The English Football Thread

[Muzchap 8,966]

And now everybody is talking about Fergie rather than his sides frail defence... it's little surprised Hes won so much.

You got it

He deflects criticism away from the players, paints a bullseye on himself and builds up rivalry...

The players now have to respond to this, and as history has proven, they usually do.

I wouldn't call it genius, but it's very effective for him and the team.

He's particularly motivated to reclaim the title this year, with a weakish squad (except attack) and is doing well. I certainly wouldn't mind the results they've dug out in recent weeks

Hope we win on Sunday though, hope you guys get 4th

[zolayes 14,489]

You got it

He deflects criticism away from the players, paints a bullseye on himself and builds up rivalry...

The players now have to respond to this, and as history has proven, they usually do.

I wouldn't call it genius, but it's very effective for him and the team.

He's particularly motivated to reclaim the title this year, with a weakish squad (except attack) and is doing well. I certainly wouldn't mind the results they've dug out in recent weeks

Hope we win on Sunday though, hope you guys get 4th

not quite correct ,,he does it to bully officials ,,,,not deflect criticism from his players that was Jose's trick .. Incidentally someone Fergie was afraid

to take on .

[Muzchap 8,966]

I'm just fed up with teams bottling it against them. How many times have Man Utd been behind this season? How many did they lose? Bottlers. They're not a great team, just an extremely lucky and fortunate one. We'll get them at Old Trafford this year, i can sense it.

It's been too consistent for too long to be luck. Yes they get decisions, but they put themselves in the place to get the decisions.

They just have a belief they will win and usually do. That stems from the Manager down and is the whole Ethos at Utd.

I really can't stand them, but I do admire this winning mentality and would love a few bottles of it distributed to our players

[Irakozium257 350]

I'm just fed up with teams bottling it against them. How many times have Man Utd been behind this season? How many did they lose? Bottlers. They're not a great team, just an extremely lucky and fortunate one. We'll get them at Old Trafford this year, i can sense it.

Tell me about it, I remember watching and being a huge Aston V, So'ton, City, N'castle and so on fan and then getting disappointed in the end because those fucks won near the end of the game, The problem is that even though they have a lousy defence, they always find ways to be aggressive in attack, I remember Everton being very good at neutralising them though. I'll always support any team playing against them, and I'll be a huge Baggies fan come tomorrow, and I agree, I have a feeling we'll thrash them at their Toilet, a 0-5 isn't impossible IMO.

[Ollie 4,400]

I think it is luck. I know they do it a lot but look at Ameobi's shot against the inside of the post and their 2nd goal against Villa was an OG. They would've lost both if they hadn't got those bits of luck. Their winning goal against Newcastle was just a hopeful ball that wasn't well defended at all. Watching MOTD and seeing that Sammy Ameobi's shot his the post nearly made me cry. And if Man Utd don't get a last second winner, the ref just adds on another 2 minutes like the City game 3 seasons ago.

[Nando 106]

Hate to say this, but if Lukaku scores a winner against Utd, he'll become more important to our team than Torres, and that's without even playing for us. Imagine this: Fergie time, corner kick for WBA, De Gea doesn't know what he's doing, far post header aaaaaaaaaaaand it's in! Ooooh I can feel it in my balls.

[edetarod 2,155]

And now everybody is talking about Fergie rather than his sides frail defence... it's little surprised Hes won so much.

so what, not talking about it is not going to improve their defence is it?

[SinineUltra 1,170]

so what, not talking about it is not going to improve their defence is it?

One step ahead of you.. Fergie takes all the media attention to himself and by doing that he lifts excessive pressure off the team.. meaning they will work on their problems regardless but with less attention to their every move.. Fergie is holding the media by its balls.. very easy to manipulate..

[Hamilton 2,120]

1-0 Sunderland - Tottenham

[Madmax 9,219]

Spurs behind

[Sheva. 5,373]

Golaso.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Missed the goal but I'm guessing it was a header from a set piece?

[didierforever 7,349]

GOAL BY SUNDERLAND... YEEESSS

[CHOULO19 24,332]

LMAO @ Defo Dive of the season candidate!

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Missed the goal but I'm guessing it was a header from a set piece?

Scramble from a set piece. Spurs should be up, probably by two but they can't finish.

Also, Kyle Walker with a couple of horrible defensive plays to set up the free kick. The Spurs are really only a couple of players away from being a great team and one of those players is a right back who can defend.