Again…. exactly what I expected. When Marcus scored after 4 minutes I thought ‘here we go’ with an awful sense of foreboding
It’s the hope that kills you
We don’t half make things hard for ourselves. You wouldn’t think it’d be too hard to manage a game and defend a two goal lead in the second half? Apparently not.It’s absolutely ****ing shambolic! 🙄
Our defending in the first half was woeful and it was never ever a penalty. Young Pedro should have been booked for diving. United should have been four up and out of sight by half time.
No complaints here but I do think GON should have changed things in the first half when it was obvious Semedo and Doherty were being overrun.
Greenwood was probably thinking that another few months, a bit of press and so on and he might be back, rehabilitated and raring to go for ManU, then he fell out with Bellingham!
Toon v Luton match is the craziest game I’ve seen in a long time and there’s stil 20 mins left. Could be 6-6 at this rate.
would have been if you hadn't mentioned it.
How can we take 6/6 against Villa and 1/6 against Luton? I'm a huge fan of Eddie and Jase but surely there's got to be more we do tactically to be able to beat relegation level teams?
Sheffield United could be onto a hiding tonight, 4-0 after 30 minutes and there's still time to lose the head!
How can we take 6/6 against Villa and 1/6 against Luton?
it’s a puzzle. Think it comes down to a lack of physicality in midfield. Without Joelinton we’re fragile against more physical sides. That’s not to say the better sides are less physical but they at least look to move the ball faster rather than relying on winning individual battles. Bruno tries his best to be the hard man but it’s mostly hot air, Longstaff is a natural attacker and Miley is only 18 and not built for it yet. Sounds daft but sometimes I wonder if playing Schar in a defensive midfield role would be a decent stopgap? 🤷♂️
Could be a cricket score, this. I’ve got Watkins as captain on my FF team thiugh, as well as McGinn, cementing my mid-table obscurity
How do Newcastle not win such games? Because in their front three, while very good, they don’t have anyone of the quality of Saka, Haaland, Foden, Silva, Salah, Diaz.
They’re usually better defensively as well - four goals shipped at home to Luton is poor.
Felt for Luton. 4-2 up. Most right thinking people would love to have seen that. Never mind. Seeing Newcastle ship four at home is entertaining in itself.
Most right thinking people would love to have seen that.
Right thinking? It’s a f***** game man! Grow up FFS.
Nah, nowt like a bit of old school rucking to spice things up a bit
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It’s a f***** game man! Grow up FFS
mmmkay…..
What a goalfest today though. Sheffield Utd are having a tough season.
I’ll laugh like a drain when simultaneously they sell out to a state owned sports investor AND Klopp leaves and they go into a post Fergusonesque spiral.
I always enjoy the mental gymnastics of thinking a rapacious US sports conglomerate owning their club is any better than a bunch of arab billionaires. Still lets hope it doesn't happen, I'm not sure the rest of us could stand the bleating and wailing. All this Klopp bollocks has reminded me once again that when it comes fawning over-ramanticism of the game there is no one better at it than the scousers.
rapacious US sports conglomerate
How many journalists have they dismembered?
How many journalists have they dismembered?
7 3/4
The ownership of premier league teams is a pretty grubby business - thanks Roman, see what you started - but comparing the brutal Saudi state to the rest! They’re a cut above the rest dazh.
Back to the actual football… let’s see if we have a bit more success defending a two goal lead this time?
has your mrs got any money on the "special one" being back at the bridge by wednesday Binners ?
He might well be!
Sounds like Chelsea were shockingly bad. Booed off and the Wolves fans giving Poch a rousing chorus of ‘sacked in the morning’
I see lots of Spurs fans on Twitter saying their plant/sleeper cell is doing his job perfectly 😂
A clean sheet for us too, which is unheard of nowadays. Not a bad day. This Liverpool Arsenal game is going to be interesting
Credit to Gary O Neil to get them up from the defeat on Thursday. Wolves showed resilience after going one down again and bossed Chelsea for a lot of the game.
