2024/ 2025 football season

[webpunter]

Hope you understand that shit you have written because I don't. I've read it three times, maybe it's me 

MOT 

[myothernameis]

Crikey, bring back Southgate 

England lose all because of a female ref 

[mr.bluesky]

England lose all because of a female ref 

A French female ref too. Sacre Bleu   
I can full understand why Bellingham's goal was disallowed,  the ball clearly struck the England player on the arm and it was deflected into the path of Bellingham to score accidental or not.
On the subject of Bellingham his brothe Jobe has signed for Dortmund for £27 million but if I was Sunderland I'd run to the bank to cash the cheque. He was anonymous in the play off games  and league match against Coventry.  I guess he's still young though, plenty of time to improve

[shed]

When Gyokeres is sold by Sporting Lisbon to whichever club, It seems Coventry won't make a penny from a sell on clause  :



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[mr.bluesky]

When Gyokeres is sold by Sporting Lisbon to whichever club, It seems Coventry won't make a penny from a sell on clause  :



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Well he won't be joining Wankchester Utd , He wants to join a club that's going to be challenging for honours and playing in the Champions league 
If we have already sold part of the sell on clause it means we have already received money for him at the start of the season to sign Grimes and Rudoni    .

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[shed]

He'll go to United, guaranteed Mr B. 

[webpunter]

He'll go to United, guaranteed Mr B. 

Thats one way to put a promising career on a downward spiral
Utd will pay top whack transfer & wages, coz they have to
So good news for Sporting & him

Has he realised that instead of CL matches in europe he may get the opportunity to get the shit kicked out of him against the likes Hull & Millwall in the cups ?
& no VAR

You're probably right given Amorim
Tho he'd be left high & dry if he gets spanish archer next season

How are the player sales going balancing up PSR ?

[RadioKid]

I think it'a and awkward time. England always look shaky after a long season

There's also psychological fatigue after reaching 2 Finals and a Semi-Final but failing imo.

England have been awful but it's only fair to give him time

[daviemac]

England always look shaky after a long season

If that's the case we have no chance as the tournaments are normally held at the end of a long season. Though what about 2022, that was held in November and December and we didn't do too well in that one either.

[southcoastpunter]

A French female ref too. Sacre Bleu   
I can full understand why Bellingham's goal was disallowed,  the ball clearly struck the England player on the arm and it was deflected into the path of Bellingham to score accidental or not.

if it was about natural justice  (ie the effect of the ball hitting his arm) i would agree with you, but its not. The  rule is that it must be an intentional/deliberate handball. Was that a deliberate handball? seems a tough and probably incorrect decision to me! But i suppose that is what makes a ref's job so hard - its personal interpretation!

[mr.bluesky]

if it was about natural justice  (ie the effect of the ball hitting his arm) i would agree with you, but its not. The  rule is that it must be an intentional/deliberate handball. Was that a deliberate handball? seems a tough and probably incorrect decision to me! But i suppose that is what makes a ref's job so hard - its personal interpretation!

How often are penalties given after striking a defenders arm in the penalty area quite often unintentionally  it is a very grey area.

[JontyR]

if it was about natural justice  (ie the effect of the ball hitting his arm) i would agree with you, but its not. The  rule is that it must be an intentional/deliberate handball. Was that a deliberate handball? seems a tough and probably incorrect decision to me! But i suppose that is what makes a ref's job so hard - its personal interpretation!

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It no longer has to be purely deliberate.

[southcoastpunter]

i probably didn't word that very well - as "handball" also includes use of the arm to make your body bigger (so to block a shot etc) or having your arm in an "unnatural" postion (both of which could be described as a deliberate action by a person - even if unintended!

But there is a "judgement call" required by the ref which is always going to be subjective and inconsistent across different games and by different referees!

[catweazle]

Cunha signs for Manchester United. Says after the signing ceremony "it was always my dream to play here and now <looks at pay cheque> that dream has come true "

[Iamforreal]

So much hate here for Manchester United, where does it come from? 

[chrishornx]

So much hate here for Manchester United, where does it come from? 

perhaps more 'dislike' than 'hate' which is a very strong description.

