The English Football Thread

~~Cuthbert~~ · 04-13-2014, 09:36 AM

Game of the season I think. Henderson banned for three matches though, not sure how much they'll miss him.

They'll beat Norwich now so just the Chelsea match.
Swansea fighting for their lives really so if Chelsea drop points today Liverpool could have a hand on the title

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**Goofle** · 04-13-2014, 01:00 PM

Kompany is so overrated. Koscielny is the best in the League.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 04-13-2014, 01:25 PM

How many of your thrashings has he played in? Didn't play against Everton but assuming he was in all the rest.

**Goofle** · 04-13-2014, 01:36 PM

He has played in quite a few. But he wasn't really at fault for more than one or two goals. Kompany, on the other hand, was at fault for all three today.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 04-13-2014, 01:50 PM

First one yeah, and the clearance was a bad one. That strike though jheeze.

Will need to see the Skrtel one again.

Liverpool are now the favourites to win the league

£10 @ 8/1 returns £17.27
Chelsea - £10 @ 9/2 returns £55
Man. City - £10 @ 2/1 returns £30

**Goofle** · 04-13-2014, 01:52 PM

He lost Skertl on a run to the front post. Easily done to be fair, but if you were to blame anyone it would be Kompany.

Mojo · 04-14-2014, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

Just saw the match finished at 19:40 so Wigan fans probably didn't get out and on to Wembley way until around 20:00. Last train back from Euston was at 20.31.

The FA are fucking arseholes.

They've done it again. The final is 5pm and the last train back to Hull is apparently 8pm.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 04-14-2014, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mojo

They've done it again. The final is 5pm and the last train back to Hull is apparently 8pm.

lol it actually looks to be worse than that:

They will have about 30 minutes to get from Wembley Way to Euston train station. Absolutely no chance of making that. The 'Wembley experience' though

What happened to 3pm on a Saturday?

The whole Wembley thing from the construction, completion date, cost, playing surface, kick off times, relocation of semis and ticket sales has been an embarrassment.

Worst stadium ever.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 04-15-2014, 05:33 AM

Thoughts on the Europa League? Should it be scrapped, left as it is or merged with the CL?

- Too many games
- Less prestige since the re brand
- Places awarded by the FA far too confusing (should be 5th, 6th and 7th) though not UEFA's fault just another criticism
- CL teams finishing 3rd in their group stages allowed to fall into the EL knock outs (and usually go on to win it)
- Awarding a place in the CL to the winners makes it the 2nd division of Europe, further stripping it of prestige

The only positive I can think of right now is that teams like Fulham get the opportunity to win a European trophy.

IMO either scrap it completely, merge it with the CL or change the format to straight knock out to reduce fixture congestion. I think I would go with the latter and change it's name back to the UEFA Cup, I'm thinking about whether I'd prefer the winners to be offered a CL place...

~~Cuthbert~~ · 04-16-2014, 03:31 PM

FFS incredible set of results so far and I've been watching the wank Copa Del Rey final. If Everton turn this around catch Goof hanging off the Suicide Bridge.

04-13-2014, 09:36 AM	#5311 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Game of the season I think. Henderson banned for three matches though, not sure how much they'll miss him. They'll beat Norwich now so just the Chelsea match. Swansea fighting for their lives really so if Chelsea drop points today Liverpool could have a hand on the title ...

04-13-2014, 01:25 PM	#5313 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	How many of your thrashings has he played in? Didn't play against Everton but assuming he was in all the rest.

04-13-2014, 01:50 PM	#5315 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	First one yeah, and the clearance was a bad one. That strike though jheeze. Will need to see the Skrtel one again. Liverpool are now the favourites to win the league £10 @ 8/1 returns £17.27 Chelsea - £10 @ 9/2 returns £55 Man. City - £10 @ 2/1 returns £30

04-15-2014, 05:33 AM	#5319 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Thoughts on the Europa League? Should it be scrapped, left as it is or merged with the CL? - Too many games - Less prestige since the re brand - Places awarded by the FA far too confusing (should be 5th, 6th and 7th) though not UEFA's fault just another criticism - CL teams finishing 3rd in their group stages allowed to fall into the EL knock outs (and usually go on to win it) - Awarding a place in the CL to the winners makes it the 2nd division of Europe, further stripping it of prestige The only positive I can think of right now is that teams like Fulham get the opportunity to win a European trophy. IMO either scrap it completely, merge it with the CL or change the format to straight knock out to reduce fixture congestion. I think I would go with the latter and change it's name back to the UEFA Cup, I'm thinking about whether I'd prefer the winners to be offered a CL place...

04-16-2014, 03:31 PM	#5320 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	FFS incredible set of results so far and I've been watching the wank Copa Del Rey final. If Everton turn this around catch Goof hanging off the Suicide Bridge.