Today's Football

[Euler]

Highly unusual.

[JTEDL]

They just lost 4-3 on top of that as well.

Just seen the Emre Can goal....what a hit!

[Kai]

Klopp furious with Salah risking injury by playing for his local team during the winter break : https://mobile.twitter.com/anfieldrd96/ ... 65921?s=12

[Kafkaesque]

Klopp furious with Salah risking injury by playing for his local team during the winter break : https://mobile.twitter.com/anfieldrd96/ ... 65921?s=12

I fecking knew it!!!! Atho55 was right.......

Might not be the only robot on here...

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Lol, no idea how you managed to find that

That cheat Henry has used some shady Croatian company to build you, Klopp, the Liverpool team, and he's now venturing into rugby.

How else to explain Liverpool's form And who can honestly look at Milner and deny there's gotta be circuit boards in there

Also explains Lovren. He was the Croatian prototype, not quite ready for market.

[Kai]

That cheat Henry has used some shady Croatian company to build you, Klopp, the Liverpool team, and he's now venturing into rugby.

How else to explain Liverpool's form And who can honestly look at Milner and deny there's gotta be circuit boards in there

Also explains Lovren. He was the Croatian prototype, not quite ready for market.

That's a cool story but I was programmed to deny such wild accusations and post a deflective meme instead, so there you go.

[wearthefoxhat]

Going out on a limb...

Brentford v Leeds tonight @ 7.45pm

Leeds recent results have been shocking for sure. However, Kalvin Phillips is set to return after suspension and it is anticipated, Augustin (hailed as the new Tony Yeboah) will get his debut tonight ahead of Bamford....

Leeds away form has previously been their strong suit, so with the better line up, 3.05 looks great value. If Leeds can avoid going behind in the first 30 minutes, a win is highly probable.

[Kafkaesque]

Going out on a limb...

Brentford v Leeds tonight @ 7.45pm

Leeds recent results have been shocking for sure. However, Kalvin Phillips is set to return after suspension and it is anticipated, Augustin (hailed as the new Tony Yeboah) will get his debut tonight ahead of Bamford....

Leeds away form has previously been their strong suit, so with the better line up, 3.05 looks great value. If Leeds can avoid going behind in the first 30 minutes, a win is highly probable.

I agree it does look tempting. I do like this Leeds team and have always been a fan of Bielsa.

One thing to note, on a broader spectrum, is that Bielsa's teams have, in an alarming percentage of seasons, had a tendency to run out of steam and fall away in the latter stages of the season. As have, incidently, been the case for his most famous disciple in Poch.

Given that this is a 46 match season, and thus more demanding than pretty much any other season, he has overseen, then a dropoff in form at this point in time should be a much bigger red flag than for most teams. Just a thought to keep in mind.

[wearthefoxhat]

Going out on a limb...

Brentford v Leeds tonight @ 7.45pm

Leeds recent results have been shocking for sure. However, Kalvin Phillips is set to return after suspension and it is anticipated, Augustin (hailed as the new Tony Yeboah) will get his debut tonight ahead of Bamford....

Leeds away form has previously been their strong suit, so with the better line up, 3.05 looks great value. If Leeds can avoid going behind in the first 30 minutes, a win is highly probable.

I agree it does look tempting. I do like this Leeds team and have always been a fan of Bielsa.

One thing to note, on a broader spectrum, is that Bielsa's teams have, in an alarming percentage of seasons, had a tendency to run out of steam and fall away in the latter stages of the season. As have, incidently, been the case for his most famous disciple in Poch.

Given that this is a 46 match season, and thus more demanding than pretty much any other season, he has overseen, then a dropoff in form at this point in time should be a much bigger red flag than for most teams. Just a thought to keep in mind.

Yep, all that makes sense.

Of course Leeds managed to concede/gift a goal before 30 mins, but were the better team in the second half, should have won it, on balance.

Phillips, made the difference for sure, but Bielsa stuck with Bamford. (not sure for how much longer).

Thought I'd pop over and check the outright markets. Betdaq aren't offering 7/2 (that was before yesterdays game) now in line with all the others.

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If Leeds start to incorporate some of their newer signings, then the momentum should swing back their way.

If they don't get a promotion this year, I reckon key players will be sold, Bielsa will probably move on (earns £5million a year - a lot for the championship)....

If they had gone up last year, they'd be in the same position as Norwich, so probably a blessing in disguise.

[Euler]

Uefa announce Man City banned from next two seasons of the Champions League and fined 30 million euros

[Dallas]

Uefa announce Man City banned from next two seasons of the Champions League and fined 30 million euros

Ouch

[Jukebox]

If it stands then the Premier league should punish them too. Overstating sponsorship is not permitted here either.

[Trader Pat]

I'd be amazed if it stands. The fact its a 2 season ban though might mean its reduced to 1 season on appeal, still huge though.

[jamesg46]

If that stands then the club will be saying to goodbye to most of their stars, their manager and years worth of investment... Dallas called it, Ouch!

[Trader Pat]

If it does stand there'll be plenty of other clubs watching on nervously

[Jukebox]

If they appeal and it takes until next season to finalize and they lose then Premier league punishment will have to follow - if they accept it now they could take the points deduction now.