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Post by wukkie on Apr 24, 2024 16:18:09 GMT
Biggest club in the county whether they're winning league titles or not and must be in the top two or three in the world.
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Post by skiddawblue on Apr 24, 2024 16:22:04 GMT
Could be a chance he heads across Stanley Park😳😉
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Post by 183blue on Apr 24, 2024 17:56:24 GMT
The cup semi v Coventry sums up the very worst of all that is Man U, their plastic fans and the media hangers on who thinks the world revolves around them. You go to Wembley from Gerard’s Cross because you are a plastic fan who doesn’t want to support their local club. You expect a guaranteed victory against lower league cannon fodder. It is ‘humiliating’ because you nearly lose and you can’t get out of the ground quickly enough. Ex-Man U players in the media talk about this being one of the darkest days in a Man U history, as they reach the FA Cup final. Must make these plastic fans wonder what it’s all about.
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Post by bstandbob on Apr 24, 2024 18:19:07 GMT
The cup semi v Coventry sums up the very worst of all that is Man U, their plastic fans and the media hangers on who thinks the world revolves around them. You go to Wembley from Gerard’s Cross because you are a plastic fan who doesn’t want to support their local club. You expect a guaranteed victory against lower league cannon fodder. It is ‘humiliating’ because you nearly lose and you can’t get out of the ground quickly enough. Ex-Man U players in the media talk about this being one of the darkest days in a Man U history, as they reach the FA Cup final. Must make these plastic fans wonder what it’s all about. Got to say a haven't jumped out my chair like I did when Coventry scored that goal in extra time on Saturday, for a long time. Only to then rant for the rest of the night about how much I despise VAR.
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Post by bstandbob on Apr 24, 2024 19:28:55 GMT
Gets a goal in the Merseyside derby!
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Post by northernsoul on Apr 24, 2024 19:37:36 GMT
The cup semi v Coventry sums up the very worst of all that is Man U, their plastic fans and the media hangers on who thinks the world revolves around them. You go to Wembley from Gerard’s Cross because you are a plastic fan who doesn’t want to support their local club. You expect a guaranteed victory against lower league cannon fodder. It is ‘humiliating’ because you nearly lose and you can’t get out of the ground quickly enough. Ex-Man U players in the media talk about this being one of the darkest days in a Man U history, as they reach the FA Cup final. Must make these plastic fans wonder what it’s all about. Got to say a haven't jumped out my chair like I did when Coventry scored that goal in extra time on Saturday, for a long time. Only to then rant for the rest of the night about how much I despise VAR. And although it was tough on Coventry that screenshot with the lines was the best evidence ever for scrapping it football is and should be a game of jeopardy where you can't rely on a bloke in a studio making a decision to make up for your lack of skills and tactics But in the short term they could just bring in a 20% margin of error clause where when the lines are that close the attacking team is always given the decision.
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Post by ccu on Apr 24, 2024 19:38:27 GMT
Gets a goal in the Merseyside derby!
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Post by munchymagic on Apr 24, 2024 19:42:00 GMT
I'm the same as Crunch on this one. Manchester United are one of those clubs that if you do not support them then they annoy you, most of their glory fans hopped on in the Fergie era and they just 'expect' to win things because they are Manchester United. The coverage they get isn't fair either for a club languishing in sixth place in The Premier League and haven't won it in years. More of a team chasing cups these days just like Liverpool were before they won the league recently. I too hope that he goes elsewhere. You youngsters...what do you know. Many of us hopped on in the Busby era. I didn't mind them so much pal before the Fergie era, it was the years that followed.
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Post by howie on Apr 24, 2024 20:36:12 GMT
Plastic fans FFS.
For anyone born and bred in Carlisle prior to 1974 the First Division (or Premier League as it's called now) was always something that was a distant dream.
As such, it was never considered a bad thing to admire the quality of football on view at the top level. I remember being driven to St James Park as a 7 year old in 1964 to watch England U23s play Scotland U23s. Manager of England u23s at the time was a relatively unknown guy called Alf Ramsey. England won 3-2.
The result really doesn't matter. What matters is that it let me see that there were far better footballers to watch than the ones I had seen at Carlisle.
A subsequent trip to a First Division game at Newcastle (Newcastle 1 v Manchester United 2) as a 9-year-old, reinforced that impression. Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and George Best in the flesh.
Those childhood memories have never been forgotten and inevitably led to a lifetime of liking Manchester United (sorry Crunch).
For any other youngsters, similarly brought up on a virtually exclusive diet of Carlisle United, I can totally empathise with an admiration of a second "top" club that you normally only see on TV. After all, apart from that wonderful (but sadly far too brief) season in 1974/5 it was never really a conflict of interest.
Carlisle United is, and always has been, my true love and when we finally played Manchester United in 1978 there was only one team I wanted to win. We didn't, but we held them to a draw at Brunton Park before losing 4-2 in a great game at Old Trafford.
Subsequently I have seen many local children growing up with a similar admiration of First Division/Premier League teams. Depending on the most influential period in their lives, it may be the likes of Liverpool, Everton, Tottenham, Arsenal or (God forbid) even relatively small clubs such as Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Newcastle or even Manchester City.
