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The Footie Thread

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Swango1980 said:
Your team: Man Utd
Mark out of 10 for the season: 2
Player of the season: Bruno (Although Amad was close, if he didn't get injured)
Young player of the season (Under 23): Yoro
Best signing: Mazraoui (in terms of consistency of play this season), Yoro for longer term
Most improved player: Maguire
Unsung hero: De Ligt
Most disappointing player: Hojlund
Cult Hero Award: Zirkzee (after his start)
Best match/result of the season: Beating Man City away I guess
Best single moment of the season: Maguires last gasp winner v Lyon
Worst single moment of the season: Final against Spurs

Sum up your season in one single word: Awful
Predictions for next season eg will you do better/worse etc: Better, hopefully pushing towards European qualification again
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This is generous! I gave us a 2 and that was for actually winning a trophy, otherwise it would have been 0.
 
@Don Barzini - Mangala, I think this type of player rarely catches the eye but boy you miss them if you don't have one. He read the game well, rarely gave the ball away, screened the back 4 very well. He didn't make glory passes but he did the sensible stuff very tidily. He would have been an ideal replacement going forwards for Gueye but his injury scuppered that. If he recovers and finds his form I'd be happy if we went back for him.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Your team: Everton
Mark out of 10 for the season: 6
Player of the season: Pickford
Young player of the season (Under 23): Ndiaye
Best signing: Ndiaye
Most improved player: Beto
Unsung hero: Mangala (shame he was injured, I'd have liked us to have signed him)
Most disappointing player: Calvert Lewin
Cult Hero Award: Tarkowski
Best match/result of the season: Result was beating Wolves 4-0. Not a great performance but it turned a corner for us
Best single moment of the season: Not sure I have one
Worst single moment of the season: 2-0 up against Bournemouth, we lost the game 3-2. That one hurt

Sum up your season in one single word: Meh
Predictions for next season eg will you do better/worse etc: Better, definitely. Moyes will rebuild, half of the team are leaving, new stadium, no more dirge football from Dyche. I'll take a comfortable mid table next season with some decent football being played.
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How about the 2-2 win at Goodison in the Derby with that last minute winner from Tarkowski 😉😁
 
Orikoru said:
Haha.. ok then.

Your team: Spurs
Mark out of 10 for the season: 2/10
Player of the season: Kulusevski
Young player of the season (Under 23): Johnson (he only just turned 24 last week)
Best signing: Bergvall or Gray
Most improved player: I suppose Spence since he established himself for the first time.
Unsung hero: Err Davies? Still plugging holes in the defence after all these years.
Most disappointing player: Might be Bissouma, although he was often given the unenviable task of being the only defensive midfielder in a stupidly gung-ho side. Alternatively, it could be Bentancur, who looked world class before a couple of longer term injuries he had last season, this season he hasn't really shown that.
Cult Hero Award: Err Madders maybe?
Best match/result of the season: Best result was the cup final, but it was absolutely not the best match, haha. I guess the 4-0 away win at City in November was the best match - when we still had some hopes of being half decent. It all went a bit wrong after that.
Best single moment of the season: Full time whistle in the cup final.
Worst single moment of the season: For me personally, it was a fixture away at Wolves in April, and knowing in my heart, without a shadow of a doubt, that we would be losing that game. It's bleak when all hope is literally gone.

Sum up your season in one single word: Painful. Or perhaps... ironic. (That our worst season ever is the one that ends the trophy drought.)
Predictions for next season eg will you do better/worse etc: Well if we do any worse we are relegated, so let's go with better. If Ange isn't relieved of his duties we need to see a drastic change in his approach. If the wing backs are just out-and-out attackers then we need two holding midfielders or three centre backs, as in the current set-up we get skinned alive by everybody.
If he doesn't change anything, then we'll finish 14th-15th after he's sacked in November and a new manager comes in to get us out of the mire.
If he does change in line with the above, I can see us finishing 10th-12th.
If he's sacked now and a better manager brought in, then 8th-10th should be doable.
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Spence and Johnno getting the recognition they deserve, finally. Tears in my eyes.
 
Your team: Middlesbrough
Mark out of 10 for the season: 4
Player of the season: Hayden Hackney
Young player of the season (Under 23): Hayden Hackney
Best signing: Aidan Morris
Most improved player: Neto Borges(Brazilian fullback)
Unsung hero: Tommy Conway
Most disappointing player: Whitaker, signed in January
Cult Hero Award: Latte Lath, sold in January.
Best match/result of the season: 5-1 against Luton, matched in the next league game with a 6-2 against Oxford.
Best single moment of the season: Beating Leeds 3-0 at Leeds
Worst single moment of the season: Losing 1-0 at Sunderland.

Sum up your season in one single word: Awful
Predictions for next season eg will you do better/worse etc: 14th, unless several quality players are signed.
 
Just tracking Man Utd's friendly against ASEAN All Stars.

