English Premier League & Other Club Football Thread

https://mobile.twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1340702764956053504

Enjoy the party my friend :tada::confetti_ball::tada::confetti_ball::tada::confetti_ball::tada::confetti_ball::tada::confetti_ball::tada::confetti_ball::tada::confetti_ball:

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Just glad you haven’t called BenĆ­tez yet - we’ll be needing him in a few weeks.

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:face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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I live in Brighton, I’ve got a pretty good idea,

And I second that emotion

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Benitez is the only thing I’ve enjoyed about football since Ashley took over my team. And this is coming from someone who despises anything LFC.

I genuinely love that man. If he went to Arsenal or Celtic he would be awesome, both exactly the sort of teams he should be in charge of.

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https://twitter.com/PremierSportsTV/status/1340659975786553345?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1340659975786553345|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffootball%2Fblog%2F2020%2Fdec%2F21%2Fgone-in-six-seconds-serie-a-fastest-goal-keeps-milan-out-in-front-rafael-leao

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https://mobile.twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1341787003378151424

https://mobile.twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1342828825856647169

I’m giving myself a Boxing Day treat by going nowhere fucking near tonights game

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https://mobile.twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1344278613571629056

Yeah… This is the team I’d prefer, giving Barkas a runout seems OK… Let’s see who plays on Saturday but I’d think brown was in.

Missed the goal… Streams murder lol… Found a better one now :grimacing:

Edit : yeah niceeeeeee… 2nd goal in his 113 games :wink:

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The unrelenting joy of having Steve Bruce as your manager

On our ā€œambitionsā€

Steve Bruce, June 23rd 2020:

"Can we finish in the top 10?. That’s got to be our challenge. That would be a wonderful achievement, and that’s all I’m focused on at the minute.ā€

Steve Bruce, July 27th 2020:

"If someone said at the start of the season ā€˜would you be happy to finish with seven teams below you?’ we’d have taken that.

ā€œBut that’s not enough. We want to push for the top 10 on a regular basis and not look over our shoulders.ā€
Steve Bruce, October 31st 2020:
"We’d all love to be competing where the club was 20 years ago or whenever it was.

"But the way we are at the minute we have to accept that’s the way it is and try to keep moving inch-by-inch closer to what we’re trying to do – which is definitely finish in the top 10.ā€

Steve Bruce, December 23rd 2020:

"If you’re a club like ours that expects to be in the bottom half of the Premier League, it’s always tough.

"My remit is to make sure Newcastle remain a Premier League outfit, and that’s what I’ll try to achieve. That’s where we’ve been for the last two or three years.

ā€œOf course for Newcastle, in many people’s eyes that isn’t enough, but that’s where we are.ā€

And on the fans - he seems to generate more hysteria than the Bay City Rollers in their prime

Steve Bruce, December 26th 2020:

"We had a bad week, and some of the mass hysteria (from Newcastle fans) in my opinion was unjust, unfair, and a lot of it was not right in my opinion."
Steve Bruce, September 25th 2017:

"Of course here, at a club like ours, it turns into mass hysteria (from Aston Villa fans). A couple of bad results and all of a sudden it’s the end of the world again.
Steve Bruce, August 26th 2011:
ā€œIt shows you how difficult it is up here. The mass hysteria (from Sunderland fans), I find some of it pathetic, to be honest."

unjust, unfair, and a lot of it was not right in my opinion.

Steve Bruce - the unacknowledged master of tautology.

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:point_up_2: :ok_hand:

Must watch for the Phil Collins sketch :rofl:

https://mobile.twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1345327797942812672

Me too woke up at 8 am ffs… Fell asleep at around 3 am after a night of gaming with the boys :facepunch:

Thought I’d sleep in tbh :relaxed:

Regarding the team, this is what I wanted too see apart from jullien missing, I’d have preferred a confident Duffy, I guess Lennon can’t trust him… Bitton being in there could be trouble.

I reckon it will be a fairly open game with goals & us winning by the odd goal… 1-2 or 2-3…

It’s the 1st time eddy & Griff are playing together against them, I think we got this brother.

Hail Hail.

This sounds fun, I’m sticking it on.

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