Still not worthy of a thread

[Guest]

3 hours ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

It has been a season where the relegation battle hasn’t really been a thing. 

 

Only thing that made it semi-interesting for a while were the point deductions. 

[Guest]

47 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

They have been, but I think Luton deserve some credit for having made a somewhat decent fist of it. It's absolutely obscene that they have featured in the Premier League at all, let's be honest. Burnley and Sheffield United are a disgrace and if it wasn't for the fact we tend to get positive results, I'd never have them back.

 

Next season will hopefully be a bit different (and better, from the neutral point of view). You'd certainly expect Leicester to be pretty well-equipped. Last season really was an aberration in their recent history. 

 

Yeah, it's a miracle a club that size was even competing top end of the Championship never mind trying to stay up. Hopefully the money helps them grow.

[joeyt]

 

 

Yussss

[Wolfcastle]

11 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

 

Yussss

Remember some dodgy info spreading like a Chinese whisper during the title challenge in 96 about what was going on in Man United's game. Think it was Southampton at home for us, Leeds at home for them. 

[leffe186]

On 15/05/2024 at 15:36, Interpolic said:

Fuck's it got to do with FIFA?

Money, naturally.

 

I’d like to explore the impact of an asteroid on FIFA.

[NSG]

 

 

[maybe_next_year]

I know its easy to take the piss out of Arsenal for that but it's got to be pretty expected right? Very slim chance of it happening but there is a chance. On an organisational front, they've got to be prepared for that eventuality in what is one of the richest competitions in world sport. 

 

When we won the title with Rafa on the last day as opposed to Brighton despite being 7 points behind with 3 games to go, we had a display board ready to go and you can bet they'd had a practice run of putting it up before a ball was kicked on the final day. 

[Ben]

 

[gbandit]

Feel for Luton that they’ve fallen apart at the very end. I didn’t enjoy our games with them but I did enjoy them being in the league 

[BlueStar]

1 hour ago, Ben said:

 

 

I'm curious if when it comes out it'll really be a "top presenter" given these are the same papers who headlined the story of a pissed up Danny Graham crashing his 4x4 into a Co-op with "premier league ace"

[TheBrownBottle]

19 hours ago, Wolfcastle said:

Remember some dodgy info spreading like a Chinese whisper during the title challenge in 96 about what was going on in Man United's game. Think it was Southampton at home for us, Leeds at home for them. 

I was one of the daft twats who fell for it.  My ST was in the lower part of the Leazes.  There was a bloke near me with a tranny who turned to a few of us and said '1-0 Leeds!  (Brian) Deane has scored!'

 

I jumped up and started shouting that Deane had scored for Leeds.  Hopefully I wasn't alone, but half the Leazes started going crackers.  Then the stupid cunt told us he'd misheard, and it was 1-0 Man Utd, Keane had scored.

 

So if you remember a spotty teenager with a blonde mop of hair jumping up and shouting that, then apologies - that was me  

[TheBrownBottle]

12 hours ago, maybe_next_year said:

I know its easy to take the piss out of Arsenal for that but it's got to be pretty expected right? Very slim chance of it happening but there is a chance. On an organisational front, they've got to be prepared for that eventuality in what is one of the richest competitions in world sport. 

 

When we won the title with Rafa on the last day as opposed to Brighton despite being 7 points behind with 3 games to go, we had a display board ready to go and you can bet they'd had a practice run of putting it up before a ball was kicked on the final day. 

There was a replica PL trophy at SJP in 1996 just in case Bryan Robson's Middlesbrough team did us a favour and got a result against Man Utd.  Which seems less likely than Arsenal winning it

[Guest]

Manchester United finished 8th 

[geordie_b]

4 minutes ago, OCK said:

Manchester United finished 8th 

fyp 

[DubblyDubblyDubbly]

BBC hate us. Not a mention (at the time of posting) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league

Feckem. 

