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Afro I try to be fair as I can but I do have moments where I can be biased towards my own team but I guess thats normal.

So close! Damn. Should do penalties my way

Also ABU is only a phrase coined by United fans who think everyone is against them. It's slightly arrogant because most fans are happy to see all English clubs do well in Europe

I use is more in a Prem league context. Everyone loves beating or seeing Man United lose more than any other top team in the league.
But maybe that is my perception as a fan, I probably notice it more when people cheer when Man United concede a goal. Liverpool fans may see the same thing when they concede and so on. Oh we're taliing about just a general run of your mill pub, not sitting with supporters of the team your playing as you will always see it then.

Fair enough. I love beating United, as I do beating anyone. But winning against the title challengers is a rare feat for other clubs and when you start to do it more consistently (as Everton are starting too) its a nice sign of how far you have come.

But I see your point about people cheering when United concede against any team. That I don't do. I am indifferent about any club that isn't Everton

Zinedine_Ze_Zebra wrote:Anyone
But
United

Azzy, you write United off. The defence has injuries yes, cant get fit is a bit unfair, I mean none of them are like the Jack Wil-something lad. 14 months without being able to get fit is what you call unable to get fit.

The midfield will be ok, Fletch back is great, Cleves looks good as does Ando. They need to play more and bigger games, they need more trust from the manager in those situations.

Wingers have lost form after 6 games of the season, you're like some inept ITV pundit Azzy

United arent playing great at the moment, but we are still up there. I believe they will produce when they need to.

I'm actually:

Anyone
But
No-one

I love Albion, and hate every single team in the Premier League. In the entire Football League even. except Walsall.

Jones, Smalling and Vidic have all had serious injury problems for the last 14 months, same as Wilshere. The fact that they came back for parts of that time, and played averagely, doesn't mean they don't have problems. Jones and Smalling in particular - being so young - shouldn't have spent so much time on the sidelines. I doubt either will ever be ready to replace Terry / Rio in the England team.

Fletcher is only a prettier version of Carrick, who's over-rated in my book. Cleverley does not look good, he looks good against lesser teams, but has no cutting edge or obvious creativity when up against decent defences. As for Anderson, well, he's earned the moniker Mr Average if ever anyone did. I honestly think that Viva would win that midfield battle, dodgy knee or no.

Nani has been out of form since c. February, and Valencia I can't even remember that last time I saw him play well. Neither are a threat these days, and Fergie should get shot. The only shining light for me is Kagawa, but he needs some better players alongside him or he'll never develop into the superstar he could be.

United have a lot of dead wood in their squad, Fergie needs to have a clear out and map out his strategy to retirement. Get the shop set up for David Moyes.

I woke up with a steering wheel on my pen!s.

It's driving me nuts.

I don't think most West Ham fans consider us a big club. I've always thought we were a mid-sized club that deserves a place in the PL based on history and performance, but nothing more.

I think a lot of fans use the line "we won the World Cup" in a tongue in cheek manner. If they believe it then it's silly.

Jones, Smalling and Vidic have all had serious injury problems for the last 14 months

Vida had a long term lay off. Smalling and Jones havent. You need to go do some research Azzy.
Smalling was out with a head injury for a week or two early on in the year. Missed the Euros with a groin injury which any player can get and many do, and now a foot injury at start of season.
Phil jones had his bad injury at Blackburn, some back injuries in pre season and now his knee tear.

Vida was the only long term injury which could be compared to Wilsheres.

I woke up with a steering wheel on my pen!s.

It's driving me nuts.

I actually found that funny Soddy as silly as it is haha.

Any youngster that misses such a lot of time has serious injury problems. Smalling and Jones will never take the next step if they go down injured every three months. Jones especially looked a great talent, but I think injuries have robbed him of his chance to become a true great.

Driving me nuts

Smalling & Jones will be fine Azzy. I still think they will make Man United & England CB pairing for years to come. Time will tell.

I think Jones is a quality footballer.

Personally I like him in midfield, and for United I would probably consider that to be where he is most useful to them right now. I know people say he will be a CB and that he personally wants to be, but I think his skill set suits a midfield role and offers United something different.

I'm not against United in any way, by the by. The only club whose failure I enjoy is Tottenham. Now they are deluded fans.

