Football

[HawkMan]

1 hour ago, gingerjon said:

Oh, now that would be funny.

Not as funny as Chelsea fans favourite Spanish waiter Benitez.

[MattSantos]

Potter or Poch for Chelsea.

Would like to see Poch, only to see what United would have had if they'd gone in that direction.

 

 

[Josef K]

9 hours ago, DavidM said:

Tuchel sacked 

A chance for Keith Hill to quickly get back in to managing. 

[RayCee]

Jurgen could be next…..

[Tommygilf]

14 hours ago, RayCee said:

Jurgen could be next…..

His 7th season record is pretty poor

[RayCee]

I see Graham Potter is off to Chelsea. He’s been good at Brighton but Chelsea is another kettle of fish. I hope he makes a go of it although I'm not a fan of the club.

[ivans82]

Great business by Graham Potter , a five year contract worth £50 million , we all know Chelsea managers are lucky to last 2 seasons , so well done son .

[ivans82]

On 07/09/2022 at 21:02, RayCee said:

Jurgen could be next…..

Would have saved time and money if Chelsea and Liverpool just swapped managers .

[Wolford6]

All Premiership and EFL games cancelled this weekend

[Josef K]

I was flicking through the European football matches during the week and i noticed a lot of terracing and seating is a fair distance away from the pitch, especially behind the goals. It’s something that would put me off from attending matches if i was a home supporter. Also the behaviour of certain clubs fans in the stadiums is shocking, it makes me wonder why those clubs are not banning the hooligans ?. 

[Gerrumonside ref]

1 hour ago, Josef K said:

I was flicking through the European football matches during the week and i noticed a lot of terracing and seating is a fair distance away from the pitch, especially behind the goals. It’s something that would put me off from attending matches if i was a home supporter. Also the behaviour of certain clubs fans in the stadiums is shocking, it makes me wonder why those clubs are not banning the hooligans ?. 

I think in Italy in particular the ultras have a level of power and influence not seen here.

Ligue 1 had some terrible scenes last year too.

The Bundesliga gets everything right I feel except the domination of Bayern Munich - there’s a lot to like about the way they have organised their society and country post WW2

Edited September 9, 2022 by Gerrumonside ref

[gingerjon]

54 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

The Bundesliga gets everything right I feel except the domination of Bayern Munich - there’s a lot to like about the way they have organised their society and country post WW2

Freiburg are top at the minute.

It won't last but it is funny.

[Gerrumonside ref]

2 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Freiburg are top at the minute.

It won't last but it is funny.

Meant to be a great place to visit too.

[Josef K]

9 hours ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

I think in Italy in particular the ultras have a level of power and influence not seen here.

Ligue 1 had some terrible scenes last year too.

The Bundesliga gets everything right I feel except the domination of Bayern Munich - there’s a lot to like about the way they have organised their society and country post WW2

It’s some of the stadium’s with a track around the pitch, i don’t know how they put up with it. 

[Futtocks]

 

[hindle xiii]

10 hours ago, Futtocks said:

 

It amuses me greatly when I realise the old man names like Ken, Ray and Keith did belong to children once upon a time.

[Futtocks]

1 minute ago, hindle xiii said:

It amuses me greatly when I realise the old man names like Ken, Ray and Keith did belong to children once upon a time.

Maybe even more so with old women's names - Beryl, Doris, Edna etc.

[Wolford6]

On 10/09/2022 at 00:17, Futtocks said:

 

His old team mates must be really proud of him dropping the accent and  joining the aristocracy.

[gingerjon]

Australia v South Africa in London.

No idea where in London but likely to get a bit more press attention than if it had been played at home as England v USA is at Wembley the day before.

[Wolford6]

From The Upshot:

"Because the queen died, we will not be playing our league game against Byron House tomorrow morning at 10.30am. We will instead be aiming to play a friendly tomorrow morning, against Byron House, kick-off 10.30am." - Sheffield International FC.

[Damien]

Manchester United vs Leeds and Chelsea vs Liverpool off next week now. I don't think Football fans will be very tolerant of two weekends cancelled.

[Niels]

Most of the games are going ahead including my team. 

I can understand why the Manchester United v Leeds game is off, having seen the number of Police needed last year. 

 

[bobbruce]

4 hours ago, Damien said:

Manchester United vs Leeds and Chelsea vs Liverpool off next week now. I don't think Football fans will be very tolerant of two weekends cancelled.

All games aren’t cancelled they just seem to be picking out games that require a lot of policing. 

[gingerjon]

13 hours ago, Wolford6 said:

From The Upshot:

"Because the queen died, we will not be playing our league game against Byron House tomorrow morning at 10.30am. We will instead be aiming to play a friendly tomorrow morning, against Byron House, kick-off 10.30am." - Sheffield International FC.

Worth digging out the whole feed around that.

And then noting that Eton and Harrow school did play a friendly - seemingly with an FA appointed ref.

[gingerjon]

6 hours ago, bobbruce said:

All games aren’t cancelled they just seem to be picking out games that require a lot of policing. 

It's three Premier games and one European game so far, I think. Unless there are any tasty EFL ones -Sunderland at home against a rival for example - I think that will be it. Most other games run on limited police presence (and, lower down, none at all) and they will also be relying on fewer travelling fans I suspect.