0-0 after 70 minutes. Must be a riveting watch. Man Utd made 4 subs at 32 minutes. They then made 11 subs at half time (meaning the 4 guys who had already come one got about 13 minutes game time). Another sub at 67 minutes.

So, 16 subs so far. No idea if there is anyone else left to come on. I can't believe we had 16 people on the bench to begin with, must be randomly pulling people out of the crowd.

UPDATE:

ASEAN All Stars have just gone 1-0 up :D
 
The Athletic's satisfaction-o-meter!

Bit surprised Liverpool don't have "Very satisfied" well into the 90s tbh. I guess that 10 or so percent expected a separate trophy as well as the PL title?
 

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Your team: Man United.
Mark out of 10 for the season: 1 - for turning up.
Player of the season: Bruno.
Young player of the season (Under 23): Yoro.
Best signing: Mazraoui.
Most improved player: Sorry, none.
Unsung hero: Maguire - his resurrection has been astonishing.
Most disappointing player: Only one? Okay, Hojlund.
Cult Hero Award: Can only be one - as Martinez has been largely absent, Zirkzee.
Best match/result of the season: Nothing stands out.
Best single moment of the season: Being there for the last five minutes of the home leg against Lyon with my kids.
Worst single moment of the season: Single moment? Too many to mention so I’ll just say the entire season.
Sum up your season in one single word: I can’t. I’d have to ban myself.
Predictions for next season eg will you do better/worse etc: All comes down to this summer. I’d like to say we can’t do worse, but until I know who leaves and who’s coming in I simply can’t say.
 
Bunkermagnet said:
Your team:Liverpool
Mark out of 10 for the season:9
Player of the season:Gravenburch
Young player of the season (Under 23): Gravenburch
Best signing:Arne Slot
Most improved player:Gravenburch
Unsung hero:Kellerher
Most disappointing player:Salah/Nunez
Cult Hero Award:Salah
Best match/result of the season:
Best single moment of the season:
Worst single moment of the season:

Sum up your season in one single word:20
Predictions for next season eg will you do better/worse etc: Play even better
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😲😲
 
Your team: Newcastle United
Mark out of 10 for the season: 9
Player of the season: Sandro Tonali
Young player of the season (Under 23): Lewis Hall
Best signing: err...we only signed one player who got any sort of game time...Lewis Hall
Most improved player: Jacob Murphy
Unsung hero: Fabian Schar
Most disappointing player: Callum Wilson
Cult Hero Award: Big Dan Burn
Best match/result of the season: Forest away 3-1
Best single moment of the season: Winning the Carabao Cup
Worst single moment of the season: Fulham home 1-2

Sum up your season in one single word: Triumphant
Predictions for next season eg will you do better/worse etc: The summer transfer window is crucial. Shift out 5 or 6 deadwood players, bring in 6 or 7 who can improve the depth and quality of the squad and we should finish top 6 and make the playoff's in the CL.
 
Don Barzini said:
The Athletic's satisfaction-o-meter!

Bit surprised Liverpool don't have "Very satisfied" well into the 90s tbh. I guess that 10 or so percent expected a separate trophy as well as the PL title?
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0.3% dissatisfied with Newcastle's season? That's 156 people from the typical matchday attendance. What the blazes were they expecting?
 
Your team: West Ham
Mark out of 10 for the season: 3
Player of the season: Bowen
Young player of the season (Under 23): Ollie scarles
Best signing: Wan Bissaka
Most improved player: Ollie Scarles

Unsung hero: Coufal
Most disappointing player:Kudos
Cult Hero Award:Coufal
Best match/result of the season: Double over Man United
Best single moment of the season:Last minute winner against United.
Worst single moment of the season: 0-5 V Liverpool
Sum up your season in one single word: 💩

Predictions for next season :Relegation.😭
 
Fade and Die said:
Your team: West Ham
Mark out of 10 for the season: 3
Player of the season: Bowen
Young player of the season (Under 23): Ollie scarles
Best signing: Wan Bissaka
Most improved player: Ollie Scarles

Unsung hero: Coufal
Most disappointing player:Kudos
Cult Hero Award:Coufal
Best match/result of the season: Double over Man United
Best single moment of the season:Last minute winner against United.
Worst single moment of the season: 0-5 V Liverpool
Sum up your season in one single word: 💩

Predictions for next season :Relegation.😭
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£50 bet to h4h we won't even finish in the bottom 4
 
Your team: Man Utd
Mark out of 10 for the season: 0
Player of the season: Bruno
Young player of the season (Under 23): Ayden Heaven
Best signing: Yoro
Most improved player: Yoro
Unsung hero: Maguire, a perfect role model for the rest of the players.
Most disappointing player: Rasmus
Cult Hero Award: McTominay ;)
Best match/result of the season: Either game vs Athletic Bilbao
Best single moment of the season: Harry's goal against Olympic Mayonnaise
Worst single moment of the season: Europa League Final robbery

Sum up your season in one single word: :poop::poop::poop:
Predictions for next season eg will you do better/worse etc: We'll do much better, surely!
 
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