Henderson was just wide open on a breakaway for a winner, all that was needed was a simply cross from Benteke.
Yeah....no.
Yeah....no.
Championship Weekend
- Thread starter Luis Taint
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West Ham conceded a goal.
And Tim Howard ends his brilliant career at Goodison Park with a clean sheet.
And Tim Howard ends his brilliant career at Goodison Park with a clean sheet.
Because of the abandonment, Man United now have the advantage of knowing exactly what they need to do.
All they need is a 19 goal win to get 4th.
All they need is a 19 goal win to get 4th.
Does the United game have any Europa League implication? If they have nothing to play for they may send out a b squad since they have a big game next weekend.
Southampton are into the Europa League for next season. The Hammers have to root for Man United in the FA Cup Final. Liverpool are either in the Champions League or out of Europe.
If they lose the cup final, the game could be the difference between going into the Europa group stages directly and needing to play a qualifier.
I wonder if Benitez will stay at Newcastle. But what the fuck Spurs? They lost their heads at the Bridge and never got it back...and missing a few key players too I suppose.
Wenger's post match will be smug on the inside.
Wenger's post match will be smug on the inside.
They're thin in CM, Dembele's best backup option is probably Alli who was already gone, and I also think they chose the wrong shitty remaining option with Mason over Carroll, because Mason does not understand how to press.
Newcastle scored 25% of their league goals for the season in 2 games.
5 today and 6 against Norwich back in October, 44 overall.
5 today and 6 against Norwich back in October, 44 overall.
I can't remember another Premier League match where a team had a goal differential of -3 while up a man. I'm sure it has happened before but that is shocking, particularly when the opponent is about to get relegated.
In his post match Poch is apologising to the fans for that shocking display. He looks like he's just been dug up.
Southampton finishing fifth would be something. It's really been a quiet campaign for them. I can't remember then even having a featured tv time game. Must have been against Leicester or something but they have been under the radar.
Based on today's evidence, I confidently predict that Spurs will never, ever finish ahead of Arsenal in the Premier League.
No kidding. How the eff do they drop it 5-1 against a 10-man relegated team?
It's not just today -- they only needed 3 points from their last four games to do it. Instead they finished D-D-L-L, despite having taken the lead in each of the first three games, and capped off by today's Newcastle debacle. That's a Devon Loch level collapse.
Villa only held a lead for 243 minutes all season. Even the 07-08 Derby County team that finished with 11 points and only won one game led more than that.
The funny part is that Arsenal fans have to have mixed feelings about today's events. On one hand they finish above Spurs, but on the other hand today and the finish of the year gives arguments to those in the boardroom who are fine with a money generating status quo.
kind of amazing on sky, post game, including Carragher and Henry, is in the parking lot outside Old Trafford, they are just standing around talking with mics next to a tractor trailer.
I have exactly those mixed feelings about the long-term ramifications of today's events...and I still think today was funny as hell.
I mean the reality is that finishing top 4 is the only directive the manager has so its not really as though a 3rd place finish behind Sp*rs would've brought about sweeping change or something.
Apparently the device found at Old Trafford was a fake bomb that was left there by a private company that was performing an anti-terrorism demonstration.
Pfft. Last year the CIA left a real explosive on a Loudoun County, Va school bus after a counter-terrorism exercise.
I have absolutely no mixed feelings over yesterday. It was flat-out hilarious and great, case closed. Beyond the hilarious high comedy of Tottenham that will go down in history, Arsenal claimed their highest finish in the league since 2005.
Arteta scored a goal (it's ruled an own goal, but whatever, he shot on target and it bounced in, it's a goal as far as I'm concerned) in the last minute of his playing career, you can't hope for a much better finish that for a captain who came over when the club was in disarray and helped settle things down and served well for 5 years, always as a class act. And Rosicky got a great send off for his decade with the team, with his teammates showing him how much he meant to them.
It was a fantastic day, and if you didn't 100% enjoy that because you have "mixed feelings", then you're going to be very unhappy so often, why even bother? I just don't understand that.
Yeah, I can't say it had the party atmosphere of a cup final at the pub yesterday, but there was certainly a ton of unadulterated joy. It was probably the most fun I've had on a match day this season. None of these "mixed feelings."