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TeleMaster · May 2022

The Everton pitch invasion was such a bad idea. A pitch invasion for 16th? That's some small time thinking for such a low league position.

Philly_Q · May 2022

TeleMaster said:

The Everton pitch invasion was such a bad idea. A pitch invasion for 16th? That's some small time thinking for such a low league position.

I don't think there was much thinking going on at all.

TeleMaster · May 2022

Philly_Q said:

TeleMaster said:

The Everton pitch invasion was such a bad idea. A pitch invasion for 16th? That's some small time thinking for such a low league position.

I don't think there was much thinking going on at all.

Considering some of the signings and the lack of a shit of losing Ancelloti, and the treatment of Benitez, two top CL winning managers completely out of their league btw, you'd have to think that the club from top to bottom lack basic thinking skills.

mudslide73 · May 2022

As a supporter of a team that's been relegated many times and also stayed up on the last day despite being bottom before kick off... I understand why they invaded the pitch. It's the pressure suddenly being relieved. Their main rivals would never have let them forget it if they'd been relegated.

TeleMaster · May 2022

mudslide73 said:

As a supporter of a team that's been relegated many times and also stayed up on the last day despite being bottom before kick off... I understand why they invaded the pitch. It's the pressure suddenly being relieved. Their main rivals would never have let them forget it if they'd been relegated.

I'm a West Ham fan and season ticket holder. We've been relegated multiple times. The thought of any of our fans invading the pitch because we got 16th seems baffling. It's not an achievement, it's a failure for a club of that stature. If anything, they've given Liverpool more ammo with such a silly display. Now if it Were Millwall, I'd understand.

thecolourbox · May 2022

All these idiots running onto football pitches has to stop ASAP in my opinion.

It's only a matter of time before someone does it at Villa park and gets man of the match.

thecolourbox · May 2022

mudslide73 said:

As a supporter of a team that's been relegated many times and also stayed up on the last day despite being bottom before kick off... I understand why they invaded the pitch. It's the pressure suddenly being relieved. Their main rivals would never have let them forget it if they'd been relegated.

I think we had a pitch invasion for winning the U23s cup as well to be fair didn't we?

artiebear · May 2022

I don't like pitch invasions ( hate violence in the name of football more ) but was witness to, possibly, the best pitch invasion ever, when on 8th May 1999 Jimmy Glass scored the winner for Carlisle Utd in the 94th minute to keep us in the league when Michael Knighton had effectively destroyed the club and was about to pull the plug if we went down.

The atmosphere in the ground was toxic coming up to full time after a catalogue of disastrous decisions at board level were due to take us out of the league for the first time since 1927, leaving us bereft and liquidated.

I was on the terrace with my wife ( also a lifelong fan ) near the directors box for most of the game, but as it got more ugly ( 1-1 in injury time and with us down because Scarborough were drawing ) I suggested that we got out of it and went down towards the exit to make a sharp get away at full time ( have never left early ). That was 91 minutes gone.

We were standing two terraces up in line with the six yard box when our on loan goalie came up for a corner and rammed it in the net on 94 minutes. It was chaos, in a good way. A lot of fans were on the pitch in the celebration, even the ref got jumped on ( he took it well because he has been back a few times to talk about the experience at various events ).

Being of faint heart, I remember shouting and screaming at our fans to get off the pitch, just in case the game was halted or at worst abandoned. Thankfully ( nothing to do my advise ) they did .

And there is an example of why fans might end up on the pitch, through passion, connection, history, and local pride, even in adversity. Maybe that's what the Everton fans felt ?

UnclePsychosis · May 2022

TeleMaster said:

The Everton pitch invasion was such a bad idea. A pitch invasion for 16th? That's some small time thinking for such a low league position.

TeleMaster · May 2022

UnclePsychosis said:

TeleMaster said:

The Everton pitch invasion was such a bad idea. A pitch invasion for 16th? That's some small time thinking for such a low league position.

