Consigliere Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 11 hours ago, polishgenius said: Eric Dier won Man of the Match. That's got to fucking sting. Another sting. AncalagonTheBlack and baxus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 But on the plus side they probably just stopped spurs getting in the CL next year, it will take a crazy set of results now for us to overhaul Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) Spurs have a very difficult run in so it is pretty unlikely that they can overhaul Villa. It would be great if Villa can hold on and finish 4th. I'm happy that England is now extremely unlikely to get a 5th CL spot - it would've been utter bullshit for Spurs to get CL football for finishing 5th, bombing out early of both domestic cups while contributing sweet fuck all to the coefficient. Edited April 18 by Consigliere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) FA Cup replays to be scrapped from the first round onwards starting next season. The Premier League will also be removing the mid-season break from the calendar. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68844583 Edited April 18 by Consigliere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, Consigliere said: Spurs have a very difficult run in so it is pretty unlikely that they can overhaul Villa. It would be great if Villa can hold on and finish 4th. I'm happy that England is now extremely unlikely to get a 5th CL spot - it would've been utter bullshit for Spurs to get CL football for finishing 5th, bombing out early of both domestic cups while contributing sweet fuck all to the coefficient. Spurs are lucky that Sheff Utd and Burnley will likely already be down by the time they play them, otherwise i'd be wondering if we could catch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denvek Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 3 hours ago, BigFatCoward said: Spurs are lucky that Sheff Utd and Burnley will likely already be down by the time they play them, otherwise i'd be wondering if we could catch them. Nah, you'll beat us to 6th, but then we'll win the Cup and take the Europa League place anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenin Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Carletto is a terrorist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) Lille dominating against Villa. They were the better side in the first leg too and were a bit unlucky not to come away with a draw at least. Eta. Villa fought their way back into this game after a dreadful hour or so. They've been the better side ever since Lille's second goal. Edited April 18 by Consigliere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Well good start for Liverpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 And West Ham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Great fightback from Villa. Emi Martinez is probably the best penalty shootout keeper in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 5 minutes ago, Consigliere said: Emi Martinez is probably the best penalty shootout keeper in the world. Also arguably the greatest shitlord in football history. Corvinus85 and baxus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Pretty disappointing from Liverpool in the end. They didn't really look like they wanted to achieve the comeback. Leverkusen remains unbeaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 12 minutes ago, Corvinus85 said: Pretty disappointing from Liverpool in the end. They didn't really look like they wanted to achieve the comeback. I think that's underselling Atalanta's role a fair bit. We were causing them quite a few problems in the first half then they've adjusted at half time and we couldn't get the ball through midfield. Same as last week really. A very impressive couple of games for Gasperini. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, ljkeane said: I think that's underselling Atalanta's role a fair bit. We were causing them quite a few problems in the first half then they've adjusted at half time and we couldn't get the ball through midfield. Same as last week really. A very impressive couple of games for Gasperini. Should have been 2-0 at half time if Salah cared to score. Sure Atalanta did well, but there simply was less of a fighting spirit from Liverpool compared to other European matches. AncalagonTheBlack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 17 minutes ago, Corvinus85 said: Should have been 2-0 at half time if Salah cared to score. Sure Atalanta did well, but there simply was less of a fighting spirit from Liverpool compared to other European matches. I think the players are tired again. Going deep in four competitions, with all of the injury absences, just adds up. Unfortunately it’s a familiar pattern. The team runs out of steam each season. Guardiola seems to do a better job of having his team peak in March, April, May, even if they had a rough patch sometime earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 5 hours ago, Iskaral Pust said: I think the players are tired again. Going deep in four competitions, with all of the injury absences, just adds up. Unfortunately it’s a familiar pattern. The team runs out of steam each season. Guardiola seems to do a better job of having his team peak in March, April, May, even if they had a rough patch sometime earlier. Its no great secret, he does a better job because its easier to keep people fresh when you have by far the strongest squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 AncalagonTheBlack, A Horse Named Stranger and baxus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A Horse Named Stranger Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 So Nagelsmann won't return to Bayern, instead he (somewhat surprisingly) extended his contract as Headcoach for the National Team. Which makes things interesting at Bayern. Nagelsmann was the the preferred pick of Eberl and Freund (who were not there during the Nagelsmann days and the controversies around him), but faced somewhat persistent resistence by other the other big wigs. Anyway, like I said, this point is now moot. Now the question is really where they go next. Seek a permanent appointment (Rangnick and Emery are now rumoredly the frontrunners, with Zidane also on the short list), or go for an interim solution, and try again with Alonso next year. If the interim is a success that could also become a permanent solution. Flick would apparently be that temp. Tuchel is as of now not in the mind to reverse course on his exit and stay for another year. But that might change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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