Guest Edwin Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Lloris is out until early next year but thankfully won't need surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 One on side of Manchester, the story is "Kompany left and everyone got injured, if only we'd signed Harry Maguire". On the other side, it's "Harry Maguire what a waste of money he's shit". Meanwhile Leicester are looking no weaker for letting him go. English born players in the Premier League: Overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Colleen Rooney. Rebekah Vardy. Popcorn gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Magnificent 7 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 The cupholder one had me in stitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) Petr Cech won his debut as a hockey goalie, stopping two shots in the shootout. Edited October 13, 2019 by odessasteps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Bulgarian fans are doing their damnedest to get this game suspended. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Rusev does NOT approve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 The head of the English FA after the game: “I was up in the stands with some of the FA staff. We heard some sounds which sounded like monkey chants. We had a pre-agreement with Gareth that I would come down if the game was interrupted. I heard some more chants and saw some activity which was appalling. I wouldn’t want to describe it but it was appalling, and I had a chat with Gareth at half-time.“We were told by the officials that 500 people in the corner who caused a lot of trouble has been thrown out at half-time. They said after that there were isolated examples of racist behaviour, not massed examples, and the protocol deals with massed examples of racist behaviour. They’ll have to collect more information from live footage of the game. “I’m happy that Gareth was in control from our side. He got the players together when the first incident happened. Then, when the second incident happened the referee said, ‘Do you want to carry on?’ He said, ‘Let’s get to half-time and review it.’ He sat down with the players; they wanted to get out there and play. And I think – and this is only my opinion – there was less racism and chanting in the second half. Any of it it appalling. I spoke to Gareth at the end and he felt they made the right decision to end the game. “I would like to see a very stringent review by UEFA. I know they take racism very, very seriously. If we say we’ve got zero tolerance for racism, then one person making money chants is the same as a hundred. To be perfectly frank, we also need to address racism in England. We have it throughout the pyramid. We shouldn’t take the moral high ground; we should join a movement to drive it out of the game. UEFA are going to have to think very carefully about the level of abuse they are willing to let players tolerate, and they are going to have to make an example of somebody one day. We have to be so proud of our team and our backroom staff, who stood shoulder to shoulder in the face of abject racism and showed they were stronger than racism.\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, SirFozzie said: The head of the English FA after the game: “I was up in the stands with some of the FA staff. We heard some sounds which sounded like monkey chants. We had a pre-agreement with Gareth that I would come down if the game was interrupted. I heard some more chants and saw some activity which was appalling. I wouldn’t want to describe it but it was appalling, and I had a chat with Gareth at half-time.“We were told by the officials that 500 people in the corner who caused a lot of trouble has been thrown out at half-time. They said after that there were isolated examples of racist behaviour, not massed examples, and the protocol deals with massed examples of racist behaviour. They’ll have to collect more information from live footage of the game. Yes, 500 isolated incidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) Bulgaria's leader tells head of Bulgarian FA to step down and will not fund soccer in Bulgaria until he does. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50054475 (odds on this running afoul of FIFA's "no government meddling in FA affairs" mandate?) edit: the head of the Bulgarian FA has since resigned. Edited October 15, 2019 by SirFozzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, Pete said: Bulgarian fans are doing their damnedest to get this game suspended. Twats. Racism and bigotry needs to be eradicated. Throw the book at them, make a real deterrent. I doubt that happens sadly. Edited October 15, 2019 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 9 minutes ago, The Natural said: Twats. Racism and bigotry needs to be eradicated. Throw the book at them, make a real deterrent. I doubt that happens sadly. We're in 2019 for fucks sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Canada beats the USA in a competitive match for the first time since 1980. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 All we needed was one world class wunderkind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Sacramento will be announced as the winner of an MLS expansion team. They will be the 29th team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) As LaLiga continues to try to expand in the US, there's talks of Atlético de Madrid and Villarreal possibly playing a league game at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on December 7 or 8. Fernando Roig, Villarreal's president confirms the rumors are true and that they are trying to organize for the game to take place there. Both clubs and LaLiga have agreed to host the game oversees. Now they are just waiting for the RFEF to approve of it. That would be a perfect way for me to end my 2019, so I hope it pans out and I get to see Atlético one more time this year, but in a competitive league game this time. Edited October 17, 2019 by Edwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 There is talk of flip flopping the upcoming Clasico from Barcelona to Madrid, due to all the political unrest going on in Catalonia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Phil Parkinson confirmed as new Sunderland manager. Great get for the Black Cats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 7 hours ago, odessasteps said: There is talk of flip flopping the upcoming Clasico from Barcelona to Madrid, due to all the political unrest going on in Catalonia. There's talks of moving the game to Madrid, rescheduling December or playing behind closed doors which is what happened when Barcelona played against Las Palmas. All of which Catalans do not see as viable options as the club and the Camp Nou is where they've always gone to push their political agenda. They were pissed when the club played Las Palmas last time behind closed doors instead of standing up to authority, not playing and taking the 6 point deduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 On 10/15/2019 at 9:09 PM, Dewar said: Canada beats the USA in a competitive match for the first time since 1980. Grant Wahl's aftermath piece on US's loss to Canada offers a very bleak look for the future. USSF is a dumpster fire, and it's basically a more corrupt version of say bad NBA or NFL sports ownership (think like Dan Snyder or James Dolan). 5 hours ago, The Natural said: Phil Parkinson confirmed as new Sunderland manager. Great get for the Black Cats. I just heard about the Sunderland documentary on Netflix a couple of days ago. I'm interested in checking that out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Rubiales and the RFEF pretty much shutting down Atleti vs. Villarreal being played in Miami because it "alters" competition to play league games outside of Spain, but he didn't oppose or say playing the Supercup final outside of Spain would alter the competition when he agreed to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 What the hell happened to Spurs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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