im happy the weird kit club equalized!Watching Brentford vs Fulham at the moment - a great couple of sides to watch as a neutral
several years ago, Willian, Oscar and Hazard were on the same pitch together
only one survived to play in 2023
im happy the weird kit club equalized!Watching Brentford vs Fulham at the moment - a great couple of sides to watch as a neutral
Agree. Our last two games are Leeds and Leicester. Not that there are any easy games in the PL, but not too bad a games to have.The thing that would worry me about Southampton - and I like Southampton and wish them well - is that - studying the stats of the table, at the moment - they are on 16 defeats, two more than anyone else in the division. That is a statistic that should cause concern.
The other thing to noet is how closely clustered the bottom six are, as has already been pointed out by others; usually, by this time of the season, two thrids of the way through, two or three teams - or, at the very least, one team - have come adrift of the others. That is not the case this year.
I expect the scrambled fight at the bottom to escape relegation to continue until the very last minute of the last game on the final day of the season.
That's where I believe the club has a real advantage.The thing that would worry me about Southampton - and I like Southampton and wish them well - is that - studying the stats of the table, at the moment - they are on 16 defeats, two more than anyone else in the division. That is a statistic that should cause concern.
The other thing to noet is how closely clustered the bottom six are, as has already been pointed out by others; usually, by this time of the season, two thrids of the way through, two or three teams - or, at the very least, one team - have come adrift of the others. That is not the case this year.
I expect the scrambled fight at the bottom to escape relegation to continue until the very last minute of the last game on the final day of the season.
We’ve had our turns. I’d hoped we had got past that. Even if we do stay up, we lose Rice in the summer. Can’t see us being a better team without him.That's where I believe the club has a real advantage.
Saints made a living fighting the relegation battle on the last day for many years. It's why our fans are so...nonplussed is not the right word, but maybe...ambivalent about the prospect of a relegation scrap.
Other clubs - not so much.
I really thought the Hammers had turned a corner a couple of seasons ago.We’ve had our turns. I’d hoped we had got past that. Even if we do stay up, we lose Rice in the summer. Can’t see us being a better team without him.
That's where I believe the club has a real advantage.
Saints made a living fighting the relegation battle on the last day for many years. It's why our fans are so...nonplussed is not the right word, but maybe...ambivalent about the prospect of a relegation scrap.
Other clubs - not so much.
Wish I knew.I really thought the Hammers had turned a corner a couple of seasons ago.
Thought you were going to remain a top half club with occasional forays into Europe on a regular basis.
What went wrong?
I think that you have felt the departure of Mark Noble, and that you have been unable to adequately replace what he provided you with on the field.Wish I knew.
We've always been known to be frugal and stable off the pitch and wildly unstable on it.Still, while I wish Southampton well, and can only salute that sort of character that can allow a team to salvage something from a season, and escape the trapdoor on the last day, - their stats do not fill me with confidence.
Only three points - between Bournemouth on 21 points, at the very bottom in 20th place, and Leicester, currently lying 15th in the table on 24 points - separate the bottom six teams - they really are clumped closely together, clustered together, at the foot of the table.
Actually, I erred earlier when I said that with 16 defeats Southampton had two more defeats than anyone else in the table (and that would bother me). Actually, while they still have more defeats than anyone else in the table, with 16 defeats, Leicester with 15, come worryingly close.
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As a football fan I have never and never will agree to that (in bold) because to me a 'real' fan/supporter of their club will show their passion for the club and therefore speak out when they are getting the 'piss' taken out of them. Carragher took the 'piss' and Neville responded in kind by telling him to 'do one', a very just response in my opinion due to Neville not only being an ex United player but also a fan of the club. It was also very obvious to see during the punditry that Souness was goading Neville into a response and again Neville responded in kind. When people start 'trash talking' about a team (making fun of them), I'd expect a fan who is in a position to say something to speak out against those 'trash' talking and that is exactly what Neville did. He is a fan of the club and he stood up against two ex-Liverpool players 'trash' talking about United.Keano and Neville were right to excoriate the players. I was talking more about their interactions with their follow pundits after the match, who were certainly enjoying themselves at their expense. Sometimes you've just got to take your lumps with some dignity — it happens to all of us at some point.
Bruno has some hard lessons to learn. Good captains stand up when times are bad — they don't lose their heads.
As a football fan I have never and never will agree to that (in bold) because to me a 'real' fan/supporter of their club will show their passion for the club and therefore speak out when they are getting the 'piss' taken out of them. Carragher took the 'piss' and Neville responded in kind by telling him to 'do one', a very just response in my opinion due to Neville not only being an ex United player but also a fan of the club. It was also very obvious to see during the punditry that Souness was goading Neville into a response and again Neville responded in kind. When people start 'trash talking' about a team (making fun of them), I'd expect a fan who is in a position to say something to speak out against those 'trash' talking and that is exactly what Neville did. He is a fan of the club and he stood up against two ex-Liverpool players 'trash' talking about United.
NOTE: Trash talking can be defined by many things but in this post it's defined as 'making fun of'.
As a football fan I have never and never will agree to that (in bold) because to me a 'real' fan/supporter of their club will show their passion for the club and therefore speak out when they are getting the 'piss' taken out of them. Carragher took the 'piss' and Neville responded in kind by telling him to 'do one', a very just response in my opinion due to Neville not only being an ex United player but also a fan of the club. It was also very obvious to see during the punditry that Souness was goading Neville into a response and again Neville responded in kind. When people start 'trash talking' about a team (making fun of them), I'd expect a fan who is in a position to say something to speak out against those 'trash' talking and that is exactly what Neville did. He is a fan of the club and he stood up against two ex-Liverpool players 'trash' talking about United.
NOTE: Trash talking can be defined by many things but in this post it's defined as 'making fun of'.
Well said.That's all totally fine for the average fan. Professionals, whether active players, coaches, or pundits, should hew to a higher standard IMO.
There is definitely a big difference between former players turned pundits in America. They don the cloak of impartiality once they pick up a microphone, though occasional lighthearted wink-wink banter does sneak in for pundits who were strongly associated with one team or other.
As a football fan I have never and never will agree to that (in bold) because to me a 'real' fan/supporter of their club will show their passion for the club and therefore speak out when they are getting the 'piss' taken out of them. Carragher took the 'piss' and Neville responded in kind by telling him to 'do one', a very just response in my opinion due to Neville not only being an ex United player but also a fan of the club. It was also very obvious to see during the punditry that Souness was goading Neville into a response and again Neville responded in kind.
Here they are not impartial at all!Yes, but remember that the whole thing is a TV performance aimed at making money. Nobody's honor is really being besmirched or anything like that. A lot of the so-called 'analysis' is anything but.
silencio has a good point though - in the US ex-player pundits joke around but do aim at something closer to an impartial appraisal of what they are watching. In the UK, it's far more tribal and there is a great deal of (feigned) heated debate over things like respect and passion and a bunch of other melodramatic terms.
Here they are not impartial at all!