Football thread

Shout out to Kosovo, who got a draw in their 1st ever 'official' competitive fixture against Finland. Good to see them at least have a point from the game.

Funny thing is: EVERY Game in that group ended 1-1 (Iceland/Ukraine, Kosovo/Finland, Croatia/Turkey)

play football>watch football

watching football is so boring ><

play football>watch football

watching football is so boring ><

I'm gonna be honest: Phelan deserved Manager of the month. Yes, Jose/Pep/Conte went undefeated but they managed to meet expectations ... Phelan massively exceeded what people expected Hull to do, even after just 3 games. Even more so when you consider how threadbare the squad was and the circumstances going into this season for them. Hopefully he gets the reward he truly deserves tho; that is, the Hull job full time.

Jose was 4th on my list, but of course, these things are decided by polls, so of course United are gonna have an advantage there . As for Hull: Even if they finish 17th, they'll consider this season a success; Phelan's the right guy for the job imo. As their squad grows and they start getting players back, I can see them staying up tbh. Yes, it's 3 games, and we cannot foresee how the season will go, but I think they'll do fine.

Derby results.

Man U: 1
Man C; 2

City deserved this win; were the better team throughout the 90 minutes. Even more so in the opening 30-35 minutes, when they could easily have killed the game off. Bravo had a piss poor mistake to gift Zlatan his goal, but United woke up; worked their way back into it. Pogba and I did the same thing in this derby tho ... that being, absolutely nothing :p. I have the excuse of not playing tho . De Bruyne easily MotM.

Celtic: 5
Rangers: 1

Not much to say. Celtic dominated, Dembele got a hat trick and that was that.

I'mma need to look at the replays on that Rashford one, because it looked like Ibra (who was offside) may have touched it. Surprised you didn't bring up the fact Bravo could/should have been sent off for his tackle on Rooney.

Anyway: Liverpool 4-1 LCFC
Barca  1-2 Alaves.

That Bravo tackle shoulda been a pen tbh. He had no control in the tackle and studs were up, but eh, refs are inconsistent.

Also, that was a soft penalty that gave Arsenal the win tbh. 

Just watch Payet's assist from the West Ham game. Absolutely brilliant.

Spurs won 4-0 v Stoke, not Sunderland btw.

Liverpool starting well this season. Then again, we have been facing big teams lmao --- More worried about Hull next than I was against Chelsea lmao (We play up or down based off our opponents lol. Shit as favourites).

Pep must have lost his internet connection or something ... Step up and take the banter man. LOL, UNITED. WATFORD THO! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ... Flopba showing why he was overpaid for also. Capoue > Flopba.

More importantly, Liverpool are above United on the table .

At least Sadio Mane's proving to be worth his pricetag lmao.

Also, Icardi is a f*cking beast. Inter 2-1 Juve. Great game too

I'mma be honest: Jose NEEDS to get the team balance right for you guys; that includes the CM partnership. I actually rate Fellani, he's a reliable player who's responsible on the ball and helps the CB's out, but he DOES NOT mesh with Pogba. Pogba's not a playmaking CM, neither is Fellani: neither one of them is gonna give you that killer ball outta midfield. United do have a better option in that regard --- Michael Carrick. Dunno why he didn't come on v Watford, would have been the game breaker you needed. Heck, I'd try Carrick/Pogba in the CM spots; see how it works at least. I do also believe the pricetag has put some additional expectations on Pogba, but he's not a goal scoring CM. Sure, he scored a few screamers at Juve, but his Goals to games ratio was like 1:6 lmao.