Jones will end up at RB/CM

I'm against everyone apparently

Azzy Mahmood wrote:

Zinedine_Ze_Zebra wrote:Anyone
But
United

Azzy, you write United off. The defence has injuries yes, cant get fit is a bit unfair, I mean none of them are like the Jack Wil-something lad. 14 months without being able to get fit is what you call unable to get fit.

The midfield will be ok, Fletch back is great, Cleves looks good as does Ando. They need to play more and bigger games, they need more trust from the manager in those situations.

Wingers have lost form after 6 games of the season, you're like some inept ITV pundit Azzy

United arent playing great at the moment, but we are still up there. I believe they will produce when they need to.

I'm actually:

Anyone
But
No-one

I love Albion, and hate every single team in the Premier League. In the entire Football League even. except Walsall.

Jones, Smalling and Vidic have all had serious injury problems for the last 14 months, same as Wilshere. The fact that they came back for parts of that time, and played averagely, doesn't mean they don't have problems. Jones and Smalling in particular - being so young - shouldn't have spent so much time on the sidelines. I doubt either will ever be ready to replace Terry / Rio in the England team.

Fletcher is only a prettier version of Carrick, who's over-rated in my book. Cleverley does not look good, he looks good against lesser teams, but has no cutting edge or obvious creativity when up against decent defences. As for Anderson, well, he's earned the moniker Mr Average if ever anyone did. I honestly think that Viva would win that midfield battle, dodgy knee or no.

Nani has been out of form since c. February, and Valencia I can't even remember that last time I saw him play well. Neither are a threat these days, and Fergie should get shot. The only shining light for me is Kagawa, but he needs some better players alongside him or he'll never develop into the superstar he could be.

United have a lot of dead wood in their squad, Fergie needs to have a clear out and map out his strategy to retirement. Get the shop set up for David Moyes.

I've got my scan today at 5pm, can we have a trend going on Twitter #Pray4Viva

Afro, you got the reasoning for the results?

onlytreblewinners wrote:Afro, you got the reasoning for the results?

None what so ever. I only got votes with no scorers or explanations

BigFellasAfro wrote:

onlytreblewinners wrote:Afro, you got the reasoning for the results?

None what so ever. I only got votes with no scorers or explanations

No worries. Just an idea for the new season, if no explanation is submitted with the prediction then I don't think it should be accepted.

Usually they aren't, but I think people lost the hunger to vote with nothing on the line.

I have reasons for the championship game, and I'll post up soon.

sodhat wrote:Usually they aren't, but I think people lost the hunger to vote with nothing on the line.

I have reasons for the championship game, and I'll post up soon.

What Sod says.

Normally they are rejected and the manager won't get his bonus with no explanations.

Just with it being voting on a finished league, they didn't bother and with so few votes and no stick to beat them with, I didn't bother pushing it

No worries. Anyone have any idea why I lost then?

Seems I got the calculation of the results slightly wrong and did it on the old FL method. No change in the winners, but the scorelines are different...

BigFellasAfro wrote:So it should have been?

Bilbao Baggins v Trebles Revenge
3-1
1-0
2-1
1-1

= 7-3
/4 = 1.75-0.75
= 2-1
plus 1 goal for +3 wins

3-1

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ALSOAM v LSN
2-1
1-2
2-2
1-2

= 6-7
/4 = 1.5-1.75

2-2
LSN win on penalties (2 wins to 1)

VivaPaulScholes wrote: I've got my scan today at 5pm, can we have a trend going on Twitter #Pray4Viva

Take a look on Twitter for #Pray4Viva

onlytreblewinners wrote:No worries. Anyone have any idea why I lost then?

I haven't looked at the tactics really, but Baggins had the best side in the league on paper so it's always going to be tough.

sodhat wrote:

onlytreblewinners wrote:No worries. Anyone have any idea why I lost then?

I haven't looked at the tactics really, but Baggins had the best side in the league on paper so it's always going to be tough.

And I went for the draw because I thought your tactics set you up well

Thoughts on Sodhat and I's game? Going 4-4-2 Diamond was a risk but I felt I had to do something different to combat Sodhat's AM.

And Trebs, personally, i'd say that when you went 4-4-2 against me with Eto'o and Ibrahimovic, it worked and you won, then your next game, against Hero, you reverted back to 1 upfront and although I couldn't vote on your game, I think it cost you.

