'Even allowing for inflation, this thread is not worth 198 Terry Francises' - EPL 2017-18

for a guy who's seemingly so concerned with keeping the ilf flame, you really don't post more than "lol" or the occasional smiley face do you?

He did get rid of Pandemic who was polluting the board with knowledge tbf

it's almost as if they played a good team

― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 6 November 2017 00:43 (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That can't possibly be the case, the only factor in play when they lose is themselves.

― calzino, Monday, 6 November 2017 00:49 (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^lol otm both of ye

― imago, Monday, 6 November 2017 09:36 (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Fucking rubbish from the three of ye

Cross from about forty yards back to a completely unmarked centre forward?

Be srs.

for a guy who's seemingly so concerned with keeping the ilf flame, you really don't post more than "lol" or the occasional smiley face do you?

― Number None, Monday, November 6, 2017 9:42 AM (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

prem thread still not on ilf. on the sacred terraces of which i just posted leon clarke's entire club & goalscoring history to save everyone the trouble of using wikipedia

nice narky start to the week itt ye fuckers

also i was on here yesterday praising the virtues of stoke vs leicester, a game where two sides basically both tried to play on the counter-attack. nobody else said a thing. if you really take an interest in the EPL then you'd pay attention to midtable dynamics like that ;) <smiley

uh not yesterday, two days ago. nark on

Cunts

I don't get to watch much but spurs games now and uh I'm pretty sure I post during those....

FAO of The Clerk of Jerks. It is a football thread not a fucking Gogol novel ffs!

ok i've started watching the highlights

chelsea allowed rashford a completely unmarked header from a longish cross after 7 minutes. he didn't take the chance. chelsea did take the chance. you have to expect one defensive mistake per game unless you're some kind of spoilt football brat

rashford chance actually worse marking/easier finish than the morata one, which came about due to an inspired bit of movement by all the forwards, overloading the centre-backs

I am not even going to get into the blind entitled nonsense you read/hear from superclub fans expecting a procession every season, and crying like spoilt brats when it doesn't happen. Because I have a serious lack of dazzling wit and am already on a yellow!

you actually support an EPL team, and one who won on the weekend, you should take the floor tbh. wax lyrical about lossl or something. we also need a burnley fan

I'd prefer it if they got relegated this season tbh. The infrastructure and access to the stadium can't cope with full houses every home game. The quiet disabled section where me + Alex used to sit is overrun with bothersome people these days and I can't go to games anymore. We should have stuck with Chris Powell! But I regret not getting a cheap season ticket so I could rent it out to befuddled daytrippers wanting to get a glimpse of Man Utd etc - that would have been a nice little earner.

xps - that was a really poor united performance though compared to what we were seeing in september - the midfield looked flimsy, i love herrera but he looked stretched thin in that game, mkhitaryan went missing again, don't even remember them creating many more chances than the rashford one, mourinho didn't really have much of a plan to cope with fabregas and hazard other than that spell of fouls against the latter in the second half, they looked shakey and disorganised from the outset and the phil jones og should have stood. that said, chelsea played really well and i'm increasingly enjoying conte's late period italo disco haircut

I always liked Chris Powell tbf

fantastic left-back, fantastic man, maybe even a semi-decent manager that all our fans pine for all the time

meanwhile in east london, the circus rolls on

Lovely guy, the players adored him as well - but probably mainly because he was more of a hugger than a hairdryer, every time he went back to London he'd give them 2 days off training.

powell was certainly a manager the players loved, but also a manager who needed to build up the momentum of results - he tended to have long streaks of winning or losing

slaven bilic: actually a decent manager who's been ludicrously underfunded this year, or a lucky beginner who's been found out?

delighted moyes is going to be back in work. need the laughter.

underfunded, sure, but he still bought terribly. Hart is Hart, Chicharito is essentially useless without decent service (and on the decline anyway) and Arnautovic is neither fish nor fowl and certainly not someone you can rely on in a relegation battle

Think Bilic can be a decent manager. With LG on good lols w/ Moysey though.

Feeling the love here this morning tbf <3

Arnautovic was a very poor transfer. They paid way too much and didn't need the extra trouble he brings.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/05/stoke-city-shocked-death-dionatan-teixeira

how does moyes even get the wh job? like i'd have thought after sunderland his rep is trash.

football management is one of the few areas of employment that consistently rewards failure tbf

He is the actual last man you want in a relegation battle, he'll be going in there on day one and telling the players to prepare for life in the Championship.

far be it from me to suggest that Messrs Gold and Sullivan may not be astute football minds

he's been punditing on BEIN Sports of late. Manages to project an overwhelming air of failure and despair even when sat next to Keys and Gray

oh I guess Allardyce is getting the Everton job too

looking forward to his first press conference. can we try to guess some quotes?

"the reality is we're in a relegation battle. there's no guarantee we'll get out of that."

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe"

Haha

I approve this appointment

"It's all about perspective. Trying to battle relegation isn't as bad as, say, battling cancer. Relegation isn't the end of the world. I'll make sure my players understand this. Fans too."

looking forward to his first press conference.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03147/bornonthefourth_3147942b.jpg

West Ham hierarchy been shaken by fans response to prospect of David Moyes becoming their next manager but he is still expected to take over

— Jason Burt (@JBurtTelegraph) November 5, 2017

http://i3.irishmirror.ie/incoming/article3274364.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/David-Moyes-1.jpg
'Appy 'ammer.

admit it, you photoshopped that :D

"the truth is we're going down. all of us are getting relegated each day, in various ways, in our lives, our relationships with others, in how we think of ourselves. we have to face up to it."

"relegation is not an automatic death sentence. many clubs live a full and happy life after relegation."

Two shocking appointments

If Sean Dyche had been called Sam Allardyche he'd have got the job.

Rah

Moyes added: “I think we’ve got a good squad. At the moment they should be in a better position than they are, and I believe they will be come the end of the season.

he's lost the run of himself completely.

mainly joking i can't help but feel touched by the ray of hope

West Ham United can confirm the appointment of David Moyes as the Club’s manager. pic.twitter.com/AIOWnHWn27

— West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) November 7, 2017

seems they've appointed his ghost

Sullivan told the club website: “I would like to welcome David to West Ham United. This is a unique position for David Gold and myself - it is the first time in almost eight years at West Ham United that we have appointed a new manager during the season.

for a split second I thought this quote was going to end "...who is also called David"

Looks like Scotland's dodged a bullet at least. Though he'll still be Scotland manager at some point in the near future.