Haha I was with you there until I got to the “... but now not run by the clowns” bit :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
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Haha I was with you there until I got to the “... but now not run by the clowns” bit :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
I agree, not even clowns could handle a vaccine procurement and roll out programme quite so badly.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fellbeast
I have never seen this country so united in a single cause. From the man with the whippet on the street corner to the man with the worst haircut in creation and even as far as royalty...one unified cry of condemnation. Amazing. Shame more things could not be like this.
I fell a tiny little bit back in love with football today.
Well done Leicester City.
Leicester are supposedly big rivals of ours, and the one tiny thing we had over them is that we'd won the Cup before and they hadn't...
Having said that, i was pleased when they won the league, was pleased last night, and will be pleased whenever any of the "big 6" get a bloody nose.
Ditto. Well done Leicester. I lived there for a few years as a student so have a mild affection for them. What a goal. And what a save by Schmeichel from Mount (I like Mount - he'll go far). Leicester rode their luck well and totally nullified Chelsea's preferred method of walking it through the middle of teams. A victory for the tactics of Brendan Rogers.
The next two games are also big ones for Leicester. Chelsea then Spurs, with a place in next year's champion league at stake. Finally, some interest towards the top of the premier league.
Last night I watched the FA Cup replay between Stockport County and Bolton Wanderers.
This was one of the most enjoyable and exciting matches I have ever seen on television. End to end stuff on a fantastic surface and with an excellent referee who let the game flow, as should be the case in a contact sport.
The FA Cup. Anything can happen!
Yes that was a fantastic game.
Stockport are really well supported for the level they currently play. Of course, in terms of status they would probably regard themselves as a league 1 level club.
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Originally Posted by Travs
No surprises here.
I've just watched the goals. Great resilience from Stockport. To come from 3-1 down, and to keep their belief despite those two comedy own goals.
I used to live near the Stockport ground. You could hear the crowd when they scored - so not very often ;)
I'm pretty sure our first ever match after relegation from the Premier League 20 years ago was Stockport away. We had 3 sides of the ground!
Was looking at Notts County last night... we played them in the 4th division playoff semi a few years back... amazing how the fortunes of the two clubs have differed so vastly since then... small margins... didn't they have that takeover and were going to be the new "superclub"
Yes they were Travs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
Sven Goran Erikson and Sol Campbell turned out not to be the "dream team" !
RIP John Sillet. Gave Coventry City their greatest ever moment.
Truly a Cov man. Never forget him dancing with the Cup at Wembley in 1987. And almost as emotional was his passionate speech on local radio some years ago when the club looked like it was going out of business.
I remember this well. At the end of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paks-qbF-x8
there's the iconic moment when he's dancing about with the cup in front of the fans.
Yes that was a very good game.
We had an even better 4-3 against Spurs that season... big Cyrille Regis heading against the bar then heading in his own rebound for the winner.
Amazing that team was made of primarily of rejects from other clubs.
Then of course a decade later we stayed up by an absolute miracle at White Hart Lane on the last day of the season.
Cyrille Regis. A proper centre forward.
Affectionately known as one of the "Three Degrees" when he was at West Brom.
Imagine the kerfuffle nowadays that would cause, which reminds me of the scandalous way Big Ron Atkinson was treated, especially as he did more than anyone to further the cause of black footballers.
Cyrille Regis was indeed fantastic, a real midlands legend.
We sold him with much controversy to our rivals Villa in the early 90's. Of course, we played them last game of season needing a result to stay up, and Regis scored against us after 13 seconds! We were soundly thrashed (we'd never won at all in history at Villa Park until that great day in 1998).... Luckily Luton and Notts County couldn't produce a result either and we stayed up by a miracle (again!)
Man Utd 0 Wolves 1
I don't suppose there are many on here who remember when Wolves were the best team in Europe - but there is one.;)
No, but most Wolves fan I've ever met are keen to let the world know about their great history. Any Huddersfield Town fans on here? Big in the 20s and the 30s you know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Gee Noel. That is before even my time!Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
But let's get back to Wolves.:)
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Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
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Just had a call from a friend and neighbour who has asked me if I want to go to Pride Park with him today as his son can't go.
So I'm off to see Derby County v Barnsley. A relegation "six pointer".
