The English Football Thread

[Special Juan 28,141]

I love an upset and pissed off Mourinho....it goes one way...downhill.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Let's see how this continues. The next weeks and the games vs City and Arsenal in between CL encounters and league cup will tell us how close we really are. We have not realy been convincing but 9 points seem about right and the good thing is we got a decent squad together, Hazard is back, Bakayoko is at full fitness, Morata is firing. If no Manchester team is able to distance themselves by Christmas I can see the title race going to the wire, as neither Jose nor Pep have ever won a chasing title IIRC. 

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

Vialli is fronting a crowdfunding campaign to get closer links between fans and clubs. It's obviously aimed at lower league clubs who don't have the financial clout of the big clubs. Always loved Luca and I'm sure there's a lot of members here who would agree with this quote.

This, intriguingly, may also apply to those fans who never go to the stadium. The explosion of international interest in English football is really what makes businesses such as Tifosy viable. As Vialli puts it: “You’ve got 40,000 supporters going to the stadium but 1,000 times more available through the internet. I think in a way there’s more of a desire to get involved [from] the fans that are not regularly coming to the stadium. They think: ‘I can’t get to the stadium because I live 6,000 miles away but I really want to feel like I’m part of the club.’”

[CHOULO19 24,332]

12 hours ago, Blusan Alamb said:

Before the match, Mark Hughes suggested he had spotted a weakness in United’s team.

‘I feel sorry he doesn’t say it specifically, so maybe after the match he is nice and tells me the weaknesses,’ Mourinho responded.

‘I don’t know if he’s a Chelsea fan or a United fan!’

 http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/09/jose-mourinho-snubs-mark-hughes-handshake-after-manchester-united-slip-up-at-stoke-city-6915511/#ixzz4sD3DGjRc

 

What a cunt! 

[Blusan Alamb 295]

1 hour ago, CHOULO19 said:

What a cunt! 

Reports now saying Mark Hughes tried to get Mou sent off after he entered Stoke Technical area. He also allegedly told Mou to F*** Off. That could be the main reason of the handshake snub.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

33 minutes ago, Blusan Alamb said:

Reports now saying Mark Hughes tried to get Mou sent off after he entered Stoke Technical area. He also allegedly told Mou to F*** Off. That could be the main reason of the handshake snub.

He has every right to tell the ref to send him off if he enters his technical area.

Again, what a cunt! 

[Jase 43,479]

The outrage and debate over Mane's red card is hilarious. It's a clear red all day long and yet, some can still find find excuses to say it is not a red. Had Costa done it, would there even be any debate about this?

[Thendo 1,088]

14 minutes ago, Jason said:

The outrage and debate over Mane's red card is hilarious. It's a clear red all day long and yet, some can still find find excuses to say it is not a red. Had Costa done it, would there even be any debate about this?

The media would've called for Costa to be arrested if he had done something similair.

[Thor 2,703]

After everyone thinking it was all doom and gloom after our first game, we are third on the table and just a point behind our media declared biggest rivals for the title this season. All this after having a much harder schedule so far than the two ahead of us. I've mentioned that I haven't been too impressed by either of the Manchester teams. Of course they are great, but I don't think they look as good as everyone is making them out to be. If Conte had those squads at his disposal, I'd be worried, but I think Jose is past it, and Guardiola will keep spending until he wins a title. I think on paper they both have teams better than ours, but are missing some key pieces that help you win certain games. 

 

[kmk108 1,186]

De Boer first to be sacked?

[Jase 43,479]

De Boer has been sacked and Roy Hodgson will replace him apparently.

[Miki-Liki 405]

What a joke, and that's why they'll forever stay a tinpot club. Modern football at its finest.

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

CPFC BOARD is going to make CPFC go the same way like Portsmouth, Leeds and will never return to the PL.
Cause the Club is being run badly.
Great players, but bad Club Management Communication between Club Owner and Backroom Staff to Manager then to Players.

[Jype 6,398]

Hopefully Loftus-Cheeks' place in the squad won't be harmed by the managerial change, it's always a risk for a young loanee to get stuck on the sidelines with a new coach coming in. 

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Jype said:

Hopefully Loftus-Cheeks' place in the squad won't be harmed by the managerial change, it's always a risk for a young loanee to get stuck on the sidelines with a new coach coming in. 

Hopefully and the change may not be a bad thing if Hodgson can drill some tactical discipline into RLC.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

This is the club that has payed a combined fee of 55M to Liverpool for Benteke and Sakho - utter dross worth 20-25M tops together. For this thing alone I have no sympathy for them and I hope they relegate at the end of the season.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

Sacking a manager after four games is madness but replacing him with (possibly) a dullard and extremely average manager in Roy Hodgson is ridiculous. You can only presume the Palace board thought with the tough matches they have on the way that things wouldn't get any better but hiring Hodgson won't make any difference and could make things worse. He's not the sort of manager you need when you're bottom of the league anyway bollocks to them and there wannabe ultra fans.

[Jase 43,479]

13 minutes ago, Iggy Doonican said:

Sacking a manager after four games is madness but replacing him with (possibly) a dullard and extremely average manager in Roy Hodgson is ridiculous. You can only presume the Palace board thought with the tough matches they have on the way that things wouldn't get any better but hiring Hodgson won't make any difference and could make things worse. He's not the sort of manager you need when you're bottom of the league anyway bollocks to them and there wannabe ultra fans.

To be fair, Hodgson did save Fulham from relegation all those years ago and did alright at West Brom.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

To be fair, Hodgson did save Fulham from relegation all those years ago and did alright at West Brom.

True but I don't think he's the answer they need the type of manager like they previously had Big Sam, Warnock etc. He did a good job at Fulham no denying that but bloody hell he certainly blotted his copybook with England.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

'Yid' chanting by Tottenham Hotspur fans no longer an arrestable offence at White Hart Lane says Met Police

They were told anti-semitic holocaust songs directed at Spurs fans, which are an offence, are different from chants sung by Spurs fans including the Y-word, which are not.

Constable Steve Payne, Football Intelligence Officer for the Met, said fans would still be arrested for using the Y-word if a complaint was made against them.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/10908591/Yid-chanting-by-Tottenham-Hotspur-fans-no-longer-an-arrestable-offence-at-White-Hart-Lane-says-Metropolitan-Police.html

 

3 years ago... nothing changed?