This Weekend's Fixtures & Liverpool v Palace (13/14/15 Aug).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saturday 13th August 2022
Aston Villa v Everton, 12:30 https://i.imgur.com/hISMgBT.jpg]
Arsenal v Leicester City, 15:00
Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United, 15:00
Manchester City v Bournemouth, 15:00
Southampton v Leeds United, 15:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Fulham, 15:00
Brentford v Manchester United, 17:30 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Sunday, 14th August 2022
Nottingham Forest v West Ham United, 14:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg
Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur, 16:30 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Monday, 15th August 2022
Liverpool v Crystal Palace, 20:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aston Villa : Martinez, Cash, Diego Carlos, Mings, Digne, Ramsey, Kamara, McGinn, Watkins, Ings, Coutinho.
Subs: Konsa, Douglas Luiz, Buendia, Chambers, Augustinsson, Young, Olsen, Bailey, Archer.

Everton: Pickford, Patterson, Holgate, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, McNeil, Doucoure, Iwobi, Gray, Gordon.
Subs: Keane, Onana, Begovic, Alli, Coleman, Davies, Ruben Vinagre, Rondon, Mills.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Villa 1-0 Everton, Ings!

[Xhaka Can’t]

Everton is such a pointless team.

Just fucking go down.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Villa 2-1 Everton, Buendia and then Digne OG!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man City 1-0 Bournemouth, Gundogan!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man City 2-0 Bournemouth, De Bruyne!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man City 3-0 Bournemouth, Foden!

Brave Scotty Parker. :rose:

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Southampton 0-1 Leeds, Rodrigo!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Southampton 0-2 Leeds, Rodrigo with his second!

[HCZ_Reborn]

Southampton 0-2 Leeds, Rodrigo with his second!

I had Leeds as definites to go down

So much for that

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Southampton 1-2 Leeds, Aribo!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sa pelanty save to deny Mirtrovic.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh 4-0 Lima OG.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Southampton 2-2 Leeds, Walker-Peters!

[HCZ_Reborn]

United 2-0 down to Brentford after twenty minutes

[Letters]

Going down, going down, going dooown :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

De Gea chucking it in. :bow:

[GP]

Three nil

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-0 Mee. :haha:

[GP]

How much for Martinez?

:lol:

[HCZ_Reborn]

De Gea chucking it in. :bow:

Whole team chucking it in

Don’t get me wrong there are some players in this team that would never have made the squad in some of the best United sides let alone the first XI

But they just aren’t putting any effort in, half hearted challenges to win the ball back. Lazy fouls. Do not give a shit

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Intruder on the pitch?

Has been since the beginning.

[HCZ_Reborn]

:haha:

Brentford actually more dominant than City were in the first half against Bournemouth. At least Bournemouth put the effort in, they were just run ragged.

[GP]

FOUR!!

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

4-0!!! :haha:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Fucking hell!!!! :pal:

[HCZ_Reborn]

I’ll be honest I didn’t see where they were going to improve on last season given they haven’t addressed the glaring issue within the team….the team

I feel for Ten Haag it’s abundantly clear he’s out of his depth. They’ve got to play Liverpool next week. At this rate I don’t see him making it till September

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Could go very Frank De Boer

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wonder who will take Ronaldo on, he's going to go surely?

[HCZ_Reborn]

Could go very Frank De Boer

Yes or indeed Yesssshhhh

[I am invisible]

:haha:

[I am invisible]

I can’t wait to see the panic-buying that comes from this! United definitely need to chuck Rabiot on this fire.

[Mac76]

:haha:

:gp:

[dazthegooner]

So, Sky/ManUSports have said that the last time they lost their first two games was the 92/93 season and they then went on to win the league, well that's the seasons over then might as well give them the title now. :sulk:

[Letters]

I would 4-0 be a ManYoo supporter.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Bit of hilarious perspective, this is United’s 7th Away league defeat in a row

In that time they have scored two goals and conceded 21 (This is their 3rd 4-0 defeat in this run after thrashings at Liverpool and Brighton)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jamie Redknapp and Gary Neville. :popcorn:

"Look at me when I'm talking to you" - Jamie Redknapp

[Mac76]

Jamie Redknapp and Gary Neville. :popcorn:

"Look at me when I'm talking to you" - Jamie Redknapp

Fight fight...

[Xhaka Can’t]

So, Sky/ManUSports have said that the last time they lost their first two games was the 92/93 season and they then went on to win the league, well that's the seasons over then might as well give them the title now. :sulk:

They can only throw it away now!

[I am invisible]

I would 4-0 be a ManYoo supporter.
:lol:

:gp:

[I am invisible]

Seriously, I want 8 at OT - the perfect way to cap this turnaround!

[Letters]

I bet they had high expectations going to Brentford, but it was all four nothing :cool:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Forest 0-1 West Ham, Benrahma!

