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Saturday
Celtic 2-1 Rangers
Villarreal 1-0 Sevilla
Napoli 1-2 Bologna
Kiel 0-1 Dusseldorf
Anderlecht 2-1 Genk
Flamengo 1-0 Corinthians

Sunday
Toronto FC 1-2 NYC FC
Norwich 2-1 Leeds
Man Utd Women 1-0 Tottenham Women
Rennes 1-0 Lens

Augsburg 1-2 Stuttgart
RB Leipzig 2-1 Bremen
Freiburg 3-0 Heidenheim
Gladbach 3-2 Frankfurt
Koln 1-2 Union Berlin
Mainz 1-2 Dortmund
Darmstadt 1-3 Hoffenheim
Bayern 4-1 Wolfsburg
Bochum 1-2 Leverkusen

Paderborn 2-2 Hamburg
Magdeburg 1-2 Furth
Schalke 3-3 Rostock
Hertha Berlin 3-1 Kaiserslautern
Nurnberg 2-1 Elversberg
Kiel 1-2 Dusseldorf
St Pauli 4-0 Osnabruck
Karlsruhe 2-0 Hannover
Braunschweig 2-0 Wehen

31 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said:

League over CL any day of  the year, and without them Dortmund had sealed the title by winning every match in the second half of the season.

Nobody argued with @Happy Blue when claimed Man City would be the best team in Europe after they crashed out of CL, after all.

He's a wum that's why  

Kick-off 20.00 (BST)

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24 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said:

Maatsen and Sancho had a positive effect on the team? Well, last season they had 67 points and were on 2nd spot after 32 Buli matches - now they have 60 points and are on 5th spot after the same time. Please explain how that is a positive effect? You're  overrating the influence of your Premier League loanies massively.

Last season CL - round of 16

This season - in the final

Without them, they'd have not reached the final

For a minute Barnsley looked like they were making a game of it. Then Bolton scored and took control. Pretty much game over. 

8 minutes ago, Danny said:

Seems so fucking stupid, their highest points tally in 7 years, clear improvement in the playing staff, quality of football, points on the board.

I remember the season we went up and what I noticed was the difference from the season we lost to Fulham was we drew more of the games we would have lost and won more of the games we would have drawn from the season before. I don’t see how that type of improvement isn’t something Rosenior could do.

Bizarre isn't it? 

It's like Hull's owners are playing FM - just because he didn't reach a target (promotion?) he's deemed to have 'failed' despite getting them on to a positive trajectory. 

Along with a couple of other teams already, I'd have had them up for top 6 next season. They play some decent and attractive football and have no problem scoring goals.  

Seems harsh on the face of it.

Took them to the brink of play-offs. They were 21st when he took over in Nov 2022 so that's quite an improvement in 18 months...

Quote

 

Hull City have sacked head coach Liam Rosenior, Sky Sports News understands. 

The 39-year-old became the boss at the MKM Stadium in November 2022.

He recently signed a new three-year contract in December 2023, which would have kept him at the club until 2026.

Sky Sports News has contacted the club for comment.

Plymouth defeated Hull 1-0 on the final day to retain their Championship status in a result which simultaneously ended the Tigers' play-off hopes.

 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11714/13131088/hull-city-sack-manager-liam-rosenior-after-tigers-miss-out-on-championship-play-offs

Appeal rejected by the PL. 

Kick-off 20.00 (BST)

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First Leg Score - Borussia Dortmund 1-0 PSG

No change in positions in the bottom 4 but Forest picked up 3 priceless points to create a bit of a gap between themselves and the drop zone. It could even be goal difference that saves them given the difference of 12 between them and Luton, and 18 to Burnley. Luton missed the chance to beat an already-safe Everton, whilst Burnley lost out to a strong Newcastle. Burnley now need to win both their games (one of which is against Forest) and hope that Forest lose vs Chelsea to take it to the final day. 

