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Vegetable: Oct 22, 2010

Kind of sad to trash talk over a friendly tbh

# ? Aug 5, 2023 17:54

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# ? May 4, 2024 18:56

the sex ghost: Sep 6, 2009

Vegetable posted:

Kind of sad to trash talk over a friendly tbh

Bamford scored against forest in a friendly the other day and hit them with the ear cup celebration and then his hamstrings immediately exploded. A cautionary tale

# ? Aug 5, 2023 18:11

FullLeatherJacket: Dec 30, 2004; Chiunque pu� essere Luther Blissett, semplicemente adottando il nome Luther Blissett

Vegetable posted:

Kind of sad to trash talk over a friendly tbh

nothing like logging on to a bunch of fan forums to see their xTpMAFFF (eXpected Trophies per Meaningless American Fitness-Focused Friendly) scores

looks like we're at 0.18 predicted european cups for the season based on Charlie Savage doing some light jogging and also a pass

# ? Aug 5, 2023 23:42

Breath Ray: Nov 19, 2010

the sex ghost posted:

Bamford scored against forest in a friendly the other day and hit them with the ear cup celebration and then his hamstrings immediately exploded. A cautionary tale

thought spurs just won the ear cup

# ? Aug 6, 2023 10:43

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

Saw somebody in suburban Tokyo wearing an early �90s Darren Anderton Spurs shirt this afternoon, for those old enough to remember when football was invented. Had the old PL patches and block numbers and all.

# ? Aug 6, 2023 11:01

Nuclear Spoon: Aug 18, 2010; I want to cry out
but I don’t scream and I don’t shout
And I feel so proud
to be alive

great taste imo. none of the nike kits have been as good as this

Nuclear Spoon fucked around with this message at 11:15 on Aug 6, 2023

# ? Aug 6, 2023 11:10

vyelkin: Jan 2, 2011

Since the season hasn't started yet I'm gonna take a moment to highlight the career of Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, a midfielder who plays for Luton Town. When the season starts, he will become the first player ever to make it from non-league football to the Premier League with the same club. He joined Luton aged 19 in 2013 on loan from West Ham, when Luton were playing in the Conference Premier (now the Vanarama National League). He impressed them enough that Luton signed him permanently in January 2014, and he made 24 appearances that season as Luton won the Conference Premier and were promoted to League Two.

Mpanzu then played with Luton for their four years in League Two, had back-to-back promotions from League Two into the Championship in 2018 and 2019, and then played with Luton for their four years in the Championship until their promotion last season. It's a hell of an achievement and it'll be great to see him play in the Premier League after a career like that.

# ? Aug 6, 2023 13:30

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

The Holsten shirt will always be the Spurs shirt imo

# ? Aug 6, 2023 13:30

Xabi: Jan 21, 2006; Inventor of the Marmite pasty

Nuclear Spoon posted:

great taste imo. none of the nike kits have been as good as this

I wonder how often he actually wore that kit (in a match) given his feeble body.

# ? Aug 6, 2023 13:35

Nuclear Spoon: Aug 18, 2010; I want to cry out
but I don’t scream and I don’t shout
And I feel so proud
to be alive

Xabi posted:

I wonder how often he actually wore that kit (in a match) given his feeble body.

a fair bit! that's the 92/93 shirt he's wearing there - his real bad injury spells were from 95-98

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dar...os=&trainer_id=

# ? Aug 6, 2023 13:41

A Buffer Gay Dude: Oct 25, 2020

vyelkin posted:

Since the season hasn't started yet I'm gonna take a moment to highlight the career of Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, a midfielder who plays for Luton Town. When the season starts, he will become the first player ever to make it from non-league football to the Premier League with the same club. He joined Luton aged 19 in 2013 on loan from West Ham, when Luton were playing in the Conference Premier (now the Vanarama National League). He impressed them enough that Luton signed him permanently in January 2014, and he made 24 appearances that season as Luton won the Conference Premier and were promoted to League Two.

