The Football.....

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Different sport, but pic of the day for me is Laidlaw standing with his arms raised aloft milliseconds after kicking the final penalty of the match in the rugby, the ball did go through the posts a few seconds later by which time he was turned towards the crowd

Here you go

 

[rich p]

Phew, Brighton scraped a 3-3 draw after being 2 down to Brentford. This follows a beating at Huddersfield midweek. My nails are getting chewed.

 

[ianrauk]

Liverpool looking good for 6th place

 

[MarkF]

I hate football again.

That was funny, Wagner behaving like crazed teenager and Monk slyly dropping the shoulder into him and then claiming the moral high ground!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Liverpool looking good for 6th place

Nearly as good as Chelsea's 10th last season

 

[ianrauk]

Nearly as good as Chelsea's 10th last season

But it wasn't our season last year like it's Liverpools season this year.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

But it wasn't our season last year like it's Liverpools season this year.

and tees it up for:

When will it ever be Liverpools year?

 

[ianrauk]

and tees it up for:

When will it ever be Liverpools year?

It won't.

 

[ianrauk]

Anyone watching the ACON final?
Egypt v Cameroon. A cracking, good game.

 

[Dec66]

Here's the highlights from yesterday's Arbroath v Forfar match. I am not posting it as an example of flowing football nor as the goal was anything special, more to highlight the hill up to the war memorial that you catch a glimpse of from time to time (top left side of screen visible when corners are being taken). I used to have to run up and down that fecking hill every training session when I played for Arbroath U16s; over and over and over. It had a very short term effect of making my sick, a short term effect of improving my fitness, and a longer term effect of having an enduring dislike for any war memorial of a similar design.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5q2S1G7svk

My goodness. I reckon I could still do a job in that league.

 

[Roadhump]

Liverpool looking good for 6th place

Not sure about that, their recent results could be described as relegation form. People are saying that Leicester might set an unwanted record by becoming the first team to win the title one season and get relegated the next, but the way they are playing, Liverpool, having won the league in November could be the first to win the title and get relegated in the same season.

 

[Dec66]

Not sure about that, their recent results could be described as relegation form. People are saying that Leicester might set an unwanted record by becoming the first team to win the title one season and get relegated the next, but the way they are playing, Liverpool, having won the league in November could be the first to win the title and get relegated in the same season.

In fairness to the lovables, at least their "title challenge" lasted until January this season, usually it's over by the time the yellow ball comes out.

I heard the commentator on their game on Saturday say that this is their worst run from the turn of the year since 1954, and that season they were relegated. Obviously they won't be, but it shows how things have turned.

They had 72% possession on Saturday, 20-odd efforts on goal, 15 corners... And lost 2-0.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Not sure about that, their recent results could be described as relegation form. People are saying that Leicester might set an unwanted record by becoming the first team to win the title one season and get relegated the next, but the way they are playing, Liverpool, having won the league in November could be the first to win the title and get relegated in the same season.

Man City already hold the record for winning the league and then being relegated the following season, 1937 - 38. What's more, they went down having scored the more goals than anyone else, still an unequaled fete.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937–38_in_English_football

 

[Roadhump]

Man City already hold the record for winning the league and then being relegated the following season, 1937 - 38. What's more, they went down having scored the more goals than anyone else, still an unequaled fete.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937–38_in_English_football

Thanks for that - great little piece of info - would be a really good quiz question. When I posted that, I thought someone might know something I didn't and correct me so I'll pretend to be one of those people who think football was only invented in 1992 and change my post to "Leicester might set an unwanted record by becoming the first team to win the Premier League one season and get relegated the next".

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Looks like Germany have their own Gretna - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38802113

Gretna were a non-league side in Scotland taken over by a multi-millionaire. They bought success and were promoted through the leagues in successive seasons until they reached the top league and the Scottish Cup Final. The authorities loved them, turning a blind eye to ground sharing issues and the media absolutely adored them. The vast majority of Scottish fans despised them. When their owner died, the club died and no one cried.