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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jan 23, 2020 7:28:14 GMT
How long can Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hang on Man Utd?
Many more home defeats to the likes of Burnley and it's surely curtains
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Post by personunknown on Jan 23, 2020 9:31:38 GMT
Lukaku never replaced, Rashford injured, Martial well out of form. No goalscorers in the rest of the team Doomed.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jan 23, 2020 13:09:30 GMT
Sounds about right PU
Ole looks increasingly bewildered and out of his depth
It'll be interesting to see who they go for next
Would Pochetino be tempted I wonder
Or is the club too much of a basket case for him to risk tarnishing his reputation with?
Still, off the pitch Ed Woodward has doubtless just signed up a new noodle partner
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Post by smogquixote on Jan 24, 2020 13:46:05 GMT
Sounds about right PU Ole looks increasingly bewildered and out of his depth It'll be interesting to see who they go for next Would Pochetino be tempted I wonder Or is the club too much of a basket case for him to risk tarnishing his reputation with? Still, off the pitch Ed Woodward has doubtless just signed up a new noodle partner Who even wants the job? It’s a poisoned chalice at this point, Mourinho came closest to recapturing their former glory when he dragged them to 2nd place with Herculean effort lol! They get rinsed on transfers and have garbage players hanging around that nobody wants on £100k-per-week as well. I suspect it’s because of all the bad karma they incurred when they sacked LVG the day after he won the FA Cup.
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Post by smogquixote on Feb 20, 2020 0:35:59 GMT
I suppose there wasn’t going to be much to say in this thread when Liverpool are about a million points clear, huh?
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 20, 2020 8:05:39 GMT
Hats off to Klopp - he seems to have transformed the club and got them back to where they think they should be
I hated Liverpool as a kid because they seemed to win everything for a couple of decades
Now I am happy to see them do well again - just hope it doesn't become complete dominance for years and years
My manager of the year, Prem-wise, is not Klopp but Chris Wilder - he really has worked a miracle at Sheff Utd. If they get into Europe come the end of the season that will be remarkable. And he's doing what he's doing with League One players.
Wilder for England
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Post by smogquixote on Feb 20, 2020 11:09:53 GMT
Hats off to Klopp - he seems to have transformed the club and got them back to where they think they should be I hated Liverpool as a kid because they seemed to win everything for a couple of decades Now I am happy to see them do well again - just hope it doesn't become complete dominance for years and years My manager of the year, Prem-wise, is not Klopp but Chris Wilder - he really has worked a miracle at Sheff Utd. If they get into Europe come the end of the season that will be remarkable. And he's doing what he's doing with League One players. Wilder for England That’s absolutely right! I was talking to my brothers the other day about the miracle he’s pulling off atm.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 20, 2020 14:15:05 GMT
I've just renewed my season ticket at BHAFC - I've had one for five years now
Reckon it might well be the Championship next season - which I'd be fine with....
More games, more unpredictability, more wins
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 16, 2020 7:48:16 GMT
So, games played in the Summer, season voided, something else?
I'm interested to see how this all plays out
Meanwhile I am totally bereft at the lack of any professional football
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Post by personunknown on Mar 16, 2020 9:28:23 GMT
I'm also bereft. Flicked through BT Sports and ended up watching Australian Soccer, biggish crowds and decent atmosphere but the standard is Vanarama at best.
No idea where this is going to end up. Apart from giving Liverpool the title on some Duckworth Lewis coefficient, nobody can be relegated or promoted surely. Euros very likely cancelled.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 16, 2020 9:43:42 GMT
It's horrendous. I had not realised how the fabric of my week is so emeshed in football analysis, build up, chat etc. It's the greatest soap opera there is - and now, nothing
I cling to the hope that when the virus is in the general population it will be nowhere near as bad as worst case scenarios suggest
Any relatively healthy person will spend a few days feeling rubbish, and maybe not even that
Hopefully the more vulnerable will all be taking extra care to isolate and maintain good hygiene etc
If the warmer weather also adds to a slow down we might be looking back on these weeks as a massive overreation
If that happens then football could be finished up in the Summer with the Euros postponed for a year. Either that or maybe finish the league behind closed doors so the obligations to the broadcasters are fulfilled
If it is more long term then I imagine the season will be voided with no relegation and perhaps the current top two in the Champ, L1 and L2 added to enlarged leagues
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Post by smogquixote on Mar 19, 2020 0:06:39 GMT
They need to call off the league for this season rather than needlessly complicate future tournaments and fixtures. Bending over backwards so the scum can finally win the league while relegating other teams without a fair chance is an awful plan of action.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 19, 2020 10:42:05 GMT
My sense is that the authorities are keen to finish the season if they possibly can. Either way the season will be compromised.
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Post by johnnyoi on Jun 16, 2020 12:21:49 GMT
Who’s looking forward to the Prem League starting again?We’ve got Liverpool on Sunday,so it’s going to be a weird old derby.Haven’t seen any of the German games,so i’m guessing it’s going to be like a training session or park football.
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Post by personunknown on Jun 16, 2020 12:42:43 GMT
Who’s looking forward to the Prem League starting again?We’ve got Liverpool on Sunday,so it’s going to be a weird old derby.Haven’t seen any of the German games,so i’m guessing it’s going to be like a training session or park football. BT Sport have been adding crowd noises to the Bundesliga games and that works quite well. Plus a few clubs have cardboard cutouts of fans in the stands. An Australian club did something similar but some wag slipped in a cut out of Adolf Hitler and Harold Shipman in the crowd.
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