Premier League: 2022-2023

OK he is a w**ker of the highest order

The way he acted last week in that England game after being struck in the chest by the ball , was utterly pathetic thdd es way he crawled back on the pitch , ffs there just no shame in these footballers  , something surely has to be done about this feigning injury malarkey it’s a blight on the game and there’s no bigger culprit than that horrible festering c**t Kane , and just because he’s Englands captain the press give him a free ride utterly pathetic .

The way he acted last week in that England game after being struck in the chest by the ball , was utterly pathetic thdd es way he crawled back on the pitch , ffs there just no shame in these footballers  , something surely has to be done about this feigning injury malarkey it’s a blight on the game and there’s no bigger culprit than that horrible festering c**t Kane , and just because he’s Englands captain the press give him a free ride utterly pathetic .

I didn’t see the England incident, what happened?
I never liked him. He’s always dived but also he did that crouching down thing when the ball was in the air so the opponent would spin over him and land head first.

I think Brighton going to sneak 4th place plus they still have 2 games in hand

FA want to extend the 8 match ban for Mitrovic.  in my opinion 8 games already more than enough...F**ksake if a Utd. player pushed the ref he wouldn't have even got booked.

FA want to extend the 8 match ban for Mitrovic.  in my opinion 8 games already more than enough...F**ksake if a Utd. player pushed the ref he wouldn't have even got booked.

If?

Bruno would like a word with you!

FA want to extend the 8 match ban for Mitrovic.  in my opinion 8 games already more than enough...F**ksake if a Utd. player pushed the ref he wouldn't have even got booked.

It’s far too many for what it was. 🤦‍♂️ 4/5 games is more than enough.

Newcastle after a little blip have found top form at the perfect time. Hard to see anything but the current top four being there at the end of the season.

Newcastle after a little blip have found top form at the perfect time. Hard to see anything but the current top four being there at the end of the season.

Yeah hopefully spurs don’t get in.
Relegation is still interesting.
Our race for 7th looks a little better with Brighton dropping points

Forest doing their best to keep the blueshite up

Not that bloody conference please....

FA want to extend the 8 match ban for Mitrovic.  in my opinion 8 games already more than enough...F**ksake if a Utd. player pushed the ref he wouldn't have even got booked.

Paulo DiCanio got an 11 game ban for pushing the ref when playing  for Sheffield Wednesday. That was possibly a bit worse as the ref fell over in a comedic way.
I used to like DiCanio, always played with passion and refused the opportunity to score when the keeper was injured, the ref had not blown the whistle. Then he turns out to be a fascist.

I think any vague hopes that we can get top 4 are gone after the United and Newcastle performances. We need to win every game (not going to happen) and expect 1 of those teams to drop 10 or 11 points in 9 games.

Didn’t say it didn’t make me happy. I’m just not as bothered as I used to be.
It’s not that I have ‘moved on’ as such, but once Chelsea came along with all that money it put me off. Soon after my kids came along and I had less time.
Then Man City came along and I was even more put off.
I don’t feel as attached to the sport anymore. Winning doesn’t give me the same buzz.

When we beat united 4-0 in 1990 football was pretty much everything in my life (along with my mates). I’d go down the sports club after the game and opponent players would sometimes pop in and you could get their autograph. I got barnes, Gillespie and brucie. Paul McGrath and Gary pallister. I even got mark walters autograph once! Nowadays you are lucky if the players wave at you as they speed away in their half a million quid cars.

So yeah, I’m not fussed if we make top 4. My weekends are usually busy now anyway. If united win the league next season, I would be happy for Keith (and the chap who works at my local Tesco who talks football) but I wouldn’t lose sleep over it.

I’d rather go to the cinema nowadays than watch football. If it’s a big game I’ll record it and watch it later but otherwise I tend not to bother.

Football is an entertainment. Like the weekly new episode of Mandalorian or whatever. The community aspect has long gone bar the yearly visit to the hospital the players make for a photo shoot. It’s clubs owned by billionaires with a team full of millionaires. Like Hollywood I can’t really relate to it.

Yes you can relate to it. You're here a long time, and you're not afraid to tell us what we're doing right and where there's room for improvement, after practically every single game. And you're also in this thread discussing the league in general. So I don't believe all that nonsense.

I don't want the mancs to win the league, ever. And soon, I'll be celebrating here their decade long quest for it, as much as the locals here celebrate Everton's lack of success in the past 3 decades. The difference of course that you don't expect them to win anything, whereas the Hillsborough singers demand trophies because they're delusional enough to assume that despite their lack of success in that time, they support the biggest club in their world.

Football is a results business, whether the players earn 2 quid or 200k a week, whether the club is run by an oligarch or Ollie from Garston, and it's results that determine everyone's reaction and mood here after games. Nobody was whinging about the sport's issues last year when we were going for 4 trophies because we were getting results, and anyone who dared to raise any questions at all was soon put in their place. Now we're struggling to get European football this year, and everyone here has something to say about it, so things like not enjoying winning big games 7-0 and players not signing autographs is now an issue for people.

