Football 2021/2022

[efcfanwirral]

Just now, rock the clock said:

I think the standard procedure is that the home team sells the allocation to the away team, and then the away team sell to their fans as they see fit 

chelsea had already bought all the tickets from boro and around 800 had already been dealt out to people who are on the away scheme (guaranteed a ticket for every away game) but the sanctions came in before ST holders and club members could buy 

so if this carries on hopefully we can get around it by chelsea not buying the allocation, but this game was probably too soon 

Aaaah that makes a lot of sense! Should be fine for future games then and also explains where the few hundred allowed to go came from

[rock the clock]

5 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

Aaaah that makes a lot of sense! Should be fine for future games then and also explains where the few hundred allowed to go came from

It also puts in to perspective how pathetic the call for behind closed doors was, as there’s already going to be 800 of the most loyal fans there. I assume that’s a pretty standard number for championship teams going to the riverside 

[Hugh Jass II]

Absolute masterclass in shithousery from Atletico here.

[Gnomicide]

Big fan of Atletico, make me laugh a lot, even when they knocked Liverpool out in 2020.

I'm enjoying the football far too much this week, NOTHING CAN GO WRONG NOW!

[Gnomicide]

This will go well...

 

[efcfanwirral]

37 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

This will go well...

 

They looked absolutely finished at the end of the wolves game, like they knew its over. No idea why they're putting more pressure onto a group who are so mentally fragile 

[lost]

Can't be great for mental health when you have a Ukrainian in the team and you know where your wages come from. Most of them probably just want out.

The chart showing assists says it all though. Rafa's style being so far out of step with modern football, allowing him to move key players on even upto the point it was clear it wasn't working. Even during the transfer window just gone its obvious the club wasn't taking relegation seriously, Coleman has been erratic since his injury for Ireland in 2017 and probably only upto being a 2nd choice and yet the club is signing "one for the future" in Paterson after Rafa didn't fancy Dumfries in the summer. Also wasting a premiership loan on El Ghazi as a backhander to an agent.

It appears running a successful business is alot more difficult when you are not handed it by a corrupt Russian government. The little signs reagrding what the club actually is to the owners though have been there. Oumar Niasse from state owned Lokomotiv Moscow springs to mind.

Edited March 16, 2022 by lost

[Gnomicide]

The football week continues to be a joy. What have we got tonight?

UP THE TOON!

[charlierc]

That request by Chelsea to have the Middlesbrough game behind closed doors was very confusing and I'm not 100% sure what they were aiming to achieve with it.

[charlierc]

On 3/15/2022 at 10:17 PM, Gnomicide said:

This will go well...

 

What's Plan B if that fails to yield an upturn in form against Newcastle tonight?

[Gnomicide]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

What's Plan B if that fails to yield an upturn in form against Newcastle tonight?

Porto coming back in the 2nd leg v Lyon

[charlierc]

My Amazon player opted to stop working but I've heard that some guy with cable ties ran onto the pitch and tied himself to one of the goals during the Everton-Newcastle game... good to know this sport still has genuine surprising things to throw at the audience.

[lost]

31 minutes ago, charlierc said:

My Amazon player opted to stop working but I've heard that some guy with cable ties ran onto the pitch and tied himself to one of the goals during the Everton-Newcastle game... good to know this sport still has genuine surprising things to throw at the audience.

The guy had something about oil on his t shirt. I’d of said a protest against Newcastles owners but apparently it happened at Arsenal last night as well but the stewards were quicker so maybe it’s going to become an extinction rebellion/ regular thing 

[charlierc]

18 minutes ago, lost said:

The guy had something about oil on his t shirt. I’d of said a protest against Newcastles owners but apparently it happened at Arsenal last night as well but the stewards were quicker so maybe it’s going to become an extinction rebellion/ regular thing 

A similar protest apparently turned up before the BAFTA film awards at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday, so yeah, this could well be some kind of thing that's now bursting into mainstream attention a la Extinction Rebellion.

[charlierc]

Maybe it's a good thing Newcastle have 2 1/2 weeks off. Seemed like this was a match too far.

[Gnomicide]

It was all worth it just for this...

 

Bloody cable tie and they fetch the world's biggest, bluntest bolt cutters.

[efcfanwirral]

We were dreadful tonight for most of the game but the 3 points is all that matters. Incredible atmosphere at the end there. 

[efcfanwirral]

2 hours ago, lost said:

The guy had something about oil on his t shirt. I’d of said a protest against Newcastles owners but apparently it happened at Arsenal last night as well but the stewards were quicker so maybe it’s going to become an extinction rebellion/ regular thing 

 

59 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

It was all worth it just for this...

 

Bloody cable tie and they fetch the world's biggest, bluntest bolt cutters.

It certainly didn't show goodison pitch security in a good light- after that had happened a fan ran on and kicked the protester a couple of minutes later!

Edited March 18, 2022 by efcfanwirral

[Gnomicide]

7 hours ago, efcfanwirral said:

We were dreadful tonight for most of the game but the 3 points is all that matters. Incredible atmosphere at the end there. 

I take the blame as I'd been thinking all match that Iwobi is just an appalling footballer.

Shearer then gave him man of the match 🤦

[efcfanwirral]

34 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

I take the blame as I'd been thinking all match that Iwobi is just an appalling footballer.

Shearer then gave him man of the match 🤦

Haha probably would've said Gordon, who seems to be improving each game. Needs the game time (that he's getting) to smooth out his decision making and end product but a lot of potential there 

Edited March 18, 2022 by efcfanwirral

[Hugh Jass II]

2 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

I take the blame as I'd been thinking all match that Iwobi is just an appalling footballer.

Shearer then gave him man of the match 🤦

Shearer got paid a million quid to take Newcastle down.

This doesn't get mentioned enough.

[Gnomicide]

Good draw that for Liverpool, should (SHOULD) get past Benfica, difficult semi against Bayern the most likely outcome.

Just happy to avoid the English clubs as they don't feel like proper European games.

[DareToDibble]

I'm going for Liverpool v Chelsea final.

Great draw for us, as good as it could be at this point. Can't take anything for granted but have to be happy with it, avoided 4 of the 5 best other teams on our half of the draw.

[pink_triangle]

52 minutes ago, DareToDibble said:

I'm going for Liverpool v Chelsea final.

Great draw for us, as good as it could be at this point. Can't take anything for granted but have to be happy with it, avoided 4 of the 5 best other teams on our half of the draw.

Hope not. All English finals are never a good thing.

[Hugh Jass II]

2 hours ago, pink_triangle said:

Hope not. All English finals are never a good thing.

Chelsea will be disqualified after the government revokes their EuroStar railcards anyway...