The Football Thread.

axisus

The Everton thing - it infuriates me that Football officiating is so rubbish. Football is the biggest sport in the world, and yet we can't get the right decision on 'incidents' waaaaaay too many times. VAR is a waste of time, many of the officials are not good enough, and the current system (1 ref, 2 assistants and VAR) is not fit for purpose. Football NEEDS an overhaul.

crunchman

Exeter promoted. 

Derby matches against the green scum again!

bloodandtears

TeleMaster said:

NorthernGooner said:

I think Foden is the best English player I've seen in years. His speed of thought is amazing,
Two footed too which is still a rarity in our game. 

Second only to Rice in my opinion. 

Record breaking England captain Kane is far more than both of these.. ( yes I'm biased )

Goal scorer extraordinaire and the way he can drop deep and spread a pass is sublime, great defending from corners.. and even played goalie once.

On a different tangent, Grealish is wasted on the bench...  when will these players learn?

guitars4you

bloodandtears said:

TeleMaster said:

NorthernGooner said:

I think Foden is the best English player I've seen in years. His speed of thought is amazing,
Two footed too which is still a rarity in our game. 

Second only to Rice in my opinion. 

Record breaking England captain Kane is far more than both of these.. ( yes I'm biased )

Goal scorer extraordinaire and the way he can drop deep and spread a pass is sublime, great defending from corners.. and even played goalie once.

On a different tangent, Grealish is wasted on the bench...  when will these players learn?

This 'best' term is not valid - Messi is crap in goal and imagine crap as a center back 

Foden is excellent but he needs Rice to graft, tackle, defend - He needs Kane to head in his crosses - It is why it is a team game 

But appreciate each player will have different values regarding transfer fees and wages

TeleMaster

bloodandtears said:

TeleMaster said:

NorthernGooner said:

I think Foden is the best English player I've seen in years. His speed of thought is amazing,
Two footed too which is still a rarity in our game. 

Second only to Rice in my opinion. 

Record breaking England captain Kane is far more than both of these.. ( yes I'm biased )

Goal scorer extraordinaire and the way he can drop deep and spread a pass is sublime, great defending from corners.. and even played goalie once.

On a different tangent, Grealish is wasted on the bench...  when will these players learn?

We're kind of referring to young players. Kane is great but needs to win something desperately in my opinion. 

Nitefly

TeleMaster said:

NorthernGooner said:

I think Foden is the best English player I've seen in years. His speed of thought is amazing,
Two footed too which is still a rarity in our game. 

Second only to Rice in my opinion. 

What, Anneka Rice?  That's harsh!

Deadman

I’m a Darlington fan. Don’t get to games nowadays as an exile. I get my fix from frequenting various non-league local games. I do get in the zone for Internationals and enjoy watching England ever since the hand of God thing when I first got into it.

Its a lonely old game at the bottom. Much different from all of you talking about life at the top.

Rocker

Stonewall penalty is a term that football pundits use extensively on TV programs like Match of the Day.  I did not invent the word.....

Philly_Q

Rocker said:

Stonewall penalty is a term that football pundits use extensively on TV programs like Match of the Day.  I did not invent the word.....

Not suggesting you did, and as I said in my  initial comment it was not aimed specifically at you. 
I was just commenting how nonsensical it is.

Bidley

Fulham fan here, worried that we've taken our feet off the gas already. Hope Mitrovic turns up next season, although he seems to get found out in the prem.

Hoping I don't have to look forward to another season of celebrating draws and/or conceding less than 3 goals.

scrumhalf

I'd have more sympathy for players who complain about poor refereeing if they didn't try to con the ref every time someone blinks within five yards of them.

It used to be the case that only Francis Lee was a known and frequent diver, now most players are at it. And judging by the lack of managers coming out in public and criticising their own players for cheating the refs have the odds stacked against them.

Add in a healthy dose of embittered ex-pros who give us the benefit of their wisdom, which had been assisted by seeing an incident from 94 angles in super slo-mo and you have to wonder when a ref will give a post-match interview and tell all and sundry to stuff a corner flag up their collective arses. 

TTony

bloodandtears said:

On a different tangent, Grealish is wasted on the bench...  when will these players learn?

I'm guessing he got as far as learning to count the number of zeros on his wage deal ...

It's such a waste.  So many players, good players, who become the biggest fish in their particular pond (and recognised and respected as such by the fans and their club), who decide that they want the bigger pond.

And suddenly find that there are much bigger fish already there.

How many players have sacrificed their careers in pursuit of the wage packet, or the "squad" glory to which the contribute little?

It's just a waste of their skill, and a loss to their original clubs, and the wider football fans who don't get to watch those players play.

crunchman

We need a salary cap.  They wouldn't be able to have Grealish sat on the bench then.

TTony

Villareal now have 4 ex-Spurs players on the pitch - well, 3 ex-players and 1 on-loan player.

?

bloodandtears

TTony said:

Villareal now have 4 ex-Spurs players on the pitch - well, 3 ex-players and 1 on-loan player.

?

And 2 of them have watched this lot before 

Bidley

TTony said:

bloodandtears said:

On a different tangent, Grealish is wasted on the bench...  when will these players learn?

I'm guessing he got as far as learning to count the number of zeros on his wage deal ...

It's such a waste.  So many players, good players, who become the biggest fish in their particular pond (and recognised and respected as such by the fans and their club), who decide that they want the bigger pond.

And suddenly find that there are much bigger fish already there.

How many players have sacrificed their careers in pursuit of the wage packet, or the "squad" glory to which the contribute little?

It's just a waste of their skill, and a loss to their original clubs, and the wider football fans who don't get to watch those players play.

Speaking of which, how's Sessegnon getting on? Playing every week I hope.

TTony

Bidley said:

TTony said:

bloodandtears said:

On a different tangent, Grealish is wasted on the bench...  when will these players learn?

I'm guessing he got as far as learning to count the number of zeros on his wage deal ...

It's such a waste.  So many players, good players, who become the biggest fish in their particular pond (and recognised and respected as such by the fans and their club), who decide that they want the bigger pond.

And suddenly find that there are much bigger fish already there.

How many players have sacrificed their careers in pursuit of the wage packet, or the "squad" glory to which the contribute little?

It's just a waste of their skill, and a loss to their original clubs, and the wider football fans who don't get to watch those players play.

Speaking of which, how's Sessegnon getting on? Playing every week I hope.

When he's not been injured ....

bloodandtears

yeah Sess had made the spot his own very recently only to get another injury, poor kid..

guitars4you

TTony said:

Bidley said:

Speaking of which, how's Sessegnon getting on? Playing every week I hope.

When he's not been injured ....

and 10 mill for Jack Clarke was a good move as well  Tony !

bloodandtears

We've bought some duffers that's for sure... Ndombele for starters...