Other Games 2014-15

[richard moore]

Have Arsenal had "enough of a go" for the H&V collective today after the slagging off of us last week?

The end result is Chelsea win comfortably and will win this league by at least 5 points imo. Simply the most complete team in the premier league.

It will be more than 5 points in my opinion

The Premier League is now just about two teams buying it. The rest are just also rans to a greater or lesser extent. There's about three or four competing for Europe, the rest to avoid relegation. A lot of people say it's the most exciting league in the world but I have to confess to finding it utterly boring and it's getting more so. I've never been more turned off football than I am right now. Roll on the Premiership rugby highlights tonight, far and away a more interesting watch with great punditry to match

[SashasGrandad]

Celtic lose 1- 0 @ home to Hamilton

Did Tonev play?  Should ask those in row Z if they had a busy afternoon/

[PeterWithesShin]

QPR are amusingly shit. Their starting 11 is utter bobbins.

[supertom]

Celtic lose 1- 0 @ home to Hamilton

Did Tonev play?  Should ask those in row Z if they had a busy afternoon/

This could be the most interesting SPL season in quite some time as Celtic don't look like they'll walk away with it by any stretch of the imagination. It'd be nice to see any other name but Celtic or Rangers on the trophy.

[olaftab]

Celtic lose 1- 0 @ home to Hamilton

The result is academical.

[SoccerHQ]

Have Arsenal had "enough of a go" for the H&V collective today after the slagging off of us last week?

The end result is Chelsea win comfortably and will win this league by at least 5 points imo. Simply the most complete team in the premier league.

It will be more than 5 points in my opinion

The Premier League is now just about two teams buying it. The rest are just also rans to a greater or lesser extent. There's about three or four competing for Europe, the rest to avoid relegation. A lot of people say it's the most exciting league in the world but I have to confess to finding it utterly boring and it's getting more so. I've never been more turned off football than I am right now. Roll on the Premiership rugby highlights tonight, far and away a more interesting watch with great punditry to match

Serious question but was it that much more interesting in the 70s and 80s when Liverpool were winning it most years?

I suppose that's a silly question from me given we won the league back then but generally there's always a team that dominates for a few years.

Difference for me is how it's a closed shop at the top now. In the 80s you had newly promoted Watford finishing 2nd and also Southampton and West Ham, Forest of course winning it twice aswell.

Even when I was growing up I remember Ipswich coming up around the Millennium and finishing 5th, no chance of any newly promoted team doing that nowadays.

[supertom]

QPR are amusingly shit. Their starting 11 is utter bobbins.

I dunno how R's fans put up with it. That's an appallingly negative side to be honest. And how the hell is Karl Henry playing Premiership football. It still sticks in my craw that some people still fawn over Harry Redknapp.

[PeterWithesShin]

Serious question but was it that much more interesting in the 70s and 80s when Liverpool were winning it most years?

I'd say yes. Look at us after promotion under SGT. Nearly relegated, nearly champions, nearly relegated, mid-table, nearly champions, mid-table, nearly relegated, 4th.

There is no chance of that kind of thing happening now.

[Colhint]

QPR are amusingly shit. Their starting 11 is utter bobbins.

I dunno how R's fans put up with it. That's an appallingly negative side to be honest. And how the hell is Karl Henry playing Premiership football. It still sticks in my craw that some people still fawn over Harry Redknapp.

I wish Harry was England manager though. Not that I think he's any good, quite the opposite, infact utter garbage. But if he ran England, he'd have my full support, especially when those brown envelope's appeared, and we realised Messi, Ronaldo, Company Lahm and a few others were English all along

[Monty]

The continued woes of the England national team would have been well worth the final humiliation and discrediting of Harry fucking Redknapp.

[richard moore]

Serious question but was it that much more interesting in the 70s and 80s when Liverpool were winning it most years?

I'd say yes. Look at us after promotion under SGT. Nearly relegated, nearly champions, nearly relegated, mid-table, nearly champions, mid-table, nearly relegated, 4th.

There is no chance of that kind of thing happening now.

I'd agree and Soccer, you answered your own question in the second half in that almost any team could finish in the top four in those days, and lots of different teams did, when they had a good manager who could spot a player from the lower leagues or from Scotland. It would be interesting to compare how many different teams finished in the top 4 between 75 and 85 and between 2004 and now. Now, a good manager just means you finish somewhere between about 6th and 10th

[berneboy]

QPR are amusingly shit. Their starting 11 is utter bobbins.

Let's hope they remain so on October 27th

[villan from luton]

Serious question but was it that much more interesting in the 70s and 80s when Liverpool were winning it most years?

I'd say yes. Look at us after promotion under SGT. Nearly relegated, nearly champions, nearly relegated, mid-table, nearly champions, mid-table, nearly relegated, 4th.

There is no chance of that kind of thing happening now.

I'd agree and Soccer, you answered your own question in the second half in that almost any team could finish in the top four in those days, and lots of different teams did, when they had a good manager who could spot a player from the lower leagues or from Scotland. It would be interesting to compare how many different teams finished in the top 4 between 75 and 85 and between 2004 and now. Now, a good manager just means you finish somewhere between about 6th and 10th

Forest won the league in 77/78 (i think) after coming up from the old second division. Will never happen again

[PeterWithesShin]

It would be interesting to compare how many different teams finished in the top 4 between 75 and 85 and between 2004 and now. Now, a good manager just means you finish somewhere between about 6th and 10th

I posted this a week or so ago in another thread.

Number of different clubs that finished in the top 4 in these decades.

1970/71-1979/80: 15
1980/81-1989/90: 13
1990/91-1999/2000: 12
2000/01-2090/10: 8 (3 clubs managed it once, otherwise every year it was the same 5 fighting it out)

So far this decade it is 6. And I wouldn't be surprised if that is the number at the end of it. Most of the top flight are just there to make up the numbers now. Ain't mod£rn football grand.

[Rudy65]

Serious question but was it that much more interesting in the 70s and 80s when Liverpool were winning it most years?

I'd say yes. Look at us after promotion under SGT. Nearly relegated, nearly champions, nearly relegated, mid-table, nearly champions, mid-table, nearly relegated, 4th.

There is no chance of that kind of thing happening now.

I'd agree and Soccer, you answered your own question in the second half in that almost any team could finish in the top four in those days, and lots of different teams did, when they had a good manager who could spot a player from the lower leagues or from Scotland. It would be interesting to compare how many different teams finished in the top 4 between 75 and 85 and between 2004 and now. Now, a good manager just means you finish somewhere between about 6th and 10th

Definite yes from me.

Whilst Liverpool did dominate it was much more competitive overall. The success of Forest, Leeds, Derby, Villa, Ipswich, Everton prove that. All overseen by excellent managers who built good sides often by not spending that much money, but building a squad over a few season. There was no pressure time wise in those days.

England were still shit though!