Just as long as Carlisle United remains their true love, this admiration/liking for a top tier club doesn’t make anyone “plastic” or any less of a Carlisle United supporter.
Let’s face it, anyone getting wound up about media coverage of Manchester United, has an axe to grind and that means that they are equally plastic.
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Post by 09sider on Apr 24, 2024 21:03:12 GMT
A goal, a clean sheet and a first win over the red shite at Goodison in over a decade, he must be buzzing.
Well worth £100m of uncle Carlo's budget over the summer.
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Post by crunchblue on Apr 24, 2024 21:09:24 GMT
Mbappe and Branthwaite and that will be a good summer for Carlo.
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Post by blumineauxnoir on Apr 25, 2024 3:08:15 GMT
Liverpool lost again ?! And in the derby match ?
It`s almost as if they`ve been cursed..
Hope Jarrad makes the Euro`s, and gets some playing time, that should cement his price tag at £100m+, which will do VERY nicely.
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Post by bstandbob on Apr 25, 2024 4:23:25 GMT
Liverpool lost again ?! And in the derby match ? It`s almost as if they`ve been cursed.. Hope Jarrad makes the Euro`s, and gets some playing time, that should cement his price tag at £100m+, which will do VERY nicely. Southgate's decision not to play him in those friendly games was bizzare imo. He's exactly what England needs and Everton's defensive record this season speaks itself, but I just can't see him getting a place now. Ridiculous if he doesn't but hopefully he'll still get a big move although that win for Everton was huge and almost guarantees them PL next season.
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Post by 09sider on Apr 25, 2024 5:20:14 GMT
The Liverpoolpool Echo's thought's on him;
Carlisle Kaiser becomes ‘Goodison god’
A couple of imperious runs up the pitch against Nottingham Forest on Sunday prompted this correspondent to dub Jarrad Branthwaite 'The Carlisle Kaiser' but this was the night that the young centre-back’s breakthrough season went up through the stratosphere to the Royal Blue heavens and he went from mere emperor to becoming a Goodison God’.
When the rangy prospect headed off to PSV Eindhoven on loan, those back at Everton didn’t even know whether he was going to make it as a Premier League player, but this term he has been playing like he’s been dominating at this level for years. Despite playing for side who, even without the points deduction, would be in the bottom half of the table, for months now Jarrad Branthwaite has been bossing the division’s top strikers.
Of late though, he’s also started to show himself as quite an accomplished finisher, too. While his first of the season, a last-gasp headed equaliser against Tottenham Hotspur, was all about bravery, his strike at Brighton & Hove Albion was as composed as any leading marksman and in the heat of battle against Liverpool, Branthwaite was cool as a cucumber here, etching himself into Merseyside Derby folklore.
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Post by bluebry on Apr 25, 2024 7:20:00 GMT
Plastic fans FFS. For anyone born and bred in Carlisle prior to 1974 the First Division (or Premier League as it's called now) was always something that was a distant dream. As such, it was never considered a bad thing to admire the quality of football on view at the top level. I remember being driven to St James Park as a 7 year old in 1964 to watch England U23s play Scotland U23s. Manager of England u23s at the time was a relatively unknown guy called Alf Ramsey. England won 3-2. The result really doesn't matter. What matters is that it let me see that there were far better footballers to watch than the ones I had seen at Carlisle. A subsequent trip to a First Division game at Newcastle (Newcastle 1 v Manchester United 2) as a 9-year-old, reinforced that impression. Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and George Best in the flesh. Those childhood memories have never been forgotten and inevitably led to a lifetime of liking Manchester United (sorry Crunch). For any other youngsters, similarly brought up on a virtually exclusive diet of Carlisle United, I can totally empathise with an admiration of a second "top" club that you normally only see on TV. After all, apart from that wonderful (but sadly far too brief) season in 1974/5 it was never really a conflict of interest. Carlisle United is, and always has been, my true love and when we finally played Manchester United in 1978 there was only one team I wanted to win. We didn't, but we held them to a draw at Brunton Park before losing 4-2 in a great game at Old Trafford. Subsequently I have seen many local children growing up with a similar admiration of First Division/Premier League teams. Depending on the most influential period in their lives, it may be the likes of Liverpool, Everton, Tottenham, Arsenal or (God forbid) even relatively small clubs such as Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Newcastle or even Manchester City. Just as long as Carlisle United remains their true love, this admiration/liking for a top tier club doesn’t make anyone “plastic” or any less of a Carlisle United supporter. Let’s face it, anyone getting wound up about media coverage of Manchester United, has an axe to grind and that means that they are equally plastic. All good points there Howie, but I don't think that somebody that has had a 'soft spot' for another club for a number of years can be called 'plastic'. I once worked with a woman, that literally had different Liverpool attire on every single day, match shirts, sweat shirts, socks, t shirts the bloody lot!!! I once asked her (this was a Thursday) who Liverpool were playing on the Saturday...................she hadn't a bloody clue. Deeper in to the conversation it turns out that she had never, ever been to Anfield, and actually at the time could only remember 2 of their players!! Now that to me is 'PLASTIC'.
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