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On a more serious note, I'd call the box office to check the procedure for PL U18 tickets. A quick Google search shows QF tickets for the U18 FA Cup are available through the official team website – but not for any league games. I'd say that suggests a person might need approval to attend through something like being a scout, agent or similar, and the matches just not having tickets on general sale. Either that, or it’ll either be overly complicated (booking through the box office etc), or something as simple as showing up on the day and buying a ticket at the door. Not really sure why I, a foreigner, decided to attempt answering this question when this forum undoubtedly has a ton of local posters with genuine knowledge about how to attend a Academy matches... Ah well, at least I tried being helpful

Disgraceful choice of music aside, my favorite part of that video was when I for some reason thought the kitchen sink in the back was a bathtub for several seconds. Couldn't for the life of me fathom why the fuck there'd be a bathtub in the team bus, let alone who'd ever use it given that it didn't have any privacy It took enough seconds for the camera to get back to that section after it'd looked at the seats for a bit, for me to picture a scenario that meant whoever was crowned the team's MOTM would get to take a bath on the ride home whilst everyone else would have to make do with regular bus seats

Just popping by this thread with a quick reminder that this is the ranking for notable Man Utd managers when it comes to league matches with Points Won vs No Points Won: Sir Alex Ferguson‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ –‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 85.92% Jose Mourinho‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ –‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 81.72% Ole Gunnar Solskjær‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎–‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 77.98% Louis Van Gaal‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎–‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 76.31% Ernest Mangnall‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎–‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 74.53% Matt Busby‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎–‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 73.79% Ralf Rangnick‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ –‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 70.83% David Moyes‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎–‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 67.64% Erik Ten Hag‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ –‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 66.23% Ruben Amorim‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎–‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 42.85%

Ruud should be on thin eyes at this point, no? Worse record than Cooper in the same amount of games and all...

Honestly the only European club tournament I've found any joy watching (other than when we've been participating in any). Absolutely can't stand the repetitiveness of the CL, and up until this season the EL was pretty much guaranteed to end up being won by a team that got knocked out of the CL in the group stage so there was no point watching any group stage matches or really pay attention to the knock-outs. The Conference League has tons of former giants of European football playing in it, and it has teams from more nations than probably the CL and EL combined. Vikingur Reykjavik and Shamrock Rovers almost managed to get through to the proper Round of 16! Fuck watching Barcelona/Real Madrid/Bayern play Barcelona/Real Madrid/Bayern over and over, give me a final featuring teams like Roma, Feyenoord, Fiorentina, Olympiakos and so on any day of the week! With that in mind, bar the fact the new "league" system has added potentially 4 extra fixtures to CL/EL teams and potentially 2 extra fixtures for ECL teams to an already stacked schedule that's ruining the longevity of footballer's careers, I don't mind the new set-up one bit. Was excitement all the way through the last game in the "league" regarding who'd advance straight to the pR16 vs who'd have to go to the extra R16 for the chance to get there, as well as excitement regarding which teams would be knocked out and which teams would get an extra life by getting sent to the extra R16 round. First time in what feels like decades where I've paid any attention whatsoever to the last couple of group matches in Europe.

I like how you seem to think I'll somehow win another

Bodø/Glimt just straight up giving it to Twente right up their bum, without lube, tonight!

Honestly not sure what the fact I've never felt "disgust" towards our owners, even with Saudi Arabia's beyond horrible human rights record, until I saw this image

