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The Rolling Footbal Thread: Season 2026/27

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DuncinToffee · 01/07/2026 10:10

New season, new thread

All things football ⚽

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Hellohah · 21/10/2026 19:10

The other United fans want to do bets on when Carrick gets the sack?
I'm going 1 November 👍🏻

Cuwins · 21/10/2026 19:25

Hellohah · 21/10/2026 19:10

The other United fans want to do bets on when Carrick gets the sack?
I'm going 1 November 👍🏻

Ouch I have just seen the score!
Please keep your hands off Hurzeler though!

Hellohah · 21/10/2026 19:30

Cuwins · 21/10/2026 19:25

Ouch I have just seen the score!
Please keep your hands off Hurzeler though!

I'll pass it on 😂
Honestly, think the Chuckle Brothers would be better than Carrick right now 🤷🏻‍♀️

12234m · 21/10/2026 19:53

I feel like there's something going on with Keating. She's made some great saves lately but also let some seemingly easy to save goals in. She looks fed up too and not just because she's let goals in.

LlynTegid · 21/10/2026 20:00

Hellohah · 21/10/2026 19:30

I'll pass it on 😂
Honestly, think the Chuckle Brothers would be better than Carrick right now 🤷🏻‍♀️

Michael Carrick is not the problem. If you consider the performance of the team from just outside Manchester to be a problem.

It's the Glazers and Jim Ratcliffe. Not the only club owners who are unfit in my opinion, but several wrongs don't make a right.

Hellohah · 21/10/2026 20:26

LlynTegid · 21/10/2026 20:00

Michael Carrick is not the problem. If you consider the performance of the team from just outside Manchester to be a problem.

It's the Glazers and Jim Ratcliffe. Not the only club owners who are unfit in my opinion, but several wrongs don't make a right.

Well shit a brick. Really? We have problems with the owners?

Thank God you told me, I'd never have known otherwise 🤷🏻‍♀️

Downsidesupside · 21/10/2026 22:47

Pretty sure united at this point should change the name to disjointed. They need to start playing as a team, not a bunch of individuals. Today's performance was dire.

LlynTegid · 22/10/2026 20:35

Wayne Rooney thinks that the Manchester United players are acting like babies. An insult to babies.

ElizaSchuyler · 23/10/2026 13:01

I hope the weather improves a bit tomorrow. I'm going to be drenched especially as I'm near the front at an away ground rather than my usuual half wway back nocely sheltered.

TheSleepingGiant · 23/10/2026 13:40

Sorry just seen this. Yes his wife and family were at Priestfield for the tributes before kick-off and the 2 captains led out with the team shirts bearing Loft's name. It was very moving as well as obviously very sad.

Game of 2 halves that one, I thought Figueroa deserved his MOTD and it was nice to see Dempsey back (although not when he nearly scored!)

Kirbert2 · 23/10/2026 19:22

Our captain Ryan Ledson has been suspended for 3 games and fined £7k after mouthing off at the referee on two occasions at the Sheffield Wednesday game a few weeks ago. He was in the dugout, not playing because he was injured at the time but I'm assuming it's to do with the last minute penalty as the way it happened was controversial (not the fact it was a penalty, it absolutely was).

Seems crazy considering didn't a player in the Championship only get a 2 game suspension for grabbing the throat of a fan?

ElizaSchuyler · 23/10/2026 21:06

Awful weather & traffic but I’m in York.

Scoobydoobydoo19 · 23/10/2026 22:23

Kirbert2 · 23/10/2026 19:22

Our captain Ryan Ledson has been suspended for 3 games and fined £7k after mouthing off at the referee on two occasions at the Sheffield Wednesday game a few weeks ago. He was in the dugout, not playing because he was injured at the time but I'm assuming it's to do with the last minute penalty as the way it happened was controversial (not the fact it was a penalty, it absolutely was).

Seems crazy considering didn't a player in the Championship only get a 2 game suspension for grabbing the throat of a fan?

I got excited that he was banned next weekend and then someone said you were better off without him so that was shortlived. 😁

Kirbert2 · 23/10/2026 22:50

Scoobydoobydoo19 · 23/10/2026 22:23

I got excited that he was banned next weekend and then someone said you were better off without him so that was shortlived. 😁

He's been injured for the past few weeks and yeah, we've been doing good without him but we weren't exactly doing terribly with him either. I do think he sometimes gets unfair criticism but honestly, I think that would be the case for anyone trying to fill Jonathan Hogg's boots since he was our captain for so long.

Archie Collins and Cameron Humphreys have been playing well together in midfield and Humphreys currently is our captain which has worked out well so far too. We've also got David Kasumu back from injury available from tomorrow in that area too.

Radulovic is out for a few weeks now though so will miss the Bradford game and I'm not feeling it with Ashley Fletcher or Samson Tovide up front with Joe Taylor. I think we were better against Peterborough when Fletcher was subbed off for Marcus Harness.

