JohnM Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 13 hours ago, graveyard johnny said: a non stop yearly cartel of pointless teams that will never win this comp - or get anywhere near the final - some football fans would be better off ditching the dream of getting to Wembley and focusing on a the better ambition of getting an actual life or at the very least a girlfriend It's called "doing a Giggsie" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Nice afternoon at the Saffrons to see an FA Cup First Qualifying Round tie between Eastbourne Town and Hanwell Town. The visitors were formed in 1920 by Newcastle exiles living in London and still wear black and white stripes and refer to themselves as 'Toon' and 'The Geordies'. The former sounds quite eyebrow raising when said by someone with an old school west London working class accent. They're also two divisions higher and should have won by a lot more than the final 2-0 scoreline. Looked like around 300 in to see it. 2 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 2 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef K Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Keith Hill finally got the boot at Scunthorpe this week but it has been coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef K Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 How much does it cost a club for policing, Hull City & Sheff Utd fans have been throwing objects at one another as the game has gone on. Id love to know how many so called fans will have been banned at the end of the season, it should be in the hundreds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Decimus Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 02/09/2022 at 23:01, Gerrumonside ref said: I think what swung the Wrexham factor was that they were a fan owned club which made it even cheaper to ‘buy in’ as gingerjon is saying. There’s a romance value for sure. Just hope they see themselves as custodians rather than it as a plaything. Thanks for that. If I was a Wrexham fan that would be my one concern. They answered it well tho on the documentary, saying it will be a very high-profile failure for them if they do it and then soon pull out. Wrexham fans must be pinching themselves, outside of the PL they are probably one of the top few well-known British football clubs now. 1 A Widnesian in Ireland blog What is the best system for Super League? An honest appraisal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Decimus Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 02/09/2022 at 07:07, gingerjon said: And still a lot of football fans don't seem to think an independent time keeper (like in rugby) is a good idea. Odd bunch. I honestly can't think of a downside apart from some notion of purity. We'd soon see fewer instances of players lying down after every tackle if the referee just stopped the clock. 1 A Widnesian in Ireland blog What is the best system for Super League? An honest appraisal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Decimus Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 51 minutes ago, Josef K said: How much does it cost a club for policing, Hull City & Sheff Utd fans have been throwing objects at one another as the game has gone on. Id love to know how many so called fans will have been banned at the end of the season, it should be in the hundreds. The warm up for the Chris Rock/Chappelle gig did a bit on going to a football match yesterday afternoon. He said in football in America the players are brainless knuckleheads, but in England the brainless knuckleheads are in the stands. A Widnesian in Ireland blog What is the best system for Super League? An honest appraisal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 28 minutes ago, Maximus Decimus said: The warm up for the Chris Rock/Chappelle gig did a bit on going to a football match yesterday afternoon. He said in football in America the players are brainless knuckleheads, but in England the brainless knuckleheads are in the stands. Because the fans at football in America are intelligent? Let me rephrase that, because Americans are intelligent?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Decimus Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 4 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said: Because the fans at football in America are intelligent? Let me rephrase that, because Americans are intelligent?? Don't quote me on this but I don't think there's nearly as much animosity between fans. I was shocked the first time I went a PL game, how many fans spent what seemed like the entire match goading the opposition fans. I'm sure to an American this is a shock. A Widnesian in Ireland blog What is the best system for Super League? An honest appraisal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 15 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said: Because the fans at football in America are intelligent? Let me rephrase that, because Americans are intelligent?? Good grief! Give your head a wobble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 I mean like what the hell ? https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2022/september/05092022-hallam-hope-statement/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef K Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 9 hours ago, DavidM said: I mean like what the hell ? https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2022/september/05092022-hallam-hope-statement/ Shocking & v sad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 16 hours ago, DavidM said: I mean like what the hell ? https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2022/september/05092022-hallam-hope-statement/ Few more possible details: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/sep/05/oldham-hallam-hope-assault-club-car-park Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Street Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 in today's 'I' Somebody called Daniel Storey has written an article denouncing VAR. Apparently its different for rugby(sic) because; 'you can tell if a pass is forward or not'. What rubbish journalism; a professional sportswriter not knowing that there are two codes each with their own concept of VAR, and that the difficulty of judging on forward passes means that in Rugby League at least video referees don't judge on forward passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivans82 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 The only things VAR should be used for in football are penalties ,dubious sending offs and offsides when their feet are offside as opposed to their shoulder/arm or whatever. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Street Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 36 minutes ago, ivans82 said: The only things VAR should be used for in football are penalties ,dubious sending offs and offsides when their feet are offside as opposed to their shoulder/arm or whatever. . I couldn't care less either way. I loathe the sport 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) Dermot Gallagher's Ref Watch on Sky Sports News on Monday is always a good watch. Explains the rights and wrongs of VAR. There was a lot of interesting decisions at the weekend, some VAR got right, but maybe the laws need changing, others a misinterpretation from VAR and the on field ref not sticking to his guns. Champions league returns tonight, from The Analyst.com here are the groups and a computer's qualification percentages of each team. Group C looks a real group of death, and D could be incredibly close. Here are the supercomputer’s qualification prediction numbers for the UCL 2022-23 group stage: Group A: Liverpool (88.9%), Ajax (57.6%), Napoli (36.5%), Rangers (17.0%). Group B: Atlético Madrid (74.8%), Porto (69.7%), Bayer Leverkusen (41.3%), Club Brugge (14.1%). Group C: Bayern Munich (78.5%), Barcelona (63.1%), Inter Milan (50.7%), Viktoria Plzeň (7.6%). Group D: Tottenham Hotspur (78.2%), Sporting CP (48.5%), Marseille (44.5%), Eintracht Frankfurt (28.8%). Group E: Chelsea (71.5%), Milan (58.0%), RB Salzburg (49.2%), Dinamo Zagreb (21.3%). Group F: Real Madrid (95.0%), RB Leipzig (66.4%), Celtic (21.2%), Shakhtar Donetsk (17.4%). Group G: Manchester City (92.8%), Sevilla (55.9%), Borussia Dortmund (47.8%), FC Copenhagen (3.5%). Group H: Paris Saint-Germain (80.0%), Juventus (58.0%), Benfica (51.2%), Maccabi Haifa (10.8%). Edited September 6, 2022 by HawkMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrumonside ref Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 3 hours ago, HawkMan said: Dermot Gallagher's Ref Watch on Sky Sports News on Monday is always a good watch. Explains the rights and wrongs of VAR. There was a lot of interesting decisions at the weekend, some VAR got right, but maybe the laws need changing, others a misinterpretation from VAR and the on field ref not sticking to his guns. Champions league returns tonight, from The Analyst.com here are the groups and a computer's qualification percentages of each team. Group C looks a real group of death, and D could be incredibly close. Here are the supercomputer’s qualification prediction numbers for the UCL 2022-23 group stage: Group A: Liverpool (88.9%), Ajax (57.6%), Napoli (36.5%), Rangers (17.0%). Group B: Atlético Madrid (74.8%), Porto (69.7%), Bayer Leverkusen (41.3%), Club Brugge (14.1%). Group C: Bayern Munich (78.5%), Barcelona (63.1%), Inter Milan (50.7%), Viktoria Plzeň (7.6%). Group D: Tottenham Hotspur (78.2%), Sporting CP (48.5%), Marseille (44.5%), Eintracht Frankfurt (28.8%). Group E: Chelsea (71.5%), Milan (58.0%), RB Salzburg (49.2%), Dinamo Zagreb (21.3%). Group F: Real Madrid (95.0%), RB Leipzig (66.4%), Celtic (21.2%), Shakhtar Donetsk (17.4%). Group G: Manchester City (92.8%), Sevilla (55.9%), Borussia Dortmund (47.8%), FC Copenhagen (3.5%). Group H: Paris Saint-Germain (80.0%), Juventus (58.0%), Benfica (51.2%), Maccabi Haifa (10.8%). I rate this Napoli team higher than Ajax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayCee Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Man City won it's Champions League game 4-0 away. That was severe. My blog: https://rugbyl.blogspot.co.nz/ It takes wisdom to know when a discussion has run its course. It takes reasonableness to end that discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Tuchel sacked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 35 minutes ago, DavidM said: Tuchel sacked Decision taken before losing to Zagreb, apparently. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 45 minutes ago, DavidM said: Tuchel sacked "Only" three trophies in 20 months - Chelsea don't think that's good enough. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Futtocks said: "Only" three trophies in 20 months - Chelsea don't think that's good enough. It's about the future not what was won previously, that's the way of football at the top with hundreds of millions at stake. I'm not surprised by Tuchel going, the team seems without a way of playing, Tuchel seemed almost to admit he hadn't a clue how to rectify it. However after spending £200m on new players he should have been given more time, or sacked earlier. It does seem odd to give him Sterling, Cuccurella, Aubameyang, Kullibaly ( forgive spelling) and then sack him. But nowadays transfers are often handled by a sporting director guiding the policy which goes on but with a new manager. Any chance Mourinho for a third spell? Edited September 7, 2022 by HawkMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 hour ago, HawkMan said: Any chance Mourinho for a third spell? Oh, now that would be funny. 2 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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