[joeyt]

What's going on

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_Vinladen

 

 

Edited May 20, 2024 by joeyt

[Guest]

FM Regens

[Lazarus]

8 minutes ago, joeyt said:

What's going on

 

 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_Vinladen

 

 

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Vinladen had previously contemplated changing his name, but he claims that he has grown accustomed to it over time. He does not believe his name to be problematic, citing Peruvian footballer, Hitler Alba Sánchez, and Brazilian footballer, Marx Lenin, as other figures in the sport with similarly controversial names.[3]

 

[Guest]

What happened to the days when South Americans would just name their kids after their favourite band?

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_(footballer)

 

 

[FloydianMag]

 

[Guest]

Toni Kroos retiring after the Euros. Legend of the game

[The College Dropout]

3pm kick-off is great for travelling fans

[triggs]

2 hours ago, Jack27 said:

Toni Kroos retiring after the Euros. Legend of the game

Aye what a career and what a player. Don't get many going out at the top these days

[Kid Icarus]

FWIW the results of the self-indulgent KI player of the season award are in. They may not be what I'd actually pick for my top ten, but in terms of the numbers not lying, the final standings are as follows (methodology below):

 

 

10: Martin Dubravka - 5.88

9: Sean Longstaff - 6.11

8: Miguel Almiron - 6.12

7: Tino Livramento - 6.72

6: Dan Burn - 6.78

5: Kieran Trippier - 6.90

4: Alexander Isak - 6.94

3: Fabian Schar - 6.95

2: Anthony Gordon - 7.03

1: Bruno Guimaraes - 7.12

 



Methodology: Score based on average score. Players with less that 25 appearances were automatically excluded, this is a bit harsh on the likes of Lascelles, Murphy, Hall and Miley, while benefitting the likes of Dubravka, but I had to make the cut off somewhere without it being a bit daft. Players with less than 30 games played had a 0.2 reduction, less than 25 another 0.2 reduction. In a way there's some deductive reasoning going on here, but without it it just wouldn't have looked 'right' ie Livramento at number 1, Lascelles very high up.
 

 

 

My actual chosen top 10

 

 

 

10: Jacob Murphy - it was close between Murphy and Longstaff in terms of raw output, but Murphy edges it because he's also had good performances, whereas Longstaff has put up decent numbers despite underperforming.

9: Lewis Miley - a brilliant breakthrough season considering his age.

8: Jamal Lascelles - easy to forget now as it seems like a long time ago, but Lascelles put in some excellent performances earlier in the season.

7: Dan Burn: An underrated season from Burn where he was often a scapegoat, sometimes warranted, sometimes not, as soon as he went to CB he reminded everyone just how good he is.

6: Tino Livramento - The player with the highest average rating for me if you take away appearances - to my mind he put in quite a few 9 or 10/10 performances in a row earlier in the season and has been a star performer when fit.

5: Kieran Trippier - It does feel slightly odd having Tripps this high as he's had a few high-profile mistakes, but again it's easy to forget just how formidable he was earlier in the season and that shouldn't count for nothing with the passing of time.

4: Fabian Schar - tailed off towards the end of the season somewhat, but was generally very dependable, the start of our attacks, an attacking threat and scored an absolute all-timer. The best Newcastle CB in my life time, hands down. 

3. Alexander Isak - He hasn't always had the best games and hasn't always played, but his impact and quality when he's been on it are just undeniable, a superstar. 

2: Bruno Guimaraes - An absolutely brilliant footballer and the player who has been more dependable than anyone else, with a baseline of 6 or 7/10 every week. In a way how good he is is almost taken for granted.

1: Anthony Gordon - Who would have thought it, but here we are. A ridiculous amount of goals, assists, pens won, goal involvements, dependability, and overall work ethic. An absolutely electric season and my player of the season. 

 

 

 

Edited May 22, 2024 by Kid Icarus

[Kid Icarus]

Bonus:

Perfect 10 scores:

Gordon: 2: Villa (H), Sheff United (A)

Schar: 2: PSG (H), Villa (A)

Trippier: 2: Sheff United (A), PSG (H)

Livramento: 2: Man City (EFL), PSG (A)

Isak: 1: Villa (H)

Tonali: 1: Villa (H)

Lascelles: 1: PSG (H)

Burn: 1: PSG (H)
Pope: 1: PSG (A)

Murphy: 1 : Palace (H)

Dubravka: 1: Blackburn (FAC)