Popular Post deanolegend1989 Posted 27 August 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 27 August 2020 7 hours ago, davieG said: You don''t have to have been a great footballer or won loads of Cups to know about football, Just look at all the great players that have failed at football management. As long as you're knowledgeable about the game Articulate Unbiased Prepared to research teams and individual players Prepared to listen and learn from others Then that should be a good base. Oh and don't judge people on the first few performances. That’s the problem though, sky don’t care about any of that. They just tick boxes. Articulate and Unbiased? Unfortunately those 2 things, especially the latter, are completely untrue on sky. I used to love the insight in sky but now it’s like pouring acid into my eyes, listening to them all strum themselves off to Utd City Liverpool and Chelsea all the time. I actually prefer listening to people who understand football more like passionate arsenal fans or Newcastle fans on social media rather than these so called ‘experts’ who are nothing more than past their sell by date fans 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 On 26/08/2020 at 17:33, Footballwipe said: Let's see him tone his rants and joining in with the old lads club in future then, and have him stick to the brilliant, excitable presenter full of knowledge back in the day He really has gone old man yelling at clouds in recent years. Maybe it's nostalgia alone but when they had the likes of Rodney Marsh, George Best, Frank McLintock on the show Stelling was far less shouty and ranting whilst still ribbing the guests. He's a fine presenter and I hope he doesn't waste his final years in the job being this type of act. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 How's this gonna work then when players have got COVID? Pogba will have to quarantine for 2 weeks now, will games be delayed or is it tough luck if teams lose 3 or 4 players? It's only gonna take one player to catch it to spread it to the rest of the squad, they're not exactly living in bubbles like they were just after lockdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobHawk Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 3 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: How's this gonna work then when players have got COVID? Pogba will have to quarantine for 2 weeks now, will games be delayed or is it tough luck if teams lose 3 or 4 players? It's only gonna take one player to catch it to spread it to the rest of the squad, they're not exactly living in bubbles like they were just after lockdown. Was just thinking the same, I'd imagine there will be some sort of threshold to decide whether games can go ahead otherwise we could see teams putting a reserve/youth 11 out and that's not what anyone wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Leicester_Loyal Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 (edited) 3PM blackout could be lifted until end of 20/21 season. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8671095/Every-Premier-League-match-televised-season-3pm-blackout-lifted.html 'The report details that the 3pm blackout will remain lifted until supporters come back into stadiums, and could extend until full crowds are permitted into grounds. ' Edited 27 August 2020 by Leicester_Loyal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 10 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: How's this gonna work then when players have got COVID? Pogba will have to quarantine for 2 weeks now, will games be delayed or is it tough luck if teams lose 3 or 4 players? It's only gonna take one player to catch it to spread it to the rest of the squad, they're not exactly living in bubbles like they were just after lockdown. Tough luck so should go ahead. Can't be cancelling too many games unless several players test positive. Will just clog up the schedule even more having to rearrange games. Everyone has a 25-man squad and every PL side has an academy side to call upon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Fox Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 40 minutes ago, Corky said: He really has gone old man yelling at clouds in recent years. Maybe it's nostalgia alone but when they had the likes of Rodney Marsh, George Best, Frank McLintock on the show Stelling was far less shouty and ranting whilst still ribbing the guests. He's a fine presenter and I hope he doesn't waste his final years in the job being this type of act. I can see where you’re coming from, but when sitting at home watching it, Stelling does bring the viewer a feeling of being involved. If it was post-match analysis, I’d not have any of them, but they bring a match day vibe to the viewer, IMO. Maybe that’s because it’s become the norm, but Soccer Saturday is enjoyable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 1 hour ago, Babylon said: 50+ British blokes Blimey that's a big panel would they all get a chance to join in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 23 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: 3PM blackout could be lifted until end of 20/21 season. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8671095/Every-Premier-League-match-televised-season-3pm-blackout-lifted.html 'The report details that the 3pm blackout will remain lifted until supporters come back into stadiums, and could extend until full crowds are permitted into grounds. ' Easier answer to this - whilst there’s no fans just don’t play PL games at Saturday 3. Reading Twitter today is like a repeat of here. Chelsea, Man U and Newcastle fans moaning about players who are having to self isolate. Wolves fans annoyed about a lack of signings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyJim1987 Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 If man city sign Lionel Messi, for a estimated total of £500m weeks after dodging a 2 year Europe ban, then I give up on football. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 West Brom want to sign Cedric Kipre who was in our academy for 3 years. Done well since leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shailen Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 What are people's views on Messi to Man City. I think he'll shine individually as he's too good a player not to but it will have an impact on Man City imo. They are a team full of great players but they all buy into a certain system of working hard, high press and being disciplined in defence. No doubt that changed if Messi arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 2 minutes ago, shailen said: What are people's views on Messi to Man City. I think he'll shine individually as he's too good a player not to but it will have an impact on Man City imo. They are a team full of great players but they all buy into a certain system of working hard, high press and being disciplined in defence. No doubt that changed if Messi arrives. If he signs then I’ll lose a lot of love for football really 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 23 minutes ago, shailen said: What are people's views on Messi to Man City. I think he'll shine individually as he's too good a player not to but it will have an impact on Man City imo. They are a team full of great players but they all buy into a certain system of working hard, high press and being disciplined in defence. No doubt that changed if Messi arrives. Why would that change? Messi is a real team player and is used to playing how Man City play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shailen Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 5 minutes ago, Stevosevic said: Why would that change? Messi is a real team player and is used to playing how Man City play. I don't get this team player notion. Yes he doesn't shoot at every opportunity but teams are built around him. Everyone else does the dirty work for him and he's quite rightly allowed to have a free role and play how he wants. Man City don't play the same way as Barcelona. Messi will either play as a false nine or on the right. Guardiola likes his wingers to virtually touch the line so Messi will lose his influence if he plays there and if he plays as a false 9, Man City lose their presence up front given the amount of tap ins that Aguero or Jesus get. He will no doubt change something to get Messi in. Barcelona were all about tiki taka, which was literally keep the ball until the opposition tire. Messi would then turn it on in spells when they've had the ball for a long spell and run through the oppositions tiring defence to create something or score. Man City are more about building from the back, finding spaces and exploiting them at pace. No doubt Messi will do well even then, but I don't think he's suited to that style of play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 59 minutes ago, DanNDH88 said: If he signs then I’ll lose a lot of love for football really Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroughtonFox Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 Harry Maguire went to Greece He tried to bribe the Greek police He got knocked out by a Leicester fan And off he went in a back of a van He said to them do you know who I am They replied yes you was in that scam Eighty million down the drain Leicester’s taking the piss again Der der der der der der der der Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrefelderFox666 Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 2 hours ago, Leicester_Loyal said: How's this gonna work then when players have got COVID? Pogba will have to quarantine for 2 weeks now, will games be delayed or is it tough luck if teams lose 3 or 4 players? It's only gonna take one player to catch it to spread it to the rest of the squad, they're not exactly living in bubbles like they were just after lockdown. Wasn't there examples in France and Scotland where games were cancelled once a certain amount of positive tests were returned for one club, like 6 or 7? To an extent, tough luck. But at some point there has to be a postponement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TamworthFoxes Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 3 hours ago, shailen said: What are people's views on Messi to Man City. I think he'll shine individually as he's too good a player not to but it will have an impact on Man City imo. They are a team full of great players but they all buy into a certain system of working hard, high press and being disciplined in defence. No doubt that changed if Messi arrives. I honestly can’t see how any football team in the world governed by FPP can afford him? His reported basic wage at Barca is 800k a week. Even if he takes a 75% wage cut it rules out all but 3 or 4 teams in the world. Madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston. Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 Man citys problem is defence, they'll always have brilliant forwards. Dont think messi would deliver the trophies and even if he did theyd still be losing vast amounts of money on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shailen Posted 27 August 2020 Share Posted 27 August 2020 22 minutes ago, TamworthFoxes said: I honestly can’t see how any football team in the world governed by FPP can afford him? His reported basic wage at Barca is 800k a week. Even if he takes a 75% wage cut it rules out all but 3 or 4 teams in the world. Madness. Its a good point. Not sure how it gets through FFP if he signs for anyone on the same wages, but if anyone can get past it then it has to be Man City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 28 August 2020 Share Posted 28 August 2020 Wouldn't Man City just sell someone like Jesus or Mahrez and the transfer fee and saved wages would cover Messi's wages for 2 or 3 years? I'm assuming he'll have to accept a pay cut though, wouldn't be on 800k a week here that's for sure. This assumes they'll get him for free from Barca as they think the can. Still can't see him coming though, one big ploy to get the board out and ensure they invest in the squad and get rid of the old past it players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 28 August 2020 Share Posted 28 August 2020 I'll be really mad if they sign Messi. He's one of my favourite ever players and I hate Manchester City with a passion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collymore Posted 28 August 2020 Share Posted 28 August 2020 Messi will demand £1m a week minimum I'd imagine but that would be well worth it in what the club would get in return. He could sign for a club, get injured for 2 years and it probably would still be a good deal for the club. Just imagine the shirt sales and new band of plastics! Personally I'd love to see him at Juve with Ronaldo but whether they could ever arrange having the two of them is a tough one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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