Premier League 2024/25

[dmayne7]

24 minutes ago, KFS said:

Yeah imagine trying to describe to my American colleagues that where I grew up is not a scene from Bridgerton but full of crack heads and pikeys  

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I remember that the real badge of honour was having the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe (you'll never sing that!)

[tickler28]

If ever we needed the league to be like last season with 3 terrible teams this was the season. Not enough bad teams in the league to give us a chance of staying up in my opinion. Now we may turn a corner and suddenly become good but I think that's unrealistic considering our starting point.

[The Bear]

Surely Man City will beat Forest at home on Wednesday? 

[Fox92]

3 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

 

 

Not having any of this  Foden is an absolutely brilliant footballer

Oh he is a good footballer no doubt about it. Personally I didn't say otherwise, I'm just not sure about his consistency. I've never thought he's at that level of player he's compared with.

 

All opinions of course.

Edited 2 December 2024 by Fox92

[Fox92]

2 hours ago, BenTheFox said:

I know this is pretty standard banter, but idea that Man City were in any way a small club pre-takeover just isn't true. They'd still spent most of their existence in the top flight. How bad they were in the mid-to-late 90s clouds a lot of people's judgement in my opinion. 

I don't like them but no doubt about it they have always been a big club traditionally.

 

Although I don't like this thing when people say Man City fans "deserve" success for having to put up with what they've seen. They've played in the third tier once ffs. They were never a small club.

[Finnegan]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4gxgplmk55o

 

Even by the BBC's standards that's a bit of a crap article.

 

'Spursy' has become shorthand to describe Tottenham's wildly inconsistent form, an ability to snatch draws or defeats from the jaws of victory, and put their supporters through the wringer.

 

No it hasn't. That's not what spursy means at all. Spursy means having the mental fortitude of a wet paper bag and collapsing under any amount of pressure, often throwing away a promising position.

 

It means being huge bottle jobs. Something we did our best to emulate a lot under late era Rodgers.

 

[BenTheFox]

31 minutes ago, tickler28 said:

If ever we needed the league to be like last season with 3 terrible teams this was the season. Not enough bad teams in the league to give us a chance of staying up in my opinion. Now we may turn a corner and suddenly become good but I think that's unrealistic considering our starting point.

This is true I'm afraid. We really have so little going for us. We can improve with a coherent tactical plan and better coaching, but that's only going to take us so far. We ultimately need better players. It's obvious that we need better defenders first and foremost but unfortunately that's not where it ends for us. Apart from Hermansen and Buonanotte, you could make a case for us needing to upgrade in every position. Obviously we're not going to get that in January, but we're going to need more than just a centre-half and a full back. 

[Blizzard]

1 hour ago, The Bear said:

Surely Man City will beat Forest at home on Wednesday? 

Anything could happen. Forest beat Liverpool 

[Lambert09]

6 hours ago, st albans fox said:

Man City and Chelsea 

would be funny if both were not in the top 4 come the end of the season! 

 

complete joke of a competition. Needs binning. 

even more funny if man city are in the championship by then 

[BenTheFox]

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

I don't like them but no doubt about it they have always been a big club traditionally.

 

Although I don't like this thing when people say Man City fans "deserve" success for having to put up with what they've seen. They've played in the third tier once ffs. They were never a small club.

It used to be that Man City fans could be considered among the most honourable. If you're from Manchester, then you have a genuine excuse to support Man United. Supporting Man City was only considered a more difficult gig than most based on who their inner-city rivals are. This was especially in the mid-to-late 90s when Man United were dominating English football and winning trebles whilst Man City were in the 2nd and 3rd tier. Otherwise they've had it no more difficult than most football fans in the country. 

[LFox99]

 

 

[Royston.]

8 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

 

 

Not having any of this  Foden is an absolutely brilliant footballer

I think he is only in their squad cos Man City want to prove local talent can still be nurtured and graduate to the first team even though they can afford to buy almost all the best players from other clubs, home and abroad.

 

 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

9 minutes ago, Royston. said:

I think he is only in their squad cos Man City want to prove local talent can still be nurtured and graduate to the first team even though they can afford to buy almost all the best players from other clubs, home and abroad.

 

 

 

He scored nearly 30 goals in all competitions last year  I don't think they're keeping him around to prove any point

[Lambert09]

15 minutes ago, Royston. said:

I think he is only in their squad cos Man City want to prove local talent can still be nurtured and graduate to the first team even though they can afford to buy almost all the best players from other clubs, home and abroad.

 

 

that’s quite possibly one of the worst takes i’ve ever seen 

[South Shire Fox]

Gamblings ok though.. Another hypocrite? 

[Royston.]

20 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

that’s quite possibly one of the worst takes i’ve ever seen 

calm down, he aint that bad

[Out Foxed]

47 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

Gamblings ok though.. Another hypocrite? 

shouldn't really need explaining but that's not an armband....that's his shirt. 

[dmayne7]

7 minutes ago, Out Foxed said:

shouldn't really need explaining but that's not an armband....that's his shirt. 

Which is more intrusive than an armband?

[South Shire Fox]

13 minutes ago, Out Foxed said:

shouldn't really need explaining but that's not an armband....that's his shirt. 

The poppy is embroidered on shirts but James McClean asks for it to be taken off for his own beliefs. If Sam Morsy is so religious that he cant wear a rainbow coloured armband then he should be refusing to wear a shirt with gambling sponsors as well? 

Edited 2 December 2024 by South Shire Fox

[Bert]

2 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

The poppy is embroidered on shirts but James McClean asks for it to be taken off for his own beliefs. If Sam Morsy is so religious that he cant wear a rainbow coloured armband then he should be refusing to wear something with gambling sponsors as well? 

I get your point and agree. I would say the sponsors would have a lot to say about it though. They’re paying to have that on shirts. The rainbow campaign is a show of support. 

[The Doctor]

17 minutes ago, Out Foxed said:

shouldn't really need explaining but that's not an armband....that's his shirt. 

the kids kits come without the sponsor and any player under the age of 18 has a sponsor less shirt if they play (quite a few when we had Blackburn in the cup two years ago) we've seen players in the past refuse to wear the sponsor (one of the Newcastle lot when they were sponsored by Wonga), and James McLean famously refuses to wear a shirt with a poppy on it. the mans never logged any complaints about having to wear a gambling ad on his shirt, so you can see why people are calling him a hypocrite 

Edited 2 December 2024 by The Doctor

[Bert]

9 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

 

 

Not having any of this  Foden is an absolutely brilliant footballer

It’s not like he won the PFA player of the year award last season is it, as voted for by fellow opponents. But obviously, Foxestalk knows better. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

I don’t really get the outrage, does it really matter

[Lionator]

I notice Villa fans are starting to get grumpy at Emery, completely missing the point that the system means that they literally have zero chance at competing in both the league and champions league. 

[LFox99]

2 hours ago, Bert said:

I get your point and agree. I would say the sponsors would have a lot to say about it though. They’re paying to have that on shirts. The rainbow campaign is a show of support. 

If he really cared about his religion, then I highly doubt a sponsor would refuse a players' request not to wear a sponsor if it interferes with their beliefs. After all that'd be bad PR "Company forces player to stand against his beliefs". But it isn't about religion and has never been. It's just a veil for archaic ideology. 

It's not even like he's from the Middle East or Africa where homophobia not just part of their upbringing but also a huge part of their society. He was born in Wolverhampton and grew up there. That'd be like a player from South London refusing to wear a message against racism.