[ratedj]

So much hate here for Manchester United, where does it come from? 

I mean I guess the hate/dislike makes sense when you consider that United ruined many a childhood and adulthood!

[mr.bluesky]

So much hate here for Manchester United, where does it come from? 

It comes from the belief or arrogance of their fans who think they are the biggest club team in the world. That and the fact that most Wankchester Utd fans live down south and have never been anywhere near the theatre of nightmares. Although to be fair you don't see so many kids wearing their shirts nowadays.  They have jumped on the Manchester City / Liverpool/ Arsenal glory bandwagon.

[mr.bluesky]

He'll go to United, guaranteed Mr B. 

Are you sure about this 🤔

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[Blackpool Rock]

So much hate here for Manchester United, where does it come from? 

Straight from the heart ❤ 

[Iamforreal]

Straight from the heart ❤ 

 
I admire your honesty 

[timsussex]

So much hate here for Manchester United, where does it come from? 

have you read any of Shed's posts?

the average ManU supporter (and Shed is pretty average) believe that as the self proclaimed worlds biggest club they have the money to buy success

He'll go to United, guaranteed Mr B. 

I'd like to say it comes from the top (ie the Glazers with the belief that anything can be bought) but it was present well before they bought the club

[ratedj]

It comes from the belief or arrogance of their fans who think they are the biggest club team in the world. That and the fact that most Wankchester Utd fans live down south and have never been anywhere near the theatre of nightmares. Although to be fair you don't see so many kids wearing their shirts nowadays.  They have jumped on the Manchester City / Liverpool/ Arsenal glory bandwagon.

Really? Arsenal fans sing 'We're by far the greatest team the world has ever seen'.  It's all light-hearted, and I guess it's natural for every fanbase to big up their own club, and while there might have been a point in time where United were commercially the biggest club in the world, I think the majority of fans will happily acknowledge that Real Madrid have always been the biggest club in the world. But are United one of the biggest clubs in the world? Absolutely!

The whole 'United and their southern fans' rhetoric must surely be outdated now. I know plenty of people in London who have supported Liverpool their entire lives and regularly attend home games! You allude to some fans jumping on the Manchester City/Liverpool/Arsenal glory bandwagon, which proves a point in itself; new fans with no family allegiances will tend to gravitate towards teams who they associate success with.   

[ratedj]

Are you sure about this 🤔

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At the minute he seems he's going nowhere, as Sporting appear to have reneged on a gentleman's agreement (Ray Croc should have taught everyone to never trust a gentleman's agreement!)

It seems Arsenal are prioritising Šeško, and it's almost certain an either or situation. If Šeško does go Arsenal then I think Gyökeres ends up at United.

[ulstersubbie]

It comes from the belief or arrogance of their fans who think they are the biggest club team in the world. That and the fact that most Wankchester Utd fans live down south and have never been anywhere near the theatre of nightmares. Although to be fair you don't see so many kids wearing their shirts nowadays.  They have jumped on the Manchester City / Liverpool/ Arsenal glory bandwagon.

When I lived in Manchester (fine city, had some great times), the City and United fans and I mean the locals who were born and bred in Manchester were royally fucked off with southerners supporting their respective teams. I remember one guy saying to me "what is it with cockneys supporting Utd, London has plenty of teams why can't the buggers support one of them!". 

[WARSZAWA16]

Cruel, but had to laugh.


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[lostandfound]

Cruel, but had to laugh.


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I think I've often heard / read of a 'swan neck' being something of great beauty. 

[webpunter]

perhaps more 'dislike' than 'hate' which is a very strong description.

