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Should have put the ball in the box

Was slapping heads again during celebrations. Thank God Joelinton’s got a lot of padding up there.

Trippier —> Felix —> Vitolo Pass before the pass

Get in.

Outrageous pass from Maddison and what a goal by Jamie Vardy. What a player. He’s one of a kind. Will we ever get another? I wonder... And that goal from Barnes. So pure.

Matip 1-0

Suicidal from Adrian.

Lush pass from Henderson

What’s he doing celebrating?

Man utd just don’t like scoring. Don’t even think their keeper’s had a save to make.

Man Utd. Such a mess. Will probably go on to win this but they have nothing to their game.

Aye, he should be saving that.

Looking like it. Gotta do better than Calvert Lewin. Spent 40 mil on Iwobi. Could have gotten a decent frontman for that money.

Some great technical players in the Championship that we could do with as utility types - Barry Bannan, Alioski from Leeds.

Ah yes, you're right. Scouring PL teams for a replacement. Gimme a sec. No wonder I was wondering what he did.

My 'I can't believe he still plays for them' 'What exactly does he do?' 'Modern Day Clogger' Eleven Asmir Begovic Joel Ward Phil Jones Mamadou Sakho Luke Shaw Shane Long Nacho Ki Sung Yeong Demarai Grey Calvert Lewin Javier Hernandez Begovic - started 24 games for Bournemouth last year. He's 32. I thought he was 36. Doesn't look like he's starting anymore. Ramsdale has been in nets for them this time around. I remember him being quite decent for Stoke before leaving to Chelsea to sit on their bench. Joel Ward. Thought about Aaron Wan Bisaka here. Because it's weird for a full back to be defensive nowadays. And also, I feel like no matter what offensive contributions, AWB makes, he'll always be classed as a defensive player. But gone for Joel Ward. Had no idea he had played so many PL games. Phil Jones - What is this guy good at? How has he managed to stay at Man Utd so long? He wasn't even that good for Blackburn. He has 27 England caps and is still only 27. Crazy to think there's still more of Phil Jones to come. Mamadou Sakho - Is he any good? I'm never quite sure. Was shocked to see he was apart of the Liverpool team that almost won the Premier League in 2014. He also had quite a significant playing career with PSG. 29 Years old. Thought he was younger. Luke Shaw - Could have sworn Luke Shaw was like 5'6. Apparently he's 6'1. He doesn't play like he's 6'1. He's always slumped forward, looks out of shape. Now that Man Utd are getting their defense together, it wouldn't surprise me if this guy's position is under evaluation. He's been under performing for years. Shane Long - Putting him on the wing. Sure he won't mind. His numbers are staggering for a striker. Nacho(Real Madrid) - The Nicky Butt of Real Madrid. What does this do? The John Obi Mikel type. Has 22 caps for Spain. Scored that goal against Portugal. Ki Sung Yeong - Just one of those 'don't really do much' midfielders. If you were assembling your best 11 of current Newcastle players, you'd probably leave him out. Always forget he plays for us. Demarai Grey - Is he actually good? Like is he? With all the new editions Leicester have made, feel like Grey is the odd man out. Should consider becoming a RWB to get more out of his career. Dominic Calvert Lewin - Calvert Lewin starts a lot of games for Everton but never looks like scoring. Feel like if Sunderland were still in the Premier League, they'd be looking to splash their entire transfer budget on a player like him. Can't believe Everton are looking to get into the top six with a player like him starting games. Javier Hernandez - Flukey goals, I mean his movement is absolutely brilliant but aren't you always surprised when this guy gets on the scoresheet? I am. Feel like every year I'm expecting this guy to go to the MLS. Thought it'd be this year. Surely next year then. Anyone else? Is it just me who thinks about things like this? Yes? Ok, I'll get back to work now then.

Kompany to step away from management and go back to being a player for Anderlecht.

Legit question - How many clubs actually have swimming pools and aquatic facilities? Tried researching it but it's a tough thing to find. Man Utd do... The Main Building, which houses the Manchester United first team, was opened in the pre-season of 2000. It comprises two levels. The ground floor includes; a large gymnasium, indoor running tracks, rehabilitation training hall, squash and basketball courts, weights room, 25-metre swimming pool, remedial and hydrotherapy pools, spa pool, jacuzzi, underwater treadmills, sauna and steam rooms, sunbeds (for Vitamin D), yoga rooms, administration and executive offices, seven team changing rooms, staff changing rooms, laundry rooms and five kit/boot rooms. The first floor includes; the first team manager's office (overlooking outdoor training pitches), manager's personal assistant office, assistant manager's office, coaches offices, match and opposition analysis suite, physiotherapy treatment rooms (with 10 physio beds), massage rooms, first aid station, doctor's office, physio's office (overlooking swimming pools, rehab hall, and weight room), classrooms, conference rooms, charity staff offices (Manchester United Foundation), restaurant seating over 100 people, player's lounge, recreation and games rooms, as well as an elevated, covered viewing gallery overlooking the outdoor pitches. The Main Building was extended and updated in 2013.[4] This makes me sad.

