EFL My Concubine - Football League and beyond 2016-17

Possibly Rafa had benched Ritchie today because he expected an easy win. He is in for a bit of a shock in this division if he carries on in that fashion.

he'll not be there much longer at this rate

and finally they're up and running! a 3 goal win and a clean sheet at Villa Park! only Rotherham I know but i'm not used to this shit. didn't see the news yesterday so James Chester was a lovely surprise; might actually have a proper defence for the first time in 3 years. congrats to NV and calzino too. been a good day.

i rate Chester pretty high, we could certainly do with one or two like him

We play both Villa and Wolves in the next 3. The last time we played Villa is probably in the Pathe archives.

too early for these promotion 6 pointers dammit

Express and Star just used "Zenga bus", glad i got out ahead

you never know windsor, maybe after a couple more years down here you'll learn an opposition player's name too

lol come on now

http://i.imgur.com/qSaqtVh.gif

i've heard of some of the QPR players tbf

does Julio Cesar still play for you?

@ToonArmyOhio
Newcastle United support page based out of beautiful (allegedly) Youngstown, Ohio. HOWAY THE LADS!! (Operated by @RedBeardFC) Proud Libertarian

Toon Army Ohio ‏@ToonArmyOhio 4h
We should absolutely bury these people, whoever they are. #NUFC #HTFC

Toon Army Ohio ‏@ToonArmyOhio 2h
I don't care. It's 1-1 let's fucking press these bums #NUFC #HTFC

Toon Army Ohio ‏@ToonArmyOhio 2h
I need video. I'm not about to snap over something I can't see. #NUFC

Robert C. Mruczek ‏@RedBeardFC 2h
Dead. Newcastle United is dead.

NUFCTactics ‏@nufctactics Aug 5
Get used to that. There's a big disparity in quality between PL and Football League officials. Chasm in wages too, most are freelance. #nufc

at the risk of blowing my fun new gimmick, i should say that ime Villa fans are not feeling particularly entitled or superior this season and plenty of people are feeling pretty pessimistic about our chances of promotion. we're not Newcastle

Tbf the US Soccer fans on their way to shoot Mexicans at a Trump rally sound just like most Brit pundits

Alan Biggs ‏@AlanBiggs1 7h
Now hearing suggestions of Newcastle interest in Fernando Forestieri. Ready to pay £12m apparently. #swfc

Rob Staton ‏@robstaton 5h
Fernando Forestieri NOT in the #SWFC squad vs Norwich. He hasn't travelled.

Rob Staton ‏@robstaton 5h
It's my understanding #SWFC have done everything that could be expected of them regarding this Forestieri situation. He didn't travel.

Dom Howson ‏@domhowson 1m1 minute ago
Carvalhal said he and Glenn Loovens persuaded Forestieri to play against Aston Villa. "He changed his mind," said CC. #SWFC #starlive

Rob Staton ‏@robstaton 20m
Carlos Carvalhal: "In the modern football, it is like this. It's the money that makes the personalities" #SWFC

what a cunt

it's ok, he's engineering his own punishment

found ydays 5 highlights here fwiw. mercifully skippable, starts at 9mins

sat thru it again last night, at least until i'd seen the Wolves goals and the sniffy commentary that accompanied them

can't believe the interstitial music is literally an air raid siren over bin lid drumming. some lurker is trolling

well this is pleasant

chery prob the top pen taker in the country rn

can't say i ever expected i'd be hoping caulker wasnt off before window closes but the defence is legit rock solid

guess brighton were a bit like this last year

feel i should maybe be giving it larger idk

stick a coin in yer mouths ladz cos tjaronn the cheryman is taking us to epl hades wheyyyyy

YEEEEEEEEESSSSS

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp0pXiQXEAAMkp4.jpg:large

tractor's even got his headlights on cos it's a night match

i love these covers, gotta collect 'em all

Is that a Craddock

no it's this lad

http://www.wellsillustration.com/

caradoc was the bloke in the armour iirc

Sílvio returned to Benfica on 10 July 2013, joining on a season-long move.[13] His spell was again marred by injuries, the most serious occurring on 10 April 2014 in a Europa League quarter-final match against AZ Alkmaar, when he fractured both the fibula and tibia on his right leg after missing the ball and kicking teammate Luisão instead.[14]

― r|t|c, Saturday, 30 July 2016 22:53 Bookmark

Benfica captain Luisao, 35, is reportedly set to sign a two-year deal worth £100,000 a week with Wolves.

lol.

we certainly need at least one central defender, but i'm starting to take these links with a pinch of salt, Talisca is still out there in the contractual ether allegedly. E&S had us competing with you guys for Alfie Mawson yesterday.

i for one welcome our status as Benfica feeder/retirement home tbh

mendes could at least have the good grace to valencia and monaco etc's rubbish too

https://twitter.com/Fire_and_Skill/status/752805780915625985

we'll have a sizeable dot in there soon enough

i'm chill at the moment because a) what can you do? b) at least one of the loanees already looks excellent and c) hopefully this is a means to an end rather than an endgame

Zenga is v likeable and people are finally getting something to enjoy at the Mol after a really drab 12 months, the rest is in the lap of the most fickle gods in the pantheon

yeah for sure, i mean the watford model is quite sensible in many ways... never know, do well enough and maybe u get to be top of the pyramid

too many more luisao type deals might be of interest to interpol tho

don't really buy the mawson rumour, he's supposedly homesick (hillingdonLAD) so idk what appeal wwfc might have (well let's pretend) but with lynch in we don't need a first choice cb even if caulker does leave. p sure we've also had aaron pierre at wycombe lined up for months too

suspect gossip sites just copy over the names between us now to get irate clicks

That's my guess, pick a promising youngster and perm any 3 Champo money clubs, everybody 's happy

Joe Lolley is living the dream tonight, even more so than when he met a famous miserable baldie townfan luvvie from Mirfield

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CphrFfYXgAA_9G8.jpg

It sounds like we are struggling tonight. I hate it when that fucking degenerate flytipper always scores against us. Hey chin up imago :)

I love Belgium

About as much as Kaiser Wilhelm did I'm guessing :p

loooooool

It sounded like we could have been down 3-0 in the first half, but cometh the hour cometh our volkisch looking R Savage alike, Hefele !

Probably the hardest match we've had yet so settle for still no losses

If someone would have suggested 4 pts against Villa and Newcastle Utd Away I'd have demanded a steward's enquiry why we haven't got the full six :p No obv not really :p

Gollini seems to have had a really great game tonight but whatever it is these players have got seems to be catching. Such a shame, it sounded like there were some very positive vibes around the ground tonight. Ayew with a shot cleared off the line, Tshibola with a header ruled out for offside, should've won it. otoh Nakhi Wells hit the post so i suppose i should be glad enough of the point

i could get used to this

a) league one

b) moaners staying away

lark

Lol that was how I felt in league 1

I actually have gone through many periods of L1 and L2 nostalgia, as soon as our rich owner snuff's it we'll soon be back there. That much is guaranteed. My favourite promotion campaigns have been from L1/L2 in my lifetime, so I get ya.