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I can't believe this'll be the only game lost in the next few weeks, so suspect an extension may be in order to complete the season.
I'm sure a phone call from the Dirty Digger to Blojo should get football to the front of the vaccination queue.
MSP – City have more or less two decent sides don’t they? I’m sure they’ll cope.
It's not about the lack of players, it's when will the games be played? The game hasn't been called off because city can't field a team, but because they can't be sure who might be positive just yet, and need to do more tests to make sure it doesn't spread further.
This will put them 2 games behind, with no gap in the schedule to play them, and depending on how testing goes maybe the next game will be called off as well.
If the new covid strain keeps spreading, then it is almost inevitable that quite a few more games will be called off. But something has to give in the schedule for them to be played, the euros are in the summer so unless that is cancelled, domestic and European club competitions can't extend further into the summer break.
I can’t believe they bothered playing the internationals that have been played already.
They’re an increasingly pointless and irrelevant distraction that only contribute injuries, fatigue and now positive Covid tests.
They should put them all on hold until this is under some form of control and stop them getting in the way of domestic leagues.
Who would honestly miss them?
I suppose it’s all about money though, so they won’t
I'd happily sack off internationals for good anyway
My sentiments exactly. If there was never another international ever played again, I certainly wouldn’t miss them.
A pointless anachronism that nowadays just seems to serve as a vehicle for corruption
The WC is great but everything else can do one.
Nice one Brucey lad 😂
😂😂
At least its a title race this year! Anyone could win it. Liverpool just look a bit sloppier this year, less clinical, all those 1 goal victories last year have turned into draws. Got a feeling City will put 6 or 7 wins on the bounce and pull away once Aguero is fit.
Absolutely cracking match, that. I watched the last 5 minutes through my fingers. Villa looked really good second half. Grealish in particular. He’s quality!
The table looks mental at the moment. 5th to 10th are all on the same points and easily in touch with the top four. You’d have to be mad to put money on what the top four will look like by the end of this bonkers season
United going to Anfield in a couple of weeks should be an absolute belter. I’m just thinking what that would be like with a full crowd in
Yes what a cracker - yet another Man U game settled by a very soft penalty.
By the standards of today’s game it was a penalty. Yes it was soft, but United aren’t benefitting from the decisions any more or less than anyone else is. That would have been given as a pen no matter who it was.
It’s just the way the game is at the moment with VAR. as a LiVARpool supporter, I’m sure you’re well aware of that 😉
Cracking game - Villa are decent, McGinn and Grealish in particular. I think this season has shown the so called smaller clubs they can have a go at the big boys and as a result the league is much more open.
One injury to Fernandes and United are out of it - Fabinho or Milner could take one for the team in a few weeks?!
Yes - Fernandes has undoubtedly had a massive influence. It’s unfair to say it’s all down to him. Pogba, Bailly and Shaw were clearly United’s best players last night. The team is now playing like one who had a pre season with individuals having more consistency. Ole still a bad result from press annihilation and speculation over his job though.
Yep agree, but he’s the catalyst. More important to United I think than Van Dijk, Allison or any of the front three are to Liverpool.
You’re right about Ole and the media.
I do wonder about the Ole Out lot. It looks like it's all media-driven to me. All the actual fans you speak to will tell you they're happy enough with the way things are going. We're playing some great attacking football and getting results. We're still a way off being title contenders but we're improving all the time. I had a look at the odds yesterday and we're 8/1 with Liverpool and City both at 2.5/1.
Bruno has been unbelievable for us. The impact he's had on the whole squad has been immense. Cantona-esque. Everyone has upped their game since he arrived.
What's going on at Fulham? Another game canceled today. Maureen was implying the other day that their Covid-testing wasn't up to scratch. Given what the Spurs players have been up to, that a bit rich
Tottenham says they are 'extremely disappointed' after three players attend party
A bright bunch of lads. They posted the pictures up on Instagram. I bet Maureen is ****ing fuming!
Spurs v Leeds is going to be interesting. Truly Attack v defense
There were quite a few United fans questioning if Ole could take them any further only a few weeks ago - I only read the guardian comments section obvs but I bet there were more frothy options available too.
