A pretty mad weekend this one. Chelsea held at home, we lost, Norwich won and then sacked their manager, Villa sacked a manager too but Manchester United didn’t. Funny old game.
The Manc derby was a huge damp squib. It ended 2-0 but City played the entire second half in first gear. They did the same thing we did after Pogba was sent off, the only difference being we were 5-0 at the time and they would have been but for De Gea.
United have been killed in both of these games. They absolutely had their pants pulled down and their arses smacked. They aren’t competitive, these two matches were so lopsided it’s incredible that Solskjaer is still in a job. At least when they played us their players showed a bit of anger and frustration. Against City they didn’t even look like it upset them.
One yellow card, for Ronaldo. The rest of them never even laid a glove on City, much to the disgust of an incredulous Roy Keane who said “When I wasn’t having a good game I’d smash into somebody just to make myself feel better”. At least against us they got ratty and tried to kick us. This was meek as fuck.
I just think their players know they have no chance because of the way they are being coached. Players know when they’re being well coached or when the manager doesn’t have a fucking clue. They all know that when they come up against us or City they’re taking a water pistol to a gun fight. They have to try and compete against world class players who have been drilled in a certain way of playing by the best coaches in the world, while they’re just basically going out and winging it.
Because they definitely aren’t being competently coached, that much is clear. They’re the only team in the league that hasn’t scored from a set-piece this season even though they have two of the most aerially dominant players around in Maguire and Ronaldo. Set-pieces are all about coaching and practice and for United to be so inept at them is yet another indictment of how utterly useless Solskjaer is.
It’s virtually impossible for those players to compete when the extent of their manager’s tactical knowledge appears to be “we need to be tighter at the back today lads, so I’ll bring in an extra centre back”. Then when they’re 2-0 down its “we’re losing here lads so we need to be more attacking. I’m taking off the extra centre back”. Because honestly, that’s what happened here. It really is that simple. That’s what he did.
He wanted to be tighter at the back and thought the only way to do that was to add another defender. Never mind the fact that the opposition play with no striker and pack the midfield. No, good ol’ OGS left “McFred” in there in on their own, while Maguire, Bailly and Lindelof stood around scratching their balls with nobody to mark.
Where has that whole “McFred” thing come from by the way. I assume it’s like a Jedward reference because they come as a pair and you never see one without the other. United may as well have picked Jedward in midfield for this as they couldn’t have been any more ineffective. I don’t blame Fred or McTominay for that as they had no fucking chance. They were on a hiding to nothing because their manager is a complete pudding.
Bailly put through his own net after just six minutes. He later posted a picture of it on social media, which was an interesting move. De Gea was the only thing standing between United and another mullering. City were just as dominant as we were but they weren’t as clinical.
Bernardo Silva made it 2-0 on the stroke of half time when he caught Luke Shaw daydreaming about his half time Big Mac and stole in at the back post. De Gea should have done better too but it’s hard to be too critical of him considering how many saves he made.
Shaw was knocked out in the second half after a bang to the head. The medical staff came out and were trying to bring him back around but didn’t have any smelling salts. Should have just asked one of the venders to bring a hot dog to wave under his nose. He came back on and played for a few minutes before having to go off, clearly concussed. Footy needs to get its shit together on concussions because this happens too often.
You know what doesn’t happen too often? Norwich winning. But if they were going to win it was almost certainly going to be against Brentford or Watford, teams they finished above last season. Brentford started the season brilliantly but they’ve fizzled out a bit in recent weeks and this result will be a bit alarming for them I’d imagine.
Normann put them ahead early with a nicely taken individual goal. Farke didn’t celebrate. He didn’t even smile. He knew what was coming didn’t he? Maybe not though, as he was talking afterwards about “don’t write us off. We have a lot of fight in us”.
Pukki was brought down and converted the pen to make it 2-0. Again, Farke didn’t react. Pukki should have made it 3-0 but shot wide. After that Brentford dominated and had the chances to get back into it. They only converted on of them though, when Henry volleyed in at the back post.
They sacked Farke a few hours after the game. Their record is terrible so he can’t complain too much, but when their entire business model is about being a yo-yo club is it really fair to fire a fella who has got them promoted twice? I don’t know, and I don’t particularly care really.
Chelsea were held at home by Burnley and it's fair to say I was a lot more excited about that result at the time than I am now. We could have taken advantage of that but we lost to West Ham the day after. Now I’m just relieved that Burnley were able to hold them to a draw or we’d be even further behind the we are.
In form Reece James created the opening goal with a lovely cross that was headed home by Havertz. It was all Chelsea in the first half and for most of the second too. They didn’t add to that Havertz goal though and paid the price late on when Vydra equalised. That’s what Burnley do if you don’t put them away. They’ll just hang around, defending for their lives, and if you get to 80 minutes and there’s only one goal in it then they’ll throw the kitchen sink at you when you get edgy.
Chelsea’s squad is fucking massive. They’re starting the likes of Barkley, Loftus-Cheek and Hudson-Odoi at the moment but when they have everyone available some of them won’t even make the bench.
Wolves had won four out of five and have been in good form, but they met their match in another in form side, Palace.
Zaha’s well worked opener was initially ruled out by the linesman but VAR overturned it. Wolves were then awarded a penalty but VAR came to Palace’s rescue again and (correctly) awarded a free-kick just outside.
Gallagher’s fourth of the season made it 2-0. He just seems to be involved in everything, he stands out a mile when you watch him as he’s such a busy bastard popping up all over the place. I don’t know if he’ll ever make it at Chelsea as they have so many players he could get lost in the shuffle, but he looks really good.
Vieira said afterwards “we knew that it would be a really difficult game and we had a very good performan….” zzzzzzzz. Sorry, nodded off there.
Brighton were held at home by Newcastle but all things considered they’ll probably be happy with that point as they could have lost it right at the end and actually finished the game with Lewis Dunk in goal.
Baby Farage opened the scoring from the spot after he himself had been fouled. Brighton were in total control and playing some lovely football. You know who’s playing great? Lallana. Made up for him. Good to see my boy Lamptey fit again too.
Hayden equalised totally against the run of play when Brighton didn’t deal with a set-piece, and it looked like Wilson was going to win with a breakaway in stoppage time when he ran clear and went past the keeper.
What happened next was laughable. The keeper knew he was beaten and flicked out a boot to trip Wilson. He just about caught him and knocked Wilson’s heel against his other leg, sending him sprawling. It’s a blatant foul and there was no hint of a dive as Wilson is clean through with an empty net.
David Coote waved play on though, which is utterly fucking mental. Worst decision that cunt has made since he was VAR at the Goodison derby last season. He was told to go and look at the screen and he reversed the decision and sent the keeper off.
How is he not getting that right first time though? I get that it didn’t look like there was any contact, but you have to know the game. Wilson isn’t going to go sprawling like that in stoppage time when the goal is gaping. Maybe early in the game you’d try to get the keeper sent off, but in stoppage time when you can win the game? Come on.
Coote is a clown. The balls on that keeper though, acting all pissed off and cursing all the way off the field. I’d suspend him for an extra game just for that. He knew what he did, and he was right to do it too. I have no idea what he feels upset about. Maybe I've misjudged the situation though. Could it be he was just worried about being chopped up and thrown in a suitcase?
Newcastle have appointed Eddie Howe, who dodged the Saudi question by saying “I’m only interested in football”. Gonna have to refer to him as No So Nice Guy Eddie from now on then. Morally bankrupt twat.
An Adam Armstrong screamer set Southampton on their way to a win at home to Villa. What a fucking strike that one. Sweet as you like. He’s a good little player him, he’s just been a bit wasteful so far this season but he’s always lively.
El Ghazi was booked for a deliberate trip on Livramento and a few minutes later he did the exact same thing and did not get a second yellow. The second one might have been worse as he also poked him in the eye while tripping him up. He should have been subbed there and then and Dean Smith probably deserved the sack for that alone.
He left him on and he should have been sent off for a blatant dive when he thought contact was coming and went down. The contact didn’t come though and he knew what he’d done so immediately bounced back up. He should have been booked for it regardless though.
Adams thought he’d made it 2-0 but Martinez made a brilliant save to tip it over. That was five defeats in a row for Villa so they took action and sacked Smith, and now Stevie has gone there. I won’t say much about that as it will be covered in the diary. I hope he fails spectacularly though as he might have forgotten about this but I haven’t…..
