Premier League 2024-2025

[Milltown Row2]

Brilliant set piece routine.

Great price today considering how poor city are

I'm sure you backed it.

Early pay out also!

Did a cheeky yesterday for a fiver, 22/1 Utd 2-0 down, nice sweat but hey ho, bet responsibly and only what ya can afford

[Look-Up!]

 Brilliant performance from Liverpool yesterday. Put all the recent jitters to bed with a very assured display away to City. Definitely the performance of champions. Not mathematically over but unless Salah, Gravenberch and Van Dyke are all stretchered off in the next game or two, hard to see them not finishing close on 90 points. And even at that Arsenal proved at the weekend that they're running on fumes and with their current forwards will do well to reach 80 points. CL spots still up for grabs so they can't down tools completely though.

Bit of a battle for 3,4 and 5. Hope Forest stay in there and don't get overtaken. After that City and Newcastle should hold out. City at a bit of a crossroads. Grealish's time there looks up. Left on bench even though they needed something in attack. Only thing that could save him now is a transfer embargo.

Bottom 3 to stay as is. Some job Moyes has done with Everton. Don't know what to say about Utd. Thought Amorim was the man to turn them around but he is fast talking himself out of a job and war chest. Lucky the bottom clubs are so shit because normally they would in ripe position and form to be sucked into a relegation battle.
 

[lurganblue]

Brilliant performance from Liverpool yesterday. Put all the recent jitters to bed with a very assured display away to City. Definitely the performance of champions. Not mathematically over but unless Salah, Gravenberch and Van Dyke are all stretchered off in the next game or two, hard to see them not finishing close on 90 points. And even at that Arsenal proved at the weekend that they're running on fumes and with their current forwards will do well to reach 80 points. CL spots still up for grabs so they can't down tools completely though.

Bit of a battle for 3,4 and 5. Hope Forest stay in there and don't get overtaken. After that City and Newcastle should hold out. City at a bit of a crossroads. Grealish's time there looks up. Left on bench even though they needed something in attack. Only thing that could save him now is a transfer embargo.

Bottom 3 to stay as is. Some job Moyes has done with Everton. Don't know what to say about Utd. Thought Amorim was the man to turn them around but he is fast talking himself out of a job and war chest. Lucky the bottom clubs are so shit because normally they would in ripe position and form to be sucked into a relegation battle.
 

5 points separate 3rd place and 8th place. If any of those sides show a little bit of consistency they will be able to achieve champions league football.

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Brilliant performance from Liverpool yesterday. Put all the recent jitters to bed with a very assured display away to City. Definitely the performance of champions. Not mathematically over but unless Salah, Gravenberch and Van Dyke are all stretchered off in the next game or two, hard to see them not finishing close on 90 points. And even at that Arsenal proved at the weekend that they're running on fumes and with their current forwards will do well to reach 80 points. CL spots still up for grabs so they can't down tools completely though.

Bit of a battle for 3,4 and 5. Hope Forest stay in there and don't get overtaken. After that City and Newcastle should hold out. City at a bit of a crossroads. Grealish's time there looks up. Left on bench even though they needed something in attack. Only thing that could save him now is a transfer embargo.

Bottom 3 to stay as is. Some job Moyes has done with Everton. Don't know what to say about Utd. Thought Amorim was the man to turn them around but he is fast talking himself out of a job and war chest. Lucky the bottom clubs are so shit because normally they would in ripe position and form to be sucked into a relegation battle.
 

5 points separate 3rd place and 8th place. If any of those sides show a little bit of consistency they will be able to achieve champions league football.

Definitely but I hope Forest stay there and after that City and Newcastle do look best bet. It would be nice to see City lose out though to some of the others apart from Chelsea.

[johnnycool]

Slot got Salah to cover back more yesterday to give TAA a helping hand although Doku rounded TAA quite a few times for no City players to be supporting him.

Liverpool able to keep this City team at arms length and the two goals were always going to be good enough against this City team.

Slot needs to take a lot of credit for keeping Liverpool fresh, getting a lot more from Gravenberch, Gakpo and a few others in what is still ultimately Klopps team who run out of steam last year.

Any idea if Liverpool have sorted out those three contracts?

[SaffronSports]

Amorim reminds me of Jose in the third season when he's clearly trying to get sacked and get his pay off. Some of the quotes have been unbelievable, from saying this is the worst team in the clubs history to being asked why Moyes has got a bounce from Everton and he hasn't at United and he says cause Moyes is doing a better job. Like begging them to get rid.

[tiempo]

It crossed my mind that given the Portuguese affinity for Barca and Real, if Amorim was offered either of those jobs but he had to play 4-3-3 he'd change in a heartbeat, his principles have cost Utd points and he has quite possibly lost the hearts and minds of the players, the fanbase are quite likely confused as hell, I am both equally amazed and impressed by the approach, a massive f**k you to the squad and supporters, full on devil may care

I still think Roy Keane was and is a better fit, and Rory Beggan is a considerably better GK than Onana

[RedHand88]

Meanwhile, Jim is closing the staff canteen over at Man United, whilst they still pay Casemiro a million a month.
Staff will be given a piece of fruit instead.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/24/let-them-eat-fruit-manchester-united-close-staff-canteen-in-latest-cost-cutting-sir-jim-ratcliffe-football

[tiempo]

Man knows the price of everything and the value of nothing, thrampish behaviour

I heard Sir Jims crash and burn was to drive the share price down therefore lowering the price of a full buyout of the Glazer family, but Jims of an age that he won't be involved in 5 years, I genuinely see a very bleak future for Utd, the 1 billion pound stadium will be another noose around their neck, projects like that always go way over budget, there's a massive shitstorm coming

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Liked the cut of Amorim's jib at the start. Confident, well spoken, on point with the problems that existed and not afraid to give a player the odd dig in the media to whip them in line. But at some stage you have to work with players and protect them. If your only MO is to constantly call them out in press conferences you will lose the dressing room. Has the look of a rent-a-quote about him.

Definitely see similarities to him and Jose although very early to be looking for the sack. Actually reminds me a bit of OGS. The Norwegian liked to suck up to the likes of Keane and Neville rather than protecting his players in the media. This guy seems a bit too cosy with reporters in the press room also.

Latest cuts on the lunches look incredibly petty and self serving. The club is a billion in the red. Wasn't a bit of lunch to the staff got them to this point and cutting it down to soup and a crust of bread will not save the day. Either the books are worse than could ever be imagined or this guy is completely off his rocker.

[tiempo]

Liked the cut of Amorim's jib at the start. Confident, well spoken, on point with the problems that existed and not afraid to give a player the odd dig in the media to whip them in line. But at some stage you have to work with players and protect them. If your only MO is to constantly call them out in press conferences you will lose the dressing room. Has the look of a rent-a-quote about him.

Definitely see similarities to him and Jose although very early to be looking for the sack. Actually reminds me a bit of OGS. The Norwegian liked to suck up to the likes of Keane and Neville rather than protecting his players in the media. This guy seems a bit too cosy with reporters in the press room also.

Latest cuts on the lunches look incredibly petty and self serving. The club is a billion in the red. Wasn't a bit of lunch to the staff got them to this point and cutting it down to soup and a crust of bread will not save the day. Either the books are worse than could ever be imagined or this guy is completely off his rocker.

Two things that crossed my mind in recent days

1. Severe cutbacks as planning for no European campaign next year, stands to reason to some extent but agree with what you said, wasn't feeding staff that caused the issue or removing it that will save the day

2. Could Man Utd be heading the way of Leeds Utd? Unthinkable but so was Leicester winning the league

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Liked the cut of Amorim's jib at the start. Confident, well spoken, on point with the problems that existed and not afraid to give a player the odd dig in the media to whip them in line. But at some stage you have to work with players and protect them. If your only MO is to constantly call them out in press conferences you will lose the dressing room. Has the look of a rent-a-quote about him.

Definitely see similarities to him and Jose although very early to be looking for the sack. Actually reminds me a bit of OGS. The Norwegian liked to suck up to the likes of Keane and Neville rather than protecting his players in the media. This guy seems a bit too cosy with reporters in the press room also.

Latest cuts on the lunches look incredibly petty and self serving. The club is a billion in the red. Wasn't a bit of lunch to the staff got them to this point and cutting it down to soup and a crust of bread will not save the day. Either the books are worse than could ever be imagined or this guy is completely off his rocker.

Two things that crossed my mind in recent days

1. Severe cutbacks as planning for no European campaign next year, stands to reason to some extent but agree with what you said, wasn't feeding staff that caused the issue or removing it that will save the day

2. Could Man Utd be heading the way of Leeds Utd? Unthinkable but so was Leicester winning the league

Cutting food though Tiempo? Unless someone was on the take over-ordering stuff and moving it out the back door, it's a fairly mean thing to do.

Man Utd still have a strong brand and can generate money but they can't be far off defaulting on debt with current wages if they're out of Europe. Relegation destroyed Leeds but back then you needed 40 points to stay up. Utd can count themselves very lucky this is not still the case.

I heard some Utd supporters actually say relegation would be good for them because it would allow them to reset like other clubs have  . It would be catastrophic for them. Bunch of way overpaid flops with no relegation clauses in their contracts and no hope of moving most of them!!

[J70]

Meanwhile, Jim is closing the staff canteen over at Man United, whilst they still pay Casemiro a million a month.
Staff will be given a piece of fruit instead.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/24/let-them-eat-fruit-manchester-united-close-staff-canteen-in-latest-cost-cutting-sir-jim-ratcliffe-football

f**king hell! How much did extending Ten Hag for five months cost them? How many hot lunches would THAT buy?

Are they still paying off Mourinho?

Whatever about squad morale, what must things be like for the regular people who work at United? I'm sure for many it was a dream job to work for their favourite team.

[thewobbler]

Meanwhile, Jim is closing the staff canteen over at Man United, whilst they still pay Casemiro a million a month.
Staff will be given a piece of fruit instead.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/24/let-them-eat-fruit-manchester-united-close-staff-canteen-in-latest-cost-cutting-sir-jim-ratcliffe-football

f**king hell! How much did extending Ten Hag for five months cost them? How many hot lunches would THAT buy?

Are they still paying off Mourinho?

Whatever about squad morale, what must things be like for the regular people who work at United? I'm sure for many it was a dream job to work for their favourite team.

I've said it before, but a little piece of me dies inside anytime someone says something like "he's only on 100 grand a week, he deserves more".

The sport needs gutting from top to bottom.

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The way things are going at Utd they'll soon have to take Rashford back just to organise some lunches for the staff.