Weekend Football

[Sanguine]

Oh, Luton Town, what have you done? 3-0 up at half-time at Bournemouth, the Cherries now lead 4-3 in injury time. Hold on and they'll become just the fifth team in the PL era, and first in 20 years, to win from 3-0 down.

[Winston Biscuit]

Luton have scored more goals than Man Utd

[Franchise FC]

One of my pet hates when watching football on TV is the insistence on naming the man if the match before the end if the game. It always makes me want to see a massive change in the game.

And along comes Wolves v Coventry ……… YES !!!!!!!!!

[BRO_BOT]

How did your weekend go Brobes? Didn't see a smiley emoji from you

[Royal Rother]

Liverpool must be absolutely kicking themselves.

And Nunez - I know he’s got something but it ain’t a brain.

Anyway, cracking set of Qtr Finals. Most enjoyable.

[LUX]

It’s only the FACup, RR.

For also-rans to have a day out at Wembley ( two even), before meekly losing to Man City reserves.

[BRO_BOT]

It’s only the FACup, RR.

For also-rans to have a day out at Wembley ( two even), before meekly losing to Man City reserves.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Leicester drop to 2nd after being 17 points clear of Leeds at the start of the year. Now just a point above 3rd

[Winston Biscuit]

They have a game in hand and a pretty reasonable run in though

They are due to play the teams currently positioned in 14th, 6th, 21st, 16th, 18th, 5th, 4th, 9th, 17th. The 3 toughest games are all at home.

would love them to finish 3rd. Anything other than winning the league is pretty embarrassing for the squad and wealth they have tbh

[Winston Biscuit]

ooh we haven't had the annual Ups & Downs thread so far!

[URZZZZ]

Liverpool must be absolutely kicking themselves.

And Nunez - I know he’s got something but it ain’t a brain.

Anyway, cracking set of Qtr Finals. Most enjoyable.

Three cracking games and then Man City you mean!

Glad Coventry avoided them in the semis, at least City can’t bore that game to death

[Sutekh]

Liverpool must be absolutely kicking themselves.

And Nunez - I know he’s got something but it ain’t a brain.

Anyway, cracking set of Qtr Finals. Most enjoyable.

Three cracking games and then Man City you mean!

Glad Coventry avoided them in the semis, at least City can’t bore that game to death

All seems utterly pointless now, just give the cup to Mancheater City and save all the exertion and risk of player injuries.

[URZZZZ]

Liverpool must be absolutely kicking themselves.

And Nunez - I know he’s got something but it ain’t a brain.

Anyway, cracking set of Qtr Finals. Most enjoyable.

Three cracking games and then Man City you mean!

Glad Coventry avoided them in the semis, at least City can’t bore that game to death

All seems utterly pointless now, just give the cup to Mancheater City and save all the exertion and risk of player injuries.

Chelsea will give them a decent game. Poch has done relatively well against the big teams so far this season. Drew with City twice, drew with Liverpool twice (including the cup) and drew with Arsenal (really should have won), whilst beating Spurs (9 man Spurs I will add)

Chelsea’s problems have been losing too many games to the teams closer to them. Lost twice to Wolves, lost to Villa, lost to West Ham, lost to United and lost to Newcastle

[Winston Biscuit]

Forest docked 4 points

[Sanguine]

Notts County are threatening to enter the record books this season. They are 13th in League Two and have conceded 72 goals so far (the worst in the division), and yet still have a positive goal difference, having scored 75 (behind only leaders Mansfield).

In football league history, only eight teams have conceded 90 goals or more in a season and finished with a positive goal difference, albeit none since 1965-66, when Bradford Park Avenue shipped 92, scoring 102 for a goal difference of +10.

The 'record' is held by Manchester City. In 1957-58 they finished fifth in the top tier, despite conceding 100 goals. They scored 104.

