The English Football Thread

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33 minutes ago, Rapkun said:

Need a performance like the one vs City to pull that, but I'm afraid we don't have the freshness for it. Frank will probably make very few changes in the cup game.

this is going to anger many, BUT I do not give a rip about the FA cup semi other than it would be horrid to have Manure beat us FOUR times in the same season

Pep has Shitty BANGING now overall, even with the injuries (they very well could, with a few breaks do the double of the FA Cop and the CL)

so I see little chance to winning the final

and CL is FARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR more important atm

also we have now clinched at least EL with that Wolves draw, even if Arse win the FA cup and we crash and burn the last two

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19 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Even our defenders dont do this level of mistakes 

AC says 'hold my beer'

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Fuck. .. why cant we be playing against this Liverpool.

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arrrrf

Irish adverts (the SAME 5 played OVER and over and over)

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Had that City's ban not been overturned (), our CL spot would have been guaranteed by now. 

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1 minute ago, Jason said:

Had that City's ban not been overturned (), our CL spot would have been guaranteed by now. 

RELAAAAX!!! Leicester will take 2 points max in the next three games.

 

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3 minutes ago, Jason said:

Had that City's ban not been overturned (), our CL spot would have been guaranteed by now. 

no

not yet

(if that makes you feel better)

5 teams still can finish above us

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Just now, Vesper said:

no

not yet

(if that makes you feel better)

5 teams still can finish above us

5 teams? What do you mean?

If 5th had become a Champions League spot, only Sheffield United can catch us. Leicester and United's results would have been irrelevant to us. 

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They played Triple H's entrance music at the Emirates.  

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17 minutes ago, Vesper said:

this is going to anger many, BUT I do not give a rip about the FA cup semi other than it would be horrid to have Manure beat us FOUR times in the same season

Pep has Shitty BANGING now overall, eve with the injuries (they very well could, with a few breaks do the double of the FA Cop and the CL)

so I see little chance to winning the final

and CL is FARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR more important atm

also we have now clinched at least EL with that Wolves draw, even if Arse win the FA cup and we crash and burn the last two

Oh, you're not alone. I wanted us to rotate most of the squad in the Leicester game to be fresher for the WHU game and have Leicester play 1 additional game in their run for UCL qualification. Ambition and playing in every front when you're Chelsea is fine but when you could end up being eliminated from the cup AND miss out on UCL, I think you gotta have priorities.

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1 hour ago, Jason said:

I saw the replays but wasn't paying 100% attention to them. Was going crazy over the equalizer.  But it looked very harsh. 

It was very close distance but the arm is in a very unnatural position and the elbow moves towards the ball pushing it away, IMO a clear pen.

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Just now, Jason said:

5 teams? What do you mean?

If 5th had become a Champions League spot, only Sheffield United can catch us. Leicester and United's results would have been irrelevant to us. 

1 Liverpool

2 Shitty

3 (or 4) Manure (outright or on GD)

4 (or 3) Leicester  (outright or on GD)

5 Sheffield U (on GD only and it will take some doing, including us getting mashed) on 63

6 Chels on 63

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3 minutes ago, Jason said:

They played Triple H's entrance music at the Emirates.  

what is Triple H?

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5 minutes ago, Vesper said:

1 Liverpool

2 Shitty

3 (or 4) Manure (outright or on GD)

4 (or 3) Leicester  (outright or on GD)

5 Sheffield U (on GD only and it will take some doing, including us getting mashed) on 63

6 Chels on 63

I don't want to jinx it but I doubt Sheffield United would have gone (or would go) on a goalscoring spree all of a sudden. They have scored only 38 goals in 35 games. And as much as we are bad defensively, I doubt we would get thrashed badly for the GD swing to happen. Besides, had 5th place become a CL spot, one more point from the last 2 games would have been enough to guarantee it mathematically, which is better than the 4 points needed now, excluding what Leicester/United might do. 

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3 minutes ago, Vesper said:

what is Triple H?

That's not a trick question, right?  

He's a WWE legend and currently the Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy & Development for them.

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5 minutes ago, Jason said:

I don't want to jinx it but I doubt Sheffield United would have gone on a goalscoring spree all of a sudden. They have scored only 38 goals in 35 games. And as much as we are bad defensively, I doubt we would get thrashed badly for the GD swing to happen. Besides, had 5th place become a CL spot, one more point from the last 2 games would have been enough to guarantee it mathematically, which is better than the 4 points needed now, excluding what Leicester/United might do. 

I only said it was mathematically not over

in reality, the worst we can do is 5th in 99% of the simulations

and unfortunately the chances of that (5th) are still much higher than the 'oh, we do not even need a single more point' crew are banging on about

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1 minute ago, Jason said:

That's not a trick question, right?  

He's a WWE legend and currently the Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy & Development for them.

I just googled it

I had no clue, I DETEST pro wrestling

hate it with a burning passion of a thousand suns

sorry

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5 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I only said it was mathematically not over

in reality, the worst we can do is 5th in 99% of the simulations

and unfortunately the chances of that (5th) are still much higher than the 'oh, we do not even need a single more point' crew are banging on about

While i do think it is perfectly possible that Leicester lose the next  two games; our task might become much easier:

Wolves are more or less out of the race for top4, which means they will not be as motivated as us in the last game of the season.

If Liverpool lose today, they can not break the points record anymore, hence have a bit less to play for vs us as well.

Anyway, I think a win vs Wolves will clinch it for us, albeit not mathematically but leicester getting 7 points? come on