General Football Nonsense

[Mac76]

I still say he meant to beat Seaman with that FK, that was no accident

[GP]

Aaron Ramsey has been told he's not wanted at Juventus. :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

I’d have him back tbh. Not that we’d be able to afford him now but let’s say we can’t secure Ceballos, we could do a lot worse than getting Ramsey on loan.

[Mac76]

Aaron Ramsey has been told he's not wanted at Juventus. :lol:

:haha:

Rambo :pal:

I'd have him back though...

Rambo :bow: ;)

[Globalgunner]

:haha:

Rambo :pal:

I'd have him back though...

Rambo :bow: ;)

So you would like another Ozil....except this one is really sick all the time not pretending

[Mac76]

So you would like another Ozil....except this one is really sick all the time not pretending

Well i was joking as yes, he's too injury prone, a match winner when he can turn out, but agreed that's not often enough

[Mac76]

Winter break :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53767120

[Marc Overmars]

Koeman set for the Barca job. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

A bit defensive for that to last too long. :lol:

[Mac76]

The government seems to have decided that non-league football fans are more expendable than others...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53817206

[Letters]

Small crowds are obviously easier to manage, but football fans are generally idiots and there's no way any social distancing will be observed.

[Mac76]

Small crowds are obviously easier to manage, but football fans are generally idiots and there's no way any social distancing will be observed.

You meant to say 'present company excepted' of course? :threaten: :)

[Letters]

:)

[Letters]

Maybe Ole was at the wheel? :d

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-53821948

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Le Tiss, Champagne Charlie and Thommo have been given the boot from Soccer Saturday.

Merse remains then? :haha:

[GP]

No doubt they'll be replaced with some blacks or a woman.

Or, god forbid, a BLACK WOMAN!

:rolleyes:

[Mac76]

Forlan sacked after 11 games :haha:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53985055

[Letters]

Brazil play wimmin footballers the same as men.

https://www.dw.com/en/brazils-football-federation-announces-equal-pay-for-womenand-men/a-54797429

I guess because there is now equal* interest in the women's game.

[*there definitely is not]

[dazthegooner]

Great now we await for English counterparts wanting the same.

[Mac76]

it's only the national teams though even there, paying them the same clearly doesn't make sense as the overall quality of the product isn't as good in general, plus it doesn't have the same audience or revenues. although they are growing.

i think i'd prefer to see a good quality woman player allowed to play the men's game and earn the extra money that way. i think that's happening in non-league already over here, maybe it will start to make its way up the leagues and into international football

can't wait to see what you unreconstructed type think of that :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

All jokes aside, surely the very best women’s player on the planet would struggle even at a lower level in the men’s game, just on a physical level?

[Globalgunner]

All jokes aside, surely the very best women’s player on the planet would struggle even at a lower level in the men’s game, just on a physical level?

The first time Ol big head slams into the back of a female striker and sends her 5metres away and she is carried away in a coma is when that stupid experiment will end. Women cant even play against men in a non contact sport like table tennis

[Mac76]

sure i was kind of joking, though it is true that it's happening at kids' level (not non-league as i said before though) https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/girls-team-held-against-boys-3919018

and it could arguably help stop some of that violent tackling, which wouldn't be a bad thing, although i recall the 'lionesses' got pretty physical when they saw they were being outplayed in some game or other - was it the women's world cup or something?

[GP]

All jokes aside, surely the very best women’s player on the planet would struggle even at a lower level in the men’s game, just on a physical level?

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/

Says it all, I'm afraid.

[Letters]

it's only the national teams though even there, paying them the same clearly doesn't make sense as the overall quality of the product isn't as good in general, plus it doesn't have the same audience or revenues. although they are growing.

The revenue is the main point here. The quality is debatable, I actually think woman's football is pretty good. But it doesn't matter how good or bad it is.
If they're getting 60,000 people to shell out £50+ to watch them every week and huge global TV audiences which attract the same level of sponsorship then they get the same money.

There's a particular type of feminism which pretends that men and women are the same when they demonstrably aren't. Very silly.

[Mac76]

Cardiff and swansea both knocked out of league cup already

Wales :haha:

Dragons :haha:

Rugby :haha:

Coal mining :haha:

Ivor the engine :haha:

Tom jones :haha:

Valleys :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

All Premier League games will be shown on TV in September.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54126126

Why Morgan why?

Still would though.

[GP]

The Belgian league is top top quality.

https://twitter.com/RossDyerTV/status/1304822341151666176

[GP]

The ladies team just put 9 past West Ham.

[Niall_Quinn]

Women's football is shit. Prove me wrong.

Just because it's better than mens football (men being used in the vaguest possible sense here) doesn't make it good.

[Mac76]

The ladies team just put 9 past West Ham.

The ladeeees can score with me any time ;)

[LDG]

https://twitter.com/footbalifights/status/1304869852251934722?s=21

[Mac76]

https://twitter.com/footbalifights/status/1304869852251934722?s=21

:haha:

The greatest miss of all time?

[Master Splinter]

He went full Gervais.

