Premier League — Matchweek 24

Sheffield Utd winning.

Penalty to Sheffield Utd.

2-0 Sheffield

Yeessss

Brentford winning. Not so good.

Luton are strange, 4 against Brighton and Newcastle, now losing at home to the worst team in the league.

RS 1-1 typical

Luton 2-0 down to Sheff Utd. Pray for Victor.

I've got the Redshite in our last man standing game, fuckers just giving me another reason to hate them.

Wolves equalised and VAR'd off, RS score and VAR said its fine and they wonder why we say its corrupt.

Luton now 1-2

Blades 3-1 up now!!!

Kevin, should the redshite goal have been disallowed? If not, then VAR has done its job! 3 - 1 Sheffield U.

Brentford 2-0.

I don't know to be honest but you can guarantee if its marginal they'll get it, anyway they are 3-1 up now.

Toney now has 3 goals in 4 games, since his ban. More than all our strikers

Paul #15

Our forward line is absolutely rubbish and ineffective right now.

No wonder we're not scoring currently.

If Newcastle win tonight, then not much damage done.

Not a bod day currently results wise and hopefully if Forest lose later and Palace get beat on Monday there's no harm done after our defeat today.

Bang... the sound of a bubble bursting north of London ha ha, it had to happen, c'mon Sheffield Utd!!

Forest battering skunks right now.

Ah shite, Madrid 1-0 v Girona

Never thought that I'd be singing the blues when the skunks score.

And in other good news, the public schoolboys are 9 points down at HT to the sons of steelworkers and miners.

In the Chinese year of the dragon!

It was decent Paul. City didn’t get much but took their chances well. We actually made our way up the pitch several times through thick traffic. The form is returning as Doucoure arrives. Other results helped.

Just seen the results - thank you Sheff Utd.

Appears we gave a decent account of ourselves but if you don't score. Still we'll be getting some points back soon – won't we?

Yep, Dale, other results are definitely going our way in the one week when most of us secretly thought that we might lose. On the brighter side, Haaland was my fantasy captain!

Bastard Skunks. Burn got laced.

Alonso 1-0 up

Good old Skunks!

1-2 Skunks.

Some say "good old Skunks".

And some tell the truth! 😜

What the feck does that mean Jeff - some tell the truth - tell me the truth lad, how can that goal not be good for us - and 2-2, pleased with that Jeff?

I'll be happy to call them "Good old Skunks" if they win this tonight.

Won't stop them being smelly, horse-punching, gobshites tomorrow.

Whoah Paul, just having a laugh, I hate Newcastle as much as you do, saying "good old Skunks" was surely faint praise from you?

Actually saying what we really feel is telling the truth, as in I really hate you but I want you to beat Forest tonight,
soz for the misunderstanding.

Cheers Jeff. No faint praise mate. Just pleased that Forest were losing.

Public school boys win.👍

I want Forest to get beat but, whatever happens here, I don't think they'll be going down. It'll be Luton Burnley and Sheffield Utd.

[Commissions, Appeals, new Commissions and the new appeals for that, pending.]

Cue the ‘Jaws’ theme, dun dun -dun dun

Good game but Saints would have battered both of them!

UTFT

Forest offside there but they are going to get a few more chances.

Newcastle look fucked and hope I'm wrong but I think Forest will piss this.

Sadly, Dave, you might well be right, Newcastle have good form in caving in – never ever keep clean sheets.

Howe will be gone over the summer.

Skunks will do well to draw here, Forest on top.

By the way, anyone know why they sing Mull of Kintyre in Nottingham?

Real 4-0 up, looks like the title's over. If only we hadn't wasted all the money and given it to crap managers, and instead had given it to Carlo.

Good old Skunks (horse-punching twats): 2-3

Forest don't look like a side that will go down and we knew Brentford have too many players that are useful.

Luton and Palace are hopefully within range.

My biggest concern with us is our lack of goals and our general struggle in home games, even Sheffield Utd, Burnley at Goodison look easier on paper than they actually will be.

Skunks are winning and Forest look very much like a team that might go down. Lol Luton are 'hopefully within range'!

