Football season 2018/19

thebigfredc posted:

If you took offence at my comments......

I didn’t. 

Don’t think I’ve enjoyed a Wrexham AFC performance as much as that one in maybe 40 years. Blasted to pieces the vanity project that is Salford City with a magnificent performance from start to end with 5 superb goals. They finished with 10 men. Should have finished with 9 and had no idea why they were beaten. Sod’s law says we’ll now lose to Tim Flowers team on Saturday and then lose to Salford on Saturday. There were 12 games in league one today and our crowd beat 8 of them!

And now it’s Liverpool opening a gap at the top of the Prem. I’m delighted that there is going to be a contest. 

Meanwhile Saints are at home to Kev’s West Ham this evening......

And.the mighty Spurs up to 2nd after two excellent showings. 

steve

And the Champions down to third.I think if Liverpool beat City next thursday it could be all over.I know anything could happen but they have got the best defense and foward line.

While technically a neutral, I have followed the Reds more closely than other PL teams for the last 15 years or so. They and the Spurs seem to be playing very well right now but, obviously, there’s still a half season to go. Heard a commentator say something interesting yesterday. In the last 16 seasons, the team at top of table on Christmas Day has gone on to win the league 14 times. The two exceptions were both Liverpool. 

The biggest difference I see between last year’s and this year’s squad is depth. Despite injuries to Gomez, Matip and Alexander-Arnold, their defense continues to play well.  Of course, if either VVD or Alisson went down, they could be in trouble. On offense, Salah looks to once again be playing at a high level, but the side is also better balanced, and getting goals from lots of different contributors. Lastly, they have great depth in midfield, and the additions of Fabhino, Keita and Shaqiri are all paying strong dividends. Top to bottom, they appear to have addressed just about all of last year’s weaknesses.

Despite their recent drop in form, I still see City as the team to beat this year, with Spurs a close second. Am anticipating a real nail biter of a race to the finish!

Tabby cat posted:

And the Champions down to third.I think if Liverpool beat City next thursday it could be all over.I know anything could happen but they have got the best defense and foward line.

A long way to go yet, Ian, and every team has as least one blip during a season. I'm certainly trying to persuade myself about that in relation to my lot . I certainly wouldn't bet against City winning the title again.  As a neutral it's nice to see some competition.   

Mike Hughes posted:

Don’t think I’ve enjoyed a Wrexham AFC performance as much as that one in maybe 40 years. Blasted to pieces the vanity project that is Salford City with a magnificent performance from start to end with 5 superb goals. They finished with 10 men. Should have finished with 9 and had no idea why they were beaten. Sod’s law says we’ll now lose to Tim Flowers team on Saturday and then lose to Salford on Saturday. There were 12 games in league one today and our crowd beat 8 of them!

excellent Mike, it is absolute magic when your team gets a result that is the football equivalent of a V sign

It's funny but more Liverpool supporters have yo yo'd in and out of the closet over the past years than I have ever known of any other team and I have to say for the most irrational reasons, I had a Liverpool 'supporter' laugh in my face after Arsenal's loss to Southampton raise his arms and sing You'll Never Walk Alone I would rather any team win the premier league than Liverpool even Spurs and that is coming from a life long Gooner. 

Bob the Builder posted:

It's funny but more Liverpool supporters have yo yo'd in and out of the closet over the past years than I have ever known of any other team and I have to say for the most irrational reasons, I had a Liverpool 'supporter' laugh in my face after Arsenal's loss to Southampton raise his arms and sing You'll Never Walk Alone I would rather any team win the premier league than Liverpool even Spurs and that is coming from a life long Gooner. 

IME, all PL teams (ok, correction, all sports teams) have lots of loyal fans, lots of fair weather fans, and quite a few obnoxious fans.  No exceptions.

Couldn't  agree with you more Bob... i could even stomach Millwall winning it (not that that's likely) and thats coming from a Hammer

Bob the Builder posted:

It's funny but more Liverpool supporters have yo yo'd in and out of the closet over the past years than I have ever known of any other team

I'm not sure what a person's sexual inclination has to do with the football team they support 

Eh?

steve

Liverpool could do with another trophy to knock Man U off their perch:

Jonn posted:

Liverpool could do with another trophy to knock Man U off their perch:

MOST MAJOR TROPHIES IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL (as of February 2018)

