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Post by stu77 on Dec 1, 2023 20:37:08 GMT
Hoping for Albion and Arsenal wins, otherwise nae bothered Guessing City will thrash Spurs Most intriguing game is Newcastle v Man Utd - the Magpies winning keeps the United Banter Bus rolling on but I believe Newcastle are not usually much cop after a Champs League game, and that might well be more pronounced after the injustice of PSG I fully expect Manchester United to win this. Their recent league form is statistically very decent. I met a Spurs fan (from London) on the bus yesterday. Not expecting a win believe it or not.
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Post by personunknown on Dec 2, 2023 19:45:09 GMT
Clueless Forest. I love Cooper but why would you start a Burnley Championship cast off Chris Wood instead of a Champions League Final winner and goal scorer Divock Origi. Baffling.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 3, 2023 19:19:25 GMT
Extraordinary number of goals scored today
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Post by doug61 on Dec 4, 2023 12:29:57 GMT
Clueless Forest. I love Cooper but why would you start a Burnley Championship cast off Chris Wood instead of a Champions League Final winner and goal scorer Divock Origi. Baffling. Woods is a proven target man Origi has 0 from 7 for Forest, I can see it against a side like Burnley. Not that it worked.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 4, 2023 13:26:29 GMT
Clueless Forest. I love Cooper but why would you start a Burnley Championship cast off Chris Wood instead of a Champions League Final winner and goal scorer Divock Origi. Baffling. Woods is a proven target man Origi has 0 from 7 for Forest, I can see it against a side like Burnley. Not that it worked. There's seems to be a growing feeling that Cooper is on his way as the owner wants a top half finish and is losing patience Will be a big shame and most Forest fans would be very sorry to see him dismissed
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Post by stu77 on Dec 4, 2023 23:34:25 GMT
Tue 5 Dec 2023
Wolves 19:30 Burnley
Luton 20:15 Arsenal
Wed 6 Dec 2023
Brighton 19:30 Brentford
Crystal Palace 19:30 Bournemouth
Fulham 19:30 Nott'm Forest
Sheffield Utd 19:30 Liverpool
Aston Villa 20:15 Man City
Man Utd 20:15 Chelsea
Thu 7 Dec 2023
Everton 19:30 Newcastle
Spurs 20:15 West Ham
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 5, 2023 7:15:25 GMT
I'm off to Seagulls v Bees
Looking forward to Villa v City - could be high scoring
Some other tasty looking match ups too
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Post by doug61 on Dec 5, 2023 12:51:40 GMT
Woods is a proven target man Origi has 0 from 7 for Forest, I can see it against a side like Burnley. Not that it worked. There's seems to be a growing feeling that Cooper is on his way as the owner wants a top half finish and is losing patience Will be a big shame and most Forest fans would be very sorry to see him dismissed I think it's a bit delusional, the top half is pretty much nailed on each year now, then you have 5 other teams that tend to avoid relegation and 5 fighting relegation. I think the bottom 10 at any time would need quite significant yearly injections of a few hundred million to even think about making the jump to the top half. Better as a business model to stay safe and not bankrupt yourself and keep everyone on sensible contracts with built in wage drops in case of relegation. With the ever growing gulf between EPL and Championship, 2 of the 3 promoted clubs are pretty much nailed on to go back down in any given year so you only need to finish above one other side. The new TV deal will make the gulf even harder to bridge.
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Post by stu77 on Dec 5, 2023 13:05:16 GMT
No Rodri and no Grealish against Villa. Both got booked v Tottenham, Grealish for kicking the ball away. He must be absolutely gutted to miss this game. 😀
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 5, 2023 13:11:53 GMT
There's seems to be a growing feeling that Cooper is on his way as the owner wants a top half finish and is losing patience Will be a big shame and most Forest fans would be very sorry to see him dismissed I think it's a bit delusional, the top half is pretty much nailed on each year now, then you have 5 other teams that tend to avoid relegation and 5 fighting relegation. I think the bottom 10 at any time would need quite significant yearly injections of a few hundred million to even think about making the jump to the top half. Better as a business model to stay safe and not bankrupt yourself and keep everyone on sensible contracts with built in wage drops in case of relegation. Â Â With the ever growing gulf between EPL and Championship, 2 of the 3 promoted clubs are pretty much nailed on to go back down in any given year so you only need to finish above one other side. Â The new TV deal will make the gulf even harder to bridge. Can happen though e.g. Brentford and Brighton
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Post by doug61 on Dec 5, 2023 15:47:46 GMT
I think it's a bit delusional, the top half is pretty much nailed on each year now, then you have 5 other teams that tend to avoid relegation and 5 fighting relegation. I think the bottom 10 at any time would need quite significant yearly injections of a few hundred million to even think about making the jump to the top half. Better as a business model to stay safe and not bankrupt yourself and keep everyone on sensible contracts with built in wage drops in case of relegation. With the ever growing gulf between EPL and Championship, 2 of the 3 promoted clubs are pretty much nailed on to go back down in any given year so you only need to finish above one other side. The new TV deal will make the gulf even harder to bridge. Can happen though e.g. Brentford and Brighton Yes, but very much the exception rather than the rule and created by running a club in a stable manner and making profits on players rather than big investments. Even then, fighting on two fronts with the League and minor European competition is very stabilising as is being seen.
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Post by doug61 on Dec 9, 2023 13:04:31 GMT
Anyone have any thoughts on dear old Joey Barton's comments in the week with respect to the influx of women analysts in game coverage this year? Does he, dare we say, have a point? are they there on merit or to tick boxes?
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Post by personunknown on Dec 9, 2023 13:30:19 GMT
He's allowed his opinion, no question. What is the media's agenda here? If they're trying to make the game more inclusive by incorporating female pundits into the commentary, I don't have a problem with it.
I take far more umbrage with the Robbie Savage contributions: " What Messi should be doing here is...., Kane should be hitting the target from there...." FFS
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Post by doug61 on Dec 9, 2023 14:55:52 GMT
He's allowed his opinion, no question. What is the media's agenda here? If they're trying to make the game more inclusive by incorporating female pundits into the commentary, I don't have a problem with it. I take far more umbrage with the Robbie Savage contributions: " What Messi should be doing here is...., Kane should be hitting the target from there...." FFS I think his point was (always hard to tell) that as most of the commentators are men, the "second seat" is usually reserved for a supposedly expert "analyst" who has the experience to comment on what is occurring on the pitch and the nous to comment on it. He seems to believe that they haven't played the men's game so have not earned to right or have the experience to comment on it and are there to tick boxes rather than to be the best person to do that job. I tend to pretty much not listen to the inane chatter from commentary as it's usually bleeding obvious whomever is saying it, but there is an undoubted case to be made that all broadcasters seem to be over desperate to prove their equality credentials in a single sex aspect of the game. The same case can of course be made the other way around that men lack the technical ability to balance physicality into their understanding of the women's game.
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Post by stu77 on Dec 9, 2023 16:53:27 GMT
Fucking hell 0-3 at Old Trafford and not even finished.
Surely the end for ETH.
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