Not a bad player to bring on there for Forest.

No hugs for Nuno Esperito Santamaria Guadalupe Esteban Santos.

Hopefully Luton good run is over and they start losing a few.

Bournemouth have lost the last two so hopefully they start dropping.

Personally, I still want Forest to turn this one around.

I just don't want these Geordie welts winning any game, regardless.

Dale, that amount of names is just being indecisive or plain greedy,

who does he think he is?

Pele?

He’s a freakin’ goalie ffs

Now, Neville Bryn Gwyn Dayyfd Southall works,cos he was decent and actually world class.

I'm reading Dale that there is quite a bit of heat about their first goal; that it was not a corner - made up to see Tuchel lose

That Forest lad should have got a second yellow there. Pathetic from Taylor. Fecking skunks singing up the PL we go; snakes and ladders, skunks

Taylor shows what a shithouse he is by not sending off Gibbs-White for an obvious second yellow, …now if he scores or sets up the equaliser?

So not much damage done after losing to Man City. Chelsea win tomorrow and it's not been a bad weekend.

Newcastle fans = woollybacks from 1976

Some non-human biologics in that away end.

Nice one, Skunks.

Happy, Bennings?

The Luton result today is the best by far.

I thought the way they were scoring they would beat Sheffield Utd no problem.

My God, Luton are one fucking point ahead of us and Bennings writes 'hopefully' they are not out of our reach. Do you want us to stay up JB?

You go to the most pathetic lengths to try and make us look as precarious as possible. Go on JB, say something nice. and positive. Go on.

Yeah I heard that Paul. Didn’t get a good look and missed the replay.

And Jeff, I think I committed to not making fun of names but for a club threatening our position, fair game

Good post, Jeff, but not enough misery guts in it for my taste.

Bayer battered Bayern: Luton, Burnley, and Sheffield Utd will go down – we will be mid-tableish when we get some points back, and we will finish there, won't we, Mr Bennings?

Paul,

So glad to be wrong Paul but Newcastle looked knackered and the amount of times they gave the ball away under no pressure was pathetic and a few of their players were blowing for tugs long before the end.

In the end, it was a good result for Everton and made it a happier day.

Exactly Dave. But we are both happy to have got it wrong. Newcastle will end up 8th/10th. There have been more for and against goals in their games than anyone else by some distance. This will spend the end for Howe.

How crucial is the Palace game on 19th?
Win that and we could well be out of the bottom three and psychologically for the team it will be massive

For me, Sheffield Utd, Burnley and Forest will go down, we will finish above them easily, and probably above Luton, Palace and Brentford (with a points return)

Fulham and Wolves could be attainable with a decent second half finish to the season.

A 5-point return on Friday is like an instant win and two draws, the confidence that creates is immeasurable.

Not happy at all Ferry

We had a tough one, and the teams around us got beat, aside from Sheffield United, who did us a big favour by beating Luton. We will have players coming back from injury.

All to play for, and beating Crystal Palace will give us the impetus to push and get clear of the Bottom 3 and cement our place in the Premier League for next season. I have faith in our squad and players. My only concern is Calvert-Lewin, who isn't scoring. Give Beto a run.

Sheffield Utd, Burnley and Luton down.

Luton's little run is over and they will start losing more games.

"Forest don't look like a side who will go down"

They do to me.

The VAR, Paul Tierney, sent the referee, Chris Kavanagh, to the screen on the sidelines twice for two handballs and both times the referee gave a penalty.

He gave one so I suppose he had to give the other but this is another one of those laws of the game that definitely needs something doing about it right now, imo.

Well done Sheffield United.

Luton's next three fixtures:

Man Utd
Liverpool
Man City.

Everton's next three fixtures:

Crystal Palace
Brighton
West Ham.

Insult to injury on MotD, kissing City players' arses – no mention cost of players in comparison to ours. When we brought Sigurdsson, every week someone mentioned his price, especially if playing smaller clubs.

Hilarious also that Richarlison is now classed as a good player. With us, another whose price was highlighted and petulance, going down too easily, always dropped into the experts dialogue.

