Football 18/19

[pink_triangle]

I don’t see why there is any rush to give OGS the Man Utd job. He wants the job and I don’t see a Madrid, Bayern or PSG going after him.

[jyoung]

Barca making moves for De Ligt. If they manage to persuade him to come along with de Jong, they could be looking at a new era of dominance.

[jyoung]

That's us fucked then. 

[Dan R]

29 minutes ago, jyoung said:

That's us fucked then. 

Reckon they'll sell hazard or lose him for free when he can actually be replaced?

[jyoung]

11 minutes ago, Dan R said:

Reckon they'll sell hazard or lose him for free when he can actually be replaced?

Depends. The appeal hasn't been rejected, it's just our request to postpone the ban until the appeal is heard that has been rejected. We're likely to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to see if we can get this overturned. Barca, Madrid and Atleti were all granted the request. Feel like we're being made an example of but let's see what happens.

If the ban goes ahead, to answer your question - I actually see Hazard signing a new contract and staying. Similar to what Griezmann did. The club would surely pull out all the stops and I can't see Hazard forcing through a move (he didn't in the summer when he wanted to leave) if we were in such a difficult situation.

Edited March 8, 2019 by jyoung

[Wooderson]

Asterisk after any/all City achievements pass it on.

[thetime]

2 hours ago, jyoung said:

Depends. The appeal hasn't been rejected, it's just our request to postpone the ban until the appeal is heard that has been rejected. 

Perhaps those in charge are just more savvy what the clubs were doing. Getting the appeal and ban delayed, whilst buying 2 years of players in one window. 

 

[pink_triangle]

Fulham to Roma, that's not a bad swap for Ranieri.

[thetime]

33 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

Fulham to Roma, that's not a bad swap for Ranieri.

Got to love how failing managers get good gigs. Jose will no doubt end up at Madrid, Klopp ending up at Bayern. 

[kaosmark2]

Surely Jose's not going back to Madrid?

I'd have thought he'll be at PSG or in Italy soon.

[ThomThomDrum]

Some folk on here need to get refunds from their tackle shop 

[pink_triangle]

13 hours ago, thetime said:

Got to love how failing managers get good gigs. Jose will no doubt end up at Madrid, Klopp ending up at Bayern. 

That failing manager wom the premiership after failing several times. How many managers have only succeeded?

[thetime]

18 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

That failing manager wom the premiership after failing several times. How many managers have only succeeded?

No idea, I’m just glad mourinho is no where near old Trafford nowadays.

let Madrid have that problem, as that won’t end well. 

[pink_triangle]

This is looking like the dullest premiership relegation battle I can remember.

[kaosmark2]

54 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

This is looking like the dullest premiership relegation battle I can remember.

Still a Cardiff/Burnley/Soton question, but yeah, it's got bland.

[pink_triangle]

It's going to be Cardiff. Southampton are getting better, while they are getting worse.

[thetime]

7 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

It's going to be Cardiff. Southampton are getting better, while they are getting worse.

You would imagine Cardiff are gone, they still got to play united/Liverpool/Chelsea/city in the last 8 games. 

[thetime]

Charlton are playing some good stuff under Bowyer, comes over very well as manager. 

[kaosmark2]

9 minutes ago, thetime said:

Charlton are playing some good stuff under Bowyer, comes over very well as manager. 

 

 

[thetime]

1 minute ago, kaosmark2 said:

 

 

That’s why I’m surprised how well he does come over, was a bit of a cock as a player. Joe Barton seems to have started well at fleetwood as well.

[eastynh]

21 minutes ago, thetime said:

That’s why I’m surprised how well he does come over, was a bit of a cock as a player. Joe Barton seems to have started well at fleetwood as well.

You can tell Barton thinks about the game. He was head and shoulders above anything else on Talk Sport when it came to analysis. Shame he is a violent knob.

[kaosmark2]

51 minutes ago, thetime said:

That’s why I’m surprised how well he does come over, was a bit of a cock as a player. Joe Barton seems to have started well at fleetwood as well.

Thing is, for all the fact Barton is a complete c**t, he's always shown himself to have some thoughts and brain. Bowyer just seemed like an ignorant thug.

[Dan R]

Darren Moore sacked from west brom with them 4th in the championship, comfortably in the play-offs. Not watched many west Brom games but what I've seen has been entertaining. Genuinely baffled unless theres something going on behind the scenes or they've got a really top replacement. Anyone know a bit more?

[pink_triangle]

Just now, Dan R said:

Darren Moore sacked from west brom with them 4th in the championship, comfortably in the play-offs. Not watched many west Brom games but what I've seen has been entertaining. Genuinely baffled unless theres something going on behind the scenes or they've got a really top replacement. Anyone know a bit more?

Maybe Big Sam is in the building!

[jyoung]

@Hugh Jass what's going on here then?