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^ What's this??

Millwall/Brighton - so poor that we had running commentary on a bunch of kids putting sauce on their chips!

[Jam]

Originally Posted by Tom Morello

The only bold one is Wolves being 7th I'd say.

Ever since this was posted ive been keeping an eye on Wolves as I thought it was an outlandish prediction, but what a great shout it's turning out to be.

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^ Yeah, good call, Tom


Who wants who to get promotion from the lower leagues? I'd really like to see Leeds, Sheffield Utd and Bristol City in the prem.

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They'll be a few sore heads around Merseyside tomorrow, unbelievable.

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Did you watch it??

I was listening on radio

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Boo-ooo!

Seriously, all English teams in a semi-final onwards should be broadcast on a regular channel. Bloody spoilsports

[genovese]

^ That is quite a glorious idea

They've put some of the live F1 races onto Sky One already this season
Unfortunately that is currently worse than watching paint dry

Reckon they'd get good viewing figures for semi's and the final
Even if they put it on some right mickey mouse channel like Blaze

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Itv4 have some Spanish games on, and there's another channel i can't remember (premier sports maybe?) that shows the odd Italian(?) game.



Anyway, why am i not watching tonights game??? Numpty (smash)

[genovese]

It's happening again!

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Wtf is going on.... ?????!

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Dunno, but, listening on radio, commentary didn't raise a question when 5mins injury time was announced.

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Lucas Moura... take a bow. How the **** did he manage to score either of those goals....

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I've just seen the 3rd goal ..... it's lottery winning odds. How can it happen.. ? Madness

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City down a goal
Liverpool up a goal

Well, well, well ....

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..... City draw level the moment i post

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Exceptional seasons for City and Liverpool, i doubt we'll see a higher points tally for two teams, just amazing.

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The Premier League's three relegated teams took only four points against the top six - and all of those have been against Manchester United in the past fortnight, which barely counts.

Source

Put another way, that's 4pts from 36 games played. That's appalling

[firemonkey]

The 'Who has the most money as a club is most likely to win the league' state of affairs is not good for football. It certainly makes it difficult to judge how good a manager is . For example how would Guardiola and Klopp do if they were managing Cardiff and Huddersfield ?

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Yep, agree, it's a pretty sad state of affairs. Obviously there's plenty of cream to go around and it's only football anyway, so what's it matter.

Another concern is the 'downing of tools' mentality that seems to be becoming quite popular amongst players and even whole squads. Leicester only won the league a few years ago with just three exceptional players and a team that just kept rolling on. Wolves came up and finished 7th this year. Every player in the league is as fit as a fiddle, so it's not about athletic superiority. How Chelsea weren't in the race for the title i don't know - look at that squad, it's ridiculous.

[Tom Morello]

People ask the question "what would they do at Cardiff and Huddersfield?" , but they are where they are for a reason, Klopp was the last man to beat Bayern to the German title and got Dortmund to a CL final on a limited budget, he also started out at a lower German side.
With Guardiola it's harder to judge how good he really is as he's managed the top dog in every country, but a lot of managers have come in at the big teams and failed miserably, so it isn't that easy.

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They'll generally go where the money is, and they won't want to tarnish their reputations by failing at the lower-end clubs - i mean, where do you go if you get relegated? You certainly won't be getting anywhere near the top teams for a good while.

[genovese]

Originally Posted by firemonkey

The 'Who has the most money as a club is most likely to win the league' state of affairs is not good for football.

Aye, on the surface football's razzmatazz is alive & kicking
But actually football is utterly shite, and has been for years
The big financing, the money laundering, the oligarchs & the ultra corruption

Seriously some of the decisions these billionaire owners make are tantamount to war crimes
I recommend this, a really eye opening read...

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Please score the next goal, Watford

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... Still 10mins+ ... c'mon, Watford!!!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw8wJvn6_sk

Chelsea/Arsenal - live

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Yeah, i'm still doing that!

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I wish Robbie Savage would shut up. Of all the ex-footballers - there must've been thousands of applicants for the job - why him

Btw, the Champions League final is on the same channel on Saturday night

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The ultimate gobshite! He must be alright in person because he wouldn't still be in the job otherwise, but he's pretty crap with this commentary lark.

Good luck!