I think he/they are doing well but I also don't see them being consistent for the whole season. At some point the penalties will dry up then they'll be screwed. 😉
True, but then nobody else is being consistent either. That's why it's all so wide open at the moment. It's making for a great season. There's been a good few 'WTF?!!!' results
There has but it seems likely that Liverpool and Man City will be up at the top come the end of the season like they have been the last few seasons - I may be wrong.
I'd actually rather Ole's penaltyball won the title than Mourinho's anti-football though, bleurgh.
Big result in Glasgow at lunchtime, a bit of luck sometimes is all the difference. 🤞🏻
Good goalkeeping isn’t luck No Beer! Great result considering Rangers didn’t play well. One back for the cup final 😉
My gran was a Celtic supporter so I sort of am but I have to say I don't really like the idea of them winning 10 titles in a row, it just seems wrong/unhealthy for a league - so I don't mind the result.
It's a bit mental how far ahead Rangers are now though.
Eze's goal just now for Palace. Wow. I don't think the defenders cover themselves in glory, and the dressing room looks like it'll be quite lively based on Chris Wilder's face, but still wow.
Good goalkeeping isn’t luck No Beer! Great result considering Rangers didn’t play well. One back for the cup final 😉
Very true sir, although to be fair I don't think Celtic can feel as robbed as we did after that final!.
My gran was a Celtic fan too grum, she was a good friend of the legendary Danny McGrain. I never held it against her though. 😁
How on earth did West Brom get a point at Anfield? They’re terrible! Big Sam will keep his ‘never been relegated status’ as he’ll be gone before the season is done.
They’re a mid-table championship side, soon destined to resume their natural position in the world.
Just watching MOTD and WTF is going on with the toe-curlingly embarrassing blast of dreadful cheesy music when Spurs score? How long has that nonsense been going on? Do they think they’re playing ice hockey?
That shit needs to stop! It’s ****ing cringeworthy! Especially in an empty stadium.
Bilic's last game in charge against city, WBA played pretty well, made their position in the league look a bit false. They certainly didn't look like relegation fodder if they could have built on that they would have probably been ok, I think it was a mistake to sack Bilic then and bring in big Sam.
Sadly 'goal music' has been a feature of most sports stadiums for several years at least binners - do they not do it at OT, or have you never been? 😛
They even do it in cricket for boundaries (not tests, yet...) 🙁
Not sure there’s a need with no fans in the stadiums! Same goes for the PA announcers before the game.
Eze’s goal just now for Palace. Wow. I don’t think the defenders cover themselves in glory, and the dressing room looks like it’ll be quite lively based on Chris Wilder’s face, but still wow.
It's thoroughly depressing being a Blades fan at the moment. No one knows what has happened.
I think the crux of it is that we have a fairly decent Championship squad that over achieved last seson. However, the players that did over perform, now seem a shadow of what we saw last season.
We don't know if Wilder has lost the dressing room. His fairly big money signings haven't worked, but they were all his second choice - we wouldn't pay the fees/wages for his primary targets.
The chairman has publicly stated that Wilder won't be sacked even if/when we are relegated - and most fans don't seem to want him gone. He looks deflated and was seen saying 'I can't do this b***ocks any more' after yesterdays game - he may walk. However, some of his decisions are strange, he says the system isn't at fault, but he never tries a different system. Overlapping CB's stopped working when we lost Jack O'Connell.
We rely heavily on fans being the 12th man - the form dropped exactly when Covid started last season. I'm not sure we'll even compete in the Championship next season if this carries on. We haven't got one single player who could do what Eze did. At least we could defend last season, even if we didn't score many - we can't even do that any more
Blades fan here as well. Wilder has taken them as far as he can. He has no plan B, is out of his depth and a squad devoid of confidence.
I believe though that following a first win, points will follow. They will still be relegated, but will finish above west brom.
Am I bothered, not really. I have never felt so alienated as a fan as I do in the Premier league. I enjoy the championship and the variety and excitement it brings.
Sadly ‘goal music’ has been a feature of most sports stadiums for several years at least binners – do they not do it at OT, or have you never been? 😛
A feature of most sports stadiums? What other premiership clubs have 'goal music'? They certainly don't have it at OT. It just seems a bit tragic. It sounded terrible at Spurs yesterday. Who on earth chooses the music? It's another dreadful Americanism!
