This Weekend's Fixtures & Leicester v Spurs (16/17/18/19 Aug)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Friday, 16th August 2024
Manchester United v Fulham, 20:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Saturday, 17th August 2024
Ipswich Town v Liverpool, 12:30 https://i.imgur.com/tM2pRxb.png
Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 15:00
Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion, 15:00
Newcastle United v Southampton, 15:00
Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth, 15:00
West Ham United v Aston Villa, 17:30 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Sunday, 18th August 2024
Brentford v Crystal Palace, 14:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg
Chelsea v Manchester City, 16:30 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Monday, 19th August 2024
Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur, 20:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

[HCZ_Reborn]

So hoping for wins for Fulham, Leicester, Ipswich and although it sickens me to say it Chelsea

The rest of the games, couldn’t give a fuck

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd: Onana; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Mazraoui; Casemiro, Mainoo; Diallo, Fernandes, Mount; Rashford.
Subs: Bayindir, De Ligt, Zirkzee, Eriksen, Garnacho, Antony, Evans, McTominay, Collyer.

Fulham: Leno; Tete, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Adama; Iwobi, Pereira, Smith Rowe; Muniz.
Subs: Benda, Reed,Jimenez, Wilson, Cairney, Cuenca, Castagne, King, Stansfield.

Agents Iwobi and ESR. :bow:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Man Utd: Onana; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Mazraoui; Casemiro, Mainoo; Diallo, Fernandes, Mount; Rashford.
Subs: Bayindir, De Ligt, Zirkzee, Eriksen, Garnacho, Antony, Evans, McTominay, Collyer.

Fulham: Leno; Tete, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Adama; Iwobi, Pereira, Smith Rowe; Muniz.
Subs: Benda, Reed,Jimenez, Wilson, Cairney, Cuenca, Castagne, King, Stansfield.

Agents Iwobi and ESR. :bow:

And Leno of course, Fulham are very slowly building a team of ex Arsenal players

[Niall_Quinn]

Okay, absolutely genuine question, are you guys SERIOUSLY interested in what happens with a football team, given what's going on in the world at the moment? I'll leave it there. Simple question. Interested in football given what is happening in the world, yes or no.

Or obviously avoid. The avoid option is cool because it allows you to also avoid shame.

Jeez, will Arsenal win the corporate league? Who the fuck cares? Shit is happening dudes. Your help required, if you please?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why does it have to be either or? You can do both as far as I know.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Woeful from Casemiro.

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Leno nearly fucks it up, comes back at him and saves with his foot.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno. :bow:

Great save.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well, with his feet.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dive from Maguire. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from Mount!

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ESR off. :rose:

Cairney on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That's so poor from Pereira, it was 2 v 1!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I say it every season but Traore is utterly hopeless.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinez did well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Man Utd, Zirkzee!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Calamity from Bassey, Rashford and Garrnacho.

[Marc Overmars]

United doing the bare minimum as usual. Some things never change.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd 1-0 Fulham, FT.

Seen enough already to think they're just as bad.

[Mac76]

Man Utd 1-0 Fulham, FT.

Seen enough already to think they're just as bad.

Maybe but they bought an attacking player and he paid off after just one game

Arsenal meanwhile...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maybe but they bought an attacking player and he paid off after just one game

Arsenal meanwhile...

Haven't scored yet. Embarrassing.

[Mac76]

Haven't scored yet. Embarrassing.

Exactly :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ipswich Town: Walton, Burns, Woolfenden, Greaves, Tuanzebe, Davis, Morsy, Luongo, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Delap.
Subs: Slicker, Phillips, Harness, Taylor, Burgess, Al-Hamadi, Johnson, Townsend, Szmodics.

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Salah, Jota, Diaz.
Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Konate, Nunez, Jones, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, Bradley.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Ipswich Town: Walton, Burns, Woolfenden, Greaves, Tuanzebe, Davis, Morsy, Luongo, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Delap.
Subs: Slicker, Phillips, Harness, Taylor, Burgess, Al-Hamadi, Johnson, Townsend, Szmodics.

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Salah, Jota, Diaz.
Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Konate, Nunez, Jones, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, Bradley.

Come on you Tractor Boys, Omari Hutchinson ex Gooner. Actually could do with him in our squad as a backup right winger

Strong lineup from Liverpool. Dont really rate MacAllister but Slot seems to rate Gravenberch more than Klopp did

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nah we're good.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Nah we're good.

Not watching the game, been a bit rubbish?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool lumping it forward.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not watching the game, been a bit rubbish?

Oh no, just he hasn't done anything to warrant that.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Oh no, just he hasn't done anything to warrant that.

Not saying we should buy him, just saying maybe in retrospect it’s a pity we sold him. But who knows, watched him a couple of times in the championship last season and he seemed decent but that’s the championship innit

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yellow for Hutchinson.

[HCZ_Reborn]

If was going to go for any ex Gooner it would probably be Donyell Malen

[HCZ_Reborn]

Yellow for Hutchinson.

Ha I’ve hexed him

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not saying we should buy him, just saying maybe in retrospect it’s a pity we sold him. But who knows, watched him a couple of times in the championship last season and he seemed decent but that’s the championship innit

He wanted to leave for Chelsea and that turned out to be a terrible decision.

All in all, I am losing no sleep over it.

[HCZ_Reborn]

He wanted to leave for Chelsea and that turned out to be a terrible decision.

All in all, I am losing no sleep over it.

Me neither, it’s just would be nice to have backup for Saka. I’m still of the view Vieira can play there but would like to actually see this

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Decent effort from Hutchinson but quite easy for Alisson.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not very good from Liverpool here.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Classic Diaz, stunning close control, no composure.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Diaz. :haha:

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Fucking hell Jota. :haha:

What a miss.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 Jota. :lol:

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0-2 Salah.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And 0-2 FT.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Pity, I think Ipswich in the end ran out of legs. Can’t say Liverpool didn’t deserve to win, but it was a pretty even contest first half

[HCZ_Reborn]

Chris Wood gets the opener for Forest vs Bournemouth

First goal in the 3pm kickoffs

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Horrendous injury for Danilo.

Everton 0-1 Brighton, Mitoma.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Forest 1-1 Bournemouth, Outtara.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Outtara equalises for Bournemouth at Forest

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed by the looks of it.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Looks like Bournemouth equaliser been chalked off

[HCZ_Reborn]

Also missed that Newcastle are down to ten men after Schar headbutted Berereton Diaz

Silly boy

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Newcastle 1-0 Southampton, Joelinton.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Everton 0-2 Brighton, Welbeck!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Everton 0-3 Brighton, Adingra.

Ashley Young was sent off for Everton too.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Everton 0-3 Brighton, Adingra.

Ashley Young was sent off for Everton too.

Ashley Young is what 39? Playing him in defence up against Mitoma was kind of setting him up to fail

[Mac76]

Everton 0-3 Brighton, Adingra.

Ashley Young was sent off for Everton too.

Great stuff :good:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

4-0.

Aww it stays 3. Still...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4zc29DXAAA0ELs.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-4 Brighton. :haha:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Nope 3-0

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Forest 1-1 Bournemouth, Semenyo!

[HCZ_Reborn]

Forest 1-1 Bournemouth, Semenyo!

Oh dear, that’s what happens when you try and sit on a 1-0 lead

[HCZ_Reborn]

West Ham- Villa up next…this should be a good game as both teams are similar in quality of players

[HCZ_Reborn]

Onana scores for Villa 0-1

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Ham 0-1 Villa, Onana!

[Mac76]

Onana scores already :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson, Soucek, Rodriguez, Paqueta, Kudus, Bowen, Antonio
Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Summerville, Ward-Prowse, Fullkrug, Ings, Todibo, Wan-Bissaka, Irving

Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Tielemans, McGinn, Onana, Rodgers, Bailey, Watkins
Subs: Gauci, Carlos, Barkley, Duran, Buendia, Philogene, Nedeljkovic, Maatsen, Ramsey.

[Mac76]

Good game so far, Villa on top but the 'ammers looking to get something on the break

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant from Bailey, until the finish.

[Mac76]

Bailey beats the keeper but hits the post :haha:

[Mac76]

Really soft pel for West Ham

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Paqueta pelanty.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Harsh Pel but still though :lol:

Come on you Ammers!

[Mac76]

VAR's clearly done nothing to improve over the summer, ridiculously soft pel, plus Havertz being strangled ignored in our game

[Mac76]

1-1 HT

Daylight robbery by the officials for the pel but still, a decent match

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Paqueta gutted he doesn't get a bonus for a second yellow there.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I went to watch West Ham play once last season (the London Stadium is nearer to me than the Emirates, and as it was April getting a ticket to see Arsenal would have been three figures) and I just did not rate Paqueta at all, constantly needed time to get the ball onto his preferred foot, wasn’t great at passing under pressure and had no great acceleration.

I think City dodged a bullet (or a betting slip) there I think

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Always go Fullkrug.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Single Duran puts Villa back in front


Bugger

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 Duran! :lol:

That's funny.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Ham 1-2 Aston Villa, FT!

[HCZ_Reborn]

No Rodri for City against Chelsea, they haven’t lost a game in which he’s played some part since February last year. And they’ve lost four of the five games in which he played no part. The only win was at home to Luton

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man City dropping so many points in big games is probably why we were able to get as close as we did.

As in, that's unusual for them.

We need more of that tbf.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Man City dropping so many points in big games is probably why we were able to get as close as we did.

As in, that's unusual for them.

We need more of that tbf.

And the fact that they only lost three games, and none with Rodri in the team is the reason we weren’t champions so it works both ways.

They dropped most of their points like us in the first half of the season, after they came back from the World club championship they amassed 63 points from 69. We amassed 53 points in the same number of games

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Toney is not in the Brentford squad due to transfer interest.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Mbeumo scores for Brentford against the run of play, just after Eze’s goal was ruled out for a foul

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brentford 2-1 Palace currently.

Pinnock OG and Wissa.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brentford 2-1 Palace, FT!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea: Sanchez; Gusto, W Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Lavia, Caicedo, Fernandez; Palmer, Jackson, Nkunku.
Subs: Jorgensen; Badiashile, Tosin, Veiga; Dewsbury-Hall, Madueke, Mudryk, Neto, Guiu.

Man City: Ederson; Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Kovacic, De Bruyne; Savinho, Silva, Doku; Haaland.
Subs: Ortega, Walker, Stones, Ake, Grealish, Nunes, Foden, O'Reilly, McAtee

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea 0-1 Man City, Haaland.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good save from Sanchez off Doku.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Jackson.

Ederson. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Savinho off injured, Foden on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sanchez saves from Haaland!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pedro Neto is on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ederson saves from Jackson!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Lewis, obvious foul from Haaland.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-2 Kovacic.

Sanchez. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea 0-2 Man City, FT.

Chelsea. :lol:

[Mac76]

Chelsea 0-2 Man City, FT.

Chelsea. :lol:

Oh yes, hilarious, given this is a fixture we'd have hoped Citeh might not win

But hey let's just laugh at Chelsea as though they mattered any more

[HCZ_Reborn]

Oh yes, hilarious, given this is a fixture we'd have hoped Citeh might not win

But hey let's just laugh at Chelsea as though they mattered any more

Meh I wanted Chelsea to win, but we can only win our matches can’t control what goes on in other games

Plus fuck Chelsea, scumbag club, scumbag fans

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leicester: Hermansen, Kristiansen, Faes Vestergaard, Justin, Winks, Ndidi; Buonanotte, Decordova-Reid, Fatawu, Vardy.
Subs: Ward, Ricardo, Nelson, Choudhury, Soumare, McAteer, Mavididi, Cannon, Okoli.

Tottenham: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie, Bentancur, Maddison, Sarr, Johnson, Solanke, Son.
Subs: Dragusin; Richarlison, Gray, Bergvall, Werner, Spence, Kulusevski, Davies, Austin.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh yes, hilarious, given this is a fixture we'd have hoped Citeh might not win

But hey let's just laugh at Chelsea as though they mattered any more

This miserable one gameweek in. Jesus.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I want to avoid depression but this game isn’t helping, Leicester being slapped around like Ulrika Johnson by Stan Collymore

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Romero header wide, good chance.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 Porro

[HCZ_Reborn]

Leicester being passive is apparently what the commentators are saying. No they are being shit. They are playing about as well as they can, they are just dreadful

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Vardy!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vardy fucks it up, should be 2-1.

[HCZ_Reborn]

1-1 full time

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds. :lol:

[Letters]

Spuds. :lol:

:gp:

#mindthegap

[Mac76]

#mindthegap

Indeed