SH Panda Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13191147/Mason-Mounts-Man-United-questioned-team-mate-NOT-football-reasons-chelsea.html Distinctly dodgy transfer dealings in the Barclays, who would have thought it? Mount has been injured all year and completely anonymous when he has played, probably the worst transfer of the season. Has he had a good game in 2 years? Hope he milks them Winston Bogarde style. Ditching Estupinian for Kerkez ahead of Zabarnyi one of those especially painful fantasy football moments. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 3 hours ago, SH Panda said: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13191147/Mason-Mounts-Man-United-questioned-team-mate-NOT-football-reasons-chelsea.html Distinctly dodgy transfer dealings in the Barclays, who would have thought it? Mount has been injured all year and completely anonymous when he has played, probably the worst transfer of the season. Has he had a good game in 2 years? Hope he milks them Winston Bogarde style. Ditching Estupinian for Kerkez ahead of Zabarnyi one of those especially painful fantasy football moments. Huge amount of words in that story to say absolutely nothing, except that Mount has been injured a lot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH Panda Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 And that a team mate is saying this about him to the press. (Or the daily mail made up a source). Regardless, it's been an absolutely terrible transfer. Everything about it was handled poorly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Nobody expected it to be anything other than a terrible signing. He brings nothing exceptional to that squad. He's just that level. He'd be getting the same abuse McTominay gets because - although Mount is better going forward - they're both poor (in relative terms as to where Manchester United wish to be going). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH Panda Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) Think Mount would kill for the kind of season Scott McTominay is having. Despite playing far higher up the pitch Mount has only once managed to score more than McTominay has managed this season* - and he did so in 27 starts, McTominay has managed it in only 14 starts. Wouldn't rule out McDominate matching even Mounts best season this year, he even has more international goals despite spending many of those caps at centre back. So if he's better going forward it doesn't look like it in terms of scoring. McTominay seems to manage really important goals as well, his 7 goals winning 12 points in the league (highest of any Premier League player), he's been absolutely crucial for them this season. They would be in some hole without him. Like Darren Fletcher before him he will only be properly appreciated when he retired. Id be pretty surprised if Mount ever has as good a season for Man Utd as McTominay has had this year. *He just snuck over it when on loan in the Eredivisie and Championship, but McDominate has only ever played Premier League football so that's what I'm comparing. Edited March 15 by SH Panda 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 The commentator just said this will be a "famous win for Fulham " they are in the same league ffs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Silvaball>>>>>Angeball 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Nottingham Forest points deduction: Loss of four points drops club into relegation zone - BBC Sport That's Forest docked 4 points, will appeal. The EPL getting in a mess over points deductions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Points deductions have been a great addition to this Barclays campaign. Hopefully here to stay for many seasons to come. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Theres a real air of tinpottery from the GLITW the way they are hokey-cokeying these points around the place mid season. This is the league that gives us TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY where everyone wanks over the spending record being annihilated again, and a couple of mid table sides outspending the rest of Europes top 5 leagues. This is the league that welcomes Oligarchs, hedgefund wankers and Petrostates with shit reputations to clean up with open arms. And all of this exists within the context of a completely dominant club romping it season after season whilst carrying over 100 of these charges that are either ignored completely, or handwaved away as just too complicated compared to x/y by those covering the game and the league themselves. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Hogwarts-style points handed out taken away at the end of the season live on Sky Sports news is going to be great fun. Everton and Nottingham Forest finishing in the bottom 3 anxiously waiting their final totals, and the big twist being Man City and Chelsea both docked enough to drop them out the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Cut Ange and he bleeds Barclays 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 18/03/2024 at 15:02, MEADOWXI said: Nottingham Forest points deduction: Loss of four points drops club into relegation zone - BBC Sport That's Forest docked 4 points, will appeal. The EPL getting in a mess over points deductions. The mess is the cheating, not the punishment. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) Scratch the Sky Sports surface and English football at League level is becoming a joke. The Premier League has two teams with a points deduction, possibly with one to be added to and another cut on appeal. There's a very good chance we'll finish the season not knowing who has been relegated. The champions of five of the last six seasons are under investigation and seem very likely to be guilty of cheating on a large scale. They have a club owned by out-and-out murderers. If that was our league, people would be losing their minds at the tin-pottery of it all. Below that, the team top of the Championship have been charged with cheating, while the future of a whole load of clubs, most prominently Reading, is far from secure. Were it not for a play-off final win, Aston Villa would probably be Reading at this stage as well. And next season we'll just see more of this, as the spending is far from under control and clubs are trying more and more imaginative (dishonest) ways of getting round the rules. Not to mention the likelihood of the Championship winners starting the season in the Premier League on minus points. Absolute nonsense. Edited March 22 by VincentGuerin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawB93 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Kyle Walker doing his hammy pinging a clearance off the back of Maguire's heid is very decent patter tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 58 minutes ago, RawB93 said: Kyle Walker doing his hammy pinging a clearance off the back of Maguire's heid is very decent patter tbf. Considering the talent on the field the game is fucking rotten 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) On 22/03/2024 at 08:44, VincentGuerin said: Scratch the Sky Sports surface and English football at League level is becoming a joke. The Premier League has two teams with a points deduction, possibly with one to be added to and another cut on appeal. There's a very good chance we'll finish the season not knowing who has been relegated. The champions of five of the last six seasons are under investigation and seem very likely to be guilty of cheating on a large scale. They have a club owned by out-and-out murderers. If that was our league, people would be losing their minds at the tin-pottery of it all. Below that, the team top of the Championship have been charged with cheating, while the future of a whole load of clubs, most prominently Reading, is far from secure. Were it not for a play-off final win, Aston Villa would probably be Reading at this stage as well. And next season we'll just see more of this, as the spending is far from under control and clubs are trying more and more imaginative (dishonest) ways of getting round the rules. Not to mention the likelihood of the Championship winners starting the season in the Premier League on minus points. Absolute nonsense. You missed out the current champions and most dominant side of the past few years are facing over 100 charges for cheating. And they seemingly won't be heard for at least another year. So while the bottom of the league is full of tin pot deductions if you are at the top it seems you can do whatever you want. Edited March 27 by Jim McLean's Ghost 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 2 minutes ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said: You missed out the current champions and most dominant side of the past few years are facing over 100 charges for cheating. And they seemingly won't be heard for at least another year. So while the bottom of the league is full of tin pot deductions if you are at the top it seems you can do whatever you want. Didn't miss that at all, to be fair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Just now, VincentGuerin said: Didn't miss that at all, to be fair. My point was more about the huge disparity about how clubs are treated despite seemingly being in the same league rather than just the scale of city's cheating. #TheBig6 member Chelsea seems to also be immune to Financial Fair Play despite a lot of very dodgy shit happening at Stamford Bridge. So while the Premier League will go through Forest's books with a fine tooth comb they don't seem to be in a hurry to investigate what is going on at more prominent clubs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 2 minutes ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said: My point was more about the huge disparity about how clubs are treated despite seemingly being in the same league rather than just the scale of city's cheating. #TheBig6 member Chelsea seems to also be immune to Financial Fair Play despite a lot of very dodgy shit happening at Stamford Bridge. So while the Premier League will go through Forest's books with a fine tooth comb they don't seem to be in a hurry to investigate what is going on at more prominent clubs. Chelsea are a shambles, but I think the issue is that, so far, they've been smart enough to float within the rules. Generally using amortisation, loan fees, selling on youth etc to do so. If the rules stay similar to what they are, they're likely to run into massive bother in the next few years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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