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realisation dawning on Merseyside that he is just a very high quality moocher

This is also the Mark Of Champions mate, scrambling to at-the-death victories in front of a disinterested crowd that expected better but sings the right songs at the right time

I don't remember city being like that at all, but maybe you're right my memory is of them just being crushingly, brutally efficient at putting teams away

Worked ok for Manchester City for a while like, don't recall them constantly breathing sighs of relief at the death as they cantered to their next title

It's what champions do man, apparently You would have thought that champions would wrap things up in good time rather than scraping through by a midge's pube every time but what would we know

couldn't make it up, whatever

Aye, gutted for him me

As a 50 year old bloke I hate to admit it but aye, this

By the time he's got the players to play his formation every team in the league will have worked out how to counter it anyway

HT, fucking abysmal so far like

Wew, 0-1 Long way off the pace like

It has not been a beautiful game

Next someone will realise that nobody can remember how to defend against 442 and that'll be back as well. I have no issues with anyone using the long throw, totally legit and can be as dangerous and more consistent than corners (and can fuck with defending players' minds for exactly that reason, not knowing whether to put it out for a throw or a corner or try to keep it in). It'll be countered by teams doing what the mackems did and moving the advertising hoardings in of course

Looks like Evan Dando

Aye, I'm all for simplicity but that C the wrong way along the bottom just kills me. Literally just that aspect of it

It's a beautiful thing other than I always fucking hated that version of the badge

More for the modern football thread but those aspiring to top level football in 2025 can't really afford to give the first fuck about local fans any more; once the merch sales get a bit of out of area traction we'll be pretty much a complete irrelevance (except the ones who are chosen to appear in maudlin sepia toned videos for new players talking about how their mams and dads loved Newcastle as well, how vitally important that local connection is and how it's In Wa Blood)

They were noisy through the game but didn't appear to be going anywhere or doing anything. I left about ten minutes before the end and as I was driving back past the ground they were all pouring out and running over the road like fucking idiots, they must have done something but I'm not sure what it was

Aye Benfield had a collection like that

but Northallerton have ultras?

Phenomenal pint of Amstel at Prudhoe like

Aye, I am as well. I feel like I'll be regretting my decision to go about half ten on the way back Can you actually get into the bar from inside the ground at Prudhoe or do you have to go back outside? I've never worked it out on all five or six or my previous visits

Prudda tonight on the back of a continuing ropey run, no win in probably six or seven for Alnwick. Looks like the weather is going to be dismal as well. I proper love non league like