As for going to OT... it's my fault that there are no crowds back in the grounds. I did a big freelance design job last year, just before lockdown, and instead of invoicing them, I negotiated the use of their two OT season tickets for this season for me and Binnerete number one, instead. So Covid is basically all my fault.
as a Reading fan I'm (somewhat irrationally) not a Blades fan from the rivalry days back when Warnock was in charge, the Wally Downes incident, Gillespie, etc. I ought to let it go really!!
But I can't disagree with what you say about the situation there. The Eze goal, I don't know how he ran away from the midfielder (unless he was injured) and the attempted tackle was dismal. I expect the whole tea set got thrown at half time - do they still do that or will it have been pouches of isotonic juice and energy gels. Almost like the team has given up. Who've you got in the FA Cup, a win in that (any win) just to break the run has to be priority even above resting players.
@teenrat - I said the same the second season we were in the PL, after the excitement of seeing the stars at your club, the novelty of getting spanked every week wears off. I think (Leicester exceptions or massive money aside) there's only a handful of teams that enjoy the games , the rest it's about survival and to be in the Champs where you at least see a decent game is a way better prospect.
Chelski are actually looking worse here against City reserves than they looked against Arsenal last week
They’re all over the shop
Roman will be getting twitchy. Not one for sentiment is he. Actually think they bought too many players and Frank has an issue giving them all enough game time and hasn’t figured out his best side. Frank probably didn’t want half of them anyway.
A feature of most sports stadiums? What other premiership clubs have ‘goal music’? They certainly don’t have it at OT. It just seems a bit tragic. It sounded terrible at Spurs yesterday. Who on earth chooses the music? It’s another dreadful Americanism!
I looked it up and apparently they've just started allowing it this season in the PL - they've been doing it in rugby league and cricket for a while. Technically in the PL players are now allowed to select individual tracks as their goal music so they could have a planned dance move/celebration synchronised to it! :-/
Well, every day’s a school day.
No good can ever come of this. It’s just this kind of thing that makes me want to join ISIS and dedicate my life to ending western civilisation.
But in the meantime I’ll just hate Spurs for this inexcusable nonsense. I’ve just looked it up and this crap is apparently Harry Kane’s choice. That boy needs to take a long hard look at himself
Yup it's a travesty - 'THIS. IS. EXCITING. RIGHT. NOW. - EXCITING LIKE A SHIT EURO DANCE SONG PLAYED AT EAR SPLITTING VOLUME ON TINNY SPEAKERS'
I found a playlist and the only vaguely acceptable one is paranoid by Black Sabbath for Aston Villa. 🙂
If you were trying to put together the worst playlist in the world then the people you’d ask, before commercial radio DJ’s, Politicians and estate agents, top of the list would surely be premiership footballers. As Harry Kane has just so spectacularly demonstrated
I wonder who’s bright idea that was?
@ the Blades fans as a long term Man City fan I can totally relate to how you are feeling. Before the take-over my favourite seasons were always the promotion ones under Mel Machin, Joe Roye and Kevin Keegan.
Getting beat every week in just depressing but at least your manager has been good in the past - enduring Alan Ball's "football" was excruciating!
The break from the league grind to play Bristol Rovers in the cup might be just what your team needs.
We are only one step away from those shitty sports where the teams are named after a place and some really ****ing ferocious animal or such like.
The London Hammers, The London Eagles, The London lions, the Brighton shite hawks, the Manchester devils. It makes you want to puke.
That will never happen - place names will be expunged so that franchises can be moved to wherever bids highest.
Cobblers
Cobblers
A new Northampton team?
Formally the Northampton Cobblers, now the Cleethorpes Cobblers after a successful takeover and relocation
Great finish by Ings.
I do love Mrs Binners take on the Liverpool away strip. She walked in, took one look at it and said “What’s with the Disney Princess Kit?”
😂
Ings is a great player and v popular with all his ex team mates it seems. I'm not sure if he wasn't trying to cross it though.
The kit is awful innit. I maintain footballers play worse in shit kits - surely someone has done an analysis.
BTW if Pogba's was a pen then Mane's was just now.
Totally agree with you. I thought that was a definite pen. Couldn’t believe VAR didn’t even look at it.
