Today's Football

[Trader Pat]

The great grandson of Benito Mussolini joins one of the most racist football clubs in the world and he of course plays on the right!


https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... er-19-team

[Kai]

I love how nobody commented on the match last evening, out of fear of getting banned

In many ways, Ralph has worked miracles to get us mid-table.
We have a very small squad, and unfortuntely the kids are nowhere near as good as days gone by

We posted a loss of £76 million last month, and Ralph admitted himself we are absolutely skint

I'll be amazed if he's still at Saints next season, as i'm expecting the summer transfer window to be devastating for us

Hopefully Taki Minamino can make the difference.

There's no question about his ability, he's just currently a bit low on confidence and has to play himself into form. Klopp said he didn't give him too much opportunities because the team needed more height, and with all 3 CBs remarkably out for the season that does make some sense.

He's an exciting little player for sure, but also a pressing machine, he set a pressing record a couple months ago in a Champions League game. Just not sure where his best position is yet, I always thought it's just behind the striker but Klopp so far played him everywhere but there.

[Trader Pat]

My performance of the week wasn't Utd's win last night it was a 2nd division Dutch player who scored 4 goals in one half for Den Bosch

The best part is his name.... Jizz Hornkamp

[Euler]

I love how nobody commented on the match last evening, out of fear of getting banned

You're banned

[Euler]

Seriously though, it was a bit of a farce. I really feared the worse after seeing the bench then a player off after two minutes. Then I remember Mike Dean was the ref so I knew we were completely and totally shagged.

When the Saints goal went in I knew it would be disallowed no matter how marginal and despite the fact they were four down. Late on when Mike Dean went to the monitor I could see him thinking "Right, I managed to cancel out that hand ball and late goal in the Villa match. How can I inflict even more pain on this injury ravaged team who are getting completely pummelled" Then he took a few minutes to figure out the best form of punishment.

OK, slightly biased. But how could Mike Dean inflict so much pain on us in two matches? Pushing the bounds of credibility.

[wearthefoxhat]

Seriously though, it was a bit of a farce. I really feared the worse after seeing the bench then a player off after two minutes. Then I remember Mike Dean was the ref so I knew we were completely and totally shagged.

When the Saints goal went in I knew it would be disallowed no matter how marginal and despite the fact they were four down. Late on when Mike Dean went to the monitor I could see him thinking "Right, I managed to cancel out that hand ball and late goal in the Villa match. How can I inflict even more pain on this injury ravaged team who are getting completely pummelled" Then he took a few minutes to figure out the best form of punishment.

OK, slightly biased. But how could Mike Dean inflict so much pain on us in two matches? Pushing the bounds of credibility.

After the sending off, when he put Danny Ings at centre back, essentially he was saying to Man Utd, you can attack, and we'll park the bus to minimise the damage.

Problem was, there was nowhere to park it.

[Atho55]

Premiership 0-2 at HT has historical Full Time results like this

HTvFT.jpg

[Kai]

Very nice touch and finish by Minamino, perfect start for him. Hopefully a comeback on the cards if they can sort out the mistakes at the back.

[wearthefoxhat]

Very nice touch and finish by Minamino, perfect start for him. Hopefully a comeback on the cards if they can sort out the mistakes at the back.

Great game for the neutral.

Newcastle down the 9 men thru injury and a sending off, shedloads of injury time, pitch cutting up and waterlogged...late drama very likely...

[Kai]

From a trading perspective the "comeback" sort of happened, Newcastle price swung from 1.20 to 2.50ish after the red card.

But still hard to score against a low block even against 9 men, as long as two banks of 4 are intact. Thought Saints did enough to win, I wish I could say the same for Liverpool against bottom 6, like in the image below. Abysmal record.

[Trader Pat]

London would be nice, save on travelling anyway

https://twitter.com/honigstein/status/1 ... 4445001737

[wearthefoxhat]

Mike Dean strikes again with another red card...

[Derek27]

A Columbian match was off a minute early, BLV doesn't let you watch until the start time.

[Trader724]

Liverpool Vs Man City looks like a draw.

[Dallas]

FFS

First time in the box in how long!