comment by Jalisco Red - Losing My Reguilón (U4195)
posted 2 minutes ago
Manchester City's England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, 28, is at the top of Manchester United's shopping list for next summer. (Sun)

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Stop. Just stop
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He'd improve us and all

Please just put us out of our misery

comment by Jalisco Red - Losing My Reguilón (U4195)
posted 6 minutes ago
Manchester City's England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, 28, is at the top of Manchester United's shopping list for next summer. (Sun)

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Stop. Just stop
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Thank the lord we are out of this then. Phew.

Shoot us dead then cremate us then shoot the ashes

comment by Pun (U21588)
posted 3 minutes ago
Shoot us dead then cremate us then shoot the ashes
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We've certainly urned it

One the the BBC sport gossip stories the other day was that us and Real Madrid are not going to try and sign Werner.

comment by Jalisco Red - Losing My Reguilón (U4195)
posted 17 minutes ago
Manchester City's England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, 28, is at the top of Manchester United's shopping list for next summer. (Sun)

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Stop. Just stop
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That should add £70m to City's war chest..

..or £45m if he goes to Newcastle.

comment by Jalisco Red - Losing My Reguilón (U4195)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Pun (U21588)
posted 3 minutes ago
Shoot us dead then cremate us then shoot the ashes
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We've certainly urned it
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Celtic leads in plastic in the best league in the world

Nobody really follows upper league football anymore

Season defining game in Kane's Bundesliga today

Leverkusen go into the match unbeaten in 13 Harry Kane's Bundesliga matches and could extend their lead to 6 points over Harry Kane's Bayern. Leverkusen are also unbeaten in all Harry Kane's competitions this season. A victory for Stuttgart would put them above Harry Kane's Bayern in Harry Kane's Bundesliga. Harry Kane's Bundesliga's Stuttgart's Guirassy has 16 goals in just 11 appearances. A better goalscoring record than Harry Kane's Bundesliga's Harry Kane's Bayern Munich's Harry Kane, in Harry Kane's Bundesliga this season.

comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 13 hours, 35 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 7 minutes ago
You can't just presume that you deserved more because you created better chances.

Eh? Makes no sense to me.
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Let me change the framing, see if you get it:

Imagine Arsenal playing Madrid in the Champions League in the CL.

Arsenal come racing out of the gates, and in the opening 15 minutes, blow Madrid apart. Thanks to two golazos and a tap in, they race out to a 3-0 lead on an xG of 0.93.

For the rest of the game they sit back and soak up Madrid's pressure. Ramsdale (in for the injured Raya) makes a string of impressive saves, as Madrid squander chance after chance. The final whistle goes, and it's 3-0 to the Arsenal.

Madrid have racked up 26 shots and an xG of 2.99 to Arsenal's 4 and 0.96.

According to your logic, Madrid must have deserved to win clearly.

However, that would be overlooking the fact that Arsenal put the game to bed inside 15 minutes, meaning that they didn't need to take any risks and simply adjusted to the situation managed the game according to the result and their best interests.

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I haven't talked about any stats. I judge a game on what I see. We shouldnt have lost against Villa. End of.
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His point was absolutely spot on.

Sometimes teams choose to sit in and play on the counter.

Do you not deserve to win a game if you’ve set up to concede possession and play deep?

comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 13 hours, 35 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 7 minutes ago
You can't just presume that you deserved more because you created better chances.

Eh? Makes no sense to me.
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Let me change the framing, see if you get it:

Imagine Arsenal playing Madrid in the Champions League in the CL.

Arsenal come racing out of the gates, and in the opening 15 minutes, blow Madrid apart. Thanks to two golazos and a tap in, they race out to a 3-0 lead on an xG of 0.93.

For the rest of the game they sit back and soak up Madrid's pressure. Ramsdale (in for the injured Raya) makes a string of impressive saves, as Madrid squander chance after chance. The final whistle goes, and it's 3-0 to the Arsenal.

Madrid have racked up 26 shots and an xG of 2.99 to Arsenal's 4 and 0.96.

According to your logic, Madrid must have deserved to win clearly.

However, that would be overlooking the fact that Arsenal put the game to bed inside 15 minutes, meaning that they didn't need to take any risks and simply adjusted to the situation managed the game according to the result and their best interests.

