous

[Vesper 29,196]

Bednarek and Stephens played WC today, perfect positioning all game long

[Milan 17,878]

10 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Citeh heading for their third successive away defeat. Got a feeling the dippers will be nothing special next season. Utds front three have 55 goals between them so will be title contenders...but then theres us with Werner, Ziyech...possibly Havertz.... 

Also, City have just 1 defeat less than us.

[Jase 43,479]

FUCKING HELL!

[Laylabelle 9,406]

2 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

I remember early on in the season they had around 10 games when the luck ran with them. It was ridiculous

Hopefully next season be less so. They have played good blah blah but last minute goals and all...why do that?!

 

[Fulham Broadway 16,975]

1 hour ago, Laylabelle said:

Hopefully next season be less so. They have played good blah blah but last minute goals and all...why do that?!

 

That massive point lead is deceptive -around 20 points on luck, late goals, dodgy decisions.  

[Laylabelle 9,406]

What is intresting is Man Citys title defence..

The gap at the moment is 23 points..which could grow or be cut who knows..still big though. 

Yet City still are 2nd.  

Our bad title defence...31 point gap yet we ended up 10th place...we currently are 32 points off the top but 4th

How times have changed... maybe City will beat that point/gap wise.. know Leicester did but their title win was crazy..as was ending up 10th that year

[Johnnyeye 7,457]

16 hours ago, Atomiswave said:

Stop lying mate, you know you wouldnt mind a few rounds with her

 only after a few pints mate, but even that wouldn't be enough to erase it from my mind lmao

[Johnnyeye 7,457]

16 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Just been trying to kill them

 🤣

[Atomiswave 6,072]

25 minutes ago, Johnnyeye said:

 only after a few pints mate, but even that wouldn't be enough to erase it from my mind lmao

Ohh I bet it wont mate

[communicate 2,703]

Matic with 3 years extension Wow.

I like matic but he always has major drop off after half a season, not sure what happen once he got older 

[Vesper 29,196]

24 minutes ago, communicate said:

Matic with 3 years extension Wow.

I like matic but he always has major drop off after half a season, not sure what happen once he got older 

not this year (COVID-19 break probably helped)

he has freed up Pogba and Bruno to a large degree

[Vesper 29,196]

16 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

That massive point lead is deceptive -around 20 points on luck, late goals, dodgy decisions.  

and not even remotely close to dominance of 2015/16 PSG

they won by 31 points!!

and then........ along came

Mbappe and Monaco

https://www.skysports.com/ligue-1-table/2015

[OneMoSalah 8,810]

19 hours ago, Vesper said:

Ralph Hasenhüttl doesnt fuck about

he stripped Pierre-Emile Højbjerg of the captaincy after he said he wanted to leave

He has done well to turn the tide after their start to the season.

He is a very promising manager and I think with a few signings, Southampton can build on their turnaround this year. Who knows a good season next year and he could get a bigger job. Similarly to Poch or even Koeman in a way. He has a clear defined style and has shown he is interested in developing players as you can see with Che Adams (getting better after having a tough season), Danny Ings, Stuart Armstrong (didnt get going when he first arrived from Celtic although someone who has always been very talented since Ronny Deila signed him from Dundee Utd for Celtic), Jack Stephens, Jan Bednaker, James Ward-Prowse who have all improved under him. Plus his time at Leipzig, he had a big influence on the likes of Werner, Forsberg, Keita etc who all played with him. 

[Vesper 29,196]

16 hours ago, Laylabelle said:

What is intresting is Man Citys title defence..

The gap at the moment is 23 points..which could grow or be cut who knows..still big though. 

Yet City still are 2nd.  

Our bad title defence...31 point gap yet we ended up 10th place...we currently are 32 points off the top but 4th

How times have changed... maybe City will beat that point/gap wise.. know Leicester did but their title win was crazy..as was ending up 10th that year

I just want the dippers to be blocked from 100 points and a new win and points record and new wins in a season record

to get there it is us and Arse, we need to beat them and Arse needs to draw or beat them with us drawing or winning 2 draws leaves them on 100 even, so tied with Shitty, but does block the most wins in a season

that can then used to bash those cunts (as it would mean a really big collapse the last third or so of the season)

I also LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that COVID-19 (one of the ONLY good things that shit has done) has destroyed their celebrations

best year for them to win the league (if it had to happen)

this was the dippers last great  game

over FIVE months ago

they were shit or bleh  in 11 of the next 12 (Only played well v Palace 2 weeks ago)

that is a massive falloff from where they were sitting after that SOTON crushing

and 5 of the games were bad, 'dippers being outplayed badly' losses

Watford (that started the fall)

Atleti twice

Chels wooooooot

and the pasting by Shitty

 

 

[Jase 43,479]

27 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

He is a very promising manager

Think Hasenhuttl can potentially manage one of the top 6 sides but you make him sound very young when he's already 52 years old.  

[communicate 2,703]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

not this year (COVID-19 break probably helped)

he has freed up Pogba and Bruno to a large degree

He is always excellent early in the season. Even in his first half of season with United with Mou he was really2 good. We'll see i guess. 

[OneMoSalah 8,810]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Think Hasenhuttl can potentially manage one of the top 6 sides but you make him sound very young when he's already 52 years old.  

True but I think it would depend which top 6 side. I think if he was at a club like Spurs or Arsenal and they let him rebuild it would be a good appointment. There is pressure there but not to win titles, more to close the gap. That is why I feel Jose will eventually get sick of it there unless they make big moves to prompt themselves up into a position where they can be winners which after the job Pochettino did is the next logical step. Arsenal already have a young coach in Arteta so they will probably be after making that step eventually too. 
 

He isnt young, true but as we seen with Sarri, it doesnt really matter what age you are if you can work yourself into a position to have success of some kind, be it winning a league title with Juventus after winning a Europa League with Chelsea. The progression could be there at the right club.

Id be surprised if Bayern, Dortmund or even Germany haven't thought about him in the longrun as an alternative to say Julian Nagglesman at some point in the next 2 or 3 years, I mean he has shown qualities at Leipzig and at Southampton. He has the potential, maybe not as much as those but there is a difference between getting Nagglesman who will be hugely in demand as we all know Real, Bayern, Germany, City even Barca etc have been rumoured to be keen on him in the past or someone who has slowly been building his reputation at a club which is used more for progressing, as we've seen with players and managers at Southampton. Plus if he does well next year again his stock will rise and the top clubs are more and more open to trying to get managers who can progress within them as opposed to being the finished article now a days. I mean look at Real with Zizou when he went in, Juventus with Sarri to an extent, us with Lampard, Arsenal with Arteta, Barca with Seiten, United with OGS. The top top managers currently out there are very picky and make more demands than these guys who are maybe more open to having the chance to work within a framework in these unique opportunities that wouldn't have necessarily been available to coaches of their stature or experience 10 years ago so they are becoming increasingly appealing to clubs. Pep really broke that mould when Barca appointed him over Jose.