The English Football Thread

[Laylabelle 9,411]

3 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

They didn't have plans to sack Solskjaer before Watford.

 

Was only a matter of time though. A lot of fans seem surprised it has taken this long to do so

[Blues Forever 1,232]

1 minute ago, Laylabelle said:

Was only a matter of time though. A lot of fans seem surprised it has taken this long to do so

Their board are incompetent.

[Laylabelle 9,411]

Just now, Blues Forever said:

Their board are incompetent.

Manchester United took the bold decision not to axe Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after the 2-0 defeat by Manchester City on 6 November because they felt the Norwegian had earned the right to turn the situation round given his contribution during his three years at Old Trafford.

Nice gesture I guess. Didnt last long lol 

[Strike 7,304]

United are so poorly run. No structure, terrible footballing decisions in last few years. Cant believe they chased Sancho for 18 months and now made him a shadow of himself in 4 months. 

[Jase 43,479]

Isn't it ironic that the media criticize United for sticking with an incompetent manager for so long and at the same time, would always quickly criticize Roman for not giving managers who are incompetent time to succeed? 

[Vesper 29,241]

7 hours ago, Jase said:

I wasn't talking about the breakdown of the goals. I just meant games wise, scoring in 7 out of 12 games is not terrible.

On top of that, it's Arsenal and they can't be compared to those sides you mentioned there. They aren't WOW offensively and it's not that surprising that they have scored in just over half of their league games. 

I completely disagree, it is terrible

especially as they only scored one goal on 4 others as well

[Vesper 29,241]

2021-22 English Premier League

Manchester City            
Everton                           

http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/premier-league-manchester-city-vs-everton-s1/

https://www.totalsportek.com/football/epl6/manchester-city-vs-everton-match-2/

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, Strike said:

United are so poorly run. No structure, terrible footballing decisions in last few years.

That's what happens when the club only care about business and have no one with a football brain at board level.

This is also what happens when you have one figure controlling the club from top to bottom for so long and then stepping down. 

1 hour ago, Strike said:

Cant believe they chased Sancho for 18 months and now made him a shadow of himself in 4 months. 

 

[Jase 43,479]

6 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I completely disagree, it is terrible

especially as they only scored one goal on 4 others as well

In general, it's not terrible and like I said, it's also Arsenal with their current state. It's not surprising we are seeing those numbers. Different case if we're talking about us, Liverpool or Man City. 

[Vesper 29,241]

1 minute ago, Jase said:

In general, it's not terrible and like I said, it's also Arsenal with their current state. It's not surprising we are seeing those numbers. Different case if we're talking about us, Liverpool or Man City. 

Jason, it is a horrid rate of return

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Vesper said:

Jason, it is a horrid rate of return

You can't expect average teams to score in every game. But agree to disagree. 😆

[Warning_Hazard 156]

looks like carrick til summer for utd!

lolz

[Vesper 29,241]

14 hours ago, Pizy said:

I remember when Everton a couple of years ago (or maybe it was last season?) were on a horrible run and sacked their manager just before playing us. And then we got hammered by Duncan Ferguson the caretaker manager.

Let us hope Tuchel’s Chelsea is different.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50611310

Everton caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson made an instant impact on the pitch and a spectacular one off it as he started his reign with a vital victory over Chelsea at Goodison Park.

Ferguson is in interim control after Marco Silva was sacked following Wednesday's Merseyside derby thrashing at Liverpool that had left the Toffees in the relegation zone.

And Everton banished their recent struggles to run out fully deserved winners on a thunderous occasion illuminated by the former striker's wild celebrations.

The Scot raced down the touchline when Richarlison headed Everton in front from Djibril Sidibe's cross after only five minutes, then swung a ball boy around in the air when Dominic Calvert-Lewin took advantage of slipshod Chelsea defending to increase their lead four minutes after half-time.

Chelsea frayed some nerves in the home crowd when Mateo Kovacic pulled one back from long range - but Ferguson was off down the touchline again when more awful defending from Frank Lampard's side allowed Calvert-Lewin to scramble his second through goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga's legs with six minutes left.

Ferguson and his players took the acclaim at the final whistle as the mood lifted at Goodison Park.

[Vesper 29,241]

Richarlison is now suspended for the next game for 5 yellows

Everton are fucked

they will be missing

Yerry Mina
Abdoulaye Doucouré
André Gomes 
Tom Davies   
Gylfi Sigurdsson   (obviously)
Demarai Gray (injured a few minutes ago)
Richarlison    
Dominic Calvert-Lewin  

 

[NikkiCFC 8,089]

When I read Red Cafe I am not sure United fans deserve anything better... They are now fangirling over Ten Hag which is based on what? And majority were against Conte...

They dont deserve success because they do not want success...

[Vesper 29,241]

2021-22 English Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur          
Leeds United                     

http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/premier-league-tottenham-hotspur-vs-leeds-united-s1/

https://www.totalsportek.com/football/epl6/tottenham-vs-leeds-match/

[Milan 17,881]

No Raphinha, shame

[NikkiCFC 8,089]

5 hours ago, Laylabelle said:

Thing is league wise we haven't beaten Man U since 2017 anyway..so even with them being poor..its been a while!

 

Yep, we beat Ole just once in 8 games. With Lampard in Fa Cup.