*Official* English Football Season 2015-16

[marc71178]

Wasn't it a game against Forest with a goal scorer with a great name?

 

[cpr]

Yeah, that started the ball rolling for sure, some say actually saved him his job, but winning the final secured his position (especially as we'd been poor in the league all year)

 

[GIMH]

Yeah, that started the ball rolling for sure, some say actually saved him his job, but winning the final secured his position (especially as we'd been poor in the league all year)

And took you into Europe the first time it was possible under his stewardship (and you won it too).

Ironically though it was probably Man U who took the lead in killing the cups in this country. You were the first to play a weakened team in the league cup (against Port Vale in 94 I think, there was talk of you being fined for it despite a comfortable win!) and the withdrawal from the FA Cup as holders was a big blow.

Nonetheless old whisky breath set a lot of stall in the FA Cup, particularly when it suited. When United had downtime in the league in the middle of the last decade, they won the cup in 04 and lost the final on penalties the following year.

Anyhow. Should be a decent final, I'd expect United to win at a canter but Palace have been much more like their early season selves in the cup and that was a pretty decent side. That being said I didn't watch the semi, was watching Leicester - what a performance btw. Kind of changes this whole 'Tottenham are the side playing like champions' spin I've been hearing

 

[cpr]

To be fair we didn't want to withdraw from the FA Cup, but neither UEFA nor the FA would back us in missing e world club championship or sending a weakened squad out there, and the club decided it was better to not play in the fa cup than send out what would be our youth team as we'd get slaughtered for that too

 

[GIMH]

To be fair we didn't want to withdraw from the FA Cup, but neither UEFA nor the FA would back us in missing e world club championship or sending a weakened squad out there, and the club decided it was better to not play in the fa cup than send out what would be our youth team as we'd get slaughtered for that too

No fair enough and in that respect saying it was Man U's fault is unfair. Lazy wording etc.

Boy did you guys suck in that world championship though

 

[Furball]

Was it Gary Neville that made a hilarious error in one of the games?

 

[Pothas]

Sounds right, Beckham getting sent off is the thing I really remember

Also Edmundo's awful penalty miss in the final shootout.

 

[cpr]

No fair enough and in that respect saying it was Man U's fault is unfair. Lazy wording etc.

Boy did you guys suck in that world championship though

It says it all when the best performer was Quinten Fortune...

 

[Cabinet96]

The Kante-Gueye conundrum: How are Leicester so good and Villa so bad? - Premier League 2015-2016 - Football - Eurosport British

 

[GIMH]

Was it Gary Neville that made a hilarious error in one of the games?

It was, if I'm not mistaken he made two? Against Vasco de Gama

 

[sledger]

The Kante-Gueye conundrum: How are Leicester so good and Villa so bad? - Premier League 2015-2016 - Football - Eurosport British

I'm not convinced this article really explains anything.

 

[sledger]

He's been well and truly Martinezed

Tim Vickery was talking about Stones the other day. Suggested he might be one of "the most dangerous of creatures", a centre back who looks far better than he actually is. An interesting expression, I thought.

 

[Furball]

Reckon there's a tendency to over rate defenders who don't **** the bed with the ball at their feet.

 

[Furball]

What is the point of a Tony Pulis side if they can't even get set pieces right?

Give them a 30 point deduction and get them the full out of this league.

 

[Cabinet96]

Another right Uppercut prediction then.

 

[Furball]

So it all boils down to 'can you beat Everton at home'?

 

[Uppercut]

Another right Uppercut prediction then.

I feel like that's the template for Spurs dropping points. Almost exactly what they did against Arsenal, twice.

It's very noticeable that they don't have a desperation-attack mode, whereas Leicester actually have a very good one. They really looked like getting a winner right up to the end of their draw v west brom, but Spurs didn't at all.

 

[Scaly piscine]

So it all boils down to 'can you beat Everton at home'?

Well any win, or any loss for Spuds does it for Leicester. Odds on it'll be over by May Day, Manure away for Leicester on Sunday and Chelsea away for Spuds on Monday. Only permutations that keep it live are a Leicester loss and a Spuds draw/win. Or a Leicester draw and a Spuds win.

 

[Cabinet96]

I feel like that's the template for Spurs dropping points. Almost exactly what they did against Arsenal, twice.

It's very noticeable that they don't have a desperation-attack mode, whereas Leicester actually have a very good one. They really looked like getting a winner right up to the end of their draw v west brom, but Spurs didn't at all.

The way we got back into it at the Emirates was basically the same way as well, crosses and corners. Agree about the desperation bit to an extent. Wonder if their style means they tire (think it happened against us at WHL). But they did get loads of late winners last season, so maybe it's a bit random.

 

[Uppercut]

The way we got back into it at the Emirates was basically the same way as well, crosses and corners. Agree about the desperation bit to an extent. Wonder if their style means they tire (think it happened against us at WHL). But they did get loads of late winners last season, so maybe it's a bit random.

Yeah there's always a random element, but I definitely think it's a drawback to the pressing game. It's happened to Liverpool a lot too this season, and the season they came close to winning it. Probably need to mix in some time-wasting *********ry to shorten the time the ball is in play.

Their shape doesn't change at all when they're chasing a game. Poch just does like-for-like changes. Probably a balance to be struck between that and Wenger throwing on Bendtner for Cazorla and seeing none of the ball for the rest of the game.