This will probably be a League 1 fixture next season!
I'm hoping to go there myself a fortnight today...
Although our home match against them earlier in the season was like WW3, so only allowed an allocation of 2200, and the tickets being in demand due to a local away-day, i might well miss out.
If you do go Travs I hope you are served up better fayre than I was today.
If I was in charge I would relegate them both to the Northern Premier League forthwith!
Nine months to go before the World Cup in Qatar and already I am getting fed up with Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane et al virtue signalling by bleating on about their concerns about human/gay rights.
If you don't like what's going on there just don't go. As simple as that.
Alternatively, just say you don't give a toss about what's happening and go. You'd get far more respect.
Unfortunately, Wales's players will no doubt spout the same garbage should they qualify
They'll be happy to take the sponsorship and endorsement money that no doubt comes from playing in a world cup.
I said this all along.... politics and football being generally kept apart is one of the few (if any) things that FIFA/UEFA got right.
Whilst i completely agree with Southgate and the players that the World Cup shouldn't be played there.... and there's a myriad of reasons over and above the gay/human rights issues... the players should either boycott completely or shut up and get on with it.
They knew where it would be played if they qualified.
Incidentally i'd happily support a boycott. Imagine the likes of England, Brazil, Germany etc sitting this one out, would be a great message.
But footballers are only happy to play politics until it might potentially hurt their wallets.
On a slight tangent, its about time some proper footballing nations who have never had a sniff of a world cup, but have the probable infrastructure, actually got a chance...
Morrocco/Tunisia/Algeria joint bid?
Colombia?
Hungary/Serbia joint bid?
Turkey?
It could be worse. What if Lewis Hamilton* was a footballer or Bono or Sting or Cumberbatch?Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
* I undertand he is now depressed having realised it was his superior car that won all those F1 Championhsips and not his prowess. Poor thing!
Yes, it was also interesting to see Idris Elba promoting Qatar 2022, given his outspoken support of BLM and the like! $$$壣
If only we could somehow harness the abundant power of hypocrisy and duplicity of celebs and wokery we'd have hit 'net-zero' decades ago!
Ricky knows best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p4Cs2IVSXw
Season over for the mighty Sky Blues.
Yet another 98th minute equaliser... but needed a win today to keep up even a remote playoff chance.
Still its been an absolutely valiant attempt and a superb season. When you see Cov fans moaning because we've slipped out of the playoffs after a magnificent start, its just unbelievable really... we've risen from the dead in the last five years.
It aggravates me that before each match we see them taking the knee to point the finger at the fans, all about respect apparently, and as soon as the whistle goes they're shirt-pulling, diving, feigning injury and abusing the officials and their fellow players.
Great night at Turf Moor last night :)
Players legitimately going down "injured" because they get hit by the football.
Absolutely ridiculous.
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Originally Posted by Witton Park
Everton's run-in of fixtures is awful. I'd make Burnley favourites to get out of trouble.
"Everton have played in the top flight of English football for all but four seasons since the 1888 creation of the Football League"
That's an amazing stat.
Yes, i think if Everton go, there will only be Arsenal left who have been virtually ever-present in the top division.
Derby County relegated. No sympathy whatsoever.
The Derby captain stated that he was "super gutted" :rolleyes:
Looking at face-value you'd think they would come straight back up. However it seems they haven't (or won't have) many first-team players left next season on a contract, and possible rumours of another large points deduction.
They only went down because they had 21 points deducted, and this means that one team that deserved to go down will stay up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Until the parachute payment scheme is stopped this will keep happening. The EFL has recognised it as a major problem, as the only way that the rest of the Championship teams can compete financially is by doing things likely to fall foul of the Financial Fair Play regulations
Dodgy owners makes it worse too
Whilst i totally agree that the parachute payment system is absolutely catastrophic.... Derby had 21pts deducted for a reason... constant breaking of the rules, failure to submit their details to the EFL...
It isn't fair, but plenty of teams in the championship have to learn to live within the existing rules, even if it kills any ambition they might have.
Of course, if they were a "big club" they'd undoubtedly have gotten away with it.... whatever happened to the punishments for the "big 6" trying to eradicate the English football league a year or two ago...?
I don't always agree with your views - how could I? - although on this occasion I do; and at least it is always clear where you stand.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy