The English Football Thread

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Disgraceful crowd. I swear I can get more than 10k fans if I announce the game on facebook!

OF?

[Liquidator 5,176]

Also, only relegate two teams and make 2nd-5th fight on Championship play-offs.

We are in need of a winter break or something. However, since boxing day is so cool and traditional, more space in the season schedulle throughout the season would be extremely good!

P.S: What is is Match of the Day everyone talks about?

Its difficult because football in the winter is when a lot of fans consider it to be best when it gets dark at games and is cold and nasty (really some fans prefer it this way) and it is part of English football culture. I'd have a 1 week break straight after Autumn internationals if we were going to have one.

Boxing day games are just a pain in the arse because there isn't any public transport

Match of the Day is the highlights programme in England showing Premier League highlights on Saturday night. It has big ears from the Walkers adverts hosting it and Mark Lawrenson (who looks like a suicidal badger) and Alan Shearer (who now bears a passing resemblance to a jacket potato in a shirt) or Alan Hansen (just a deluded scotsman who thinks Liverpool will actually win something) giving their stupid and unwanted insight and opinions on games

[edetarod 2,155]

difference between us and our rivals:

our rivals score late to snatch points

we concede late to drop points

[Rmpr 8,977]

OF?

What do you mean OF?

The FA Cup SF between Millwall and Wigan. Absolutely disgraceful crowd. I doubt there are 50k at the stadium!

[Rmpr 8,977]

Its difficult because football in the winter is when a lot of fans consider it to be best when it gets dark at games and is cold and nasty (really some fans prefer it this way) and it is part of English football culture. I'd have a 1 week break straight after Autumn internationals if we were going to have one.

Boxing day games are just a pain in the arse because there isn't any public transport

Match of the Day is the highlights programme in England showing Premier League highlights on Saturday night. It has big ears from the Walkers adverts hosting it and Mark Lawrenson (who looks like a suicidal badger) and Alan Shearer (who now bears a passing resemblance to a jacket potato in a shirt) or Alan Hansen (just a deluded scotsman who thinks Liverpool will actually win something) giving their stupid and unwanted insight and opinions on games

I dont care when there is a break, but 4 less games during a season could be very helpful. I know people like the winter weeks, that is why I suggested we have breaks throughout the who season and not like Bundesliga (where they get almost a full month of winter break).

P.S: Thank you for explaining how things are in England once again!

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

What do you mean OF?

The FA Cup SF between Millwall and Wigan. Absolutely disgraceful crowd. I doubt there are 50k at the stadium!

Just wanted to know the crowd of which teams...

[Liquidator 5,176]

What do you mean OF?

The FA Cup SF between Millwall and Wigan. Absolutely disgraceful crowd. I doubt there are 50k at the stadium!

Wigan fans are an endangered species you know. Experts think only a few hundred are left in the wild. Millwall are just gypsies from caravans who are probably saving themselves for a fight after the game with the 6 Wigan fans who have actually bothered to show up

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Why am I just bad-mouthing and being harsh about every team this evening? Its not nice.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Why am I just bad-mouthing and being harsh about every team this evening? Its not nice.

Because you are an idiot!

[bushman 2,043]

What About Barca?Juve? Dortmund-Malaga? and many other examples...

And i think that it was a penalty...

Like fuck it was !

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Great goal. Great ball by Kone.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Like fuck it was !

The Norwich Player pulled his shirt...

[bushman 2,043]

The Norwich Player pulled his shirt...

So what ? It happens in every game. He dived, the fuck.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Great, if Wigan goes through, there will be more Chelsea fans in their section than Wigan fans!

[Ankit 3,176]

I am confused on whether people here overly pessimistic or i am being overly optimistic and borderline idiot in thinking that we should finish in top and may well finish 3rd. First of all, Norwich had not won their last 7 away matches(correct me if i am wrong) and nobody should have expected them to beat or hold Arsenal. An Arsenal win was on the cards, just because Norwich stretched it doesn't mean we start getting depressed. On the other hand, Arsenal have played some low level teams for the past weeks or so and they have been stretched by most of them and hence i am quite confident that a team like Everton who they play next will provide a pretty good stern test for them and they might fold. After that,they travel to Fulham which being a london derby will provide a bit more impetus to the home team and Fulham are pretty tough to break at home, next match is against Utd and they will have the motivation of winning the league against a top 4 team and a long rival(Not recent,though).

Now coming to Chelsea, if we beat City tomorrow, i am pretty sure that will give us confidence to then beat most of the teams that we will face. We have Fulham away which can be tricky but i expect to win that match. Man Utd too doesn't concern me that much as people make it out to be!(Optimism again? )

Swansea at home should be easy and we play Everton in the last match and i am sure the scenario would be very clear by then which will make the game not that important for both Chelsea and Everton as well. We just need to beat Spuds which i fully expect to do. Our team is not that bad as people think. Even Rafa has been making some sensible decisions of late and that's a good sign too. Moreover , our players know what's at stake and they will have to give thier best to get the desired results. If that happens, i am pretty sure we can beat most of the teams and finish in the top 4 and win a trophy(or 2) as well.

Hence i don't think we have tough fixtures and Arsenal and Spuds have it easy. All the three team will have to be on their toes all the time and slip by anyone will prove to be decisive. Chelsea have a 2 point lead which can give us some breathing space of one if Arsenal/ Spuds do slip up which i fully expect to happen looking at their next fixtures.