Despise would be more apt IMO
I dont hate them i briefly feel sorry for them, especially @shed

[webpunter]

have you read any of Shed's posts?

the average ManU supporter (and Shed is pretty average) believe that as the self proclaimed worlds biggest club they have the money to buy success

I'd like to say it comes from the top (ie the Glazers with the belief that anything can be bought) but it was present well before they bought the club

The Glazers borrowed the funds & piled it onto Utd's balance sheet to buy the club
& Utd pay the interest, lots of it
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£1.2bn of it in one form or another
Over 20 years thats about £1.2m a week give or take
Thats quite a few dinner ladies !
£170k a day £7k an hour £120 a minute
They've just trousered another good few hundred whilst i'm doing this post
It couldn't happen to a nicer club 

[timsussex]

to be fair, many ManU supporters are (and have been for a long time) pretty pissed off with the Glazer "ownership" saga

Not sure where Shed stands on this (or anything else  )
 

[mr.bluesky]

Fifa World Club cup tournament starts this weekend ( Sunday) just to show how big a tournament this is the games involving the English teams will be shown on Channel 5 whilst the others will be shown on *DAZN . *No I've never heard of them either . Obviously a streaming channel.  These games will be free to watch if you download their app on your computer / Tablet / smartphone . If it was such a major event it would be shown on free to air tv 

[chrishornx]

Fifa World Club cup tournament starts this weekend ( Sunday) just to show how big a tournament this is the games involving the English teams will be shown on Channel 5 whilst the others will be shown on *DAZN . *No I've never heard of them either . Obviously a streaming channel.  These games will be free to watch if you download their app on your computer / Tablet / smartphone . If it was such a major event it would be shown on free to air tv 

not certain all english club games are on channel 5

[mr.bluesky]

not certain all english club games are on channel 5

No I don't think they are, some of the group games will also be in the early hours of the morning due to the time difference between the UK and USA.
Channel 5 will show 23  games including 16 group games , 4  last 16 games , 2 quarter finals , one semi final and the final.
Chelsea's opening game against Los Angeles fc will be on Monday evening 8pm channel 5
Manchester City's opening game is on Wednesday 5pm channel 5
DAZN will show every game live.

[Blackpool Rock]

have you read any of Shed's posts?

the average ManU supporter (and Shed is pretty average) believe that as the self proclaimed worlds biggest club they have the money to buy success

I'd like to say it comes from the top (ie the Glazers with the belief that anything can be bought) but it was present well before they bought the club

I think it's the thing that having been at the top and so big in the UK for 20+ years the fans got used to being `on top of the perch` and when they fell off 10 years ago the expectation was it wouldn't be for long.

Every time they won another cup or changed manager etc the hopes went back up and the fans would quote how they would soon be back on their perch `where we belong ` and it's that sort of arrogance amongst (some) fans that's the reason why the 89% dislike everything to do with utd

The sensible and realistic ones now admit they are a shadow of what they were and in fairness they are OK to talk to but there was one guy spouting shite about being back on the perch etc before the Europa final 

Deluded or what   

[Blackpool Rock]

Despise would be more apt IMO
I dont hate them i briefly feel sorry for them, especially @shed

Struggle to find many these days as they have generally disappeared back under the rock they crawled out from in the early 90's 

Certainly not in your face like they were as soon as they started winning stuff 

[mills_and_bhuna]

Cruel, but had to laugh.


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Couldn't help but notice that it wasn't Brad Pitt that posted it

[mr.bluesky]

When Gyokeres is sold by Sporting Lisbon to whichever club, It seems Coventry won't make a penny from a sell on clause  :



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So it looks like we will still get 10% of the fee when Gyokeres eventually signs for Arsenal for £60+ million 

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[webpunter]

So it looks like we will still get 10% of the fee when Gyokeres eventually signs for Arsenal for £60+ million 

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Maybe he knows that the chances of Amorim staying the full season are looking pretty slim & has adjusted his destination club accordingly 

Anyways Amorim said no compo if he is to leave which was declined
So thats off the table as Utd didnt take him up on this [he must have been thinking WTF  ]
& he wont be saying this again thats for sure, you missed your chance

[mr.bluesky]

Just watching Bayern Munich  v Auckland City in the World Club cup. ( Channel 5) Bayern 6-0 up at half time without even breaking into a sweat. Auckland are only semi professional and have the usual mix of civil servants, salesmen and barbers in the team. They qualify for this tournament as Oceanic champions which really goes to show what a joke this tournament is. The only surprise is despite being 6-0 up at half time Harry Kane hasn't got on the score sheet yet. There's going to be some one sided games in this tournament judging by some of the teams involved 
There is another Auckland FC team who are fully professional and play in Australia's A league. Surely they would offer more of a fight .

