Premier League 2024/25

[Gamble92]

Was strange watching that Palace goal because it gave me flashbacks of ours against them. They have so many players that have the technique of Ayew on the ball. 

[CosbehFox]

A Everton v Wolves draw very handy tonight. Everton’s run of fixtures now is very harsh, so having them below us would be great. 

[The Bear]

2 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

A Everton v Wolves draw very handy tonight. Everton’s run of fixtures now is very harsh, so having them below us would be great. 

It's a must win for them really given their fixtures coming up. We have a good recent record against Everton though, with three away wins in the last three seasons. Our defence is pish though, so as usual we'll be relying on trying to out score our opponents in all likelihood. 

[JimJams]

Lucky for you though their attack is arse.

[Spudulike]

I think that we've done well to get ahead in the manager sack race, especially if West Ham remove Lopetegui. They've missed out on RvN.

[Chelmofox]

Just now, Spudulike said:

I think that we've done well to get ahead in the manager sack race, especially if West Ham remove Lopetegui. They've missed out on RvN.

Reckon they go Potter though?

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

45 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

I think that we've done well to get ahead in the manager sack race, especially if West Ham remove Lopetegui. They've missed out on RvN.

 

Hmm, I dunno. You look at the list of names being floated for the West Ham job and it does feel a little like we're shopping in different markets. I'm positive about van Nistelrooy but I don't think they've particularly "missed out."

[UniFox21]

 

He's popped his head up again to spout some shit 

[KFS]

3 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

 

He's popped his head up again to spout some shit 

Best reply I’ve read in a while 

 

https://x.com/BetYou_IE/status/1864280627538764018

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Fans of teams who watch their side every week being told how they should feel / act by observers (who'd likely act the same themselves, roles reversed) is so tiresome. 

 

 

Edited 4 December 2024 by Miquel The Work Geordie

[winteriscoming]

Can see West Ham getting rid and either Terzic or Conceicao will end up there. 
They’ve been linked with them in the last couple of weeks. 

[winteriscoming]

Seeing as Karen Brady said recently that Emma Hayes should be considered for premiership vacancies I look forward to her announcement at west ham should Lopetegui leave……more chance of that clown Cooper getting the job. 

[LFox99]

So not only is Mazraoui refusing to wear the jacket, but his decision has also forced the entire squad (some of whom wanted to wear it) into not wearing it.

This is so much worse than the other two cases with Morsy and Guehi because here someone's archaic religious beliefs are actually being actively forced on others.

 

[CosbehFox]

Penny hasn’t dropped on Balague that his mate Lopetegui has been shit at two Premier League jobs, he’s just isn’t cut out to manage in the England and that’s before we get to Lopetegui just being a strange bloke 

[Lionator]

How many points will be enough to survive do we think? 34/35? Which would mean we need 7 more wins or 5/6 plus a few draws. I think we can get more than that with a strong january

[LFox99]

2 minutes ago, Lionator said:

How many points will be enough to survive do we think? 34/35? Which would mean we need 7 more wins or 5/6 plus a few draws. I think we can get more than that with a strong january

Bottom teams are roughly on course with 1 point per game or a bit less, so 38 would almost guarantee us safety this season. 

 

[UniFox21]

36 minutes ago, LFox99 said:

So not only is Mazraoui refusing to wear the jacket, but his decision has also forced the entire squad (some of whom wanted to wear it) into not wearing it.

This is so much worse than the other two cases with Morsy and Guehi because here someone's archaic religious beliefs are actually being actively forced on others.

 

Interesting wording there; he's refused to wear it so the squad have decided not to so he isn't the only one not wearing it. The team decided the following action to be taken, surely very rarely an entire squad all agree on one thing? (minus sacking cooper)

 

"The team then decided that no players would wear the tracksuit so that Mazraoui would not be the only one seen publicly to be refusing to wear it. The decision was taken a matter of hours before the game on Sunday.

 

The Athletic has been told that not everyone in the dressing room was happy with this decision."

 

His is very similar as Morsey surely, due to their beliefs didn't wish to wear it. 

 

Entire ordeal creates more division rather than the inclusivity it's meant to bring.

[StanSP]

So they wanted to be supportive of Mazraoui but in the same breath they've shown they can't be supportive of fans who fall into the category for which the jackets/armbands etc are raising awareness of? 

 

[LFox99]

1 minute ago, UniFox21 said:

Entire ordeal creates more division rather than the inclusivity it's meant to bring.

I'm not one for pointing fingers but it's becoming very apparent what the issue is here. 

[LFox99]

Just now, StanSP said:

So they wanted to be supportive of Mazraoui but in the same breath they've shown they can't be supportive of fans who fall into the category for which the jackets/armbands etc are raising awareness of? 

 

[The Horse's Mouth]

These campaigns would be a lot more effective if the narrative wasn’t constantly this person refuses xyz, must be a homephobe and then usually some bigotry about religion hidden in there. They’d be way better off having a bit more exclusivity to the cause even if it was just one person at every club and then frame it in why they’re supporting it.

[LFox99]

3 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

These campaigns would be a lot more effective if the narrative wasn’t constantly this person refuses xyz, must be a homephobe and then usually some bigotry about religion hidden in there.

I don't get this? These players literally cite their religion as the reason they don't want to send a message in support of queer people and the second people then point out that if your religion sees certain people as less than others, they go crying wolf about how it's bigoted?

Sorry but if your religion preaches inequality, then it is backwards. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

7 minutes ago, LFox99 said:

I don't get this? These players literally cite their religion as the reason they don't want to send a message in support of queer people and the second people then point out that if your religion sees certain people as less than others, they go crying wolf about how it's bigoted?

Sorry but if your religion preaches inequality, then it is backwards. 

You can’t be screaming these people have intolerant views, while having intolerant views about people’s religion. You’re just been purely hypocritical. 

[The Bear]

38 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Penny hasn’t dropped on Balague that his mate Lopetegui has been shit at two Premier League jobs, he’s just isn’t cut out to manage in the England and that’s before we get to Lopetegui just being a strange bloke 

He wasn't shit at Wolves. He kept us up with a string of 1-0 home wins and we generally looked ok under him after being terrible under Lage. 

 

He's a ***** though who thought he was bigger than the club so he got binned. I'm not sure what West Ham fans were expecting but he's very much a defence first manager. Not the bullshit attacking football they think they're somehow entitled to. 

[Nalis]

The only positive thing from this is that it outs all the causal homophobes