The Footie Thread

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Slime said:
No sprouts, but my special home made cottage pie ................................ but this time with a little twist.
Instead of 350g of mature cheddar I went with 200g and 200g of red leicester.
It worked very well.
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Oddly enough we had a similar dinner but with pork mince, Missis T didn’t know what to call it. It couldn’t be shepards pie or cottage pie because of the pork mince, I decided to call it Sty pie. It was gorgeous.
 
Arthur Wedge said:
Have to say it’s really nice of City and Arsenal to ensure Carrick gets the job full time 😉

Rio is slamming the contract on the table 😁
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Don’t underestimate the impact of Steve Holland. I think the combination of them both is great.

Utd have always done “ok” against the bigger teams, it’s when we play against a low block/counter type team Utd seem to struggle to break them down. Long way to go yet but an amazing start for Carrick and crew.
 
Junior said:
Don’t underestimate the impact of Steve Holland. I think the combination of them both is great.

Utd have always done “ok” against the bigger teams, it’s when we play against a low block/counter type team Utd seem to struggle to break them down. Long way to go yet but an amazing start for Carrick and crew.
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Totally agree. But what I will say is there is a significant difference between doing okay and the two performances I’ve just seen.
 
The City performance was one of the most complete Utd performances I've seen for years, top class. Yesterday was a much tougher game and the performance not quite as complete, but it was still one hell of a showing.

You couldn't get two tougher games to start with and to win both is nothing short of remarkable. It really does highlight the difference a decent manager and staff can make to a club. The players aren't stupid, they know a blagger when they see one and will tune out and it's clearly what happened under Amorim. It also happened at Celtic under that clown they had there.

Way to early to talk about giving Carrick the job long term but it does show Utd actually have some very good players and are more than capable of getting a CL place. I would make them big favourites to get 4th now, especially with no other comps to get in the way.
 
Back to proper football matters, ;), Everton play Leeds tonight. A win takes us to 7th, Leeds will want to keep that gap with West Ham going.

James Garner has signed a contract extension which was hugely important. He has been great for us this season, good to tie him to club (adding in the proviso that if he does move in the summer then someone will have to pay more for him now :giggle:)

Hopefully Ndyiae is fit an ready to go after his Afcon excursions. Very important player for us.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Back to proper football matters, ;), Everton play Leeds tonight. A win takes us to 7th, Leeds will want to keep that gap with West Ham going.

James Garner has signed a contract extension which was hugely important. He has been great for us this season, good to tie him to club (adding in the proviso that if he does move in the summer then someone will have to pay more for him now :giggle:)

Hopefully Ndyiae is fit an ready to go after his Afcon excursions. Very important player for us.
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I will never forgive Manchester United for knobbing about during the summer of 22 when we were trying to bring him back after the season long loan in the championship. He'd have been a mainstay of our Midfield for years.

One of the best loanees we've ever had at Forest.
 
Aztecs27 said:
I will never forgive Manchester United for knobbing about during the summer of 22 when we were trying to bring him back after the season long loan in the championship. He'd have been a mainstay of our Midfield for years.

One of the best loanees we've ever had at Forest.
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He's had some injury issues but managers have messed him about really until this season. Even then, he's frequently been played out of position, a/ because we seem to be incapable of buying a RB b/ because he has been excellent there still. I'm hoping he just gets left alone in the middle now, we are better with him there. Very good all round player, great attitude. Just the sort of player you want in your team.
 
4LEX said:
The City performance was one of the most complete Utd performances I've seen for years, top class. Yesterday was a much tougher game and the performance not quite as complete, but it was still one hell of a showing.

You couldn't get two tougher games to start with and to win both is nothing short of remarkable. It really does highlight the difference a decent manager and staff can make to a club. The players aren't stupid, they know a blagger when they see one and will tune out and it's clearly what happened under Amorim. It also happened at Celtic under that clown they had there.

