The Football.....

[vickster]

Ah it's all just banter

All without spending £200m a year net though...eh City

I enjoy watching football, good while doing the ironing for example. But I don't actually care that much ultimately
I enjoy watching Arsenal as they are mostly a very good looking team.. Not hit with the ugly stick like most of Chelsea players for example
On the looks scale, Mahrez a good move, ugly Vardy not so much

 

[Roadhump]

Do you think Lukaku Stones and Barkley will stick around ?

Of those 3, the one I would most like to stay is Barkley, perhaps a bit sentimentally because he is a local lad and a born and bred bluenose, but also because I think he has potential to be much better than he has been so far, with the right coaching and experience.

Stones looks a classy player when bringing the ball out of defence, but defensively and positionally he is quite suspect at times and that has cost quite a few goals, again perhaps he will improve with experience but at the moment I honestly think he is overrated so if we can get big money for him as far as I'm concerned take it and spend on improving the squad's strength in depth.

Lukaku will always score goals, but he is too much of a Romelu Lukaku player than a team player and seems to think it's all about him. In fairness he has been held back by the often slow build up at Everton because he seems to thrive when running onto the ball at pace rather than as a hold up man. I would like him to stay and develop a better attitude and work hard to improve his game, but otherwise I think taking big money would be good business - Mourhino got rid and he is no fool. The likes of Harry Kane, Giroud and (I hate to say it) Daniel Sturridge are far better players.

 

[Inertia]

Apparently Roy Keane said no to being involved in Soccer Aid, I havent found a reputable source but it sounds like something he would say

Roy Keane – “They asked me to manage the Rest of the World team. I couldn’t say no quick enough. Kids blowing horns, women screaming, hell on Earth. It’s like a who’s who of cretins. Charging folk £50 to watch John Bishop and Jack Whitehall run around like a couple of gimps on acid, it’s immoral. And don’t get me started on Jonathan Wilkes. Famous for what? Wiping Robbie Williams arse? I’m amazed that fat idiot Corden isn’t involved. I don’t care if it’s for Charity. They should be grateful they can’t get ITV in Uganda.”

 

[Roadhump]

Lesson from History: Frannie Jeffers was developing into a first class player at Everton, but got too big for his boots and moved to the Gooners assuming glory was inevifable, but his career promptly flopped.......beware Jamie Vardy!!!

 

[Andrew_P]

I wonder what Eva was going to let out that prompted the settlement?! Can't believe she would have got more than 1.2million seeing it through to the end £280k a year extraordinary costs involved in Football.

 

[mark st1]

Ah it's all just banter

Always

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I wonder what Eva was going to let out that prompted the settlement?! Can't believe she would have got more than 1.2million seeing it through to the end £280k a year extraordinary costs involved in Football.

Insane salary in the real world but miniscule in the bonkers world of football - tbh, much as I love the game and my team the salaries paid disgust me.

Last year at Chelsea we had around 15 or so 16 year old prospects on £250k a year - around 10 times what an average adult worker earns here in the UK. How on Earth did we get to this point?

I look at Neymar as an example of the absurdity of it all - 24 years old and being investigated for tax fraud and he has £32m of assets frozen by the Brazilian Government.

£32m of assets at that age beggars belief.

 

[Andrew_P]

It is incredible and obscene, short careers or not. Its getting so much cash flowing in to the top league that now they are talking about people buying clubs to make money, now there is a first.

 

[User482]

I wonder what Eva was going to let out that prompted the settlement?! Can't believe she would have got more than 1.2million seeing it through to the end £280k a year extraordinary costs involved in Football.

I can only assume that Chelsea were very, very worried.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Apparently Roy Keane said no to being involved in Soccer Aid, I havent found a reputable source but it sounds like something he would say

Roy Keane – “They asked me to manage the Rest of the World team. I couldn’t say no quick enough. Kids blowing horns, women screaming, hell on Earth. It’s like a who’s who of cretins. Charging folk £50 to watch John Bishop and Jack Whitehall run around like a couple of gimps on acid, it’s immoral. And don’t get me started on Jonathan Wilkes. Famous for what? Wiping Robbie Williams arse? I’m amazed that fat idiot Corden isn’t involved. I don’t care if it’s for Charity. They should be grateful they can’t get ITV in Uganda.”

Keane does hit the spot sometimes. He echoes my feelings towards Soccer Aid.

 

[vickster]

I wonder what Eva was going to let out that prompted the settlement?! Can't believe she would have got more than 1.2million seeing it through to the end £280k a year extraordinary costs involved in Football.

Rumoured between £2 & 5m

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Cockwomble jumps the shark - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36483962

Utter bollocks.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Have any of you noticed a lack of England flags hanging from bedroom windows, or those car ones? How much are they on a week??!! and they'll make the next round then feck up factor maybe?

 

[Smokin Joe]

Have any of you noticed a lack of England flags hanging from bedroom windows, or those car ones? How much are they on a week??!! and they'll make the next round then feck up factor maybe?

The days when we went into tournaments with optimism have gone, only the die hards now expect England to bring the trophy home. I haven't seen any Welsh flags down this way either, rather strange as it is the first one they've qualified for since 1958.

People are also coming round to thinking that international football is rather boring.

 

[User482]

The days when we went into tournaments with optimism have gone, only the die hards now expect England to bring the trophy home. I haven't seen any Welsh flags down this way either, rather strange as it is the first one they've qualified for since 1958.

People are also coming round to thinking that international football is rather boring.

I've come to the conclusion that I no longer give a stuff.