Other Football 22/23

[TheHowieLama]

He would face charges in the other country as well then. Not much different than what happened with Ronaldo being charged in the US.

[Mook]

He'll have to fight for his rights.

[TheHowieLama]

Just now, Mook said:

He'll have to fight for his rights.

Heh, not repped.

[Bjornebye]

If them texts are right then he needs to see jailtime the horrible cunt. 

[m0e]

11 hours ago, deiseach said:

"The market sets the agenda, not a group of feminist campaigners."

 

I suppose this boils down to whether you think 'the market' should trump other considerations. I can think of countless instances of 'the market' scoffing at the efforts of a small number of doughty campaigners to change the narrative. Those who sought a sporting boycott of apartheid South Africa were viewed as cranks back in the day. A tipping point arrived though when their efforts bore fruit. Change doesn't just happen. Something has to cause it. Time will tell if people are truly receptive to women's football moving into the mainstream, I guess.

You clearly don't understand the market, or at the best case, what I mean by the market.

 

Social justice away, tough guy.

[deiseach]

7 hours ago, m0e said:

You clearly don't understand the market, or at the best case, what I mean by the market.

 

Social justice away, tough guy.

I understand you all too well.

[m0e]

2 hours ago, deiseach said:

I understand you all too well.

Course you do

[TD_LFC]

I was against m0e's stance on Womens sport but having read the story about Imogen Clarke today I'm coming around to his way of thinking.

 

No way would would a guy known as the Asthmatic Arse Fondler be allowed to still be in the sport.

 

 

 

[m0e]

On 28/07/2022 at 09:50, TD_LFC said:

I guess the main question is why does anyone care?

 

If the market sets the agenda then the popularity of the Women's Euro's would be why news agencies are going big on it at a time where men's football hasn't started yet.

That would be a fair point, only the mainstream media often tries to create the market.

 

What will determine its success is if people are willing to pay, week in week out, for the 'privilege' of watching the sport.

 

At the moment, they clearly don't, and I doubt that will change in my lifetime.

 

If it does, fair play.

 

Just get the news about it onto a different link please.

[Code]

 

[TD_LFC]

Show's the chronic lack of leadership, and leadership options, in the Arsenal team. 

[dockers_strike]

Newcastle bid £40m for Leicester's Maddison.

 

Newcastle United have made a £40 million bid for James Maddison, the Leicester and England attacking midfielder.

Telegraph Sport understands Newcastle tabled the significant offer for Maddison on Friday and it was turned down by Leicester, who are the only remaining Premier League club yet to make a senior signing this summer.

Maddison, 25, has been identified as a key target for Eddie Howe ahead of the new season and Newcastle are now weighing up whether to make an improved offer.

The £40m offered would have made Maddison Newcastle's joint-record signing alongside Joelinton if it had been successful.

Signed for £25m from Norwich City in June 2018, Maddison has proved an excellent recruit and developed his game under the guidance of Brendan Rodgers.

Leicester's stance on Maddison is intriguing as they need to sell players to raise funds this summer, due to issues with Financial Fair Play and a top-heavy squad.

The decision to reject Newcastle's bid appears to suggest that Leicester consider Maddison as integral to Rodgers' plans for the forthcoming season, despite their obvious need for funds.

Newcastle have signed Sven Botman, Matt Targett and Nick Pope this summer and the bid for Maddison is their most ambitious move so far.

After the win over Atalanta in a friendly on Friday night, Howe was asked about the prospect of making any attacking signings.

He said: “Never say never but as the days tick by it is looking more and more unlikely.

“However, the most important thing is that we get the right players, not the speed that we get them in.”

Maddison has two years remaining on his contract, after signing an improved deal in August 2020. Leicester could now open talks over another new contract.

Last season he provided 18 goals and 12 assists in all competitions, with Rodgers admitting he could do no more to earn an England recall.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/07/30/exclusive-newcastle-make-40m-bid-leicester-star-james-maddison/

[an tha]

1 hour ago, TD_LFC said:

Show's the chronic lack of leadership, and leadership options, in the Arsenal team. 

Their fans will be dead giddy 4-0 up on Sevilla inside 20 mins today.

[TD_LFC]

They should be, they've looked good this pre-season 

[TheHowieLama]

Other than their handling of the Thomas "Where's the" Partey situation they have been ok.

[sir roger]

1 hour ago, an tha said:

Their fans will be dead giddy 4-0 up on Sevilla inside 20 mins today.

If you can't be giddy in pre-season, what's the point of being a football fan ?

[an tha]

18 minutes ago, sir roger said:

If you can't be giddy in pre-season, what's the point of being a football fan ?

I preferred the days when pre season was a mystery, where you just saw a result (maybe) in the paper and the first you saw or heard of it all was the charity shield.

 

It's become an absolute circus.

[sir roger]

Not arsed about the games themselves ( I preferred beating Austrian electricians 14-0 ) but its a grim deal if you can't think that everything is possible for the upcoming season.

[TD_LFC]

2 hours ago, an tha said:

It's become an absolute circus.

It became a circus 20 years ago, at this point it's the norm.

[niallers]

German supercup is on in leipzig. The centre circle has 2 lines drawn in it from the centre spot to the edge of the circle ,which makes it the CND sign. Never seen anything like. 

[Lee909]

Mane 2 goals and 2 offside goals

 

Think it's fair to say he might score a few

[Lee909]

Bayern looked really good

Switched off and Leipzig got back into the game and then killed it on the break. Some bloody forward line they have there this year. Mane,Sane,Coman,Gnabry Musiala,Muller and Zirkee. Got to be one of the favourites for the CL. 

 

 

Quite looking forward to watching Palace,Viera surprised me. Building a interesting young squad there. Arsenal should be interesting to. Reckon it's us amd Chelsea then Spurs and Arsenal 

[sir roger]

Considering the women's game is apparently a refreshing antidote to the men's game, the England Euro womens team are a lot less multi-cultural than their male counterparts.

[YorkshireRed]

I went to watch Wakefield AFC yesterday. Their first game in the North East Counties Division One, following promotion last season. My glory hunting nose needed an itch scratching. 
 

They’re now on the tenth tier of the football pyramid, and started with a 3-1 win over Glashoughton with around 400 in attendance. 
 

Currently their home games are at Featherstone Rovers Rugby League ground, although I believe there is a plan to move to Wakefield Trinity’s home at some point in the future. 
 

It was great to watch ‘real’ football, lots of families in the crowd which bodes well for the clubs future.

 

Wakefield is currently the largest City in England without a professional football club. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by an American Hedge Fund and significant investment is being provided. It’s a way off, but the expectation is that they will move up the pyramid fairly quickly.

 

I look forward to writing about them in the modern football thread as they inevitably get sucked further into all the nonsense that success will bring. 

 

Until then, it’s a really enjoyable way to spend a Saturday afternoon, although they can fuck off with £4.20 for a cheeseburger. 
 

[Bruce Spanner]

1 hour ago, sir roger said:

Considering the women's game is apparently a refreshing antidote to the men's game, the England Euro womens team are a lot less multi-cultural than their male counterparts.

 

Sadly there's most likely a straight forward socio-economic reason for that as it was only recently professionalised and been able to devote themselves fully without having support from home/partner etc.