Tonight's Football

[Prufrock]

Yeah, it's a red card. Awful challenge as that picture shows. He is at least going for the ball though, cf Arnautavic here where he is trying to hurt him

[Bruce Rioja]

Well, you can't lift both feet off the ground when the ball's on the floor, let alone coming in like Kung Fu.

Let's all take a moment to remember Ben Thatcher. What a c*nt.

[Bruce Rioja]

So, Mourinho doesn't have the common decency to shake Hughes's hand after the game and then rounds on the TV reporter when questioned about it. What an absolute c*nt he is!

[boltonboris]

Apparently he said "It's a fashionable culture now, to play in the Premier League with 10 players behind the ball"

Ignoring the fact he has made a career of it and did the exact same thing to an u23 team in the European Rumbelows Cup Final

[Bruce Rioja]

Apparently he said "It's a fashionable culture now, to play in the Premier League with 10 players behind the ball"

Ignoring the fact he has made a career of it and did the exact same thing to an u23 team in the European Rumbelows Cup Final

Was it Spurs who he accused of "Parking the bus"? His Chelsea side were set-up in exactly the same way as Allardyce's Wanderers (just with better players) and Allardyce got pelters. Twatting it up to Drogba is acceptable, twatting it up to KD clearly wasn't.

[Bruce Rioja]

De Boer sacked at Palace.

[Prufrock]

Absolute insanity.

[BWFC_Insane]

What an absolute todger Gary Neville is. If you haven't seen it yet, wait 'til you see Mane's assault on City's 'keeper. Neville reckons it wasn't worthy of a red card. I'd be more inclined to have Mane arrested.

Was exactly my thoughts when I saw it. It pretty much is the most dangerous thing you can do on a football field. Not a red card though....what a joke Neville.

I mean I agree with Pru that it wasn't deliberately "malicious". But so what? It was incredibly dangerous and reckless and worthy IMO of a significant ban. Given that is the SORT of challenge that can do more than injure a player, it could seriously harm them.

Mind the FA will still take more action over a slap in the face or push in the chest than they will a studs up head high, challenge like this!

[boltonboris]

Absolute insanity.

Top be fair, if they'd seen something in him, they'd have given him more time - They've clearly come to the conclusion that he won't turn it around.

Fair play to thm. Decisiveness is a good thing, especially before Apathy kicks in

[Prufrock]

It's as much the appointment in the first place. Looked total bonkers to take that team and try to turn it into some sort of total football machine without spending any money and expect results.

By all accounts they played v well at the weekend (haven't seen it)? Just send weird.

[Bruce Rioja]

It's as much the appointment in the first place. Looked total bonkers to take that team and try to turn it into some sort of total football machine without spending any money and expect results.

By all accounts they played v well at the weekend (haven't seen it)? Just send weird.

Chungy cued up Burnley's goal with an atrocious ball, then Danns missed a sitter late on. This whole thing strikes me as being exactly the same as when we jettisoned Little Sam. Allardyce had got us playing a particular way, then his replacement thinks he can turn a sow's ear into a silk purse.
Megson next up for the Palace job

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

It's as much the appointment in the first place. Looked total bonkers to take that team and try to turn it into some sort of total football machine without spending any money and expect results.

By all accounts they played v well at the weekend (haven't seen it)? Just send weird.

Chungy cued up Burnley's goal with an atrocious ball, then Danns missed a sitter late on. This whole thing strikes me as being exactly the same as when we jettisoned Little Sam. Allardyce had got us playing a particular way, then his replacement thinks he can turn a sow's ear into a silk purse.
Megson next up for the Palace job

With Douglas waiting in the wings to save the day

[BWFC_Insane]

Absolute insanity.

Top be fair, if they'd seen something in him, they'd have given him more time - They've clearly come to the conclusion that he won't turn it around.

Fair play to thm. Decisiveness is a good thing, especially before Apathy kicks in

To be fair, if they didn't see something in him, why did they appoint him a matter of a few months ago?

If you make an appointment stand by it. You aren't suddenly wrong a couple of months later (unless you haven't a clue what you're doing which I feel is the case here).

[boltonboris]

Absolute insanity.

Top be fair, if they'd seen something in him, they'd have given him more time - They've clearly come to the conclusion that he won't turn it around.

Fair play to thm. Decisiveness is a good thing, especially before Apathy kicks in

To be fair, if they didn't see something in him, why did they appoint him a matter of a few months ago?

If you make an appointment stand by it. You aren't suddenly wrong a couple of months later (unless you haven't a clue what you're doing which I feel is the case here).

Possibly, but I'm sure they appointed him with confidence, that was quickly lost. It happens and they acted accordingly. They can probably deserve criticism for the appointment, but it's easy to say I told you so, when somebody turns out shit. It's happened to almost every club at some point

[BWFC_Insane]

Absolute insanity.

Top be fair, if they'd seen something in him, they'd have given him more time - They've clearly come to the conclusion that he won't turn it around.

Fair play to thm. Decisiveness is a good thing, especially before Apathy kicks in

To be fair, if they didn't see something in him, why did they appoint him a matter of a few months ago?

If you make an appointment stand by it. You aren't suddenly wrong a couple of months later (unless you haven't a clue what you're doing which I feel is the case here).

Possibly, but I'm sure they appointed him with confidence, that was quickly lost. It happens and they acted accordingly. They can probably deserve criticism for the appointment, but it's easy to say I told you so, when somebody turns out shit. It's happened to almost every club at some point

They appointed him saying they wanted to play 'better football' than they did under Allardyce. Do they really think that happens in a few weeks? It's a nonsense. Allardyce didn't win any of his first 6 games there.

Football is bonkers nowadays. If you want to stay up in the premiership at all costs you don't appoint an unproven experimental idealist foreign manager. However, that's what they did. Having done that they should have been prepared to see it through, because it must have been what they felt was best for the club long term.

[Bruce Rioja]

Bert Trautmann's sat on a cloud, reading this and laughing his head back off

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/201 ... pener-due/

[Bruce Rioja]

Those of you not watching the Sheffield derby, make sure you see the goals at some point, look at the quality of the finishes, then remind yourself that we're in the same division as these two and have Gary Madine up top.

[twilight]

Those of you not watching the Sheffield derby, make sure you see the goals at some point, look at the quality of the finishes, then remind yourself that we're in the same division as these two and have Gary Madine up top.

watched it, can't believe we actually came up with them this season,they're miles better, more organised, more belief and more passion than us!!

[Bruce Rioja]

Those of you not watching the Sheffield derby, make sure you see the goals at some point, look at the quality of the finishes, then remind yourself that we're in the same division as these two and have Gary Madine up top.

watched it, can't believe we actually came up with them this season,they're miles better, more organised, more belief and more passion than us!!

Absolutely. An absolute class apart.

[Sweet]

Blades smash Wolves. Birmingham on the up now dirty 'arry is gone.