Premier League 2024/25

[Finnegan]

Gotta laugh at Postecoglu man.

 

Picks a footballer who is absolutely terrible, he plays absolutely terribly, Ange says that that's unacceptable.

 

It's Timo ****ing Werner, my guy, what are you expecting.

 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

13 hours ago, Mike1983 said:

Not sure I agree with him. Very stubborn and poor manager.

If I was a Saints fan I'd be absolutely fuming with him. Clearly putting his own career ahead of the club that employs him. 

 

Hopefully, football can start to move away from this total obsession with possession and go back to being about entertainment and managers like him can go away. 

[Stadt]

It's funny Pep gets the stick for ruining football because cargo cult m ongs like Postecoglu and Martin copy him. 

[filbertway]

1 hour ago, moore_94 said:

Not really much of a punishment is it

 

Brighton & Hove Albion have been fined £20,000 by the Premier League for breaking youth development rules.

 

They have also received a six-month ban, suspended for one year, from registering any academy players currently or previously registered with another club.

 

 

 

 

 

I was hoping for some details because I'm confused as hell

 

I look forward to Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Man U getting battered if this is against some kind of rules.

 

 

 

 

[st albans fox]

Surprised that ange publicly called out Werner after yesterday.

that kind of thing doesn’t usually go down well in the dressing room (unless the players don’t like Werner in which case you’ve a problem ) 

[Stuntman_Mike]

Werner was abysmal yesterday to be fair, even by his recent standards.

 

I don't know he can be so bad when he has the pace he has and he's in a team so attack focused. Terrible.

[filbertway]

46 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Gotta laugh at Postecoglu man.

 

Picks a footballer who is absolutely terrible, he plays absolutely terribly, Ange says that that's unacceptable.

 

It's Timo ****ing Werner, my guy, what are you expecting.

 

Getting "I can fix him" vibes from Ange.

 

I enjoy his Kamikaze football, but he's on a hiding to nothing if players like Werner, Solanke, Johnson and Maddison are regularly starting. Werner, Solanke and Johnson are all unbelievably inconsistent, Johnson probably being the best of the bunch.

 

Then you've got Madders who on form is superb but also a massive liability in that he's got absolutely no fight or urgency on the pitch and can go weeks or months putting in 5/10 performances.

 

[ajthefox]

4 hours ago, K789 said:

In fairness he's right. Brighton they were robbed and against us too

Well not really.

 

Maybe they should have more than 5 points because 5 points at this stage because that is historically shit, but the bloke is in denial. They've played nearly half a season.

 

We didnt rob them, we played the entire game and came away with the points. You could argue it was fortunate but that's football. 

[Mike1983]

1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

If I was a Saints fan I'd be absolutely fuming with him. Clearly putting his own career ahead of the club that employs him. 

 

Hopefully, football can start to move away from this total obsession with possession and go back to being about entertainment and managers like him can go away. 

He's hoping all this stats-padding will lead to him pulling off a Vincent Kompany-style move to a bigger club. But what's the point of having high possession when it's all just passing between your centre-backs and keeper in your own box? All it's done is lead to a record number of goals conceded from defensive errors.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

3 minutes ago, Mike1983 said:

He's hoping all this stats-padding will lead to him pulling off a Vincent Kompany-style move to a bigger club. But what's the point of having high possession when it's all just passing between your centre-backs and keeper in your own box? All it's done is lead to a record number of goals conceded from defensive errors.

Exactly. But I don't think he's really legislated that Kompany had a fantastic playing career and a good level of charisma, which will boost his job prospects. Martin has neither. 

[Finnegan]

59 minutes ago, filbertway said:

Werner, Solanke, Johnson and Maddison

 

Don't think Johnson or Maddison deserve to be lumped in with Werner. They're solid top six players, Johnson has had a good season so far. 

 

Would agree that Solanke is very mid table and I don't know what possessed them to pay that fee. 

 

[Wymsey]

Am not sure if it's better for Man City to lose, to make the top-four race more interesting?..

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/czjdnx4dvr0o

 

Edited 13 December 2024 by Wymsey

[Foxin_Mad]

2 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Exactly. But I don't think he's really legislated that Kompany had a fantastic playing career and a good level of charisma, which will boost his job prospects. Martin has neither. 

Next in Line for the England job then 

[Matt]

A few people over the last couple of pages have been getting some very cheap likes of myself….

But:

[shen]

4 hours ago, filbertway said:

Getting "I can fix him" vibes from Ange.

 

I enjoy his Kamikaze football, but he's on a hiding to nothing if players like Werner, Solanke, Johnson and Maddison are regularly starting. Werner, Solanke and Johnson are all unbelievably inconsistent, Johnson probably being the best of the bunch.

 

Then you've got Madders who on form is superb but also a massive liability in that he's got absolutely no fight or urgency on the pitch and can go weeks or months putting in 5/10 performances.

 

Maddison not fighting is a myth I don't get. To me, he often seemed like he tried the hardest out of the whole bunch (along with KDH) during our relegation season. 

 

And how Werner has become so bad, I really don't know. From being comfortably Germany's best striker to this is astounding.

[JonnyBoy]

Derbys singing section makes ours look absolutely w*nk. About 1000 of them all singing.

 

we have about 40 singing then about 300 with their arms folded 🤣

 

 

[Bert]

4 minutes ago, JonnyBoy said:

Derbys singing section makes ours look absolutely w*nk. About 1000 of them all singing.

 

we have about 40 singing then about 300 with their arms folded 🤣

 

 

It’s also very easy to stand and sing when you’re 4-0 up 

[JonnyBoy]

Just now, Bert said:

It’s also very easy to stand and sing when you’re 4-0 up 

last season we would a few games by two goals + at home and our support was sh*te 

[Unabomber]

6 minutes ago, JonnyBoy said:

last season we would a few games by two goals + at home and our support was sh*te 

Imagine how bad it would be without our singing section 

[winteriscoming]

5 minutes ago, JonnyBoy said:

last season we would a few games by two goals + at home and our support was sh*te 

Because the majority of games even when we were comfortable was boring to watch. The only game last season where we looked really good imo was Southampton at home when we played anti-Enzo football. 

[JonnyBoy]

29 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

Imagine how bad it would be without our singing section 

you’re not getting my point.. most of the singing section don’t sing and it’s not talked about enough on here when people moan about atmosphere. 400/500 have physically relocated into that section and not singing when that is the purpose of it. Only a 30/40 lads near the bottom most of the time 

[ozleicester]

fvckin Pep... ruined the game, got more money than everyone else put together, more players than a chelsea christmas party... and still whines about too many games

[accessory]

13 hours ago, shen said:

Maddison not fighting is a myth I don't get. To me, he often seemed like he tried the hardest out of the whole bunch (along with KDH) during our relegation season. 

Did you see the Palace, Bournemouth, Everton or Fulham games in the run-in that season? Didn't see a lot of commitment from Maddison then.

 

It was almost as if he'd mentally checked out. As with Tielemans, he knew he'd be moving (in his case, because of FFP), whether we stayed up or not.

Edited 14 December 2024 by accessory

[Adster]

22 hours ago, Finnegan said:

Gotta laugh at Postecoglu man.

 

Picks a footballer who is absolutely terrible, he plays absolutely terribly, Ange says that that's unacceptable.

 

It's Timo ****ing Werner, my guy, what are you expecting.

 

It's who we are, mate

[Samilktray]

8 hours ago, ozleicester said:

fvckin Pep... ruined the game, got more money than everyone else put together, more players than a chelsea christmas party... and still whines about too many games

Great post keep it up!