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I haven't talked about any stats. I judge a game on what I see. We shouldnt have lost against Villa. End of.
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His point was absolutely spot on.

Sometimes teams choose to sit in and play on the counter.

Do you not deserve to win a game if you’ve set up to concede possession and play deep?
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Well in March 2014 Arsenal beat Spurs 1-0 we scored in the 2nd minute and struggled after that. Spurs missed at least 3 sitters. It was a game we were very fortunate to win and we didn't deserve to win it.
Yesterday's game was relatively similar to an extent.

comment by Snooker_49 (U10665)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 13 hours, 35 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 7 minutes ago
You can't just presume that you deserved more because you created better chances.

Eh? Makes no sense to me.
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Let me change the framing, see if you get it:

Imagine Arsenal playing Madrid in the Champions League in the CL.

Arsenal come racing out of the gates, and in the opening 15 minutes, blow Madrid apart. Thanks to two golazos and a tap in, they race out to a 3-0 lead on an xG of 0.93.

For the rest of the game they sit back and soak up Madrid's pressure. Ramsdale (in for the injured Raya) makes a string of impressive saves, as Madrid squander chance after chance. The final whistle goes, and it's 3-0 to the Arsenal.

Madrid have racked up 26 shots and an xG of 2.99 to Arsenal's 4 and 0.96.

According to your logic, Madrid must have deserved to win clearly.

However, that would be overlooking the fact that Arsenal put the game to bed inside 15 minutes, meaning that they didn't need to take any risks and simply adjusted to the situation managed the game according to the result and their best interests.

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I haven't talked about any stats. I judge a game on what I see. We shouldnt have lost against Villa. End of.
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His point was absolutely spot on.

Sometimes teams choose to sit in and play on the counter.

Do you not deserve to win a game if you’ve set up to concede possession and play deep?
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Well in March 2014 Arsenal beat Spurs 1-0 we scored in the 2nd minute and struggled after that. Spurs missed at least 3 sitters. It was a game we were very fortunate to win and we didn't deserve to win it.
Yesterday's game was relatively similar to an extent.
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Sure, I was just responding to the more broader point at the top of the thread, rather than yesterday in particular.

comment by Frank van Eijs (U1734)
posted 27 seconds ago
Leverkusen go into the match unbeaten in 13 Harry Kane's Bundesliga matches and could extend their lead to 6 points over Harry Kane's Bayern. Leverkusen are also unbeaten in all Harry Kane's competitions this season. A victory for Stuttgart would put them above Harry Kane's Bayern in Harry Kane's Bundesliga. Harry Kane's Bundesliga's Stuttgart's Guirassy has 16 goals in just 11 appearances. A better goalscoring record than Harry Kane's Bundesliga's Harry Kane's Bayern Munich's Harry Kane, in Harry Kane's Bundesliga this season.
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Almost every match, the commentator says something like "the stats suggest that team X is dominating, but that doesn't tell the full story". Basically when a team has 65% or so possession and are 3-0 down cos conceded early goals and the other team were clinical. You'd have thought we'd get to a point where we all understand football enough that we don't need this explained. But if Hafi is a real person, then I guess we do.

And you are having lots of attempts at goal because you have not scored. The other team scored with their attempts so they don't need to keep attempting to score as much now. Therefore having more attempts than the other team doesn't mean you deserved to win. OK HAFI?? If you do indeed exist.

What about the fact that Kilmarnock are level with Celtic?

Though I'm sure Celtic will inevitably retake the lead in the league of Celtic inevitably retaking the lead

comment by Jalisco Red - Losing My Reguilón (U4195)
posted 1 minute ago
What about the fact that Kilmarnock are level with Celtic?
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In the worst league in the world

Celtic fans will do their faux celebration where they invade the pitch after a last minute winner to go a million points clear. They have to invent excitement or they'd just kill themselves

comment by Frank van Eijs (U1734)
posted 1 minute ago
Celtic fans will do their faux celebration where they invade the pitch after a last minute winner to go a million points clear. They have to invent excitement or they'd just kill themselves
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Turns out they're really good at it!

Celtic are going to keep trying at Rugby Park.

Try, try and try again.

Goooooaaaaal