The English Football Thread

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

29 minutes ago, Leif said:

That stings even as a CFC lover. 

Fulham Broadway told a great story when we played City in the Charity Shield in 2012 at Villa Park a load of Japanese tourists turned up in the City end wearing Man United tops ha ha.

[Fulham Broadway 17,305]

14 hours ago, Iggy Doonican said:

Fulham Broadway told a great story when we played City in the Charity Shield in 2012 at Villa Park a load of Japanese tourists turned up in the City end wearing Man United tops ha ha.

Yeah lol. Outside the ground afterwards they all stood on a low wall taking dozens of pics of themselves in Man Utd tops - the next thing they were getting battered by a load of Citeh fans

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Pizy 18,877]

Didn't exactly dispel the notion that they're a one man team did they? 😆

I do think Poch is a brilliant manager but Spud fans should enjoy him as well as Harry Kane while they can. Both will be on to bigger and better things if the don't win major silverware soon. Would be hilarious and typical Spuds if they assemble their best side and have their best manager in decades, win fuck all, and then lose their best assets  shortly after. 

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

Didn't exactly dispel the notion that they're a one man team did they? 😆

I do think Poch is a brilliant manager but Spud fans should enjoy him as well as Harry Kane while they can. Both will be on to bigger and better things if the don't win major silverware soon. Would be hilarious and typical Spuds if they assemble their best side and have their best manager in decades, win fuck all, and then lose their best assets  shortly after. 

The irony of that is Spurs have a manager who seems allergic to winning trophies. He has dismissed the League Cup and FA Cup a number of times like he and Spurs have won it all and is only aiming to win the big ones, chiefly the Premier League and Champions League. Spurs are a good side but nowhere good enough to win either one.

[Pizy 18,877]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

The irony of that is Spurs have a manager who seems allergic to winning trophies. He has dismissed the League Cup and FA Cup a number of times like he and Spurs have won it all and is only aiming to win the big ones, chiefly the Premier League and Champions League. Spurs are a good side but nowhere good enough to win either one.

If Kane stays fit for the entire remainder of the season I think they could legitimately win the league (if City come back down to earth, I guess.) No chance at winning the CL. 

[different level 1,056]

You have to wonder what happened to the Everton team. They were aggressive in the summer transfer market, got some decent signings and right now they look like a genuine relegation battlers. Sure they sold their best striker, but I'm still surprised to see them struggle that much.  

[Jase 43,479]

28 minutes ago, Pizy said:

If Kane stays fit for the entire remainder of the season I think they could legitimately win the league (if City come back down to earth, I guess.) No chance at winning the CL. 

It will take a monumental collapse for City to allow Spurs to win. And even then, they'll still have to contend with United and possibly us.

[Georgy 439]

6 hours ago, Jason said:

 

Surely that can't be right did't they beat us last season?

[Jase 43,479]

3 minutes ago, Georgy said:

Surely that can't be right did't they beat us last season?

That's the AWAY record. They lost at the Bridge.

[Georgy 439]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

That's the AWAY record. They lost at the Bridge.

Oh just noticed it's only the Away matches. That's indeed pretty poor, the match against United even worse, considering they had all the momentum and were coming with like 5 wins in a row in away matches before this one.

[Reddish-Blue 2,495]

3 hours ago, different level said:

You have to wonder what happened to the Everton team. They were aggressive in the summer transfer market, got some decent signings and right now they look like a genuine relegation battlers. Sure they sold their best striker, but I'm still surprised to see them struggle that much.  

They signed three guys who play the same position.  Klassen, Rooney and Sigurdsson are all No.10's.  

Now the team has no width and they have no center forward. 

[Jase 43,479]

3 hours ago, different level said:

You have to wonder what happened to the Everton team. They were aggressive in the summer transfer market, got some decent signings and right now they look like a genuine relegation battlers. Sure they sold their best striker, but I'm still surprised to see them struggle that much.  

The only decent players they signed are Sigurdsson, Pickford and Keane while the rest just average/bad. Plus, when you have Williams, Jagielka and Baines in your backline, you can't really expect much.

[Reddish-Blue 2,495]

4 hours ago, Pizy said:

If Kane stays fit for the entire remainder of the season I think they could legitimately win the league (if City come back down to earth, I guess.) No chance at winning the CL. 

They finished third in a 2 horse race with Leicester.   Spurs won't be winning the league anytime soon. 

It'll be interesting to see whether their players start leaving due to lack of trophies.  Aldeweireld, Vertonghen, Eriksen and Kane could all be playing at a higher level..

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

They finished third in a 2 horse race with Leicester.   Spurs won't be winning the league anytime soon. 

It'll be interesting to see whether their players start leaving due to lack of trophies.  Aldeweireld, Vertonghen, Eriksen and Kane could all be playing at a higher level..

Gotta wonder what their players feel about Pochettino dismissing the League Cup and FA Cup. They aren't big trophies like Premier League or Champions League but they are still trophies and all of them haven't won anything in their career. Pretty sure they would have liked to win some of those.