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Ivysaur April 9th, 2016 11:17 AM

Barça are losing 1-0 against Real right now and, after losing to Madrid last week, the league is miraculously back on. Still the second half to go, but Real have defeated Barça several times over the past years so it won't be easy. Now I'm really pissed that we lost against Sporting so clumsily just two weeks ago, we could be tied on points with them :/

I really wish I also get to see a 1-0 on Wednesday. We have scored first in all three games against Barça this year- we just need to lock the goal after that and we'll be golden.

Aaaand FT. Real 1 - 0 Barça. We just need to get the same result next week and we are in.

Illmatic April 10th, 2016 3:50 AM

Man, it sucks to be an Arsenal fan sometimes. I think it is safe to say that we are definatley out of the running now. Would not have expected that from Carroll of all people. Hope that Leicester win the prem now, definatley favourites at this point!

Lipstick Vogue April 10th, 2016 4:15 AM

Haven't fount myself supporting Leicester much at all this season, but I will be today.

Spurs title pls.

Eruption April 10th, 2016 4:26 AM

Another win for the Boro, one more on Tuesday and we will have came through the 'easy run' of games without slipping. Hopefully Notts Forest do a job for us tonight to relieve some pressure. We could potentially have a very healthy seven point gap to third by the end of Tuesday, but obviously I'm not overly optimistic about that happening.

Time to watch the Sunderland-Leicester game. Something tells me this might be the game were Sunderland start their late escape, hopefully I'm wrong for many reasons.


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Originally Posted by Ivysaur (Post 9196998)
Barça are losing 1-0 against Real right now and, after losing to Madrid last week, the league is miraculously back on. Still the second half to go, but Real have defeated Barça several times over the past years so it won't be easy. Now I'm really pissed that we lost against Sporting so clumsily just two weeks ago, we could be tied on points with them :/

I really wish I also get to see a 1-0 on Wednesday. We have scored first in all three games against Barça this year- we just need to lock the goal after that and we'll be golden.

Aaaand FT. Real 1 - 0 Barça. We just need to get the same result next week and we are in.

I hadn't realised how close the league had become again from those two Barca defeats. Hopefully they continue to slip to make it even more interesting.

How did you feel about Torres getting sent off? It was probably one of the more stupid red cards that I've seen.

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Originally Posted by Illmatic (Post 9197846)
Man, it sucks to be an Arsenal fan sometimes. I think it is safe to say that we are definatley out of the running now. Would not have expected that from Carroll of all people. Hope that Leicester win the prem now, definatley favourites at this point!

Carroll can be a very effective striker, but he's horribly inconsistent. It's not too surprising when he pops up with this kind of performance. In the right system with fewer injuries, he could probably be a fifteen goal a season striker, but unfortunately that's not the case. That said I find it amazing that people would call for his England inclusion, we have done perfectly fine without him and he doesn't really represent that right sort of striker for Roy's system and of course calling up a player for one performance is ridiculous.

Arsenal have missed their big opportunity this season. If we need any further confirmation that Wenger won't win another title before retiring this is probably it.

Lipstick Vogue April 10th, 2016 6:32 AM

Well, if we can't beat that at home then we deserve to go down.

Can't see anybody but the current top 2 getting the automatics in the Champs. Hope Wednesday win the playoffs.

Ivysaur April 10th, 2016 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Lipstick Vogue (Post 9198007)
Well, if we can't beat that at home then we deserve to go down.

Can't see anybody but the current top 2 getting the automatics in the Champs. Hope Wednesday win the playoffs.

I was going to say I told you I saw a 0-1 but Vardy had to score in the last second and ruin their nice binary run.

...incidentally, I just found out we apparently are Leicester's worst European nightmare. Fun times.

http://i.imgur.com/Bo48ca8.png

Leicester's last-10-minutes performances are unbelieveable so far.

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How did you feel about Torres getting sent off? It was probably one of the more stupid red cards that I've seen.
It was stupid but I wasn't particularly angered at the ref or anything. He was pretty idiotic to fall for such a moronic double booking. I'm disappointed in him but eh, what can you do. It wasn't a robbery, just strict refereeing, and that's what we are supposed to be used to anyway.

Lipstick Vogue April 10th, 2016 2:48 PM

I hope I live to see Norwich in European competition.

Bit too early for me.
http://i.imgur.com/X9NJmVN.png

Eruption April 10th, 2016 4:00 PM

I feel like I might have missed my opportunity to enjoy Boro in Europe. Hopefully we get another chance at it.

That is certainly a fun fact in relation to Leicester's European record. It would be cool to see both clubs in the same group next year.

How are you feeling about Bamford at the moment LV? I had a quick pop on the pinkun yesterday and the overall impression seems pretty poor.

Ivysaur April 11th, 2016 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Dale Cooper (Post 9198534)
That is certainly a fun fact in relation to Leicester's European record. It would be cool to see both clubs in the same group next year.

...I'd rather not, because that'd mean one of then will have not won their league :P

Lipstick Vogue April 11th, 2016 12:54 AM

We'd have had more seasons in Europe if it wasn't for Liverpool fans being animals. Well, slightly worse animals than a lot of the other animal football fans of the era.

I remember that Boro European run well, Football on 5 was pretty good.

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Originally Posted by Dale Cooper (Post 9198534)
How are you feeling about Bamford at the moment LV? I had a quick pop on the pinkun yesterday and the overall impression seems pretty poor.

He's not played much yet and not really made any great impressions from the bench. He was at his best in the Man City game, which he started. He held the ball up in that game a hell of a lot better than I would have thought possible. Palace was his worst game so it's not surprising that our forum was a little bit more negative towards him yesterday, he only played a cameo role in the game but it was quite clear that the Palace fans got into his head. Considering what's up for grabs now it's perhaps not the best time to try and introduce a freshly loaned in young forward.

