The Rolling Football Thread: season 2024/25 - part 2

[DuncinToffee]

The season continues ⚽

Huh? 🤷🏼‍♀️

Isak not playing is not helping my FPL this week, very low scores

Some of Salah's passes and crosses tonight, especially with the outside of his foot, were just breathtaking. He is something else!

Lewis Hall did a good job keeping him fairly quiet but it was the only bright spot in an otherwise lacklustre Newcastle performance. Wilson too rusty, Isak would have buried that one on one with Allison.

Hey ho. The cup final is a one off. It might be different (it probably won’t 🤦🏼‍♀️😂).

And yeah my FPL missing Isak too as I had captained him. VC (because who ever checks who their VC is 👀) is Flekken who conceded in the last 5. FFS…

I think that is the title race over, it's now mathematically impossible for Everton to win the League this season.😅

that sounds brilliant fun, Tarkan.

Hope the bug is very mild and that you get to the match.

Didn't make the match. Because we would have been going from there right across town to a friend's house for a night in I just knew it would be too much for me to do both things unfortunately.

Absolutely brilliant result for us though. 3-0 and still enjoying being top of the table.

Poor poor wee Barry Ferguson the new Rangers manager 😭 😭 🤣🤣
Congratulations Motherwell.
Fingers crossed for an Aberdeen win tomorrow.

Just seen the Millwall goalies red card challenge on Mateta. Hope he is ok.

That was assault not a tackle.. brutal.
What the hell was he thinking!!

And Michael Oliver hadn't given the red at first apparently but VAR decided it? I can't see what angle you could see that and not think it was horrendous. Looked more like a move from Crouching Tiger or something. 🙈

Just watched it and completely agree. It looked horrific!! Like something out of an action film. I hope Mateta is okay!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cd92lzj02x0o

Mateta 'doing well' after 'reckless challenge' puts him in hospital

A section of Millwall fans chanting "let him die" and they wonder why no one likes them, fucking morons!

Apparently, the "let him die" chants didn't breach any FA guidelines. FFS!

It was an absolutely horrendous challenge - Mateta had to have 25 stitches in his ear, which is bad enough, but it could have been even worse. Just imagine if they hadn't have had VAR - bloody Michael Oliver let play go on originally!

oh Gladbach 3-0 away against Heidenheim, and due to lack of keepers played our 18 year old U19 keeper who made 2 great saves. (Gladbach are good at goalies, ter Stegen started as a sub keeper at about that age too)

This feels over the top

New law to tackle goalkeeper time-wasting approved

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ceqjr1n27dgo

I actually thought that was a joke when I first saw it. DH and I were discussing it yesterday. They could have just pushed for the current rule to be enforced properly surely. If that one fizzled out then how can they ensure this won't just do the same thing? It'll be interesting. I do agree there can be a lot of time wasting but this feels like a weird way to challenge it.

god that is so bloody annoying. It's like the blasphemy laws they want to bring in: we already have laws that cover all this, they just need to apply them.
You almost never see a goalie punished for timewasting. The refs have themselves to blame

Well a bit last minute for us but safely through to the next round.

I would be willing to be Raya gets it called on him straightaway and then no keeper does again ever 😂

Nah, it will be Pickford 😅

Aw was hoping it wouldn’t be Pickford! 😆

Definitely hoping Ipswich beat Forest tomorrow but assuming that won't happen so it will be Forest for us in the quarter final. Now if we could avoid another 0-7 please!!

Only City as top 4 side and all..hoping someone different wins it this year!