Way to early to talk about giving Carrick the job long term but it does show Utd actually have some very good players and are more than capable of getting a CL place. I would make them big favourites to get 4th now, especially with no other comps to get in the way.
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I actually think the Arsenal game was a better result than the City one. City’s side was weak. And that is taking nothing away from an excellent Utd performance. The Arsenal first 11 was as strong as you could expect. What did me re the Arsenal game was how Utd got back into the game whilst going behind and then when Arsenal
Made it 2-2. The mental strength is there. And that is something that Roy Keane said Arsenal are missing when it comes to pressure. Utd now have momentum, and that needs to transfer to the fans. Especially at OT. Utds focus and that of its fans is top four. Not a new manager and not the glaziers and scruffy Jim. But top four.
 
Tashyboy said:
I actually think the Arsenal game was a better result than the City one. City’s side was weak. And that is taking nothing away from an excellent Utd performance. The Arsenal first 11 was as strong as you could expect. What did me re the Arsenal game was how Utd got back into the game whilst going behind and then when Arsenal
Made it 2-2. The mental strength is there. And that is something that Roy Keane said Arsenal are missing when it comes to pressure. Utd now have momentum, and that needs to transfer to the fans. Especially at OT. Utds focus and that of its fans is top four. Not a new manager and not the glaziers and scruffy Jim. But top four.
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Agree it was a better result, I was talking about the performance generally though Tash. Against City it could've been 5 or 6 quite easily, it was a dominant display. Yesterday was more defending well, hanging in and getting lucky with the mistake to make it 1-1. The other goals were two world class strikes, there wasn't much created in the same way as the City game. But definitely a better result as that must be the first home defeat for Arsenal this season?

It was a brave call to bring on Cunha for Dorgu and it paid off. I still reckon Arsenal will win it but they've blown three big chances to get miles clear recently.
 
4LEX said:
Agree it was a better result, I was talking about the performance generally though Tash. Against City it could've been 5 or 6 quite easily, it was a dominant display. Yesterday was more defending well, hanging in and getting lucky with the mistake to make it 1-1. The other goals were two world class strikes, there wasn't much created in the same way as the City game. But definitely a better result as that must be the first home defeat for Arsenal this season?

It was a brave call to bring on Cunha for Dorgu and it paid off. I still reckon Arsenal will win it but they've blown three big chances to get miles clear recently.
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Totally agree. Arsenal are setting a standard this season. Printer and Utd played to and excelled that standard. City at full strength could be interesting but they are only in 3rd gear and something is seriously missing both in the Prem and champs league.
Re Utd. One massive advantage is they only have the prem To focus on. And at the moment who would bet on them not finishing in the top four. Not many me finks. A tremendous turn around.
 
Pin-seeker said:
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I can see a scenario where Arsenal implode. They are going to have many questions to field about being bottlers, and lots of nervous energy amongst their fans.

And if you are not freely scoring, you better hope you keep scoring from set pieces. Opponents will have more and more time to figure out best way to defend them possibly.

City, and Villa, just need to look to win the next 3 or 4 games, and see if they can put Arsenal under real pressure. That is something that never really happened in last season's title race.
 
Swango1980 said:
I can see a scenario where Arsenal implode. They are going to have many questions to field about being bottlers, and lots of nervous energy amongst their fans.

And if you are not freely scoring, you better hope you keep scoring from set pieces. Opponents will have more and more time to figure out best way to defend them possibly.

City, and Villa, just need to look to win the next 3 or 4 games, and see if they can put Arsenal under real pressure. That is something that never really happened in last season's title race.
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Saka seems immune from criticism,but his stats are terrible.
 
Arsenal are dominating in every single competition. Top of the league, 100% record in the CL, one game off the League Cup Final and will no doubt go deep in the FA Cup.

The easier fixture list and the last 4 look basically gimmes which is what you want if the pressure is still on.

I don't think any team can really stop the set pieces simply because of the delivery and the sheer size and quality of all the defence in the air. It's not great to watch at the moment but when the attack click again they'll run away with it.
 
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