Football Focus

[Jah Lush]

???? Wrote:

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> Mark Lawrenson calls it right sometimes...

>

>

> .. The more I see of Tottenham, the more I

> think they are quite average?

On current form I'd say we are below average. I was so bored watching last night's match that I actually turned away from the TV to do something else. I've never done that before. Ever.

I think I lost it around about the time we'd gone one-nil down and we needed a goal so what does our manager do? He takes off our only striker who made the trip to Turkey.

[Otta]

Spurs and Liverpool have both gone backwards this season. Liverpool perhaps more understandably, losing Suarez and having new players. I thought Spurs might come on a bit this year.

[Alan Medic]

Can anyone explain how lucky Man U have been recently? Five wins in a row normally doesn't come easily in the PL. Has the overall standard dropped this season? There are only two half decent teams this season, the top two. I'm baffled that United are third as they are just not a team yet.

[????]

it's a pants league this year, really poor quality, still loving it though :)

[red devil]

C'mon The Dog and Duck, beat those Red Lion fuckers!...

[Parkdrive]

Man City v Barcelona

PSG v Chelsea

Arsenal v Monaco

None of these are easy by any stretch of the imagination

[maxxi]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9611205/robbie-rogers-slams-fifa-for-insane-decisions-to-host-world-cups-in-russia-and-qatar

With European teams speaking out against a move to winter for the WC maybe they and theirs could speak out a little more on this too.

[????]

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/blog/2014/dec/19/christmas-football-festive-season-boxing-day-holidays

"Hark now hear the West Ham sing the Tottenham ran away" etc

and Happy Christmas to you all

[Jah Lush]

I've just turned down a chance to go and see my beloved Spurs at White Hart Lane today because I'm going to see the mighty Dulwich Hamlet at Champion Hill instead. I'm firmly pink & blue these days. How times have changed.

[Mick Mac]

I see Neil Lennon has taken Bolton from rock bottom 24th to 14th in a couple of months. And seven games unbeaten.

Despite Neil Lennon rather than because of him RD ?

[red devil]

Blimey Mick, how long has that been festering away?

I remember saying that a chimp would be a successful manager of Celtic in the current climate, see no reason to change that viewpoint...

[Otta]

All the proof you'll ever need that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is an utter cock.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30589052

[Parkdrive]

Otta Wrote:

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> All the proof you'll ever need that Zlatan

> Ibrahimovic is an utter cock.

>

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30589052

You mean you ever doubted it?

[Mick Mac]

red devil Wrote:

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> Blimey Mick, how long has that been festering

> away?

> I remember saying that a chimp would be a

> successful manager of Celtic in the current

> climate, see no reason to change that viewpoint...

It's much older than that RD. It's always good fun to remember peoples comments and make them accountable. Especially ones that I didn't expect. And Im pretty sure you said Celtic were doing well despite Lennon rather than because of him.

My brother in law said Lennon was a wonker. I'm seeing him at Christmas, I'll have a word with him too.

I'm making friends everywhere this festive season.

[Mick Mac]

Even if it was just a best Swedish footballer ranking, Ibrahimavich should be second best behind King Henrik Larsson.

[red devil]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> It's much older than that RD. It's always good fun

> to remember peoples comments and make them

> accountable. Especially ones that I didn't expect.

> And Im pretty sure you said Celtic were doing well

> despite Lennon rather than because of him.

You're probably right Mick. I remember at the time that I thought what NL was achieving at Celtic would've been matched or bettered by A.N. Other manager. Good luck to him, I think he needed a change and challenge...

[Mick Mac]

You're just being nice to me cos its Christmas.

[????]

it's hard to like BFS. He rests our two best players and diverts to last year's awful formation. Surrender, basically. Yuk, bad taste in the mouth for me playing %ages like that. tosser of a bloke.

[Alan Medic]

Given the number of games teams have at this time of the year you have to expect changes. As BFS said (prior to the game) even if they played at their best they still might not win .

[Mick Mac]

Not what fans want to hear before a London derby though AM

[Alan Medic]

Yeah but their next match is a London derby too. At home to the Arse.

[aquarius moon]

So Millwall were hungover today......?

It's christmas and all about priorities. If their priority was to have a merry christmas, drink loads & play shit football, good luck to them :)

[Otta]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> As BFS said (prior to the game) even if they played at

> their best they still might not win .

Yeah, that's called sport. Fans of the team in 4th place have every right to expect their best side to run out against the team in 1st. It's called competition innit.

[Mick Mac]

The excitement in Scotlands second league continues. Hibs are on a roll and chasing Rangers for the second promotion spot after their 4-0 win over the Gers today. But Hearts have the winning birth sown up. Hibs probably favourites to come second.

SCSB - happy new year. Ally ran away before the old firm game.

[red devil]

Otta Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

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> > As BFS said (prior to the game) even if they

> played at

> > their best they still might not win .

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>

>

> Yeah, that's called sport. Fans of the team in 4th

> place have every right to expect their best side

> to run out against the team in 1st. It's called

> competition innit.

It's also called squad rotation. With 4 games in 10/11 days and then a difficult away FA Cup tie to follow, as a fan I would expect players to be rested, with priority given to the more winnable games...