Premier League 25/26

lordromford

Interesting VAR decision in the Fulham v Arsenal game.

I wonder if anyone on here will have an opinion on that?

Not thinking of anyone in particular. 🤪

Chris_from_Sidcup

Everything at Forest started to fall apart the moment Marinakis employed Edu. Nuno lost his head over it, fell out with him and Marinakis was always going to side with Edu (given he'd just hired him). Now they're linked with Sean Dyche despite Nuno's football supposedly being too defensive.

On top of that there was the weird Gibbs-White situation, who since the summer transfer fiasco and his incredibly forced interview, has looked a shadow of the player he was.

It's all a complete shambles and we're only 8 games into the season. Looking for your third manager of the season before you've played 9 games must be a record surely?

MrBurns

JohnBoyUK

Blimey.  Ange, Ange, Ange.  Deary me.

I feel so sorry for him but I want to rip the absolute piss out of him at the same time.

That 5 min monologue in his presser on Friday really was something to behold.

As I said before, it was a miracle he wasnt sacked at a dozen or so points before he was at Spurs.  I still pinch myself that we won a European trophy under him.  Injuries aside, we were proper rubbish under him after them first 8 games.

oohaahmortimer

It’s painful but surely this is the year cnuteta and the cnutettes win the league , feel sick 

closet_addick

JohnBoyUK said:

Blimey.  Ange, Ange, Ange.  Deary me.

I feel so sorry for him but I want to rip the absolute piss out of him at the same time.

That 5 min monologue in his presser on Friday really was something to behold.

As I said before, it was a miracle he wasnt sacked at a dozen or so points before he was at Spurs.  I still pinch myself that we won a European trophy under him.  Injuries aside, we were proper rubbish under him after them first 8 games.

He's a likeable guy. Looks less like a football manager and more like a cab driver that smells like farts, cigarettes and stale coffee with a suspicious pang of cognac mixed in there, as well.

Could be much worse. Could be a Graham Potter type! 

Chris_from_Sidcup

JohnBoyUK said:

Blimey.  Ange, Ange, Ange.  Deary me.

I feel so sorry for him but I want to rip the absolute piss out of him at the same time.

That 5 min monologue in his presser on Friday really was something to behold.

As I said before, it was a miracle he wasnt sacked at a dozen or so points before he was at Spurs.  I still pinch myself that we won a European trophy under him.  Injuries aside, we were proper rubbish under him after them first 8 games.

I feel a bit sorry for him too. Firstly because he comes across as a nice guy, and secondly because he was totally up against it from the start for a number of reasons.

1. The fans (and probably the players as well) didn't want Nuno sacked.
2. The transfer window had closed so he was working with players he didn't know.
3. His appointment came at a time when there were games every 3-4 days. They played 6 games in the first 23 days of his tenure, so he had hardly any time on the training ground to implement his style, which is completely different to Nuno's.
4. Forest's good results last season were mainly built off the back of a solid defence. 2 of those mainstays were Aina and Murillo, but Aina was injured for all of his games and Murillo was injured for 6.5 of the 8 games.

Overall i blame Marinakis, he shouldn't have sacked Nuno, and then he made totally the wrong appointment.

ForeverAddickted

Lovely goal for Man Utd!!

Elthamaddick

As if Macallister needs that swimming hat on🤣🤣

DamoNorthStand

Well nobody can say Liverpool didn’t agree with letting play continue….

fenaddick

Shaping up to being a good game this 

Rudders22

and Man Utd are back to their old tricks.

How many times has Fernandez gone straight to the referee so that the game stops whilst he "finishes is conversation with him?".  Did the Man Utd goalkeeper take the ball out of his box? I think he did.

North Lower Neil

Will be very funny if Liverpool have spent £400m and got worse.

lordromford

That Man Utd shirt is rank. It makes the players look like they’ve sweated through it and it’s sticking to them.

fenaddick

North Lower Neil said:

Will be very funny if Liverpool have spent £400m and got worse.

It is insane that they spent north of £200m on two strikers and didn’t buy a left winger when they lost one in tragic circumstances and sold another 

lordromford

Towards the end of the first half, they said Mbeumo’s goal was the second quickest in this fixture after one by Nicky butt some years ago.
They showed both of those goals as being scored in the 2nd minute. But Mbeumo scored after exactly 1 minute - that’s the earliest you can score a goal classified as being “in the 2nd minute”, so how on earth was Butt’s goal quicker?

ForeverAddickted

What a shocking miss that was from Salah, especially to not keep it on target

Rudders22

Feeling sick listening to Gary Neville having an orgasm when Maguire scored. 

ForeverAddickted

Haha... Bonkers match... Great for the neutral

fenaddick

That was a great header 

ForeverAddickted

fenaddick said:

That was a great header 

Presume you're not referring to that Gakpo chance just then

lordromford

Rudders22 said:

Feeling sick listening to Gary Neville having an orgasm when Maguire scored. 

