The Football Thread.

Vintage65

guitars4you said:

TTony said:

guitars4you said:

Spares just had that bit of extra individual quality today - Albeit it with 2 deflections - Hard to knock our work rate and endeavour and probably deserved a draw but there we go 

Thought Leeds played well tbh.

Look a notch or two above last year's promoted teams (aka relegation candidates), so looking good to avoid the drop this season.

Good to see a match where tackling and the odd "nudge" was allowed too.  Other refs would have had a lot more cards out.

Yes a good tussle or two without ever blowing over - And such weather conditions would not have made it easy for either side 

A credible defeat if there is such a thing - Decent XG and shot stats 

DCL needs to get his shooting boots on ASAP.

Philly_Q

I just heard a Liverpool fan on the radio saying they should sack Arne Slot!

Lestratcaster

Unwanted stat for Odegaard - first player to be substituted before half time in 3 consecutive starts. Today was a knee problem though, the previous two a shoulder complaint. But good to see we can bring on Zubimendi and even when Rice went off with a back problem Merino comes in and also Nwaneri. Real squad depth.

rze99

Slot time 
again

axisus

As a Man U fan I'd prefer Arsenal to win the title to Liverpool or City.

I can't believe that our glory years were so long ago now ...

BigBearKris

Forest so luckily to be only 1 down so far... still in this game, somehow!

matt_sefton

Decent win for the Toon but I still don’t think we’re clicking yet. Having said that, Zwei Meter Dribblgott!

tony99

Not sure that was a deserved win for Everton over a great palace side, but the toffees have been on the end of a lot of bum decisions so sometimes it's just the way it goes. Palace will place better this year anyway. Glad liverpool got beat as wel hahahah

tony99

Looking at the match stats it was closer than I thought. Palace looking very good this year though.

BigBearKris

Grealish seems to be working out for Everton.

TTony

BigBearKris said:

Grealish seems to be working out for Everton.

To be fair, I think he'd work out pretty much anywhere that let him get on the pitch regularly.  Good to see him back playing again - way too much talent to waste on the ManC bench.

suspiciousminds

Well, as a Wolves fan, after todays performance and i know its still early days but i think we’re pretty much relegated this season, in fact i can see us struggling in the championship too with this side.
I rewatched Jeff Shi’s recent interview after 3 games in,asking him if he was concerned to which his reply was basically not until 10/15 games, so thats up to xmas time?
Then in january we will probably lose several on international duty.
How on earth Fosun think we can survive each year selling our best players is beyond me,
over the last seasons they’ve banked on survival being that their are 3 worse promoted teams than Wolves and i think that awful business model will bite them on the arse this season.
Really wish Fosun would sell up now.

thecolourbox

That's sad to hear @suspiciousminds and I hope they somehow manage to prove you wrong. At least you'd be guaranteed 6 points next season if you are relegated, from your neighbours down the road 

Honestly though, i don't think you'd struggle in the championship - the levels of quality are really quite poor, the main challenge is having more games to play and many of the teams treating their matches against you as either their cup final, or their opportunity to play the famous 9-0-1 formation of parking the bus. There are many games where it's just 90 minutes of absolutely nothing happening. 

We (West Brom) have a poor side but we consistently finish just outside the playoffs, so i can't imagine you'd find it hard to finish above that if you did get relegated

Philly_Q

Russell Martin's gone then.  It always seemed like a strange appointment.

axisus

Philly_Q said:

Russell Martin's gone then.  It always seemed like a strange appointment.

The results were utterly dire so no surprise. 

thecolourbox

He always sounds like a homeware brand or a posh hairdresser salon to me

Vintage65

Vintage65 said:

Barcelona lose at home to the PSG 'B' team in the Champions League.

Beaten 4-1 by Sevilla yesterday. The Rashford effect?. 

rze99

Coventry, eh. Bluddy hell.

thecolourbox

rze99 said:

Coventry, eh. Bluddy hell.

Been building well the last few seasons i think. Quite surprising in a way to see Thomas-Asante scoring and assisting so many but i suppose that illustrates the difference that playing in a good team can make to a player

menamestom

Vintage65 said:

Vintage65 said:

Barcelona lose at home to the PSG 'B' team in the Champions League.

Beaten 4-1 by Sevilla yesterday. The Rashford effect?. 

He did score their one goal, tbf