Weekend Football

[Winston Biscuit]

23 year old buys Sunderland
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56114374

[URZZZZ]

You know, whilst accepting that Drysdale was unprofessional, Alan Judge basically gets away with screaming abuse at him because, well, I don't know why. He is held to differently standards because he is a pampered idiot footballer?

Unfortunately there’s a self entitlement among players where they’re allowed to get away with cheating and manipulation

As been said before on here, the sooner you start to clamp down on this sort of behaviour, the less likely you’ll see it

[Snowflake Royal]

You know, whilst accepting that Drysdale was unprofessional, Alan Judge basically gets away with screaming abuse at him because, well, I don't know why. He is held to differently standards because he is a pampered idiot footballer?

Unfortunately there’s a self entitlement among players where they’re allowed to get away with cheating and manipulation

As been said before on here, the sooner you start to clamp down on this sort of behaviour, the less likely you’ll see it

Ref's bring it on themselves by not punishing it. They've got the cards, use them. Don't square up, brandish a card.

The clubs will come down on the players like a ton of bricks if they start getting suspensions and reds for dissent and losing them games as a result. At the moment it's just encouraged gamesmanship to influence the ref.

[URZZZZ]

You know, whilst accepting that Drysdale was unprofessional, Alan Judge basically gets away with screaming abuse at him because, well, I don't know why. He is held to differently standards because he is a pampered idiot footballer?

Unfortunately there’s a self entitlement among players where they’re allowed to get away with cheating and manipulation

As been said before on here, the sooner you start to clamp down on this sort of behaviour, the less likely you’ll see it

Ref's bring it on themselves by not punishing it. They've got the cards, use them. Don't square up, brandish a card.

The clubs will come down on the players like a ton of bricks if they start getting suspensions and reds for dissent and losing them games as a result. At the moment it's just encouraged gamesmanship to influence the ref.

More paperwork though...

[6ft Kerplunk]

Has anyone worked out what Judge said to him that triggered his reaction?

[From Despair To Where?]

Has anyone worked out what Judge said to him that triggered his reaction?

Hasn't Judge always been a bit of a gobby little fcuker?

[Winston Biscuit]

Fulham now just 3 points behind Newcastle and with a better goal difference.

Nervy times up at Sid James' Park

[URZZZZ]

Has there even been a worse regular for a top 6 team than Eric Dier?

[leon]

I hate West Ham but I’m pleased that Moyes is doing well. As it pisses off the WHU fans who don’t like him and proves the experts on here wrong who’d written him off.

[Jinx]

Has there even been a worse regular for a top 6 team than Eric Dier?

Davinson Sanchez?

Spurs' defense is a a joke

[URZZZZ]

Has there even been a worse regular for a top 6 team than Eric Dier?

Davinson Sanchez?

Spurs' defense is a a joke

Reguilon looks half decent - but the rest are either extremely average (Ben Davies etc) or hopeless (Dier, Sanchez)

Couldn’t tell you many teams over the weekend with a worse prem CB pairing yet we all know Southgate will choose Dier for the summer with the possible chance of him even making the XI

[URZZZZ]

Fair play to Man City (can’t find a single thread for them) - had written them off after last season and the start to this one but they’ve been magnificent since Christmas time

Not blowing away teams like they used to with plenty of 1-0s but their defensive record is superb (again, credit to Stones, another player written off by many, including myself, maybe hope for Dier there ). Can’t imagine they’ve conceded more than 2/3 goals in their last 10/11 games

[NathStPaul]

Fair play to Man City (can’t find a single thread for them) - had written them off after last season and the start to this one but they’ve been magnificent since Christmas time

Not blowing away teams like they used to with plenty of 1-0s but their defensive record is superb (again, credit to Stones, another player written off by many, including myself, maybe hope for Dier there ). Can’t imagine they’ve conceded more than 2/3 goals in their last 10/11 games

To be honest the other sides have made it very easy for them this season, they have hardly left second gear. Last season hurt them and Pep has made them a bit less expansive this season. Think John Stones has improved a hell of a lot, the introduction of Ruben Dias seems to have helped him.

[Sanguine]

Fair play to Man City (can’t find a single thread for them) - had written them off after last season and the start to this one but they’ve been magnificent since Christmas time

Not blowing away teams like they used to with plenty of 1-0s but their defensive record is superb (again, credit to Stones, another player written off by many, including myself, maybe hope for Dier there ). Can’t imagine they’ve conceded more than 2/3 goals in their last 10/11 games

Very much like Liverpool last season, who I think recorded something like 12 or 13 single goal victories.

City's defensive record is even better than you imagine - since they lost 2-0 at Spurs, they have conceded four goals in 17 league games. In all competitions, it is 7 in 25 games. Which is nuts. And one of those was Cheltenham in the FA Cup.

[URZZZZ]

Fair play to Man City (can’t find a single thread for them) - had written them off after last season and the start to this one but they’ve been magnificent since Christmas time

Not blowing away teams like they used to with plenty of 1-0s but their defensive record is superb (again, credit to Stones, another player written off by many, including myself, maybe hope for Dier there ). Can’t imagine they’ve conceded more than 2/3 goals in their last 10/11 games

To be honest the other sides have made it very easy for them this season, they have hardly left second gear. Last season hurt them and Pep has made them a bit less expansive this season. Think John Stones has improved a hell of a lot, the introduction of Ruben Dias seems to have helped him.

Yep, followed Klopps pragmatic approach, perhaps less pleasing on the eye than how they used to play, but you can’t complain with their recent record. Next stage will be winning the Champions League and perhaps even the quadruple!

Agree with Stones, spent a fair while partnered with Otamendi or Garcia who were either wildly inconsistent or not quite ready

[URZZZZ]

Fair play to Man City (can’t find a single thread for them) - had written them off after last season and the start to this one but they’ve been magnificent since Christmas time

Not blowing away teams like they used to with plenty of 1-0s but their defensive record is superb (again, credit to Stones, another player written off by many, including myself, maybe hope for Dier there ). Can’t imagine they’ve conceded more than 2/3 goals in their last 10/11 games

Very much like Liverpool last season, who I think recorded something like 12 or 13 single goal victories.

City's defensive record is even better than you imagine - since they lost 2-0 at Spurs, they have conceded four goals in 17 league games. In all competitions, it is 7 in 25 games. Which is nuts. And one of those was Cheltenham in the FA Cup.

Equally ironic was the rumblings of Pep out after the Spurs loss

Their home goals conceded is particularly impressive (ignoring the 5 goals conceded to Leicester of course!)

[Pepe the Horseman]

Brighton 75% possession, 25 shots vs Palace's 3, and 13 corners to Palace's 0.
Palace win 2-1.
Lovely stuff.

[Hendo]

Proper shithousing in a derby game. Love to see it.

[URZZZZ]

Brighton 75% possession, 25 shots vs Palace's 3, and 13 corners to Palace's 0.
Palace win 2-1.
Lovely stuff.

Furthermore in the reverse fixture, Palace had 1 shot to Brighton’s 20!

Which means combined, we stand at Brighton’s 45 shots, compared to Palace’s 4 and yet Palace still got 4 points out of it

[Pepe the Horseman]

Brighton 75% possession, 25 shots vs Palace's 3, and 13 corners to Palace's 0.
Palace win 2-1.
Lovely stuff.

Furthermore in the reverse fixture, Palace had 1 shot to Brighton’s 20!

Which means combined, we stand at Brighton’s 45 shots, compared to Palace’s 4 and yet Palace still got 4 points out of it

Oof. On expected points Brighton should be 6th