HollovVpo1nt
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I was coincidentally passing the angry Feyenoord fans after the 10-0 defeat against PSV. I hated Been. I hear he's doing pretty good at Genk.
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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT10| Silverware, promotion, survival, relegation and tears
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I was coincidentally passing the angry Feyenoord fans after the 10-0 defeat against PSV. I hated Been. I hear he's doing pretty good at Genk.
Should have started. What is the point of Scholes playing today?
Shake Appeal
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It's unbelievable it's not decided by results between teams.
But then I guess by that reckoning City would be deserved winners...
Agreed with both of you. I think with the way we've been tossed out of the CL/Europa and the other domestic cup competitions, we've already seen that this United squad clearly isn't strong enough at the moment, and we've adjusted our expectations accordingly.
And good lord, Young... =\
I hope he stays there. He was not up to the job and his salary alone made me despise him.
He will be on a few teams radars now i would have thought. No buy clause for swanselona?.
Wasn't backing them for the league, but I'm so pleased for the City fans today. Not the glory hunters who've come out of the woodwork, but the people who have stuck with them through two demotions and still turned up every week. The people who have had United's success lorded over them for the better part of 50 years. How they must feel today is what football is all about.
Vivalaraza
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I've never really thought about it tbh. GD just seems like the natural deciding factor for me because it's all I've ever been used to.
Is it really that crazy a way of deciding it though? I'm not sure. On the one hand you can argue the head-to-head better splits the two teams directly...but then GD is a better barometer of performance over the whole season.
Not sure.
Yup. Man U deserve a ton of credit for going on a great run after that Newcastle loss in January: 11 wins and one draw or something like that.
But they really blew it when they lost to Wigan. Even a draw would've kept them in control of their own fate. Can't feel bad for them after that.
Keep telling yourself that. I am actually looking forward to your damage control more than an Everton to be frank.
Today was a meh game, nothing too exciting. Even BBC live coverage only covered them for two occasions.
Meh...
The Incarnation
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But he scores FIFA finesse shots every so often
Gareth Bale
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Can't fault the effort from our players today, except for Rose obviously. It was a reckless challenge and he deserved to go. Doesn't make the rest of players arseholes though. The rest of the lads put in one hell of a shift. You could tell Walker was really struggling towards the end. "To underline how well the 10 men did at Villa, efforts at goal finished 21-4 in our favour." Says it all really. We should have done a lot better from the 19 corners we had. Didn't create anything from those. Need a win next weekend now obviously. BMJ could really do us a favour with his team selection, and hopefully West Brom give Roy a big send off.
It was decided over those two games anyway, if you took them out, United would have 6 more points and a better goal difference than City.
And United wouldn't have been more than 8 points clear at that point with half there team not out injured for most of the season? And United still would have lost those 8 points if they weren't without Vidic, Fletcher, Anderson & Evans?
Right hard cold facts that prove you wrong = excuses, lol.
Sure but you go first, it's only polite.
K. Toure is 3rd choice not 4th and City have spent £259,000,000 on players from that 'first choice team squad' in recent years. But of course that doesn't even include these city players since 2008:
Roque Santa Cruz £17,500,000
Emmanuel Adebayor £25,000,000
Jerome Boateng £10,500,000
Jo £18,000,000
Shaun Wright-Phillips £9,000,000
Robinho £32,500,000
Wayne Bridge £12,000,000
Craig Bellamy £14,000,000
Shay Given £5,900,000
Total - 144,400,000
Lol, I don't think he (or anyone) wants to go back to Villa. Manchester are stuck with him.
The Friendly Monster
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Head to head is stupid since it can't always separate three teams level on points.
Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere tweets after Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham: "We owe Villa players a big THANK YOU!"
Tim the Wiz
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There's no real disproportion between City and United in terms of gross accumulated transfer spending; you'd have to go to their respective wage budgets for that. Seems like a pointless debate regardless.
Fuck up, seriously.
Players get injured, that's football. United haven't been good enough.
Man City would actually win head to head and goal difference. Lol
MarshMellow96
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Dat Vorm.
FlyingTeacup
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And Lescott. Fuck Lescott.
The Friendly Monster
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What? I'm saying that head to head is useless since it breaks down if three teams are level on points.
Ickle dive from Swansea just as you posted that.
How many players were Madrid missing when they played Barcelona at the Camp Nou?
Yeah that's a pretty sickening thought.
Baconsaurus Rex
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Dutch commentator can't pronounce Hernandez properly. Commentators mispronouncing names drives me mad.
Only an ickle one though!
Shake Appeal
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If the season went on another four or five games they'd be seriously flirting with relegation.
Zamparini is hopeless. With his money and someone else's sense Palermo could be a regular European fixture by now.
MarshMellow96
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I think seeing De Gea pick it up would be worse!
It wasn't meant to be a reactionary post to yours. I just thought of it now since you just mentioned.
Just never mind me, I am not myself these days.
Para bailar La Bomba
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Dontchya wish your left back was a twat like Rose,
Dontchya?
Dontchya?
Dontchya?
Dontchya?
but he can't pick anything up /obviousjoke
Honestly, he's been great half the season. Can't remember many mistakes that have actually cost us points.
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