[Letters]

https://twitter.com/footbalifights/status/1304869852251934722?s=21

:lol:

Another entry for my “footballers are rubbish” dossier

[Ollie the Optimist]

All Premier League games will be shown on TV in September.

I wonder if they will be able to go back to showing just a select few games a week?

Now that fans will have got used to being able to see their club play every game live on tv, i think the league might struggle to change it back. It’s not like the majority of fans can go into the stadium to watch the game anyway even when fans are allowed.

Suspect this will be here to stay and it should be. The 3pm blackout is a nonsense and also in other countries, they can watch every premier league game live if they want, its not right that those in the UK can only watch the ones sky or BT say they can

[Mac76]

The 3pm blackout is a nonsense and also in other countries, they can watch every premier league game live if they want, its not right that those in the UK can only watch the ones sky or BT say they can

doh

the 3pm blackout is to avoid lower league attendances plummeting in the UK - 3pm saturday is the timing of most games in the championship and pretty much all games below that. it's a perfectly fair policy which the people on here who bemoan the PL taking away football from its roots should applaud

but clearly, if people are watching the premier league in other countires that's not a factor...

[Ollie the Optimist]

doh

the 3pm blackout is to avoid lower league attendances plummeting in the UK - 3pm saturday is the timing of most games in the championship and pretty much all games below that. it's a perfectly fair policy which the people on here who bemoan the PL taking away football from its roots should applaud

but clearly, if people are watching the premier league in other countires that's not a factor...

Except that these days, most premier league games dont seem to be played at 3pm on a Saturday for a variety of reasons. European football, tv picks moving games etc.

I could be wrong but I think two years ago, arsenal only played one game at home at 3pm on a Saturday.

[Xhaka Can’t]

A way around it is just to not schedule any 3 pm starts in the PL. As Ollie correctly infers, we aren’t too far from doing that already.

Also, just how much would televising the 3 pm kickoffs that remain actually affect lower league attendances?

I can’t see too many giving up attending local football to watch the big clash between Fulham and Southampton.

[Mac76]

Except that these days, most premier league games dont seem to be played at 3pm on a Saturday for a variety of reasons. European football, tv picks moving games etc.

I could be wrong but I think two years ago, arsenal only played one game at home at 3pm on a Saturday.

i think that's because we're still regarded as a bigger draw, and so more often on TV, so somone like Aston Villa probably does play a bit more often at 3pm Saturday.

but yes, sure if the PL simply abandon 3pm on a saturday that would presumably solve the lower league issue

[Niall_Quinn]

Or schedule them all at 3pm and don't televise any of them. Then the grounds would reopen, wouldn't they? Quick as you like.

[Ollie the Optimist]

i think that's because we're still regarded as a bigger draw, and so more often on TV, so somone like Aston Villa probably does play a bit more often at 3pm Saturday.

but yes, sure if the PL simply abandon 3pm on a saturday that would presumably solve the lower league issue

I thought there were limits on how often a club can be shown on tv?

I remember in Wenger’s last season, there was nothing left on the last day to play for & sky wanted to show the arsenal game but couldn’t because we had been on tv to the maximum level allowed.

[Marc Overmars]

Even before covid I thought there was way too much football on TV. Horribly all encompassing, saturated coverage. Most of which I never watched. Got rid of Sky and BT a year ago and don’t miss it at all. Money well saved.

Will start going to games again regularly when we’re allowed to do so.

[Mac76]

it's explained here https://www.themag.co.uk/2019/08/premier-league-live-tv-fixtures-how-many-times-each-club-has-been-chosen-so-far-tells-a-story-newcastle-united/

watford :pal:

[Niall_Quinn]

Even before covid I thought there was way too much football on TV. Horribly all encompassing, saturated coverage. Most of which I never watched. Got rid of Sky and BT a year ago and don’t miss it at all. Money well saved.

Will start going to games again regularly when we’re allowed to do so.

Would be best if fans just turn up anyway. Coppers wouldn't want 40K people on the streets for 2 hours. So the stadiums would be reopened, backed by new science that suddenly emerges. Hanging around waiting for government permission just encourages the bastards, you have to help them along or they'll just settle for what suits them. Also, this would be the best way to build up that immunity in preparation for Covid's (I'm sure, much heralded return) in the next flu season.

Won't happen though. People will just wait for permission to live their lives.

[Mac76]

Even before covid I thought there was way too much football on TV. Horribly all encompassing, saturated coverage. Most of which I never watched. Got rid of Sky and BT a year ago and don’t miss it at all. Money well saved.

Will start going to games again regularly when we’re allowed to do so.

agree, occasionally i wish i had one of those services but then when i do see a live premier league game on tv I realise they're mostly overhyped crap (as ours have been too until recently, but at least it's the Arsenal... :lol:)

funnily enough i nearly did watch liverpool v leeds and wish i had but there's always MOTD :bow: ;)

[GP]

agree, occasionally i wish i had one of those services but then when i do see a live premier league game on tv I realise they're mostly overhyped crap (as ours have been too until recently, but at least it's the Arsenal... :lol:)

funnily enough i nearly did watch liverpool v leeds and wish i had but there's always MOTD :bow: ;)

AND IT'S LIVE!!!

