European Super Fortnight

[rurikbird]

They've been pissing me the fuck off with that shit.

Banega in particular.

 

[bluebell]

What happened to English sides dominating Europe, pundits were blabbering on about last year?

 

[rurikbird]

What happened to English sides dominating Europe, pundits were blabbering on about last year?

Shut. Up.

 

[Halmeister]

Yeah fucking hell... United pen incoming

 

[rurikbird]

Luuk de Jong, you fucking numpty. Either score or take it to the corner.

 

[Shadey]

What a great 24 hours eh lads.

 

[rurikbird]

FT

 

[HC]

What a glorious 24 hours in the world of schadenfreude!

 

[peekay]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[rurikbird]

NOW it’s time for @bluebell’s insightful analysis of the English teams’ struggles in Europe.

 

[rurikbird]

 

[Shadey]

Did that lead to their penalty?

 

[Hansern]

Wasnt that their last attempt that wasnt given?
Fernandes is a diver.

What a lovely weekend of footy!

 

[Hansern]

 

[rurikbird]

 

[rurikbird]

Did that lead to their penalty?

No, this one wasn't given. They were clearly looking for a pen in the last 15-20 minutes.

 

[peekay]

No, this one wasn't given. They were clearly looking for a pen in the last 15-20 minutes.

There is no doubt they have been practicing for penalties.

 

[the count]

Scholes "Utd need to spend money".


The last 6 years:
£192.60m
£74.43m
£178.56m
£166.50m
£140.40m
£175.82m
Total: £928.31m

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manc...ers/verein/985

 

[6TimesaRed]

 

[HC]

Scholes "Utd need to spend money".


The last 6 years:
£192.60m
£74.43m
£178.56m
£166.50m
£140.40m
£175.82m
Total: £928.31m

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manc...ers/verein/985

That's frightening..

Frighteningly hilarious !

 

[6TimesaRed]

 

[Hansern]

Ole breaking records:

 

[peekay]

 

[rurikbird]

Watching Scholes as pundit just reinforces for me what a heap of nonsense it is to see him compared to Gerrard (and Lampard to some extent) as a player. He's just utterly bland, befitting an important cog in the machine who could play nice cross-field passes, but not a leader and driving force like the other two. I don't think I've ever heard him say something that goes even mildly against the grain of the most broad and predictable sentiment of United's fan base's at any given time, let alone something genuinely insightful.

 

[King Binny]

What a week it was, with both Manchester clubs knocked out. Would have been icing on cake if we were still in CL though.

 

[Frogfish]

What a week it was, with both Manchester clubs knocked out. Would have been icing on cake if we were still in CL though.

My waking thought this morning. If only ...

 

[MomoWASright]

Another positive note is they’ve been slogging away up to mid-August. We’ve basically been chilling since February and currently having a proper preseason sesh in Evian.

 

[Evo]

What a week it was, with both Manchester clubs knocked out.

My wanking thought this morning.

 

[Judge Jules]

Watching Scholes as pundit just reinforces for me what a heap of nonsense it is to see him compared to Gerrard (and Lampard to some extent) as a player. He's just utterly bland, befitting an important cog in the machine who could play nice cross-field passes, but not a leader and driving force like the other two. I don't think I've ever heard him say something that goes even mildly against the grain of the most broad and predictable sentiment of United's fan base's at any given time, let alone something genuinely insightful.

He had a shedload of ability but never fully made it count, and it was partly his own fault for insisting on playing midfield. His distribution was often excellent and he knew the way to goal, but his defensive work was a joke - he tackled with all the finesse of a charging rhino and collected an enormous number of bookings for someone so essentially mild-mannered. Quite early on in Scholes' career Ferguson wanted to turn him into a no.10/second striker and I think he was on to something with that, but Scholes was plainly cheesed off with the whole idea and reverted to midfield before long. Gerrard and Lampard did what they were always good at and became even better at it, whereas Scholes insisted on being a square peg in a round hole for most of his career.

 

[gkmacca]

Watching Scholes as pundit just reinforces for me what a heap of nonsense it is to see him compared to Gerrard (and Lampard to some extent) as a player. He's just utterly bland, befitting an important cog in the machine who could play nice cross-field passes, but not a leader and driving force like the other two. I don't think I've ever heard him say something that goes even mildly against the grain of the most broad and predictable sentiment of United's fan base's at any given time, let alone something genuinely insightful.

Yes. And he was also one of the worst tacklers there's ever been in top flight football.