The Rolling Football Thread, season 2023-24

[DuncinToffee]

Football fans join in to share the joy, the heartache and VAR frustration ⚽

The thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.

A 3rd league win for Gillingham tonight see's us go top!! Started the 2012/13 season with 4 straight wins in league and cup and were promoted to L1 as champions

It’s already the stage of the season where I look at my FPL team and don’t know what moves to make next.

Deadline 18:15 tomorrow!

Ooh I forgot about FPL, I have done quite well

Well done! I have absolutely no idea who is who in relation to usernames on here 😂

I'm not bottom of our league but give it time. 🤣 I've already got two injured players, one I know is having surgery so he's been swapped this week. I'm waiting to see how the other is just because I don't want to waste points on an extra transfer this week.

No idea how it works with those on the bench etc though, my second injured one has been put on the bench when he wasn't already so that's not so bad LOL.

And you'll know which one I am if you remember DH has joined and we have the same surname. 😁

@Oblomov23 great result for you today. Who needs Kane!

Enjoyed watching Spurs beat Man Utd last night. Just because the teamwork and style of football was better, than it has been for the last few years, more like Potch style.

Now watching women final.

@Xhakalaka Yes thank you. Watching Spurs in mourinho etc, for last few years has been painful. This Ange at least feels better. Style wise.

Let's not get carried away though. We are only rebuilding and Levy will screw us somehow. We still don't have a Kane replacement, and once we play Man City etc they will expose our current weaknesses.

Lucy Bronze gave it away, and then did nothing, didn't even run back to try and get it back.

So frustrating Oblamov.

Sorry, that was a mis-post. I was on the women's thread. Which I thoroughly enjoyed, the whole competition, just thought they were a bit lacking in the final.

Not good to see all the injuries in the Villa v Everton game.

We are so bad

Not sure why I am still watching

So sorry @DuncinToffee .

Looks like Iwobi has done his hamstring.

That throw-in was so bad. But throw-ins are often a disadvantage to the team winning them.

I remember Arsene Wenger saying that he would try to do something about throw-ins when he left Arsenal but he hasn't.

Luckily DCL hasn't broken anything, the swelling reduced his sight which is why couldn't continue.

Likely hamstring for Iwobi and Coutinho I think

Well I'm a happy Hammer today. I honestly thought when Aguerd was sent off that that was going to be it for us.

Wasn't such good news for Arbroath yesterday though. We lost 1-0 to Queen's Park but our new women's team had a brilliant 4-0 win today.

Well just as I thought the Hammers wouldn't hold out they get a pen, about to watch the Everton game- although I've seen the score 😳.

Win for Saints in the Championship, but they didn't dominate Plymouth who are small spenders and only just gone up, still can't see them going up.

Spurs v Man Utd was a great watch, playing more like the Tottenham way however left defence is still problematic (Garanacho and Shaw had acres of space) and obviously need a striker asap.

Gillingham go 4 points clear at the top after beating Crawley, 4 wins and 4 clean sheets. Not sure how long we can go just winning games 1-0 though 😂

James WP had a good West Ham debut.

Of course he did. He is underrated and we will miss him.

Thank you to West Ham for cheering me up after the World Cup loss.

It's my birthday today so I really hoped we would win the WC. I was also born in 1966 so I thought it would be my day today.

I guess defensively they were good, but Arsenal didn't seem like PL champions to me.

F*cking hell. I wasn't expecting 10 against 12 again But we held on for the win.

Come on you Gunners!

I really like Declan Rice, he seems like such a lovely lad. I’d be gutted if anything bad came out about him.