Football Thread

[Mallow]

FA Cup replays to be scrapped from the first round onwards in 2024-25

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68844583

 

[Saintjay]

From what i can tell the prem clubs have absolutely shafted the lower league teams. Nobody consulted them at all. When my local club Cambridge United got a fourth round replay at Old Trafford it was worth neay a million quid to them. It basically kept the club alive. Really poor that it's been taken away from the lower leagues. I expect more of a backlash to come.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

More games because they want growth (see enlarged UCL, WC) but at the expense of small clubs. But that can't be reconciled with top players workloads. It's a shame, I would actually think about going to more smaller, local club's games, having given up ever of getting tickets to Anfield.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Damn you VAR for denying Coventry!

 

[Saintjay]

Damn you VAR for denying Coventry!

Really felt for the Coventry fans.

 

[McTallshort]

Really felt for the Coventry fans.

Like a ghost town round here (Coventry) tonight.. gutted for them

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Erik ten Hag’s exit may be near but when will the Manchester United cycle stop? | Jonathan Liew

Change is probably coming with Manchester United playing so badly, so often, but this is a club trapped in constant transition

www.theguardian.com

Ditto for Southgate and England if they don't win the Euros this summer and fans realise it's systemic.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Erik ten Hag’s exit may be near but when will the Manchester United cycle stop? | Jonathan Liew

Change is probably coming with Manchester United playing so badly, so often, but this is a club trapped in constant transition

www.theguardian.com

Ditto for Southgate and England if they don't win the Euros this summer and fans realise it's systemic.

I've heard rumours UTD are interested in Southgate. That would be ******* hilarious if they appointed him.

 

[Reiser99]

Didn't realise they are averaging a new manager every 2 years for a decade. That's bad.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

I've heard rumours UTD are interested in Southgate. That would be ******* hilarious if they appointed him.

Who knows? Just rumours. His contract ends in December. But FA desperate to keep him. Goldbridge on YT is funny when he goes on one his rants as he's not a fan.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Who knows? Just rumours. His contract ends in December. But FA desperate to keep him. Goldbridge on YT is funny when he goes on one his rants as he's not a fan.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Yes seen that one and the other 3. Classic!