Next up, we hear every single player's life story of the Liverpool team, who's injured, played two games since whenever… It's like they talk about their players as if household names already and everybody's favourite uncle or something.

Of course no mention of the ridiculously heavy punishment for us being £19.5M over, no mention of match officials giving every single 50/50 to our opposition, whoever they may be.

Dropping out is not an option, God willing we keep our consistent top-flight record, because that's what's pissing on the chips of the competition, also because it'll be easier to delete our heritage which I believe is what this PSR thing is really about.

The other day some news station slipped in that Liverpool city was mainly red-supported. Is this factual?

Arsenal are ripping West Ham apart.

4-0 and not yet half-time.

I see Arsenal have already been awarded six penalties this season.

Whilst the only penalty we have been awarded is a 10-point penalty. [Credit Brian W, for that line.]

James ( 79), I think it stated that Saka had scored six penalties before he took the one today so that’s seven.

6-0 and still 25 minutes to go.

Not the first time Davy's been tonked by Arsenal.

Yep Kevin. Arsenal need one more to equal that record, two to beat it.

Moyes has a knack of getting thrashed by Arsenal.

Arteta schooling his old master.

Everton constantly being mentioned, obviously, in a negative way, the only time commentators shout us out.
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All part of the corrupt wankers' script...

We play the Arse away last game of the season, yet again! Let's hope certain things are decided by then.

Arsenal could win the league. They've got a few massive game that they'll need to win; however, but they could win it.

I think taking 4 points off the Redshite was huge, they'll look at the game against Man City and a few others as key.

Man Utd 1-0, but there should have been an offside flag from the free kick they had, which went for a corner, and they go and score from the resulting corner.

Absolutely right, Rob.

Dot even think it was a free kick, Brent. Rashford just jumped into the air and fell over.

Top punditry, Jim Bennings:

"They'll look at the game against Man City and a few others as key."

Some depth and insight there. You ought to be on MotD.

Out of interest, which games will not be "key" for Arsenal?

Jim came out with another classic last week as the goals were flying in. "Goals win games."

There were three Premier League games going on at the time. The six teams scored 16 goals between them and not one of them won.

You must admit. That is funny, Jim!

But does he know where the net is Dave?

Iwobi on the verge of superstar greatness?

That West Ham goalie sounds like a bit of a tit!

Tough crowd in here today…

Since when have Sky been analysing German games on a Monday night? Wouldn't be anything to do with the Bayer Leverkusen manager being linked to the RS, would it?

Stunning goal but Chelsea are poor.

Shocking defending by the Chavs (great strike).

Neville - "sick of watching defenders pontificate on the ball at the back".

I'm sick of some ex-defenders pontificating.

How does a defender "pontificate" on the ball?

£115M for Caicedo. I think Chelsea were robbed for that one.

£106.8 million for Fernandez, but yep Caicedo is a bigger joke though Enzo ain't far behind – £40M plus add-ons for Cole Porter ("Anything Goes"), better wheeling and dealing.

What was Mudryk…..£85M? Can’t even get a game now.

Brent (99),

Yes, Chelsea are very poor, I thought they had turned the corner with their performance in the cup game v Aston Villa but they are going round in circles here tonight.

Dave #106,

I sometimes think that anybody could successfully manage a club with the collective talents of Man City. While I wouldn't say Chelsea have the same squad quality, it ain't bad – but for all that, they play some woeful stuff too often.

Three players, Rob - roughly one-third of our current debt mate.

Dave & Brent: Chelsea have some quality that we would kill for - personally I'd go for the likes of Palmer, Gallagher, and Werner. But they do not gel together as a cohesive unit. Too many big buys, big heads, big me me me, and big and long contracts.

When will Gallagher want out?

Paul, you wouldn’t get much joy out of Chelsea for Werner!

Paul, I agree - a collection of individuals not a team.
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That Gallagher tore us one in the FA Cup a season or two ago at Palace. I would like to see him in our midfield. But that Palmer is some skilful guy.

Brent (107),

Against Villa, they looked like they had a plan, more importantly they looked like they wanted to win. Tonight, they are getting beaten to a lot of passes and tackles and look half-hearted.

Gallagher scores !

Talking of...

Delay at Crystal palace the referees battery had run down they had to put him back on a charger / Chelsea just equalized

Now that’s more like it, they must have heard us talking about them Brent!!

I’m really surprised that Man City sold Cole Palmer, as he’s much better player than Phillips. Though I suppose it would have been very difficult for Palmer to nail down a regular starting role at city. All players like to be starting though, so I suppose it was a decent move for him.

Rob #117, I think there is a huge accounting benefit to selling youth products either bought for peanuts or developed through the academy.

They may have needed to sell him from an accounting perspective.

I suspect this summer lots of clubs will try to cash in on homegrown players. Very sad state of affairs if I am right.

Gallagher again. 2-1.

Barn storming finish by Chelsea. 3-1. Enzo Fernandes.

3-1, game over.

It might be 1 - 3 but Chelsea are not a Top 6 team.

Well that’s nice. Poch’d one didn’t he?

If we don't beat Palace, then we are in trouble.

Nice third and even better second - two assists for Palmer, he's had a great second half.

Drag Roy naked through Norwood lashing him with rods in public.

Fecking chavs must be tops at annoying shite songs - mowing meadows and now this don't worry 'bout a thing shite

Paul, we've been in trouble since we lost the 10 points.
Having said that, there's 14 games left, that's 42 possible points to play for.

If we get 15 of those, we'll be safe as long as we don't get hit with a further deduction IMO. Don't be defeatist.

If Palace don't beat us, they're in trouble.

And Paul, Chelsea fans are as blind as Stevie Wonder.

Brian,

It shows what those 10 points deducted has done to us when there is only the top 3 who have less goals against than us. We fail at the other end.

Although the Man City result was expected, it was good to put in a decent defensive showing whilst it lasted.

Luckily the other teams around us faulted as well so Everton have a great chance of getting away from the dreaded bottom zone.

Hopefully they don't blow it and, whilst we are a stuttering attack force, we can edge games if we can get enough set pieces against those weaker teams.

I don't think or believe that Stevie Wonder is really blind. There, I said it.

Pretty good matchweek for us all things considered. If you'd have said that none of Luton, Burnley, Forest, Palace or Bournemouth would get any more points than us despite us playing away at Man City, I'd have taken that.

Hope Hodgson is given another week or so. We really need those 3 points in the next match and getting them might well put us ahead of Luton and Forest with Palace only 2 points ahead of us and struggling.

Beating supposedly beatable teams when needed at Goodison has been a struggle for this Everton team though!

Will there be a knockout round thread or just play here?

that explains a lot Sven- Goran Eriksson is red shite; didn't he also knob Ulrikka J in her shooting stars heyday? De Bruyne/Foden link up, nice goal

Why couldn’t they do that Saturday?

I’m mostly watching Leipzig somewhat dominate Real with no payoff yet. Rose looks like a decent manager.

Sven-Goran and Ulrikka or Kevin and Phil? 1-1

Ulrikka, is that like a Swedish Twiggy?

That's sort of relevant, she gets sort of slammed on social media and the media for being too think

compare

https://www.the-sun.com/news/5636739/ulrika-jonsson-loved-glamour-onlyfans/

with

https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/186775/Skinny-Ulrika-Jonsson-shows-off-tiny-frame-on-GMTV

Wild guess, I was just going for the cheap line.

Bernard as always is showing up in the big matches.

New Bathroom getting fitted tomorrow. Been in the house almost 34 years and just taken one last look and decided we should call the loo "Goodison Park". 😊

End of an era.

Golazo! Brahim. Messianic dribble and sublime finish. It looked like Carlo fielded a weaker side and was going for a draw in the first half. Fucking Carlo.

have you gone for the contemporary bathroom PKR, stainless steel, chrome, grey pastels, black and white tile, walk-in shower, black bog,

I need/will get KDB into my fantasy team this week.

It's an unfortunate story, Dale, the Ulrikka story. Was teaching, just saw that Steve Wright is no longer with us

I have to say Madrid’s RB is the Maupay of RBs.

I’ll read up on him later. This frustrating. Both matches are superb football