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VAR says no.

Antonio did bundle Mangala over.

0-0 it remains.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Forest 1-0 West Ham, Awoniy!

Sexy finish. :lol:

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2-0 Forest, Johnson!

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Looks offside.

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And it is indeed disallowed, 1-0.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Henderson saves a pelanty from Rice!

[I am invisible]

I bet they had high expectations going to Brentford, but it was all four nothing :cool:
Spent the last half hour watching Man U fan reaction comps from yesterday - absolute gold!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Forest 1-0 West Ham, FT!

[Letters]

Spent the last half hour watching Man U fan reaction comps from yesterday - absolute gold!

:lol:

Will have to have a look.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea: Mendy, James, Silva, Koulibaly, Loftus-Cheek, Kante, Jorginho, Cucurella, Mount, Havertz, Sterling.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Pulisic, Chalobah, Broja, Hudson-Odoi, Chilwell, Ziyech, Gallagher, Azpilicueta.

Tottenham: Lloris, Royal, Romero, Dier, Davies, Sessegnon, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Kulusevski, Son, Kane.
Subs: Forster, Doherty, Sanchez, Richarlison, Gil, Perisic, Tanganga, Moura, Bissouma.

[I am invisible]

:lol:

Will have to have a look.
This one American fan was great value - championship manager kid levels of rage! After the 4th goal goes in he strips off his United kit and just sits there, refusing to wear it any more!

[I am invisible]

It’s all going spursy!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Koulibaly!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Obvious yellow for James.

[GP]

Sterling is shit

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sterling. :haha:

[GP]

And now Kane misses a sitter

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Hojbjerg.

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Havertz just dropped the Ashes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 James!!

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Tuchel celebration. :haha:

[GP]

Neither of these sides are very good.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Romero to be sent off for hair pulling?

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2-2 Kane.

Chelsea. :doh:

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James OG in fact.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 FT. Conte and Tuchel kick off!

[Letters]

That’s alright. Would have preferred a Chelsea win but I’ll take it.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Romero to be sent off for hair pulling?

How on earth did the referee watching on VAR look at several replays of that hair pull and decide it wasnt a red card?

The referees are corrupt. There is no other explanation

[mandela8]

How on earth did the referee watching on VAR look at several replays of that hair pull and decide it wasnt a red card?

The referees are corrupt. There is no other explanation

Actually insane that. Unquestionably dodgy.

[I am invisible]

Can’t say either side look like they’ve jumped a level from last year. Chelsea look like they’re running to stand still, trying to replace all the players they’ve lost / binned off, and spurs look like they’ve just doubled down on options they already had - doesn’t look like they’ve added any new tricks.

[I am invisible]

Actually insane that. Unquestionably dodgy.
Nothing changed from last year then - spurs still getting all the dodgy decisions going their way and puffing their points with 100th minute equalisers and winners.

On the plus side, though, nothing has changed from last year! Looks like they’re still only built to play counter-attacking football with a back three and no creativity in midfield.

[Mac76]

A draw was a good result, whatever 'Pool do tomorrow we'll be second after two matches.

It's on

[LDG]

Wasn’t overly impressed by either team. That said, James and Cucurella look like a great fullback pairing

[Letters]

A draw was a good result, whatever 'Pool do tomorrow we'll be second after two matches.

It's on
Arteta :bow:

Xhaka :bow:

[Letters]

The referees are corrupt. There is no other explanation
The other explanation is incompetence. And I always argue against your thesis because if that’s true then what’s the point of any of this? But I must admit there are fairly regular incidents which do make you wonder.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

The other explanation is incompetence. And I always argue against your thesis because if that’s true then what’s the point of any of this? But I must admit there are fairly regular incidents which do make you wonder.

Maybe not corrupt in that it favours certain teams over others, but corrupt so that it manufactures drama and excitement? I can see that.

The tackle on Havertz isn't so egregious imo, but I don't know how even an incompetent ref/VAR can look at the hair pull (:handbags:) and not call it a foul.

[HCZ_Reborn]

How on earth did the referee watching on VAR look at several replays of that hair pull and decide it wasnt a red card?

The referees are corrupt. There is no other explanation

Well there is, incompetence….it’s a packed penalty area and they are under pressure to give a decision quickly and by the time they’ve spotted what’s going on it’s too late. Sometimes bias can seep in as well, oh this player has made the most of that etc.

I hope there isn’t a habit of overlooking this kind of behaviour.

[Letters]

It’s a good point about the time pressure.
The endless slow motion replays from multiple angles really exposed how poor referees are.
But they only get to see the incident once in real time.
There is less excuse with VAR, but there is still the time pressure we don’t have after the game.

[Ollie the Optimist]

It’s a good point about the time pressure.
The endless slow motion replays from multiple angles really exposed how poor referees are.
But they only get to see the incident once in real time.
There is less excuse with VAR, but there is still the time pressure we don’t have after the game.

