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natalie
consumed with the shame of supporting sheffield united
Worksop Town0 - 3United of Manchester
About as bad as it could've gone for Worksop. I don't get why we are trying to walk it into the net against FC United of Manchester of all teams, didn't work in about 572 attempts. Worksop started the game well they were the better side for the first 15 minutes and it looked like it was only a matter of time before a goal happened, which was true! Just not for Worksop. Everything from this was downhill PATHETIC performance from Max Dearnley. He looked a really good signing on paper when he joined from Macclesfield (Was the keeper for them in the 2-1 win against Palace) but just so so embarrassing from him today, the first goal he rushes out and just completely misses where to cover, second goal was hard to tell from where I was but it looked like he took three business days to get down to the ball and the third goal my god. Getting beat at the near post like that. Credit to FCUM though, brought a really good following and they defended really really well, they also sung about Man City's charges for 90 minutes which was quite funny (for the people on here who aren't aware FC United were founded by disaffected Manchester United fans who were protesting against the Glazers) I hope they get a great draw in the next round, they deserve it. I have no idea how they're bottom of the Northern Premier League. Also i want to give a shout out to East Midlands Railway for delaying my train coming home, thanks guys.
Warrington Town
Wales2 - 1Norway
My 4 star review of Wales 2 - 1 Norway, watched from the local Welsh Wetherspoons (with a very much needed social chat and a beer or two). Selected player of the match is former Swansea and current Leeds player Dan James (so lots of bonus points for choices of club!!!) by @alf, age 20
WalesWorksop Town5 - 2AFC Telford United
WORKSOPPPPPPPPPP! What a result for them!! Big chance of a good cup run too as they face FC United of Manchester in the next round (22nd in the division below them) and then they'd be one round away from the first round proper. When Telford scored twice in three minutes to equalise i was so certain they'd bottle it but wow fairs. Maybe Worksop's biggest fan @iriss was a good luck charm 🤔
Worksop Town
Coventry0 - 5Brighton
Gave me a smile for a second but then these key points came up: 1) We're down there with Cov 2) We have to play them Wednesday and they'll treat it as a cup final.
Brighton
Club Brugge KV2 - 3Aston Villa
Zion suzuki, you have changed my life completely
Aston VillaClub Brugge KV2 - 3Aston VillaWE SCORED GOALS!!!! I LOVE YOU ZION SUZUKI!!!! JOAO GOMES NEVER STOPS RUNNING!!!! I'M SORRY NIC JACKSON OOOOHHHH I AM FOR REAALLLLL!!! PAU IS THE SPANISH BECKENBAUER!!!!
Aston Villa
Arsenal2 - 1Chelsea
Fun end-to-end contest between two strong teams. Arsenal proving their worth in the Premier League title race once again, the reigning champions continue their 100% record, up there with Manchester City. They were very good today, played much better football than last week against Villa. Quick tempo and had Chelsea by the throat most of the game. This still isn't Arsenal at their best though, they slipped a couple times defensively, no surprise with that lethal front 3 that Chelsea now have. Konsa was very good filling in for injured Mosquera and sidelined Saliba. He was very underrated at us, hopefully Arsenal fans see the best of him, he is genuinely the best defender I've seen at Villa Park. I thought Havertz started really slow, but he grew into a game with a solid finish, perhaps Martinez could've done better though. He also did a very good dummy for Odegaard's goal and was linked up with Arsenal's play very well overall. Arteta has an even better team to work with than last season, the depth is absolutely insane. Chelsea fought well, but once again their defensive cracks were shown throughout. Their attack is absurd, I do think the weak link is still Pedro Neto within this team. Midfield combinations at their selection aren't bad too. Many injury prone players around the squad however, which may ruin any momentum within the squad. Rogers goal was well taken, they had a few nice plays on the transition which you don't really get against Arsenal. Martinez was pretty decent today, there's definitely improvement there from Sanchez. But I have to warn Chelsea fans there are mistakes in him which can be frustrating. He is a good character to have though and has a good voice within that backline. They will be up there this season, but I think this game proves they won't be in contention for the title. MOTM is Kai Havertz. I think this is the best game I've seen him have in a while. Odegaard and Rice were very solid too. It was an all champions performance.
