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On the f.a cup theme, has anyone pointed out what an incredible season both Burnley and Sheff utd are having? They're both strolling their way to promotion back to the premier league and are both in the f.a cup quarter finals with Sheff Utd having a genuinely realistic chance of an f.a cup semi.

Price of fish will go down due to us giving Grimsby all the money from our game against them. This will in turn allow us(the general public) greater savings on our fish suppers thus allowing us to save enough to go inter railing. Also, we will win the f.a cup this year, the europa league next...

that's what I figured but I've not seen anything disrespectful. Everyone whether Brighton or Grimsby or neutral will expect us to win. That's natural. And it's natural for fans to think ahead. You can guarantee that Grimsby fans will be dreaming of the semi final, dreaming that they get...

What are we doing to Grimsby? What am I missing? I've not seen anything offensive or patronising towards them. Which, if that is the case, why would we be mad at Man u for doing it?

Passes is all Potter-itis does...

I'm a step ahead. I've booked my hotel for the champions league final 2025. I don't know where it is so I've just booked a hotel in every major city in Europe...

I wonder what the Grimsby view on the draw is? They would have been big underdogs whoever they got so would they have preferred a day in Manchester over the less glamorous option of the Albion?

Just discovered this guy. Phenomenal.

I thought it was a classic job done performance. Stoke did a really good job. Their pressing was highly organised and energetic and was as effective as pretty much any that we've faced this season. They worked their nuts off and had more chances than either Fulham or Palace had. They made it...

I don't know why your lot sing about Dunk being a rapist. My best guess is it is due to this: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/24/brighton-footballers-cleared-sexual-assault I'm not sure regularly accusing someone of rape counts as pantomime, but well, it's horses for courses...

I think there's some sepia tinted glasses being worn at times. The point of those tackles were to both intimidate the opposition and to play the game on their terms. Scythe your opponent down and stop their attack building. Give him a sly elbow, a stamp on his ankle. Make him not fancy it...

Yeah, the head injury stuff is a bit shit. Especially as the ref is in a no win situation. Retroactive punishment might be the only way to stop that. Maybe there could be some kind of head injury protocol that can be followed like in the NFL. Player who goes down with head injury is taken...

I'm not down with teams using it as their core tactic(Villa:bigwave:) but I also think some people go way over the top in their outrage. Game management as Trippier calls it has been going on for years. Probably since the first game competitive game was played. Back in the day it was scything...

it's interesting how differently people can see things. There seem to be a lot of people who are totally affronted by the point that we have scored the least number of goals from corners/set plays in the league. We're having an immense season that could end up in us playing our first ever...

It was the 'technical' that I am talking about with Newcastle. I was looking beyond the simple 'they've g0t loads of money' viewpoint. Man utd as far as I am aware have not been used to burnish the international reputation of a nation state with a deplorable global reputation* They haven't...

As I understand it sports washing and financial doping aren't the same thing. Although financial doping is one way to achieve sports washing.

I realise they were at the forefront of going PLC and becoming a finnacial powerhouse but what sports washing have they done?

Great thread! When the site says 'similar players' what exactly do they mean? Are they talking about players who just play in a similar position or do they mean players who have similar stats/effects/roles/performances on their respective teams?

You never want man utd to win do you(cup final against palace excepted)? But you don't want operation mega bucks sportswash to start succeeding quite so quickly either. So we're stuck with a bit of a damned if you do, damned if you don't type situation. The only situation I can deem remotely...

Nah, draw or Chelsea win. That way we'll be 7 or 8 points behind spurs with three games in hand and still 1 or 3 points ahead of Chelsea with two games in hand. Before any DULLARDS mention that i)we have to win those games in hand, ii) we most likely won't and iii) we don't have the squad to...