[Winston Biscuit]

genuinely baffled at top PL clubs pushing up season ticket prices when they are raking in so much money from elsewhere

Man City announce they are pushing up season ticket prices. Seen someone online estimate it will bring in the club roughly an extra £2.5M per season. They have pissed off their fans with an increase that will cover 6 weeks worth of KDB's wages, while they have also posted a record profit of £99.8M over the past 12 months

[Dirk Gently]

genuinely baffled at top PL clubs pushing up season ticket prices when they are raking in so much money from elsewhere

Man City announce they are pushing up season ticket prices. Seen someone online estimate it will bring in the club roughly an extra £2.5M per season. They have pissed off their fans with an increase that will cover 6 weeks worth of KDB's wages, while they have also posted a record profit of £99.8M over the past 12 months

They're trying to change the demographic of their fans. Out with the nasty scruffy common noisy supporters who've followed them for years, in with a nicer, more exclusive class of fans who will pay for a more upmarket experience. Or - even better - not season tickets at all, but rather seats that are sold individually for every game, to overseas football tourists who will visit the megastore and splurge £500 or so on shirts and branded tat.

What they don't take into account is that a key part of the "product" they're selling, both in the stadium and to a global TV audience, isn't just the football - it's the background atmosphere, and that only comes from the nasty scruffy common noisy supporters.

[Sutekh]

genuinely baffled at top PL clubs pushing up season ticket prices when they are raking in so much money from elsewhere

Man City announce they are pushing up season ticket prices. Seen someone online estimate it will bring in the club roughly an extra £2.5M per season. They have pissed off their fans with an increase that will cover 6 weeks worth of KDB's wages, while they have also posted a record profit of £99.8M over the past 12 months

They're trying to change the demographic of their fans. Out with the nasty scruffy common noisy supporters who've followed them for years, in with a nicer, more exclusive class of fans who will pay for a more upmarket experience. Or - even better - not season tickets at all, but rather seats that are sold individually for every game, to overseas football tourists who will visit the megastore and splurge £500 or so on shirts and branded tat.

What they don't take into account is that a key part of the "product" they're selling, both in the stadium and to a global TV audience, isn't just the football - it's the background atmosphere, and that only comes from the nasty scruffy common noisy supporters.

I wonder if anyone neutral actually likes Mancheater City?

[Pepe the Horseman]

genuinely baffled at top PL clubs pushing up season ticket prices when they are raking in so much money from elsewhere

Man City announce they are pushing up season ticket prices. Seen someone online estimate it will bring in the club roughly an extra £2.5M per season. They have pissed off their fans with an increase that will cover 6 weeks worth of KDB's wages, while they have also posted a record profit of £99.8M over the past 12 months

They're trying to change the demographic of their fans. Out with the nasty scruffy common noisy supporters who've followed them for years, in with a nicer, more exclusive class of fans who will pay for a more upmarket experience. Or - even better - not season tickets at all, but rather seats that are sold individually for every game, to overseas football tourists who will visit the megastore and splurge £500 or so on shirts and branded tat.

What they don't take into account is that a key part of the "product" they're selling, both in the stadium and to a global TV audience, isn't just the football - it's the background atmosphere, and that only comes from the nasty scruffy common noisy supporters.

I wonder if anyone neutral actually likes Mancheater City?

I do. Genuinely. Got some very likeable players.

[Winston Biscuit]

They're trying to change the demographic of their fans. Out with the nasty scruffy common noisy supporters who've followed them for years, in with a nicer, more exclusive class of fans who will pay for a more upmarket experience. Or - even better - not season tickets at all, but rather seats that are sold individually for every game, to overseas football tourists who will visit the megastore and splurge £500 or so on shirts and branded tat.

What they don't take into account is that a key part of the "product" they're selling, both in the stadium and to a global TV audience, isn't just the football - it's the background atmosphere, and that only comes from the nasty scruffy common noisy supporters.

I wonder if anyone neutral actually likes Mancheater City?

I do. Genuinely. Got some very likeable players.

Yeah I don't mind Man City tbh. Certainly no dislike like there was for 00's Chelsea, who felt like they were just there to spoil the party