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Weird feelings of football
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
There exists in Italy a special class of footballer whose legacy as world class becomes slightly tainted by decent but unremarkable spells at two of the other three big teams, having left a gilded career at the first.
All English football executives are called Richard, and they are invariably all Dicks
Your personal mood somehow directly impacts the result of football matches
Obviously crackpot but a weird coincidental feeling at times
Obviously crackpot but a weird coincidental feeling at times
Bayern have lost way more than 3 league games this season, Dortmund have lost way fewer than 8.
Schalke have been fighting relegation battle for the last 10 seasons but have somehow played in the Champions League at least 5 times during the same period.
That's brilliant!
Every time a rare or unusual incident happens in a football match (either on the pitch, or off)... an eerily similar incident will either have occurred at another match being played at the same time, or occur in the match played straight afterwards, or occur in the match played the very next day! And then those types of incidents will not occur again for a very, very long time! Plenty I can remember...
The penalty red card decisions involving both Luiz (Wolves vs Arsenal) and Bednarek (United vs Southampton) in more recent times.
The day the Birmingham "fan" attacked Grealish... there were two other less severe incidents in other games, an Arsenal fan putting his hand on Smalling as he run past him to celebrate a goal, and a similar incident in a Scottish league match too! All either on the same day/same weekend!
Crowd trouble in the stands with police in the Roma/Man Utd first leg back in 2007... anyone remember that? Before Roma got spanked 7-1 in the second leg... anyway the very next day there were very similar scenes in Tottenham's away UEFA Cup tie in Seville (I remember them showing it live during the game!) Of course the Roma-Man Utd stuff could have been on the Sevilla/Spurs fans' mind and kinda encouraged it in a way...
However I think one of the strangest I remember, was one day in the Premier League where there were three separate incidents (from three different games) involving teammates squaring up to each other... very peculiar... rare to get that at any time (on the pitch) but three on the same day was super weird!
I'm sure those on the Caf have many more of these types of things!
The penalty red card decisions involving both Luiz (Wolves vs Arsenal) and Bednarek (United vs Southampton) in more recent times.
The day the Birmingham "fan" attacked Grealish... there were two other less severe incidents in other games, an Arsenal fan putting his hand on Smalling as he run past him to celebrate a goal, and a similar incident in a Scottish league match too! All either on the same day/same weekend!
Crowd trouble in the stands with police in the Roma/Man Utd first leg back in 2007... anyone remember that? Before Roma got spanked 7-1 in the second leg... anyway the very next day there were very similar scenes in Tottenham's away UEFA Cup tie in Seville (I remember them showing it live during the game!) Of course the Roma-Man Utd stuff could have been on the Sevilla/Spurs fans' mind and kinda encouraged it in a way...
However I think one of the strangest I remember, was one day in the Premier League where there were three separate incidents (from three different games) involving teammates squaring up to each other... very peculiar... rare to get that at any time (on the pitch) but three on the same day was super weird!
I'm sure those on the Caf have many more of these types of things!
Scorpion kick goals for Mkhi and Giroud.
Danny Welbeck was a promising 21 year old for his whole United career, but his age suddenly jumped to 26 the second he joined Arsenal.
For 18 months in the late 00s, the media insisted on calling Man City’s stadium Eastlands, and then never brought it up again.
Seeing when a long range shot has clipped the outside of the post/crossbar in real time is really easy, even though commentators never catch it until the third slow motion replay.
Seeing when a long range shot has clipped the outside of the post/crossbar in real time is really easy, even though commentators never catch it until the third slow motion replay.
Not sure where to stick this, but Real Madrid have as many surviving first team members from their 06/07 squad as we do from our final season under Fergie.
Sergio Ramos & Marcelo - DDG & Jones. And Jones hasn't kicked a ball for us this season.
Sergio Ramos & Marcelo - DDG & Jones. And Jones hasn't kicked a ball for us this season.
I have a really really hard time accepting that 2006 was 15 years ago.
Both of these.
ffs this is one of my pet peeves. Deflected shots or clips shots. They're watching the same footage as us, how can they missed it so many times?The time United kick off has a severe effect on how we play, examples below
Thursday 18:00 -
Dreary affair, probably when you see us at our worst, dont wake up till a goal or two down
Thursday 20:00 -
Sharp off the blocks, couple of chances in the first 20 mins, usually a goal up by half time
Saturday 12:30 -
Like a rabbit in headlights first 30 mins, cant string a pass ( especially away, usually beaming sunlight and a rowdy crowd,) usually go a goal down first half - anfield and goodison come to mind as notorious places we suffer at this time
Saturday 15:00 -
Superb, in complete control throughout, look like we could beat brazil 1970s without coming out of second gear
Saturday 17:30 -
This is the hardest time to call, we can be a mix of all the above, usually start slowly but end on a high
Sunday 12:30 -14:00
See Saturday 12:30 but the away crowds are louder on a saturday, ( all depends who the sky pundits are too)
Sunday 16:00-16:30
Besides 15:00 saturday this is our peak performance time,usually get into the game straight away and dont conceed much
Monday 20:00
Again can get any version of united on MNF, not 12:30 saturday united but not 15:00 saturday united either
Thursday 18:00 -
Dreary affair, probably when you see us at our worst, dont wake up till a goal or two down
Thursday 20:00 -
Sharp off the blocks, couple of chances in the first 20 mins, usually a goal up by half time
Saturday 12:30 -
Like a rabbit in headlights first 30 mins, cant string a pass ( especially away, usually beaming sunlight and a rowdy crowd,) usually go a goal down first half - anfield and goodison come to mind as notorious places we suffer at this time
Saturday 15:00 -
Superb, in complete control throughout, look like we could beat brazil 1970s without coming out of second gear
Saturday 17:30 -
This is the hardest time to call, we can be a mix of all the above, usually start slowly but end on a high
Sunday 12:30 -14:00
See Saturday 12:30 but the away crowds are louder on a saturday, ( all depends who the sky pundits are too)
Sunday 16:00-16:30
Besides 15:00 saturday this is our peak performance time,usually get into the game straight away and dont conceed much
Monday 20:00
Again can get any version of united on MNF, not 12:30 saturday united but not 15:00 saturday united either
The longer a player goes without scoring the better the goal will be when they finally score. If the player has not scored for several seasons then the strike will be in contention for goal of the month.
Burnley have never had a player from outside Northern Europe
All Burnley players were signed from WBA or are youth team players released from big clubs.
Fat Sam going to get relegated for the first time.
Jeff Hendrick is Dutch.
He's not a player who I've ever exactly paid attention to, and thought he was from there. His name sounds like he would be from the Netherlands to me. Turns out he's got 60 Irish caps.
He's not a player who I've ever exactly paid attention to, and thought he was from there. His name sounds like he would be from the Netherlands to me. Turns out he's got 60 Irish caps.
You can tell within the first ten minutes of a Man Utd game what the result will be.
Newcastle have never beaten Liverpool in the Premier League.
Unless it’s a player known for his scoring ability. He will score a complete shit goal.
I hate how true this one is
Kane switches between utter carthorse and world class with breathtaking ease.
Fans consider their injured players to be 10x the players they are when they're actually playing.
Everton have gone from being unlucky for 20 years to being the luckiest team in the league since Ancelotti has come there.
I actually think this is inaccurate atm because we kept going down early earlier in the season and kept coming back as well.
But yeah, for the past 8 years, this is definitely true.
When Klopp was at Dortmund the only way he would let his best players leave was if they agreed to return to Dortmund as soon as they were no longer wanted by their new clubs. Lewandowski will eventually return to become Haalands replacement.
Brighton's lineup is built of 9 exact same players who only know how to do Cruyff turns, Lewis Dunk and the goalie.
That well known Dutch name Jeff?
And mediocre opposition players to be way better than ours.
I reckon we'll sign him he fits the bill.
- Over 30
- World class but not as young as he was
- Available on a free
- High profile
Well I don't know what's a Dutch name and what isn't, especially where you have people like Robin Van Persie, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Bryan Roy, Patrick Kluivert etc. Then there's Jeffrey Schlupp! They like stealing names these Dutchies.That well known Dutch name Jeff?
The only other out-and-out Jeff footballer I can think of was Kenna who to be fair was Irish too.
Edit: Oh shit, Schlupp is from Germany/Ghana! That's another then, was convinced he was Dutch.
Jeffrey Bruma, Dutch international defender
Thank you, saved my bacon there, what with Schlupp not being Dutch at all either.
Man Utd will never win a big trophy EPL CHL while the glazers are the owners
We’ve already won several of them since they’ve owned the club. 5 league titles, 1 champions league and 2 more finals.
I mean haven't you already won both with them as owners?