|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Jan 1, 2023 15:55:22 GMT
Spurs looking more spursey. Losing 2-0 to Villa at home with Kane playing as if he's still at the World Cup. One lone chance for Spurs (to Kane) in the first half which he couldn't convert and this time they haven't improved in the second half. It looks like St Totteringham's day will come early this year and I cannot see them getting into the Champions League. Will they even qualify for Europe?
|
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Jan 6, 2023 10:54:38 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by mandolinist on Jan 6, 2023 11:49:59 GMT
It feels like a there have been a lot of deaths of exceptional footballers over the past month or so.
Rather late, because of my intermittent presence over the last six weeks or so, my claim to an extraordinary footballing moment. I saw Pele play in 1973, he was on a tour with Santos ( a benefit tour for him?) and somehow they rocked up at Plymouth Argyle. I was thirteen when I saw my local team beat a South American legend and his team (3:2 from memory.) There can't be many left who watched that match, there not being much of a culture of families attending football matches at the time, and 13 year old girls in the 40,000 crowd would have been very under represented I think.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2023 13:59:36 GMT
What a great guy he was 😄 |
|
|
|
Post by Mercian as guest on Jan 6, 2023 21:19:07 GMT
I've just seen an Everton player go over on his ankle in the cup match v Man Utd. It was a fair tackle, he just lost his balance and he's been stretchered off. There's a lot of this sort of injury. Perhaps we can't go back to the old style boots, but some lessons could be learned. e.g. My first football boots had leather stretching up past the ankle so when they were laced up the ankle was protected. The boots they have now are little more than slippers. No wonder there are so many injuries from minor incidents.
|
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Jan 7, 2023 11:02:44 GMT
I've just seen an Everton player go over on his ankle in the cup match v Man Utd. It was a fair tackle, he just lost his balance and he's been stretchered off. There's a lot of this sort of injury. Perhaps we can't go back to the old style boots, but some lessons could be learned. e.g. My first football boots had leather stretching up past the ankle so when they were laced up the ankle was protected. The boots they have now are little more than slippers. No wonder there are so many injuries from minor incidents. I suspect that if you gave the same player an old-style boot and a new-style 'slipper' they would be able to run faster in the latter. Reducing the ability to bend the ankle must affect one's ability to run. |
|
|
|
Post by mercian on Jan 17, 2023 1:52:31 GMT
leftieliberalYou're probably right. It's a bit of a trade-off. Anyway, for some reason I've been reading Brian Clough quotes. This is one I hadn't heard before which amused me: "‘I don’t speak foreign languages. I find F*** off is understood by pretty much anyone.’"
|
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Jan 23, 2023 19:20:06 GMT
Frank Lampard sacked by Everton: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63610629I cannot say that I am surprised, nor that both Frank Lampard and Stephen Gerrard, both of whom I would count among the finest of English midfielders, have shown themselves not great as managers. It is quite rare that great players subsequently become great managers. |
|
|
|
Post by mercian on Jan 26, 2023 23:08:21 GMT
It is quite rare that great players subsequently become great managers. Yes. I go back to Stanley Matthews and he had a go managing Port Vale I believe but didn't do much. Brian Clough was a very good player but mainly in the second division. Ferguson did play for his country but only a few times, like Clough. Mourinho had a limited playing career but was a great manager. There are exceptions of course. Cruyff for example. |
|
|
|
Post by johntel on Feb 11, 2023 12:56:37 GMT
Forest back where they belong. (and Villa doing OK too).
|
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Feb 11, 2023 19:24:02 GMT
Forest back where they belong. (and Villa doing OK too). Spurs being spursy too, losing 4-1 to Leicester today. Wolves with another away win, so its good news for the Midlands clubs. We will have to see tomorrow whether Villa can keep up the momentum. |
|
neilj
Member
Posts: 6,485
Member is Online
|
Post by neilj on Feb 12, 2023 5:22:15 GMT
The mighty Wolves are pulling themselves back up from the bottom of the Premier league
One nil down after 30 minutes with a player sent off they managed to win 2-1
I think it was even more impressive than their 3-0 win against Liverpool last week
Bring on Bournemouth
|
|
|
|
Post by davem on Feb 14, 2023 23:32:30 GMT
Well I have to say that watching Sunderland this year is an absolute pleasure, young , gifted and back!
