spacemanrich wrote:As the Housemartins would say, ' Hull 2 : The Champions 1. '
i corrected your pronunciation, hope you don't mind

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spacemanrich wrote:As the Housemartins would say, ' Hull 2 : The Champions 1. '
has jose found his new pepe/carvahelo?Stuart X.Hunter wrote:Bailly is so aggressive (rash at times) but tidy enough with ball at feet.
re: defending- that's how we won the title last year- huth and morgan would head/kick everyhting/one away from the goal. neither can really pass (though i remember morgan flying down the wing once, crossing for a goal)Stuart X.Hunter wrote:He seems to understand defending, does Mourinho.
Or maybe he just allows them to defend instead of also being starting points of attack like some managers do.
I think they've looked good against 6 difficult opponents over the last two games.
Still not sure that they will be the starting pairing
Where do I stand on Pogba?
Kids gonna frighten the sh*t out of opposition.
His dynamism and ability to see a pass earlier than most will be a delight for Martial and Lingaard.
He has presence, height, strength like Ibra and Bailly. Mentally that's torture for opposition before a ball kicked.
He'll do very well
I didn't see the Leicester game but how did Musa/Vardy look
sunray wrote:I am seriously considering opting out this year.
I look at the obscene amounts of money swilling around, players on hundreds of thousands per week just to kick a piece of leather on a patch of grass and it absolutely sickens me. I cannot relate to any of it.
I'm already tired of the Sky hype machine.
All the shit going on in the world and we're supposed to care about these fucks? No, not anymore...it's time to walk away.
Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney, 30, will not be offered a contract extension for at least 18 months. The England striker's contract runs until the summer of 2019 but he must now prove he is worth an increase on his £300,000-a-week wages.
they're looking good- a complete difference to last season. looks like they've made the best of the transfer market, in terms of premiership, with the signings of kante and hazardStuart X.Hunter wrote:Chelsea have a lovely balance dont they?
Its essentially the same team as last year but with a dynamo defensive midfielder allowing Matic to push forward more and use his intelligence and those three behind Costa are frighteningly fluid.
Jamie Vardy has said he listened to his head and heart before making what he claimed was the “easy decision” to reject a summer move to Arsenal in favour of remaining with Leicester City.
Arsenal, impressed by Vardy’s form that had helped propel Leicester to their first League title, had triggered the £22m release clause in the striker’s contract at the beginning of June. The 29-year-old travelled with the England squad to the European Championship with his future still unresolved and, while fielding calls from Claudio Ranieri, gave consideration to the move to north London in between training sessions at the team’s base in Chantilly.
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He suggested the uncertainty had not deflected his focus from his efforts for the national team, despite concerns expressed privately within Roy Hodgson’s set-up, but it was almost three weeks after the original offer from Arsenal – with England safely qualified for the knockout phase – before Vardy formally rejected the transfer. He has subsequently agreed a new four-year contract at the King Power Stadium worth around £100,000 a week.
Asked about his thought process in rejecting the move to the Emirates Stadium, Vardy said: “I was in a hotel room [in Chantilly] for so many hours of every day with nothing to do. You had a lot of time on your hands.
“I am not going to beat around the bush – every time I thought about it, and every aspect of it I thought about, both my head and my heart were saying to stay at Leicester, which is why I made my decision to stay.
“There were loads of reasons. You get that much time to think about, every single thing down to the tea lady. You think about what might happen, what might not. Where you could be, where not. Every time I thought about every little thing, though, both head and heart were saying ‘you need to stay’. I could see people’s point when they assumed I would go, but, deep down, if you don’t think it’s right for you, you don’t do it. It’s as simple as that.
“In my professional life, it was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make, but I haven’t been a professional for that long. It was hard, but it was actually an easy decision to make.”
Sam Allardyce will change England’s system but not personnel
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Arsène Wenger had resigned himself to missing out on the forward long before Vardy and Leicester confirmed Arsenal’s offer would not secure the player. Yet there were still two awkward moments when the Frenchman bumped into the striker he had coveted while staying in England’s hotel over the tournament in France, where he was working as a pundit.
“I spoke to him a couple of times in the hotels we were in,” said Vardy, who will begin Sunday’s todays’ World Cup qualifier against Slovakia on the England bench.
