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Other football 2016/17.


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In the long run top 4 finishes consistently give you a hell of a better chance to win the league, you got more chance of signing the best players because your in the Champions League rather than being the "EFL" champions. Cup finals are for the fans and top 4 is for the development of the club.

Sad but true. I'd have taken top 4 over any cup this season simply because we can't afford another year without champions league footy if we are to stand a chance of winning the league with our best manager since Kenny first time round. It's ridiculous how important it is in the transfer market. I'm not keen on another summer signing promising young players and going through the same old shit again.
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Love the wankfest over Utd's fantastic and wonderful unbeaten run, during those 17 odd games they've drew with us, Arsenal and managed a fluky 1-0 win at home to Spurs oh and a 1-1 at the bitters.

Other than that most of the sides they've played are either lower half shite or teams from other divisions.....

But hey Jose is a genius who's got the old Utd back up and running.

 

Twats beget twats. Long may it continue.

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I would have posted that an hour ago. After hearing who the Sutton sponsor is, I'd change 'unfortunately' to 'hopefully'.

 

 

 

I meant it as a comment on the whole BBC 'magic of the cup' little old Sutton in with a chance. 

 

They have no chance and yes, their choice of shirt sponsor for this game has removed any hope I had for them. 

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Sad but true. I'd have taken top 4 over any cup this season simply because we can't afford another year without champions league footy if we are to stand a chance of winning the league with our best manager since Kenny first time round. It's ridiculous how important it is in the transfer market. I'm not keen on another summer signing promising young players and going through the same old shit again.

Worst thing is Klopp already came out and said that to get the targets he wants then we need Champions League, probably the case in the summer aswell.

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I meant it as a comment on the whole BBC 'magic of the cup' little old Sutton in with a chance.

 

They have no chance and yes, their choice of shirt sponsor for this game has removed any hope I had for them.

Actually, rather that giving them a hiding, I hope an Arsenal player takes a dive for a penalty in the fourth minute of injury time, just for the extra deflation factor.

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How did Collins get away with that tackle?? Reckless doesn't even cut it. The rules don't change just to allow fat, ale house cloggers the right to dive in like that just because of the "magic" of the fa cup. Wouldn't have been magic for that young arsenal lad if it had snapped his leg.

 

This did happen about 10 mins ago I might add.

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How did Collins get away with that tackle?? Reckless doesn't even cut it. The rules don't change just to allow fat, ale house cloggers the right to dive in like that just because of the "magic" of the fa cup. Wouldn't have been magic for that young arsenal lad if it had snapped his leg.

This did happen about 10 mins ago I might add.

Shows you how late that tackle was...

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Sutton had one chance to beat Arsenal and they left Rooney on the bench?

 

On another note, it was apparently set up by the S*n as they were offering odds on him to eat a pie within 90 minutes.

 

Indeed, and the idiot is now going to be in hot water with the FA, rather than slobbering over hot, dripping gravy from Greggs:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/21/sutton-united-wayne-shaw-fa-betting-rules

 

Sutton United’s reserve keeper may face FA investigation into pie-eating stunt

 
• Wayne Shaw admitted he knew betting company was offering odds of 8-1

• Sutton chairman says ‘we will bring him back down to earth’

 

Sutton United’s reserve goalkeeper Wayne Shaw is likely to face an FA investigation into a breach of its betting rules after admitting that he knew a betting company was offering odds of 8-1 against him eating a pie on the bench during the club’s 2-0 defeat by Arsenal in the FA Cup.

 

“A few of the lads said to me earlier on: ‘What is going on with the 8-1 about eating a pie?’ I said: ‘I don’t know, I’ve eaten nothing all day, so I might give it a go later on,’” he said. “S** Bets had us at 8-1 to eat a pie. I thought I would give them a bit of banter and let’s do it. All the subs were on and we were 2-0 down.”

 

The FA’s rules on betting state: “A participant shall not bet, either directly or indirectly, or instruct, permit, cause or enable any person to bet on (i) the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of, or occurrence in, a football match or competition.”

 

Some of the gloss had already been taken off the buildup to the National League side’s fifth round tie with Arsenal when the club denied accusations that they had censored a group of supporters from a club forum after they voiced their opposition to the S**’s sponsorship of the club for Monday’s match in place of their usual sponsor, Green Go Waste.

 

Now Sutton have promised that Shaw will be brought “back down to earth” after his publicity stunt failed to impress the club’s hierarchy. Speaking on BBC 5 Live, Sutton’s chairman, Bruce Elliott, said: “If you knew the roly poly goalkeeper you probably wouldn’t be very surprised. But Wayne is a top man. I didn’t know anything about it. He has got himself in the papers again and the fame obviously has gone to his head a little bit, but we will soon bring him back down to earth, don’t worry about that.”

 

The manager, Paul Doswell, who also employs Shaw as part of his coaching team, said: “Wayne has become a global superstar on the back of being 20st. He’s made that a chance to get more media coverage off the back of it. It wouldn’t surprise me. I don’t think it shows us in the best light.”

 

Goals from Lucas Pérez and Theo Walcott secured the Gunners’ passage to a quarter-final at home to Lincoln City, and Doswell was clearly emotional after a whirlwind few weeks. “We have done the non-league proud,” he said. “They are 105 places above us in the pyramid. Those lads won’t walk properly tomorrow. The problem in sport is when you have lost you feel disappointed but they put this club on a worldwide map.

 

“It is a different world,” he added. “My lot will go to work tomorrow. They are movie stars with James Bond security. You can’t get near them.” It was more of an observation than a direct criticism. “I totally get it. Unfortunately that’s the world we live in. I saw a few idiots shouting and screaming at Wenger and Arsenal players. They’ve got to be protected from those type of people.”

 

Doswell was also touched by the fact Arsenal have offered to donate £50,000 towards Sutton’s charitable work.

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