|
|
|
|
Post by davwel on Feb 18, 2023 12:32:02 GMT
I must congratulate St Helens in winning the World Club challenge against Penrith Panthers in a thrilling game in NSW. www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/18/penrith-panthers-st-helens-world-club-challenge-rugby-league-match-reportI missed the start and last few minutes (Sat shopping trip), so I cannot be sure if the Guardian report is a little too rosy. But on what I saw, Saints were playing well in their usual style, and Roby at hooker (for 500-plus games at No 9) was doing so well for a 37-year-old. It`s good for once that we can match Australia at RL, despite not having the cash for our UK clubs to compete with the better-attended Australian clubs. |
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Feb 23, 2023 11:40:21 GMT
|
|
neilj
Member
Posts: 6,485
Member is Online
|
Post by neilj on Feb 23, 2023 11:50:17 GMT
As a hereford boy still remember his commentary on Ronnie Radfords goal, superb
By coincidence both died within 4 months of each other
RIP John
|
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Mar 6, 2023 10:38:15 GMT
7-0, Liverpool are back! Admittedly Manure were having a real stinker, but what really impressed me watching on MOTD2 was the way that Mo Salah, Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo combined. It was if it took a bit of time after Gakpo's arrival for them all the get used to playing together, but now they are really playing like we all expected. I could see them getting on a 10-match winning run as long as those three stay fit. The title is a step too far, but I expect to see them no lower than third. See www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64857544 for Phil McNulty's take. |
|
neilj
Member
Posts: 6,485
Member is Online
|
Post by neilj on Mar 6, 2023 11:06:08 GMT
7-0, Liverpool are back! Admittedly Manure were having a real stinker, but what really impressed me watching on MOTD2 was the way that Mo Salah, Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo combined. It was if it took a bit of time after Gakpo's arrival for them all the get used to playing together, but now they are really playing like we all expected. I could see them getting on a 10-match winning run as long as those three stay fit. The title is a step too far, but I expect to see them no lower than third. See www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64857544 for Phil McNulty's take. I love your confidence |
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Mar 6, 2023 11:26:11 GMT
7-0, Liverpool are back! Admittedly Manure were having a real stinker, but what really impressed me watching on MOTD2 was the way that Mo Salah, Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo combined. It was if it took a bit of time after Gakpo's arrival for them all the get used to playing together, but now they are really playing like we all expected. I could see them getting on a 10-match winning run as long as those three stay fit. The title is a step too far, but I expect to see them no lower than third. See www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64857544 for Phil McNulty's take. I love your confidence Form is temporary, class is permanent. I think it was Bill Shankly who said it first. |
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Mar 7, 2023 15:12:35 GMT
538's predictions for the Premier League projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/premier-league/I think I would rate Arsenal's chances of winning the title a bit above 55% I agree about their top four, although I think that Liverpool/ManUtd will be much tighter (and I still think Liverpool will be ahead). I don't think they have fully taken account of that 7-0 on the psychology of both clubs' players. As for the relegation places, I think that both Bournemouth and Southampton lack the class to stay in the Premier League but I still fancy Everton to finish above both Leeds and Notts Forest. |
|
neilj
Member
Posts: 6,485
Member is Online
|
Post by neilj on Mar 11, 2023 14:50:57 GMT
Form is temporary, class is permanent. I think it was Bill Shankly who said it first. You can be as classy as you want, but form wins the league 😀 |
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Mar 12, 2023 13:27:21 GMT
Form is temporary, class is permanent. I think it was Bill Shankly who said it first. You can be as classy as you want, but form wins the league 😀 Form wins you the league once (like Leicester); class wins you the league regularly, and usually multiple trophies every year. |
|
neilj
Member
Posts: 6,485
Member is Online
|
Post by neilj on Mar 12, 2023 13:56:59 GMT
You can be as classy as you want, but form wins the league 😀 Form wins you the league once (like Leicester); class wins you the league regularly, and usually multiple trophies every year. Yes but loads of dosh helps as well |
|
|
|
Post by davwel2 on Mar 18, 2023 20:32:02 GMT
A spectacular winger`s try for Scotland this afternoon.
But we get them nearly every week when we watch St Helens. Tommy Makinson can do the one-handed stuff on either wing, with legs flying to avoid the touch line
|
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Mar 28, 2023 16:04:18 GMT
|
|
neilj
Member
Posts: 6,485
Member is Online
|
Post by neilj on Mar 28, 2023 20:42:48 GMT
Wow, Scotland has beaten Spain 2 nil, all credit
|
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Mar 30, 2023 14:56:59 GMT
Who will be relegated from the Premier League? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64985188My prediction is for Leeds to take the third relegation place along with Southampton and Bournemouth. Neilsen Gracenote have Forest going down, but I think their home form will keep them up. Leeds fixtures: 1 Apr Arsenal (a), 4 Apr Nottingham Forest (h), 9 Apr Crystal Palace (h), 17 Apr Liverpool (h), 22 Apr Fulham (a), 25 Apr Leicester (h), 30 Apr Bournemouth (a), 7 May Manchester City (a), 13 May Newcastle (h), 20 May West Ham (a), 28 May Tottenham (h) Forest fixtures: 1 Apr Wolves (h), 4 Apr Leeds (a), 8 Apr Aston Villa (a), 16 Apr Manchester United (h), 22 Apr Liverpool (a), 26 Apr Brighton (h), 29 Apr Brentford (a), 8 May Southampton (h), 13 May Chelsea (a), 20 May Arsenal (h), 28 May Crystal Palace (a) I would expect to see Forest getting three points each from Wolves, Brighton and Southampton, perhaps one from Arsenal (h) who will be 'on the beach' having already won the title and at worst needing to get a point away at Crystal Palace on the last day of the season to stay up. Leeds could very easily lose all their last four games, meaning they need 10 points from 7 games to stay up. |
|
neilj
Member
Posts: 6,485
Member is Online
|
Post by neilj on Mar 31, 2023 18:22:04 GMT
Can't see Forest beating Wolves, but I would say that 😀
|
|
|
|
Post by leftieliberal on Apr 2, 2023 21:14:45 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by mercian on Apr 4, 2023 23:17:57 GMT
Villa now in a potential European spot.
|
|
