Football 2020/2021

[HeyPorter]

6 minutes ago, jyoung said:

Gone off the boil a bit recently haven't they? Looks like they'll make the play offs though.

Still playing well, was a tough game Saturday just struggled with the final ball. The last couple of years getting back into them has made me fall for football again. 

[CG31]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I don't even know what the fuck that is meant to be.

Are we all just going to be in some sort of European competition soon?

Pretty much, Europa League is becoming 32 teams from next year.

Champo league will be the same, with 3rd places teams dropping down to play the 8 EL runners up, group winners in the EL get a bye to 2nd KO round. Same process for Conference League, with 3rd in EL dropping down. 

By my understanding its for "minnow" nations to get more clubs into Europe

[CG31]

The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams in the league path for each association:[6]

Nations ranked 1 to 5 will have one team;

Nations ranked 6 to 15 will have two teams;

Nations ranked 16 to 50 will have three teams;

Nations ranked 51 to 55 will have two teams;

Liechtenstein does not have a domestic league and will provide the winner of the Liechtenstein Football Cup irrespective of their coefficient ranking.

[TheGayTent]

26 minutes ago, HeyPorter said:

Still playing well, was a tough game Saturday just struggled with the final ball. The last couple of years getting back into them has made me fall for football again. 

How on earth do you have a boyhood club then years later get “back into them” ?? 

[squirrelarmy]

[eFestivals]

Radio four just nmow breakaway by some of Europe's top teams and spurs

Edited April 19, 2021 by eFestivals

[eFestivals]

Citeh will lose their CL semi

[HeyPorter]

45 minutes ago, TheGayTent said:

How on earth do you have a boyhood club then years later get “back into them” ?? 

Simple, as a boy my granddad took me to Tranmere games then as I got older got into the premier league and a team only a few miles away. Moved to north Wales as a teen in the mid 90s and simply followed LFC more. Life story over. 

[eFestivals]

Another year of citeh not winning the CL another 💯 billion should do it.

[zahidf]

 

[jyoung]

Just been running round Anfield and Goodison. Signs still up on the gates plus new ones 'Yank Greed' and 'FSG Out'... Meanwhile at Everton just a couple of school kids kicking a ball against the stadium. Says it all.

[eFestivals]

Wonder which player will be first to request a transfer to avoid a ban.

[CG31]

9 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Wonder which player will be first to request a transfer to avoid a ban

am hoping all the good young talent do it straight away, your Sakas, Fodens, Greenwood’s etc. Couldn’t care about Messi or Ronaldo tbh

[eFestivals]

3 minutes ago, Gerard the Fab said:

am hoping all the good young talent do it straight away, your Sakas, Fodens, Greenwood’s etc. Couldn’t care about Messi or Ronaldo tbh

They're as likely to do that as Gary Neville to condemn thre formation of the Prem. 

[thetime]

15 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Wonder which player will be first to request a transfer to avoid a ban.

Will never happen.

[squirrelarmy]

12 minutes ago, thetime said:

Will never happen.

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by squirrelarmy

[thetime]

2 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Are you still in here? Surely you should have started your own separate ESL thread. This one is for fans of football. 

What you blabbering about? 

[squirrelarmy]

6 minutes ago, thetime said:

What you blabbering about? 

Sorry mistook you for the other one who isn’t speaking out against ESL. From your posts you don’t seem a fan of it. 

[eastynh]

10 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Are you still in here? Surely you should have started your own separate ESL thread. This one is for fans of football. 

Tell Neil that.

[zahidf]

 

[Hugh Jass]

50 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Wonder which player will be first to request a transfer to avoid a ban.

None of them will. £500k a week or the odd midweek game against Slovenia?

[Hugh Jass]

Even if, for arguments sake, Marcus Rashford decides he doesn’t want to be a part of this bullshit what can he do? He’s on a long term contract so can’t walk and none of the English clubs outside the elite and very few European clubs would be able to afford him.

The players have little choice but to suck it up.

[pink_triangle]

5 hours ago, JSmurphy said:

A Board member of one of the English Super League clubs says the clubs were expecting a backlash and are 'not that worried' about bad PR:

“Our primary job is to maximise our revenues. The wider good of the game is a secondary concern."

That quote nails the attitude of the top clubs!

[pink_triangle]

4 hours ago, jyoung said:

Rumour is that City and Chelsea had serious reservations but didn't want to be left behind. What a load of bollocks. Take a shit or get off the pot.

It doesn't surprise me because in this super league you can be certain neither club will be calling the shots.

[Gnomicide]

34 minutes ago, zahidf said:

 

What with Johnson, Farage and now the fucking Royal Family having a go, I'm starting to warm to this Super League malarkey.