[Mac76]

I'd never watch anything with spuds in, but this does sound hilarious, what a bunch of losers :haha:

But why didn't they just call it 'Nothing'? :shrug: :lol:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54154357

[I am invisible]

You love to see it.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'd never watch anything with spuds in, but this does sound hilarious, what a bunch of losers :haha:

But why didn't they just call it 'Nothing'? :shrug: :lol:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54154357


"I made baked beans for the first time," he [Deli Alli] reveals, adding: "I didn't realise how easy it was."

I think I spotted some genuine privilege and it ain't white.

Plenty of people likely reacquainted themselves with baked beans lately, not the type delivered to their door by club valet service, but the type you get from food banks after you've lost your job. I know how Alli is a cheeky, lovable little rogue and his adorable PR machine is merely sharing this carefully crafted reality with us. It's just - I don't think they are doing a convincing job of it.

[Marc Overmars]

I reckon they only hired Mourinho because of the documentary and the entertainment he’d provide.

[Mac76]

grealish has re-signed with Villa :doh: :lol:

with such an appetite for not winning anything, he's bound to end up at Spuds at some point...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54163120

[Letters]

Messi has trademarked his surname :lol: :blink:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54193973

[Marc Overmars]

Bayern Munich 8-0 Schalke :lol:

Gnabry with a hattrick.

I think they might win the league again you know.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schalke clearly need Kolasinac to shore up their defence. :pray:

[dazthegooner]

Yep with him in the side the score would have been kept down to say... 7-0 :unsure:

[Letters]

The Highbury Squirrel is all grown up!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-54224681

[GP]

West Ham have confirmed that David Moyes, Issa Diop and Josh Cullen have tested positive for covid-19.

Could be tricky for us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arteta should be immune at least, for a bit. :unsure:

[Letters]

Second Waaaave!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54274142

WTF?

[Mac76]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54274142

WTF?

Never heard of 'em...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayern Munich 1-1 Sevilla in the Super Cup. Ocampos pelanty and Goretzka equalising.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

En-Nesyri just dropped the Ashes. Neuer saving when clean through.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 FT. Goes to extra time. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayern Munich 2-1 Sevilla, Javi Martinez. He had only just come on. :lol:

A really crap save from Bono though that lead to it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 FT.

Bayern's reign of terror goes on.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-54280445

Leeds :pal:

[GP]

Northerners :lol:

[Mac76]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-54280445

Leeds :pal:

:haha:

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54299178

Moyes :haha:

[Xhaka Can’t]

If he is using the Sky Go app, he'll be better off coming on here for Maccy's updates.

[Letters]

If he is using the Sky Go app, he'll be better off coming on here for Maccy's updates.
:lol:

Maccy :bow:

*Moyes waits patiently for the next Teletext page to load*

[GP]

:lol:

Maccy :bow:

*Moyes waits patiently for the next Teletext page to load*

2/67

[LDG]

2/67

Then finally...

Ar en!l ! - 1 E er on

:banghead:

[Letters]

Then finally...

Ar en!l ! - 1 E er on

:banghead:

:lol:

The 80s :pal:

[Letters]

Alex Morgan signed for Spurs

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/alex-morgan-signing-should-excite-every-tottenham-fan-a4555996.html

Prolly would, tbf

[Niall_Quinn]

If he is using the Sky Go app, he'll be better off coming on here for Maccy's updates.

It's not that bad. The delay is now significantly shorter than MOTD coverage, which is a massive improvement.

[Master Splinter]

Bayern's reign of terror goes on.

Hoffenheim 4-1 Bayern. :haha:

The reign of terror is over!

[I am invisible]

Hoffenheim 4-1 Bayern. :haha:

The reign of terror is over!
For our sake, let’s hope the difference wasn’t Thiago!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

FC Hollywood. :haha:

Finally.

[Mac76]

Ole :pal:

Neville :pal:

Man ure :pal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54349931

[Letters]

Mane :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54396525

[Niall_Quinn]

No such thing as a Covid test. But if they want to isolate their best player nobody else will complain.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54476881

:violin:

[Mac76]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54476881

:violin:

i wonder if that other player cried when Suarez bit a chunk out of his arm...

[GP]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8823013/Sky-Sports-BT-Sport-set-unveil-new-Premier-League-pay-view-service.html?ito=amp_twitter_share-top

lmao get fucked

[Marc Overmars]

£15 to watch a football match on TV.

Ok then...:haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

The broadcasters won't receive any additional revenue from this service with most profits split between the clubs to compensate for lost matchday revenue with supporters still absent from stadiums amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

So this is the greedy bastard PL cleverly letting the TV companies take the flak.

Can Gunnersaurus have his job back now?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

£15 to watch a football match on TV.

Ok then...:haha:

Absolute wankers.

[Letters]

Bet you’ll pay ;)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nah.

[GP]

Time to raise the Jolly Roger.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Raise the black!

[Letters]

Raise the black!

:o

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maybe Ozil will offer to pay for our subscriptions.

[Mac76]

Maybe Ozil will offer to pay for our subscriptions.

now you're talking :clap:

[Xhaka Can’t]

With a channel subscription, you at least get a number of games per month - along with other sports events. A month of product for a broadly similar price as for one match. When you fork out for a subscription and stole down to watch a match that turns out to be utter shite (which most are), you can simply turn off or over to something else on your subscription channels.

But when you've just forked out £15 for one match, you are pretty much committed to watching, regardless of how shit it is.

Not only that, (lets leave aside the debate over the handling of covid-19), the government wants to avoid households mixing. Good luck with that when your mate has forked out the money - you'll be round and so will a number of others. And you know it will happen - because if you're stupid enough to fork out £15 for a single match, you're probably likely stupid enough to invite your friends around - even if bubonic plague, typhoid, ebola and polio are doing the rounds.

[Niall_Quinn]

With a channel subscription, you at least get a number of games per month - along with other sports events. A month of product for a broadly similar price as for one match. When you fork out for a subscription and stole down to watch a match that turns out to be utter shite (which most are), you can simply turn off or over to something else on your subscription channels.

But when you've just forked out £15 for one match, you are pretty much committed to watching, regardless of how shit it is.

Not only that, (lets leave aside the debate over the handling of covid-19), the government wants to avoid households mixing. Good luck with that when your mate has forked out the money - you'll be round and so will a number of others. And you know it will happen - because if you're stupid enough to fork out £15 for a single match, you're probably likely stupid enough to invite your friends around - even if bubonic plague, typhoid, ebola and polio are doing the rounds.

Good point. Beat this new bullshit by using the Rule of 672. Everyone pile into one house. And, as an added bonus, you'll get immunity to the "plague" I have a sneaky suspicion, based on science, data and the evidence of my own two eyes, nobody will die.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Good point. Beat this new bullshit by using the Rule of 672. Everyone pile into one house. And, as an added bonus, you'll get immunity to the "plague" I have a sneaky suspicion, based on science, data and the evidence of my own two eyes, nobody will die.

You are underestimating how lethal boredom can be.

[Niall_Quinn]

WITH boredom, not OF.

[Marc Overmars]

https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/11/liverpool-and-manchester-united-leading-plans-to-scrap-league-cup-and-reduce-premier-league-to-18-teams-in-major-shake-up-13404488/

Big shake up planned. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's more likely to go back to 22 teams with clubs desperate for income I'd have thought. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Liverpool and Utd can be two of the teams that get kicked out then. Sounds good.

[Niall_Quinn]

It really is disgusting how much greed drives football. Everyone shafted so these greedy clubs stuffed with greedy players who can't kick a ball get to keep their snouts stuffed in the cash piles. We have a "champions" league where the majority of teams are the losers, not the champions. And they want to expand it with even more losers? How is that a champions league? Should be called a losers league.

[Mac76]

"The Community Shield will also be abolished"

We will be the eternal holders :bow:

[A Gunner]

The one idea I like from it is the 3rd last team joins the play-off against the 3-5th place team in the league below.

[Marc Overmars]

The one idea I like from it is the 3rd last team joins the play-off against the 3-5th place team in the league below.

I don’t mind that either and I’ve always been in favour of scrapping the League Cup too. I’d rather the Community Shield stay but if that goes then so be it. I mean it’s a huge power play from the big clubs but we’d be part of the in-crowd, so I can’t say I’m that bothered really, morality in football disappeared a long time ago for me.

Sounds like lower league clubs would be taken care of financially so it seems fairly reasonable but in essence it’s probably a glorified bung for compliance.

Find it hard to believe this will even get off the ground though given it needs the backing of some clubs who won’t benefit from it.

[Mac76]

yeah the League Cup is a complete waste of time for the PL clubs - they ought to just play for it in the lower leagues

i'm not sure why scrapping the Community Shield is necessary - it's just one game - although as it comes before the start of the PL season i guess it can be disruptive for the clubs involved

and the original plan for the PL was 18 teams but there were too many clubs from the 22 First Division clubs that were worried about missing the cut for them to get it through

[I am invisible]

It all sounds fine and good until you get to the PL voting issue - as soon as you add the bit about the ‘6 long-term shareholder status’ clubs it’s hard to see it as anything other than a coup dressed up as reform.

I’d call their bluff on it - tell them to take out the bit about shareholder / special voting status and they’ve got a deal. Their reaction to that will tell you everything you need to know about how much this is really about reform and the greater good.

[Mac76]

it's honestly not just because i'm a gooner, but i really can't get over spuds being included in the 'big six' being given some kind of special status

why are they considered 'big'?

they HAVEN'T WON ANYTHING - hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo............. ....... :shrug:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC7PQUHJU9E

[Globalgunner]

What the Spuds lack in trophies they make up in connections with the political class. Aston Villa are a bigger club based on trophies and so is Everton

[Coney]

It all sounds fine and good until you get to the PL voting issue - as soon as you add the bit about the ‘6 long-term shareholder status’ clubs it’s hard to see it as anything other than a coup dressed up as reform.

