Football Thread

[General Melchett]

Weren't Chelsea signing players on like 8-10 year contracts to get around it?

Quite possibly. Their American owner Todd Boehly has business links to Saudi and I read that Saudi clubs will be ready to buy some of their players for massive transfer fees in order to get Chelsea's net spend down when needed.

 

[Welsh Exile]

How glorious would it be if City and Chelsea were relegated. I won't hold my breath but if there's any justice they should be or, at the very least, they should be stripped of all their trophies and have a 20 plus point deduction but relegation would be much better.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Watching England play football.

 

[BrokenWing]

Well that's another 90 odd minutes of my life I'll never get back.

Who was the work experience kid at left back? He win a raffle or something?

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Good job it wasn't the whole of Macedonia.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Watching England play I was looking for a good performance and an indication that they have the nerve and ability to go onto to win next year at the Euros.

Sadly each time I do I just don't see it. Lots of sideways, backwards passing at the back without going anywhere and failing to pass between the lines and static movement up front and over reliance on set pieces to score against low block opposition who play England on the counterattack.

Inevitable for me that it'll be the same old story again next year or rely on the the draw opening up and being kind to them like at Euro 2020(1). But then England won't be playing 6/7 of their
Games at Wembley.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Harry Maguire’s struggles are stretching loyalty and could cost England | Jacob Steinberg

Defender continues to make errors and Gareth Southgate’s patience may run out with emergence of Marc Guéhi

www.theguardian.com

I thought he was really lucky to get away with the bundling into the Macedonian player and not getting a penalty against England. Another example of his careless passing and then his lack of mobility when one on one trying to recover the situation.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

England's pioneer who died with a tale untold

There was little fanfare when Frank Soo passed away in 1991, but his story as the first non-white England international has emerged from obscurity since.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Former England manager Venables dies

Terry Venables, who led England to the semi-finals of Euro 96, dies at the age of 80 after a long illness.

www.bbc.co.uk

RIP

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Handball? Penalty? VAR says so.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Rugby ref warns football of sin-bin 'culture shock'

Ex-international rugby referee Nigel Owens warns professional footballers face "a huge cultural change and shock" if sin-bin proposals succeed.

www.bbc.co.uk