The Footie Thread

[PaulMdj]

Interpret my earlier post today about whether the foul on Gibbs-White was a red or not as a complaint about the officials if you like!

That was asking for opinions/thoughts, normally it’s a rant and telling us PL/Officials are corrupt.

 

[Bdill93]

That was asking for opinions/thoughts, normally it’s a rant and telling us PL/Officials are corrupt.

They're currently "considering their options"

 

[clubchamp98]

Now I am confused.
Why is my tape measeure missing 6"?
How far above ground are your knees and ankles?
Measure them and then you'll understand.
That will be the end of it.

Just a joke yours is obviously only 11” long.

Have to agree to disagree

 

[clubchamp98]

Interested on people’s thoughts on this one. Red, yellow or neither?

Red for me and we were all shouting for one at the time, but ref gave a yellow and VAR said that was the right call.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1852897021515981108

I agree that’s a red.
Nowhere near the ball and from behind.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

That was asking for opinions/thoughts, normally it’s a rant and telling us PL/Officials are corrupt.

Maybe with them being in the top 3 now they are a bit confused and it’s all conflicting - they may have some sort of initiation ceremony into the closed shop

 

[PJ87]

They're currently "considering their options"

How good are forest tho? Their 3rd even with the refs against them

Imagine if they weren't!!

 

[Swango1980]

How good are forest tho? Their 3rd even with the refs against them

Imagine if they weren't!!

Don't give them that much credit. Third in the league means they are now part of the protected 6. They've an unfair advantage (and refs will now be biased towards them against anybody not in the protected 6)

 

[Aztecs27]

How good are forest tho? Their 3rd even with the refs against them

Imagine if they weren't!!

We'll get some more fines/match bans for some reason in the coming weeks. PL won't like Forest being so high up in the league one bit.

 

[PJ87]

We'll get some more fines/match bans for some reason in the coming weeks. PL won't like Forest being so high up in the league one bit.

Have to admit it was great to watch you in full flow Saturday

Shame it had to be against us

 

[Don Barzini]

Don't give them that much credit. Third in the league means they are now part of the protected 6. They've an unfair advantage (and refs will now be biased towards them against anybody not in the protected 6)

Oooooooooh no it doesn't! Because this:

We'll get some more fines/match bans for some reason in the coming weeks. PL won't like Forest being so high up in the league one bit.

Our banner display at the start of the game on Saturday was a giant middle finger to the PL!

EDIT. That's it actually. We'll get a fine for the banner.

EDIT2. And Anthony Taylor will be in charge of one of our games before long and do something to make it all about him!

 

[Aztecs27]

Have to admit it was great to watch you in full flow Saturday

Shame it had to be against us

Genuinely the best I've seen us play since 1995/96.

Long may it continue (but knowing Forest, we'll have a brain fart Sunday and get battered by Newcastle).

 

[Arthur Wedge]

We'll get some more fines/match bans for some reason in the coming weeks. PL won't like Forest being so high up in the league one bit.

Well always a high chance with the owner

 

[Bdill93]

We'll get some more fines/match bans for some reason in the coming weeks. PL won't like Forest being so high up in the league one bit.

I dunno, did you see the image floating round social media before last weekend? There was one imposter amongst the top 5.... And it wasn't Forest!

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I dunno, did you see the image floating round social media before last weekend? There was one imposter amongst the top 5.... And it wasn't Forest!

Do you mean the club that hasn’t won the European Cup

 

[HampshireHog]

I'll take it. He seems to have have a very positive impact at Arsenal....be interesting to see what happens.

Probably won't relish the fact he's got to try and somehow make a profit on Matt Turner for the second time though.

Not got a good track record on recruiting strikers.

 

[Aztecs27]

Not got a good track record on recruiting strikers.

Haha, true. Luckily, I don’t think we’ll be getting rid of Syiranos who has been key to our superb recruitment.

 

[Billysboots]

Couple of discussions this morning on good old Talksport

First one - Arteta , is he overrated or not


Second one - what’s been the most expensive flop in the Premier in the last ten years ( after Ferguson left )


1. First one - imo yes very much so , spent a fortune , bottled the league 2 seasons ago , he appears to have an arrogance that isn’t justified as well as having very little trust in any players outside his 11-13 - it’s hard to complain about injuries when he sold off a good number of his support players

2. Names that came up

Werner to Chelsea
Sancho to Man utd
Di Maria to Utd
Pepe to Arsenal
Maguire to Utd
Lukaku to Chelsea
Pogba to Utd
Antony to Utd

Looking at the list

don’t think Maguire is a flop - way too expensive but did a job for United

Hard to judge Sancho

Werner was ok

Pogba had fleating moments


But for me it would be a straight up choice between

Lukaku and Antony

Lukaku - just under £100mil -one season , 15 goals in 44 games and then out on loan for 3 seasons

Antony - £82mil - 87 games - 12 goals and 5 assists

Antony. All day long. An absolutely scandalous waste of cash.

United scouted him at £20m in Solskjaer’s day, and even that would have been too much. Has delivered absolutely nothing in his time at the club.

 

[Billysboots]

Anyone listen to 606 on Saturday night? They had a guy moaning he couldn't take a kid into the Brighton end wearing a Liverpool shirt. Is it just me that thinks that's the right thing to do?

I was at the United v Celtic Champion’s League game when United were once a reasonable team, and saw more than one Celtic shirt in parts of the ground other than the Southeast Quadrant. It was clear for some time prior to kick off that the atmosphere was going to be very feisty.

Stewards, accompanied by police, removed all of the Celtic fans I could see mingling in with United supporters. And I think they were entirely justified in doing it.

 

[Red devil]

Antony. All day long. An absolutely scandalous waste of cash.

United scouted him at £20m in Solskjaer’s day, and even that would have been too much. Has delivered absolutely nothing in his time at the club.

One of the worst players I've ever seen in a Utd shirt and I've seen plenty!

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Antony. All day long. An absolutely scandalous waste of cash.

United scouted him at £20m in Solskjaer’s day, and even that would have been too much. Has delivered absolutely nothing in his time at the club.

If he came in at £20mil a bit younger then there is a remote chance that under less pressure he could develop without the huge price tag

But from his actions at times it seems he is another player where his arrogance far outweighs his ability