The Rolling Football Thread: season 2024/25

[DuncinToffee]

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

“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.”

Oooof Spurs got through the game with Coventry last night by their skin of their teeth! This season is shaping up to be crappy!!

Dismal showing from Newcastle today. Opportunity to go top of the league absolutely squandered and yet again we’re playing like a team who have never met each other. Oh well. Only City at Home next week. Should be no bother 🙄

Gladbach lost again. Sheffield Wednesday lost again (am expecting nothing but relegation for them this year). Ho hum.

In other news i may actually be i my home town and get to see a match next moth. I'm not entirely sure i actually want to 😂

We have our first point. I haven't seen anything from the match yet apart from our goal but reading comments it looks like subs were wrong again.

We do have a long injury/sickness list

Well, that was inevitable...

Harland took the ball out of the back of the net and threw it at someone's head!

Am so so proud of the Arsenal. Stupendous second half. And any football fan who laughs at inconsistent refereeing is crazy. I follow a brilliant Arsenal account on twitter and this def makes me uncomfortable.

Trossard earned me FPL minus points

Ah Michael Oliver, I share your pain

And that was the least of it!

City v Arsenal was a good game. A draw felt like the right result for the neutral.

So what about Arsenal's second goal? Some controversy there as well

might get some popcorn

Well, I think the red card was to make amends for our second goal.

Some might say that a “reckless challenge” is ok when checked on VAR if you’re wearing a City shirt, but if you wear an Arsenal shirt it warrants a yellow card… 🤬🤔

I’m just bitter obviously because I so wanted our long awaited win against City 😭

Now to hunt Michael Oliver down and see if his City shirt needs a wash… 😂😂😂 (joking.. sort of!)

I meant to say to make amends for our first goal!

Bit frustrating for us today as felt we could have won that however forest were very good at times so we probably could have lost too!
On a positive I actually got to watch it properly as my DD was out.

Arbroath got their first win of the season yesterday. And I wasn't there because my fibro was being a dick to me so I could barely walk through my house never mind the at-least half hour walk I would have had out to Gayfield. DH used my season ticket to get in and enjoy the match though. He works shifts so can't make it to many matches.

Oh dear, the irony of Haaland telling Arteta to "Stay classy"!

I didn't like Haaland before because he tended to score against us. Now I can see he's just a petulant bully with no self awareness.

Not to mention a coward for throwing the ball at big Gabi's head while he wasn't looking. I doubt he would try that to his face.

Neither team is exactly covering themselves in glory with the moaning

Positive Everton vibes, it has been a while

Yes, Andy Bush on Absolute radio sounded happy for once when talking about Everton.

He was also saying something about sleeping overnight at Goodison Park, I think.

It's a yearly charity event, the Goodison Sleepout to raise awareness for homelessness

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Not just Arsenal - even Shitty are complaining;

https://www.thetimes.com/article/41834034-9ead-4eb0-8a7b-6db500dcabac?shareToken=3777f1045fc310612915fe7ca154f92a