I can understand Taylor missing it in real time. Ball coming into the box, lots of bodies etc, thats fair enough.

But when the var operator sees multiple angles showing a spurs player throwing the Chelsea player to the ground by pulling his hair and deciding no action? That’s just not acceptable.

Presumably there would have been communication to Taylor where VAR states we think a player pulled another’s hair here so checking and he should have stepped in to say, if there is a hair pull then red card

[GP]

Last season they took 5 minutes looking for an excuse to disallow a Martinelli goal, couldn't find one, disallowed it anyway.

[Letters]

I haven’t seen the incident we are talking about.
But one thing that grinds my gears.
Let’s be charitable and say it is incompetence.
Why is there never any consequence? It doesn’t seem to matter how inept they are, there they are again the next week officiating in another game.

[HCZ_Reborn]

There was a consequence, Graeme Souness becoming tumescent and saying how a man pulling another man’s hair is part of the “man’s game” which whilst it irritates the feminist lesbians in the woman's game as a plus…it demonstrates how cheating is considered a good thing amongst certain people…fine but then don’t have the rules in the first place.

On another lovely note, United fans on Twitter are flirting with “Hitler was right” in regards to the fact that the Glazers are Jewish….both Indian and Irish fans decrying them for penny pinching (really…??) because of course it’s a massive shock that Hindu and Irish nationalists are anti Semetic.

I hate to think what will happen if they lose to Liverpool (should be when they lose to Liverpool)…selling copies of Hitler’s War by David Irwin outside Old Trafford?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Phillips, Van Dijk, Robertson, Elliott, Fabinho, Milner, Salah, Nunez, Díaz.
Subs: Adrian, Gomez, Keita, Henderson, Tsimikas, Clark, Carvalho, Bajcetic, Van den Berg.

Crystal Palace: Guaita, Clyne, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Eze, Doucoure, Schlupp, Zaha, J Ayew.
Subs: Edouard, Milivojevic, Mateta, Hughes, Johnstone, Ebiowei, Plange, Olise, Richards.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Christ that bench.

We need to get some new inhalers.

[Globalgunner]

Christ that bench.

We need to get some new inhalers.

What happened to the Japanese guy?...(.name escapes me). Have you sold him already, he was quite a good player

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

What happened to the Japanese guy?...(.name escapes me). Have you sold him already, he was quite a good player

Little Taki. Yeah we sold him to Monaco this summer, £15m so doubled our money. He was decent, could never really impost himself in the league but was brilliant in the cups last year tbf.

[mandela8]

I can understand Taylor missing it in real time. Ball coming into the box, lots of bodies etc, thats fair enough.

But when the var operator sees multiple angles showing a spurs player throwing the Chelsea player to the ground by pulling his hair and deciding no action? That’s just not acceptable.

Presumably there would have been communication to Taylor where VAR states we think a player pulled another’s hair here so checking and he should have stepped in to say, if there is a hair pull then red card

This is the point.

They've clearly seen him pull the player to the ground by his hair. There is no doubt about that. They've then decided to take no action. That is not incompetence.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Palace are being shat on.

Still 0-0 though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Salah puts it wide somehow.

:rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Header from Salah, straight at Guiata.

[GP]

ZAHAAA!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 ZAHA!!!

[HCZ_Reborn]

Snigger

[GP]

"Person of colour" is the preferred term, I believe.

[HCZ_Reborn]

"Person of colour" is the preferred term, I believe.

Ssssshhhhh you trying to get me cancelled?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nunez and Van Dijk. :haha:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Reminds me of our first ever league defeat at the Emirates. Against West Ham, absolutely bombarded Rob Green in goal yet Zamora has the only chance West Ham have in the game and buries it.

Would be tragic if that happened here :haha:

[GP]

Nunez SENT OFF!

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nunez :haha:

Give him the Darwin Award.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Diaz!
What a strike.

[HCZ_Reborn]

[\QUOTE] I hate to think what will happen if they lose to Liverpool (should be when they lose to Liverpool)[/QUOTE]

Yeah I take this back, the way Liverpool are playing no guarantee they’d win at OT

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zaha just dropped the Ashes.

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Zaha FFS.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Very unlucky for Carvalho.

So well struck.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace, FT.

Man Utd v Liverpool next Monday is a relegation six pointer. :bow:

[Mac76]

It's on - Citeh vs Citeh Mini-Me for the title

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

If you're gonna get a red card for headbutting, headbutt them properly ffs.

https://c.tenor.com/B6ngps59pOUAAAAC/kevin-owens.gif

[Letters]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=896Zd5vPf4Y

Fry :bow:

[Letters]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fFlsmyWBRM0

:haha:

[Mac76]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fFlsmyWBRM0

:haha:

Good share :lol: