LondonBlue 1054 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 11:27, The Fish said: My Oil Baron Brother, I have to pull you up on this bit. If Manchester City (who can replace Haaland with Alvarez, Kevin De Bruyne with Foden, and Grealish with Doku) think they have a paper thin squad, what chance do the rest of us have? Like you've said, you've gentler fixtures in the league surrounding the League Cup games, and your Champions League Group is... accommodating. I'm pretty sure you could field fringe players in those fixtures and steamroller the opponents, while naming a strong team to face us. Expand I like you're opener. I agree it's kind of a bizarre discussion and i'm so grateful for everything we have. But sometimes we have to chat based on where we are to day rather than where we were in the 1998/199 season. This season we're in 7 competitions... Community Shield (got scolded above for classing a trophy as lesser so listing them all now) , Premier league, the Super Cup, the World Club, the League cup, the Champions League and the FA Cup. If we go deep in all we'll be playing a heck of a lot of games. We submitted a 20 man squad to the Premier League. Rico Lewis 18, Guardiol 21, Doku 21, Oscar Bobb 20 not on it so it's really 23 (as i don't count Bobb yet) Haaland, Alvarez, Foden, Doku, Silva all started at West Ham. With KDB, Stones, Kovacic and Grealish all sidelined, then playing those 5 week in week out means a weaker bench etc yadda yadda yadda. Personally i'd play the strongest available 11 for the opposition in every game. As an aside, an article in the mirror (i think) described us as being saudi state owned. They don't even try and get their facts right these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3959 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 (edited) On 18/09/2023 at 11:46, LondonBlue said: As an aside, an article in the mirror (i think) described us as being saudi state owned. They don't even try and get their facts right these days. Expand You ever noticed that no one ever complains about the Blades being Saudi owned, why is that? And you weren’t scolded, you were chastised! TBH we here all look forward to the day we can be blasé about the league cup but when your last domestic cup win was 1955 and league title 1927, we’d be happy to win a paper cup let alone silverware! Edited September 18, 2023 by sammynb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 24458 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 10:01, Gemmill said: I watched this live and didn't realise quite how much they took the piss there. Tough day at the office for the Mekon. Expand That is fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 46380 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 10:53, sammynb said: only Victoria and the weirdo states of SA and WA care about aerial ping pong Expand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 23724 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 09:57, Dr Gloom said: some goal this like Expand Listened to TalkSport for a bit this morning and they gave fuck all credit to Brighton. One Brighton fan texted in saying it was Brighton that won so why is the whole show about Manchester United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 19645 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Good evening from Marcantonio Bentegodi Stadium 😆 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 24243 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 17:01, wykikitoon said: Listened to TalkSport for a bit this morning and they gave fuck all credit to Brighton. One Brighton fan texted in saying it was Brighton that won so why is the whole show about Manchester United. Expand hopefully a few more years of Man U being shit will change the narrative. or just do yourself a favour and don’t bother tuning into that shite 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 23724 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 17:04, Dr Gloom said: hopefully a few more years of Man U being shit will change the narrative. or just do yourself a favour and don’t bother tuning into that shite Expand It was 5 mins walk to the shop I dont mind Goldstein but the rest are shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 37906 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 17:10, wykikitoon said: It was 5 mins walk to the shop I dont mind Goldstein but the rest are shite. Expand Sorry, Wykiki, but he's a cunt as well, just slightly more subtle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 23724 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Yet people say I hate everyone! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 52383 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 17:03, PaddockLad said: Good evening from Marcantonio Bentegodi Stadium 😆 Expand Have a mint time. Your photography could use some work mind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 5006 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Brilliant last few posts on there, Brighton taking the piss at Old Trafford and the Aussie twats and Everton potentially going down the drain. But I have to say Man City having a 'paper thin' squad just stands out 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 37715 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Well they have a relatively smallish squad but that’s purely down to how Guardiola likes to work, so you can’t have it both ways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 23724 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 17:25, Gemmill said: Have a mint time. Your photography could use some work mind. Expand Shocked Nokia 2010s have a camera tbh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3959 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 19:28, wykikitoon said: Shocked Nokia 2010s have a camera tbh Expand Who needs a camera when you're busy playing snake! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 19645 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 17:25, Gemmill said: Have a mint time. Your photography could use some work mind. Expand Current mood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 52383 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 What's with these square photos? Are you working on a range of first edition stamps? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 46380 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 20:53, Gemmill said: What's with these square photos? Are you working on a range of first edition stamps? Expand Blame the tools, not the man. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RobinRobin 12917 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 10:53, sammynb said: Two things, Victory fans are renown for being absolute cunts (they have a history of brawls, pitch invasions and at the time were already on a good behaviour bond) and earlier that week the A-League association had announced they had signed a deal with Stadium Australia, in Sydney, to host the grand final for the next three seasons and, of course, regardless of the teams playing in it, so the Victory fans decided they weren't happy. A bit of background, since the leagues inception, the GF has been held at the home ground of the highest place team that makes the final and with Victory having a successful history, they had held it a number of times over the years - not that their recent history would point to that. But the association had recently lost millions from their TV revenue because there was a clause in the contract that included a "bonus" payment if a certain number of subscribers signed up (online broadcaster) and the association being the idiots they are thought it was a given but lo and behold, they didn't make the number, so they found a solution that no one agreed with. To the actual incident - the Victory fans had made a big fuss about protesting that game, turning their backs, etc. Then one of their idiot fans threw a flare at the City keeper, he decided to return it back to where it came, next thing you know, the cunts jump the fence, rushed him, some cunt picked up the sand bucket, where flares are meant to be extinguished, and starts laying into the keeper with it. A bunch were arrested, some have actually fled the country. The conspiracy theorist in me, thinks there is more to it - this was just weeks after Australia had had a successful World Cup and football always has a huge boost here after we do well in a WC but there is a lot of hate for the local national league from the other football codes, rugby league and aussie rules, and because that's where the money in sport is, in this country, they fear losing it. Rugby League matches currently are at an all time low for attendance and TBH, only Victoria and the weirdo states of SA and WA care about aerial ping pong. Football is the most played game here but it's professional competition has never cracked it - the other have a lot to lose. Expand I knew I could rely on you to answer him 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 12917 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 His foot was on the ground when he got there, surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3959 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 On 19/09/2023 at 03:24, RobinRobin said: I knew I could rely on you to answer him Expand I doubt there is a GIF that could have said all that but I'm looking forward to you trying? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 37715 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 (edited) On 19/09/2023 at 03:14, ohhh_yeah said: Expand Honduras is in Central America 👍🏻 Edited September 19, 2023 by Alex 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBlue 1054 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 18:19, aimaad22 said: Brilliant last few posts on there, Brighton taking the piss at Old Trafford and the Aussie twats and Everton potentially going down the drain. But I have to say Man City having a 'paper thin' squad just stands out Expand It's high quality paper though 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 12917 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 On 19/09/2023 at 05:21, sammynb said: I doubt there is a GIF that could have said all that but I'm looking forward to you trying? Expand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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