Football

dier gets the call up he should have got last time round..

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/05/england-squad-roy-hodgson-france-spain

How do you rate the size of a derby then? The Manchester Derby beats the North London on everything but history...but you discounted history.

Arsenal - Tottenham always feels a bit meh to me.

Really? Are we doing "my derby's bigger than yours"?

It's quite simple, the biggest derby is the one your team is involved in all the others are a bit meh.

Last I checked both Sheffield clubs were in lower divisions. But Wednesday are looking good this season.

Are we doing "my derby's bigger than yours"?

yes, we did murder rates today so why not?

My metric of choice is arrests made at or around the game. Or possibly number of top city lawyers that went viral.

19.30 on Friday. My hometown team (Notts County - you pies!) are playing some team from Greater Manchester. City something (I'm sure we'll be fine).

And its only on the bloody BBC!

Set your reminders. Cancel your evening plans and revel in the mediocrity:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34674206

We'll probably lose. We're either really good in the FA Cup (knocked out Premier league teams in the past) or really shit. There seems to be no middle ground.

good game ... good game
klopps style is beginning to show and work

#klopptimistic

Or people could watch the infinitely more important game from the shitty ground at the same time. Derby will win and florist will sack their manager.

Why do they do this to you Nottingham wankers? Both teams on the telly at the same time.

Probably because most County fans are too old and frail to attend away games.

P.s. your bet was too conservative, I reckon its going to be double figures.

What happened to the whole Notts County, money, Sven thing from a few years back? The expected rise into the Premiership didn't happen, I guess

Because Sol Campbell left, it all went tits up.

That all went horribly wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH-p0SLL4vw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_King_%28fraudster%29

Yeah it was a bit of an embarresment really. Respect to Sol Campbell for being the only one to see through the bullshit. And Sven for agreeing to walk away without claiming his contract when he was within his rights to do so.

The aftermath did trigger one of the best periods in recent history for us though (bar the Neil Warnock era). Ray Trew (the new owner) brought in Steve Cotterill who managed to win 14 out of 18 games. Becoming League Two Champions (ahead of Bournemouth). Then he chose not to stick around and we trundled on in League One for a bit with a succession of managers before, inevitably, dropping back into League Two at the end of last season. Shame really.

Derby VS Forest? If there was ever a game I'd rather not see, this would be it. Actually I don't care much about Derby (plus they have an ex Notts Striker in the shape of Tom Ince). Derby FTW then. Up the Rams (for this game only).

Its very much one or the other though. I've no desire to see Forest on the TV unless its endless re-runs of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4QRHaOf8ic

Sir Charlie Palmer.

wow. Poor Notts County

He's a bit good this Klopp guy isn't he? I have very good feelings about next year

I have very good feelings about next year

I was hoping you'd say something like that... #qfp

Yes at making excuses. All of that only in red hahaha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRIkV9ldFrc&sns=em

Did you have good feelings about this season?
As a Chelsea fan with your sense of entitlement I expect it's the same every season

I lol'd. A Liverpool fan criticising a Chelsea fan about a sense of entitlement. Do you even irony, bro?

At least Chelsea fans have reason to be entitled.

#25yearsandcounting

I don't think we were all that last season, started well but faded quickly then somehow wobbled through... We were the best of a bad bunch, everyone else dropped more points than us...

I am surprised we're as shit as we are this season tho'...

Great atmosphere last night, never really got going in an attacking sense, seemed comfortable enough without really troubling the anderlecht keeper, but we were always probing and looking for the pass to make it difficult for them.
Kane's strike was clean as could be, everything in the first half was going through Eriksen out on the left, even though he would move towards the middle, leaving Lamela a forlorn looking figure on the other side. Trippier hasn't done enough to challenge Walker for a first team spot, let the winger on his side have a lot of space and time.
Dele Alli looked knackered, but maybe like Waddle that's how he always looks, he made some great runs, just let down by his final pass, and/or control. Mason looked off the pace, but he kept trying to be positive, Dier was really really comfortable, even looking to break forward in the 2nd half.
Anderlecht scored after a bit of pressure, but it felt like it came out of the blue. One ball over the top, and bang, stadium deflated.
Dembele's strike to win it was great, I'd been talking before how he was all left foot, and then he cracks one in from the edge of the box with his right foot.

We still don't create enough chances when we have the ascendancy, and when we do create a chance we aren't clinical enough. Son's return was welcome, injects some pace up front where Kane, Lamela and Eriksen will run all day, but don't have the turn of pace to split a defence.

Overall happy with the result, felt like the players were trying to keep something in reserve for the derby, so now roll on Sunday...

Anderlecht, another team that couldashouldawouldabutgotcrushedbythechampsleague.

Late 80s Mid 90s, purple tops, eh?

Wait, Corny went to a game?