Arsenal
Everton2 - 2Man United
Maitland Niles in stoppage time for no reason whatsoever
EvertonEverton2 - 2Man United
grealish impact off the bench and maitland-niles banger
EvertonEverton2 - 2Man UnitedWow what a finish to an overly dull game. Both teams really struggled to get anything going, I wasn't really impressed by either team, so a draw was a fair result in the end. Not really sure how to analyse this as Everton were not good at all, they were very wasteful and didn't create many clear cut chances. Both goals were out of nothing really, a near post belter from Tyrique George and a last minute rocket from Ainsley Maitland-Niles on his debut. Just heard on Sky that was 8 years from his first goal in the PL for Arsenal, crazy he's been around this long. Found it funny as soon as Everton bring on someone that can play RB he scores, after refusing to play a proper RB in the team for so long. Manchester United were not great either. They had a lot of the ball but created very little big chances with what they had. It took a lovely Mbeumo finish to open their scoring, back to back goals for him which he needed for his confidence. I think he'll be good again for United this season, perhaps even better. The second was a Benjamin Sesko header, which Pickford should've definitely done better with. But sometimes you need that luck in football. Great finish to the game after being so slow, even at 1-1 it felt like a 0-0 game. Really lacking tempo, but the last 10 minutes was worth the watch. I'll give Maitland-Niles the MOTM for his beauty that rescued a point for Everton.
Everton
Portsmouth2 - 0Cardiff
And thats the hat trick for matches attended this week. Finally a win. Got some thoughts on this one. Jayden Meghoma and Tyrese Shade you sexy sexy fuckers. WOW. Two of the best debuts I’ve seen in a good while for us, probably since Lang or Sørensen. Thought Bielica showed why he deserves the start next week today. Distributed in ways Schmid couldn’t and made saves that were among Schmid’s best as well. BFS. My fucking god you are incredible. You are worth every penny and more and you deserved at least 2 today (should’ve been a hatty if you put that first half header in). Bielik you are a thug who grabs children by the throat. That kid and his mum got kicked out and Bielik didn’t get a booking (he was already on a yellow)??? Needs more than a ban he quite literally committed assault in front of 20,000 people. Cunt. I’m still not convinced if I’m honest. If you watched that game you’d notice sometimes it was all too easy for Cardiff to gain on us. Devlin once again looking shit (what’s happened Terry?) and the only reason we won 2-0 today is because Cardiff couldn’t finish their dinner. If both teams could actually play football this match wouldve been about 6-3.
Portsmouth
Mansfield Town5 - 2Luton
MORIAH-WELSH 🤩🤩🤩 He hasn't scored a goal since this exact day last year and he scores twice today! SO many positives. So many players to choose for POTM and i think if you said any of the players for POTM they'd be a good pick. Moriah-Welsh with an absolute rocket for his second goal too, by far the best first-half performance i've seen in a long long time. Luton are one of if not THE title favourite in this league and to be 5-0 up against them is nuts. Felt like i was dreaming Michael Smith and Jon Russell both unbelievable today, Smith is so so crucial to how we play and Russell just wow what a player. Really nice to have players back from injury too, i think we just need Tyler Roberts and Cargill back and we're basically full strength Liam Thompson was quite literally everywhere today. Unbelievable signing McLaughlin, Reed, Hendry all looked really good too. Don't think Louis Reed meant to do what he did for the goal but i'll take it 😅 Sweeney, Knoyle and Oshilaja all looked solid enough at the back. I need to look back at the penalty which Knoyle gave away, i think it was a penalty but not 100% sure?? Hard to tell from where i sit Kasey Palmer for Luton was the best player i saw last season and today he created a few chances but never really troubled L. Roberts Didzy had two chances towards the end, the first one he tried something acrobatic and i hope he doesn't do that often because he'll injure himself. Second chance was a header which he did well to get onto but was a fair bit over the bar Really tough week coming up with Reading and Bradford away. Would settle for a point in both of those just like how i would've settled for a point today. Stagzzzz 💛💙🦌
Mansfield Town
Newcastle2 - 2Liverpool
How Isak looks at you when you ask him to do something
Newcastle
France4 - 6England
Lads why couldn't you do this against Argentina....
England