Football

I hope City get through but I will be very impressed if they top that group.

I hope United get battered in every game.

Got to witness a fine 5-0 win by the mighty Romans (Bath City) over Havant & Waterlooville (who were 4th favorites).

We've won 6/6 and should win our next one against the pointless Weston Super-Mare.

At 25-1 odds at the start of the season for winning the league I regret not putting a fiver on us, but last year we lost our first 4 games. Such is the way of semi-pro football

Delighted to see Forest beat Derby County, particularly when we were having a very bad run. Hopefully that'll be the start of a real improvement.

My Dad was shouting at the TV, but DCFC from what I hear didn't know how to break you down.

We have some great defenders but Freedman hasn't found a consistently good back four. Maybe he has now!

Dad still reckons Derby will go up though.

England playing France at the moment. We're watching MasterChef: The Professionals, but it sounds like La Marseillaise was sung well. Good stuff, everyone.

It was also on Monday I think Republic of Ireland qualified meaning them, Northern Ireland, Wales and England will all be at the Euros

And the pot's for draw will look like this, with France in Group A already

• Pot 1: Spain, Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium

• Pot 2: Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Ukraine

• Pot 3: Czech Republic, Sweden, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary

• Pot 4: Turkey, Republic of Ireland, Iceland, Wales, Albania, Northern Ireland

I can see it now England, Italy, Poland and Wales in the same group.

Watched parts of that game, with a trip to dominos in the middle. Always happy to see England win, but it did feel like a bit of a dick move on this occasion. . .

Something positive happened in the world of football yesterday. Let that be the beginning of the clearing of football's name.

To a 0.1% less dirty name.

They're gonna be really gutted to have to spend eight years away from the sport they don't care about and stole a load of money from.

The FA Cup fourth round draw has paired my team, Nottingham Forest, with Jimbob's, Watford. I expect a clash of the titans and no mistake.

Exeter was robbed and I told all the Liverpool fans at work Tom Nichols would run rings around them and none took me serious as there the mighty Liverpool.

I'm happy we got a draw with that rag-tag team we put out. The CB partnership was made up of an aging Leftback that hadn't played in over a year and a guy that hadn't played all season or ever in England as far as I'm aware.

They were wearing what badge on there shirt, and representing which club though.

Wouldn't be a bad thing if Exeter win the replay and save us from another battering from West Ham.

Now we have Steven "The Relegator" Caulker in on loan. Not sure if that's much of an improvement to our current defence options.

How's everyone doing, City are having a weird time at the moment as lost three games in a row in all competitions which the first time in years. Which City 6 points behind in the league, which you see Leicester dropping off but unlikely Arsenal and Spurs will.

Be strange if Spurs go on to win it as they only ever been top of the league for 33 days in 24 years, yet they could be top for 1 day this season and that might be the last day where it matters.

Out of the FA Cup due to the kids playing which I always thought would happen, but Alan Shearer like most of the media art anti-city as I remember not to long ago about some other team about playing the kids was a good idea as playing a competitive game will do more the U21 league. Then when City play the kids, shouldn't of played them but surely resting key players was a good thing as City won 3-1 away last night in Kiev and basically puts them through to the last 8 which I hope they get the winner of the Benfica/Zenit or PSV/Alt tie for instance and avoid Bayern, Real or Barca till the Semi's.

This weekend coming got the League Cup final that all doom & gloom but the big news was the Manual is going and Pep who the media love is coming on a 3 year contract and City are already favorites in the betting to win the League next season.

I'm very curious how he'll get on as Barca & Bayern had amazing squads already and winning things in leagues without so much competition but you think next season in the Premier you'll have Arsenal, Chelsea if Simeone goes there, City, United if Jose goes there, Spurs if they keep there players which they likely will with CL football and maybe even Leicester if they also keep there players & add to the squad and Liverpool under Klopp if they buy the right players could all be going for the league.

But I think he's more coming to win the Champions League then Premier as that's something the owners really want.

I'm going to watch football next Saturday up north but not City but been dragged along with Dad to go to the i-Pro Stadium to see Derby play Huddersfield.

masofdas wrote:

Be strange if Spurs go on to win it as they only ever been top of the league for 33 days in 24 years, yet they could be top for 1 day this season and that might be the last day where it matters.

I effin hope so! Going up to the Lane on the 19th for Bournemouth game. Super hyped. Not seen a Spurs team playing this well in my lifetime.

Disappointed we went out of the FA Cup to Palace, especially as we are still referred to as a Cup team, even though we haven't won it since 1991. My wife is a Chelsea fan (and all her family) so I saw the City match on TV and you weren't too bad in the first half. It does make me laugh when City would usually have two starting line-ups in their squad, can only put kids out. Arsenal did it because Wenger is a tight git, but City are loaded. It is fun, watching Chelsea, City and United with their weak, expensive squads being out-muscled by a spirited Leicester team and a super-fit Spurs.

Yeah only 13 players fit in the first team squad but you can see it paid off, just look at last night's score.

Also I think it was Liverpool, Alan praised against Exeter for playing the kids yet City got stick for doing it.

I absolutely love this season. It's looking like either a completely out-of-the-box, second-rate, nobody-saw-it-coming wild card side are going to win in the biggest upset for a decade or Leicester are gonna take it.

gjones wrote:

Disappointed we went out of the FA Cup to Palace, especially as we are still referred to as a Cup team, even though we haven't won it since 1991.

1991...

Forest have just started to wobble - three weekends ago I'd have said we were an outside bet for a play-off place; now, not so much. Hopefully we can get back winning this weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-k4Z2eEMZs

Went to the Lane yesterday and really impressive performance again. Twas but mere Bournemouth, mind, but it was a massive game in terms of keeping 5 points behind Leicester.

Hoping Dele Alli takes out a few Leicester players in the England training camp next week.