The English Football Thread

[NikkiCFC 8,081]

Villa would be top of the table if they didn't failed yesterday. Spurs also there after winning just one point from possible 15, now 3 in the row. Without couple of important injuries I'm sure Spurs would be comfy on top now. Especially Maddison. 5 teams fighting for title mid season. Nice to see. We can get 6th place at best. 

[Blue Armour 4,336]

1 hour ago, lucio said:

He's done fuckall apart from some lucky deflected goals , basic English lump , arsenal are no better than last season. Middle of the road side 

I would argue Arsenal are more boring to watch in comparison to last year. 

But that means they are also a bit more ruthless.

 

[Vesper 29,199]

2 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Villa would be top of the table if they didn't failed yesterday. Spurs also there after winning just one point from possible 15, now 3 in the row. Without couple of important injuries I'm sure Spurs would be comfy on top now. Especially Maddison. 5 teams fighting for title mid season. Nice to see. We can get 6th place at best. 

I would bite yer hand off for 6th

[NikkiCFC 8,081]

3 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I would bite yer hand off for 6th

Would you rather lose Carabao cup final and get 6th place or finish 10th and win the cup?

[OneMoSalah 8,810]

We will be lucky to get 8th never mind 6th.

Not done enough so far and won’t have done enough to get real traction in the league before the end of the season, lets be honest. Unless we spend around another £200-300m on 3 top top players at CB, CF and GK and go on a huge run, it will be next to impossible.

I mean are we really going to finish above the likes of Man United, Newcastle, Brighton? Without taking the likes of the current top 5 teams into consideration just now who may fade out such as Villa or Spurs - again doubtful they’ll drop out too much? Absolutely not.

Edited December 23, 2023 by OneMoSalah

[Vesper 29,199]

1 hour ago, TheHulk said:

Everyone would be raving for Caicedo if he was playing for Arsenal right now.

take out Rice and put in Caicedo and Arse are a lesser side, it is not even close

with Citeh not rocketing towards 94-100 points the EPL is a wide open meat grinder

no other league has the number of quality teams we do

 

[lucio 5,418]

5 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Would you rather lose Carabao cup final and get 6th place or finish 10th and win the cup?

Rather win something , Europa league qualification isn’t a big motivation 

[Laylabelle 9,406]

6 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Would you rather lose Carabao cup final and get 6th place or finish 10th and win the cup?

Cup! Been too long since we went to Wembley and won..

[Vesper 29,199]

11 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Would you rather lose Carabao cup final and get 6th place or finish 10th and win the cup?

6th place and lose the final (we get Europa League)

if it is the FA Cup

win the final and 10th (Europa League again)

if we win the League Cup and finish 10th, it is Conference League

or

win both cups and finish 10th

THAT would be fucking great

Edited December 23, 2023 by Vesper

[Vesper 29,199]

5 minutes ago, Vesper said:

6th place and lose the final (we get Europa League)

if it is the FA Cup

win the final and 10th (Europa League again)

if we win the League Cup and finish 10th, it is Conference League

or

win both cups and finish 10th

THAT would be fucking great

winning the FA Cup also means another potential trophy

the Community Shield

and being in the Europa League and winning it next season guarantees CL no matter what

[Blue Armour 4,336]

23 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

We will be lucky to get 8th never mind 6th.

Not done enough so far and won’t have done enough to get real traction in the league before the end of the season, lets be honest. Unless we spend around another £200-300m on 3 top top players at CB, CF and GK and go on a huge run, it will be next to impossible.

I mean are we really going to finish above the likes of Man United, Newcastle, Brighton? Without taking the likes of the current top 5 teams into consideration just now who may fade out such as Villa or Spurs - again doubtful they’ll drop out too much? Absolutely not.

8th is the upper target I set for Chelsea after the first 5 games this season. Nothing changed so far.

Just hope we don't lose any talent (whatever we have) next summer, besides the obvious departure of Silva.

 

Edited December 23, 2023 by Blue Armour

[Thor 2,472]

Y'all clamouring for Rice, but when we played all the big teams - our midfield bossed theirs. 

Man United - who just out numbered and flooded us due to our lack of numbers on the bench, and Newcastle are the only ones that gave us trouble. 

[cosmicway 1,333]

10 hours ago, lucio said:

He's done fuckall apart from some lucky deflected goals , basic English lump , arsenal are no better than last season. Middle of the road side 

Alright they can't win the league if you say so.
But we are watching them with binos.

[Laylabelle 9,406]

15 hours ago, Thor said:

Y'all clamouring for Rice, but when we played all the big teams - our midfield bossed theirs. 

Man United - who just out numbered and flooded us due to our lack of numbers on the bench, and Newcastle are the only ones that gave us trouble. 

But when we play the not so top teams...they give us trouble 

[Laylabelle 9,406]

18 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Villa would be top of the table if they didn't failed yesterday. Spurs also there after winning just one point from possible 15, now 3 in the row. Without couple of important injuries I'm sure Spurs would be comfy on top now. Especially Maddison. 5 teams fighting for title mid season. Nice to see. We can get 6th place at best. 

No we can't 🤣 no chance unless something dramatic happens

[robsblubot 3,580]

Liverpool is cruising against Burnley, but VAR is tough opposition.

[Laylabelle 9,406]

2-0 Jota. Done and dusted.

[Blue Armour 4,336]

29 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

Liverpool is cruising against Burnley, but VAR is tough opposition.

Nice to see a team in perfect harmony.

Players that are off the ball moving into all the right positions, players on the ball being decisive.