It's true that as time goes on, priorities do change as responsibilities increase. But if you want the game to remain exactly as it was when we won 4-0 in 1990, well unfortunately that's not how the sport, or life in general works. It evolves over time, and you either adapt to the new way of doing things or you do something else. I also remember queueing up in the Holiday Inn to get player autographs, with varying success. Now for blindingly obvious reasons, it's not done anymore. But the world moves on, and fans have to move on with it.

Yes you can relate to it. You're here a long time, and you're not afraid to tell us what we're doing right and where there's room for improvement, after practically every single game. And you're also in this thread discussing the league in general. So I don't believe all that nonsense.

I don't want the mancs to win the league, ever. And soon, I'll be celebrating here their decade long quest for it, as much as the locals here celebrate Everton's lack of success in the past 3 decades. The difference of course that you don't expect them to win anything, whereas the Hillsborough singers demand trophies because they're delusional enough to assume that despite their lack of success in that time, they support the biggest club in their world.

Football is a results business, whether the players earn 2 quid or 200k a week, whether the club is run by an oligarch or Ollie from Garston, and it's results that determine everyone's reaction and mood here after games. Nobody was whinging about the sport's issues last year when we were going for 4 trophies because we were getting results, and anyone who dared to raise any questions at all was soon put in their place. Now we're struggling to get European football this year, and everyone here has something to say about it, so things like not enjoying winning big games 7-0 and players not signing autographs is now an issue for people.

It's true that as time goes on, priorities do change as responsibilities increase. But if you want the game to remain exactly as it was when we won 4-0 in 1990, well unfortunately that's not how the sport, or life in general works. It evolves over time, and you either adapt to the new way of doing things or you do something else. I also remember queueing up in the Holiday Inn to get player autographs, with varying success. Now for blindingly obvious reasons, it's not done anymore. But the world moves on, and fans have to move on with it.

I can relate to it as much as I can with star wars when I talk about that. It’s a bit of chat.
I’m not on social media so I have three forum I go on. This is one of them.

And you can ask Keith, iv been moaning about the sport a lot longer than this season.

The way the sport is run now is disgusting. I’m not going to spend my money or emotions on it like I used to. I have an interest in it as football used to be massive in my life but I can’t relate to it.

Even the fans have changed. The bitterness now is pretty much between every team. It’s an angry sport. Fuelled by greed.

I genuinely couldn’t give a monkeys if we win lose or draw. I enjoy analysing league tables though. Relegation issues in all the leagues are interesting at this time of season.

And I did try and deactivate this account actually. But I couldn’t figure out how. I was going to expose myself to get banned but then realised the vast majority of posters on here rely on my wit and intellect to just abandon them now.

But if I can work out how to deactivate, I will. I’ll say bye to Keith and a couple of others and that’ll be that. The only thread I will truly miss is the match thread as I use that instead of watching the bbc feed.

Every other thread just seems to be the same posters arguing the same points.

As for my life’s priorities, sure they have changed. But I was going off football long before I had kids.

Wow, Villa playing great football lately. I wonder why that team didn’t play for Stevie G?

I honestly feel the Scottish league was more in line for Gerrard. Don’t think he will ever be a great PL manager like he was as a player, and that’s ok. Nothing wrong with that.

I think any vague hopes that we can get top 4 are gone after the United and Newcastle performances. We need to win every game (not going to happen) and expect 1 of those teams to drop 10 or 11 points in 9 games.

Well one dropping 3 by the look of it fully expect Forest to get something off United as well

Wow, Villa playing great football lately. I wonder why that team didn’t play for Stevie G?

I honestly feel the Scottish league was more in line for Gerrard. Don’t think he will ever be a great PL manager like he was as a player, and that’s ok. Nothing wrong with that.

Emery is the best manager they've ever had (in my lifetime at least)

I think Gerrard had an excellent setup at Rangers - particularly with Beale as his assistant. Allowed Gerrard to act as a figure head type manager (he isn't a coach). When he went to Villa, he had Critchley as his assistant. No disrespect to Critchley, but he was no Beale. And it showed.

Emery is the best manager they've ever had (in my lifetime at least)

I think Gerrard had an excellent setup at Rangers - particularly with Beale as his assistant. Allowed Gerrard to act as a figure head type manager (he isn't a coach). When he went to Villa, he had Critchley as his assistant. No disrespect to Critchley, but he was no Beale. And it showed.

Thanks for the explanation, makes sense.

If we would have been half as sh*t this season we surely would be able to take one of the CL spots from United or Newcastle

Looking unlikely we will finish top 7 at this rate!
Relegation getting spicy though. Few teams beginning to pull away

Sucks how good Brighton have been this season. Almost 70% possession away to Chelsea and 23 goal attempts and are now leading.  Can't see us finishing ahead of them this season.

Sucks how good Brighton have been this season. Almost 70% possession away to Chelsea and 23 goal attempts and are now leading.  Can't see us finishing ahead of them this season.

We have to win on Monday really….
Otherwise 8th is our best position which is embarrassing!

Anyone think EFC going down? I hope so, but they always seem to escape relegation. Them going down would “kind of” make me feel a little bit better about this season we have all endured.