[mr.bluesky]

Maybe he knows that the chances of Amorim staying the full season are looking pretty slim & has adjusted his destination club accordingly 

Anyways Amorim said no compo if he is to leave which was declined
So thats off the table as Utd didnt take him up on this [he must have been thinking WTF  ]
& he wont be saying this again thats for sure, you missed your chance

According to one of today's papers Gyokeres has stated his wish to join the Gunners, he obviously wants Champions league football and playing for a team that will be challenging for domestic honours.

[webpunter]

Watched Soccer Aid
The 2nd half one of the best @ TTONM all season
Tevez [how unfortunate ] on four could still do a job @ Utd
Better than Højlund
Who cost how much ?
Big Zuu in with a shout too [great shot for the winner]

[webpunter]

According to one of today's papers Gyokeres has stated his wish to join the Gunners, he obviously wants Champions league football and playing for a team that will be challenging for domestic honours.

Indeed
Probably a bit more to his decision as well
I can see Gyokeres & his agent cooking up a move to Utd to draw out a better offer from elsewhere
Which all things considered shouldn't be too difficult

[mr.bluesky]

Apparently there is the European championship coming up soon for Wendy ball in Switzerland. (not that I'll be watching any of it ) however a monthly football magazine I get had a free supplement about it. A quick look at some of the stadiums who are staging games include the Wankdorf stadium*   so it got me thinking well I've been Wankdorf a lot of times by ladies perhaps I should give it a look. * I wonder how many of the male commentators  will make a reference to the stadium name 

[G-L-O-W]

Just watching Bayern Munich  v Auckland City in the World Club cup. ( Channel 5) Bayern 6-0 up at half time without even breaking into a sweat. Auckland are only semi professional and have the usual mix of civil servants, salesmen and barbers in the team. They qualify for this tournament as Oceanic champions which really goes to show what a joke this tournament is. The only surprise is despite being 6-0 up at half time Harry Kane hasn't got on the score sheet yet. There's going to be some one sided games in this tournament judging by some of the teams involved 
There is another Auckland FC team who are fully professional and play in Australia's A league. Surely they would offer more of a fight .

10-0 in the end with Auckland's GK pretty much assisting some of the goals put past him. Insane.

[mr.bluesky]

10-0 in the end with Auckland's GK pretty much assisting some of the goals put past him. Insane.

Auckland had only one shot on goal too.

[WARSZAWA16]

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[myothernameis]

10-0 in the end with Auckland's GK pretty much assisting some of the goals put past him. Insane.

Tonight games, guess we will see similar core lines

It wouldn't surprise me, if the winner of this cup, they come from Europe, and the final is two European teams.

Think already there are issues showing up, like empty stadiums, and fans have been told to move seats, to make it look like the stadiums are full.  Other issue coming up, is the heat, and players maybe facing heat exhaustion

Now the Qatar world cup 2022 was moved to the winter, all because of the heat, just wonder if something similar could have been done with 2026 fifa world cup

[mr.bluesky]

Tonight games, guess we will see similar core lines

It wouldn't surprise me, if the winner of this cup, they come from Europe, and the final is two European teams.



Now the Qatar world cup 2022 was moved to the winter, all because of the heat, just wonder if something similar could have been done with 2026 fifa world cup

A good point regarding the heat but some of the World cup games are being staged in Canada , very chilly in the winter. With Mexico also staging games I guess they have to find a happy medium for all three countries.  I reckon PSG will add the World club title to their Champions league crown. They looked impressive in their opening game against Atletico Madrid although Atletico did play a lot of the game with 10 men.
I don't think the major European leagues would be happy having another disrupted season

[webpunter]

Alex Scott seems to have got which event she was going to wrong
Thinking she's off to a fetish ball rather than hosting a family orientated event

She needs a set of gym boobs too
No point adding her to the WWWWWE thread [with GBs] as she's a bean flicker

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[mr.bluesky]

Chelsea taking on LA FC in a near empty stadium in Atlanta .  What's with the players taking to the pitch one at a time with their names announced over the stadium tannoy. More American razzmatazz bollocks.