General Football Nonsense

[Letters]

Corruption? At FIFA?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52197014

I can't believe that can be so :sulk:

[Globalgunner]

Corruption? At FIFA?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52197014

I can't believe that can be so :sulk:

The British side attempted to bribe too. Problem is they were offering Burberry bags instead of bags of cash. The Prince refused to step up.

[Niall_Quinn]

I thought bribery was how you actually landed these major events. 5 star hotels, all the food and booze they can gorge, strippers, hookers, cars and casinos. Whichever country piles it highest gets the gig. However, I don't think you're allowed to directly offer cash in brown envelopes because that would be immoral and against the rules.

Even so, Qatar should be called off because it's Qatar. What other reason is needed?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This is a shocking turn of events that Russia and Qatar were influenced by corruption.

With the season being so out of whack though I guess a December World Cup is workable somehow.

[Mac76]

this has to be the most pointless exercise ever, we all know they'll say fergucunt, conveniently forgetting the way the football and authorities and refs handed Moan U loads of points during each and every season... no penalties awarded against them at Old Shiteford for years; roy keane not being sent off in every game; their always getting exactly the amount of extra time needed to get a winner etc etc

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52190838

[Letters]

He is the GOAT, tbf.

[Mac76]

He is the GOAT, tbf.

I'll never accept that with all the favours they got, there must be several of his titles you could really dispute if you analysed what happened with ref decisions in every game they played, it was footballing bias on an industrial scale

[Marc Overmars]

No doubting his influence given he was essentially the godfather of the league but detracting from his success seems futile to me.

[LDG]

I hope this virus will have made people think why they devote so much time and money to football.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yes but I am a bit lost without it or any sport tbf.

[Letters]

I'll never accept that with all the favours they got, there must be several of his titles you could really dispute if you analysed what happened with ref decisions in every game they played, it was footballing bias on an industrial scale

It’s weird how before he arrived at Utd they hadn’t won a title for decades and since he left they haven’t won one.
I guess those favours only applied when he was there. What a strange coincidence.

[Letters]

I hope this virus will have made people think why they devote so much time and money to football.

I wonder now NBN is coping now he's been furloughed from being the bestest westest Arsenal fan.

[Mac76]

It’s weird how before he arrived at Utd they hadn’t won a title for decades and since he left they haven’t won one.
I guess those favours only applied when he was there. What a strange coincidence.

nothing strange about it, but not for the reasons you're implying, like Mac Overmars says he was a godfather figure who exerted almost inexplicable influence over the footballing powers that be, i guess it came from his background as a shop steard in a scottish factory or something he could push around the toffs at the FA easily, plus teh media adn FA wanted a club to be PPL poster boy adn after blakburn folded it was Moan U.

i never cared much for the way Moan U played under him, it was basically kick and rush with a bit of violence thrown in.

seriously though how can you ignore that only four penalties were awarded against them between 1993-2003 at old shiteford? We're all old enough to remember what it was like

and then there was all that extra time

the one thing you could say about him was that he did motivate players to try hard and keep going until the end etc - all the easier to do of course when you konw the ref won't blow the whistle until you score a winner...

he also managed to get involved when Aberdeen were supposed to be relegated and fixed it so they stayed up

[Ollie the Optimist]

You only have to look at Mike Riley’s refereeing display in that defeat at Old Trafford in 2004 to realise how much bias there was towards United.

Ferdinand hacking down Ljunberg as he was clean through and no free kick. Rooney dive. Neville brothers hacking down Reyes at every chance.

[Letters]

seriously though how can you ignore that only four penalties were awarded against them between 1993-2003 at old shiteford? We're all old enough to remember what it was like

and then there was all that extra time.
I'm not denying he had an influence, but he won 13 titles. 13!
5 FA Cups. 2 Champions Leagues.
And in Scotland he won the title 3 times with Aberdeen, a side who had only won one title before he was manager, in 1955, and who haven't won the title again since he left. He also won a European trophy with them, the only one in their history.

He certainly had an aura about him and I'd agree that had an influence with referees, but that's part of what makes him the GOAT.
Wenger did well to go toe to toe for him for 8 years but what sets Fergie apart is that he managed to keep rebuilding teams even in the era of billionaires coming in with all the influence they've had on where trophies have ended up.

If he isn't the GOAT then who is? Really hard to make a case for anyone else IMO.

[GP]

It goes Fergie > Wenger >>>>>> BIG ASS GAP >>>>> IDK, Pardew or someone?

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52214649


BBC Football Focus is giving you the chance to choose which classic Premier League match highlights are aired on the show.

Viewers can vote between the best of Tottenham's 5-2 win over Everton in 2005, or Aston Villa's stunning 3-1 win at Liverpool in 2012.

Ah yes. Both Premier League classics that live long in the memory :sarcy:

:rolleyes:

[Niall_Quinn]

Yes but I am a bit lost without it or any sport tbf.

I'm getting used to it. Sport was blasted across so many channels 24/7, overdone to the point where it became just another thing to be consumed. Might be nice if it went back to one live match on a Sunday and that's it. That's enough. And get Keys and Gray back too while at it.

[Mac76]

Yes but I am a bit lost without it or any sport tbf.

that's surely the understatement of the century, you seem to live and breathe for it (which is fine btw :))

have you managed to find any belarus football?

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52250176

Hope he gets better soon.

Anfield ‘89 :bow:

[Mac76]

I'll bet there's a few ex-players out there wishing this guy the worst though...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52244115

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52260490

Dalglish :bow:

[Mac76]

Peter Bonetti :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52261413

[Letters]

Aye, it’s been a real bloodbath today :(

[Letters]

Spurs do a U-Turn on furloughing non-playing staff

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52271235

[Mac76]

Spurs do a U-Turn on furloughing non-playing staff

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52271235

Another club doing themselves PR damage and not even benefiting financially :haha:

Levy :pal:

Arsenal :bow:

[Mac76]

Newcastle look set to sell their souls to the devil :satan:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52284645

[Letters]

See this? It's the world's smallest violin...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52314638

[Letters]

I'll bet there's a few ex-players out there wishing this guy the worst though...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52244115

Well, they got their wish

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52246007

Hunter :rose:

[Mac76]

c'mon Juve - pay up ffs :pray:

https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/spurs/transfer-talk/news/report-juventus-considering-harry-kane-move_396947.html

[Niall_Quinn]

c'mon Juve - pay up ffs :pray:

https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/spurs/transfer-talk/news/report-juventus-considering-harry-kane-move_396947.html

Does anyone really care where Kane and his agent are getting their next big payday from? I bet those signing-on bonuses will be juicy for all those providing the essential service of being footballers. Good move in one respect though - he'll be able to teach them next level diving. The servant becomes the master.

[Letters]

National League calls it a day, or a season.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52381612

[Mac76]

National League calls it a day, or a season.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52381612

i still can't get the hang of this 'National League' business - it's still the Vauxhall Conference as far as I'm concerned :sulk:

[Mac76]

Neville showing new levels of stupidity

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52382183

"I think we need to take a step back now and start building the foundations again"

Yes, Phil, they can start by sacking the manager :lol:

After all, it'll give him more time to beat the wife ...

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52387971

Meh.

[GP]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52387971

Meh.


when the season restarts

:lol: They really don't get it, do they?

[Ollie the Optimist]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52387971

Meh.

Could open a huge can of worms this one.

I know COVID 19 is not a normal situation but opening up games for free to air, it might be difficult to go back to sky again. Especially as people are likely to have to cut things out after this as lack of money etc

[Mac76]

Could open a huge can of worms this one.

I know COVID 19 is not a normal situation but opening up games for free to air, it might be difficult to go back to sky again. Especially as people are likely to have to cut things out after this as lack of money etc

i suspect they will choose one or two games to be FTA but most won't be

the FTA ones will probably be scintillating conftests like, err. Bumley v Brighton ... :yawn:

[Ollie the Optimist]

i suspect they will choose one or two games to be FTA but most won't be

the FTA ones will probably be scintillating conftests like, err. Bumley v Brighton ... :yawn:

After no football for months, i suspect even Burnley v Brighton will get millions of viewers :lol:

[Letters]

Maccy would certainly be watching.

[Marc Overmars]

Football. :lol:

I remember that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maccy would certainly be watching.

Our rivals.

[Mac76]

Neville being dumped :haha:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52389507

At least he'll get more time to be at home and beat the wife ...

[Niall_Quinn]

Neville being dumped :haha:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52389507

At least he'll get more time to be at home and beat the wife ...

It's his cunt of a brother that needs the chop.

[Mac76]

Alex Scott puts the boot into neville

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52394464

Scott :clap:

Neville :pal:

Neville's waistcoat :haha:

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52409583

Why only non playing staff, Norwich?

[Mac76]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52409583

Why only non playing staff, Norwich?

Presumably because the furlough scheme only pays up to £2500 per month - how can players maintain their sports cars, multiple houses and hordes of women for that?

[Letters]

Yes. Of course I know the real answer.
The furlough scheme is only for real people. At my place none of the really senior people got furloughed because they do really important stuff. Obvs.
Even if no one is entirely clear what that actually is.

[Mac76]

Just realised it's now over twelve years :haha:

https://lastwonatrophy.co.uk/tottenham/

Spuds :pal:

[Letters]

And that was the league cup. Next year it'll be 30 years since they last won the FA Cup, 60 since they won the league :lol:

[Mac76]

This is typical of the fergie-a*se-licking sports media that they make it post-war to exclude Herbert Chapman and make sure fergucu*t wins again

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52371056

Why not just have done with it and have a vote on 'best manager called ferguc*nt ever'...?

[Letters]

Oh give it a rest :lol:

Fergie is certainly the GOAT, but I think one could certainly argue that Chapman had a bigger influence on shaping and changing the game back in the day.

[Niall_Quinn]

Heads up for anyone who was planning on going, tonight's PFA Awards has been cancelled.

So that gives the media a chance to guess at who would have won. They seem to be eyeing up Jordan Henderson for the big prize.

Young player of the year, Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Manager of the year, Alex Ferguson.

Team of the year:
Allison
Robertson - van Dick - Soyuncu - Alexander Arnold
Henderson - De Brown - Grealish
Mane - Salad - Vardy

Yeah, De Brown has been amazing but I guess you have to put him in there because he's drenched in so much media cum. Grealish because he'll probably move to Utd. Vardy because who knows?

Imaginary awards to go with the imaginary titles.

[Mac76]

Oh give it a rest :lol:

Fergie is certainly the GOAT, but I think one could certainly argue that Chapman had a bigger influence on shaping and changing the game back in the day.

Seriously they let their plan slip later on in the piece when you see people are asked to vote for the 'best Britiah manager', no mention of 'post-war' but it means they can leave Chapman out :angry:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ferguson was a nasty bully who manipulated everything and everyone in order to win, by any means and whatever the cost.

Wish we had someone like that managing us.

[Letters]

Seriously they let their plan slip later on in the piece when you see people are asked to vote for the 'best Britiah manager', no mention of 'post-war' but it means they can leave Chapman out :angry:

Tbf I don't think many people outside Arsenal (and Huddersfield) really know who he was.
And he died before much of our success in the 30s so he doesn't have the sack of trophies to his name that other managers have.
Unless you know your football history you're not going to know the way he shaped and changed the sport itself.
He was a great managers but he was much more than that too.

[GP]

Ligue 1 has been cancelled.

[Letters]

Come on PL, you know what to do.
#NullAndVoid

[Mac76]

Come on PL, you know what to do.
#NullAndVoid

well that's where i'm afraid i must disappoint you, they're just cancelling remaining fixtures, it's not the same as N&V:

"A meeting in May is expected to decide final places, and promotion and relegation"

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ligue-1-set-cancelled-french-18164516

:(

[Letters]

well that's where i'm afraid i must disappoint you, they're just cancelling remaining fixtures, it's not the same as N&V:

"A meeting in May is expected to decide final places, and promotion and relegation"

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ligue-1-set-cancelled-french-18164516

:(

Ah. Interesting. I think the only thing that makes any sense is points per game.
Our game in hand over Spurs was City away which I think we can all agree we'd definitely have won so that seems fair.
Must find that St Totteringham's Day bunting.

[Mac76]

Must find that St Totteringham's Day bunting.

i have a 'Mind the Gap' enamel badge somewhere :lol:

[GP]

The only fair way to do it is null and void.

Next season's european places can be decided by... oh I don't know... UEFA coefficient?

[Letters]

I favour points per game because enough games have been played to make that reasonable.
Also it puts us above Spurs.
The big appeal of Null and Void of course is

Liverpool :pal:

[Niall_Quinn]

This has all dragged on for so long now that I'm wondering if anyone cares, even scousers?

I couldn't give a fuck, personally. Couldn't care less if they never restarted. Too many important issues all hitting at once to be bothered about distractions like football.

Withe The Second Wave (c2020) on the way I doubt they'll be able to finish the season, unless there's one rule for footballers and another, draconian rule for healthcare workers who are locked away from their families. I suppose they could test everyone before and after matches, test their families, all the staff, the refs and anyone else involved. But the tests are so unreliable most of them would test positive anyway. Or at least a good number of them would. So how would that work? And if they did test positive, how could they go back to their families? Doubt the players would agree to any of it. It's not as if any of them will be roughing it in their multi-million quid palaces.

The average points method should have been used across all leagues and the season's business terminated as normal with titles, promotions and relegations based on what has actually happened. The bit that didn't happen is an Act of God (or the Chinese), so that's the only bit that can legitimately be made null and void. It's pretty damn amazing they don't already have rules for truncated seasons. After all we've had world wars and shit. Makes you wonder what these suits actually do with their time. The have no provisions and can't make decisions. Maybe just sack them and get somebody else in?

[Marc Overmars]

Couldn’t care less really what happens anymore. Every time there’s a news update on football I just find it totally irrelevant.

[Ollie the Optimist]

I saw a post going around on facebook with a list of sports saying you could only keep three after lockdown.

Remarkably easy not to pick football.

Which a few years ago would have been unthinkable :lol:

[Mac76]

football would be first for me, then athletics then golf - F1 and Wimbledon would come after that

it would have been test cricket as no 2 or even no 1 in the past but now it's no longer on TV (not the TV i can afford anyway) and the long-form game is becoming more and more irrelevant i don't really care

plus at some point the England team became a bunch of tattooed yobs

[Ollie the Optimist]

football would be first for me, then athletics then golf - F1 and Wimbledon would come after that

it would have been test cricket as no 2 or even no 1 in the past but now it's no longer on TV (not the TV i can afford anyway) and the long-form game is becoming more and more irrelevant i don't really care

plus at some point the England team became a bunch of tattooed yobs

I had golf, cricket & rugby union.

Nothing beats a day of test cricket imo. Think back to the stokes innnings in the ashes, that was magical.

My wife is a fan of rugby so started going there more often then football now. More friends prefer it as well so always a good day out. Football just got so expensive but i found the atmosphere at the emirates a few years ago so foul that no enjoyment going anymore.

Golf is just superb so no way losing that

[Mac76]

theres' only one team that can actually play rugby and that's the All Blacks - in their history perhaps Wales have come close but that's it

[Ollie the Optimist]

Oh true and international games are as bad as football matches in terms of ticket prices. A ticket for twickenham is around £80.

Tend to go more to the premiership games like harlequins which are much better at around £30 a ticket. Been the premiership final a few times and got tickets for £20 though so thats good fun

[Niall_Quinn]

Proper F1 (go back to having engines in the cars), the Olympics (so I guess that means all track and field and swimming and everything lumped into one big cheaty choice), boxing (go back to having real boxers).

So I guess just the Olympics, because F1 and boxing are never coming back.

Football nowhere on the list, I was sick of that before the pandemic.

[Letters]

Proper F1 (go back to having engines in the cars).
They have to pedal them these days? :unsure:

[Mac76]

They have to pedal them these days? :unsure:
just like the good ol' days ...

https://sphero-media-sphero-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cwist/cwists/03/0c/fred%20flintstone_500_500.png

[Mac76]

anyway i do miss football because i have an ST, went to matches, had a laugh with the people around me and had a few pints with friends after

but this season we probably won't have that any whether it resumes or not

[Niall_Quinn]

anyway i do miss football because i have an ST, went to matches, had a laugh with the people around me and had a few pints with friends after

but this season we probably won't have that any whether it resumes or not

LOL

http://www.retrogamer.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/atari2.png

[Mac76]

hadn't even heard of one of those...

[Letters]

hadn't even heard of one of those...

:blink:

Kick Off 2 :bow:

And you can piss off with your "Amiga", N_Q :sulk:

[GP]

:lol:

Letters is upset because he knows the Amiga was far superior.

[Letters]

:angry:

You'll be saying Sensible Soccer was better than Kick Off next :rolleyes:


:p

[GP]

I mean... it obviously was.

[Niall_Quinn]

:blink:

Kick Off 2 :bow:

And you can piss off with your "Amiga", N_Q :sulk:

Let's see you graph your way out of this one.

[Niall_Quinn]

Players will have to wear masks in training (or snoods), according to fat old men who can barely move without the assistance of a fork-lift. Sun reporters with telephoto lenses, waiting for the moment when Ozil removes the mask to scratch his nose. "Ozil Shame!"

Maybe, when you have to wear PPE, can't touch anyone, can't let the fans in, maybe you get to a point where you just give up on footie for time being? Unless you are a PL exec, in which case it all makes perfect money.

[Niall_Quinn]

Trevor Cherry :rose:

Good player, in a good Leeds team.

[Niall_Quinn]

We could have VAR detecting when any player was within 2 metres of an opponent. A free kick could be awarded and both players sent to quarantine. I doubt the TV companies would mind all the stoppages, they could run adverts.

"Schoolboy error, Gary! A player of his quality should always be aware of the infectious zones around him. It's just lazy! Now he's out for 2 weeks."

[Mac76]

PSG have been awarded the French title, pity they didn't go for N&V option...

[Niall_Quinn]

PSG have been awarded the French title, pity they didn't go for N&V option...

Fake title. Might as well lay the groundwork.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52493894

Waah, waaah, waaaah!

"Players are "scared" about the prospect of returning to action amid the coronavirus pandemic, says Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero."

:rolleyes:

[Niall_Quinn]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52493894

Waah, waaah, waaaah!

"Players are "scared" about the prospect of returning to action amid the coronavirus pandemic, says Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero."

:rolleyes:

Fairly obvious though. Locked down in their mansions with their fashion model wives, indoor bowling alleys, heavily stocked American sized fridges and walls around the gaffe? Bank balance building like a speedo on a Ferrari? Bravely venturing onto social media to report their daily plight?

No wonder they don't fancy going back.

[Mac76]

I think what Aguero and Murray say is fair enough, basically they're the equivalent of gladiators being sent out to fight and maybe get maimed or die for the gratification of those watching

I think Murray in particular does a good job of calling out the PL and hypocritical ruggerbuggers in the government

[Niall_Quinn]

I think what Aguero and Murray say is fair enough, basically they're the equivalent of gladiators being sent out to fight and maybe get maimed or die for the gratification of those watching

I think Murray in particular does a good job of calling out the PL and hypocritical ruggerbuggers in the government

Take the cash during good times, bottle out when the going gets tough? These cunts are behaving as if they have normal jobs. They don't. They are in positions of extreme privilege granted to them by fans who consider them "the equivalent of gladiators being sent out to fight and maybe get maimed or die for the gratification of those watching". What was it Shankly said? "Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that." And it is. The great distraction.

Football is what replaced the gladiatorial arenas. The circus to go with the bread (and beer). It's slightly more civilised now, though on a moral par. But still, that's exactly what these players are. Meat thrown out to baying crowds. Most of them seem to have forgotten that. They've acquired delusions of grandeur.

[Globalgunner]

PSG have been awarded the French title, pity they didn't go for N&V option...

In the special case of Ligue 1. they might as well award them the 2021 title too while they are at it. These monopolistic teams dont see the correlation between their dominance at home and sucking in the CL. Same goes for Juve. When your domestic league is piss poor you are never prepared for playing tough teams.

the French league is so shit even the Saudis don't want to go there.

I really fear for poor old Steve Bruce. Now the Toons are newly minted. They will want a fancy manager with a straight nose in their dugout. Im still shocked at how well Newcastle have done under Bruce. I pissed myself laughing when he was appointed. was sure they would be in the bottom 3 all season.

[Niall_Quinn]

Just found out I can pause my sub for Sky Sports while there's no sport. Wish they told me when the season shut down, rather than days before it maybe opening up again. Must have been an oversight on their part, an honest mistake. Bet a lot of people were on the ball though and hit pause at the earliest possible moment. So Sky has lost a ton of cash. Which means they're going to want it back. BT Sports can be paused too. So same applies.

PL vs Sky and BT :popcorn:

I'm thinking this is 99.9% of the reason they want to get things rolling again, no matter what.

On the other hand, Saudis set to outbid Qatar for terrorismPL rights next year. Now the Geordies will have ragheads in charge I suppose. Can't see what could go wrong with having a mountain of Saudi cash tumbling into the game.

[Mac76]

I really fear for poor old Steve Bruce. Now the Toons are newly minted. They will want a fancy manager with a straight nose in their dugout. Im still shocked at how well Newcastle have done under Bruce. I pissed myself laughing when he was appointed. was sure they would be in the bottom 3 all season.

apparently they're looking at Ponce - good idea, a new owner who wants to win things appointing someone who's never won anything and just moans when he gets found out - good luck with that...

[Niall_Quinn]

The players are too scared to do their jobs. Poor loves.

Quick question. Who here would go and train with Arsenal and play football matches in empty stadiums, with a whole host of extra measures introduced to provide extra safety? For, let's say, £50K a week?

Anyone?

Myself, despite the horrific risks involved, something like a 0.03% chance of death for a healthy young person, I might muster up my courage an take the cash (while enjoying the footie).

Cowardly, self-absorbed pussies tbf.

[Letters]

In general NQ is wrong about everything of course ( :hug: ) but not on this occasion.
Honestly. Fuck this lot.
Can you imagine Adams or Vieira or any of that generation being too scared to get out there and play?
There aren't snipers on every corner, the risk really isn't that high.
This lot are a bunch of...well yes, cowardly, self-absorbed pussies.

[Niall_Quinn]

Revised my opinion. I wouldn't go and train with them or play footie matches because the risk would be unacceptable and after 5 minutes I'd definitely be a burden on the NHS.

[Letters]

Oh Grodno we love you

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52460387

:bow:

[Letters]

Finally! Some sensible decisions

https://newsthump.com/2020/05/03/premier-league-announces-decision-to-cancel-current-season-and-relegate-liverpool/

[Mac76]

Well you can't argue with the fact that if the government wants to cheer up the nation, it's a pretty good way to go about it :lol:

Although i'd still prefer that same government to be put up against a wall and shot of course...

[Letters]

Oh these twats :lol: :doh:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52542756


Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor says halves of less than 45 minutes are being considered when football resumes.

Discussions about the Premier League's return are ongoing but Taylor says players are "concerned about their own safety".

"They are not stupid," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "They will put safety first."

The Premier League is hopeful of a potential 8 June resumption.

:doh:

[Mac76]

"halves of less than 45 minutes" - i remember when the World Cup was in the US, they wanted to have 'quarters' instead of halves, so they could fit more ad breaks in

trust me, if the FA is stupid enough to allow this (and as we all know they well and truly are...) the TV people will insist on it becoming a regular change, not just for this season.

football will truly die at that point.

[Niall_Quinn]

"halves of less than 45 minutes" - i remember when the World Cup was in the US, they wanted to have 'quarters' instead of halves, so they could fit more ad breaks in

trust me, if the FA is stupid enough to allow this (and as we all know they well and truly are...) the TV people will insist on it becoming a regular change, not just for this season.

football will truly die at that point.

We all know that coronavirus can kill in 45 minutes. So why take the risk? Reduce it to 4 quarters of 15 minutes each, which is clinically safe because everyone knows you can't catch the virus in 15 minutes. Stop the clock each time the ball goes out of play, so the infection doesn't spread. For safety, leave 1-2 minutes between stoppages, which will be a bit boring for viewers but maybe something can be found to fill the gap? And change the shape of the ball and have them throw it rather than kick it because... coronavirus and ventilators. We also need to flatten the curve, so each goal should be worth 6 points.

If we stick with the science and take the best medical advice money can buy, I don't see why football would be dangerous. And if people are still worried, then have the players wear pads and helmets.

[Letters]

You know how ballboys sometimes use towels if it's raining when the ball goes out of play so the player gets a better grip on the ball for a long throw?
Maybe they could do that but dip the ball in hand sanitiser every time it goes out of play or something.

[Özim]

Just cancel the season, games with no fans will have no atmosphere any way and will be a non event. Plus it's the sensible thing, noone cares about football right now.

[Globalgunner]

We all know that coronavirus can kill in 45 minutes. So why take the risk? Reduce it to 4 quarters of 15 minutes each, which is clinically safe because everyone knows you can't catch the virus in 15 minutes. Stop the clock each time the ball goes out of play, so the infection doesn't spread. For safety, leave 1-2 minutes between stoppages, which will be a bit boring for viewers but maybe something can be found to fill the gap? And change the shape of the ball and have them throw it rather than kick it because... coronavirus and ventilators. We also need to flatten the curve, so each goal should be worth 6 points.

If we stick with the science and take the best medical advice money can buy, I don't see why football would be dangerous. And if people are still worried, then have the players wear pads and helmets.

Maybe players will now stop that God awful habit of blowing noses and spitting on the turf every 5 mins. Maybe they cant help themselves but it certainly a health risk if there ever was one. imagine having to fall and roll around on grass layered with Ashley Young and other twats like him`s spittum?

[Niall_Quinn]

Just cancel the season, games with no fans will have no atmosphere any way and will be a non event. Plus it's the sensible thing, noone cares about football right now.

You just can't help taking cheap shots about Arsenal home games.

[Mac76]

Why have I never seen this before?!

unbelievable :lol:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqzXw3fygBg&has_verified=1

[Letters]

Bundesliga to resume this month

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52557699

[Mac76]

Bundesliga to resume this month

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52557699

German organisation :bow:

Only 7k deaths from cv :bow:

UK :rose:

[Mac76]

Let's hope they vote against

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52558225

As well as neutral venues all the other crap about ahorter halves should kill this off surely? :pray:

[Letters]

How does the neutral venue thing help anything?
I mean, arguably if there is no crowd then I guess home advantage is limited anyway but what’s the issue with clubs playing at their grounds?

[Mac76]

How does the neutral venue thing help anything?
I mean, arguably if there is no crowd then I guess home advantage is limited anyway but what’s the issue with clubs playing at their grounds?

Well the argument is that there's fewer grounds that they have to make sure are sanitised etc

[Niall_Quinn]

Well the argument is that there's fewer grounds that they have to make sure are sanitised etc

So the clubs that won't be using their stadiums don't have to bother with safety protocols for training? I assume they are training at their own facilities, rather than at neutral venues?

[Niall_Quinn]

That said - chances of any football player dying or even getting seriously ill from COVID19 - ZERO. Big fat ZERO. And they are all married to fit women. Kids don't get it. So it's only players living with their grandma that have anything to worry about. So I don't know why they are even bothering with all this bullshit because there's no risk. These are guys that charge around the field putting in potentially leg breaking tackles. But they are worried about catching flu.

At least Ozil will have an excuse for being sick for away games now.

[Mac76]

So the clubs that won't be using their stadiums don't have to bother with safety protocols for training? I assume they are training at their own facilities, rather than at neutral venues?

Most clubs have separate training grounds, a la Arsenal with London Colney

Also there's a concern that even if they're not allowed in, fans will gather outside the 'home' ground and (shock horror) not observe social distancing rules...

And btw i'm just passing on what i've read/heard, don't shoot the messenger ;)

[Niall_Quinn]

Most clubs have separate training grounds, a la Arsenal with London Colney

Also there's a concern that even if they're not allowed in, fans will gather outside the 'home' ground and (shock horror) not observe social distancing rules...

And btw i'm just passing on what i've read/heard, don't shoot the messenger ;)

So play the games at the training grounds then. They are full sized pitches, right?

I have to say, you've made a balls-up of this whole thing. You just haven't thought it out.

[Letters]

Well the argument is that there's fewer grounds that they have to make sure are sanitised etc

Sanitised! :lol:

How and why would you sanitise a stadium?!
Maybe they could just all play in hazmat suits and be done with it :rolleyes:

[Marc Overmars]

Saw a Tweet that said Football was sick long before the pandemic, it should stay in quarantine. :lol:

Hear hear!

[Niall_Quinn]

Heads up! Don't miss this!!!!!!


A night in with Jamie Carragher - Join us for a night in with Jamie on 13 May for an exclusive Q&A hosted by Sky Sports’ Adam Smith to talk all things Liverpool, Premier League and England. It’s set to be a cracker of an evening.

[dazthegooner]

Will not be able to sleep until then... Cannot contain my excitement :sarcy:

[Letters]

Prediction: it will not be a cracker of an evening

[McNamara That Ghost...]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52587293

Walker. :bow:

At least he didn't go round his sisters' place to host a sex party.

[GP]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52587293

Walker. :bow:

At least he didn't go round his sisters' place to host a sex party.

Didn't know he was from Norfolk.

[dazthegooner]

You'd think with it being VE day and everything and no football one of the channels would show "Escape to victory" :(

[GP]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/52619111

No elite sport in England before 1st June.

[Letters]

So we could still have the NLD then
:rimshot:

[Letters]

PL Clubs :pal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52579299

[dazthegooner]

Maybe the clubs will give it back in vouchers :shrug:

[Mac76]

they've also got to pay ST holders back - and they'd better - i'm not having any kind of "oh we can't afford a refund but here's a free shirt with a name of your choice on the back - as long as it's Mustafi because we've run out of the other letters..."

[Özim]

PL Clubs :pal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52579299

Looking forward to seeing pay cuts all round, hopefully the days of megabucks for players and agents is well behind us.

[Niall_Quinn]

Looking forward to seeing pay cuts all round, hopefully the days of megabucks for players and agents is well behind us.

They'll all move to China.

Which is great too.

Win, win.

[Globalgunner]

They'll all move to China.

Which is great too.

Win, win.

Hope you move to China too
Win, win, win.

[GP]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8316869/Tottenham-England-star-Dele-Alli-held-knifepoint-robbery.html

:haha:

[Letters]

Harsh! :lol:

[GP]

:shrug:

[Mac76]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52656589

Poor Walli suffered 'minor facial injuries' apparently - sounds like they were trying to do him a favour... :lol:

[Letters]

Barnes says we should restart the season in a couple of years :lol:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08d1dwh

Well, he doesn't quite say that but he says we could. What a twit

[Niall_Quinn]

Definitely the biggest pansies to emerge from this crisis are the footballers. If they were the only ones being asked to do their job I might understand their hesitancy, but plenty of essential workers have been out there from day one, some at the very heart of it treating one infected patient after another. Even non-essential workers have had to go to the supermarket or the pharmacy. Footballers are being asked to run around outdoors in high safety environments.They are XXXL blouses. Happy to take the cash though.

[Letters]

Tru dat.

I mean, we've all known that for years - the way the fannies roll around at the slightest touch.
But yeah, this has certainly put it into pretty stark relief.

[Letters]

League Two call it a day

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52679614

Come on, PL, you know what to do.

[Letters]

GHELs :bow:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/11635237/premier-league-ace-lockdown-paris-sex-party/

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bundesliga resumes today.

[dazthegooner]

Think you can only watch in BT Sports.

[Niall_Quinn]

Everton has confirmed that all fans with tickets to the club's five remaining home games of the season will receive a refund. While also stating season ticket holders can donate their balance to charity.

[Letters]

Zim isn’t the only fan who likes to moan...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52702075

:blink:

[Niall_Quinn]

Zim isn’t the only fan who likes to moan...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52702075

:blink:

One giant loony bin.

[dazthegooner]

Everton has confirmed that all fans with tickets to the club's five remaining home games of the season will receive a refund. While also stating season ticket holders can donate their balance to charity.

That's kind of them helping to spend other poeple's money :unsure:

[Niall_Quinn]

That's kind of them helping to spend other poeple's money :unsure:

I think it's optional.

The nominated charity is The Everton FC Benevolent Hookers and Strippers Fund for Wealthy Executives.

Sounds like a pretty good cause.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52699654

Project Restart! :bow:


:rolleyes:

[Niall_Quinn]

How can they train AND observe social distancing rules? Does that mean there will be no defending? No tackling?

Does that mean teams will be leaving huge gaps in the defence and letting players run right past them at a safe distance? Like Arsenal already do?

[GP]

If a player heads the ball and puts a deadly covid on it, and then a vulnerable player heads it back and contracts the deadly covid and dies or worse, how many years should Bill Gates get in prison?

[Niall_Quinn]

If a player heads the ball and puts a deadly covid on it, and then a vulnerable player heads it back and contracts the deadly covid and dies or worse, how many years should Bill Gates get in prison?

Twice as many as he should get had the ball not been headed at all.

[Marc Overmars]

Scotch league ended. Celtic given the title for the 805th time in a row.

[GP]

Seems fair, they had a big lead.

Time to end the PL in the only fair way, N&V.

[Niall_Quinn]

Favourite is a resolution called Weighted Points Per Game. The league will take each club's home and away record separately, and work out both average points totals. It will then multiply those numbers by the respective games left, home and away. This will give them a projected end of season total and league positions will be decided by that.


So while Brighton, Bournemouth, Watford, West Ham and Norwich went to Anfield, lost - in some cases by the margin of a single goal - and came away with nothing, Villa will lose, because Liverpool get the maximum three points, but still come out with 0.53 points. It's a 3.53-point game.

What a terrible shame for all those other clubs who visited Anfield with just three points on the table. West Ham, who only succumbed to an 81st-minute winner; Brighton and Bournemouth, who suffered narrow 2-1 defeats.

A 3.53-point game could really make a difference to their final standing in this imaginary league with very real consequences; particularly as, when Brighton travel to Norwich, they will only be splitting 1.8 points, less than the minimum gleaned from a real game.

Trust the PL to come up with the worst possible solution. Forget it now and just go with N&V before they come up with something even crazier. Season's gone. Tough on Liverpool but we haven't seen a game in months. It's over.

Or, they've always had the option to put 22 young, supremely fir and healthy individuals in a big open space where, as verified by hard data, there will far less risk of harm from a virus than any of the usual risks encountered on a professional football pitch. But if they won't take the obvious path, or can't because of lawyers and other grubby individuals, then shut it down.

[Letters]

Trust the PL to come up with the worst possible solution.
Well hang on now. Would their solution put Arsenal above Spurs?

[Niall_Quinn]

Well hang on now. Would their solution put Arsenal above Spurs?

No, we get relegated on the Xhaka rule.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52706917


Manager Neil Lennon says leading Celtic to their ninth title in a row is his best achievement in football

Yeah. With all the fierce competition up there it's a real achievement. :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The ninth was the best for him apparently. Nothing better than being gifted a title you never won.

Also. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52704448

Oh dear.

[GP]

Typical Chelsea player.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

At least he never tested positive for Covid-19 or anything. Oh wait.

[GP]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52721397

COJONES!

[Niall_Quinn]

Sounds like he's resigned. Fair enough. Cancel his contract.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52726278


There were six positive tests for coronavirus across three Premier League clubs on Sunday and Monday, as the top flight prepares to resume in June.

Project Restart :haha:

[dazthegooner]

Take it all the players are from teams fighting relegation?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well if it's any of the current bottom three then it wouldn't be as suspicious (if it is at all).

They're already in the bottom three so have the risk of being booted out anyway.

It is such a nonsense concept to do this here, at such a time when we're still far behind Italy and Spain in a timeline.

[Mac76]

If i thought the PL was capable of being this strategic, I'd say that part of it is just to test the idea to destruction, if only to say to the TV companies there really wasn't a way to go through with it

[dazthegooner]

Danny Rose has stated that footballers are being treated like lab rats... Never knew lab rats were paid £100k a week...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dortmund 0-1 Bayern Munich, FT.

Kimmich with the goal.

Bayern are seven points clear now. :sleep:

[Letters]

Ah yes, football.
I remember that.

[Niall_Quinn]

Dortmund 0-1 Bayern Munich, FT.

Kimmich with the goal.

Bayern are seven points clear now. :sleep:

Did they all die afterwards from COVID19?

Or WITH COVID19?

[Mac76]

Did they all die afterwards from COVID19?

Or WITH COVID19?

have you tried decaffeinated coffee? it might help...

[GP]

have you tried decaffeinated coffee? it might help...

Or Domestos, as reccommended by the dumbass in chief.

[Mac76]

Or Domestos, as reccommended by the dumbass in chief.

really, does that calm people down too?

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52820291

"Premier League clubs have unanimously agreed to resume contact training as plans to restart the season move to the next phase."

Project Restart :bow:

[GP]

really, does that calm people down too?

Eventually.

[Marc Overmars]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52820291

"Premier League clubs have unanimously agreed to resume contact training as plans to restart the season move to the next phase."

Project Restart :bow:

Can’t wait!

Said no one ever.

[Letters]

Maccy probably said it!
A lot of people are still really in to football and are missing it.
Have to say I've remained sceptical that they'll be able to finish the season but the tide is turning and looks like they will.
Liverpool will win the title and it'll be the dampest and squibbiest title wins ever.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I have to say, I haven't missed it at all. I was going off football anyway, our recent success aside (you do forget how nice it is to actually win something).

Whether it changes by the time the Premier League comes back, I don't know. By the time the end of the season comes round though it seems a lot of places will be reopened (even if they shut a week later because we've all died) so it might work out that the social distanced celebrations are not too dissimilar to the norm. It will b weird for the players with no fans, but I guess its no real different to when City lifted the trophy in Brighton last season.

[Letters]

The weirdest thing will be getting the win which seals the title behind closed doors.
That must be very weird for a player.

[Niall_Quinn]

Or Domestos, as reccommended by the dumbass in chief.

You don't need Domestos if you're fully up to date with your vaccinations. You've already had plenty of disinfectant injected. The Domestos isn't necessary, or even based in the reality all bar indoctrinated fools cohabit.

[Niall_Quinn]

I have to say, I haven't missed it at all. I was going off football anyway, our recent success aside (you do forget how nice it is to actually win something).

Whether it changes by the time the Premier League comes back, I don't know. By the time the end of the season comes round though it seems a lot of places will be reopened (even if they shut a week later because we've all died) so it might work out that the social distanced celebrations are not too dissimilar to the norm. It will b weird for the players with no fans, but I guess its no real different to when City lifted the trophy in Brighton last season.

Nor me. Haven't once yearned for a match. Hasn't crossed my mind, other than the stories of all the millionaire players cowering at home, refusing to come out because they are "guinea pigs". If anything, this lockdown has accelerated my divorce from the game. I was already sleeping in a different room to it.

[Mac76]

Well as i said before i have missed it because going to matches was part of my social life, plus i was enjoying winning the fantasy league :cool:

[Niall_Quinn]

Well as i said before i have missed it because going to matches was part of my social life, plus i was enjoying winning the fantasy league :cool:

Different for people who go, but I haven't been to a match for years.

[Mac76]

Moan U trying to offload Sanchez :haha:

https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/man-utd/transfer-talk/news/man-united-offer-alexis-sanchez-in-jadon-sancho-deal_400579.html

[Letters]

Messi :bow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52827428

[Mac76]

If we could have had more than one life, one of mine would definitely involve being a Barca season ticket holder, the thought of seeing him play every home game live...

[Mac76]

Spuds player tests positive :haha:

Please let it be K*nt :pray:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52911994

[Niall_Quinn]

Just goes to show, if more players were smokers they'd be back puffing up and down the pitch by now, without having to worry about this flu.

[Letters]

Spuds player tests positive :haha:

Please let it be K*nt :pray:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52911994

Can't be Lloris...he can't catch anything :d

:rimshot:

[Mac76]

:lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

It's Kane, he's always the first to go down.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Whoever it is, it means they're out of the Man Utd game.

Presumably whoever they were contact training with has to be out too. :rose:

[Letters]

Had a "socially distanced" walk with a friend yesterday - Spurs fan.
I was saying I had hoped they were going to do the points per game thing to make the latest and surely funniest St Totteringham's Day on record.
He was saying he hoped that they'd do the first couple of games, we'd lost to City and then they'd declare it too unsafe to continue and we'd finish below them anyway

Could happen <_<

[Mac76]

Had a "socially distanced" walk with a friend yesterday - Spurs fan.
I was saying I had hoped they were going to do the points per game thing to make the latest and surely funniest St Totteringham's Day on record.
He was saying he hoped that they'd do the first couple of games, we'd lost to City and then they'd declare it too unsafe to continue and we'd finish below them anyway

Could happen <_<

surely those two things - 'friend' and 'spuds fan' - are mutually exclusive?

but yeah that could be the case - it would be a very Arsenal thing to happen

[Niall_Quinn]

Whoever it is, it means they're out of the Man Utd game.

Presumably whoever they were contact training with has to be out too. :rose:

Which would presumably be the whole team?

[Letters]

Porto lost their first game back but they did get a goal.
Scored by...

J. Corona

[Niall_Quinn]

Porto lost their first game back but they did get a goal.
Scored by...

J. Corona

He hasn't hit his peak yet. Now he's off the mark it will be infectious.

[Letters]

They scored with Corona, not of Corona :sulk:

[Niall_Quinn]

They scored with Corona, not of Corona :sulk:

It all counts.

[Mac76]

F*****g bank of england, why don't they just make levy bail the c***s out himself?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52924157

[Niall_Quinn]

Considering the crooks at the BoE just create money out of thin air and then inject it into the economy to cause inflation and a reduction in the effective money supply, not only will we all be paying to finance those spud cunts, but we'll be paying more as our money becomes worth less.

If we shut down the BoE, which is a vital first step in any kind of recovery plan, they couldn't lend those cunts the money. So let's do that then. A real revolution, instead of a pretend one.

[dazthegooner]

So still hope for Branson then... <_<

[Mac76]

Footballers setting a good example again ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-52967650

[Mac76]

This guy's a real statesman, Everton will definitely overtake us with him on board

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jun/19/carlo-ancelotti-everton-merseyside-derby-coronavirus-lockdown

[Globalgunner]

A man of great talent and principle. But we chose the rookie

[Niall_Quinn]

What fun watching Wokeday Supplement.

Can the black guy keep calling everyone racist without saying the word itself, and can the white guy try to get through it without blurting, "Oh shut the fuck up you cunt!" Meanwhile the obligatory female presenter is tutting and shaking a finger, now, now, you naughty boys.

Time for the next segment - oh look, it's about black players. That's what I like, a bit of variety. Diversity, if you like.

Now it's woke it is just so superior to the original.

[Niall_Quinn]

Interesting contrast between the worship for Rashford (who generously spent MY money on new causes), and the bile spat on Ozil (who quietly spends his OWN cash).

