Topic: The Push Square Football (Soccer) Thread

I think Everton will be a lot better next season. The core of the team is strong and if the next manager brings through some of the youngsters I think we can do well. The youngsters who went out on loan this season have been doing well. We do need to strengthen in a few positions a new goal keeper, central defender and a good strong striker. Be good to see how the swiss striker we bought does in the Premiere league. The next manager is crucial for the team and its development.

Next season expect Sunderland, West Brom and Middlesborough to get relegated.

Completely forgot about Giggs at United. I reckon he'll leave if Mourinho doesn't offer him assistant manager - I know he's loyal to the club, but I think he really wanted that manager's position, so I wouldn't be surprised if he went on to manager a smaller club.

Giggs needs to get experience at other clubs if he ever hopes to be United manager can not imagine Mourinho and Giggs getting along very well. I am not sure that Giggs would even make a good manager.

Giggs is a laughing stock after having an affair with his brothers wife. How can a chairman trust him after that?

I used to work in a clothing store in the early 2000's in Manchester and Giggs was well known for sleeping with the female staff not sure if he was married at that time or not.

Ryan giggs is welsh. Thats punishment enough.

@Kyroki: I thought it was quite even but Atletico must be kicking themselves for missing 2 penalties - the one during the game could have been decisive. A great save early on though kept Atletico in the first half - I think if that had gone in before Ramos's goal, the game would have been difficult for Atletico - the fact it was only 1-0 gave them something to push for. Extra time seemed to favour Real but the cramping seemed to slow the game down for the inevitable penalties. Got to admit that Reals Penalties were confident and class. Atletico's missed penalty, I think would have been saved if it was inside the post - keeper nearly got it anyway...

The Tigers are back in the Premeier League well done to bounce back so quickly. Steve Bruce is an under rated manager who gets the best out of players its suprising he has not been given an opportunity at a slightly bigger club.

Half of Real Madrid's players in the CL final were so annoying. Pepe especially - he's supposed to be a hardman centre-back when really he's a diving wuss, and it amazes me how he wasn't sent off yesterday (this is why the fourth official should be able to make calls from a TV screen) The way Ronaldo celebrated yesterday after he scored his penalty was annoying, too. He celebrated like he'd just scored a last minute worldie, and any player that decides to take the 5th penalty for the glory gets marked down for me.

@Anchorsam_9: To be fair to Ronnie, he did just score the winning penalty in a CL final - I'd celebrate wildly, too.

I agree with Sammy on this - its not the Penalty itself but what that penalty actually meant. Ronnie knew that if he scored, they were winners and celebrated as such. I bet he would have run up to one of his team-mates ripping his shirt off like that had they scored the winning penalty - or at least similar. My biggest surprise though was that he took the last penalty. If one or two of his team-mates had missed, then one of the best penalty takers in the team may not have taken a penalty. I don't know if the order is selected before the coin toss - it usually is - so if Real were second, then the best may not of ended up taking a penalty! Granted that in this situation, you want a confident and assured penalty taker but if Atletico had missed another one, he wouldn't have been needed any way. 8 of the 9 were well taken - especially considering the situation and the amount of cramp people had. Overall though I don't think Ronnie had his best game...

@BAMozzy: He's done it before. Even at Utd, he preferred to take the later pens (and I remember pundits criticizing him for it). To be honest, I think Ronnie looked tired. It's not being said, but Madrid's discipline under Zizou has actually pulled out a surprising amount of defensive cover from CR7. I think he's a bit tired

Whats with all the "ronnie" talk? Do you guys socialize with ronaldo ? Or spend enough time with him to give a pet name?

So how do guys think Man Utd will do next season now that Mourinho's in charge and how long will he stay at the club for?

@WanderingBullet: He'll be there for a while, I think. Utd should get Top 4 with him next season.

Seeing as the cut-off for the Euro 2016 squads is today, who are the two players that Hodgson should cut from the England squad? In my opinion, Sturridge and Drinkwater should go. While Sturridge has been in good form recently, he's barely played at all for England, plus he's picked up another niggle again so I reckon he should take the summer off. Drinkwater's barely made an impact in the squad, and England have good midfielders in spades anyway. Still, Rashford and Townsend could be contenders, considering that Rashford would be unlikely to play up front and would more likely to be pushed out wide, while Townsend's barely played any matches in the friendlies.

@Anchorsam_9: As a LFC fan, I would be happy for Sturridge not to go and be fresh and fit for next season - although I would still like to see another LFC player at the Euros. I can see Drinkwater and Sterling/Townsend not making the final squad. If I had to pick between Sterling and Townsend, I would take Townsend - he doesn't fall over and give the ball away quite so much.

I know that would mean that England have 5 strikers - Kane, Vardy, Rashford, Sturridge and Rooney but Rooney can play deeper. I see Sturridge as more of a back-up to Kane and Rashford and Vardy are interchangeable too. If you were chasing a game or wanting to put one to bed (so to speak), you could play Rooney in behind 2 strikers - having say Sturridge and Rashford on the bench for example, could freshen up the entire attack without necessarily losing the midfield.

That's why I think Drinkwater and probably Townsend will lose out - Hodgson seems to favour Sterling despite the fact he seems to have lost his way at City and not impressed in the friendlies...

I can see Mourinho being there for a long time as long as they do not sack him. He seems to like the Permiere League and living in England. he will do well with Man Utd get a top 4 finish every season might stuggle to win the league for a few years but will build good team with good work ethics.

The England squad, has been announced and as predicted, the 2 to miss out (after Delph was ruled out) are Drinkwater and Townsend. I thought Sterling would scrape through because Hodgson seems to like him despite not playing that well at City or during the friendlies....

The England Team is a joke.

If Smalling and Dier get injured its Cahill and Stones at the back with Milner as protection. OMG that's horrendous.

There's only like one natural winger in the squad, too. It's wild how many central midfielders he's picked, but we'll see how it goes...