I get that sometimes a team theoretically could benefit if they "lucked out" with the timing of certain fixtures on their scheduled, such as if they get to face an out-of-form opponent instead of an in-form one – and how that could give the impression that a team's set of remaining fixtures could make it seem like they'll have it easier than other teams. However, I refuse to acknowledge this as being meaningful in the grand scheme of things whatsoever... Every team plays all 19 opponents twice, home and away. Any points gained from those fixtures will, when the season is done, be tallied up with the points teams gain from all the other fixtures they've played against the other teams throughout the season. Yes, sometimes a team will end up playing a "tough" opponent at a time where circumstances are kind to them and offer up a tiny bit of an advantage when comparing the fixture "Team Us vs. Team Tough" with the equivalent fixture, "Team Not-Us vs. Team Tough", for the other teams. At the end of the day, 99.99% of the time – even if a team should luck out and be given a one in a million set-up for success through pure, random, circumstantial chance – to the degree a person could look back at a completed season and point to that particular fixture as having been an advantageous one when comparing it to the same fixture for all the other teams. But when spread out across a complete season, any circumstantial advantage gained from when any one particular fixture ended up being scheduled for will inevitably balance out, because just the same way as you felt your team got "lucky" with when a specific fixture ended up being scheduled for – teams you feel your team should defeat will be looking at your team, thinking exactly the same thing you thought your team got lucky with when they played a "tough" opponent. I can accept that there are moments in any team's fixture list where you could realistically be "lucky" with when the fixtures were scheduled, to the degree it'd actually manage to make a tiny, tiny, bit of difference compared to other teams. Those fixtures t are either among the first matches of the season (if your team's prepared and up to full fitness vs. "tough" opponents perhaps not being equally prepared going into the season, perhaps even lacking when it comes to 100% fitness). That "advantage" is pretty much impossible to replicate/even out, even over a full season, if you somehow managed to get the beyond belief amount of unrealistic luck required for that scenario to become reality. You can also include the last two-three matches of the season if your team still has something to play for and ended up getting two-three teams scheduled to play you that no longer have anything but honor to play for, with their players most likely already mentally checked out and well on their way to complete planning their summer holiday. One factor that realistically could provide your team with a scenario where you could be given some form of advantage in a fixture, when comparing it to the other teams playing the same one, would be if you somehow ended up having even more luck with when you got scheduled to play out a fixture against a "tough" opponent and saw the fixture end up being a "damp squib" in the "tougher" opponents own fixture list. An example of such a fixture being set to occur is just around the corner, as Brentford will be playing Villa just four days after the first R16 CL leg, which already came just four days after Villa will have played Chelsea in the FA Cup, and the second leg in the CL R16 taking place only three days after the Brentford fixture. With Villa being placed where they currently are in the league, potentially still competing in both the FA Cup and the CL, I'd say it'd be more likely than not that Villa would use the opportunity to rest key players against Brentford – which would give Brentford an advantage other teams playing the same fixture at a different point of the season wouldn't be able to replicate. Even then, a single favorably timed match is unlikely to significantly impact the final standings. Unless blatant fixture manipulation occurs (which would be obvious and widely discussed/criticized), any perceived advantages will almost certainly even out over the season – like they always have. TL;DR: I can’t stand the feeling that the majority of football fans begin obsessing over fixture lists and remaining "strength of schedule" at the exact same time of the season, every season, heading into the final third. Every team plays the same opponents, and every team play them twice. When a "tough" fixture is scheduled to be played didn't matter before the season began, it hasn't mattered during the season so far and it won't matter when the season is done. The only thing that actually matters (If you want to finish as high in the table as possible) is that you have to get results. No matter when you play a team – if you want to finish higher up in the table than others when the season is over – is that you get results when you play matches. It matters fuck all when you play or who you play against – because everyone will play the exact same fixtures, once home and once away.

That's not very funny though, is it? The world's going to shit, gotta try to have some fun when and where the possibility arises.

*checks notes* Hmm.....

Tried to predict the rest of the season, used this: https://www.worldfootball.net/table_calculator/eng-premier-league/ Went 1-0, 0-0 or 0-1 so goal difference plays no part... not that it'd matter, as I seemingly have unrealistic expectations for certain teams regarding rest of season wins/losses

Saw Harry Kane had 103 apps for England. How likely do people feel it is that he'll have taken the record as most capped England player by the time he retires? Will turn 32 this July, 8 matches in the WC qualifiers this year would bring him to 111 apps. If we guess there'll be three pre-WC friendlies, he'll be at 114 before the WC proper. If we give England the benefit of any and all doubt and say you get to the Final, he'd be on 122 apps when the WC is done. 3 apps away from equalling Shilton's record and 4 away from taking it for himself, but aged 33 and just having had the perfect time to announce his retirement from International football (after a theoretical WC 2026 Final). Do people think he'll stick around after the WC to try to get himself the record, even if only becoming a bit-part player in the national team set-up as, undoubtedly, whoever manages England at the time will want to bring in younger players for the upcoming EC 2028 and WC 2030 rather than gamble on an aging Kane? Weird thing to be thinking about out of nowhere, especially as a non-English person, I know But still, I wonder... 🤔

Enjoyed these efforts myself: @thomas

I've had times where I wish i knew how to find this and rewatch it, if anyone knows, please help

I see you, Fitzgerald.

Pretty much, don't think he's actually fielded a different starting tactic in his professional managerial career (but don't quote me on that, basing it on a pundit saying it a few weeks back )

TIL this ^ I died when there came a “…but” after McCarthy “at least” getting them promoted the season after

Jot me down as +1 if possible. If not then just me.

fyp 17.6 Million unique UK active X users (Statista) in January.

ChatGPT tries its best, at least:

Only "new" (post-2005) stadiums I can recall seeing that I didn't either go or when seeing, but rather , were these (and even then mostly because they actually had a different approach to stadium design than the copy/paste ones: And even then, some of these barely make my (subjective) list of interesting stadium designs. This is not me saying any of these are objectively good stadium designs, just that among all the new stadiums of the past 20+ years, these are the few I've at least found somewhat interesting design-wise. All that said, absolutely nothing will ever better the design of Matlı Stadyumu (🇹🇷). They made their stadium have a crocodile head entrance: