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Shame there's just the one televised PL game today. Obviously an extra match yesterday, so the same amount on Sky / BT, but 3 on one day is a bit overkill, especially on a Saturday when there's also the 3pms, and Sunday is usually my favourite day for just binge watching matches. 

 

Milan vs Juventus could be OK on TNT Sports at 7.45pm, 2nd vs 3rd and obviously a little bit more interest with it involving the former, and ITV4 have Barcelona vs Bilbao at 8pm, but not quite the same as a PL match. Bilbao are doing reasonably well in the league, but was quite surprised to see that they were only 4/1 to win (away), and slightly shorter at some places, thought they would have been nearer 8s or 9s.

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8 minutes ago, Paullow said:

Shame there's just the one televised PL game today. Obviously an extra match yesterday, so the same amount on Sky / BT, but 3 on one day is a bit overkill, especially on a Saturday when there's also the 3pms, and Sunday is usually my favourite day for just binge watching matches. 

 

Milan vs Juventus could be OK on TNT Sports at 7.45pm, 2nd vs 3rd and obviously a little bit more interest with it involving the former, and ITV4 have Barcelona vs Bilbao at 8pm, but not quite the same as a PL match. Bilbao are doing reasonably well in the league, but was quite surprised to see that they were only 4/1 to win (away), and slightly shorter at some places, thought they would have been nearer 8s or 9s.

Do you watch the Scottish stuff?

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2 minutes ago, Hovagod said:

Do you watch the Scottish stuff?

Not really. I would usually watch Rangers vs Celtic, but very little outside of that. I guess if there was another match I would tune in to, then Hearts at home to either of the Old Firm would be towards the top of the list, so I probably will have it on in the background later, at least until Celtic go a goal or two ahead..

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Another loss for Ajax today, this time 4-3 to then bottom of the table Utrecht (who now push Ajax to 2nd bottom), including conceding an injury time winner. Crazy how bad they are doing. They do have a couple of games in hand, but they're already EIGHTEEN points behind 4th place Feyenoord.

 

4 teams are averaging at least 2.5 points per game in that league, which is absolutely insane.

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18 minutes ago, leffe186 said:

Enjoying watching Celtic. They’re playing lovely football, and as a bonus you can see the Hearts players losing their rags as Celtic just knock it about. Couple of tasty old-school tackles.

The lack of jeopardy spoils it for me. While it's obviously great winning a lot of matches, it must be a bit strange knowing you're going to win at least 27 of your 38 matches each year, overmatch the vast majority of your opponents, and some of the very few points you do drop is when the title has already been secured.

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2 minutes ago, astraguy said:

why is the atmosphere at Villa Park so dire?

 

I went to a few Villa games years back. It might have been where I was sitting at villa park, or how the team was at the time, but it was always a bit miserable. Lots of silence and complaining - possibly like we were under Ashley tbf.

 

A fleeting impression from a while ago, but I always preferred going to the Birmingham City games - even though they were pretty poor as a team, I still liked the atmosphere better. Smaller crowds there, but those that went were passionate about it. I got the sense that there was more expectation at Villa and their fans, which might be a wrong impression, but it was mine.

 

I actually think Birmingham is a great city when you get to know it, but it's not 100% a football city. Ask almost anyone in Newcastle on a Monday and they'll know the weekend's result and usually have an opinion on it. Not the same there at all.

 

I'm sure the hardcore fans are just as passionate as any other, but I don't think the city's identity is driven as much by the rhythm of football as it is here. Maybe because it's a two team city, but maybe because it's a much bigger place as well.

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