And Ings, like any striker, is always going to claim that’s what he absolutely definitely meant to do 😂
Based on the latest round of games Man City will win the league easily.....maybe....!
Liverpool are off it at the moment eh? Strange given the beating they gave Palace, Wolves and Leicester. The lack of shots on target over the past three games must be concerning.
Genuine lol @ the Brighton Shite Hawks!
Beep beep!
The kit is awful innit. I maintain footballers play worse in shit kits – surely someone has done an analysis.
This can be conclusively proven with a sample set of 1:
Sheffield United and their bleeding awful not-quite-proper-pink away kit. It's so bad that it has residual effects even when they play in the standard red & white.
Well this is more like a derby than the last limp effort
Thoroughly enjoyed that.
Pogba really is a bang average player though. The France team carried him to a world cup winners medal, and he has less quality moments is a season for united than the likes of De Bruyne or Fernandes have in half a game.
Problem with Pogba is he really isn’t average when he tries but he’s lazy and unmotivated but willing to collect his fortune each week.
Could learn a lot about passion and effort from Maradona and Colin Bell.
Pogba really is a bang average player though
thats not fair. He’s absolutely brilliant in the three games a season he bothers to turn up for.
Like most United fans I’d happily drive him to Manchester airport and put him on a plane to whoever his bell end of an agent thinks what’s him
Remember when Veron was the benchmark for overpriced Man Yoo players who completely failed to deliver? veron looks like Pele compared to that donkey!
Great match tonight though, after the bore-fest of the last Derby. I did enjoy Luke Shaws proper shoulder-barge on Cancelo. I’m liking him more and more every game
Came on here to say well done to Sheffield United for their win in the cup - hope that it can be a turning point as per my previous post. Their next game is home against Newcastle looks winnable - would be amazed if they escaped the drop but could maybe avoid setting any more undesirable records.
Re. Binners post above on "Fatty" Shaw, if such shithouse behaviour is all that a United player has to do to impress you that is pretty sad.
Well let me say I didn’t see that coming. Not at all, no sir. Leeds United in an away FA Cup tie to lower league opposition. Home win guaranteed 🙄
Oh well, back to the real business, surviving in the Premier league. Statistically already over half way there with less than half the season played. MOT
I did enjoy Luke Shaws proper shoulder-barge on Cancelo.
Did Man U get a penalty for it?
Re. Binners post above on “Fatty” Shaw, if such shithouse behaviour is all that a United player has to do to impress you that is pretty sad.
Yeah, because most footy fans think to themselves “I wish our players wouldn’t get so physical in derby games” 🙄
It was a proper ‘take one for the team’ challenge, and if you don’t give a nod of approval when one of your own players does it then you’re either a liar or an idiot. ‘Fatty’ is having a great season. Great to see him properly back to full fitness.
Did Man U get a penalty for it?
We got 3. We’re contractually obliged to get them every game. We’re banking the other 2 until we need them later in the season
A good weekends footy. Crawly putting Leeds out being the highlight
Hats off to the Spurs fans for buying 20,000 virtual tickets for Marine
A bit of class, that
If there was ever a case of the rules v common sense, Celtic's Dubai trip is a perfect example. 13 first team players now in isolation.
What a mess.
I think that can be filed in the same section as the pointless internationals that were played.
It appears that at no point did anyone stop and say “actually.... does anyone think that in the middle of a global pandemic, this might not be such a great idea?”
A good weekends footy. Crawly putting Leeds out being the highlight
It was a shocking display but it's the best thing for us – our squad isn't big enough to challenge for cups too and we just need to navigate this season safely without any needless injuries and still be in the Premier League next season. Clearly Bielsa thought the same given the team selection – and Philips wouldn't have been playing but for being suspended for the next match already.
@Binners I guess you loved Keane's assault on Haaland then and also Buchan ending Colin Bell's career?
In what way was it a "take one for the team" challenge? - United were being outplayed and Fatty's actions had no effect on the course of the game. Shocking that he did not get booked for it and that Martial did not get booked for blatant diving. I was just amazed that a penalty was not given - thank you Herr Klopp.
It's about time that Shaw had a few decent games - he has been stealing a living since he signed in 2014.
Anyway well done to Sheffield United for their first league win.
Hi 😃
https://twitter.com/skysportspl/status/1349122597309583360?s=21
It’s going to be an absolute humdinger at Anfield on Sunday
Booked the victory parade already?
It’s going to be an absolute humdinger at Anfield on Sunday
Yeah hopefully we'll get to see several well taken penalties, after some exciting VAR controversy.
Fair point. LiVARpool do tend to get a disproportionate amount at Anfield
We’ll see Mo Salah at his best, playing to his strengths
Shows what a bit of confidence and a settled side does! Ole was useless 6 weeks ago, now he’s the messiah.
Mo has nothing on the master - I think literally the worst dive I've ever seen.
https://wittyfutty.com/2020/09/video-bruno-fernandes-comically-feigns-an-injury-vs-crystal-palace/
I don’t think he can even begin to match Mo, week in week out, as soon as anyone so much as breathes in his general direction
Man U top, the 2020’s just doesn’t stop giving.
Shows what a bit of confidence and a settled side does! Ole was useless 6 weeks ago, now he’s the messiah.
The insanity of football management - and punditry, both professional and amateur
What's the Man Utd equivalent of the 'It Really Could be Our Year...' Liverpool meme that Binners always posts about this point in the season?
Ole was useless 6 weeks ago, now he’s the messiah.
Thats the media for you. Any manager is just 3 defeats away from being 'in Crisis'. I think it's Klippity's turn at the moment, isn't it?
The #OleOut crowd were always a very vocal minority and I suspect younger fans who aren't old enough to remember the pre-fergie era when we were shit and Liverpool just won everything, every season.
With Ole all the United fans I know were, like me, happy with the direction of travel and the fact that we are (give or take the odd absolutely shambolic defensive performance) playing some good attacking football. Especially after the spirit-crushing, bus-parking anti-football tedium of Maureen.
Did any of us expect to be sat at the top of the table in January? What do you think? Not a chance! And anyone tells you they did is either a liar or completely delusional. We're the new Arsenal... top 4 will do. I think the fact that there was no realistic expectation to be competing with Liverpool or Citeh for the title this season has probably been really helpful to Ole. Will we be there or therabouts at the end? Who knows? The whole top half of the table is bonkers this season
What’s the Man Utd equivalent of the ‘It Really Could be Our Year…’ Liverpool meme that Binners always posts about this point in the season?
Good question. I thought there would be hundreds by this morning. Sort yourself out, scousers. The reaction I had from my scouse mate last night was a text that said "remember: its the hope that kills you, mate. We had it for 30 years" 😀
United actually have a pretty deep squad and very few injuries - it does smack a bit of the season when Leicester won it with none of the ‘big’ clubs able to get their act together. I think they could easily finish above Liverpool although City should win it.
The FA Cup game adds a bit to the league outcome I think - if one side wins both games comprehensively it will be pretty demoralising for the other.
Chelski really are shit!
They don’t deserve to be beating Fulham, who’ve been down to ten men since before half time.
It’ll be interesting to see how long Lampard lasts under an owner so famously trigger-happy if there’s no improvement in this. It’s dire!
Leicester Southampton should be a blinder.
Looking forward to us and the scousers tomorrow. Mark Hughes was on Five Live this morning talking about United v Liverpool games
“We’d kick lumps out of each other for 20 minutes, then the ref would get the captains together and say ‘ok, you’ve had you’re fun, can we have a game of football now please?’
😂
Old skool Binners. Yeah Lampard needs to figure out his best side pronto. Really surprised at Werner struggling, I thought he’d be top quality in the Premier League. I think they have too many players of similar quality, if anything.
Team news is interesting - Henderson centre half and Shaquiri in midfield. Klopp going for it! Conservative from United - really thought he’d play Cavani against two midfielders at centre half. Also surprised Bailly doesn’t keep his place.
A definite contender for goal of the season there from Ndombele. What a finish
Good team news from Anfield. Matip isn’t in the squad, so they’re having to play one of the barstools out of the Jimmy Tarbuck players wives lounge, with a smiley face balloon sellotaped to it, as a central defender 😃
Does Pickford get a medal if Liverpool don't win the title. Not only the impact of not having the best centre half in the game currently, but having to play other players out of position as cover.