I’d call their bluff on it - tell them to take out the bit about shareholder / special voting status and they’ve got a deal. Their reaction to that will tell you everything you need to know about how much this is really about reform and the greater good.

:gp:

Spot on. The idea of some clubs having special rights is totally unacceptable.

A few days ago (6th October) was the 49th anniversary of my first match watching the Arsenal. If this goes through with the support of this club, then I am finished with it because it would be the final sell-out. I want my club to be top, to win, to play great football - but I want it to all be done on a level playing field. It is bad enough with money being pumped into clubs from dubious non-Football sources but this would be the final nail in the coffin.

[Mac76]

sure, i don't support an elite within the PL either, but if there is one it certainly shouldn't include spuds

[I am invisible]

But, but, but... glory days?

[Mac76]

Can't wait for proper football this weekend, even if we are going to Citeh

[I am invisible]

Can't wait for proper football this weekend, even if we are going to Citeh
Is it over yet?

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54528942

:haha:

[Mac76]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54528942

:haha:

:haha:

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54545053

:popcorn:

[Mac76]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54545053

:popcorn:

more like :rose:

glad to hear it, it was a bad move

[Niall_Quinn]

So the pigs were beaten back with whips and chairs? Good news. Until next time then.

[Niall_Quinn]

Can they vote to make football go back to this?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE9YrZSCxQg

Legends. Both of them. Was quite surprised by the comments. Bergie and Henry are the two players I'd pay the money to watch, and that includes Messi and Ronaldo because both of them are horrific cheats and that destroys all else. But Zidane was the player I probably marvelled at most, for those one-off moments that defied belief. Zico. Maradona, when he wasn't cheating. Heskey.

Yes, vote to bring back proper football instead of the abject shit we have to suffer today.

[Mac76]

Can they vote to make football go back to this?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE9YrZSCxQg

Legends. Both of them. Was quite surprised by the comments. Bergie and Henry are the two players I'd pay the money to watch, and that includes Messi and Ronaldo because both of them are horrific cheats and that destroys all else. But Zidane was the player I probably marvelled at most, for those one-off moments that defied belief. Zico. Maradona, when he wasn't cheating. Heskey.

Yes, vote to bring back proper football instead of the abject shit we have to suffer today.

'proper football' being somone headbutting an opponent in a World Cup final and losing his team and his country the game while a shitty Itralian team pick up the trophy instead?

no thanks

[Mac76]

Meanwhile Rooney spent his Friday night freezing his nuts off losing to Watford :haha:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/54239564

[Niall_Quinn]

'proper football' being somone headbutting an opponent in a World Cup final and losing his team and his country the game while a shitty Itralian team pick up the trophy instead?

no thanks

Shearer kicked somebody in the head. Was he not he PLs most prolific goalscorer? Does that wipe his career out?

If you can't appreciate Zidane then go to bed.

[Marc Overmars]

https://news.sky.com/story/top-english-clubs-in-bombshell-talks-to-join-european-premier-league-12109175

The much fabled European super league could be happening.

Destroys the very alure of playing big clubs in Europe really. Also you can imagine the big clubs regularly resting players in their domestic league for the fixtures in the Euro league which they will inevitably deem more important.

Football. :lol:

Bye.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why don't they just kidnap children and harvest their organs? Huge amounts of money to be made there.

[Mac76]

Liverpool and Man Ure at it again - can't believe they're suggesting more travel-related football at a time like this or indeed any time.

[Letters]

Football clubs in liking money shock exclusive.

[Xhaka Can’t]

This just puts football further beyond the reach of its core following.

The further they push it away from its base, the less likely it is to be successful. Prior to Covid, we already saw half empty stadiums for European football, here and elsewhere, in both competitions.

It will be much more expensive to run a European league although there is potentially a chance they could administer a cap on wages. But to administer such a cap, they will need a strong culture of effective corporate governance to avoid circumvention of such a cap. Luckily for football, its club owners and game administrators are a shining beacon of probity in anotherwise murky and corrupt cesspit of greed.

[Globalgunner]

Dinamo Kyviv vs Juve in CL. There are fans allowed in the stadium I see, even though with what looks like double spacing......Is anyone in the so called first nation countries watching.....? No, instead they are busy going into enhanced lockdown.

[Marc Overmars]

This just puts football further beyond the reach of its core following.

The further they push it away from its base, the less likely it is to be successful. Prior to Covid, we already saw half empty stadiums for European football, here and elsewhere, in both competitions.

It will be much more expensive to run a European league although there is potentially a chance they could administer a cap on wages. But to administer such a cap, they will need a strong culture of effective corporate governance to avoid circumvention of such a cap. Luckily for football, its club owners and game administrators are a shining beacon of probity in anotherwise murky and corrupt cesspit of greed.

If this were to ever happen and sadly it does seem like it could, I hope all fans unite and boycott this nonsense.

It’s just pure greed so these clubs can tap into markets that haven’t been as accessible.

[Niall_Quinn]

If this were to ever happen and sadly it does seem like it could, I hope all fans unite and boycott this nonsense.

It’s just pure greed so these clubs can tap into markets that haven’t been as accessible.

You assume they give a shit about the fans here at home. If 20 million Asians hit the PPV button the clubs won't even remember there are fans who grew up with the club. They already yuppified the game, so half the fans are day-trippers anyway. Bet they convert most of the seats to new corporate boxes. Can't stand, can't wave a banner, can't swear, can't be mean to the overpaid tossers on the pitch? Just sit down, shut it and eat your prawn sandwich that cost a tenner?

You can see what kind of slime you are dealing with with the recent PPV shite. Nothing's for the local fans.

[Marc Overmars]

Apparently it would just be the same teams involved every year, completely ridiculous.

It would surely destroy the majority of the teams not involved, as domestic interest would inevitably drop and commercial opportunities would dry up.

It’s certainly enough to kill my interest in the game once and for all.

[Globalgunner]

I'm guessing what will happen is that the selected clubs will be allowed to have 2 distinct squads. One for domestic competition and another for the European league. More revenue but more games. Its likely the under 23 team will become the PL team. Maybe Ozil can make that squad.

[Mac76]

Maybe Ozil can make that squad.

Not under Arteta, traffic cones are everything to him

[Letters]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYPrqubRGXY

[Marc Overmars]

VVV Venolo 0-13 Ajax :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Veni Vidi Vici. :haha:

Ajax were a bit angry after the Liverpool defeat then.

[Mac76]

Scousers once again show how fun and lovable they are ...

https://www.90min.com/posts/jordan-pickford-bodyguards-deaths-threats-virgil-van-dijk-tackle

[Letters]

Wolves vs Crystal Palace tomorrow
£14.95 :lol:
No thanks.

[GP]

I'd rather spend the money on a barbed wire wanking glove

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sounds like rubbing yourself up against Negan's bat.

[Letters]

Nobby Stiles :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36963874

[Niall_Quinn]

Looks like Giggs is in fine attacking form again.

[Letters]

*allegedly

[Letters]

Enfield Town 3 - Brightlingsea Regent FC 2

:scarf:

Last game for a while

[Mac76]

Enfield Town 3 - Brightlingsea Regent FC 2

:scarf:

Last game for a while

why, because of lockdown?

[Globalgunner]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54815940
Why doesnt this ever happen to me?
Id gladly accept substantial damages for being defamed too

[Mac76]

£14.95 :rose:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/05/premier-leagues-pay-per-view-model-likely-to-be-scrapped-after-this-weekend

[Niall_Quinn]

So the unspeakably greedy bastards are now going to spin this as some sort of charity I assume?

[Xhaka Can’t]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54815940
Why doesnt this ever happen to me?
Id gladly accept substantial damages for being defamed too

You’re a twat that likes bedazzling your bumhole.

[Mac76]

Always thought Shearer talked a lot of sense ;)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54865849

[Marc Overmars]

Always thought Shearer talked a lot of sense ;)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54865849

Are we ever going to be in that conversation again?

[Marc Overmars]

He’s back. :lol:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Gunnersaurus/status/1326177805567225857

[Mac76]

He’s back. :lol:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Gunnersaurus/status/1326177805567225857

:clap:

ozil :bow:

[Letters]

Wow. Apparently this term is so offensive that the BBC has to prefix the story with a warning and he had to resign over it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54894864

Spoiler: isn’t the “n word”

[Mac76]

Wow. Apparently this term is so offensive that the BBC has to prefix the story with a warning and he had to resign over it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54894864

Spoiler: isn’t the “n word”

'Tottenham'?

[Mac76]

It's a really badly written article which doesn't actually give you the full passages of what he said

But it's not just one word, also the stuff about gays and asian's life choices is all inaccurate stereotyping and even if he thinks these things, the fact that he's stupid enough to say them in public means he's clearly unfit for the job

[Letters]

I’m not sure what his job actually is.
Although having read further yeah, the headline is misleading.
FAKE NEWS!!

[Mac76]

I’m not sure what his job actually is.


So you didn't see the first line of the story that says "Football Association chairman" then ...? :lol:

[Letters]

So you didn't see the first line of the story that says "Football Association chairman" then ...? :lol:

What does that mean though? :shrug:
What does he actually do?

[Mac76]

What does that mean though? :shrug:
What does he actually do?

Dear oh dear, try researching the job of chairman

[Letters]

So...you don't know either? ;)

[Mac76]

So...you don't know either? ;)

yes, i work with lots of chairpeople, but it's easy enough to google for a better-written summary than i could manage - e.g. at the top of the search wot i just did: "A chairman is an executive elected by a company's board of directors who is responsible for presiding over board or committee meetings. A chairman often sets the agenda and has significant sway as to how the board votes."

though i'm not sure about the use of the word 'executive' as actually most boards are 'non-executive directors' who direct the paid executives to do the work.

this is better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairperson

[Letters]

Fair enough :d :good:

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54935734

:pal:

[Mac76]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54935734

:pal:

That's not funny, he's in my fantasy team... :fury:

[Mac76]

And the good news is they're abandoning PPV - there's even a match scheduled on the BBC. :)

The bad news is that it's Foolham v Neverton :(

[Mac76]

Oh and once again one of our games is on at 7.15pm on a Sunday - i'll be getting divorce papers served if this goes on much longer...

[Letters]

Ray Clemence :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54953093

[Xhaka Can’t]

Oh and once again one of our games is on at 7.15pm on a Sunday - i'll be getting divorce papers served if this goes on much longer...

Or even worse, you could watch it.

[Mac76]

Or even worse, you could watch it.

:lol:

[Mac76]

Fans back at stadiums :bow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54977370

[Mac76]

Spuds sack their WSL team managers - they're next-to-bottom of the WSL table, and not won any of their first seven games

spuds :pal:

Alex Morgan :pal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55003444

[GP]

Co-head coaches?? :lol:

Too many cocks...

[GP]

Maradona is dead

[Letters]

Or...is he?

[GP]

Press Conference at 6.




At 4 Seasons Total Landscaping :haha:

[Letters]

Hmm. Seems like he is.

:rose:

I mean, he was never going to live to a ripe old age.

Saw him play live once. I remember nothing about his performance but I do remember it was not long after 1986 and it was at Wembley - it was an FA Centenary game, it was "England vs the Rest of the World", England meaning "players who play in England", Lineker played for the rest of the world side as he was at Barca. Anyhoo, my abiding memory (apart from my dad buying me an England flag which fell apart about 5 minutes after I bought it) was Maradona getting booed loudly every time he touched the ball :d

[Letters]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx6jEh_Zu2M

:bow:

[Marc Overmars]

RIP.

He did well to last this long given his erm, lifestyle choices.

[Globalgunner]

Thanks for the memories Diego

[Mac76]

for all that some people hate him, he'd be a hero in this country if he was English and had done a handball like that against the Germans

[Letters]

https://i.ibb.co/NYGKzbX/FAC2-D5-C9-6527-4213-8-F7-C-E6-B8-DE817-A38.jpg

:lol:

[Mac76]

https://i.ibb.co/NYGKzbX/FAC2-D5-C9-6527-4213-8-F7-C-E6-B8-DE817-A38.jpg

:lol:

Clearly he's not got over it then...

[Letters]

Pretty sure it’s fake, but made me chuckle.

[Globalgunner]

Something to lift the mood....Minus the Arsenal result contained therein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a8ZW63bHwc&ab_channel=OptusSport

[Letters]

:haha:

That is brilliant.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Millwall fans booed the players taking a knee. :popcorn:

[Niall_Quinn]

Millwall fans booed the players taking a knee. :popcorn:

About time.

[GP]

Millwall fans booed the players taking a knee. :popcorn:

Hardly a surprise.

[Letters]

Millwall fans booed the players taking a knee. :popcorn:

Dammit! I just saw that and was about to make a brilliant joke about how I hoped NQ had a nice time at the football today :d

[Mac76]

Dammit! I just saw that and was about to make a brilliant joke about how I hoped NQ had a nice time at the football today :d

:lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

:lol:

It's funny and all, but beneath the joke you still end up with a forum moderator calling an individual poster racist. That's not quite as funny is it? It's not the same as an individual calling an organisation racist based on the political beliefs and aims of that organisation. Instead, it's a potentially criminal act. Fortunately, he's only directed this at me. As far as I'm aware. And even though I despise his dishonesty, I'd always defend his right to speak, regardless of what he has to say. But imagine if he did this to somebody who didn't see it that way?

[Letters]

It's funny and all, but I have no sense of humour and am butthurt at the meanie who said it so actually it isn't
Ah well

[Niall_Quinn]

Another thing I noticed is how the politically correct zealots will hound as a pack when the wrong words are uttered by their quarry, but forgive their own politically incorrect moments as mere, innocent humour. Probably because the disciples of woke don't expect to get bitten by the fox.

[GP]

https://twitter.com/TheIDSmiths/status/1336040854792900609

[Mac76]

It's funny and all, but beneath the joke you still end up with a forum moderator calling an individual poster racist. That's not quite as funny is it? It's not the same as an individual calling an organisation racist based on the political beliefs and aims of that organisation. Instead, it's a potentially criminal act. Fortunately, he's only directed this at me. As far as I'm aware. And even though I despise his dishonesty, I'd always defend his right to speak, regardless of what he has to say. But imagine if he did this to somebody who didn't see it that way?

why do you think you were being called a racist?

acccording to you taking the knee is woke BS carried out by people who are supporting BLM and therefore, again according to you, supporting violence and racism - this is all stuff you've said here in the past

so you might go to Millwall to boo the taking the knee for all these reasons, reasons which you claim aren't racist

ergo he wasn't necessarily saying you're racist

[Niall_Quinn]

why do you think you were being called a racist?

acccording to you taking the knee is woke BS carried out by people who are supporting BLM and therefore, again according to you, supporting violence and racism - this is all stuff you've said here in the past

so you might go to Millwall to boo the taking the knee for all these reasons, reasons which you claim aren't racist

ergo he wasn't necessarily saying you're racist

Seriously, let him make his own excuses.

