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The Rolling Football Thread, season 2023-24 Part 2

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DuncinToffee · 26/01/2024 11:52

Continuation from this thread

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/sports/4855370-the-rolling-football-thread-season-2023-24?page=40&reply=132530310

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YouOnlyCameToSeeEboue · 31/03/2024 20:13

I didn't realise that that was the first time in 3 years that City haven't scored at home. That puts the defensive performance into perspective.

In the Liverpool match, I've just read that Brighton had at least 7 breaks that were stopped by fouls, and not a single yellow card given. Is that true?

YouOnlyCameToSeeEboue · 01/04/2024 20:05

8 games in 25 days. That's going to be tough.

The Rolling Football Thread, season 2023-24 Part 2
DuncinToffee · 02/04/2024 21:41

Happy with that point. The first half the players looked so low on confidence but a far better performance in the second half and a goal for DCL.

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domineastronomy · 02/04/2024 22:09

Crazy finish at West Ham! Draw a pretty fair result.

Oblomov24 · 02/04/2024 22:10

West Ham v Spurs wasted opportunity.

Tarkan · 02/04/2024 22:23

Set myself off on a massive coughing fit at the end of that. Blush

Two matches for me today as Arbroath were at home again but even though I'm mostly better I thought staying home was best for me. Lost 2-1. Five matches to go with 9 points between us and the next team up. Sad

TheSleepingGiant · 02/04/2024 22:30

Well that was boring, just endless passing of the ball with no end product 😂
Still at least they didn't lose, unlike Gillingham's capitulation against Harrogate yesterday. 1-0 up at half time, didn't turn up for the 2nd half and lost 5 bloody 1!

EddieHowesShithousingMags · 02/04/2024 23:07

DuncinToffee · 02/04/2024 21:41

Happy with that point. The first half the players looked so low on confidence but a far better performance in the second half and a goal for DCL.

Paul Dummet had an absolute mad one. Fuck knows what he was thinking. Young was never going to get the ball. There was no danger.

Our injury crisis rumbles on. Livramento and Almiron out for a month. We were without 12 first team players tonight.

burblish · 03/04/2024 09:36

@EddieHowesShithousingMags As a Liverpool fan, I seriously sympathise with your injury situation - we unfortunately know exactly how you feel! That dread every match, wondering how many players you will lose this time. Our young players stepped up magnificently for us and hopefully yours will too.

EddieHowesShithousingMags · 03/04/2024 09:42

@burblish some of them are now injured as well 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️😂 (if I don’t laugh I’ll cry!!)

17 year old Miley has been an absolute superstar stepping into our depleted midfield but is now out for the next ?6 weeks with a ?back problem.

We just need to do what we can, limp to the end of the season and hopefully regroup - just have to hope that we can keep our best players. Well, regroup after the most pointless post season trip ever to Australia to play Spurs 😏

EddieHowesShithousingMags · 03/04/2024 09:45

And Elliott Anderson who is 20 and played a little bit of first team football but mainly been on the bench broke his back earlier on the season and only just managed to come back. It’s absolutely insane.

Brefugee · 03/04/2024 09:51

the ol' Schadenfreude among Gladbach fans today. We (and Bayern and Frankfurt) were all tipped out of the cup by a 3rd division side with a pitch that was so waterlogged it was awful to play. and for sure, these teams should be able to cope with that, but when you play on it every week, you know how it works. Gladbach's match was postponed 4 weeks due to the pitch being waterlogged and when they finally played it was like a paddling pool. (they lost in extra time for not paying attention, so that's not my issue. They shouldn't have had to risk playing on that shitty pitch, built with no drainage, in the first place)

So yesterday that team got knocked out by a 2nd division team to a goal scored partly due to a strange bounce caused by the lumpy pitch. But anyway, at least one 2nd division team are in the final. And if Fortuna manage to beat Leverkusen tonight (they won't - leverkusen haven't lost all season) then it will be 2 2nd division teams in the final.

