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[SpokeyDokey]

Will harry potter play mount today???

Probably, maybe in goal if Potter's past attempts at playing players out of position is anything to go by.

With 8 first team players injured I am less than optimistic about tonight's match.

2022 has not been kind to us although we may still get a fluky CL pot. 😁

On the upside AFAIK we have won more silverware than any other EPL team this Millenium.

https://futaa.com/article/226125/top-six-premier-league-clubs-major-trophies-won-since-2000

Up the Blues! (Definitely not currently one of the best two teams in Europe 😁).

 

[jowwy]

Probably, maybe in goal if Potter's past attempts at playing players out of position is anything to go by.

With 8 first team players injured I am less than optimistic about tonight's match.

2022 has not been kind to us although we may still get a fluky CL pot. 😁

On the upside AFAIK we have won more silverware than any other EPL team this Millenium.

https://futaa.com/article/226125/top-six-premier-league-clubs-major-trophies-won-since-2000

Up the Blues! (Definitely not currently one of the best two teams in Europe 😁).

Yeh youve done pretty good during the oil years. I wonder how well you will do going forward under Boehly???

Were you ever one of the top european teams

 

[AndyRM]

I think perhaps that could have been worded a bit differently.

 

[jowwy]

Damn, bayern munich has pushed us out of the top 2 in europe…ah well, just have to accept we are 3rd best for now.

 

[Slick]

At least Killie showed a bit of resilience against Motherwell, who are no mugs at home.

Aberdeen wouldn't have really been expected to take anything from the old firm, but the manner in which they played in both, suggests they are woeful right now and defeat to St Mirren yesterday kind of confirms that.

Killie might have an horrific previous record against them, but they are very much there for the taking right now.

Half time scores looking much like I thought.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Damn, bayern munich has pushed us out of the top 2 in europe…ah well, just have to accept we are 3rd best for now.

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That 7th place will change when we beat them twice in the next few months ;-)

 

[AndyRM]

Great result for Killie tonight, finally beaten Aberdeen at home. Been a long time coming!

 

[Slick]

Great result for Killie tonight, finally beaten Aberdeen at home. Been a long time coming!

If only someone saw it coming.

 

[AndyRM]

If only someone saw it coming.

True. But they've been a hoodoo club for us for over a decade, so I could never get confident. Performance of the season, hopefully we can keep that momentum going.

Not even frustrated to lose a late goal, it was a helluva free kick!

 

[Slick]

True. But they've been a hoodoo club for us for over a decade, so I could never get confident. Performance of the season, hopefully we can keep that momentum going.

Not even frustrated to lose a late goal, it was a helluva free kick!

Didn't see it being honest but knew Aberdeen were struggling right now. Not to take the shine off a long awaited win, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a change of manager there shortly.

 

[AndyRM]

Didn't see it being honest but knew Aberdeen were struggling right now. Not to take the shine off a long awaited win, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a change of manager there shortly.

Aye, for a club with such a big budget they really should be capable of more. Goodwin's jacket is definitely on a shoogly peg, the natives are restless...

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Damn, bayern munich has pushed us out of the top 2 in europe…ah well, just have to accept we are 3rd best for now.

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Close run thing with Chelsea too.

This season LFC 19 vs CFC 18.

5 year period LFC 123 vs CFC 123.

10 year period LFC 115 vs CFC 142.

(In answer to your question upthread somewhere.)

 

[AndyRM]

Close run thing with Chelsea too.

This season LFC 19 vs CFC 18.

5 year period LFC 123 vs CFC 123.

10 year period LFC 115 vs CFC 142.

I'm really not a fan of judging teams on whatever weird coefficients governing bodies come up with.

They may have their place as an historical indication, but they can be skewed to prove whatever point a fan cares to make.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I'm really not a fan of judging teams on whatever weird coefficients governing bodies come up with.

They may have their place as an historical indication, but they can be skewed to prove whatever point a fan cares to make.

They are indeed - although the UEFA club stat's seem to give a pretty accurate picture of the rankings over the years that line-up with my subjective (and admittedly non-expert) opinions across the last couple of decades. At least as far as CL/Europa League performance is concerned.

Nonetheless, it doesn't bear any resemblance to the uninspiring season that we are having in the EPL at the moment. ☹️

A more meaningful recent history stat' would, imo, would be the all-time EPL points total.

MUFC by far the best team followed by AFC, CFC & then LFC. Again not entirely indicative of current performance.

https://www.myfootballfacts.com/pre...premier-league/all-time-premier-league-table/

At the end of the day it's really 'just a game' for us fans - beyond giving us the thrills of winning and the pits of despair from losing plus some tribal banter, it is pretty much meaningless in the overall scheme of things.

Sadly, with nigh on 60 years of CFC-fandom behind me the game has degenerated in some aspects. So much so that it disheartens me and takes the edge off my enjoyment.

Big money deals for club and player purchases. Crazy salaries with very young men pouting and sulking that they 'only' earn eg £150k pw and effectively striking to force a transfer when they and their (despicable) Agents receive yet more ludicrous amounts of money.

And the journeymen sicken me too.
Despite all the badge patting they are in it for themselves and sod the club. Players sulking because they are benched which affects their World Cup chances, players desperate to play in the WC for more exposure in the club transfer markets and the same with players who only want to play in a team that is competing in the CL. All about themselves and no thought for the club and fans.

To coin ABBA's famous ditty - (it's all) money, money, money!

Despite all the above I still have to watch every match my club plays - madness really. 🙂

 

[PaulSB]

Rovers are at home tonight in a fixture which typifies the stupidly of the holiday season, which is designed to minimise the number of travelling fans so reducing the need for policing, stewards etc. I understand the reasoning but that doesn't stop it being a ridiculous situation.

Rovers played Sunderland away on Boxing Day and are home to Middlesbrough tonight. Wigan were away at 'Boro on Boxing Day and home to Sunderland tonight.

The EFL need a map and some imagination.

On to tonight's match. The natives are definitely restless, the manager needs both a result and performance. We're third and win, lose or draw will remain so. Given our recent results, three bad defeats out of four, that's a reflection on the rest of the division. This season is beginning to look like last year when a very good start fell away to an abject second half of the season.

I have no enthusiasm for tonight. We will be there, we're season ticket holders, it's what we do, we have to suffer for the fleeting moments of glory. We're fans and it's impossible to stop.

The lads need to be very convincing this evening. A dominant performance and 3 - 0 or 3 - 1 is required.