I know what you mean, but it’s far easier listening to him doing Man U matches than it is listening to Carragher doing Liverpool matches.
At least there’s a bit of balance in this game as they’re both there, but I don’t think they should commentate on their own teams usually. They’re both just too biased.

lordromford

fenaddick said:

That was a great header 

To be fair to Maguire, when he gets his fivehead on to it, it’s often very effective.

MrOneLung

Gotta love Maguire

Rudders22

lordromford said:

Rudders22 said:

Feeling sick listening to Gary Neville having an orgasm when Maguire scored. 

I know what you mean, but it’s far easier listening to him doing Man U matches than it is listening to Carragher doing Liverpool matches.
At least there’s a bit of balance in this game as they’re both there, but I don’t think they should commentate on their own teams usually. They’re both just too biased.

I agree.

Addick Addict

ForeverAddickted said:

What a shocking miss that was from Salah, especially to not keep it on target

Salah's poor form and his disappearing act on the pitch has been compounded by Liverpool making so many changes this season. Some were enforced but as well as having to replace both full backs, bringing in Ekitike, Isak and Wirtz has created issues.

Ekitike has looked a real handful whereas Isak, for club and country and probably due to his "strike" and the protracted nature of his signing, has looked a shadow of his former self and Slot can't seem to find the best position for Wirtz. Liverpool's defence is all over the place and they've now conceded 11 in the PL as opposed to Arsenal's 3. 

It's 11 years since Liverpool last lost four on the trot. Those players will all come good, no doubt, but the damage in the PL will be done by that time and they might end up having to concentrate on the CL and the other cups. The PL is Arsenals to lose though if Haaland were to keep banging in the goals then you can't write off City.  

ForeverAddickted

Fair play to Man Utd for that, does feel like a midtable scalp though, rather than a Man Utd matching Liverpool like we're used to

North Lower Neil

Addick Addict said:

ForeverAddickted said:

What a shocking miss that was from Salah, especially to not keep it on target

Salah's poor form and his disappearing act on the pitch has been compounded by Liverpool making so many changes this season. Some were enforced but as well as having to replace both full backs, bringing in Ekitike, Isak and Wirtz has created issues.

Ekitike has looked a real handful whereas Isak, for club and country and probably due to his "strike" and the protracted nature of his signing, has looked a shadow of his former self and Slot can't seem to find the best position for Wirtz. Liverpool's defence is all over the place and they've now conceded 11 in the PL as opposed to Arsenal's 3. 

It's 11 years since Liverpool last lost four on the trot. Those players will all come good, no doubt, but the damage in the PL will be done by that time and they might end up having to concentrate on the CL and the other cups. The PL is Arsenals to lose though if Haaland were to keep banging in the goals then you can't write off City.  

I think people are really underestimating City, yes they had a really.poor season by their standards last season but they missed Rodri, who is back, and were still much better in the second half of the season.

I think they'll win it.

CAFC_boi

North Lower Neil said:

Addick Addict said:

ForeverAddickted said:

What a shocking miss that was from Salah, especially to not keep it on target

Salah's poor form and his disappearing act on the pitch has been compounded by Liverpool making so many changes this season. Some were enforced but as well as having to replace both full backs, bringing in Ekitike, Isak and Wirtz has created issues.

Ekitike has looked a real handful whereas Isak, for club and country and probably due to his "strike" and the protracted nature of his signing, has looked a shadow of his former self and Slot can't seem to find the best position for Wirtz. Liverpool's defence is all over the place and they've now conceded 11 in the PL as opposed to Arsenal's 3. 

It's 11 years since Liverpool last lost four on the trot. Those players will all come good, no doubt, but the damage in the PL will be done by that time and they might end up having to concentrate on the CL and the other cups. The PL is Arsenals to lose though if Haaland were to keep banging in the goals then you can't write off City.  

I think people are really underestimating City, yes they had a really.poor season by their standards last season but they missed Rodri, who is back, and were still much better in the second half of the season.

I think they'll win it.

Rodri is out for 1-2 months minimum 

North Lower Neil

CAFC_boi said:

North Lower Neil said:

Addick Addict said:

ForeverAddickted said:

What a shocking miss that was from Salah, especially to not keep it on target

Salah's poor form and his disappearing act on the pitch has been compounded by Liverpool making so many changes this season. Some were enforced but as well as having to replace both full backs, bringing in Ekitike, Isak and Wirtz has created issues.

Ekitike has looked a real handful whereas Isak, for club and country and probably due to his "strike" and the protracted nature of his signing, has looked a shadow of his former self and Slot can't seem to find the best position for Wirtz. Liverpool's defence is all over the place and they've now conceded 11 in the PL as opposed to Arsenal's 3. 

It's 11 years since Liverpool last lost four on the trot. Those players will all come good, no doubt, but the damage in the PL will be done by that time and they might end up having to concentrate on the CL and the other cups. The PL is Arsenals to lose though if Haaland were to keep banging in the goals then you can't write off City.  

I think people are really underestimating City, yes they had a really.poor season by their standards last season but they missed Rodri, who is back, and were still much better in the second half of the season.

I think they'll win it.

Rodri is out for 1-2 months minimum 

Ah I'd missed that!