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Trent looks good - helps having Konate with his pace and power to cover when they are counter attacked. Pity he smashed that chance off the bar. Lots of talk of him going into midfield permanently but I don’t see it yet.
"I honestly think the worst thing for VAR is having referees as the VAR assistants,"
Yep. They look at an incident through the lens of 'what would I have done if I was the ref on the pitch rather than doing their actual job.
For the price of an Anthony Ajax would have sold you 2 Kudus and you'd still have some change in your pocket binners.
This season is littered with big money signings who struggle, spending £80 million these days doesn't get you guaranteed greatness, Grealish, Antony, Hojlund, Havertz, Nunez, the entire chelsea team, transfer fees just don't seem to be like they were 20 years ago, spend £10 million get a proven player, now it's spend £50 million plus and get a work in progress 😂
Dear god, Chelsea are absolutely awful! I think they’re actually worse than us. Quite some achievement.
They’ve just had 3 players clear on goal with just the keeper to beat and still not scored
Yeah, that was bad, Sterling is just greedy most of the time, it's 1-0 now Wolves, should be 2-0, that Jackson up front for Chelsea is Wolves best defender today 🤣
If Chelsea aren't in the champions league spots at the end of the season, that's when the FFP problems will really kick in, and they don't look to have much hope at the moment.
Early Christmas present for Wolves. I was hoping for a draw so three points is great.
Chelsea very poor, especially once they went behind.
It was nice not to have any VAR controversy!
I guess not looked as Odegaard fell? But yeah, surprised to see it not even checked
It was checked, not handball as they thought he was falling, or at least not an obvious error.
Just been confirmed that Jim Ratcliffe is buying 25% of Man U for c£1.25 billion.
Ineos will take over running of football operations and have committed to invest c£300 million.
Does this mean Sir Brailsford is on his way to Old Trafford?
Good news for jiffy bag manufacturers.
The curse of Ineos is on its way to Old Trafford, not that they need any help in that area. Sky->Ineos, Ineos->Mercedes F1, Ineos Americas Cup attempt that's quite the list.
I don't think too many folk near Grangemouth will be too enamoured with the guy spending that for a bit of man u and shutting up shop where he made his fortune
It was checked, not handball as they thought he was falling, or at least not an obvious error.
The 'falling' reason would be good, except he never touched the ground with his hand, and managed to then spin round and move the ball to an Arsenal player, as stated earlier, it was the VAR assistant refereeing the match, and should be stamped down on if VAR is to survive.
Just been confirmed that Jim Ratcliffe is buying 25% of Man U for c£1.25 billion.Ineos will take over running of football operations and have committed to invest c£300 million.
Why would he agree to buy 25%?
He could be out voted on anything he proposes, so it seems a bit strange to buy such a small %.
I don't think he was ever bidding for 100%.
As for being outvoted, Ineos will be running 'football operations' and I'm sure there will be a very clear definition of what that encompasses which will been fully legally agreed.
Because it seems that gives control of the actual football and I think that's what he wants. He's buying it as a very wealthy fan and I'm not sure the rest interests him. Says something about modern football though that the actual football part is only 25% of the value of the club
I can’t see it making much difference. He’s paid a couple of billion to still leave the Glazers in overall control.
I thought he was meant to be bright?
I can’t see it ending well. I don’t know what arrangements he’s made with those shysters, but I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them
Scored his first Premier League goal in front of 52,000 last week and his mammy still makes him do family jammies with his brothers.
Not sold on the colours.
And they've all got matching haircuts!
Radcliffe is only interested in stuff that’s out of Europe.
Yeah, just what ManU need, another billionaire who appears to be more of a horrible human being than the current owners 🤣
Newcastle look out of ideas as a team just now, don't think they're going to have a happy season compared to last the way they're playing just now!
I’m so glad we got shut of Elanga. He’s scored more than the entire United frontline so far this season and has another two assists today. Another great call! 🙄
I had a feeling Newcastle would struggle against Forest today as they (unsurprisingly) look out on their feet, so it seemed well worth a punt on Forest at 7/1
I’m sure they’ll both demonstrate against Villa later how much they’ve pushed on since he left. That’s if either of them make the squad
Come on binners, at least Ratcliffe's arrival gives the possibility of significant changes. You've got to be hopeful things improve, surely.