Wonder will there be anything about football on this show?

[Niall_Quinn]

6 black managers out of 91 in the game. Shameful!

No black referees. Shameful.

If it doesn't change - players will take power! We have been warned.

Wasn't Uriah Rennie generally recognised as the best ref in the English game? Wonder how he managed to get to the top? Must have painted himself white at the interview.

Since then we haven't made the same mistake. Every time a black guy turns up we say, no blacks! Fact. That's happening.

3.3% of the English/ Welsh population is black. 6 black managers is 6.6% of the total. For the sake of equality, we need to sack 3 black managers. No wait, using the new maths, we need to hire 85 more black managers. Then they can complain about the next thing.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53121177

Joe Hart. :lol:

[Letters]

City overturn their ban :rolleyes:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53387306

[dazthegooner]

Sheikh Mansour will consider whatever he paid CAS to be worth every penny :unsure:

[Xhaka Can’t]

City overturn their ban :rolleyes:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53387306

“I’m shocked”!

I something no one will be saying today

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a joke.

There is absolutely no point in FFP. How can they stll have a fine if they're cleared of wrong doing?

[Mac76]

What a joke.

There is absolutely no point in FFP. How can they stll have a fine if they're cleared of wrong doing?

they're not guilty of breaking FPP itself but still guilty of 'failing to co-operate with the UEFA authorities' apparently - tbf they have been pretty arrogant about the whole thing from the start

[Niall_Quinn]

City overturn their ban :rolleyes:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53387306

Justice has been served - and here's the bill. Don't forget the tip.

[Niall_Quinn]

What a joke.

There is absolutely no point in FFP. How can they stll have a fine if they're cleared of wrong doing?

Well the fine will come in handy for those receiving it. Best of both worlds - everyone gets what they want. Looks like FFP worked as intended, if not as stated.

[Letters]

I would 8-0 be a Hull fan...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53316000

[Letters]

Just noticed it was 7-0 at half time :lol:

[Ollie the Optimist]

I see from reports over the weekend that Liverpool are planning a huge celebration at the Kop to lift the league trophy. They are apparently spending up to £1m on this.

Now in principle, that is fine they can do what they want. However, just a few months ago, they tried to furlough all their non playing staff because “finances were so dire”. On that basis, how can they justify spending a £1m on a celebration?

[Mac76]

I see from reports over the weekend that Liverpool are planning a huge celebration at the Kop to lift the league trophy. They are apparently spending up to £1m on this.

Now in principle, that is fine they can do what they want. However, just a few months ago, they tried to furlough all their non playing staff because “finances were so dire”. On that basis, how can they justify spending a £1m on a celebration?

They can't, but that won't stop them

[Letters]

Social distancing :bow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-53493960

[Mac76]

Scousers burgle fabinho's house - nice way to thank him for helping win the title :haha:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-53521596

[Mac76]

Lalalalalalana - going to Brighton :pal: :haha:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53539481

[Mac76]

Sanchez - the gift that keeps on giving

"Alexis Sanchez has scored four times in 28 matches in all competitions during his loan spell with Inter Milan"

:haha:

"United have been paying a sizeable portion of Sanchez’s wages since he moved to Italy last summer and the former Arsenal man’s contract is not due to expire until 2022."

:haha:

"Any deal would almost certainly require some kind of pay off from United and a willingness by Sanchez to take a wage cut."

:haha:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53580796

[Letters]

Ronaldo :pal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53581594

[Mac76]

Ronaldo :pal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53581594

beaten by someone called Immobile :haha:

[GP]

beaten by someone called Immobile :haha:

Isn't that the Italian word for "Giroud"?

[The Wengerbabies]

Gianni Infantino: Legal proceedings launched against Fifa president

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53598206

Doing his best to continue Blatter's legacy of corruption.

[Mac76]

Isn't that the Italian word for "Giroud"?

:lol:

(Let's hope that's still funny on Saturday night...)

[Letters]

Tooncastle :pal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53601334

[Mac76]

Yeah, they're so disappointed at not getting their grubby hands on that dirty Saudi Arabian money - fuck the lot of 'em, i hope tbey go down

[Globalgunner]

They were asked to come for a final meeting at the Saudi embassy and couldn't find anyone to volunteer to attend. thats where it all broke down. Mike ashley flat out refused to go i hear.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This allows them to resurrect a deal with Vince McMahon. :bow:

Also, Eddie Howe leaves Bournemouth.

Doubt it'll be long before Howe is back in the Premier League to be honest.

[Letters]

GHELs :bow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-53635942

Scholesy :pal:

[Mac76]

This is why Newcastle fans deserve to have their club end up in non-league, total load of scum

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/mp-disturbed-newcastle-supporter-indifference-132736888.html

[Mac76]

GHELs :bow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-53635942

Scholesy :pal:

well he was always breaking the rules on the pitch, and once again he's not actually been punished, just 'spoken to' so i guess the police are as easily influenced as refs when it comes to it

[Mac76]

Hope Fulham beat Brentford tomorrow, got some Fulham mates, also Brentford's basically a West London Stoke City, would be a rubbish away game

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brentford 0-0 Fulham.

5 minutes in to extra time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 Fulham, Ryan.

What a freekick!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I've not seen a FK like that before, that was genius.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-2 Bryan again.

Brentford. :rose:

Brave Scotty Parker to be back in the Premier League.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2. Fight fight fight.

Keeper holding them preventing them getting the ball back to the halfway line. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 FT. Fulham get promoted again!

[Mac76]

Good, fuck brentford, not a real london club, they've not even got a London postcode ffs

[Letters]

:lol: Harsh! I kinda wanted them to win because one of my dad's old friends is a Brentford fan and I always think of him when I see Brentford results (which I rarely). Didn't really care though.

[Mac76]

actually i just remembered the fulham manager is that spud **** Parker - i wish it had been Brentford now... :(

[Letters]

I've not seen a FK like that before, that was genius.

Looked it up prompted by this post and agreed. Very good.

[Mac76]

Looked it up prompted by this post and agreed. Very good.

although i don't think they defended it very well, a one-person wall and the goalie arguably out of position plus the shot was a bit of a bumper - it feels a bit lucky tbh

[Letters]

Ronaldinho's descent into chaos and possibly prison.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53677655