Ball, Ball, Ball - Footy, Footy, Footy: 2018/2019

[Captain Z]

Genuinely impressed by Warnock's media management. Get papped out of the cup in embarrassing fashion, so manufacture a grievance using colourful language that involves several parties. Mourinhoesque

Just days after he turned defeat to Spurs into a moan about their new stadium and how they should be forced to play at Wembley for the rest of the season.

[bgmnts]

Newport County continue their dalliance with tbe FA Cup.

[finnquark]

Keown has been sensational.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Got to be getting his head on that for me Gary

[Maurice Yeatman]

Newport County continue their dalliance with tbe FA Cup.

C'mon-a 'port!

And I thought it couldn't get any better than beating the gogs 4-0.

[jobotic]

Bet our reward for beating Cardiff is Newport or Barnet away. Which we lose

[Norton Canes]

BLAH BLAH VAR BLAH, but how the fuck does someone watching Fulham's Tom Cairney fall over about a day after an Oldham player stuck out their toe in his general direction, how the fuck does someone watching that, from six angles, in close-up and slow motion, decide it's a penalty?

[DJ Solid Snail]

^ The only conclusion I can possibly take from that decision is that they must be given the remit to simply check whether there is or isn't contact, and award a pen if there is, rather than actually deciding whether there's enough contact to bring the player down or not. Similar to how Salah couldn't be done retrospectively for that dive against Newcastle, because there was some contact. God knows? Bizarre decision.

[king_tubby]

16 year old coming on for Liverpool, who are taking the FA Cup seriously.

[DrGreggles]

16 year old coming on for Liverpool, who are taking the FA Cup seriously.

Started with Mignolet, Fabinho, Lovren, Moreno, Keita, Shaqiri, Milner, Sturridge and Origi.
Not exactly the bare bones.

3 players born after 2000 on the pitch now though.
I've got stretch marks older than them!

[The Culture Bunker]

16 year old coming on for Liverpool, who are taking the FA Cup seriously.

Judging by the quality of their play, Wolves aren't exactly taking it seriously themselves.

[BlodwynPig]

Yes, but fireworks and razmatazz before the match. Well worth the expense

[The Culture Bunker]

I guess it needed someone to drop a ricket to open the game up a bit. Might be interesting to see if Kloop throws the big guns on if things stay like this into the last 20.

[finnquark]

I like watching Wolves movement off the ball.

[bgmnts]

I think it's safe to say that was a shit half of football.

Our defence consists of an 18 year old makeshift right back, a 16 year old academy level centre half, a defensive midfielder and Alberto Moreno.

Fuck me.

[The Culture Bunker]

On the plus side, you don't have to worry about Farmer Phil Jones ploughing up the pitch face-first.

[Beagle 2]

Klopp really hates to win stuff, eh?

[DJ Solid Snail]

Ooh, hello. Got a game on here finally.

[The Culture Bunker]

Two very nice finishes in a few minutes. Much better second half, mercifully.

[DrGreggles]

Dean Ashton appears to be in goal for Wolves.

[jobotic]

Here we go. If we get a big club do I ignore my guilt for not going to see Gillingham for three years and try and get aglory hunters ticket, or start banging on about my home and away days of years gone by?

Probably be Doncaster away.

[jobotic]

Oh for fu...

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

So Jurgen, out of the cup now...?

Ja, der Lads gaben 100% - Wir gehen wieder

[Chollis]

Fully behind the decision to lose this

[DrGreggles]

The full draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup

Swansea City v Gillingham
AFC Wimbledon v West Ham
Shrewsbury or Stoke v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Millwall v Everton
Brighton & Hove Albion v West Bromwich Albion
Bristol City v Bolton Wanderers
Accrington Stanley v Derby County or Southampton
Doncaster Rovers v Oldham Athletic
Chelsea v Sheffield Wednesday or Luton Town
Newcastle United or Blackburn Rovers v Watford
Middlesbrough v Newport County
Manchester City v Burnley
Barnet v Brentford
Portsmouth v QPR
Arsenal v Manchester United
Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Hopefully get rid of Man Utd, Spurs, Southampton, Everton + West Ham from that list then hope Man City + Chelsea draw each other in the next round.

[DrGreggles]

The telly games will probably be:

AFC Wimbledon v West Ham
Millwall v Everton
Brighton & Hove Albion v West Bromwich Albion*
Accrington Stanley v Derby County or Southampton
Arsenal v Manchester United
Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur

*probably not, but I think that would be decent

[bgmnts]

Millwall vs Everton will be tasty.

[garnish]

Felt a bit sorry for Newport, Oldham, Doncaster and Portsmouth not to get a Prem team each, particularly as some of the bottom half teams (e.g. Man Utd) will just roll over vs the top 5.

Edit: also Barnet, the famous bees.

[DrGreggles]

Barnet, the famous bees.

Fuck 'em, they're only bees.