Football The 2015/2016 Season Thread

[Talivar]

Seems Man City got the easy match up in CL

 

[soze]

What a fix

 

[Talivar]

Think both Arsenal and Chelsea got unlucky lol

 

[Embattle]

Very much so, although I had a strange feeling we would end up with PSG.

 

[Raven]

Arsenal to play Barca. Arsenal player to get sent off for looking at the corner flag in a funny way. Barca to score 2 offside goals and the ref to get a hatrick.

Ahem

 

[CorNokZ]

United drew Midtjylland from Denmark. Should not be underestimated, but over two legs it should be doable, even for LVG

 

[caLLous]

We've got bloody Fiorentina again. Our luck with draws this year fucking stinks: Arsenal in the League Cup, Leicester in the FA Cup 3rd round and the team that kicked us out last year in the Europa League. I guess it's an opportunity for revenge.

 

[Moriath]

Haha. Chelski a goal behind again.

 

[Raven]

Boom, headshot.

 

[soze]

The fact they beat us upsets me more and more every week. Fucking Costa cheating. Fucking Gabriel falling for it

 

[Embattle]

Good God Chelsea are shit.

 

[Raven]

I don't get why the Chelsea defence seem to all pile on top of each other. Its almost like zonal marking but everyone has been given the same zone.

 

[Embattle]

I don't get anything about Chelsea this season, in fact I'm sure no one does.

 

[Scouse]

Tell you what - as it stands Chelski are one point off the relegation zone.

That would be the funniest thing to happen in football in the past decade at least. Abramovich would probably fucking sell 'em and quit in a fit of pique!

 

[soze]

If they do not turn it around this month he will throw £100m at it in January I reckon.

 

[caLLous]

Which manager will get to spend it though?

 

[Raven]

Benitez

 

[Embattle]

Carlo.

 

[Raven]

I think Maureen has until the transfer window opens to get his shit together...but who is available? Nobody really and who would want to try and get them from what they are now to 4th spot? (and know if they don't they will get fired)

 

[Bodhi]

Carlo.

I'd rather stick with José than have Mr Bad Moment back again.

Apparently only 3 players stayed on the pitch to clap the fairly awesome away support. I think that's our problem right there.

 

[Embattle]

The problem is Roman was alway too quick to fire managers that now he seems trapped, because this I feel may be one of the times he really needs to consider it.

 

[caLLous]

Blimey. Mourinho is dropping some bombs tonight. First he said that they now categorically can't achieve top 4 (which, whilst we all know it's true, is quite an admission), then he said "Sometimes I find myself thinking last season I did an amazing job and I brought players to a level that is not their level." Dressing room lost? That seems like such a passive aggressive shot at his players.

 

[Embattle]

BTW I'm not suggesting Carlo would be my pick but probably one of the most likely.

Also the sheer gravity of the situation is unprecedented, we are not 10th etc we are 16th and 1 point off the relegation zone after 16 games that is terrible for any side and that is before our alleged talent and wage bill.

 

[Embattle]

Blimey. Mourinho is dropping some bombs tonight. First he said that they now categorically can't achieve top 4 (which, whilst we all know it's true, is quite an admission), then he said "Sometimes I find myself thinking last season I did an amazing job and I brought players to a level that is not their level." Dressing room lost? That seems like such a passive aggressive shot at his players.

Not sure he can keep bullshiting his way through post match interviews any more hence some honesty finally, which will naturally make some complain but at the same time I'm yet to see him stick to an earlier promise about replacing some of these first team players with our youth team players.

 

[Calaen]

This is where he is supposed to show his class as a manager though, Ferguson spent his career making players play above their level when required, shit he won the title a couple of years with a below par squad considering what else was on display at other clubs. He doesn't seem to have an answer, the only thing that surprised me about tonight, was the ability of the sky pundits to back Chelsea to beat them, how many more games do we have to watch before Chelsea are treated like a club that is sat in 16th.

 

[Bodhi]

Not sure he can keep bullshiting his way through post match interviews any more hence some honesty finally, which will naturally make some complain but at the same time I'm yet to see him stick to an earlier promise about replacing some of these first team players with our youth team players.

We may have been watching different interviews, but that looked remarkably honest to me.

 

[Embattle]

We may have been watching different interviews, but that looked remarkably honest to me.

We certainly seem to be reading my reply different if you think I said something else

 

[Billargh]

Tell you what though, 18/1 for Mahrez as second goal scorer wasn't a bad shout at all.

 

[DaGaffer]

This is where he is supposed to show his class as a manager though, Ferguson spent his career making players play above their level when required, shit he won the title a couple of years with a below par squad considering what else was on display at other clubs. He doesn't seem to have an answer, the only thing that surprised me about tonight, was the ability of the sky pundits to back Chelsea to beat them, how many more games do we have to watch before Chelsea are treated like a club that is sat in 16th.

Because if you look at the collection of players, they shouldn't be sat in 16th. Hazard alone is one of the few genuinely world class players in the Prem, but they're all playing like shite.

Having said all that, Mourinho saying Chelsea can't get to the top four is far less damaging than Van Gaal telling United fans to stop living in the past.

 

[Raven]

I think its time for Maureen to be true to his word. Just play the kids. It can't get any worse. Transfer list most of the first team and start again. Only one or two seem to be capable and willing.