EPL Matchday 35 (Apr 19-22)
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moomba
TheBrownDog
Posed the question earlier how many first 10 minute goals for Liverpool this season.
Saw something yesterday, it is 11.
Which is an awful lot.
Saw something yesterday, it is 11.
Which is an awful lot.
- Apr 2, 2000
- 74,777
- 25,000
- AFL Club
- West Coast
- Other Teams
- Liverpool, Chicago Bulls.
It's amazing really isnt it.
Im sure I could have just as good a job. Then i would have gladly accepted the pay out. FML... 36 million for being s**t at your job.
moomba
TheBrownDog
This could have an impact on FFP for United. They're already down £30m on no champions league, any payout will be an additional expense. I know they have a few new sponsorships but £60m+ is a big bite, even out of a £400m+ budget. And they'll still have to pay the new manager.
moomba
TheBrownDog
FWIW I've seen a few things saying our payout to Mancini and his staff was around £30m.
Which seems plausible given he was only a year into a 5 year contract.
Which seems plausible given he was only a year into a 5 year contract.
Not surprised. City won't drop points two home games running.
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- Apr 2, 2000
- 74,777
- 25,000
- AFL Club
- West Coast
- Other Teams
- Liverpool, Chicago Bulls.
If it get's interesting I might stream it. But 3-1 is just gonna end up as a battering. City at home are too good and dont seem to be feeling the pressure of the title race. Perhaps because they know it's not in their hands.
Magma
TheBrownDog
ranged from the delightful to the disgraceful with no real in between. link up play delightful, time and space afforded to west brom disgraceful
Well looks like that 3-3 draw with Spurs is going to bite them hard.
If they lose against City then they'll only be 3 points clear of 17th
west ham on 4 points above them
Then Arsenal away
Sunderland 4 points behind them
and stoke 11 points above them
If they lose against City then they'll only be 3 points clear of 17th
west ham on 4 points above them
Then Arsenal away
Sunderland 4 points behind them
and stoke 11 points above them
- Apr 2, 2000
- 74,777
- 25,000
- AFL Club
- West Coast
- Other Teams
- Liverpool, Chicago Bulls.
Meh the game is over. West Brom wont score three goals.
moomba
TheBrownDog
3 goals already by the time I got here. 
Still the wrong formation for me. Dzeko off Milner on.
But doing ok.
New record for goals scored in all conps by an English team.
Yay us.
Still the wrong formation for me. Dzeko off Milner on.
But doing ok.
New record for goals scored in all conps by an English team.
Yay us.
- Sep 30, 2011
- 4,588
- 2,498
- AFL Club
- Hawthorn
- Other Teams
- Melbourne Victory, Blackburn Rovers
Its been a pretty decent game so far, at least there's some entertaining football being played.
Gees looking at the bottom four its going to go down to the wire.
Cardiff v Sunderland this weekend
Norwich have Liverpool (Loss) Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal as the their last fixtures. You have to feel sorry for them as one win to any of the bottom 3 would drop them into the relegation places.
Grats to Man City for all dem goals.
Cardiff v Sunderland this weekend
Norwich have Liverpool (Loss) Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal as the their last fixtures. You have to feel sorry for them as one win to any of the bottom 3 would drop them into the relegation places.
Grats to Man City for all dem goals.
Magma
TheBrownDog
just some luck with injuries. any.
moomba
TheBrownDog
Lacklustre in the second half, but job done. Hope Silva is ok.
Palace next but might keep half an eye on the game just before it.
Come on Jose.
Palace next but might keep half an eye on the game just before it.
Come on Jose.
Has the title race taken years off you? Because it has off me!
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Woke up and they won as expected
City won a title in the last seconds of a season, you haven't seen them off until it's mathematically impossible. These guys know how to push a race til the end
City won a title in the last seconds of a season, you haven't seen them off until it's mathematically impossible. These guys know how to push a race til the end
moomba
TheBrownDog
No. It did two years ago, but I'm a bit calmer about it after that. Think also we've never really had it in the bag so I've not really got to the point where I've though "we might actually win this".
- Aug 18, 2009
- 14,514
- 16,962
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Liverpool
That injury looks bad for Silva. Poor guy, I'm a massive fan of his.
Also, yet again I'm shocked to see how many empty seats there are at the Etihad. This title race isn't even close to being over, in the context of the season it's the 80th minute and they're only 1-0 down but you can't help but think a lot of the City fans may have already given up?
I wonder whether the difference is that clubs like Liverpool, United etc have that global appeal that they've built up over many years so there's always an extremely high demand for tickets regardless of the opponent or the context of the season? Not a slight against City as they generally still have very passionate local support (although the atmosphere has appeared to be lacking in recent months), but perhaps they're not quite at that level in their development as a club where they have millions of foreign fans desperate to come over and watch the team play like their rivals do.
It's funny but in all honesty the most passionate reds I've ever seen are Chinese, Thai, Indonesian etc; anyone who saw footage of our preseason tour will attest to that! They know all the songs, they're all decked out in red, it's quite incredible to watch and the 85,000 seat GBK stadium in Jakarta was absolutely rocking for 90 minutes when we played there in July.
I'm sure that sort of support will come to City in time as they will no doubt have a lot of success over the coming years, but perhaps that could be a reason why on several occasions this season I've seen so many empty seats at the Etihad?
Also, yet again I'm shocked to see how many empty seats there are at the Etihad. This title race isn't even close to being over, in the context of the season it's the 80th minute and they're only 1-0 down but you can't help but think a lot of the City fans may have already given up?
I wonder whether the difference is that clubs like Liverpool, United etc have that global appeal that they've built up over many years so there's always an extremely high demand for tickets regardless of the opponent or the context of the season? Not a slight against City as they generally still have very passionate local support (although the atmosphere has appeared to be lacking in recent months), but perhaps they're not quite at that level in their development as a club where they have millions of foreign fans desperate to come over and watch the team play like their rivals do.
It's funny but in all honesty the most passionate reds I've ever seen are Chinese, Thai, Indonesian etc; anyone who saw footage of our preseason tour will attest to that! They know all the songs, they're all decked out in red, it's quite incredible to watch and the 85,000 seat GBK stadium in Jakarta was absolutely rocking for 90 minutes when we played there in July.
I'm sure that sort of support will come to City in time as they will no doubt have a lot of success over the coming years, but perhaps that could be a reason why on several occasions this season I've seen so many empty seats at the Etihad?
moomba
TheBrownDog
The game was sold out, so no problems as far as I'm concerned.
Would have preferred if it wasnt sold out as we took the piss with prices for this game.
West Brom boycotted it and fair play to them for doing so.
Would have preferred if it wasnt sold out as we took the piss with prices for this game.
West Brom boycotted it and fair play to them for doing so.
- Apr 2, 2000
- 74,777
- 25,000
- AFL Club
- West Coast
- Other Teams
- Liverpool, Chicago Bulls.
Im sure City fans arent really worried about it. They know that with their money, they can win it every year. So it's a "oh well, we will win it next year" With Liverpool fans, it's been 24 years and this could be our one shot to break the drought. We dont have the $$ that Chelsea and City have to just hugely reload and try again next year.
moomba
TheBrownDog
It's a bit of that. Also a bit of
"I've seen us win a league"
"After 44 years"
"On goal difference with two goals in the last 5 minutes"
"Beating out your local rivals"
"Who led by 8 points with 6 games left"
No matter what we do from here, I'm not sure that any achievement will mean as much as that to a lot of blues.
- Aug 18, 2009
- 14,514
- 16,962
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Liverpool
I know that for general supporters it may be technically listed as a sell out, but there are many different ways to buy tickets for these games beyond just jumping on the club website.
There were a few thousand empty seats there tonight (and not for the first time this season), is it not possible that options like the Thomas Cook packages etc may not have been selling? It wouldn't surprise me if that was the case, it's just odd that City seems to be the only top club in the league to have consistently suffered from no shows/packages or seats not sold this season and there must be a reason for it beyond 'the ticket prices were too high', because every club's supporters have that problem.
There were a few thousand empty seats there tonight (and not for the first time this season), is it not possible that options like the Thomas Cook packages etc may not have been selling? It wouldn't surprise me if that was the case, it's just odd that City seems to be the only top club in the league to have consistently suffered from no shows/packages or seats not sold this season and there must be a reason for it beyond 'the ticket prices were too high', because every club's supporters have that problem.
moomba
TheBrownDog
Garcia and Demichelis our two best tonight. Both having a great couple of months.
