Weekend Football

[Franchise FC]

Casemiro plays like he has completely checked out.

Still, another 2 years to go on £350,000 a week for him.

He’s playing like he’s mid-40’s

That wonderful piece of skill when he let the ball under his foot in the first half was a joy to watch

[Franchise FC]

Do we think there’s going to be a Vincent Kompany moment on Tuesday ?
If so, who gets the statue ?

[BRO_BOT]

United won’t want City to win the league so will lay down and die for Arsenal
Spurs won’t want Arsenal to win the league … the same
Integrity of the competition, my arse

So, forgetting all that, how many do we think Arsenal will get this afternoon
First few minutes looks like it’s just a matter of time and how many

And United have been very canny in identifying this early on, so have ensured they have form where, if they do lie down and die v the Arse, no-one will think it unusual or even question it.

Unites fans will console the selves with “At least we’re making it more difficult fir City”
Without realising that this is their level

Reading still going?

[Winston Biscuit]

Obv point, but Garnacho really looks like with the right coaching he could have a pretty special career

[Franchise FC]

And United have been very canny in identifying this early on, so have ensured they have form where, if they do lie down and die v the Arse, no-one will think it unusual or even question it.

Unites fans will console the selves with “At least we’re making it more difficult fir City”
Without realising that this is their level

Reading still going?

See, you keep saying that, but our sights are not set on anything but survival.
We can celebrate when we win because most of the time we don’t expect much more, you simply expect it

[NathStPaul]

Another embarrassment for United. Woeful side.

[Ascotexgunner]

Obv point, but Garnacho really looks like with the right coaching he could have a pretty special career

Of all the Crap at United, he is the only shining beacon. Rest of em are wasters. Gonna take a lot of money to buy them out of their contracts. Expect more of the same next season.

And now it's raining..... Gotta fix that shitty old stadium first.

[Ascotexgunner]

ETH is a very graceful character in defeat. Like to think he will get more time. Seems like a decent bloke.

[Orion1871]

Obv point, but Garnacho really looks like with the right coaching he could have a pretty special career

That's good because he looks oxf*rd shocking currently.

[Franchise FC]

ETH is a very graceful character in defeat. Like to think he will get more time. Seems like a decent bloke.

That’s really not fair on the bloke, subjecting him to a longer sentence

[NathStPaul]

ETH is a very graceful character in defeat. Like to think he will get more time. Seems like a decent bloke.

Yeah that's what one of the biggest clubs in world football needs. A graceful loser.

[URZZZZ]

Understand Moyes’s football isn’t always the most eye catching and he’s made some strange decisions this season but West Ham fans should be ashamed at how they’ve hounded him out. Not just the fans but also the way the board are going about it. Utterly classless. Sincerely doubt any new manager will help them achieve three successive seasons of Europe!

feels a bit like Charlton under Curbishley. Amazing success and all of a sudden the fans thought it wasn't enough and demanded more. Hello 3rd tier football!

also I have been laughing a bit at some euro football podcasts who have basically said this week that Lopetegui is the Spanish Moyes. He is seen a dour football manager who's teams do not play good football.

How do you define “good” football as a matter of interest?

Do Brighton play “good” football because they pass it around their GK and defence 300 times a game. Last time I checked, they’ve won about 7 games out of the last 30

There seems to be a sad narrative that the game can only be played in one way nowadays anyone else that dare tried anything different is hounded out as a “dinosaur”

[Winston Biscuit]

Understand Moyes’s football isn’t always the most eye catching and he’s made some strange decisions this season but West Ham fans should be ashamed at how they’ve hounded him out. Not just the fans but also the way the board are going about it. Utterly classless. Sincerely doubt any new manager will help them achieve three successive seasons of Europe!

feels a bit like Charlton under Curbishley. Amazing success and all of a sudden the fans thought it wasn't enough and demanded more. Hello 3rd tier football!

also I have been laughing a bit at some euro football podcasts who have basically said this week that Lopetegui is the Spanish Moyes. He is seen a dour football manager who's teams do not play good football.

