August Football Thread, in acknowledgement of next weekend's Carabao Cup bollocks

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Have at it.

June & July Football Thread: Everything But The Kitchen Sink (Post A Purer Thought In These Parentheses Than I Did Here)
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August - The business end of the football season.

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Been a long hard couple of weeks without football

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So nice going into a season where every man and his dog thinks it’s a straight shoot-out between Arsenal, Liverpool and possibly Man United.

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Had a lovely time at Leyton Orient vs Royal Antwerp yesterday, the away fans (to the left) were great patter and have now completed all the EFL and above London grounds!

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I personally think City will be right in amongst the title challengers as well.

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Hull City? Would be a ‘cinderella story’ imo

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Haha, no no no, Hull City will be nothing but the “ugly sisters” this season!

I was talking about Manchester City who have won six of the last ten Premier League titles being title challengers in the upcoming campaign

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It’s a funny old game I suppose. Have stranger things happened? Sure, but not many!

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i’m four days into an energy drink detox; this thread couldn’t have arrived at a worse time

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If history tells us anything, it’s that teams who regularly win the league maintain the same standards when their greatest ever manager leaves.

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Haha, if only mate! I’m a United fan (Manchester United that is) and we really fell off a cliff after Fergie left!

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They’ve turned a corner now, though, under the sensible stewardship of former midfielder Michael Carrick.

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Just got a ticket for the first league game of the season. We’re so back. Stockport County can go and fuck themselves.

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I certainly hope so, brother. Time will tell though!

I’m definitely enjoying the tried and tested approach of following up a successful Champions League qualifying season with a summer of “cheaping out” in the market, leaving business late, failing to sell low-performers and not addressing key weaknesses in the squad though, its worked well for us every time over the last 15 years!

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Fairy Godmother being like fuck yer royal ball and pumpkin carriage pal you’re getting to play upfront at the MKM stadium. And you’ll be fucking PLEASED.

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Not fancying Zirkzee, Dorgu and Amad to pull in 25 goals in across all comps this season then?

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I like Dorgu and Amad actually.

I’d really enjoy it of “Joshua Zirkzee” would fuck off and stroll around in Italy instead though (so we can see a bunch of clips of him “doing bits” over there and a narrative that we should have kept him despite the fact I’ve literally never seen the lazy prick actually run in his life")

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What month will Rashford black out his socials?

  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec
  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
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I’ve gone December for a conservative “pre-transfer window” option but I actually think “not called up for England and socials blacked out by mid-September” might be the value option