Football thread 2022/23

[Art Vandelay]

It feels very woolly and not especially far reaching to me, especially as the wealth distribution will be bitterly contested and won’t ever happen and lots is doing properly what they’re supposedly meant to be doing already. Amazed it took that long to slap together.

[Plissken]

It will have no teeth and do nothing.

[ckny]

John Motson has passed away. Nothing on any news sites yet but Kevin Campbell seems to have broken the news on Twitter?

 

 

[JohnC]

BBC confirmed it. 

[glb]

Interviewed him for a uni project and he was a lovely bloke. Him and Ray Stubbs also got stuck into a few jars in the student union, although Stubbsy looked more comfortable than Motson.

 

Godspeed Motty.

[Stig]

He's probably the voice many of us here grew up with. Terrible news 😔

 

RIP Motty.

[Fry Crayola]

Yeah, one of the voices of my childhood, along with Barry Davies, Alan Green and George Hamilton (RTÉ football commentator).

[bradigor]

Oh, this is sad news, such an iconic voice of my youth 

[Plissken]

One of the greats.  His obvious love for his job and the game itself shone through.

[kiroquai]

Motty! No . Sad news.

 

Here's hoping we get a minute's applause before games this weekend. A minute's silence would seem like the complete antithesis of what Motty was all about.

[neoELITE]

There will be 100% a minute applause.  What a legend he was.  There's a display at the Bradford Media Museum of one of his matchday notebooks and it is fascinating as this was the era before laptops and producers talking in your ear.  It's really interesting if you get the chance to go there. 

[layten]

Awful news. It’s not often that somebody becomes so synonymous with something. But just as Murray Walker was the voice of F1, Motty was the voice of football. 

[redbloodcell]

You need to see the Di Maria's first goal from tonight v Nantes:

 

 

[redbloodcell]

You need to see Di Maria's first goal from tonight v Nantes:

 

 

[Gabe]

Alright, alright, I will, okay!

[redbloodcell]

7 hours ago, Gabe said:

Alright, alright, I will, okay!

 

😅

 

That is bizarre, there was definitely only one of those posts before! 

[glb]

It is worth watching twice to be fair. Roberto Carlos saw the bend on it and turned into the Antonio Banderas gif.

[skadupuk]

Some Palace fans think this is a good time to play Liverpool, then they see the last 7 results when they came to Selhurst:

 

(Oldest to newest)

 

1-3

0-7

1-2

0-2

1-2

0-2

2-4

 

Looking forward to be the team that gets thumped by and kick starts Liverpool's form for the last furlong of the season.

 

Also, fuck Sky for the 7.45p.m. kick off on a Saturday.

 

I'm having 3 extra wings at Morley's as a pre-emptive treat to make up for the shitness that awaits.

[Chindie]

The 210th meeting of Everton and Villa today. Various records at stake. Villa haven't lost to Everton since getting promoted back to the PL, we can match our best winning streak against Everton if we win, Ollie Watkins if he scores becomes the first player to score for Villa in 5 consecutive PL matches, meanwhile Maupay has scored 1 in 25 odd League games...

 

It's got draw/Everton late winner all over it.

[Bucky]

Half time and zero goals scored across the entire league.  Quality late February entertainment.

[bradigor]

2 hours ago, skadupuk said:

Some Palace fans think this is a good time to play Liverpool, then they see the last 7 results when they came to Selhurst:

 

(Oldest to newest)

 

1-3

0-7

1-2

0-2

1-2

0-2

2-4

 

Looking forward to be the team that gets thumped by and kick starts Liverpool's form for the last furlong of the season.

 

Also, fuck Sky for the 7.45p.m. kick off on a Saturday.

 

I'm having 3 extra wings at Morley's as a pre-emptive treat to make up for the shitness that awaits.

 

3-0 Palace it is then.

[glb]

On 21/02/2023 at 22:19, neoELITE said:

Liverpool did well this evening 

Plymouth did well this afternoon

[The Fox]

lol

 

 

[skadupuk]

1 hour ago, bradigor said:

 

3-0 Palace it is then.

 

This is not how Palace works, Take the usual football gods rules and reverse them and that's pretty much it.

 

Anyways, I have a beer and I'm on a train so may as well make the best of it.

[ryodi]

3 hours ago, skadupuk said:

Some Palace fans think this is a good time to play Liverpool, then they see the last 7 results when they came to Selhurst:

 

(Oldest to newest)

 

1-3

0-7

1-2

0-2

1-2

0-2

2-4

 

And yet the only result anyone ever remembers is the Cristanbul 3-3. They might not win tonight but Palace will definitely score at least one.

[skadupuk]

3 minutes ago, ryodi said:

 

And yet the only result anyone ever remembers is the Cristanbul 3-3. They might not win tonight but Palace will definitely score at least one.

 

We also fondly remember the 3-1 win for Gerrard's last game at Anfield...

 

Out attack is toothless, I think we've had one goal from open play in the last 8 games.

 

I'm a natural pessimist by nature (about Palace), but even if I try and be balances in my view the conclusion is that we really are shit at the moment.

 

I'm going 3-0 Liverpool, with a Palace XG of 0.34

[Chindie]

Well, that'll do Unai.

[bradigor]

Palace 3-0 with a xG of 0.34 is more likely.

[skadupuk]

8 minutes ago, bradigor said:

Palace 3-0 with a xG of 0.34 is more likely.

 

That particular witchcraft is only effective against Brighton 

[glb]

1 minute ago, bradigor said:

 

Oh come on. At least wait for him to get home. It takes a while to get back from Peterborough to Plymouth.

I’m just delighted because I was bullied by a load of Plymouth fans in the 80s and have rationally held onto that for almost 40 years. If I see a bottle of Plymouth Gin I can’t talk for three hours. Heaven forbid I see anyone in a green and white shirt because that makes me hide in the cupboard under the stairs and I can only be coaxed with a bag of Skittles, albeit once all the green ones have been removed, obviously.