How do you define “good” football as a matter of interest?

Do Brighton play “good” football because they pass it around their GK and defence 300 times a game. Last time I checked, they’ve won about 7 games out of the last 30

There seems to be a sad narrative that the game can only be played in one way nowadays anyone else that dare tried anything different is hounded out as a “dinosaur”

Exciting to watch, with a clear emphasis on trying to attack. That would be my own definition of good football.

No, Brighton do not play good football IMO (see above definition for why they don't)

[URZZZZ]

feels a bit like Charlton under Curbishley. Amazing success and all of a sudden the fans thought it wasn't enough and demanded more. Hello 3rd tier football!

also I have been laughing a bit at some euro football podcasts who have basically said this week that Lopetegui is the Spanish Moyes. He is seen a dour football manager who's teams do not play good football.

How do you define “good” football as a matter of interest?

Do Brighton play “good” football because they pass it around their GK and defence 300 times a game. Last time I checked, they’ve won about 7 games out of the last 30

There seems to be a sad narrative that the game can only be played in one way nowadays anyone else that dare tried anything different is hounded out as a “dinosaur”

Exciting to watch, with a clear emphasis on trying to attack. That would be my own definition of good football.

No, Brighton do not play good football IMO (see above definition for why they don't)

Fair enough. They were for a while under De Zerbi but have been very disappointing for a while now - possibly the extra games of Europe plus the injuries having a knock on effect

For all the criticism the likes of Pulis got at Stoke and Dyche at Burnley, I actually quite enjoyed their styles, generally gave all the big boys a tough game whereas the likes of Arsenal and City canter to victories most weeks now

[Royal Rother]

Arsenal were really poor.

If Saka (who has looked a shadow of his former self of late) starts the Euros ahead of Palmer then It will prove Southgate has completely lost his marbles.

[leon]

And United have been very canny in identifying this early on, so have ensured they have form where, if they do lie down and die v the Arse, no-one will think it unusual or even question it.

Unites fans will console the selves with “At least we’re making it more difficult fir City”
Without realising that this is their level

Reading still going?

now now Brobby, just because your incredibly rich and entitled club has been fcuking shit for 10+ years and don't look like getting any better any time soon to the amusement of the entire world of football don't take it out on the fans of the club whose website you're on.

[BRO_BOT]

Arsenal were really poor.

If Saka (who has looked a shadow of his former self of late) starts the Euros ahead of Palmer then It will prove Southgate has completely lost his marbles.

looked very nervy towards the end of the game

[Royality creeps In]

Don’t give the Gooners much hope of winning the title. Spurs fans are so sad that it appears that they would sooner lose and miss out on potential Champions league than allow their rivals to take the top spot.
Whether the players feel the same will have to be determined .
For this reason we’re all Spurs aren't we

[WestYorksRoyal]

Managers like to talk about learning from failure, developing etc., but if Arsenal finish 2nd on 89 points after something like 13 wins from their last 15, what is there to be said? Keep it up next season and hope City drop off?

Last season they ran out of steam / bottled it based upon your interpretation, but this year they've been the real deal. And winning a poor game 1-0 at OT yesterday is exactly what champions need to do.

Just shows there are zero margins against City. You suspect that had they picked up a few points earlier in the season, City would have found a way to too. The one game you can pinpoint is Villa, but that was not a disastrous result in isolation and wouldn't normally cost you the title when sandwiched between 2 big winning runs.

[Winston Biscuit]

nothing will change my mind that Spurs fans claiming they want their team to lose to help try and stop Arsenal be champions is really just Spurs fans desperately trying to make themselves look more hardcore and dedicated a supporter than other Spurs fans.

'I am such a Spurs fan I would even happily see us lose just to stop Arsenal maybe winning, thats how dedicated to the cause I am!' said by a fan who doesn't go to games and doesn't even live in London