Other Football - 2019/20

[No2]

Brian Kerr is great on Newstalk in Ireland. His description of drunken Duncan at the end of the game yesterday was great. Summed him up perfect, described him as a hard man that won fuck all, never scored 20 league  goals and he's out on the pitch like a thick celebrating a draw in the freezing cold.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

17 hours ago, Ronnie Whelan said:

Haha. I don't mind Harry Redknapp or Chris Sutton on bt. Savage is an eedjit but doesn't have an agenda. I love those European journalists.

On bbc, Linekar is s snidey knobhead as is She ra. Wrighty is alright.

I like Keane and Souey on Sky. Love Thommo obviously.

 

Yeah, I don't mind Savage either. He gets excited about trivial stuff and has a voice that grates but like you say, he doesn't have an agenda. He's actually quite fond of our club in the way he speaks about us. He was a Liverpool fan as a kid until he signed for United and became a part of their class of 92 and failing miserably to make a mark. 

[cloggypop]

ADO Den Haag are in talks with Alan Pardew over making him head coach. 

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 

 

This will be very funny. They are fucking shite, looking at relegation and most of their fans are bad hooligans. 

[coachpotato]

A Dutch Millwall then.

 

Very appropriate.

[cloggypop]

Hopefully he'll be doing the McClaren accent. 

[cloggypop]

First match for him is early kick off this Sunday against Ajax. Away. 

[moof]

1 minute ago, cloggypop said:

First match for him is early kick off this Sunday against Ajax. Away. 

A nice quiet local derby to bed him in. 

[Baltar]

Are Arsenal mad? They want a totally unproven novice in Arteta to get them out of this mess? I get he'll be a yes-man and won't moan about the lack of money but surely Arsenal have the clout to get someone better? Bizarre.

[Anubis]

4 minutes ago, Baltar said:

Are Arsenal mad? They want a totally unproven novice in Arteta to get them out of this mess? I get he'll be a yes-man and won't moan about the lack of money but surely Arsenal have the clout to get someone better? Bizarre.

There is a theory among certain sets of fans that Arteta is the brains behind Pep’s Man City throne. As far as I can see, on the very few occasions he’s been left in charge it’s not gone particularly well.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

3 minutes ago, Anubis said:

There is a theory among certain sets of fans that Arteta is the brains behind Pep’s Man City throne. As far as I can see, on the very few occasions he’s been left in charge it’s not gone particularly well.

 

It's a move that can only be good for Arteta himself. If he's shit they'll just say it was too early as he picks up another job as assistant coach, if he's decent Arsenal will just be giving him his grounding before he moves to a big club back home in Spain. 

[Baltar]

4 minutes ago, Anubis said:

There is a theory among certain sets of fans that Arteta is the brains behind Pep’s Man City throne. As far as I can see, on the very few occasions he’s been left in charge it’s not gone particularly well.

That's a pretty silly theory and Arsenal are taking a big risk if they appoint Arteta. 

 

If I was an Arsenal fan I'd go for Rafa, although I doubt their board would want someone who's known for being anything other than a yes-man.

[magicrat]

1 minute ago, Pistonbroke said:

 

It's a move that can only be good for Arteta himself. If he's shit they'll just say it was too early as he picks up another job as assistant coach, if he's decent Arsenal will just be giving him his grounding before he moves to a big club back home in Spain. 

And disrupts City with any luck

[Lee909]

1 hour ago, cloggypop said:

ADO Den Haag are in talks with Alan Pardew over making him head coach. 

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 

 

This will be very funny. They are fucking shite, looking at relegation and most of their fans are bad hooligans. 

Are you saying there's a chance he gets his head kicked in by his own fans. Or the ultras when I comes out he's been trying to bed a players wife

[Guest Pistonbroke]

3 minutes ago, magicrat said:

And disrupts City with any luck

I'm all for that. 

[cloggypop]

5 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Are you saying there's a chance he gets his head kicked in by his own fans. 

Well, they did burn down their own ground in 1982.

[TheHowieLama]

Claude on Arteta:

 

"The fella that puts the cones out.."

 

[Lee909]

Fucking hell

 

Anyone seen this

Serie A new poster to say no to racism

 

 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Surely that's not genuine? 

[Lee909]

1 minute ago, Pistonbroke said:

Surely that's not genuine? 

It is

 

 

[3 Stacks]

53 minutes ago, Baltar said:

Are Arsenal mad? They want a totally unproven novice in Arteta to get them out of this mess? I get he'll be a yes-man and won't moan about the lack of money but surely Arsenal have the clout to get someone better? Bizarre.

The managers in the Ancelotti and Benitez mould are short term hires and on the decline. The point with Arteta is that if it works out, he could build something there. The ideal would've been to get someone proven and with gas left in the tank like Pochettino but that's obviously unrealistic at this point.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 minute ago, Lee909 said:

It is

 

 

 

Fucking hell. 

[Ronnie Whelan]

5 hours ago, No2 said:

Brian Kerr is great on Newstalk in Ireland. His description of drunken Duncan at the end of the game yesterday was great. Summed him up perfect, described him as a hard man that won fuck all, never scored 20 league  goals and he's out on the pitch like a thick celebrating a draw in the freezing cold.

I actually met him once at a Liverpool Everton youth game. He was a great laugh to watch a game beside. Didn't know who he was but he said he was Ireland youth team manager and they had a few decent teams. Turned out he was a multiple underage European Champion across age groups with Ireland so he was obviously a very good coach. Real down to earth fella.

[Ronnie Whelan]

4 hours ago, Pistonbroke said:

 

Yeah, I don't mind Savage either. He gets excited about trivial stuff and has a voice that grates but like you say, he doesn't have an agenda. He's actually quite fond of our club in the way he speaks about us. He was a Liverpool fan as a kid until he signed for United and became a part of their class of 92 and failing miserably to make a mark. 

Used to think he was a real snidey player but he seems a very different character off the pitch and seems decent enough.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

8 minutes ago, Ronnie Whelan said:

Used to think he was a real snidey player but he seems a very different character off the pitch and seems decent enough.

 

Yeah, I don't mind him. he also tries too hard to be one of the boys along with that other idiot who was in the Jungle shit thing, but he's harmless and way better than the majority of pundits for the simple fact he can be entertaining without sticking the boot in on certain clubs. 

[Lee909]

This has to be one of the weirdest rivalries/derbies around.