Well that was a bad first half...

City win again. 

 

They are the ones to beat this year 

city and liverpool playing well at the moment. city just destroying everything in front of them.

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Edited September 24, 20169 yr by timetowaste

Today Tony Pulis joined the short list of managers who have managed 1000 games in the English leagues. 

He marked the occasion with a 1-1 draw away against Stoke in which his team was outplayed and scored from a set piece. 

Every team I didn't want to win ended up doing so. How sh*tty.

Things might be grim at the minute for us Chelsea fans but at least our stadium isn't a complete bollox like West Ham's. Even if they did get it for peanuts it's totally crap for football.

I didn't know Johnny Giles had had a face lift, a sun tan and then got the manager's job at Southampton - doing well for his age...

Commentator saying West Ham were playing crowd noise through speakers. Awkward.

De Bruyne out for 4 weeks. Big loss for City.

Southampton playing some decent football...

West Ham United

9th August 2015 - 16 January 2016: 5 League defeats.

15th August 2016 - 25 September 2016: 5 League defeats.

van djik is such a beast, very discipline with the size and athleticism

 

For the 2nd weekend in a row......West Ham cheer me up a bit.

cheers lads.

despite everything, we can take comfort that we are a much better side than West Ham. Maybe we should poach Payet and van Dijk from the Saints

The way West Ham are going they might end up paying the reduced  rent fee on that stadium... it halves if they drop out the premier league 

*puts tin foil hat on*

Saw this on another forum 

 

Credit to Southampton, at this stage of the game the players could be forgiven for trying to run the clock down and just hoofing the ball into Row A

people say gold and sullivan don't really care about the fans but how can you argue with owners that do everything in their power to stop them from being subjected to west ham's football?

16 hours ago, charierre said:

De Bruyne out for 4 weeks. Big loss for City.

I had just brought him into my fantasy team ffs  

6 minutes ago, Zola said:

I had just brought him into my fantasy team ffs  

Good work captain jinx

Too bad I already have Zlatan etc. Who else could I use my voodoo on? Some Liverpool players perhaps..

8 hours ago, Zola said:

Too bad I already have Zlatan etc. Who else could I use my voodoo on? Some Liverpool players perhaps..

I presume you've had Ivan in for the last two years then?

WTF is going on with West Ham and Stoke? With West Ham maybe all the chaos around the stadium and Europe has caused the manager and coaches to be distracted? That's the only thing I can think of. With Stoke I'm really stumped. 

Winter break: FA Cup fourth and fifth rounds could move to midweek

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37478695

FA Cup replays could be scrapped and the fourth and fifth rounds moved to midweek nights to accommodate a winter break in England, says Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey.

Harvey said the move would allow more weekend games and generate income for increased solidarity payments from the Premier League to the Football League.

It will also, he says, fill a £20m gap caused by leagues from the Championship down being cut by up to four clubs.

The idea will be voted on next summer.

FA Cup semi-final replays were abandoned in 1999, with sixth-round replays no longer being played from this season.

Harvey does not envisage any changes to the third round taking place.

The Football Association has not indicated whether it would be willing to make the required changes, but Harvey said: "Ultimately, to create space for a winter break, which is a stated objective of the FA, we are having to create some new dates in the calendar.

"We can potentially play two rounds of the FA Cup in midweek and it may well be that replays for four and five may have to go as part of this process."

The proposals have not been ratified by the Football League and are part of its Whole Game Solution.

Where is the money coming from?

The Football League thinks a reduction in the number of clubs from 24 to 20, and adding in an extra league, would cost about £20m.

An idea to introduce Premier League B teams to the domestic pyramid, as is the case in Spain and Holland, was abandoned last week.

"The Premier League already contributes circa £120m per annum to our clubs through solidarity payments," Harvey added.

"Money is circulated that our clubs benefit from via the FA, so it's not a case of just pointing to one area of income - it's the overall approach.

"Is there a better distribution model for English football that is fair, that is equitable and gives this type of change - which is significant - an opportunity to be successful?"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/26/exclusive-investigation-england-manager-sam-allardyce-for-sale/

 

Fat Sam exposed in the Telegraph. This could get ugly.