Thought I’d add a little with each game. Tottenham vs Sporting Lisbon - 2010 - This game was a pre season friendly double header with Man City - NY Redbulls playing after. Gareth Bale was the standout player. He didn’t do much but he beat a man with a piece of skill and it was like ‘oh yeah, he is supposed to be good’. This was right before he stepped his levels up. NY Redbulls vs Man City - 2010 - Think the standout players during this game were Emmanuel Adebayor and Adam Johnson. My brother stupidly screamed ‘John Terry’ when Wayne Bridge walked by. He was under the impression you could just say anything at football games. Luckily he didn’t hear him. Tbf he felt bad about it right after. Argentina vs United States - 2011 - Messi was the standout player for sure. Everything he did was just so quick. Players would get the ball off him for a millisecond but messi would get it straight back off of them. Mascherano was also exceptional. He was pinging diagonals left and right. Pinpoint accuracy. Every pass went straight to a man. Ran the show. Tottenham vs Swansea - 2013 - My first Premier League game. I was so excited. It was absolute shite. Game finished 1-0. Soldado pen. Andros Townsend was probably the most effective player on the pitch. I remember Danny Rose having a really poor attitude. He’s expend unnecessary energy getting upset and moaning about. NYC FC vs Orlando City FC - 2017 - Really poor game. It was weird because NYC were the home team but were wearing their away kit which is grey and Orlando were wearing white instead of their usual purple so it was really hard to tell what was going on.

Remember when we were good against these? Used to like watching games against Spurs. Did have that one random game when Ayoze scored last minute.

I dunno, like. Couple weeks ago he was picking on Brian who was visibly getting upset. Talking about "Brucey ball(which is kind of funny)". But it was a conversation between four people but Laurence was targeting Brian. Saying things like "You know I hate to see you upset" while making him upset! Don't kick the guy while he's down. We all know we're s***. He was just rubbing salt in the wound and then acting like he's his friend. I seriously f***ing hate him. Was it not just bantz? Not that i really give a shit. It's shots to the person paying his wages directly to his face. He's weak. He can't get by on his own patter so he has to make fun of Brian. He's the only one thinking it's funny. Hugh Wizzy or whatever his name is didn't laugh. Everyone on there is sympathetic towards Brian regarding Newcastle. But Laurence always likes to play the contrarian. If you notice, you can never actually tell what he's talking about because everything is an inside joke only related to something that happened previous in the conversation. He has no actual opinion on football. The only debate he won was against Rory but Rory's just shite so that's easy. I didn't like the interviews with Ian Wright and Ricky Gervaise because Brian and Laurence would have their own separate convo then address Wright and Gervaise. It's disrespectful. Like they'll laugh to each other, act like the person isn't there, then address them with a question.

I dunno, like. Couple weeks ago he was picking on Brian who was visibly getting upset. Talking about "Brucey ball(which is kind of funny)". But it was a conversation between four people but Laurence was targeting Brian. Saying things like "You know I hate to see you upset" while making him upset! Don't kick the guy while he's down. We all know we're shit. He was just rubbing salt in the wound and then acting like he's his friend. I seriously fucking hate him.

Dead on picked last in PE. Looks like the type who's too cool to try, would winge if the ball hit him, move out of the way of things. Just a moper. TG's not bad on the The Kick Off. It's a pretty entertaining show. He's good when he's in his element with like minded people just watching football.

Did True Geordie ever interview Rafa? Too busy dealing with his instagram feed ? I just had a look at his Youtube channel to see if I could get his take on steve fucking bruce. What in the orange walled hells is his channel meant to be about? It reminded me of when Homer Simpson became a web designer. I'm not sure what he is supposed to be now but I couldn't see much football related stuff, it was all "Win a car in Monaco", something about a boxer in prison in Thailand, Connor Mcgregor from the UFC and something on Maddie McCann. If I had any interest in any of those things, he is the last person I'd look for to tell me about them. I quite liked his angry anti-ashley rants and his fury at the likes of mcclaren and carver but I have no idea what he is trying to be these days. He comes across as rather hollow. Shame. TG’s alright. Who I really can’t stand is that Laurence McKenna. Just so absolutely irritating. Nothing he says has any substance. It’s just things to wind people up. Inside jokes and stuff like that. Loved how Kieran Dyer treated him. Just ignored everything he said and had a counter for all his bad jokes. There’s a vid where Dyer ignores him and then TG and Dyer go on talking and go “no one likes him(talking about whatever the subject was)” but the subtext was like “nobody likes Laurence”. Seriously just a fucking prick. Always trying to instigate. Just an overall phony. 3:40 watch. And they’re talking about whatever they’re talking about but the subtext is Laurence. “Everybody hate him” “unlikeable”. I think he’s talking about Laurence on the low. Just completely left out of the conversation. And you could say I'm picking on him, but I don't like him because he tries to put people in boxes based on race or gender, whatever works to get him over. This past week on The Kick Off - he goes "well I'm a middle class white man so bla bla". There was no need to bring that up. Just a fucking prick of the highest order. Seriously hate him.

Attended far less games than I'd like to have. NY Redbulls vs Man City - 2010 Tottenham vs Sporting Lisbon - 2010 Argentina vs United States - 2011 Tottenham vs Swansea - 2013 NYC FC vs Orlando City FC - 2017 Hopefully will be attending more NYC FC games in the future.