I've seen enough from him, mostly in a Boro shirt, that if we went in for him in the summer I'd be happy enough. I could actually imagine both of our sides trying to sign him come June and July.

Harry Kane was a boo boy on the Pinkun btw, so take whatever you've read with a bucket of salt.

Logan April 11th, 2016 1:55 AM

Was at St. Mary's on Saturday and Newcastle are shocking.

Lipstick Vogue April 11th, 2016 2:07 AM

Yeah, they have an air of the QPR about them at the moment. We played them last week and it looked as if only one or two of their players actually cared.

At least they're not Villa though, people will buy from Newcastle if they go down so they won't struggle financially. Villa's squad is dire.

Illmatic April 11th, 2016 3:22 PM

The Norwich - Sunderland game will be interesting on Saturday, considering the relegation battle. In all honesty I expect Norwich to stay up. Anyone know when the Euro squad is going to be announced?

Eruption April 12th, 2016 3:33 AM

Agh Forest you bottlers :( Oh well if we take care of our own business tonight, we're still in a good position.

It seems a lot of Leicester fans have been shafted by a poorly managed membership system when trying to buy tickets for their last game. I remember we had a few problems with that last year as people tried to get Wembley tickets. Do any English teams not have this problem with loyalty systems?

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Originally Posted by Ivysaur (Post 9198966)
...I'd rather not, because that'd mean one of then will have not won their league :P

Ah never mind then, I didn't know about that seeding rule.

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Originally Posted by Lipstick Vogue (Post 9198998)
I've seen enough from him, mostly in a Boro shirt, that if we went in for him in the summer I'd be happy enough. I could actually imagine both of our sides trying to sign him come June and July.

Harry Kane was a boo boy on the Pinkun btw, so take whatever you've read with a bucket of salt.

I would be happy to see Bamf return, his replacement Stuani hasn't really worked out.

In defence of the pinkun, I think most people who had seen Kane before last season were pretty dismissive and perhaps rightly so.

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Originally Posted by Lipstick Vogue (Post 9199033)
At least they're not Villa though, people will buy from Newcastle if they go down so they won't struggle financially. Villa's squad is dire.

I read a post on reddit about Shelvey being on £80k a week even if they go down, so they might struggle to sell if those sort of ridiculous wages are spread throughout the squad.

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Originally Posted by Illmatic (Post 9199921)
The Norwich - Sunderland game will be interesting on Saturday, considering the relegation battle. In all honesty I expect Norwich to stay up. Anyone know when the Euro squad is going to be announced?

12th May it would appear. Final UEFA deadline is 31st. Strangely the squad is supposed to come together before the Fa Cup final.

Lipstick Vogue April 12th, 2016 12:44 PM

confdrats boro on your title win.

Eruption April 13th, 2016 2:42 AM

Thank you Reading you bottlers!

There's still a lot of work to do and some of our players looked very tired last night. The weekend game with Bolton seems like it could be a banana skin.

Ivysaur April 13th, 2016 12:39 PM

paces around the room i cannot believe aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

Xherdan April 13th, 2016 12:40 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHA
R.I.P BARCELONA
I told you Atletico was gonna win.
Now let's hope for Bayern x Atletico or something on Semis.

Gabri April 13th, 2016 12:47 PM

Now let's hope that Benfica are tired as fuck from these last games and slip some points in the next league matches.

And congrats to Atleti. I've admired you fuckers in the last few years. Griezmann is one hell of a player.

Ivysaur April 13th, 2016 1:20 PM

I don't know who the hell I want for semis but woah I'm on a high after beating Barça like... you can't get /harder/ than this so

Lipstick Vogue April 14th, 2016 9:11 AM

Bringing out the big guns.
http://i.imgur.com/Wawdl7d.png

Eruption April 14th, 2016 10:12 AM

I'm always happy to see Barca lose so well done Atletico! Maybe another Madrid derby final?

No team will ever match the Karankachiefs (read: tatty bit of red cloth cut unevenly) we got handed out for Karanka's first game. Inflatable canaries are a relatively decent fan promo I guess, they might end up being a decent souvenir if you win.

KorpiklaaniVodka April 14th, 2016 1:03 PM

Liverpool - Borussia Dortmund 4-3

I'm saddened to see BVB lose, because I'm a fan of them, but man that was an epic battle. But now that Liverpool got us, I hope they win the UEL. Or maybe Donetsk, just not any Spanish team.

Edit: sparta prague - villareal 2-4 fuck this shit

Lipstick Vogue April 15th, 2016 4:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Dale Cooper (Post 9203321)
Karankachiefs

That's amazing. From Real Madrid to that, Karanka must have been wondering what he'd let himself in for.

Regret going to bed early and not watching the Liverpool game now. I didn't even hear about the result until somebody told me at work.

Looks as if there's a decent chance Klose will play tomorrow, that's a relief. Just seeing Bassong's name on the team sheet gives me heart palpitations.

Ivysaur April 15th, 2016 2:19 PM

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Originally Posted by KorpiklaaniVodka (Post 9203499)
Liverpool - Borussia Dortmund 4-3

I'm saddened to see BVB lose, because I'm a fan of them, but man that was an epic battle. But now that Liverpool got us, I hope they win the UEL. Or maybe Donetsk, just not any Spanish team.

Edit: sparta prague - villareal 2-4 **** this ****

As a madrilenian whose father lives in Villarreal, I guess we'll have to stay pretty far away when talking about football :P

City - Atlético please. I wanted Liverpool - Villarreal for the other final but sadly it can't be :(

Also, leaving this here just because it's bloody hilarious.



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