Mpanzu then played with Luton for their four years in League Two, had back-to-back promotions from League Two into the Championship in 2018 and 2019, and then played with Luton for their four years in the Championship until their promotion last season. It's a hell of an achievement and it'll be great to see him play in the Premier League after a career like that.

Yeah this rules and he rules

# ? Aug 6, 2023 14:53

L.H.O.O.Q.: Jan 3, 2013

vyelkin posted:

Since the season hasn't started yet I'm gonna take a moment to highlight the career of Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, a midfielder who plays for Luton Town. When the season starts, he will become the first player ever to make it from non-league football to the Premier League with the same club. He joined Luton aged 19 in 2013 on loan from West Ham, when Luton were playing in the Conference Premier (now the Vanarama National League). He impressed them enough that Luton signed him permanently in January 2014, and he made 24 appearances that season as Luton won the Conference Premier and were promoted to League Two.

Mpanzu then played with Luton for their four years in League Two, had back-to-back promotions from League Two into the Championship in 2018 and 2019, and then played with Luton for their four years in the Championship until their promotion last season. It's a hell of an achievement and it'll be great to see him play in the Premier League after a career like that.

Whoa, that�s a great story. Shows that football can still deliver heartfelming moments

# ? Aug 6, 2023 14:56

Vegetable: Oct 22, 2010

Great career for the dude but how poo poo are the lower leagues that some team can just surge through the ranks and get consecutive promotions

# ? Aug 6, 2023 17:58

TDepressionEarl: Oct 28, 2010; I'm trying to win the World Cup
but I'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps playing Argentina onside

i liked the people who were whistling for the charity match to end to avoid exactly this

# ? Aug 6, 2023 18:05

greazeball: Feb 4, 2003

vyelkin posted:

Since the season hasn't started yet I'm gonna take a moment to highlight the career of Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, a midfielder who plays for Luton Town. When the season starts, he will become the first player ever to make it from non-league football to the Premier League with the same club. He joined Luton aged 19 in 2013 on loan from West Ham, when Luton were playing in the Conference Premier (now the Vanarama National League). He impressed them enough that Luton signed him permanently in January 2014, and he made 24 appearances that season as Luton won the Conference Premier and were promoted to League Two.

Mpanzu then played with Luton for their four years in League Two, had back-to-back promotions from League Two into the Championship in 2018 and 2019, and then played with Luton for their four years in the Championship until their promotion last season. It's a hell of an achievement and it'll be great to see him play in the Premier League after a career like that.

this owns

# ? Aug 6, 2023 18:59

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

Vegetable posted:

Great career for the dude but how poo poo are the lower leagues that some team can just surge through the ranks and get consecutive promotions

It took them ten years to be fair

# ? Aug 6, 2023 19:11

FullLeatherJacket: Dec 30, 2004; Chiunque pu� essere Luther Blissett, semplicemente adottando il nome Luther Blissett

Vegetable posted:

Great career for the dude but how poo poo are the lower leagues that some team can just surge through the ranks and get consecutive promotions

Wigan and Bradford went from what's now League Two to the Premier League and then all the way back down in the 2000s, and Oldham did before them, so I don't think it's any more doable now than it was before

iirc the main bottlenecks are trying not to get stuck for ten years spaffing the chairman's money on trying to get promoted out of the Championship, and then going up to the PL and committing 105% of your turnover on various journeymen mercenaries in order to try and stay in the league

# ? Aug 6, 2023 20:53

the sex ghost: Sep 6, 2009

The curtain has now been raised and football has returned. Someone make the August thread with handy flow charts for new posters who will pretend to care about recruitment policies and not jumping on the bandwagon and then just pick liverpool

# ? Aug 6, 2023 21:34

an_mutt: Sep 29, 2010; I was,
I am,
and I remain a soldier!

