Other Football 2021/22

[Captain Howdy]

Bollocks

[Anubis]

Southampton letting them on the front foot.

[Elite]

Villa getting twatted.

[Heinze]

Shouldn't Alonso be in jail?

[Anubis]

Fuck you Hifflepuffen. Fuck you.

[Chocoholic]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58198695

 

Jack Grealish: Aston Villa can be stronger following £100m sale of captain, says Dean Smith

Last updated on13 August 202113 August 2021.From the sectionAston Villa

Jack Grealish has left Aston Villa with our best wishes - Dean Smith

Aston Villa can build a better team following the £100m sale of captain Jack Grealish to Manchester City, manager Dean Smith says.

Villa have brought in winger Leon Bailey, striker Danny Ings, midfielder Emi Buendia and defenders Ashley Young and Axel Tuanzebe.

 

Smith said Villa are in a "good place" despite the "big loss" of Grealish.

"Now we've got more variation, more adaptability, and more depth and that's really important," the manager said.

"I wanted to build a better team if Jack left and I feel we can do that."

Villa are about to start the third consecutive season in the Premier League, with Smith keen to improve a team who finished 11th in May.

"There was an over-reliance at times, an unconscious over-reliance on Jack," he said. "I think we've moved away from that now.

"Only time will tell if that's a good thing but we believe in the team we've got and the squad we've got."

Grealish had a release clause in a contract to prevent Aston Villa from blocking a move if a Champions League club showed an interest - and Villa themselves were not in the competition.

Christian Purslow, Villa's chief executive, said he hoped that Grealish's clause would never be met, and admitted "it was a highly emotional moment when he told me his decision" to exercise the clause.

Villa have invested the money in their squad - with Buendia, 24, a club record £33m signing from Norwich, Bailey, 24, transferred from Bayern Leverkusen at a little under £30m and Ings coming in from Southampton on a £25m deal.

Young, 36, has arrived on a free transfer, and Tuanzebe, 23, is on loan from Manchester United.

"I know a lot of people from the outside - and certainly on the inside - are really happy with our business," added Smith.

Villa will start the new season at Watford on Saturday.

[dockers_strike]

Vieira doing well in his first game as a PL manager, I see!

[Anubis]

Leicester hanging on a bit at the end. Could have equalised but for Traore’s shit decision making.

[manwiththestick]

Isn't it amazing that the voice that reads the results on a Saturday afternoon always sounds the same, even from years back?

 

Job requirements, sound like an old posh Englishman.

 

 

[Captain Howdy]

Good win for fat arse from 1-0 down, the Orks might warm to him yet.

[Lee909]

Something tells me Lille won't retain the title

 

Lille 0-4 Nice

[Elite]

Cantwell you floppy-haired dirty cunt 

[Anubis]

2 hours ago, Elite said:

Cantwell you floppy-haired dirty cunt 

Think you’ve missed out some words, such as whining, diving, little girl, and shithouse. In no particular order.

[TheHowieLama]

PSG present Messi on Parc des Princes pitch, Bale starts for Real Madrid v Alaves

 

Ermm,, k.

 

[Lee909]

Obvious Real Madrid handball ignored

[Jairzinho]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58216727

 

Pep going full Pep.

[aws]

8 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58216727

 

Pep going full Pep.

There was plenty of evidence but City had hidden it for long enough to rule the charges out of time. 

[KMD7]

8 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58216727

 

Pep going full Pep.

What a cunt. It was proven against them last year but they got off on a technicality. 

[an tha]

Horrible twat.

 

Horrible cancerous club.

[The Midnight Rambler]

How the fuck was that Burnley goal given? Also Utd got away with a blatant pen late on. VAR looks to have gone from one extreme to the other.

[Bobby Hundreds]

7 hours ago, Jairzinho said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58216727

 

Pep going full Pep.

How have they got the second highest revenues in the league. They're propped up at every level in order to cheat the system. Fuck them and pep.

[Anubis]

Doesn’t take much for Klopp to get under his skin.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Pep will never get the respect a trophy haul like his deserves because its like a rich kid being bought a ferrari over a poor kid earning one. That's extreme but the point made Pep has never not had every single advantage possible, he's still an amazing coach but it's got to be easier when you always have by far the best squad and cash to keep it that way.

[TD_LFC]

4 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Pep will never get the respect a trophy haul like his deserves because its like a rich kid being bought a ferrari over a poor kid earning one. That's extreme but the point made Pep has never not had every single advantage possible, he's still an amazing coach but it's got to be easier when you always have by far the best squad and cash to keep it that way.

Goes deeper than that, don't think I've seen a club buy a a management team in preparation for a manager with both the CEO and Director of Football brought in to get Guardiola.

[DaveT]

4 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Pep will never get the respect a trophy haul like his deserves because its like a rich kid being bought a ferrari over a poor kid earning one. That's extreme but the point made Pep has never not had every single advantage possible, he's still an amazing coach but it's got to be easier when you always have by far the best squad and cash to keep it that way.

This. It’s clear that quite a few in the media agree, hence the occasional question on spending. Unfortunately hardly anyone is prepare to stick their neck out and really mail him on it. Even the great Slayer of Lance, David Walsh, is up Guardiola’s arse. 
P€p the Ch€que is one massive hypocritical insecure twat.