The English Football Thread

[Cuthbert]

Liverpool fans greeted the team bus singing "we're gonna win the league" before Sunderland game [Video]

As much as I dislike the scousers they are in a league of their own when it comes to this sort of ****.

Class tbh. They are gonna look like dicks if they don't pull it off or they drop points tonight though.

[Newkie]

I have faith Arsenal will keep their top 4 spot. They were unfortunate v Swans even if they were smashed by Chelski. People are raving about Everton/Barkley against us but the truth is they didn't even play that well, we just made them look good as we did in the first half of the match earlier in the season. The flip side I guess is what they could do if they played brilliantly I guess.

We had two chances from four yards out, one which was so simple, but we couldn't finish. Baines also had a shove which should have been a pen in my humble opinion, and one goal we decided Barkley should run fifty yards without putting in a challenge (Anita) and Colo promptly fell over giving them a free shot at goal. Afterwards Colo decided to just pass right to them from our box which obviously resulted in another goal. Lukaku and Deulofeu are class but only one or two of our lot even bothered turning up.

[Cuthbert]

Man. United vs Aston Villa

Dunno - Dunno

The Moyes aeroplane banner

[Cuthbert]

Guzan, Bacuna, Vlaar, Clark, Bertrand, Westwood, Delph, Albrighton, Weimann, Benteke, Agbonlahor.

Come on boys stick that fucking knife in.

[Mojo]

The Moyes Out banner is ****ing pathetic.

[Cuthbert]

Why? They can't take the Chosen One banner down cos the club are like Nazis.

[Mojo]

10 months or so without a trophy and they have fans going to the expense of hiring a plane to carry a banner in order to voice their displeasure at his lack of immediate success?

Even after 40 years of **** all, I'd be absolutely embarrassed if any fans did something like that at my club. Given the boos that met it around Old Trafford, I'd say there are plenty of United fans that feel that way.

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by Mojo

10 months or so without a trophy and they have fans going to the expense of hiring a plane to carry a banner in order to voice their displeasure at his lack of immediate success?

That's not what it's down to mate. If you were the manager of Tesco and the owners saw such a spectacular decline in success, would you keep your job? It's a black & white viewpoint to assume it's just because of a lack of immediate success. They expected a shit season. He's squandered £70m in funds already, turned winners into losers and consistently makes bizarre, defeatist comments (latest one was saying even Ferguson wouldn't have done better than he has this season).

If he isn't good enough, then they have a right to call him out, they shouldn't have to wait three years until he's done even further damage to do something if it's clear he's the wrong choice.

Except they aren't allowed to do this because there is a heavy security presence around that banner so they can't take it down. If anyone takes a banner in that they don't like i.e. Moyes Out, they'll be kicked out and banned for life, so what do they do? They want their voices heard.

Everyone and his dog knows Moyes is not the man, it's actually at the point now everyone who doesn't support them wants him to stay . The only reason it's come to this is because they weren't allowed to take down a banner that should never have gone up in the first place (and was paid for by the club, not the fans).

Even after 40 years of **** all, I'd be absolutely embarrassed if any fans did something like that at my club. Given the boos that met it around Old Trafford, I'd say there are plenty of United fans that feel that way.

The attendance at OT shouldn't be an indication of anything, they are brain dead Glazer stooges. I'm lurking on RI (forum that did this) now, they are mostly lifelong Mancs, not out of towners and daytrippers, it's not down to glory hunting or a lack of instant success, they are justified. Applauding Moyes on is just blind loyalty.

[Goofle]

Fergie picked Moyes to solidify his legacy. Lets imagine they got a proper manager like Wenger or Pep and they instantly won the title and played better football in the process, people would question the greatness of Fergie.

[Cuthbert]

Also to add to my post, the United fans most against that plane, are overseas based ones who've never been to a match and are desperate to prove their 'top fan' credentials, showing everyone how much they're going to back an obvious failure purely because they've probably had stick all their lives about supporting that team and living in the US or whatever.

Co-sign Goofle.