Haha yes.

guitars4you · May 2022

Off now to watch the F1 race, then somehow watch the match, probably hiding behind the sofa as it could well be a bad horror show - I've resigned myself to relegation and a return to the EFL - I've got my membership tickets for next season regardless

I know there will be no good luck messages - And most will be glad to see us go down - But that never worries me and I'm glad I support the lads in white and have done so thru' all terrains and all weather

At the other end I'll be hoping LFC can somehow snatch it and then to see the smile on Stevie G's face

usedtobe · May 2022

Nothing personal, G4Y

TeleMaster · May 2022

Hoping Palace draw at the least with UTD and West Ham beat Brighton so we get back into the Europa. Would be an amazing end to the season, but I'm happy with the Conference, honestly. I am. No really.

Lestratcaster · May 2022

Supporting Norwich until 5.45pm today. I don't think they'll beat Tottenham though sadly, but if we can just sign off the season with a good win and regroup for next season that's all we can do really. Some players may be playing their last game for us too (Laca, Nketiah and Elneny).

As for the title its City's to lose but I don't mind Liverpool so would like to see them snatch it. Haven't had last day drama since that Agueroooooo moment a decade ago I think, or maybe there was one before that.

I think Leeds will go down, they've been rubbish all season.

DrCornelius · May 2022

TeleMaster said:

Hoping Palace draw at the least with UTD and West Ham beat Brighton so we get back into the Europa. Would be an amazing end to the season, but I'm happy with the Conference, honestly. I am. No really.

I fancy Palace today - Vieira was fuming after we threw away the lead against Everton and I think we will get the reaction today.

dano · May 2022

Popped into Liverpool City centre to have a couple of beers and watch todays match. Got here at 2.30pm, absolutely heaving. Looks like a lot of guys and girls started at 11am today

TeleMaster · May 2022

I want Liverpool to do it out of them two.

blobb · May 2022

Up the Wolves. (Not expecting much tbh, hoping they show up I suppose, but the beach called a few weeks back).

TeleMaster · May 2022

What absolute drama in the first half.

WEST HAM CURRENTLY 6TH!!!

EricTheWeary · May 2022

I thought Wolves would be losing 5-0 by now and fair play to the Villa for making things interesting.

TTony · May 2022

There’s a fun first half.

Id still bet on Burnley surviving.

Cant see Spurs blowing it now, so Yay, back to the Champions League!

DrCornelius · May 2022

Will be amazing if the scousers pinch it on the last day . Not a fan of pep or the way city play tbh

Great manager of course but petulant and always has a tantrum in him

tony99 · May 2022

DrCornelius said:

Will be amazing if the scousers pinch it on the last day

Everton?

TeleMaster · May 2022

tony99 said:

DrCornelius said:

Will be amazing if the scousers pinch it on the last day

Everton?

Looking forward to the pitch invasion.

axisus · May 2022

If I can not think about all other implications, I would LOVE Liverpool to mug City on the last day.

scrumhalf · May 2022

Spurs 4th.

Wouldn't have imagind that was possible under the worst of Nuno-ball.

TeleMaster · May 2022

West Ham just cannot beat Brighton!!! Palace done the job against Man UTD and it was in our hands and we just bottled it for the Europa League. But 7th is a great position in what was a long, hard season travelling all over Europe with a small squad, and we've got it again next year. It's amazing.

The City/Liverpool drama was mad.

BigBearKris · May 2022

City celebration and another pitch invasion.

Some middle aged overweight lady falling over, then 10yo girl climbing on goalpost (broken at this time already) whilst proud daddy is taking pics for insta.
Just stupid - sport full of fucking idiots.

I'm sorry - I like my football too, I go to my local team games every now and then - but tribalism and behaviour of majority of the fans is just so off-putting.

Congrats to City - crazy game.

tony99 · May 2022

Brother told me Everton should have had a blatant pen against man city when they played them. I wonder if it would have all played out differently if so.

axisus · May 2022

tony99 said:

Brother told me Everton should have had a blatant pen against man city when they played them. I wonder if it would have all played out differently if so.

The season is full of rubbish, game changing poor decisions, however, every team has an ENTIRE season to accumulate points. There can be no tears over the odd mugging.

For any neutral it was an amazing end to the season. Unfortunately City winning is not necessarily good for the league - same team winning 4 out of the last 5 seasons. It's not a disaster, Man U have done that in the prem three times before, however, it looks like City could be even better next season with Haarland, if they win 7 out of 8, or even more then that isn't good at all.

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