DuncinToffee · 03/04/2024 09:54

What do you think is causing these injuries Eddie, apart from too many games in a short space of time?

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DuncinToffee · 03/04/2024 09:54

What do you think is causing these injuries Eddie, apart from too many games in a short space of time?

I think it’s a combination of things.

Some of it is incredibly bad luck with freak injuries, Dan Burn and Elliot Anderson both broke bones in their back - Burn after an awkward fall on the pitch and no idea how Anderson did his. now Miley has done something to his. Jacob Murphy and Nick Pope both dislocated their shoulder and needed operating on - both popped out on the pitch after falling 🤮

Harvey Barnes seemingly broke his toe running and was out of contention for 5 months with the maddest injury of all. Callum Wilson tore his tit in a seemingly innocuous tussle in injury time and is out for 6-8 weeks.

We’ve had two ACL’s in the space of a week. Botman was already out for three months earlier in the season with a knee issue that in hindsight should probably have been operated on then but he opted against it.

Livramento rolled his ankle last week running for a ball - probably done ligament damage.

Isaks groin is made of spiders webs and glass so he is susceptible to strains and pulls which seem him out for a few weeks at a time.

Joelinton got a season ending thigh tear seemingly just putting in a cross ball. But then jogged back out on it in the second half - did that aggravate it?

The rest of it seems to be the usual strains and pulls but there are questions being asked of our medical team, particularly as the culture seems to be to try and get back from injury asap - to help the team out - does that help the player though?

And of course our big summer signing gambling his way through the league resulting in a lengthy suspension doesn’t help.

None of the injuries we pick up are short term though, they are all massive needing ops and significant rehab. It’s been a disaster all round. The amount of games don’t help but I think probably 60% of these injuries are so freak that they would have happened anyway.

YouOnlyCameToSeeEboue · 03/04/2024 19:15

Arteta finally doing some rotation tonight. Hope it doesn't bite us in the bum...

MrsMitford3 · 03/04/2024 19:34

Honestly I could not be more nervous for ESR if I was his Mum.

Please let him remind us of his huge talent before injuries took hold 🙏

Come on you Gunners

YouOnlyCameToSeeEboue · 03/04/2024 21:38

MoTM tonight. I think he's definitely earned more minutes. I've always said he makes goals happen, and he was involved in both tonight. He was also back making clearances in our area, so I hope we'll see more of him, and that we definitely keep him in the summer.

domineastronomy · 03/04/2024 21:41

Foden on fire tonight.

domineastronomy · 03/04/2024 21:46

Hat-trick!

EveryOtherNameTaken · 03/04/2024 21:48

Not bad. Unfortunately 😒

domineastronomy · 03/04/2024 21:54

Guardiola said he's the most talented young player he's ever worked with. Southgate has got to sort this.

YouOnlyCameToSeeEboue · 04/04/2024 00:21

Yeah, just not as good as Saka, obviously...

domineastronomy · 04/04/2024 07:53

Saka is brilliant too and hopefully they'll be amazing together!

DuncinToffee · 04/04/2024 12:53

WTF, you can't make it up

Premier League eyeing ABOLISHING points deductions and introducing an NBA-style 'luxury tax' over fears top stars will leave if rules restrict their pay

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13271249/Premier-League-eyeing-ABOLISHING-points-deductions-introducing-NBA-style-luxury-tax-fears-stars-leave-rules-restrict-pay-Everton-Nottingham-Forest-lost-points.html

EXCLUSIVE: Premier League eyeing ABOLISHING points deductions

EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: Premier League clubs are considering abolishing points deductions and introducing a 'luxury tax', Mail Sport can reveal.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13271249/Premier-League-eyeing-ABOLISHING-points-deductions-introducing-NBA-style-luxury-tax-fears-stars-leave-rules-restrict-pay-Everton-Nottingham-Forest-lost-points.html

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YouOnlyCameToSeeEboue · 04/04/2024 13:14

FFS!

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