[Closed] A 2015/16 Football Thread

Well regardless of who you support, this has now gone beyond where anyone would have imagined it would. I mean, Arsenal are hanging in against Leicester and Spurs with Citeh looking poor and Man U and Chelski out of it!

It's what we've been craving all these years...,,,so enjoy!

what I was thinking
Imagine the odds on Spurs and Leicester fighting it out at the start

The big four are certainly broken this year.

The big four are certainly broken this year.

I dunno. Arsenal are doing ok.

They're not 4th for as usual.

3rd last year ta

Was thinking earlier on when the fixture computer did this weekend, who'd've thought the top 4 would be spurs, arsenal, & the cities?

Leicester's last game of the season, against Chelsea, was always thought of as a possible crowning of the Premiershio champions.........just not quite in the way that it's going!

Still not over yet.....

Says the very relieved spurs fan. 😀

COYS best football in the league and proving the journos wrong that all the Bale money was wasted.

A good core of young English talent and quality ex-Ajax players.

That Spuds one really was awful!

So how was that not a pen then? He jumped and raised his arm, ball hits arm and stops going forward. Sometimes you get them given, sometimes you don't.

COYS

So how was that not a pen then? He jumped and raised his arm, ball hits arm and stops going forward. Sometimes you get them given, sometimes you don't.

Wasn't really in the area either tho, so lucky, but deserved victory in balance.

God knows what Sterling is thinking with that look....

Come on you Spurs indeed 🙂

As much of a Spurs fan as I am I'd be happy enough to see Leicester close it out

Eh you are second and you wont get a better chance 😯

You have not gone parochial and just settling for above Arsenal have you 😉

Personally think you have a better chance than Leicester as you have more star players

Either way it has been nice [ not as a man U fan] to see the big four broken/humbled/broken and it has not all just been about who has the deepest pockets.

LvG is utter shite he is so bad i cannot get my kids to watch Man U games as they are not even entertaining. We just play facing the wrong goal and have no incision. he also has a rare talent to make talent players shite. or leave or both.

His inability to admit he is ever wrong reminds me of someone but I just cannot place who that it is right now 😛

As much of a Spurs fan as I am I'd be happy enough to see Leicester close it out

Wut? As a City supporter, I can say that because, frankly, we're playing crap and don't deserve it, and we've had a couple of league wins in recent years.

Don't make the mistake of assuming that Spurs' good form is here to stay. When they sell off your best players (again) at the end of the season, it might be business as usual.

There's no reason Spurs can't nick this.

We may have lost on Sunday but until the sending off there was really nothing to suggest Leicester won't maintain the position, they were literally all over Arsenal like a rash and played decisive attacking football when on the ball, football can be cruel 🙁

It's all very open and very exciting (nervous)

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What was he thinking!! Loads of people scrape their season ticket money together each year, to watch shite like that yesterday, and he's struggling to spend his £60k a week and looking at his next motor. Unreal.

As much of a Spurs fan as I am I'd be happy enough to see Leicester close it out

What an odd thing to say.

I know it's not nice to laugh at others misfortune, but... Man Utd!!

😆 😆 😀 😆 😆

Oh blimey....here comes Messi & co. Time to hide behind the sofa! 😥

In arsene we trust

Big up the gunners lets av it , smash 'em ,so on and soforth

Warming up nicely, this. Good to see Arsenal properly go at them!

a crackin 0-0 so far

Aww bollox!

Looks like that's that then? Shows what Barca can do to you. They're scary when they break!

suicidal from arsenal, trying to press so far up the pitch is leaving acres of space for msn to run into.

Flamini is dog sh*t

ah.....bugger

It's not his fault he's been a great player for us but he shouldn't have been on the pitch tonight. Wenger should have known better!

No true it wasn't his fault but he has been poor for a while now ! Kind of my point . Should not be anywhere near a team playing at this level .

Indeed and that is why Le Prof won't get us where we should be, he's not ruthless enough. Flamini is past it, the Ox doesn't have it, Walcott should have gone two years ago and we should have at least tried to break the bank for a top striker!

Just can't believe it's goal scoring that is our problem this year !

It's February, it's traditional that this is where arsenals season ends...

City in cruise control

Well, I had the option of staying in on Tues night and watching Barca tear Arsene's Arsenal a new Arse. Or go out to either Leeds, Sheff Weds, or York City. Or go non-league - to Guiseley vs Forest Green Rovers.

What a laugh. Small ground where the fans take the piss out of the players and get it taken back. Decent enough game - OK, Barca have MSN but FGR have Jon Parkin who's approximately the same weight as the three of them together by the look of it - and the one thing Barca don't have is a dog dressed up as a lion.

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Leicester could (should) win their next 8 games

Leicester V West Brom
Watford V Leicester
Leicester V Newcastle
Crystal Palace V Leicester
Leicester V Southampton
Sunderland V Leicester
Leicester V West Ham
Leicester V Swansea

when do they become favourites to win it ? and will the pressure tell ?

Think they'll struggle to win all those games, don't think they'll lose them but teams will sit deeper and say break us down.

I hope they win it.

The elephant is still in the tree

People will find new reasons to discount us which is great as far as i'm concerned

If Arsenal drop points at Man U then Leicster take another step forward. This season I think will come down to nerve though. With Spurs and Leicester having not been there, Arsenal with the weight of the world on them and Man City probably out of it (maybe) it's probably evens between the 3 for me.

Just happy to wake up on the other side of the world to see Newcastle in the same place as when I went to bed! Pick 2 from Norwich, Newcastle, Sunderland and hopefully Swansea in the mix. Don't think it's going to be nice viewing.

Arsenal gonna Arsenal.

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It's starting to hit the time where if Leicester hold their nerve, they might not need to win those 8. If they could get 16 points from them (average 2 per game) and others keep dropping points (and so far Arsenal and Spurs are both losing, and Man City have the Champions League distraction still..... they could still be top with 3 games to go and who knows what happens then.

What Leicester haven't had to contend with yet (also apart from injuries to any great extent) is a run of bad form. Losing two on a trot, or going three without a win sort of thing. That's when the jitters really start to hit. But every time they've had a 'bad' result, they've bounced back immediately; home draw with Bournemouth - next game win away at Spurs. Lose to Arsenal - win against Norwich, and so on. And even those 8 games are nicely spaced so they've got a few that I'd consider 'bankers' nicely spaced in among the trickier ones.

Still can't believe it'll happen, but every week, it gets closer.

People will find new reasons to discount us which is great as far as i'm concerned

Leicester fans are getting a touch of the Mourinhos. A lot of people were incredulous at the idea of Leicester winning the title, and given last season that is understandable. However, I don't know of many fans that have said they wouldn't like to see Leicester win it....well, assuming their team couldn't.

Just got even more likely......

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... or not......

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Good night to be a Leicester fan so far...

The Arsenal bottle is surely upon us now.

Three London clubs ending up in the top four, without any mention of Chelsea? It's a funny old season.

Splendid !
God, I hope Leicester make it

wonder if Pep has a get out clause if chitty don't make the champions league ?

wonder if Pep has a get out clause if chitty don't make the champions league ?

There's always Fat Sam or Harry Redknapp to step into the empty chair.

Erm 😯

This has got to be a dream

Erm

This has got to be a dream

Exactly. Leicester will win the league, you'll wake up the next morning and find John Terry in your shower with the Premiership Trophy.

😥 we're all Leicester fans now!

Exactly. Leicester will win the league, you'll wake up the next morning and find John Terry in your shower with [b]your girlfriend[/b].

#3monthfox 🙂

Even by their usual standards, Arsenal are doing an Arsenal in fine style! 😆

Yep - I thought it must still have been February! It's nearly time for their usual 7 or 8 game end of season winning streak to cement 3rd or 4th.

And what about 4th place! It's anyone's - I wouldn't rule out Chelsea even and Man U pinching it might mean LVG gets another season and Jose ends up elsewhere. Great season all round, looks like 2 from 3 of Newcastle, Sunderland and Norwich to join Villa in going down.

Great season all round, looks like 2 from 3 of Newcastle, Sunderland and Norwich to join Villa in going down.

Yep, when I woke up this morning I thought 0-0 HT at stoke wasn't enough, and by the time I left for work we were beat 🙁 the only wildcard is the fact that CP are getting Pardewed at the moment and may come to rest a bit further down the table.
There are a lot of 6 pointers at the bottom to go, NUFC have to play Sunderland, Swansea, Bournemouth and Norwich which could settle a few things.

we're all Leicester fans now!

I'm not.

C'mon, Villa!

*goes and cries in the corner*

I'm not.

C'mon, Villa!

*goes and cries in the corner*

😆

Great win for the swans last night and a win against Norwich at home will see us edging to safety and then we'll go to Leicester on the last day and spoil their party(as someone who was in the liberty to watch them demolish us 3-0 that part may be difficult :-))

Ah well ratchets up the tension on this weekends North London derby.

Leicester play Chelsea on the last day.

I so hope that Man City end up out of the CL spots, oh how I'd laugh.

then we'll go to Leicester on the last day and spoil their party

It will be a one man party

[i]And what about 4th place! It's anyone's - I wouldn't rule out Chelsea...[/i]

I never bet, but decided on a last minute whim to put a tenner on the Hammers to beat Spurs last night (3/1)......not even thinking that Arsenal might lose to Swansea! FFS!! 😮

So now our season is virtually over, I decided the icing on the cake would be Chelski making the top four, so put some of my winnings on them at 18/1. It might soften the blow....slightly! 😥

[i]Interesting[/i] Arsenal team selection.

No Campbell, Walcott or Giroud starting. First league start for Elneny and Gibbs instead of Monorail.

Spurs look like they have the better squad. At the very least, more a more 'united' team.

Cracking result for us in the early game.

And looks like Bernitez to the toon. 10 games to save a season. Given the normal new manager bounce what odds on beating Leicester on Monday?

Not a cat in hells chance I'm afraid. Fat Spanish Waiter, or no Fat Spanish Waiter. They may beat Sunderland next week, as they're shite too. Though they usually don't.

I feel I should be be looking forward to the first meeting of United and Liverpool tonight, but I'm not. Given how utterly shite both teams presently are, I suspect it'll be an absolutely bloody awful game which will be decided on who manages the least amount of defensive howlers.

Was really hoping they would keep the wally with a brolly until our game on Monday.

Did anyone point out the watford - arsenal score today?

I imagine all the Arsenal fans are too busy making banners for the next game. That or contemplating leaving the country if they win nothing, and Spurs win the league.

They really have been a shower of shite this year. I'm a Villa fan, so am aware what dross looks like, but we do not have players like Sanchez and Ozil. The latter looked like he was planning his summer move given the look of frustration on his face.

That aside, well done Watford. I reckon they could go on to win it. Them or Everton I think.

I'll pipe up. Don't mind losing a cup game to watford . Shite result but it's a cup game . League position and form is however not good enough . Arsene it is time . Goodbye and thanks for all the fish (trophies)

It's good that the FA cup will now be contested between 4 mid-table teams this year. No obvious favourite I reckon.

I hope Everton can nick it.

Did anyone point out the watford - arsenal score today?

I put a fiver on Watford at 13/2! Cheers Arsene! 😀

To those Arsenal fans moaning about Arsene... it could be worse.....

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If Arsene does leave at the end of the season, who is available?

Maybe LVG would fancy the job.

Bernitez is free if he doesn't get Newcastle out of trouble...

That's not really the point is it binners...

The refusal of Wenger to see any kind of issue is almost annoying me and I'm not an Arsenal fan.

His long term project is certainly flourishing