“Those meetings were either side of me making the decision: it was basically in every hotel we were staying in. It wasn’t awkward, though. It was just a simple ‘Hello, are you OK’... that kind of thing. I took it as a nice compliment they wanted to buy me.
“Leicester have been on the rise for a while now and will keep doing that. Look at the deals they did in the transfer window: they obviously want to keep it going. And, if it does keep going, I want to be part of that. I’ve been there from when I was at Fleetwood Town, five years ago, when we were in the Championship and we have gone up and up and up.
“We are a group of brothers and lots of the lads have signed long-term deals now, which the gaffer wanted. To only lose [N’Golo] Kanté from a Premier League-winning team is not that bad, so hopefully it will carry on. That is something I want to be part of.”
Sam Allardyce says it is "not for me to say where to play Wayne Rooney" after his England reign started with a narrow World Cup qualifying win in Slovakia.
"Wayne played wherever he wanted to. I can't stop Wayne playing there," said Allardyce.
BVCP206 wrote:The quote about Rooney was farcical![]()
I thought Allardyce was the manager and therefore picked the team decided the tactics etc. etc. or am I just being old fashioned
was there a game? did it break out during the trainning session?runcible wrote:The mediocrity of last night's game was so predictable.
cantona wrote: Clattenburg `bottled` a clear penalty.
o they won't win without hart- england's number one! o wait he gave away a goal for torino, hmmm, starting to remind me of the old liverpool keeper...BVCP206 wrote:I may be proved wrong but I think Man City will stroll the league this season, not that I have much interest in it or will have for some time me thinks
Taken apart tonightStuart X.Hunter wrote:Chelsea have a lovely balance dont they?
Its essentially the same team as last year but with a dynamo defensive midfielder allowing Matic to push forward more and use his intelligence and those three behind Costa are frighteningly fluid.
e) he's been manager for for about a month, let's give him time to settle before we speculate as to his futurespacemanrich wrote:Woke up 6:30am and the fixture results were already posted for the Watford v. United match. Nice way to start the day![]()
Is Pogba on the team ? Haven't heard much about him.
How long will Mou last at United :
a.) sacked before Christmas
b.) sacked during the season
c.) quit just like at Chelsea
d). don't know
I for one love all your premonitions, Dickspacemanrich wrote:I have a premonition that the Foxes will upend the Red Devils, what do you think TheDr ? I hope Morono puts Rooney in the starting XI.
Sorry...didn't realise you were here to talk football.spacemanrich wrote:Well said by a United supporter lacking in class.
Stuart X.Hunter wrote:Well done Leicester and Spurs...two potential banana skins.
Mission accomplished
He's had a tough week has Wazza.The Dr wrote:i can't believe that rooney was sacked as england manager!
Stuart X.Hunter wrote:
Big Sam always reminded me of Big Ron
Steve McClaren was quick to point outAllardyce also referred to his predecessor Roy Hodgson as "Woy", making fun of his manner of speaking,.."Unfortunately it was an error of judgement on my behalf," added the former Sunderland manager. "I've paid the consequences. Entrapment has won on this occasion and I have to accept that."
and even more tragically"It's been a hugely disappointing couple of days for English football. It's very, very sad what's happened to Sam and it could happen to any of us. Sam innocently has paid the price. Privacy can only be found within the four walls of our own home."
Despite only being in charge for one game, the Daily Mail reported that he had received a "seven-figure pay-off" from the FA.
Insightful Rich, you've been working on that since last Wednesdayspacemanrich wrote:Mou, welcome home to Stamford Bridge !
b. Once they are knocked out of Europa League/Cup.spacemanrich wrote:Woke up 6:30am and the fixture results were already posted for the Watford v. United match. Nice way to start the day![]()
Is Pogba on the team ? Haven't heard much about him.
How long will Mou last at United :
a.) sacked before Christmas
b.) sacked during the season
c.) quit just like at Chelsea
d). don't know
Save the disappointment of that late conceded goal against the Toffees...not bad.Stuart X.Hunter wrote:Then self destructed at the end
Felt the ref was a bit one sided in his disciplining but then the victimised team after a tackle like that tends to get some leeway
3 Must win games now for my team and compared to others a favourable festive fixture list after that.
If ever there was an opportunity to build a head of steam....or we could self destruct...again
Stuart X.Hunter wrote: but some of the decisions being made or allowed to happen leave me scratching my head. Hart out / Bravo in.