The Football Thread.

TeleMaster

4 years!!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68436828

TTony

guitars4you said:

Pogba - What a total knob - Not just for the doping charges but in almost everything he represented on the pitch (if he actually made the pitch)

Yup.  No great loss to the footballing world.

guitars4you

https://twitter.com/i/status/1763142009160663304

Taxpayers, this is an urgent appeal on behalf of Manchester United. Their billionaire owners need YOUR help to build them a new stadium.

TeleMaster

guitars4you said:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1763142009160663304

Taxpayers, this is an urgent appeal on behalf of Manchester United. Their billionaire owners need YOUR help to build them a new stadium.

As a Hammer I think this is disgracef... Oh... wait. Nevermind.

TTony

guitars4you said:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1763142009160663304

Taxpayers, this is an urgent appeal on behalf of Manchester United. Their billionaire owners need YOUR help to build them a new stadium.

I do like the irony of a post from Paddy Power - part of an industry that has taken more money out of the pockets of sports fans than any other - taking the piss here.

guitars4you

TTony said:

guitars4you said:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1763142009160663304

Taxpayers, this is an urgent appeal on behalf of Manchester United. Their billionaire owners need YOUR help to build them a new stadium.

I do like the irony of a post from Paddy Power - part of an industry that has taken more money out of the pockets of sports fans than any other - taking the piss here.

I think it is common in the USA that many sport stadiums are built with heavy/strong funding from the tax payers -

 https://fortune.com/2023/12/24/taxpayers-on-hook-billions-new-sports-stadiums-major-leagues-move-teams/

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/22/taxpayers-are-paying-billions-for-nfl-stadiums-heres-how.html

CHRISB50

I’ve just got back from Dorking v Chesterfield. 

Early NL game on TNT this afternoon. 

Dorking looked decent (for once). Chesterfield were shite. But they’re still winning the league this season. 

If Dorking keep on playing like that they’ll stay up.  

joneve

Fuck Liverpool
fuck Paul Tierney
Fuck the Premier League
Fuck football in general 

EricTheWeary

joneve said:

Fuck Liverpool
fuck Paul Tierney
Fuck the Premier League
Fuck football in general 

Certainly some crap reffing. Any goal in the 99th minute makes me wonder how arbitrary some of the stoppage times are, I’d be for a massive clock that sounds a klaxon at 90 minutes. 

S56035

joneve said:

Fuck Liverpool
fuck Paul Tierney
Fuck the Premier League
Fuck football in general 

You had so long for that not to have made a difference. You also got one earlier. 

joneve

S56035 said:

joneve said:

Fuck Liverpool
fuck Paul Tierney
Fuck the Premier League
Fuck football in general 

You had so long for that not to have made a difference. You also got one earlier. 

Got one what? Had the rules been followed, we get the ball back after Konate fakes a head injury and the ball is never anywhere near our 1/3 for you to get a corner and score. 

We’d earned a point and Paul Tierney’s absolute incompetence has cost us that. 

sev112

Had you scored from all those chances you had …

more importantly, had you kicked/hoofed the ball up/off the pitch  when it comes to your 2 defenders then the ball wouldn’t have run to Kevin McAllister

yes I’ve got sympathy with the weird red decision at the drop ball, 

thecolourbox

I remember when we were a small club in the Premier we basically looked at games against the top 6 as kind of gimmes for want of a better word. Ie games we should write off as zero points and focus on the teams within our reach to beat. You might get the occasional point against them, but ultimately that's just a bonus as the odds are stacked against you with the usual ref biases. We used to look at it as there still being 32 matches to get points out of, so then the odd match like that Liverpool one here or there won't make or break your season if you get the points you have a good chance of against the middle to low table teams

guitars4you

Wow - what a miss by Haaland - Always thought Ronnie Rosenthal was the worst miss - not now

sev112

Top quality response from City I thought

guitars4you

sev112 said:

Top quality response from City I thought

And Foden was excellent - He needs to be at the heart of the England team with a free #10 role 

Lestratcaster

Foden is very neat and tidy with his touch and the way he pushes the ball out his feet to get away from players. Took his goals very well today esp his first one. What a strike from Rashford as well but overall City were always going to come back. Even a few sitters from Haaland can't stop them.

guitars4you

So Foden has to be the 'creative' focus of the England team - With SaKa, Harry, Bellingham and probably Madison what is the suitable line up etc

I think he has to be central and not isolated on the left 

Rice + Bellingham as the 2 linch pins - Gareth always plays 2 there - But give Bellingham more of  a box to box role and Rice then always sits 

Therefore 4-2-3-1 - That gives you Madison, Foden, Saka as the 3 across the pitch, with even the option of Foden + Madison swapping as required - Harry up front 

blobb

guitars4you said:

Wow - what a miss by Haaland - Always thought Ronnie Rosenthal was the worst miss - not now

I'll raise you the Moroccan Maldini.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEHO0NH_ajk

guitars4you

blobb said:

guitars4you said:

Wow - what a miss by Haaland - Always thought Ronnie Rosenthal was the worst miss - not now

I'll raise you the Moroccan Maldini.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEHO0NH_ajk

Wow