Football 17/18

[Hugh Jass]

8 minutes ago, thetime said:

Can imagine that returning to utd shortly. 

The Norwich City club shop is stocking up on scarves again...

[Lad]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

don't worry, you can do like the Manc fans did, and ... erm ... wear the old club colours - also known as Everton colours - as a protest.

Colours?That's only for kids and tourists.

[Gnomicide]

Peter Beardsley being investigated for racism and bullying of Academy player.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42627051

 

[The Nal]

6 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Peter Beardsley being investigated for racism and bullying of Academy player.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42627051

Hope its not true, keep the chin up Quasimodo. 

[Hugh Jass]

11 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Peter Beardsley being investigated for racism and bullying of Academy player.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42627051

 

Not Beardo! Thought he was one of the good ones.

[eFestivals]

35 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Hope its not true, keep the chin up Quasimodo. 

the guy probably misunderstood what he was saying.

I know i would.

[thetime]

Wolves rumoured to have bid 34m for a AC Milan player. 

[TheGayTent]

47 minutes ago, thetime said:

Wolves rumoured to have bid 34m for a AC Milan player. 

Gestifute...

[eFestivals]

gutted for Brizzle City last night, tho the irony of a last minute winner wasn't lost on me.

Still, it's still set up nice for the 2nd leg. It's not all over.
(oh yes it is )

 

[zahidf]

2 hours ago, eFestivals said:

gutted for Brizzle City last night, tho the irony of a last minute winner wasn't lost on me.

Still, it's still set up nice for the 2nd leg. It's not all over.
(oh yes it is )

 

 

[eFestivals]

Pep was talking flattering bollocks.

[Hugh Jass]

4 hours ago, eFestivals said:

Pep was talking flattering bollocks.

They did better than Liverpool when they went there.

[jyoung]

No punishment for Livermore and rightly so imo.

[eFestivals]

41 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

They did better than Liverpool when they went there.

Hmmm. Surely it didn't pass you by that it wasn't the same team last night precisely because of Liverpool?

I think B.City did very well and they deserve plaudits for their performance, but that doesn't mean I have to go along with what I reckon is an overstatement by Pep.

[Hugh Jass]

8 minutes ago, jyoung said:

No punishment for Livermore and rightly so imo.

On balance the right call. Livermore benefits from being a low-key player at a low-key club where this sort of thing quickly blows over instead of escalating.

[eFestivals]

11 minutes ago, jyoung said:

No punishment for Livermore and rightly so imo.

got to say I'm surprised. Set's a bit of a dangerous precedent.

 

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, eFestivals said:

Hmmm. Surely it didn't pass you by that it wasn't the same team last night precisely because of Liverpool?

I think B.City did very well and they deserve plaudits for their performance, but that doesn't mean I have to go along with what I reckon is an overstatement by Pep.

I know, I was being flippant.

They did manage to keep 11 on the pitch though...

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, eFestivals said:

got to say I'm surprised. Set's a bit of a dangerous precedent.

 

As I said a second ago, I think the FA are relieved that it wasn't a more high-profile player involved and it hasn't snowballed into a bigger story which might have forced a decision. The press have pretty much shrugged it off allowing the FA to do nothing and nobody will care.

[lost]

6 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Set's a bit of a dangerous precedent.

 

On a similar subject the times is saying Holgate is now being investigated for homophobic tweets he made when he wasn't a pro football player and still a school kid.

Queue all football fans going through their rivals players twitter history with a fine-tooth comb

[eFestivals]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

As I said a second ago, I think the FA are relieved that it wasn't a more high-profile player involved and it hasn't snowballed into a bigger story which might have forced a decision. The press have pretty much shrugged it off allowing the FA to do nothing and nobody will care.

true i suppose but it won't have passed players by, and when something similar happens again they'll claim provokation and cite what happened here.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy in isolation for Livermore to go unpunished, but it opens a can or worms for the future.

[TheGayTent]

Ridiculous decision without releasing the information the decision was based on....assuming they're in possession of said information...

[thetime]

2 hours ago, lost said:

On a similar subject the times is saying Holgate is now being investigated for homophobic tweets he made when he wasn't a pro football player and still a school kid.

Queue all football fans going through their rivals players twitter history with a fine-tooth comb

He was only 16 wasn’t he? 

[lost]

1 minute ago, thetime said:

He was only 16 wasn’t he? 

15 from what I've read. Expect a 3 match ban for Lingard for toilet papering his neighbours house when he was 12 

[jyoung]

England playing Costa Rica at Elland Road in June. Work that one out.

[thetime]

4 minutes ago, jyoung said:

England playing Costa Rica at Elland Road in June. Work that one out.

Seems a good idea and should happen more, not everyone can get down to London. 

Edited January 10, 2018 by thetime