Premier League

[K-Hod]

They got away with one there, that was a definite penalty for me….

[Ianrally]

So you can pull an opponents shirt in the box and it’s not a penalty. What a bloody farce

[simongarnerisgod]

embarrasing officiating,the ref and the ***** in the var office clearly terrified of giving a penalty at that time,last time i looked in the rule book,it was a foul if you pulled someones shirt🙂

[K-Hod]

1 minute ago, Ianrally said:

So you can pull an opponents shirt in the box and it’s not a penalty. What a bloody farce

Pulled it twice, I felt. Abysmal decision, that.

[DE.]

Imagine it would have been given if the other way around, but oh well. Still a shit result for Man Utd and I'll never have any sympathy for Kean's mate Moyes. 

Edited February 22 by DE.

[chaddyrovers]

4 hours ago, DE. said:

Sacking Cooper to bring in RVN was a massive gamble. I think Cooper would have at the very least kept them above three other teams this season. As it stands it may be a decision that costs them their place in the PL, although they still have time to course correct thanks to the bottom four all being at a similar level. Can't see them staying up if they keep Ruud though. 

Cooper lost the dressing room there plus falling out with some players

1 hour ago, DE. said:

United might as well have saved £15m and kept Ten Hag. Amorim has somehow made them even worse and I don't see how it gets any better long-term without spending money that they seemingly no longer have.

Beautiful. 

Maybe Ratcliffe should have listened to Dan Ashworth and hired Marco Silva or Thomas Frank

[Hasta]

Not sure why it takes 3 minutes to decide the ref has made a “clear and obvious” error.

[DE.]

42 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Cooper lost the dressing room there plus falling out with some players

I don't know enough about that situation to comment, but it's fair to saying hiring a very inexperienced manager as replacement was extremely risky. 

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, DE. said:

I don't know enough about that situation to comment, but it's fair to saying hiring a very inexperienced manager as replacement was extremely risky. 

I read an article on the athletic website about the problems at Leicester like Recruitment, squad morale, falling outs, etc. 

[DE.]

Not looking good for the bottom three. Impressive win for Wolves away at Bournemouth, whilst the others all got hammered by mid-table sides at home. At least Ipswich can legitimately note they were in League 1 two seasons ago. Leicester and Southampton have only had one season out of the PL and already look well below the required standard. 

[sharpysharps86]

46 minutes ago, DE. said:

Not looking good for the bottom three. Impressive win for Wolves away at Bournemouth, whilst the others all got hammered by mid-table sides at home. At least Ipswich can legitimately note they were in League 1 two seasons ago. Leicester and Southampton have only had one season out of the PL and already look well below the required standard. 

Leicester had a genuinely better chance with Cooper in charge. Obviously his face didn't fit (poor choice of words).

Sadly it'll be 2 seasons in a row where the promoted teams all come hurtling back down. Makes me wonder why I'd want to see Rovers in that league again, knowing that they'd likely get stuffed every week....but then I remember its just about the only hope we have of getting new owners in.

[simongarnerisgod]

1 hour ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Leicester had a genuinely better chance with Cooper in charge. Obviously his face didn't fit (poor choice of words).

Sadly it'll be 2 seasons in a row where the promoted teams all come hurtling back down. Makes me wonder why I'd want to see Rovers in that league again, knowing that they'd likely get stuffed every week....but then I remember its just about the only hope we have of getting new owners in.

i take encouragement from brighton,bournemouth and brentford,if they can succeed then there is no reason why bigger clubs who get promoted can`t,you`ve got to get your recruitment spot on imo

on rovers getting back in the big league,we don`t need to worry,it`s not happening unless the indians **** off

[47er]

2 hours ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Leicester had a genuinely better chance with Cooper in charge. Obviously his face didn't fit (poor choice of words).

Sadly it'll be 2 seasons in a row where the promoted teams all come hurtling back down. Makes me wonder why I'd want to see Rovers in that league again, knowing that they'd likely get stuffed every week....but then I remember its just about the only hope we have of getting new owners in.

also parachute money.Burnley living off it.

[DE.]

One of the issues with the three promoted teams going down two seasons in a row is that it gives the existing Prem clubs two additional seasons to continue strengthening at that level, which in theory makes it increasingly more difficult for the teams coming up. 

I don't think we're at a 'closed shop' point yet, as it's always possible for an existing PL team to implode with poor recruitment, but it's worrying to see two consecutive seasons of the promoted teams all going down - as seems likely to happen now. 

[rigger]

Man city need Adam Wharton.

