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The 2023-2024 Football Thread

daneoni said:
Closer than scoreline suggests but Barca had the rub of the green in terms of decisions.

Emma's send off not
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Then you haven't noticed that Chelsea starts to play dirty when they are under pressure and can't get through. This woman who got a red card this time, was new to me.
But I have seen the same behaviours from Lauren James a few times when she've been tramping on players. Just horrible!
Hope Bombastor can teach them to play fair, Hayes obviously taught them other things.
 
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Apple fanboy said:
Good result. Your goal difference isn’t doing you any favours, but you only have to match the results of those below you.
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lol

Yeah -26 for us... ugh...

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Arsenal are currently 3-1 ahead, playing away to Spurs, at the stadium named - how banal, how bleakly unimaginative and unoriginal - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

White Hart Lane sounded so much better, so much more atmospheric, so much redolent of some sort of collective identity and collective memory, a place for emotion, passion, feeling, fury, disappointment, ecstasy, joy, and yes, perhaps, memory and nostalgia, too. As, for that matter, did Highbury.
 
Victory secured against Spurs.

Not Raya's best day (he was at fault for the first goal scored by Spurs).

However, we are still top of the table, and are still challenging for the title.
 
Didn't need to be that nervy. Dunno what Raya was doing. Me thinks Arteta's search for a keeper will continue.

Rice too but i'll give him a pass since he was actually trying to clear, and has been very good this season

Trossard and Tomi below par. Raya the worst.

Anyway, rode our luck a little bit but glad we got the job done in the end

3pts, and Kai Havertz scores again.
 
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Big win for Arsenal, but Spurs should have had a pen before Arsenal's second

I expect City will get past Forrest too.
 
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Lyon won against PSG, as expected in the other semi, so they will meet Barça 25th May in the finale.

Will be an interesting game. I love the very tall Renard that plays in Lyon. She was one factor that France won over Sweden last time, but I still like her. 😉
And Lyon is a great team.

Lioness~ said:
Not that Lyon won, not at all.
But that Barça lost, absolutely. They haven’t lost a game in ~5 yrs.
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That isn't true!
Sorry for passing on an untruth - I read it on internet. But all on internet are NOT true.

It could possible be more like the last 18 months or something. But I have no idea.
I am not a Barça fan. But sure I follow the women's football a bit today. But there was a lot of years when I didn't watch anything football at all after I quit playing myself.

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Lioness~ said:
Then you haven't noticed that Chelsea starts to play dirty when they are under pressure and can't get through. This woman who got a red card this time, was new to me.
But I have seen the same behaviours from Lauren James a few times when she've been tramping on players. Just horrible!
Hope Bombastor can teach them to play fair, Hayes obviously taught them other things.
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You're right in that Chelsea can be physical, but i think thats more an WSL thing than Chelsea itself. Its also why a lot of WSL players get injured

Still think the red card was harsh but congrats to Barca

Lioness~ said:
Lyon won against PSG, as expected in the other semi, so they will meet Barça 25th May in the finale.

Will be an interesting game. I love the very tall Renard that plays in Lyon. She was one factor that France won over Sweden last time, but I still like her. 😉
And Lyon is a great team.


That isn't true!
Sorry for passing on an untruth - I read it on internet. But all on internet are NOT true.

It could possible be more like the last 18 months or something. But I have no idea.
I am not a Barça fan. But sure I follow the women's football a bit today. But there was a lot of years when I didn't watch anything football at all after I quit playing myself.

en.wikipedia.org

UEFA Women's Champions League - Wikipedia

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This is probably true: (clip from wikipedia)

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Finger's crossed for Lyon. I find it boring when teams win back to back trophies.
 
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daneoni said:
Finger's crossed for Lyon. I find it boring when teams win back to back trophies.
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Just looking forward to a great match. Doesn't matter who wins to me, I like both teams!
May the best team for the moment win - I hope for a good and fair fight, that's all.
 
In "foreign Leagues" news:
The Australian A-League regular season has all but concluded in spectacular fashion.
Wellington Phoenix and Central Coast Mariners are locked in a Battle Royale for the Premier's Plate (regular season winners). Both teams played at the same time and the scenario was that if The Nix won and CCM lost, Nix won the league.
Rather spectacularly, Nix went up a goal, CCM went down a goal, the crowd in Wellington went bananas, then CCM scored three and the Nix won 3-0, so it all ended up unresolved.
The Nix are currently 1 point ahead having finished their season with a 3-0 win on Saturday, but CCM have a game to play against Adelaide on Wednesday as a make-up game from earlier in the season.
If Adelaide manage to pull off the unthinkable, The Nix become "Minor Premiers" for the first time ever. Any other scoreline and the Mariners take the title (deservedly so in either direction, TBH).