It's heading down to the final day it seems in the race for the title. Arsenal and Man City march on with ease in the race for first, and Tottenham once again will have a say in proceedings in this coming gameweek. It's probably too little too late for Liverpool despite beating Spurs. Despite Villa losing and their form dropping, they look to have secured 4th place thanks to Spurs' even worse form.

The race for European football for one of Newcastle, Chelsea and Man Utd heats up even further - two of the sides had very convincing wins, while Man Utd suffered an embarrassing defeat at Palace to weaken their cause. West Ham played themselves out of European football next season and they are pretty much 'on the beach'. 

They also almost find it ridiculously hard to actually analyse the good parts that Palace do as opposed to the bad parts that Utd do. 

Carragher et al on Sky weirdly choosing to totally ignore Evans' shortcomings for the first two Palace goals. 

Instead choosing to focus on Casemiro and Onana respectively. Not saying they also weren't at fault, but Evans defending there like a competition winner yet it was totally glossed over. 

One of those games where Palace at really, really good and Man Utd are the complete opposite. 

26 minutes ago, Lucas said:

Exhibit B. We are completely out of form.

4pts from our last 6 games. Out of all the playoff teams, our form has dropped off a cliff. It's very hard to win tje playoffs coming in completely cold to not winning games. Confidence is low.

I was looking at this the other day for Luton & Forest, but went back a bit further to see if form does actually have a bearing on who eventually wins the play-offs...

22/23 Luton last 6 form - won 3, drew 3

21/22 Forest last 6 - won 4, drew 1, lost 1

20/21 - Brentford last 6 - won 4, drew 2

19/20 - Fulham last 6 - won 4, drew 2

18/19 Villa last 6 - won 4, drew 1, lost 1 

Point being that any 4 of you are screwed basing it on form . All 4 teams are in the bottom half for the last 5 form table. Norwich 12th, Southampton 13th, West Brom 16th and Leeds 22nd. I hope it's not a sign of things to come in terms of quality of the games...

Ha, @Tommy, consider your parade well and truly pissed on  

I think Leeds will overcome their 'choker/bottler' tag this time round. 

Southampton are the most formidable of the remaining 3, but even so I think they'll beat them in the final if they both get there, and I think they both will.

Norwich are bit hit and miss, as are West Brom. They're the kinds of teams that when they're on it, they can just overcome teams with ease, but those kinds of days haven't been consistent enough and they can chuck in a stinker of a game or result. Leeds and Southampton on the other hand can be much more 'on it'. 

What a fall from grace after last season's success. Too much too soon? Shame they couldn't progress after that season.

all kick-offs 15.00 (BST) unless stated

Saturday 11th May, 2024
Fulham vs Man City, 12.30
Bournemouth vs Brentford
Everton vs Sheff Utd
Newcastle vs Brighton
Tottenham vs Burnley
West Ham vs Luton
Wolves vs Crystal Palace
Nottm Forest vs Chelsea, 17.30

Sunday 12th May, 2024
Man Utd vs Arsenal, 16.30

Monday 13th May, 2024
Aston Villa vs Liverpool, 20.00

Tuesday 14th May, 2024
Tottenham vs Man City, 20.00

Wednesday 15th May, 2024
Brighton vs Chelsea, 19.45
Man Utd vs Newcastle, 20.00

Please get ALL predictions in by SATURDAY 11th MAY - Topic will be LOCKED at 12.30pm (BST)!!

1 hour ago, Bluebird Hewitt said:

That was the season we went up wasn't it (2012/2013)?

Think we finished on something like 87 points for further context.

Yep. 87 points to win the league that season, Hull on 79.

On 04/05/2024 at 12:47, Danny said:

Manged to buy a tiger bread type baguette today, cut it into slices, heavily buttered, added some goats cheese on top, then added a slice of salami and chorizo before topping it with a tomato slice seasoned with salt, pepper, olive oil and red wine vinegar. Pretty fucking nice, even if tomato's are shit in this country

tiger bread is underrated