Other Football 2021/22

[Aventus]

8 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said:

Lost in the FA Cup final to Leicester.

Ah yes of course 

[Creator Supreme]

Chelsea will beat us, they always do in finals.

[Halcyon Days]

1 hour ago, Rushies tash said:

Nah, watch these cunts play like their lives depend on it against us. We're everyone's cup final it seems.

Think it’s more to do with us being a normal organically created football team who have to fight for every single point, like most teams we’re fallible. Unlike that stinking Frankenstein souped up manc anomaly an absolute stain on the integrity of the game. Cunts.

[Johnlj]

2 hours ago, Alex_K said:

Bielsa can be excellent, obviously, but his teams have a very short shelf-life. The wheels were always going to fall off at Leeds very quickly, such is the way they play and the energy they have expended in recent years, and the fundamentally poor quality of the players they have. There is nothing surprising about a Bielsa team collapsing after an initial surge - it happens everywhere he goes, his way of playing is unsustainable without a Guardiola-like squad. Guardiola would almost certainly be the same at a lesser team / squad.

It was what happened to our Pep in Holland. His training and the way he wanted to play was  way above level of the players he had available. The players thought very highly of him, but they could'nt do what he wanted them to. His fault he couldn't or had time to adjust to the players level probably, or maybe he just didn't have the time to do it. I think he is in with a shot of our future manager after Klopp. Although that step from number two to boss is probably even harder these days than in the old days. Seems a respected coach though and our squads personality seems differently than most others filled with entitled pricks.

[Anubis]

12 minutes ago, Creator Supreme said:

Chelsea will beat us, they always do in finals.

[Creator Supreme]

14 minutes ago, Anubis said:

It's true!

[Guest Alex_K]

Hasenhuttl: "It is not a big secret that when they lose the ball that the reverse gears are not always the best from everybody". Hasenhuttl trolling the mess of accommodating Ronaldo & co is quite amusing. 

[an tha]

2 hours ago, johnsusername said:

They were always going to beat Norwich mate. But their next games are Spurs, Everton (don't laugh), Man U and Palace away. So keep the faith!

I know....i can't see how we catch them like, but whilst it isn't impossible have to hope.

[Captain Howdy]

6 minutes ago, an tha said:

I know....i can't see how we catch them like, but whilst it isn't impossible have to hope.

There’s no chance, the league is done, get another couple of quality signings in the summer though and I would fancy us strongly next season.

[Guest Alex_K]

League is never done until it’s done. If Thiago/Fabinho give way to Jones/Chamberlain/any of the other jokers in that position however we will struggle - but that is how it always was, and it is not particularly-opposition dependent.

[Bobby Hundreds]

We are more likely to drop more points than city. They're a better side than we are, that's what cheating does. All we can do is try to get the maximum points we can keep city on their toes. Draws killed us.

[Guest Alex_K]

League is never done until it’s done. If Thiago/Fabinho give way to Jones/Chamberlain/any of the other jokers in that position however we will struggle - but that is how it always was.

[Captain Howdy]

3 minutes ago, Alex_K said:

League is never done until it’s done. If Thiago/Fabinho give way to Jones/Chamberlain/any of the other jokers in that position however we will struggle - but that is how it always was.

It is, City need to lose 3 games and we have to win every single one, neither are happening. It’s done

[Guest Alex_K]

3 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

We are more likely to drop more points than city. They're a better side than we are, that's what cheating does. All we can do is try to get the maximum points we can keep city on their toes. Draws killed us.

Very, very marginal - with our first 11 we're probably still the better side. The midfield depth has been the issue at critical times. A semblance of a decent midfielder instead of some of the mid-table-sorts we've had step in variously and we'd like have another 4-6 points on the board at the very least.

[Guest Alex_K]

5 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

It is, City need to lose 3 games and we have to win every single one, neither are happening. It’s done

I don't know what maths you are using, but if we win the games in hand against Leeds/Burnley and beat City at Ethiad we are 3 back with almost certainly a superior goal difference. That game is clearly crucial.

[an tha]

Dec/Jan really hurt us...

 

Just about everything went their way in all the covid lark from them facing weakened sides, to them not being weakened, to us being weakened and then us missing chance to batter Leeds when it was called off. Giving them the chance to open up a big pts lead.

 

We were a point behind at the start of that period.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

It is, City need to lose 3 games and we have to win every single one, neither are happening. It’s done

Do you ever get out if bed? I mean whats the point, its not possible to achieve anything.

 

When we beat City, we need them to lose three more points than us for the rest of the season and we will beat them on goal difference. 

[Captain Howdy]

3 minutes ago, Alex_K said:

I don't know what maths you are using, but if we win the games in hand against Leeds/Burnley and beat City at Ethiad we are 3 back with almost certainly a superior goal difference. That game is clearly crucial.

Yes but as you say we have to play city so that’s another game they have to lose which means they have to lose three games, like I said.

[Shitty Arse]

8 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

It is, City need to lose 3 games and we have to win every single one, neither are happening. It’s done

If they draw two and we take care of our business then we go above them.

[Guest Alex_K]

2 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

Yes but as you say we have to play city so that’s another game they have to lose which means they have to lose three games, like I said.

2 games, including us.

[Captain Howdy]

3 minutes ago, Shitty Arse said:

If they draw two and we take care of our business then we go above them.

The fact remains that we have to virtually win every game from here on in and we clearly won’t

[Captain Howdy]

2 minutes ago, Alex_K said:

2 games, including us.

If we win our games in hand we are 6 points behind and have to play City, so City have to lose 3 games including us

[Torvald Utne]

Just now, Captain Howdy said:

If we win our games in hand we are 6 points behind and have to play City, so City have to lose 3 games including us

Not sure why you're having such difficulty with this, maybe take a step back and have a think before continuing

[Shitty Arse]

If we win all our games and they draw just twice we will win the league! ( they obviously have to lose to us as well). So a loss to us and 2 draws will do it.

[an tha]

11 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

The fact remains that we have to virtually win every game from here on in and we clearly won’t

If and of course it is a big if, we won all our remaining games we'd finish on 96 pts.

 

They need 34 pts from their remaining 13 games to beat that.

 

Obviously for every point we drop then their required total drops...lets say for example we lost 1 and drew 2 of our last 15 games...that would leave us with a max of 89.

 

For them to get to 90 they'd need a mere 27 pts from their 13 games.

 

So yeah we are gonna need to be nigh on perfect really to stand a chance and that is a big, big ask.