EPL 2023/24: Oil, Money and Power

[mdmost 42997]

 

[sidis 9821]

you're welcome arsenal/city.

[Buzzrock 14901]

Looks like Brighton is still on the bus 

[RamjetFDO 10575]

4 minutes in. Villa pressure forced an own goal. 1-nil over Chelski!

[RamjetFDO 10575]

It's good to be a Villain this year.

UTV!

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Honors even in the 81st... But have to think Emi would've had that one

[RamjetFDO 10575]

All in all... 7 points ahead of Spurs with their 3 games in hand. Not a horrible place to be.

#UTV

[Ted Lange 16082]

Hopefully come 1030 AM tomorrow AV is still up by the same amount of points. 

[mdmost 42997]

Squeaky bum time

[Surly Bevo 24908]

Happy Totteringham everybody.

[Buzzrock 14901]

NFMC has been surprisingly watchable so far but NFO needs to get that damn player back on the pitch or sub him

[Captain Ron 12862]

On 4/24/2024 at 1:40 PM, mdmost said:

 

 

The motion passed today meaning it will be voted on at the annual general meeting in June. I don't know what the vote was. It needed 14 votes to pass today. What I heard was:

No: Man City, ManU, Villa

Abstain: Chelsea

But there could have been 1 or 2 other clubs to vote against this.

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

City just need to get Abu Dhabi Doughnuts to sponsor the bottom earning clubs with £25m a year in sponsorships. 

[RamjetFDO 10575]

10 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

City just need to get Abu Dhabi Doughnuts to sponsor the bottom earning clubs with £25m a year in sponsorships. 

[Schulz2.0 28950]

Everton just might be fucked.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/30/everton-call-in-insolvency-restructuring-advisers-777-takeover-doubt

[The Maestro 750]

Welcome to Ipswitch for next year 

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

rebecca has a varmint on her head

[Captain Ron 12862]

I'm not sure what I think about that red card at the end of Sheffield/Forest. In one regard it was stupid to get a suspension for a double yellow at the end of the game. At the same time, if you are going to get sent off, that is the time to do it with no penalty to your team.

[WBT 20559]

Great take and finish by Haaland for his 4th of the day.  He's so damn good.

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Villa just looked totally gassed today, letting BHA push them around all day.

Can't take the foot off the gas boys. Finish this season.

[Buzzrock 14901]

[ztejas 43411]

I didn't realize ARS likely bottled the title with that Villa loss. 

If City closes it out they'll have gone 6 of 7 which has never happened in the English first division. 

[Surly Bevo 24908]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I didn't realize ARS likely bottled the title with that Villa loss. 

If City closes it out they'll have gone 6 of 7 which has never happened in the English first division. 

ARS bottled the title when they lost West Ham on 12/28 and lost to Fulham on NYE.  Losing to a T4 side is going to happen here and there, losing both and at not least drawing with one of those two teams is the points killer for us.

[mdmost 42997]

Eh, City has shown the ability to f around and pull out a draw. The problem is they have no more quality teams left so you have to hope Fulham jumps up at home. I doubt Spurs will put up much of an effort. That club looks more tired than Liverpool. West Ham is done as well. Arsenal sadly get to experience what Liverpool has which is you cannot stumble at all when your competition is that machine. 

[Ted Lange 16082]

 

 

[Surly Bevo 24908]

Eh, City has shown the ability to f around and pull out a draw. The problem is they have no more quality teams left so you have to hope Fulham jumps up at home. I doubt Spurs will put up much of an effort. That club looks more tired than Liverpool. West Ham is done as well. Arsenal sadly get to experience what Liverpool has which is you cannot stumble at all when your competition is that machine. 

Villa loss does give Tottenham a mathematical shot at grabbing the last CL spot but Spursy then immediately went Spursy and while still a mathematical shot…well Spursy.

No at this point it’s more likely it comes out that Pep injected Kate with cancer and the FA has no choice but to deduct points than it is for City to drop points to any of those last three.

[Dutch 4465]

9 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

ARS bottled the title when they lost West Ham on 12/28 and lost to Fulham on NYE.  Losing to a T4 side is going to happen here and there, losing both and at not least drawing with one of those two teams is the points killer for us.

That and home to Fullham. We were up a goal and they were down a man with 7 mins plus stoppage left, and we pissed away two points.

Arsenal can close the season 16-1-1 and end on 89 points, most goals scored, fewest against. Which is a very good season. But very good isn’t enough. 

We can only hope that bald fucker is bored with the record 4th straight title, sterilizing the PL, and decides to retire to Abu Dhabi or whatever Gulf state. 

9 hours ago, mdmost said:

Arsenal sadly get to experience what Liverpool has which is you cannot stumble at all when your competition is that machine. 

I can’t imagine the anger Liverpool supporters have. Yes, y’all got one, but there are 115 reasons why y’all don’t have two more.

[Derka 6135]

 

lol @ vvd being in over gabriel or saliba, but LOL @ the best player in the league not even making the final 8. i guess rodri just isn’t sexy enough to make the cut.

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

On 5/5/2024 at 11:28 PM, Dutch said:

I can’t imagine the anger Liverpool supporters have. Yes, y’all got one, but there are 115 reasons why y’all don’t have two more.

115 charges are only until 2018. Who knows how many breaches they have since then. 

[yoladu 4090]

so all 3 promoted teams get relegated.

[mdmost 42997]

Ten Hag In!

 

[RamjetFDO 10575]

WTF EMI?

That was a schoolboy error - POOR form.  His hands were up against his body and it bounced off his shoulder.

Edited May 13 by RamjetFDO

[RamjetFDO 10575]

FUCK YES.

That was a strike!

[RamjetFDO 10575]

[RamjetFDO 10575]

That should've been honors even ... how did he miss that?

[Ted Lange 16082]

 

 

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Welp.

Looks like squeaky bum time on Sunday, unless Citeh can dispose of Spurs for us tomorrow.

 

[RamjetFDO 10575]

The fact that we're in a position for Spurs to be ... well... "Spurs" and lose one of their last two is an awful one.

[Dutch 4465]

@RamjetFDO, they can lose their last one. They just really, really, need to win their next one.

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Duran Duran!  Hungry like the wolf!

[RamjetFDO 10575]

AND WE'RE EVEN!

 

[Captain Ron 12862]

Very interesting Dr Jones

[RamjetFDO 10575]

I don't think I can handle 9 more minutes of this!
 

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Holy crap.  I'm spent.

[Derka 6135]

 

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

 

spurs gonna spurs

[RamjetFDO 10575]

It's been 42 years since we won it all in Europe.  It's time to do it again.  #UTV

 

(my son and Dennis Mortimer, the 1982 Villa Captain, in the Aston Villa player's lounge after a match at Villa Park)

[Derka 6135]

26 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

 

spurs gonna spurs

son absolutely bottled it. 

[Huckleberry 32839]

Congrats to Villa, awesome

[Jive Turkey 12592]

1 hour ago, RamjetFDO said:

It's been 42 years since we won it all in Europe.  It's time to do it again.  #UTV

 

(my son and Dennis Mortimer, the 1982 Villa Captain, in the Aston Villa player's lounge after a match at Villa Park)

i'm not saying you need to get to Villa Park for a Champions League match next season, but you need to get your ass there.  

new format next season.  instead of 6 group stage matches (3 home, 3 away), it'll be 8 league phase matches (4 home, 4 away).  so an extra opportunity.  that would be so fucking cool.

congrats dude. and so cool that Villa was having its awards banquet while the City/Spurs game was happening.  so they learned they qualified as a team.