I for one was quite underwhelmed at his appointment but now I’m getting worried that he’ll be the target of more glamorous clubs. He’s done an amazing job!
Wolves are a pretty handy side. We really rode our luck to get a win on Thursday, though it should have been done and dusted by half time.
How the hell have Liverpool got a 1-1 scoreline at half time?
Arsenal have been absolutely all over them. That was a ridiculous goal to concede. Utterly shambolic defending
I can’t understand him starting Havertz, who’s absolutely woeful, as a central striker when he’s got Nketiah on the bench, who isn’t?
That's Arsenal nailed on to lose/draw their next two then.
I'm still wondering what dirt Raya has on Arteta to be preferred as keeper.
606 on five live is always comedy gold, but they’ve just had a Chelsea fan on saying they need to spend more money and buy more players in the summer.
He mentioned Olly Watkins. He didn’t have an answer as to why a star striker would leave a team presently in the champions league places and playing great football for the club presently 11th who can’t string two passes together, having spent a billion quid on the squad
Oh look, the scousers lost a game. Won’t be long before they’re demanding a replay. Because you know, they’re Liverpool. 🙄
Fair play to Arsenal. The better side today. They were unlucky to go in level at half time. 3-1 probably a fair result given their dominance in the first half. Bad day at the office for Liverpool, especially Konate and Van Dyck 😂 - you don’t want your two centre backs to shit the bed away at Arsenal! The good run was bound to come to an end. No complaints.
Thoughts with Conor Bradley. He was looking really sharp the last couple of weeks and his dad’s passing has come at an unfortunate time for him. Hopefully he’ll bounce back.
That poor lad has had something of a contrasting week. He’s looked amazing, probably having the time of his life then that happens. Hope he comes back strong soon and picks up where he left off
Do Chelsea fans have any other chants more creative than just shouting ‘Chelsea’ repeatedly?
Heck of a free kick by Fernandez.
Do Chelsea fans have any other chants more creative than just shouting ‘Chelsea’ repeatedly?
Seemingly not. Just every 30 minutes a 30 second rendition of "Chewlsea, Chewlsea, CHEWLSEA, Chewlsea".
Looking forward to them hosting Leeds in the next round - most Leeds fans wanted it. And for all the press bigging up Chelsea's performance last night, I thought Villa were just REALLY bad, not that Chelsea were brilliant.
Do Chelsea fans have any other chants more creative than just shouting ‘Chelsea’ repeatedly?
Don't they have a "C'mon Chelsea" for variety and all that.
Seems they won the FA Cup last night. And with Arsenal winning the league on Sunday things are pretty much wrapped up for this season 😀
We had a discussion not long back on here about the best volleys and there’s a serious contender there from Bruno Guimarães. Almost De Canio-esque with the outside of the boot
Bayer Leverkusen doing a good job of sabotaging Harry Kane’s expectations of silverware!
Maybe Spursyness is infectious?
Do Chelsea fans have any other chants more creative than just shouting ‘Chelsea’ repeatedly?
Long ago Chelsea used to have one of the coolest chants "Blue is the colour football is the game..etc" one of better footie songs. They seemed to have forgotten it.
By some odd coincidence I've actually seen Chelsea live more than any other club. My best mate was a Chelsea fan and his rich mate used to let me me have his season ticket. Quite an intimidating atmosphere I remember.
Millwall lite.
Bloody hell! Arsenal are absolutely demolishing West Ham here! They could get into double figures at this rate.
Arsenal fans chanting 'boring boring Arsenal'
Not even half time and huge numbers of fans are streaming out of the stadium already. Just enough left to boo the side off 😳
Title race well and truly on then?
A grand day out; exactly the sort of game we needed to win to stay with the Scousers and Citeh.
Come on utd
Good win - might yet still play in the European Thursday kickabout league.
