The English Football Thread

[Vesper 30,119]

13 minutes ago, Jason said:

Good luck to the police if Milwall v West Ham takes place next season, especially during this pandemic!

if Millwall was flipped with Cardiff, the top 6 are ALL 6 teams I want in the EPL, lolol

wifey is raging because I put Bentford in over QPR (her 2nd team, her father is huge QPR and had a fit when we started dating as I was such a Chels girl lolol), and I could live with that too, as long as Brentford lost all their best players and were dogshit (which they so are not atm)

plus Brentford has that bangin' new med-size stadium

although, after my list belwo of 6, you could ADD Watford from the outs and replace with QPR, as I would like that

 

the 6 EPL teams I want out (it sukcs Villa are dropping, as I always wanted the big old 3 ex-powers in the EPL, Forest, Villa, and yes, Leeds)

would be

Norwich

Bournemouth

BHO

Burnley

Sheffield United (unless I took both Brentford and QPR off the EPL list and replaced with Sheffield Wednesday as those derbies are MAD)

SOTON

[Milan 17,955]

21 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Tomáš Souček looks like a baller in most games I have seen him (including Slavia Prague)

He is actually a really good midfielder, down to earth person and a solid goalscorer. Certainly one of the best in the current national team. I just hate when he scores against us and scores an own goal against Spurs lol.

[Milan 17,955]

What a goal from Rice.

[Strike 7,478]

3-0 Super hit from Rice 

[Vesper 30,119]

what a cannon shot by Rice, wowow

3 nil

[Fernando 6,585]

1 hour ago, Laylabelle said:

Leeds are promoted.

Love Bielsa!

For so long I wanted to see him in the Premier League. 

Now dream come true. Will enjoy the ride next season. 

[King Kante 1,643]

If Watford go down (which is starting to look likely), we should be all over Sarr as an option for the AM4 position. Although not the same type of players, him and Torres look like they may be available and probably cheaper than they should be. Two excellent young players. 

[Pizy 18,877]

I watched Mourinho's pre-Leicester press conference and he seems ultra motivated to win their last 2 matches and get a Europa spot. Like, he seems borderline desperate for his club to get a EL spot because he thinks it'll be fantastic for their development. He says that he has been really hammering home how massive 3 points would be for them in training.

With Leicester's injuries and with the pressure they'll be under, let us hope that serial bottlers Tottenham can squeak one out for us. We need a Mourinho miracle! 🙏🏼

[NikkiCFC 8,300]

19 minutes ago, King Kante said:

If Watford go down (which is starting to look likely), we should be all over Sarr as an option for the AM4 position. Although not the same type of players, him and Torres look like they may be available and probably cheaper than they should be. Two excellent young players. 

Surely Cantwell, Grealish, Mings, Ake will stay in PL...

[King Kante 1,643]

4 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Surely Cantwell, Grealish, Mings, Ake will stay in PL...

Not really fussed about any of those players. Cantwell maybe, but for me Mings is not that great (although a decent midtable CB), Ake isn't what we need due to his height and lack of leadership and Grealish for me is one of those players that is best off as a big fish in a small pond. 

I do like Cantwell, but I do not see the need for him. 

Also, I see B'mouth escaping at Watford's expense owing to the goal difference, form and games left to play. They really should've got at least a draw at City.

[Pizy 18,877]

Cantwell has midtable mediocrity written all over him. Everton or Wet Spam will probably buy him.

I think Grealish is overrated as hell too and if he goes to a top club he'll be decent at best.

[NikkiCFC 8,300]

Yeah, I did not think for us but for some other PL clubs... But I do expect Grealish and Cantwell to end in top6 side...

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Isamila Sarr could be a nice back up winger instead of signing Benrahma. Sarr is probably the quickest player in the league, tall, strong and technically proficien ton top of that. A package we desperately need. I can see him improving upon his even momentarily not too shabby output. he could be an absolute menace coming from the bench. Other than that maybe Ben Foster as back up goalie.

Cantwell is talented but i dont think he would be useful in our system at all.

Graelish might be a "leader" on the pitch but he is a problem child off it with drink driving and all this shit. stay clear.

[Vesper 30,119]

1 minute ago, Milan said:

He is actually a really good midfielder, down to earth person and a solid goalscorer. Certainly one of the best in the current national team. I just hate when he scores against us and scores an own goal against Spurs lol.

I always liked the Czech team in may sports, hockey too (international hockey is the only time II watch, when Sweden is in the finals)

damn shame the Slovaks are not still put in with the Czechs (hello Skriniar, Dubravka (although Vaclik is quite good) Hamsik (more in the past) , Stanislav Lobotka, Ondrej Duda, Lászlo Bénes and Robert Bozenik )

same thing goes for the former Yugoslavia

imagine THAT football team if they had all the players who would be in a Yugo team

GK Jan Oblak

CB Nikola Milenkovic

CB  Stefan Savic or Duje Caleta-Car and soon Strahinja Pavlovic, a 1.94m left footed 19yo monster Serb, plus the old warhorse Lovren

LB Sead Kolasinac or soon Domagoj Bradaric ( Aleksandar Kolarov is soon too old (next season,probably) a shame as he used to be a BEAST)

RB Šime Vrsaljko 

DMF  Marcelo Brozovic or Miralem Pjanic

CMF Sergej Milinkovic-Savic or Mateo Kovacic or Luka Modrić or Ivan Rakitić or Nemanja Maksimovic

AMF Filip Kostic or Dani Olmo or Nikola Vlasic

LW  Ante Rebic or Milot Rashica or Ivan Perisic

RW  Dejan Kulusevski or Dusan Tadic

CF  Josip Ilicic (should be Serie A player of the year, he has been magnificent) or Luka Jovic or Dusan Vlahovic or Aleksandar Mitrovic or Andrej Kramaric

 

that team could fuck some shit up

[Vesper 30,119]

Rice is a leader, a real one, saying they simply were shit in the 2nd half (lost the 2nd half nil 1), they let teams off once they take a lead all season.