Onto Sunday now and there was a cracking game at Elland Road between Leeds and Leicester.
Raphinha was impressive again. He put Leeds in front with a free-kick although it was actually just a cross that eluded everyone. The lead didn’t last long (10 seconds to be exact) as Leicester went right up the other end and Barnes curled in a fucking belter. What a fucking goal that was.
Harrison missed from a yard out. Not having the same kind of impact he had last year. Maybe it’s the Samson effect. He’s chopped off the man bun and the goals have dried up. Mind you, other than Raphinha nobody is scoring for them.
My boy Bamford is being missed terribly. This must be hard for him having to watch his team unable to score. Right now he’s feeling like a Monday, but keep your chin up lad as someday you’ll be Saturday night again. Keep the Faith.
VAR came to Leeds’ rescue in the second half when Lookman tapped in at the far post after Vardy had flicked on a corner. In real time that didn’t look anywhere close to offside as the Leeds defenders were coming out and Lookman was arriving from deeper. VAR got the lines out though and he was a fraction off. It was the right decision but for some reason it still somehow kind of felt wrong.
Everton drew 0-0 at home to Spurs and Holgate was sent off for being a horrible dirty cunt. The biggest talking point was a pen being awarded to Everton and then overturned. It wasn’t a pen so VAR got it right, but it’s funny because when the ref stopped the game to blow for a pen, Richarlison had the ball with the net empty. When the game restarted Spurs were given the ball. You can imagine the boos!
I have nothing to add to this one other than Everton are proper shit and Richarlison is the biggest cunt in football.
Finally, a contentious win for Arsenal. The Gunners were awarded an early penalty when the hapless Danny Rose just ran over Lacazette in the box. It was proper funny that. Lacazette is standing still under a high ball, waiting for it to drop so he can control it, and Rose just runs into him full speed and delivers a clothesline. Must be the Tottenham in him, he just saw that shirt and couldn’t restrain himself. Sensational stuff.
Even more sensational was Foster’s save from Aubamayeng’s spot kick. Brilliant that, it was between his hand and his leg but he adjusted both to make sure he kept it out.
There wasn’t really much in the game and neither side did enough to win. Arsenal got the points but frankly it was a fucking disgrace how they did it. There’s a foul in midfield on a Watford player. The ref doesn’t give it but the player stays down hurt. Arsenal play on. Watford win the ball back, Rose could have cleared upfield as he had time and space, but he rolled it out for a throw so his team-mate could get treatment.
The Watford player got up and didn’t need treatment, but nevertheless Rose had only put the ball out of play because he thought there was an injury. Arsenal took the throw in, deep in Watford territory, and didn’t give them the ball back. Absolute fucking shitbag move.
Their attack breaks down and then Sarr gets fucking flattened as he tries to play a one two. The ref doesn’t give it and seconds later Smith Rowe is firing in a loose ball from 18 yards. VAR should disallow it for the foul on Sarr, and here’s the thing here: even if you aren’t completely sure it’s a foul, it’s close enough that you could give it just on the basis that Arsenal deserved fuck all because of their horrific lack of sportsmanship.
I don’t give a shit about Watford one way or the other but that really wound me up as I don’t like to see injustice and that was definitely an injustice. Ranieri was rightly furious and Arteta’s wishy washy explanation of it just made me hate him even more. “We’re honest, too naive even because we are a young team. So this wasn’t pre-planned”
It wasn’t pre-planned and I don’t think Arteta is to blame for it. It’s whoever took the throw in (Lacazette I think) that is to blame here. They knew what they were doing when they played on, and it pissed me off hearing Micah Richards saying this shows Arsenal aren’t soft or mentally weak anymore. That isn’t mental strength, that’s just being snide cunts. Fuck Arsenal.
Odegaard thought he’d made it 2-0 but it was ruled out because a clearly offside Aubamayeng lunged in at full stretch to try and vulture it and got the slightest touch as it crossed the line. What a selfish cunt. He’s everything that’s wrong with Arsenal that prick. Having someone like that as their captain is fitting really as he’s a perfect representation of modern Arsenal.
Arsenal are fucking bang average and they’re cowards. If we don’t beat them next week I want everyone fired. EVERYONE.
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