Rival watch

Blimey...did he miss the ball altogether on the penalty

 

No, it looks like this if you click on the link:

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It was actually a decent save by De Gea, even if Noble did stare at where he was going to place it:
https://streamwo.com/3FelJL2
At a good height for the keeper, but I've seen a lot worse go in.

 

Derby County are preparing to file for administration, facing a minimum 12 point deduction.

I'd feel sorry for them if Rooney wasn't their manager.

 

Seemed quite emotional. ****ty situation.

 

He's not wearing quite as well as Ronaldo, but you'd want him in your corner in a fight.
How did Derby get themselves in this position?

 

Poor financial decisions made to chase the Premier League. Really, really poor.

 

I didn't have the heart to Vulture Watch them...

 

They tried to do what Villa did but the gamble didn't pay off. Ironically, it was Villa who beat them in the play offs 2 years ago.

 

And Leicester. And...

It's easy to criticise Norwich, Fulham, West Brom and the rest for yo-yoing, but this is the alternative.
Spend a few years in the Championship chucking money at it and hope you go up.
If you don't, then you're probably going into deep, deep waters and possibly drowning.

 

Ah, but ambIshUn...

 

Would that be the £15m worth of South American youngsters they signed in the summer?

 

The squad selected includes nine players costing over 400m which is about what we paid for all of our squad.

 

You mean that isn't Raheem Sterling-Peters starting?

 

So they not resting their top players then?
probably why they win it year on year, funny how it doesn't harm their league position though the fabled "season killer cup".

 

Two obvious things to mention
i.) You obviously haven't looked at their lineup
ii.) It has somehow escaped your attention the season doesn't finish in October

 

I.) i have which is why i said top players
ii.) It never has so what point are you making?






EDIT.......top

 

i.) Top players like Zack Steffen, Romeo Lavia, Luke Mbete, Finley Burns, Josh Wilson-Esbrand and CJ Egan-Riley?
ii.) The point that the team that wins the trophy tend to have their season go off a cliff, and as most sensible people are capable of deducing for themselves a third round match ≠ the final

But other than catastrophically missing the point on both bulletpoints, solid argument...

 

i.) no i was thinking more about Sterling, Foden, mahreez and deBruyn
ii.) City really fell off a cliff the last couple of times they won it