[Norbert Rassragr]

Pep needs to go. He's been found out again 

[roverandout]

Lewis hall looks an outstanding left back.  Every time I see him he impresses me even more

[K-Hod]

4 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Lewis hall looks an outstanding left back.  Every time I see him he impresses me even more

That position is his for the taking, for England.

Shaw perennially injured and Chilwell not playing consistently.

[speeeeeeedie]

20 hours ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

Pep needs to go. He's been found out again 

Found out? In what way? He is a genius manager. 

His City team is now too old and slow. Liverpool ran them ragged. 

I will say that his pass pass pass football is coming to its end. Long balls are now back in fashion. 

[Norbert Rassragr]

He's been found out, and needs to reinvent his tactics again. Whenever I've seen them this season, they play the same walking football Arsenal did under Wenger. No ideas, just robots passing around the penalty area.

They used to be able to up the tempo and then slice teams to bits.

[Upside Down]

2 hours ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

He's been found out, and needs to reinvent his tactics again. Whenever I've seen them this season, they play the same walking football Arsenal did under Wenger. No ideas, just robots passing around the penalty area.

They used to be able to up the tempo and then slice teams to bits.

That was when he had the best players in the world at his disposal. He's, for whatever reason, lost them now and the previous top players are all too old to do that.

This season he's been completely found out. He's got too big headed and his tactics are up to fuck all when he doesn't have the talent available to change things up or come up with some pure magic when required.

They'll no doubt do a complete rebuild in summer and spend five or six hundred million and storm the title next year.

He's never achieved anything where he hasn't had an unlimited budget or referees on the payroll. A great manager no doubt, but nowhere near as great as himself and the football hipsters think he is.

[speeeeeeedie]

2 hours ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

He's been found out, 

 

15 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

This season he's been completely found out.

I still don't get the "found out" comments? What has he been found out for? 

He's won everything there is to win many times over. He's not suddenly turned crap, nor have other managers twigged on how to beat him. It's pretty simple to me as I said earlier; his core players are all on the decline, and some of them have gone downhill quickly. Add in the fact that the player who makes them tick has been out all season and you end up with the current state.

He'll be back, and yes he will spend boatloads getting players in to do it, but a calling him a cheque book manager sells him short. If it was solely transfer spend Man U would be up there.

Speaking of Man U Ratcliffe is at it again; Guardian: Man U to close staff canteen

Top brass at the club are nixing free meals for staff to save £1million per year. What a horrible man he is. How this will get them winning the league again is beyond me.

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

He's been found out, and needs to reinvent his tactics again. Whenever I've seen them this season, they play the same walking football Arsenal did under Wenger. No ideas, just robots passing around the penalty area.

They used to be able to up the tempo and then slice teams to bits.

The Man City team is too old to pressed the ball like the best City team under Pep did. 

Doku get into some great positions yesterday but his final ball was poor. They need to buy 4 or 5 quality players in the summer and I expect De Bruyne and Grealish to move on. They need a 2 attacking midfielder, right winger, right back and back up striker to Haaland 

[Upside Down]

5 minutes ago, speeeeeeedie said:

 

I still don't get the "found out" comments? What has he been found out for? 

He's won everything there is to win many times over. He's not suddenly turned crap, nor have other managers twigged on how to beat him. It's pretty simple to me as I said earlier; his core players are all on the decline, and some of them have gone downhill quickly. Add in the fact that the player who makes them tick has been out all season and you end up with the current state.

He'll be back, and yes he will spend boatloads getting players in to do it, but a calling him a cheque book manager sells him short. If it was solely transfer spend Man U would be up there.

Speaking of Man U Ratcliffe is at it again; Guardian: Man U to close staff canteen

Top brass at the club are nixing free meals for staff to save £1million per year. What a horrible man he is. How this will get them winning the league again is beyond me.

You're just agreeing with what we're saying.

If he was truly great he'd have adapted the tactics to suit the players he had at his disposal.

[chaddyrovers]

1 minute ago, speeeeeeedie said:

Speaking of Man U Ratcliffe is at it again; Guardian: Man U to close staff canteen

Top brass at the club are nixing free meals for staff to save £1million per year. What a horrible man he is. How this will get them winning the league again is beyond me.

Its getting pathetic now from Ratcliffe. These cuts are pointless. They sacked a staff member Jackie Kay who has worked there for 30 years and Jackie started at Old Trafford in 1995 as an executive assistant through a period of historic success under Sir Alex Ferguson. In 2013 she moved to Carrington and served a succession of men’s managers, first as executive assistant and for the past 9yrs heading first team operations.

Ratcliffe's cuts are now getting embarrassing, stopping staff having free lunches and warm meals. FFS. How pathetic is it now