Football Chat Thread

For lily, because she seems keen to learn about LCFC managers, a resume of recent ones...


Nigel Pearson Nov 2011 - July 2015
45% win rate, Championship winners 2014 before it went wrong the next season. Went a bit mad towards the end with his ostrich comments. NB win rates are deemed good over 40%.

Claudio Ranieri July 2015 - Feb 2017
45% win rate, Premier League winners 2016, a huge hit with the fans, sacked 8 months later following poor results. Possible dressing room revolt.

Craig Shakespeare Feb 2017 - Oct 2017
42% win rate, but only meant to be a temporary coach so removed 8 months later despite doing OK

Claude Puel Oct 2017 - Feb 2019
A dismal 34% win rate and a dismal person. French. Lasted 16 months, not loved by the fans or players.

Brenda Rodgers/Bodgers Feb 2019 - Apr 2023
45% win rate. Started off well, securing us FA Cup win and Community Shield win in 2021. Downhill slide after that as the players revolted, lost the club £10m through his contractual pay-off clause when they sacked him.

Dean Smith Apr 2023- June 2023
Pathetic 25% win rate. Ex Villa , utterly useless and devoid of ideas. Soon shown the door once he'd relegated us.

Enzo Maresca June 2023 - June 2024
68% win rate! Ex Man City asst manager under Poop Gladioli, he immediately won us promotion back to the PL with a magnificent season. Loved by the fans but jumped ship to go to Chelsea, taking Keiran Dewsbury-Farquar-Fotheringham-Hall with him. The Italian turncoat shyster.

Steve Cooper the Clown June 2024 - Nov 2024
Abject 20% win rate, ex Notts Forest so loathed from Day 1, no one was surprised at this chancer's results and how he lasted 5 months is beyond me. He has a wife apparently.

Rude van Nistelroy Nov 2024 - ?
Our new hopeful, possibly a massive gamble but it remains to be seen. Cannot be any worse than Cooper or Smith. Please.

Surely the dismal Dean Smith is up there amongst the most useless?

Dean was more of a trier than that shower, Bruv, at least we stayed up under him.

FT

Brentford 4-1 Leicester
In which we learn that Rude has some serious work to do here, no blame for Cooper today, this was an as dismal display of shite that I can recall, and we've seen plenty of late. Yes we are fraught with injuries, Fat Abdul is out for the season they say, but it's going to take a massive improvement if we are to stay in this league. I'm not happy.


Palace 1-1 Newcastle
Another dismal game, every time the Geordies turn the corner they hit a brick wall, it's ridiculous. Newcastle's advantage came from an own goal, but they failed to score one themselves while allowing Palace a 94th minute equaliser. Poor Eddie will be losing one of his Arabian Palaces at this rate, not to mention a wife or two.



Luke Thomas is from Syston in Leicester where I come from. Poor lad doesn't often get a game and when he does....
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"Get Rudkin out" is the current chant, Rudkin being the Director of Football at Leicester, and not a very good one. Khun "Top" Srivaddhanaprabha, sporting a bad hair day shows him the door...
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Rude wonders what the feck he's let himself in for as the Thai contingent share snaps...
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It's more what he does at the training ground, Lily.


For example Cooper the Clown was absolutely hopeless and had no idea...
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....while Enzo Maresca before him was a brilliant tactician.
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FT

Chelsea 3-0 Villa

A joyous and stunning peformance from The Pensioners who saw Villa off in style. As so often is the case, Coal Palmer was the MOTM POTM with the deciding goal and an earlier assist, he really is top class that lad. The game was made all the more pleasurable when Villa keeper Emily Martinez had to go off having hurt his hand. Nothing trivial we hope, I can't imagine what he was doing.


It was one of those games highlighting diversity and inclusion, so there was no shock in seeing that Jock shyster McGin wearing a rainbow armband.
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Turncoat shyster Tielemans shows off his true gaiety by trying to grab Coal Palmer's plums.
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So hopeless was Ollie Twotkins that the disabled Chelsea keeper was able to save the ball sitting down.
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No idea what's going on here but at least the nasty thug Rossalyn Barkley could have got hurt by his own teamchum homing in from behind.
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So far so good then, Scousers later.