StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Quite. Noticed Proper Wimbledon beat Northampton. They're going to be moving back to Plough Lane!! Take that Pete Winkleman! Poor old Cobblers are having a 'mare of a season.
The Football.....
- Thread starter Spartak
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
My father in law. Really, really odd, but he doesn't really "get" football so I kind of let him off.
Their stadium is pretty good, but that's the only positive about them.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
I think Chelsea are going to suffer a tad over the next 4-5 years. With one of the lowest net transfer spends (£14m) last season we are starting to pay the price of a very thin squad.
With a new stadium in the offing I guess some Roubles have to be pared back somewhere and at the moment we just can't keep pace with the £200m net spends of the two Manc's clubs despite the huge commercial sponsorship deals we are doing - although our new Commercial Director appears to be ratcheting things up on that front.
Yesterday was made more miserable by the crowing of my B-I-L & S-I-L who were at the match (been supporting CP for over 4 decades).
Still, can't blame them - 'big scalp' and all that...
As an aside three hamstring injuries (Morata, Kante & Moses) racked up in short order seems odd. I think Arsenal had something two or three seasons back and it was linked to training methodology.
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Palace looked doomed after seven straight defeats without a goal, yet one game and one win later they are only four points away from climbing out of the bottom three. The season has yet to take any meaningful shape.
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Thought you were a Blackburn fan this year?Stanley won 1-0.We played very well. Coventry played in a naff black and grey strip. Why they didn't play in their traditional sky blue i don't know. We're up there with the leaders,so this could be our year.
Typical glory hunter
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
It's only the 3rd Accy game i've been to this season. I said i was having a season off with me just going to the odd match,if i remember rightly. That'll be it now,unless we are promoted before the end of the season,then i'll go to the final home games.Thought you were a Blackburn fan this year?
Typical glory hunter
As for watching Blackburn again,i don't think so. They charge £25 for 3rd division football and they're not doing too well,so i've changed my mind. Stanley will be playing the Rovers next season,with a bit of luck.
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Ashley has put NUFC up for sale. Again. A more attractive prospect now than in previous years? I wonder if they'll be the next club to attract a sheikh or an oligarch, though I suspect there's interest from China given the recent sponsorship deal.
mark st1
Plastic Manc
- Location
- Leafy Berkshire
Away to former winners Coventry.
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
The World Cup play-off draw has been made:
SWEDEN V ITALY
DENMARK V REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
CROATIA V GREECE
NORTHERN IRELAND V SWITZERLAND
The only "easier" team the Ireland's could have drawn would be Greece I reckon. Republic with a slight advantage playing at home second perhaps?
SWEDEN V ITALY
DENMARK V REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
CROATIA V GREECE
NORTHERN IRELAND V SWITZERLAND
The only "easier" team the Ireland's could have drawn would be Greece I reckon. Republic with a slight advantage playing at home second perhaps?
Republic landing on their feet again! Easiest draw and home second!
This seeding thing reeks anyhow. We were 4th seeds in our group, finish 2nd, then go into an unseeded pot to face nations who also finished second in their group (with potentially less points) after previously being seeded higher than other teams in their own group. Therefore they've (Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Swiss) already had a big advantage, i.e. playing weaker teams all competition, then get another advantage to draw a weaker team in the resulting play off. Then if we make the world cup, it's seeding again to make sure the bigger teams get an easier group to progress to the quarters. Just open the whole thing up, open draw, let France be drawn against Germany in the groups. Let Italy play Croatia in the play offs. Let Trinidad & Tobago, North Korea, Iran and Ireland be in the same World Cup group with Italy, Portugal, Germany & England in another group and see how they get on!
This seeding thing reeks anyhow. We were 4th seeds in our group, finish 2nd, then go into an unseeded pot to face nations who also finished second in their group (with potentially less points) after previously being seeded higher than other teams in their own group. Therefore they've (Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Swiss) already had a big advantage, i.e. playing weaker teams all competition, then get another advantage to draw a weaker team in the resulting play off. Then if we make the world cup, it's seeding again to make sure the bigger teams get an easier group to progress to the quarters. Just open the whole thing up, open draw, let France be drawn against Germany in the groups. Let Italy play Croatia in the play offs. Let Trinidad & Tobago, North Korea, Iran and Ireland be in the same World Cup group with Italy, Portugal, Germany & England in another group and see how they get on!
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Italy and England were in the same group at the last World Cup. Neither made it out!
Supersuperleeds
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- Location
- Leicester
