SouthWest Boro 26 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Nice to see Lille have benched their best players against Chelsea. I bet Ajax and Valencia aren't too happy. Barca playing their reserves at Inter too, when it's between Inter and Dortmund for second place. Barca are winning though and I don't blame Lille or Barca when they don't have anything resting on the games and they want to rest players for future games, but why did Lille even bring their top players if they aren't going to play them? I doubt European competition even has a 'play your best side' rule, as both Lille and Barca have broken that tonight. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,210 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, SouthWest Boro said: Nice to see Lille have benched their best players against Chelsea. I bet Ajax and Valencia aren't too happy. Barca playing their reserves at Inter too, when it's between Inter and Dortmund for second place. Barca are winning though and I don't blame Lille or Barca when they don't have anything resting on the games and they want to rest players for future games, but why did Lille even bring their top players if they aren't going to play them? I doubt European competition even has a 'play your best side' rule, as both Lille and Barca have broken that tonight. They all wanted groups to earn more money so that's the way it goes. Link to post Share on other sites
SouthWest Boro 26 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 13 minutes ago, Changing Times said: They all wanted groups to earn more money so that's the way it goes. I agree, but i'm thinking from a fans point of view, but then we are the last thing clubs think of. Link to post Share on other sites
Blanco 4,900 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Ancelloti has just been sacked by Napoli after a 4-0 win secured qualification for the knockout stage of the champions league Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,229 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 16 hours ago, Blanco said: Ancelloti has just been sacked by Napoli after a 4-0 win secured qualification for the knockout stage of the champions league It must've been the zero wins in 9 games prior to that. Board had probably had already made up their minds before CL game. Still, 7th in the league...its not exactly a crisis... Link to post Share on other sites
Uwe 3,543 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 5 hours ago, AnglianRed said: Ancelloti has just been sacked by Napoli after a 4-0 win secured qualification for the knockout stage of the champions league He also had a falling out with the club president who wanted to impose a curfew on the players. Do they didn’t have the best relationship 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,052 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Wigan beating WBA atm .. Not good Barnsley winning v Reading .. Is ok .. Derby getting closer to a relegation battle Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,052 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 WBA equalized Swansea's Tom Carrol will miss the game v Boro for 2 times yellow v Blackburn Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,394 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Phew, West Brom equalised before I even realised they were losing. Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,394 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Huge point for Wigan, sadly. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,228 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Tonight is the first time I've really looked at the table. So... Leeds and West Brom are going up aren't they!? The bottom 8 have less points between them than the top 2 have between them and 3rd. It's all a bit tight at the moment outside the top 2. The biggest gap in the middle of the table is 3 points between Charlton and Derby. In terms of us, I think we're in an okay position in terms of being safe. 4 points off the bottom 3. I think there are still worse teams than us above us right now and perhaps only Stoke better than us below us. On the evidence of the season so far, and assuming January doesn't go dreadful (which recent history suggests would be optimistic if nothing else) then we should certainly survive. Two big results in the next two home games would go a long way. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,052 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I just sat looking at the table too! I think, Luton, Charlton, Barnsley will go down. Yes it is the three newly promoted teams. Based on recent form and knowledge of other teams, I predict us to be 17th come may. If we at least could have a January window with just a little feel good about it ... Then we can do better when the summer window comes. This season is about survival and Woody learning while/by doing .. Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,952 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 12 hours ago, wilsoncgp said: Tonight is the first time I've really looked at the table. So... Leeds and West Brom are going up aren't they!? The bottom 8 have less points between them than the top 2 have between them and 3rd. It's all a bit tight at the moment outside the top 2. The biggest gap in the middle of the table is 3 points between Charlton and Derby. In terms of us, I think we're in an okay position in terms of being safe. 4 points off the bottom 3. I think there are still worse teams than us above us right now and perhaps only Stoke better than us below us. On the evidence of the season so far, and assuming January doesn't go dreadful (which recent history suggests would be optimistic if nothing else) then we should certainly survive. Two big results in the next two home games would go a long way. It is going to take an implosion of epic proportions to stop either of Leeds or WBA going up. Link to post Share on other sites
Blanco 4,900 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, Brunners said: It is going to take an implosion of epic proportions to stop either of Leeds or WBA going up. Even I’m not that optimistic to think that we can do that Brunners 😂 Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,952 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Blanco said: Even I’m not that optimistic to think that we can do that Brunners 😂 No I'm not saying we will stop them lmao. I'm saying that for me unless they collapse hilariously, those two are going up top two. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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