The English Football Thread

[NikkiCFC 8,318]

Even though we overcome United if they lose I look bigger picture. Draw best result for us. 9 points behind Spurs for that 5th place sounds way better than 11.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

2-1 Man U Rashford

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[bluesman2610 1,417]

This game needs to finish just like this

[Strike 7,489]

Werner is just as we remember him 

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From where did Spurs unearth Udogie and Porro ? They’re both great 

[DDA 9,937]

3 minutes ago, Strike said:

From where did Spurs unearth Udogie and Porro ? They’re both great 

We were interested in Porro but decided against it

 

[gdlk 286]

Totenhams team play is way better than our madness

[DH1988 1,348]

7 minutes ago, gdlk said:

Totenhams team play is way better than our madness

Low bar.

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great outcome for us

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19 minutes ago, Strike said:

From where did Spurs unearth Udogie and Porro ? They’re both great 

I was pushing for Destiny as a drop down from Nuno Mendes, Alphonso Davies

Porro is better than I thought except his defence is weak

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15 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I was pushing for Destiny as a drop down from Nuno Mendes, Alphonso Davies

Porro is better than I thought except his defence is weak

Destiny is quality would have been nice to have him on our left and gusto on the right. So dynamic attacking and defending

[Fulham Broadway 17,312]

11 hours ago, Vesper said:

Dai Yongge is a POS.

Goddamn shame what Reading is going through. 153 seasons of football and some crim is flushing them down the shitter. I would rebel too.

Surely there must be some rich Brit who could bale them out. Great location, just west of London, decent 24,500 seater stadium. Loyal AF fanbase. 

Absolutely. Been there a few times its definitely PL ready, and also bit of a soft spot for them as we had one of best ever players from there

Mr Kerry Dixon

Absolute scenes scoring at the Clock End

 

[Reddish-Blue 2,503]

2 hours ago, Strike said:

From where did Spurs unearth Udogie and Porro ? They’re both great 

Think Udogie was brought in by Conte before he parted ways with Spurs

Porro was quality for Sporting, sort of surprised other clubs didn't go in for him as a RWB. 

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1 hour ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Absolutely. Been there a few times its definitely PL ready, and also bit of a soft spot for them as we had one of best ever players from there

Mr Kerry Dixon

Absolute scenes scoring at the Clock End

 

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50 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Think Udogie was brought in by Conte before he parted ways with Spurs

Porro was quality for Sporting, sort of surprised other clubs didn't go in for him as a RWB. 

Pedro Porro slammed after Tottenham debut as Tim Sherwood questions Daniel Levy: ‘So bad it’s unbelievable’

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/pedro-porro-tim-sherwood-daniel-levy-tottenham-signing-b1059835.html

13 FEBRUARY 2023

Tim Sherwood claimed Tottenham’s new signing Pedro Porro “doesn’t want to defend” as he slammed the wing-back’s display on debut against Leicester.

Spurs spent the entirety of the January transfer window chasing the 23-year-old, with negotiations dragging on before a deal was eventually agreed late on deadline day.

Porro had to wait for his debut, after Emerson Royal got the nod last week against Manchester City and produced one of the best performances of his Spurs career.

That was still not enough for the Brazilian to keep his play though, as Porro came into the side for the trip to Leicester on Antonio Conte’s return to the touchline.

It proved to be a miserable debut for the defender, who was run ragged by the likes of Harvey Barnes and James Maddison. Spurs fell to a 4-1 defeat at the King Power, bringing a swift end to any momentum picked up against City.

Former Spurs boss Sherwood was less than impressed with what he saw from Porro.

“I don’t want to keep picking on the kid but he needs to be relieved of his duties at the moment,” Sherwood told Sky Sports during the match.

“I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt because it’s his debut but Pedro Porro is so bad it’s unbelievable.

“His positioning is absolutely disgusting, Barnes and Maddison are destroying him down the left hand side. He’s just ran inside him, he hasn’t even seen him, he gets the ball played in and lets him run inside him.”

Sherwood also took aim at Daniel Levy, as he already questioned the decision to spend in the region of £40million on Porro.

“Daniel Levy said this week they’ve spent a lot of money, yes they have, but their recruitment has been very, very poor and this is the latest addition,” he continued.

“Let’s not make any conclusions yet, but what I’m looking at is a player who doesn’t want to defend, Conte has complained about the defending and this player is struggling to defend, very disappointing.”

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• The Premier League’s Player of the Month for December is Dominic Solanke.

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[robsblubot 3,595]

9 hours ago, Strike said:

Werner is just as we remember him 

He is and yet he helped his team got a point at SB. So, not really sure what we are celebrating here. For me warts and all, he's still twice the player Mudryk is, esp in tight contested matches like this. Yeah, we all want to know what Nkunku can do, but it is Mudryk who ends up playing, not Nkunku.

Edited January 15, 2024 by robsblubot

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59 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

He is and yet he helped his team got a point at SB. So, not really sure what we are celebrating here. For me warts and all, he's still twice the player Mudryk is, esp in tight contested matches like this. Yeah, we all want to know what Nkunku can do, but it is Mudryk who ends up playing, not Nkunku.

I think Nkunku is not playing because he's injured again - hip injury. I doubt Mudryk would play over Nkunku at any point. 

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