Yeah, you should have attacked him. I think you targeted his full backs well though.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19816075

You lose to Crawley? Your out of a job!

Redknapp to take over?

It was pretty much decided when he got employed there Soddy lol

Plus that Paul Groves is quite frankly awful. I mean what manager goes 1-0 up at home to MK Dons in the 15th minute, Alan Smith gets sent off 18th minute fro MK Dons and they end up drawing 1-1!

To be fair to the board, AFC Bournemouth have spent a LOT of money to achieve promotion and are in the relegation zone 10 games in. I'd be surprised if he stayed.

Redknapp will be offered it IMO, whether he'd take it or not is another question.

Gangnam Style?

Might as well, they have a load of cash and it's close to his home.

It's down to whether he believes he can get another PL club (he can, for sure) and whether they will be like he had at Spurs, i.e. pushing the top four.

sodhat wrote:Might as well, they have a load of cash and it's close to his home.

It's down to whether he believes he can get another PL club (he can, for sure) and whether they will be like he had at Spurs, i.e. pushing the top four.

I see what you are alluding at. He'll only get the Everton job once Moyes moves to Man Utd

Can't see him travelling to Everton to be fair. Has he ever managed north of the Watford Gap? I don't think he has!

Plus, Moyes will be a tough act to follow. Probably best to let a young man come in to mess it all up.

To be honest, Redknapp and Everton don't feel like a good fit.

We'll go for someone else in the Moyes mould, like Lambert

BigFellasAfro wrote:

To be honest, Redknapp and Everton don't feel like a good fit.

We'll go for someone else in the Moyes mould, like Lambert

Except Lambert is taken, so you'll take the next best available Glasweigan; Alex McLeish.

There must be some Glaswegians between Lambert and McLeish surely!!

BTW did you see Domenik Hixon's catch for the Giants at the weekend

BigFellasAfro wrote:There must be some Glaswegians between Lambert and McLeish surely!!

BTW did you see Domenik Hixon's catch for the Giants at the weekend

............................................................... Steve Kean?

The Special Juan wrote:

BigFellasAfro wrote:There must be some Glaswegians between Lambert and McLeish surely!!

BTW did you see Domenik Hixon's catch for the Giants at the weekend

............................................................... Steve Kean?

Bit higher

I'm think Frankie Boyle is probably higher up the Glaswegian rankings than both Kean and McLeish

There are some freakish athletes in the NFL Afro. The best catches on youtube is an epic watch, some corkers from Randy Moss in there.

A Glaswegian that is better than Kean and McLeish...got it....

Kenny Dalglish.

Think about it

He knows the area
He's won trophies (inc. last year)
He's as Scottish as Moyes

Perfect. He'd look good in a blue tracksuit.

He is about 20 years out of date and spent over £60m on Carroll, Henderson and Adam

Championship Play-off Final

Barearselona 2-1 Substandard Liege
Benzema, Podolski; Jovetic

For me the fact that Nando's team went into the game treating it as 'Just a friendly game today' then that set the tone for the game, one that I would have given to Nando had he motivated them otherwise.

I'm not convinced by Vidic and Mascherano at the back for Liege and the full backs aren't up to scratch. Benzema would have certainly got on the scoresheet. However, the Liege midfield would have dominated and Reus would have destroyed Gibbs. It was tight, but the Liege substitutes opened up the game and Barearselona got a late winner because their opponents were too attacking.

A good even game, if its a final it goes to penalties but I simply cannot split these two. I feel Barearselona have the advantage in the wings but Substandard have the better midfield.

Barearselona were tactically the better side and it showed during the match, the manager did his homework on the opposition. Benzema attacked at Vidic and it showed when Vidic stuggled and couldn't rely on Mach to bail him out. They did very well in stopping the Standard wingers, Pastore was a threat as he had the better of Essien but couldn't pass through the CB's.

Close game and I can’t split them in normal time. SS set up as expected but Nando has done some good work in scouting and has a good tactical plan. SS midfield is easily the stronger so they will dominate the centre but Nando’s defence is solid.

#bringbackmikewalker

Well played Nando, it was tight as expected but your superior scouting got you the deserved win

Just realised two of the reasons are practically identical, one of them being mine

It came down to a single goal on the votes, so well done both.

Olly wrote:#bringbackmikewalker

The most arrogant man in the world

What about Brendan Rodgers?

He has a portrait in his house. Of himself.