Today's football 03/09

[claretburns]

Currently 0-0 in the Old Firm derby, 13 minutes into the game, Rangers scored after 40 seconds but it was offside.

14:00 - Crystal Palace v Wolves
14:00 - Liverpool v Aston Villa
16:30 - Arsenal v Man Utd

[claretburns]

Rangers lead 1-0, Kemar Roofe, awful mistake at the back by Celtic defender.

[daveisaclaret]

Nice to see Scottish VAR is just as bad as ours

[claretburns]

Shocking VAR decision, absolutely shocking.

[AGENT_CLARET]

That foul given to rule out the Ranger's goal was a JOKE

[onewillieirvine]

Scott Brown and staff have left Fleetwood.

[rufus lumley]

Are the catching the ferry to Knott End ?

[burnleymik]

Villa in trouble. Already 2-0 down after 22 mins.

[Neil]

Villa in trouble. Already 2-0 down after 22 mins.

Levels are scary. Liverpool doing to Villa what Villa did to us.

[Conroysleftfoot]

Watching the Palace/Wolves game, will be very disappointed if we don't take points off either team. They both look poor.

[Vegas Claret]

Levels are scary. Liverpool doing to Villa what Villa did to us.

the top end of this division is surely at an all time high ? The tempo is off the charts and the quality matches it

[ElectroClaret]

3-0

[ElectroClaret]

Palace 1 Wolves 0

[burnleymik]

Damn. We saw how good Villa were against us and they are really struggling here.

[BurnleyFC]

Villa are a decent side, but we made them look like prime Real Madrid last week.

[ksrclaret]

Palace take the lead

We’ve got to aim to set up like these two teams. Both make us look like an amateur hour team yesterday.

[Kgun5]

Palace take the lead

We’ve got to aim to set up like these two teams. Both make us look like an amateur hour team yesterday.

I don’t think we needed any help with that, tbh.

[ElectroClaret]

1-1 at Selhurst Park

[FCBurnley]

McGinn hardly had a kick. He totally dominated us. Cash continues to be prolific with another goal pity for him it was an og.
Wolves level at 1-1

[jrgbfc]

Hopefully Liverpool can push City again and at least make it interesting this season, don't see anybody else getting close.

[CombatClaret]

Watching the Palace/Wolves game, will be very disappointed if we don't take points off either team. They both look poor.

Wolves were excellent at United, should have won it.
My biggest concern is that there are very few teams that look truly poor, sadly so far we're one of the few.

[Commy]

Arnold out of the England squad?

[ElectroClaret]

Palace 2 Wolves 1

[CoolClaret]

Villa are a decent side, but we made them look like prime Real Madrid last week.

This. It was there first time playing an experimental (for Emery) 3 at the back as well.

They also got turned over by Newcastle 5-1.

I know Footy doesn’t work like this but that’s a bit of an indictment, imo.

[ElectroClaret]

3-1 Palace

[ksrclaret]

Palace look good. They’ve a really solid defensive structure which allows their fast and skilful attackers to do their thing.

[RVclaret]

Wolves be in the relegation mix this season. Losing Nunes / Neves / Moutinho in one summer seems a bit much.

[Commy]

Palace look good. They’ve a really solid defensive structure which allows their fast and skilful attackers to do their thing.

That's what we need to do with our defence as we look ok on the attack, especially with the pace we have.

[kentonclaret]

Villa are a decent side, but we made them look like prime Real Madrid last week.

To use an old racing analogy “All horses look like Derby winners running past trees”.

[Neil]

the top end of this division is surely at an all time high ? The tempo is off the charts and the quality matches it

I think so. Cant remember a time (Leicester title aside) when the so called lesser teams have been so good. Sure Kompany said in the documentary that even the bottom 3 last season spent at least £140 million?

[Newchurch Claret]

Watching the Palace/Wolves game, will be very disappointed if we don't take points off either team. They both look poor.

They might look poor. We look abysmal. We expect to get better. So will they . Both are a lot better than us. Premier League experience and ability all over the pitch. We need three worse teams than us. Neither of these two are in that category. I don’t see us doing well against either without an overhaul of the current starting 11 and a massive tactical wake up from our manager. I expect him to look at both during the international break.

Unfortunately, the league has moved on immeasurably since we were last here and we’re miles off. Look at what Villa did to us and look at what Liverpool are doing to them. We’ll get better, no doubt, but it’s whether we have enough time, given this incredibly difficult run of fixtures at the start of the season (and the fact we’ve to play the 3 we’ve played away from home).

It’s just the reality of the situation we find ourselves in. To be honest, I’m bored with the billionaire’s plaything that is the Premier League already. The Championship ain’t so bad. That’s not me saying we’re already down by the way. I’m just saying we’re most likely out of our depth but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

[Spijed]

the top end of this division is surely at an all time high ? The tempo is off the charts and the quality matches it

The true judge of that is how well the likes of Sheff United do against Villa and Spurs at home. Thry very nearly hung on for a point against Man City. A game we were dead and buried after half a hour.

[karatekid]

Man Utd borrowing Newcastle shirts

[ElectroClaret]

0-1 United

[kentonclaret]

1-1

[ElectroClaret]

1-1

[Croydon Claret]

. ManU not been in this game at all until a fantastic goal from Rashford

One of the most "against the run of play" goals you'll see all season

The

[Foulthrow]

Man Utd have wasted time from the word go. Just 3 minutes added in the first half.

[Commy]

The true judge of that is how well the likes of Sheff United do against Villa and Spurs at home. Thry very nearly hung on for a point against Man City. A game we were dead and buried after half a hour.

They only hung on because City missed loads of chances. If they had been as clinical as they were against us it could have been a rugby score.

[Vegas Claret]

The true judge of that is how well the likes of Sheff United do against Villa and Spurs at home. Thry very nearly hung on for a point against Man City. A game we were dead and buried after half a hour.

to be fair Man City had 30 shots against Sheff United and couldn't hit a barn door whilst Sheff Utd had 6 attempts, they had 17 against us and we had 8

[ElectroClaret]

1-2 United

VAR review

[ElectroClaret]

Offside

[BabylonClaret]

Knew that would be overturned after the pen was. Looked onside to me.
VAR is just garbage

[ClaretsPadiham]

VAR needs to get binned.

Imagine thinking you have won game in last few mins, celebrated like mad only to be offside. Players might aswell not celebrate untill the VAR check.

Delayed goal celebrations from the crowd too. Ruins the game.

[ElectroClaret]

Arsenal win it.

[ElectroClaret]

3-1 FT

[bfcjg]

The gap between the elite teams and the likes of us has never been as wide.

[ClaretsPadiham]

The gap between the elite teams and the likes of us has never been as wide.

Yes it has it’s been a lot wider.

98/99 we finished 15th in the third division(now league 1)

Man Utd won the treble, I’d say that gap was a lot wider.

We’re at least in the same league now as the top teams and the current treble winners.

[Vegas Claret]

Yes it has it’s been a lot wider.

98/99 we finished 15th in the third division(now league 1)

Man Utd won the treble, I’d say that gap was a lot wider.

We’re at least in the same league now as the top teams and the current treble winners.

pretty sure he expected everyone to read between the lines and he is correct with what he says

[Myk]

The gap between the elite teams and the likes of us has never been as wide.

The joys of football clubs being owed by countries etc nowadays. Impossible to close the gap now probably.