[Letters]

I don't think a clear joke really requires an excuse :lol:

[Mac76]

Seriously, let him make his own excuses.

seriously, answer the question

[Niall_Quinn]

seriously, answer the question

So this is a bit like dad intervening because sonny needs a few more circuits in the gym? Well okay, I dismiss your apology on his behalf because I'm more than aware of the character of the person in question.

[Letters]

I'm more than aware of the character of the person in question.
Incorrect :)

[Mac76]

So this is a bit like dad intervening because sonny needs a few more circuits in the gym? Well okay, I dismiss your apology on his behalf because I'm more than aware of the character of the person in question.

so you're still not answering the question

[Niall_Quinn]

Does Arsenal still have the huge BLM banners in the corners at the Emirates? Because that would be strange, given everyone has quietly distanced themselves from the organisation they never bothered to check before giving it a platform across sport. I suppose the banners will have disappeared for the next home game - in the wash, so to speak.

[Niall_Quinn]

so you're still not answering the question

There was only one question. The answer is given, politely. If you want to, you can imagine I gave it impolitely. Now dad, sonny is fine and sticks and stones, so you can stop covering for him now. He's already lied about his intention and is sticking to the lie. Based on past interactions with him, he'll defend that lie until the bitter end. And if your barking is intended to get me to accept his lie, well that's another end that won't be reached. Nowhere to go.

[Letters]

He's already lied about his intention and is sticking to the lie.

Wow. :lol:

I wonder what it's like being this paranoid. :console:

[Letters]

Rossi :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55255240

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/55239103

Sign him up!

Although...what's the 'keeper doing? You can't score straight from a throw in, just let it go in and it's no goal.

[Mac76]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/55239103

Sign him up!

Although...what's the 'keeper doing? You can't score straight from a throw in, just let it go in and it's no goal.

Well there was a player coming in to attack the ball so maybe he was trying to divert it away from them

Funny goal though

[LDG]

Gerrard Houllier :(

One of the nice guys

[Mac76]

Gerrard Houllier :(

One of the nice guys

agreed - RIP

[Letters]

Yes. just seen.
RIP :rose:

[dazthegooner]

RIP :rose:

[Letters]

Double, double, double...Sol Campbell has done the Double...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55219724

[Mac76]

Grealish :haha:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-55315924

[Letters]

GHELs :bow:

[Globalgunner]

Something of the Gascoigne about Grealish. I genuinely fear for him in the future. Parents should stop naming their sons Jack

[Letters]

In other GHEL news...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55423789

[Mac76]

Something of the Gascoigne about Grealish. I genuinely fear for him in the future. Parents should stop naming their sons Jack

Yeah Jack Gascoigne was terrible :lol:

[Globalgunner]

I was more thinking about our own Jack Wilshere. Last good jack was probably Charlton

[Ralpheroo72]

Tuchel sacked at PSG, bet they get Allegri

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pochettino is the favourite, supposedly. :lol:

It's amazing Tuchel held on to his job for that long.

[Mac76]

Spud Parker's got to self-isolate :haha:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55436138

[dazthegooner]

Pulis sacked https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12174565/tony-pulis-sacked-by-sheffield-wednesday-after-one-win-in-10-games

[Mac76]

Pulis sacked https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12174565/tony-pulis-sacked-by-sheffield-wednesday-after-one-win-in-10-games

:haha:

[Letters]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2JfitSlp9Y

:lol:

[Mac76]

Cavani banned for three games :lol:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55500909

[Letters]

It’s kinda funny with a side dish of “that is bullshit, isn’t it?”

[GP]

I'd be furious if it was an Arsenal player.

But, it isn't, so... :shrug:

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55515555

Were they partying like it’s 1961?

[Mac76]

Rooney :pal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55560401

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/55562168

:lol:

what bullshit.

[Mac76]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/55562168

:lol:

what bullshit.

well if you go to a kids' website for your news what do you expect? :lol:

[Letters]

:lol: I hadn't spotted it was in the Newsround section tbf

:getcoat:

[Mac76]

Team GB... :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55577622

[Letters]

Villa :pal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55575321

[Mac76]

Villa :pal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55575321

Given the way things are with a Certain Other Team, if all football is cancelled (including EFL cup) that could be a good result :)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Villa :pal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55575321

They have Tottenham next in the league. :rose:

[Marc Overmars]

Null and void. You can’t uphold the integrity of competition when teams are forced to play without half their squad.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yes it is becoming farcical. They've tightened the protocols though to avoid handshaking or high fives so all is well here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55590296

[Mac76]

Null and void. You can’t uphold the integrity of competition when teams are forced to play without half their squad.

Totally agree, they should scrap the PL as a competition for this season and to keep people entertained just have friendlies

Champions league places should be decided by putting the teams in alphabetical orser and pick the first four :lol:

[Mac76]

They have Tottenham next in the league. :rose:

That game should be postponed, it won't be though seeing as it's spuds

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55590296

Null :bow:
Void :bow:

[Mac76]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55590296

Null :bow:
Void :bow:

:clap:

[GP]

Vull :bow:
Noid :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

100 cases in the EFL. :good: