The Round Ball Game

[Serial_Apologist]

Wonderful display and audio....still had the chants echoing around my head like a mantra as I walked the dog several hours later....

It's that south-of-the-River spirit I'm always on abaht.

[Beef Oven!]

Boom!

No giggles today, Alpie!

Alpie said he’d laugh if it was all a rumour, and if it were true, he’d accompany his next five BaL lists with a picture of himself in just his underpants. Let’s see if he’s true to his word.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Alpie said he’d laugh if it was all a rumour, and if it were true, he’d accompany his next five BaL lists with a picture of himself in just his underpants. Let’s see if he’s true to his word.

Listen, do you want a BaL list or not?

[Beef Oven!]

Listen, do you want a BaL list or not?

[teamsaint]

Love the Alpenselfie.

[jayne lee wilson]

As the taxi driver & I agreed this evening -

"Now there are TWO reasons to hate Man Utd..." (**)

Oh, I used to enjoy Jose... whilst the egocentrism seemed almost a heaven-sent blessing to the man himself, and the self-belief was leavened by wit and charm and great soundbites. But what happened last season? His inability to just say sorry to his physios, his tendency toward selfpity in his complaints and criticisms of his own players....I went off him quickly - BIG time.
Has anyone yet worked out how he managed to lose the dressingroom at Chelsea so completely?

I think of all that's going on at the other end of the East Lancs Road and feel.... very, very tired.

Klopp and Mourinho are as two sides of the same zealous, self-promoting footie-philosophising coin: but where Jurgen seems at times almost angelic, huggably beneficent and forgiving, Jose is the Satanic One. You can't imagine Mourinho feeling sorry for a team he's just beaten 6-0, as Klopp expressed about his victory over poor, lame Aston Villa....

On Mourinho, Barney Ronay put it brilliantly today "Darth Vader has entered the Death Star..... A listing giant has hitched itself to another star vehicle in need of uplift..."
As he says, it all promises to be "horribly watchable..."

(**)Lovely story from another age...https://www.theguardian.com/football...-alex-ferguson

[cloughie]

As the taxi driver & I agreed this evening -

"Now there are TWO reasons to hate Man Utd..." (**)

Oh, I used to enjoy Jose... whilst the egocentrism seemed almost a heaven-sent blessing to the man himself, and the self-belief was leavened by wit and charm and great soundbites. But what happened last season? His inability to just say sorry to his physios, his tendency toward selfpity in his complaints and criticisms of his own players....I went off him quickly - BIG time.
Has anyone yet worked out how he managed to lose the dressingroom at Chelsea so completely?

I think of all that's going on at the other end of the East Lancs Road and feel.... very, very tired.

Klopp and Mourinho are as two sides of the same zealous, self-promoting footie-philosophising coin: but where Jurgen seems at times almost angelic, huggably beneficent and forgiving, Jose is the Satanic One. You can't imagine Mourinho feeling sorry for a team he's just beaten 6-0, as Klopp expressed about his victory over poor, lame Aston Villa....

On Mourinho, Barney Ronay put it brilliantly today "Darth Vader has entered the Death Star..... A listing giant has hitched itself to another star vehicle in need of uplift..."
As he says, it all promises to be "horribly watchable..."

(**)Lovely story from another age...https://www.theguardian.com/football...-alex-ferguson

I guess he lost the Chelsea dressing room because the overpaid mercenaries did not give a xxxx. It appears to me that there are large numbers of players in the Prem that are letting down their fans and their managers. Not a new phenomenon but I think it's been more evident this season. Also rewards for failure and cost of the manager go round appear to be ever growing.

[Beef Oven!]

I guess he lost the Chelsea dressing room because the overpaid mercenaries did not give a xxxx. It appears to me that there are large numbers of players in the Prem that are letting down their fans and their managers. Not a new phenomenon but I think it's been more evident this season. Also rewards for failure and cost of the manager go round appear to be ever growing.

Exactly

[gurnemanz]

As the taxi driver & I agreed this evening -

"Now there are TWO reasons to hate Man Utd..." (**)

I would have joined in the agreement if I'd been in that taxi. What a horrible scenario.

[Beef Oven!]

What’s horrible about this scenario? And why do people hate United? I don’t understand why anyone would hate Manchester United.

[teamsaint]

What’s horrible about this scenario? And why do people hate United? I don’t understand why anyone would hate Manchester United.

I think fans in general have rather more time for united, than city or chelsea, for example.

Anyway, it'll be great fun to have the opportunity to beat united AND JM together.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I suppose some big clubs, like Manchester United and Arsenal, have achieved their success by their own efforts, whereas Chelsea and Manchester City would be mediocrities without the extreme funding from their mega-wealthy owners.

[teamsaint]

I suppose some big clubs, like Manchester United and Arsenal, have achieved their success by their own efforts, whereas Chelsea and Manchester City would be mediocrities without the extreme funding from their mega-wealthy owners.

That would be my view, fwiw.

[Beef Oven!]

I suppose some big clubs, like Manchester United and Arsenal, have achieved their success by their own efforts, whereas Chelsea and Manchester City would be mediocrities without the extreme funding from their mega-wealthy owners.

Especially Arsenal - hats of to them and particularly Wenger (credit where credit’s due).

[cloughie]

I suppose some big clubs, like Manchester United and Arsenal, have achieved their success by their own efforts, whereas Chelsea and Manchester City would be mediocrities without the extreme funding from their mega-wealthy owners.

The yo yo clubs that have got lucky!