Local derby's are always unpredictable. I wouldn't be surprised if you battered us again despite not scoring many goals so far, I know we'll probably go in as the favourites but Town fans will have flashbacks of last season at Valley Parade. 😂It will be an exciting game, I honestly hope we both get promoted so our derby games can continue in the Championship next season.

I also love the fact it's Halloween. Makes me giggle every time.

Scoobydoobydoo19 · 23/10/2026 23:15

Kirbert2 · 23/10/2026 22:50

He's been injured for the past few weeks and yeah, we've been doing good without him but we weren't exactly doing terribly with him either. I do think he sometimes gets unfair criticism but honestly, I think that would be the case for anyone trying to fill Jonathan Hogg's boots since he was our captain for so long.

Archie Collins and Cameron Humphreys have been playing well together in midfield and Humphreys currently is our captain which has worked out well so far too. We've also got David Kasumu back from injury available from tomorrow in that area too.

Radulovic is out for a few weeks now though so will miss the Bradford game and I'm not feeling it with Ashley Fletcher or Samson Tovide up front with Joe Taylor. I think we were better against Peterborough when Fletcher was subbed off for Marcus Harness.

Local derby's are always unpredictable. I wouldn't be surprised if you battered us again despite not scoring many goals so far, I know we'll probably go in as the favourites but Town fans will have flashbacks of last season at Valley Parade. 😂It will be an exciting game, I honestly hope we both get promoted so our derby games can continue in the Championship next season.

I also love the fact it's Halloween. Makes me giggle every time.

We can't keep up this ridiculous defence forever and I'm quite scared of Sanchez Fernandes. I think this might be Huddersfield's year. I think Bobby will get one though so maybe 1-3. 😢 Oxford away tomorrow will be tough as well. Who have you got?

Kirbert2 · 23/10/2026 23:30

Scoobydoobydoo19 · 23/10/2026 23:15

We can't keep up this ridiculous defence forever and I'm quite scared of Sanchez Fernandes. I think this might be Huddersfield's year. I think Bobby will get one though so maybe 1-3. 😢 Oxford away tomorrow will be tough as well. Who have you got?

I'd be afraid of him too, he is ridiculous at this level and January scares me. BUT and I absolutely love him but, he can sometimes hold on to the ball for too long because he likes to do clever tricks around the players to get our fans going which is fun and exciting when it works but it can also result in giving the ball away and missed chances so he definitely has weaknesses which if an opposition team is clever can take advantage of.

I think we have the most missed chances in the league which of course isn't always down to him, Taylor is also fantastic but even against Peterborough when he ended up scoring a brace, he missed 2 really good chances in the first half. He gets really frustrated at himself and I think sometimes, that can go against him and he ends up missing like 5 good chances in a game.

Bobby Pointon is a Bradford lad isn't he? I remember he was excellent in the game at Valley Parade last season. I do think the fact it's at Valley Parade helps Bradford too, I'd be a bit more confident if it was at the Accu. I really can't decide how it's going to go, maybe you guys scoring more goals out of nowhere or I wonder if you'll hugely frustrate us, us get a player sent off and it be 0-0 or you nick it 1-0 which you are very good at doing even when not playing at your best and I feel we don't quite have that down yet.

We have Wigan at home tomorrow. Bottom of the table, what can go wrong? Keep in mind the only team we've lost to so far this season is Bromley! 😂12:30 kick off for us too.

Brefugee · Yesterday 00:14

Gladbach got their first points of the season with an away win at Stuttgart. My flabber is well and truly ghasted.

I'm in the UK this week. Blimey, what was all that traffic on the M1?

Aussiesgettingsmashed · Yesterday 00:34

Anyone see The Boro tonight? Phenomenal.

Scoobydoobydoo19 · Yesterday 15:34

@Kirbert2 Connolly got booked so suspended for next week.
Oxford are scary fast, we are not, which is causing me much angst.

Kirbert2 · Yesterday 16:05

Scoobydoobydoo19 · Yesterday 15:34

@Kirbert2 Connolly got booked so suspended for next week.
Oxford are scary fast, we are not, which is causing me much angst.

We weren't at our best but got the job done. Fernandes was actually pretty poor until his goal.

Good luck in the second half.

Brefugee · Yesterday 19:38

Aussiesgettingsmashed · Yesterday 00:34

Anyone see The Boro tonight? Phenomenal.

MrBref was very ecxited

DuncinToffee · Yesterday 20:22

We didn't exactly make it difficult for Arsenal to beat us.

Referee did his bit as well

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Cuwins · Yesterday 20:47

Well as far as I can work out whatever tomorrows result, and I fear we may be well beaten, Brighton will be 3rd in the table after 8 games- would have bitten your hand of for that pre season

ElizaSchuyler · Yesterday 21:45

And another awful result for us.

burblish · Today 12:41

I see Bruno Fernandes has been dropped - he didn't give Carrick much choice after mouthing off the way he did.