Then we head into the Finals series.
4 teams play in the elimination finals, to decide who will be playing in the semi-finals against Wellington and Central Coast (as #1 & #2 placed teams, they don't play again until the semis).
After that, it's Grand Final time and the eventual winner of the A-League (and the awarding of the famous "Toilet Seat").

As a die-hard Phoenix fan, it's great to see them sitting at the top of the league ladder. If they eventually come second, that's OK with me - CCM have played an incedible campaign.
Fair to say though - NZers are all getting behind Adelaide and on Wednesday, we will all be Reds for a night.

I'd love to see Wellington Phoenix pull this off, as their coach is a first-time professional first team coach, who until now has always been an assistant. To win the league and/or the premiership would be quite the feat in his first season in charge.
 
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Lioness~ said:
Don’t you think this is bordering to go to the political forums?
I’m still replying.
Obviously sport and politics have a connection. But that isn’t only about Saudi.
How are Russia allowed participation in tournaments, under neutral flag, but yet while they are in an invasion of a sovereign country?
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Nah. Leave it here.
 
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Looking at what games are left, Man City have the easiest run in of them all with Liverpool the hardest because they have to play 3 teams looking to stake their claim to a top finish for qualification into Europe. I do not think Arsenal game with Man United will be anything special because United will be looking to keep many of their players from getting injured due to the FA cup with City 2 weeks later.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Arsenal are currently 3-1 ahead, playing away to Spurs, at the stadium named - how banal, how bleakly unimaginative and unoriginal - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

White Hart Lane sounded so much better, so much more atmospheric, so much redolent of some sort of collective identity and collective memory, a place for emotion, passion, feeling, fury, disappointment, ecstasy, joy, and yes, perhaps, memory and nostalgia, too. As, for that matter, did Highbury.
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I agree it's unimaginative, but a lot better than "Lumen Field" or T-Mobile Field, or Bank of America Stadium!

I remember when I first saw pics of all the advertising on European hockey jerseys... hated it! North American NHL jerseys are still uncluttered, but little stickers on all the helmets tell me that more ads are coming!
 
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Great game for a neutral this morning between Munich and Madrid.
Semi-final worthy drama and some contention, which added to it.
Looking forward to the second leg.

In other news - it's international Adelaide Reds day today, when everyone supports Adelaide, so that the Wellington Phoenix can lift their first ever piece of silverware.
 
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pachyderm said:
May 4th, 6:30 ...

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You'll be fine. Sunderland gave up months ago and are woeful. I'll be amazed if you go down.

As an Ipswich fan, i'd like to see Plymouth & Sheffield Wednesday stay up after our 3 way battle last season!

As for Town... Wow. Completely speechless. 1 point away from ending 22 years away from the Premier League. Back to back promotions and the first team to ever hit 90+ points 2 seasons in a row in the EFL.

Saturday has the potential to be one of the greatest days in the club's history!
 
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daneoni said:
Chelsea women lose to Liverpool which puts the nail on their title race

Hayes's final season with Chelsea has now completely unravelled with no silverware

City now set to coast towards the title.
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I saw the highlights of this game on a channel on YouTube, that just sum the highlights. Great channel.
I knew they (Chelsea) were just lucky in 1st meeting with Barça.

Next season I will like Chelsea more though. When Hayes gone and Bompastor leading and Kerr coming back.
 
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Lioness~ said:
I saw the highlights of this game on a channel on YouTube, that just sum the highlights. Great channel.
I knew they (Chelsea) were just lucky in 1st meeting with Barça.

Next season I will like Chelsea more though. When Hayes gone and Bompastor leading and Kerr coming back.
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Bompastor is a good name for a leader :D
 
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daneoni said:
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City now set to coast towards the title.
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"Coast"?

Not quite.

They have been challenged this year, and will be chased to the end.

However, they do have two things going for them (apart from access to resources to an obscene degree): The first is that they have a game in hand, (although points on the board are better than a game in hand) and - to a considerable extent - their fate still rests in their own hands.
 
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