Preston did us a favour today.
Just need to turn round our recent dip and stop the Leicester juggernaut this evening!
Come on binners, at least Ratcliffe’s arrival gives the possibility of significant changes. You’ve got to be hopeful things improve, surely.
You never know, wonder if there's any shale gas under old trafford 😂
He’s attracted to the commercial aspect id venture. Why else did such a dyed in the wool United fan try and buy Chelsea last year?
While the Glazers are still in control at Old Trafford I have zero hope or expectation.
I predict that the whole ‘arrangement’ whatever it is, will have turned utterly toxic within months, with the Glazers not giving a toss what goes on on the pitch and just continuing to rinse millions out of the club.
I admire his intentions but think he’s essentially just been fleeced of £1.25 billion
Meanwhile in League One a giant is stirring, Reading seemed to have stopped the rot with a comeback against high flying Peterborough. This is the Day.
Scored his first Premier League goal in front of 52,000 last week and his mammy still makes him do family jammies with his brothers.
similar vibes here (Darts, if no one knows)
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Well played Forest. Cracking result.
Oh come on, make villa work will you! I hope your still this bad mid Jan when spurs come visiting.
Well seeing as we keep getting progressively worse, I wouldn’t worry yourself too much
Villa are playing a very high line here, away from home, at OT, this is one weird match!
3-2 ManU now, Villa have been playing suicidal football this half, this is mental football.
World-beaters, never in doubt, eh Binners?
Wtaf!
I’m guessing they got Dave Brailsford down to do the half time team talk 😳
Ratcliffe probably played them a video of their wives/kids/Aston Martins and what would happen to them if they didn't get their shit together.
Think it was more to do with whatever Villa had in their half time drinks, never seen a team defend a 2-0 lead away from home by playing a high line like that against 3 speedy attackers, you'd think that ManU were 2-0 up with that tactic, every long hoof ball was killing the villa defence and it stayed that way the whole half 😲
It's weird that all the buzz teams are faltering, Newcastle, Villa, Brighton, it's going to be another weird season i think for the top 4!
Hojland was like watching Forlan score
*wipes away tear*
Nice one. Should get ETH another half a dozen games or so!
Brighton and Spurs putting on a show...
Mrs Binners would just like to say a huge thank you to Spurs for being Spursy and Arsenal for doing an Arsenal, the odds of which were 24/1
That’s paid for a proper new year night out 😃
No Zouma, no Aguerd, Paqueta went off injured. I thought West Ham were going to get a hiding.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
Well done Mrs binners! I was in the car driving across London after visiting mum, listened to the first half, sounded like it should have been about 5-0 by half time. Spurs not back at work after the festive break! Cuti out injured (hamstring) and the make shift defence was all at sea! Oh dear.
Great performance from Brighton 🥳
It's the Man City post Christmas voodoo on all challengers to their title.
Despite the score, Spurs absolutely battered Brighton at the end, but you can't just start playing after 70 minutes.
Caught the end of the Arsenal match as well - West Ham looked really well drilled and disciplined in defence.
I felt confident before kick off that we’d beat spurs. Most teams that try and press our CBs just play into our hands. 1st half we were so good and could’ve had a couple more goals. <br />Estupinian’s goal was something else and it’s great to see him back. We definitely took our foot off the gas when Milner and Pedro went off which allowed Spurs back into it. Just glad they have Richarlison up front now instead of Kane else it could have ended 4-4.
Ah, you never get a boring spurs game this season, watched some of it, it was chances for both sides throughout, spurs should've got one before half time, a few chances and just bad finishing, it was just the type of game for Brighton though, letting them play the way they like. It is a shame spurs have lost so many key players through injury, think they may want to pick up a centre back in January.
I do think that there might need to be a winter shut down soon, i know internationals are pushing them, but the amount of injuries this year is unreal, today's players are like thoroughbreds, and being run into the ground with all the games they're getting.
Despite the score, Spurs absolutely battered Brighton at the end, but you can’t just start playing after 70 minutes
spurs had 3 shots on target, all game, that’s not a battering, Brighton had 9 on target:)
Any predictions for todays latest seasonal onslaught of footy?
I’m not relishing watching an in-form Elanga and Wood making mincemeat of our alleged defence and comedy goalkeeper.