NO#	CLUB	TITLES	DETAILS
1	Manchester United	42	20 League Titles,  12 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, 3 Champions League, 1 Europa League, 1 FIFA Club WC
2	Liverpool	41	18 League Titles, 7 FA Cups, 8 League Cups, 5 European Title, 3 UEFA Cups
3	Arsenal	30	13 League Titles, 13 FA Cups, 2 League Cups, 2 UEFA Cups
4	Chelsea	22	6 League Titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, 1 European Title., 3 UEFA Cups
5	Aston Villa	20	7 League Titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, 1 European Title
6	Everton	15	9 League Titles, 5 FA Cups, 1 UEFA Cups
7	Tottenham	17	2 League Titles, 8 FA Cups, 4 League Cups, 3 UEFA Cups
8	Man City	14	4 League titles, 5 FA Cups, 4 League Cups, 1 UEFA Cup
9	Newcastle Utd	11	4 League, 6 FA Cups, 1 UEFA Cup
10	Sunderland	8	6 League Titles, 2 FA Cups
11	Blackburn	10	3 League Titles, 6 FA Cups, 1 league Cup
12	Wolverhampton	9	3 League Titles, 4 FA Cups, 2 League Cups
13	Nottingham Forest	9	1 League Title, 2 FA Cup, 4 League Cups, 2 European Title
14	Sheffield Wed	8	4 League Titles, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup
15	Leeds United	7	3 League Title, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 2 UEFA Cup
16	West Brom	7	1 League, 5 FA Cups, 1 League Cup
17	Huddersfield	4	3 League titles, 1 FA Cup
18	Sheffield United	5	1 League title, 4 FA Cup
19	Portsmouth	4	2 League titles, 2 FA Cup
20	Preston	4	2 League titles, 2 FA Cup
21	Burnley	3	2 League titles, 1 FA Cup
22	Derby	3	2 League titles, 1 FA Cup

Nice to see my lot creeping into the top 20.  

Saints sluggish tonight I thought, in our 2-1 loss to West Ham. In fact, I wondered if we were overtrained and just need an extra rest day. Maybe the players are having trouble adapting to the high pressing game. We had out moments but imo missed Pierre-Emile Højbjerg who was suspended (I think).

I always find it hard to look at the opposition but full credit to WHU they took their chances and punished Saints accordingly. Anderson will be all over tomorrow's back pages. Rightly.

City at St Mary's on Sunday.  Something tells me Guardiola will be looking for a reaction ahead of their Liverpool game...

*We had our moments*

Ian, if you are going to St Mary's this afternoon I'm hoping you will introduce yourself! I wear a pinky red bib with 006 on the back (the other lensmen wear green) and a black beanie. Assuming Saints kick towards the City fans in the first half, I will probably be sitting away to your left, level with the D.

Let's enjoy our game!

PaulM160 posted:

Mike Hughes posted:

Don’t think I’ve enjoyed a Wrexham AFC performance as much as that one in maybe 40 years. Blasted to pieces the vanity project that is Salford City with a magnificent performance from start to end with 5 superb goals. They finished with 10 men. Should have finished with 9 and had no idea why they were beaten. Sod’s law says we’ll now lose to Tim Flowers team on Saturday and then lose to Salford on Saturday. There were 12 games in league one today and our crowd beat 8 of them!

excellent Mike, it is absolute magic when your team gets a result that is the football equivalent of a V sign

And now we’ve seen off the huge brutes from Birmingham even a loss away to Salford will be acceptable.

Saints outplayed in a 1-3 defeat to City. We might have had a penalty but I don't like that whingeing after the event stuff. The glimmer of hope though is that the Hughes era is over and that Hasenhüttl has us playing a high pressing game. We looked utterly shagged on 90 mins though.

Onwards....

Well pleased with the City result against The Saints. David Silva and Fernandiniho back where much needed.Thursdays game at home to Liverpool is going to be massive.Can't wait.

Christopher_M posted:

Saints outplayed in a 1-3 defeat to City. We might have had a penalty but I don't like that whingeing after the event stuff. The glimmer of hope though is that the Hughes era is over and that Hasenhüttl has us playing a high pressing game. We looked utterly shagged on 90 mins though.

Onwards....

...and a very rash and unnecessary red card for Hojbjerg.  You could do without losing him for the next 3 games, Chris. 

Totally Mike.

That was utter rubbish! We looked clueless and knackered. Brighton next, and they are no mugs.

Away win at Salford clearly too much to ask but not doing worse than Orient would mean we’d had a magnificent holiday period.