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Well done Lincoln.
This evening's Man City v Monaco - crackin' match.
Spurs self destruct again.
What is it about the air in North London?
Leicester players are a disgrace to the word professional.
I hope they get relegated.
Standard of referees is getting worse or they bottle it more.
I saw a Bournemouth player deliberately stamp on the head of a Man U player. At the next corner the said Man U player elbows the Bournemouth player in the cheek as retaliation.
What are the referees and line's men watching. Also the 4th official could look at a screen.
Need to catch up with rugby and cricket with video technology.
England,
What a load of rubbish.
Defo mom 60mins half a dozen touchs.
Rashford look keen.
The rest were crap.
No where near world class, none of them.
Scunny Bradford was more entertaining.
Why should I be surprised???
England are rubbish
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-39443586
Some much-needed good PR for Sunderland.
Should Mr Wenger say for another 2 years or step down to give another manager a change?
I've always preferred Arsenal to do well out of the 'big clubs'... But I really hope Wenger leaves and they have a massive fall from grace... Their fans seem to think they have a right to be competing at the top end. Christ they've never even been relegated, let alone really suffered like a lot of clubs.
I think Wenger has lost the plot (if he ever had it)
Just looking at his current squad, I'd say he has one out and out striker in Giroud.
If Agüero, Costa, Ibrahimovic are top class, Giroud is just behind them. His record is almost 1 goal every 2 games and even this year he has 9 premier league goals from 21 appearances, the majority off the bench.
So if you have one decent striker, why shun him as Wenger seems to do?
He persists with Xhaka who is clearly not good enough on what he has shown so far.
In what is likely to be a battle at Palace, he leaves Ramsey and Coquelin on the bench and plays Xhaka alongside the lightweight Elneny.
So his judgement seems poor at the moment.
Then look to the youngsters. Has Walcott fulfilled his potential? Wilshere? Oxlade-Chamberlain? Gibbs? He really hasn't brought on British or overseas youngsters.
Some of his signings are questionable. Some I have mentioned, but Mustafi, Hleb, Rosicky... there are many going back 10 years that haven't worked out.
His earlier successes with Vierra and Henry appear to be more luck now and the early success he had were perhaps built more on the old George Graham back 4 along with Bergkamp, Wright, Parlour, Seaman... ie players that were there when he arrived to which he added 2-3 decent signings.
Remember Graham won leagues, cups and Cup Winners Cup. In his tenure at Arsenal he won 6 major trophies in 9 years compared to Wengers 9 in 21 years.
So arguably Graham had a better record and he left the team in very good shape, something Wenger doesn't look likely to do.
Good entertainment watching the FA semi.
Decent game entertainment-wise, but a prime of example of everything that is wrong with English football.
Why is the semi final being played at Wembley? Completely devalues the final itself. It's,obviously to pay for the new Wembley, which if they couldn't afford, they should never have built. A metaphor for the way most clubs are ran in this country.
That penalty st the end of the first half, absolute disgrace, the guy was diving over before the defender even got to him. And the pundit blames the defender for 'lunging in'.... Why can't anyone simply say what they see, that it was an out and out example of a dive, pure cheating.
I have to say that getting into other sports made me realise what an utter disgrace football is nowadays.
Agree with you travs, it was a pi$$ take.
And the officials missed the goalie handling outside the area.
Bottlers Spurs are at it again
3rd in a 2 horse race last year and here we go again
Just play-offs and FA cup to go now.
Double for Chelsea?
I think if Leicester have a reasonable summer (meaning they don't lose half their team and manager) then they will be top 6 if not top 4 next season.
I do hope Ajax beat that 'orrible lot on Wednesday!
After last night's events in Manchester, the above statement sounds bad.
José wins again.
Not the best football, but it works.
Winning ugly is better than losing playing entertaining.
Poor game. Despite the commentary team's efforts to continuously convince everyone that "United are in complete control here"..... Let's face it, they got a lucky goal, and although Ajax were hardly tearing them apart I the first half, they were certainly dominant and United were lumping it forward hoping for a break.
The bigger scandal for me, is why teams who come 3rd in the Premier League go straight into the group stages, whilst champions from established nations such as Serbia, Croatia, Czech, etc, have to play multiple qualifiers... UEFA really have got a lot to answer for when you look at the state of european competition. Still they don't care as long as the money is rolling in at the top level.
Another little club joins the big boys league.
Like Burnley, Bournemouth etc Huddersfield are a small outfit in new territory.
They have done a great job getting there and just need a system to maintain it now.
Anyone backing the tartan army tomorrow night?
Well done Scotland.
England???
I didn't see the game but what a let off, 93rd minute Fergie time / Beckham special.
Poor result with pundits giving excuses of players tired after a long season and their minds elsewhere as they want to be with their families on holiday. Pathetic.
Well done to England U20 team on winning the world cup.
Captained by ex Leeds lad Lewis Cook.
Paint drying.
I'm convinced there is pressure from the big sponsors, onto the FA and England management, to play the big names...
Why on earth is Sterling anywhere near the England squad, other than to appease the sponsors. Same applied to Rooney for several years. Not picking on those two, but they come to mind most easily.
Why don't we just play players in the correct position. Rashford right up front with Kane. Same with when Rooney was justifiably getting in the team, but we didn't play him as a striker. Same as when we tried to shoehorn Lampard and Gerrard into the same midfield.... etc etc...
I do feel sorry for Southgate. After our next failure he'll get slated and sacked, without any thought that our "world class" players are actually shite and technically inferior.
Eriksson, Capello, Hodgson, McLaren, etc... didn't all become bad managers the moment they joined England. They just took the rap for the lack of talent and development of technical ability in this country.
We haven't got any world class players.
Not even Kane
I'm going to make a bold prediction here... England are going to flop at next summer's World Cup.
Should Southgate go?
England have no ideas.
Why do I watch it???
But when was Southgate ever a good manager? His record is not inspiring. He was just the safe choice made by the FA. Somebody who doesn't say or do anything controversial. He has managed to inherit the team that lost so miserably to Iceland and make them look even less impressive. A remarkable feat.
QUOTE=Muddy Retriever;635933]But when was Southgate ever a good manager? His record is not inspiring. He was just the safe choice made by the FA. Somebody who doesn't say or do anything controversial. He has managed to inherit the team that lost so miserably to Iceland and make them look even less impressive. A remarkable feat.[/QUOTE]
Ah but by the FRA appointing a mediocre manager one should not be disappointed when he inevitably fails as in (said smugly) "See, I was right, I said he was rubbish".:D
Meanwhile, back in the real world: Wolves for the Premiership?
My point was not so much defending Southgate, but defending managers as a whole. usually get derided by the press and our public for being "shit", without stopping to look that it's in fact the whole generation of players who are not up to it.
In fact I almost feel sorry for the players in a small way. They are hysterically hyped up by the press to be "world class", due to the Premier League supposedly being the best league in the world (is it buggery).... when most teams in the premier league are propped up by non-English players anyway. In the last round of champions league fixtures, of the 5 English teams, I think I counted 10 English players in the starting line ups.
England are always better when they run at teams and yet all we do is pass it about until we lose it.
the other thing that always winds me up is why do we not put some one on beyond the box when there is a corner, I reckon 40% of time the ball is over hit or takes a deflection and ends up running away. put a winger further out and they can just chip it back in..its not rocket science
Neville would like the Everton job. Ha ha ha
After England and Valencia I bet he would.
Big Sam for Everton.
R.I.P football. Liverpool V Spurs, 2 ridiculous penalty awards given. Forwards get into the penalty area, fall over and a penalty is given. Even when Manchester City gets these decisions it still makes me mad.