I’m going a goal and two assists for Elanga, just to rub in the lunacy of letting him go for £15m, then spending a fortune on ludicrously overpriced donkeys like Antony
Ok, Al-Taawon to demolish Al-Nassr in the tyrant league.
In front of a ‘crowd’ of 165 people?
Yes, including all the playing and coaching staff.
As city fan I was sad to see him go, but still suspect he wouldn't have had the minutes at city to achieve what he has at chelsea. So far Palmer out and Nunes in does not look like good business.
At the time everyone thought that chelsea had paid well over the odds, but he is one of their rare notably successful transfers in over the past few years.
What a game that was?! Absolutely bonkers!
No way did Chelsea deserve 3 points out of that. How many blocks and goal line clearances did Silva have to make? Plus they rattled the crossbar twice.
Palmers second goal was a peach though. Listening to his post-match interview, could he be any more Manc? 😂
I saw it more as Palmer out Doku in - suspect the Doku signing was what prompted him to leave. Probably a bit prematurely in my opinion, hardly anyone plays every game now and I think he’d have been rotated wide with Grealish, Doku, Foden. Good player.
Ah, enough EPL nonsense, good to see Celtic winning today after weeks of negativity in the press, now back to EPL nonsense 😂
Boys will be boys! 🙄
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It's been quite heavily on various fan sites, but many have had posts removed - potential libel if untrue I read somewhere
I can understand the objection from the clubs owners to getting 16 year olds pregnant. Normally you’d have been married to them for 3 years by that point 😂
Back to the actual football and this has to be a contender for the worst 45 minutes of football I’ve ever watched
Like 2 pub sides on a Sunday morning after everyone involved has had a heavy Saturday night and got in at 4am. Good luck to the MOTD. Editors trying to find any ‘highlights’ from that.
I did enjoy Gary Neville’s dig at the New Years honours list, looking at the pictures of SurAlex and Sir Dave Brailsford sat next to each other ‘well at least there are two people who actually deserve them’. That’s actually the most entertaining thing that’s happened during this match. Truly bloody awful!
Injury time winner for United seems inevitable.
Yeah, they do seem to be falling in the box a lot as well, 90+5 penalty awarded for Garnacho tripping over the 18 yard line
Mrs Binners has been studiously disinterested in this match (I don’t blame her), then when they held the board up suddenly yelled ‘10 minutes?!!! For what?!!! Because Fergie’s sat in the *ing crowd?!! This better not * my betting up!”
She’s got money on Forest, obviously 😂
ETH seems pretty deluded, basically saying everything will be fine when they get their injured players back. Only Burnley and Sheffield United have scored fewer goals, that’s pretty damning to be honest.
It’s absolutely pitiful! Loads of squads have just as many injuries and aren’t as toothless up front and wide open at the back
The problem is the constantly pathetic, half-arsed capitulations by the players on the pitch
Who’s going to come back and miraculously change things? Martial? Mason Mount? Yeah… some real world class game-changers there
The whole squad is a ludicrously expensively assembled joke!
2 points cover 4 teams at the top at this half way point. Will city now begin the relentless cruise to the title? I think so but I guess there will be lots more daft games and results yet.
TBF, when playing well Mount is a superb player.
Will city now begin the relentless cruise to the title?
It’s difficult to see anything other than that. They’ve such depth to the squad, unlike the teams around them, if key players go out injured they just don’t miss them. Losing De Bruyne hasn’t really had much of an impact. It means they can rotate players properly too.
Mount - as all the managers he’s played under rate him very highly. Tactically astute, good presser, scores and creates. Liverpool wanted him but he chose United - he must look in the mirror each morning and think WTF have I done! He was a typical United signing actually - good player but lost in an incoherent system and similar to what they have.
Not a single player who’s arrived at Old Trafford improves. The opposite happens. They regress and go backwards. He was another player bought in that you just thought ‘why? Where does he fit? What is the manager actually trying to achieve here?’
Answers on a post card, because I can’t fathom it and the players on the pitch certainly seem none the wiser. Transfer policy appears to be picking names at random out of a hat, then adding 50 million to the asking price
United is the graveyard of careers. Players and managers. I can’t fathom why anyone would now sign for them other than the obvious.., the crazy contracts they dish out. Martial signed a five year deal on a quarter of a million a week. Sancho is on 340 grand a week to sit at home. Absolute madness!!