Sworn to dedicate my heart and soul to the restoration of human kind!

the sex ghost posted:

and then just pick liverpool

considering our summer recruitment and the fact that we're starting... *checks* curtis jones in defensive midfield this sunday away at chelsea, I think any budding new liverpool plastics are in for a rude awakening lol

# ? Aug 7, 2023 14:25

Cpt. Mahatma Gandhi: Mar 26, 2005

The last 4 Chelsea-Liverpool games have been 0-0 so I�m not holding my breath for anything worthwhile to take place on Sunday

# ? Aug 7, 2023 19:55

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

I would like the run of laughing at Chelsea to continue

# ? Aug 7, 2023 19:55

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Thanks Ants posted:

I would like the run of laughing at Chelsea to continue

# ? Aug 8, 2023 00:45

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

Thanks Ants posted:

I would like the run of laughing at Chelsea to continue

Not an empty quote

# ? Aug 8, 2023 00:54

whostolemyhat: Jan 15, 2014

vyelkin posted:

Since the season hasn't started yet I'm gonna take a moment to highlight the career of Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, a midfielder who plays for Luton Town. When the season starts, he will become the first player ever to make it from non-league football to the Premier League with the same club. He joined Luton aged 19 in 2013 on loan from West Ham, when Luton were playing in the Conference Premier (now the Vanarama National League). He impressed them enough that Luton signed him permanently in January 2014, and he made 24 appearances that season as Luton won the Conference Premier and were promoted to League Two.

Mpanzu then played with Luton for their four years in League Two, had back-to-back promotions from League Two into the Championship in 2018 and 2019, and then played with Luton for their four years in the Championship until their promotion last season. It's a hell of an achievement and it'll be great to see him play in the Premier League after a career like that.

Pele and Ruddock are two slightly different players to be named after, sounds like a good combo.

# ? Aug 8, 2023 06:46

Tiger Crazy: Sep 25, 2006; If you couldn't find any weirdness, maybe we'll just have to make some!

Thanks Ants posted:

I would like the run of laughing at Chelsea to continue

I like that their owner it is a rich gently caress twit, who wants to show off his toys.

# ? Aug 8, 2023 17:51

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

Are they still owned by the "we can win three nil" guy?

# ? Aug 8, 2023 17:57

Shrapnig: Jan 21, 2005

Thanks Ants posted:

Are they still owned by the "we can win three nil" guy?

Yes, the guy who bought the club for �4.5b 15 months ago is still the owner.

# ? Aug 8, 2023 18:14

Nuclear Spoon: Aug 18, 2010; I want to cry out
but I don’t scream and I don’t shout
And I feel so proud
to be alive

spurs lost to barca 4-2 after conceding 3 goals in the last 10 minutes but before that we looked the most entertaining ever since poch left. fully angepilled. yves bissouma is so loving good to watch.

eric dier probably gotta go though

# ? Aug 8, 2023 21:05

sebzilla: Mar 17, 2009; Kid's blasting everything in sight with that new-fangled musket.

LopeteGONE

# ? Aug 8, 2023 21:32

the sex ghost: Sep 6, 2009

Complained so hard that the board decided they'd rather pay out a three year deal than listen to him any more. Impeccable work :worship:

# ? Aug 8, 2023 21:40

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

That's some proper football managers lunch club credentials

# ? Aug 8, 2023 22:07

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

Nuclear Spoon posted:

spurs lost to barca 4-2 after conceding 3 goals in the last 10 minutes but before that we looked the most entertaining ever since poch left. fully angepilled. yves bissouma is so loving good to watch.

eric dier probably gotta go though

https://youtu.be/qUhuIV-Nptw

the sex ghost posted:

Complained so hard that the board decided they'd rather pay out a three year deal than listen to him any more. Impeccable work

Does this count for the sack race?

Also the rumor is Chelsea is about to be sponsored by a brand new holding company that has existed for like a month. Nice job, lads.

# ? Aug 9, 2023 07:21