Ask any football fan how they feel about missing a historic celebration of a glorious victory, and they'll tell you that the real glory days are still ahead.

On 7/21/2020 at 5:34 PM, The Natural said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51628666

One for @ChesterCopperpot, @Jiji and football fans here. Who makes up your all-time Liverpool XI?

 

On 7/21/2020 at 6:14 PM, Jiji said:

  Whenever we did the all-time XIs tournament, my Liverpool team got knocked out in the first or second round. ?‍♂️ I went for a cohesive unit rather than the best players, which led to questionable choices like Jan Molby in midfield (the mid to late '80s teams are kind of a favourite among Liverpudlians so that probably really coloured my selection).

Now? I'd have to include VVD and Alisson. I haven't seen much of the '70s and '60s teams other than cup finals, so it's really hard to say. Like Tommy Smith sounds amazing from everything I've read and the few matches I've seen but Alan Hansen and VVD is such a mobile, skillful pairing at the centre. Replaced Molby with Alonso, making a dynamic central pairing with hardman Souness who could do a bit of everything but would primarily be the steel in midfield. Gerrard starting from the right was a bit of a cheat because you gotta have Dalglish and Rushy up front. Barnes' dribbling and playmaking were of the highest order. I think I went Clemence in net last time but Alisson with those two CBs ahead of him completes the holy trinity of incredible skill and awareness (despite the Arsenal game) with VvD and Hansen. Phil Neal won just about every fucking trophy available. Emlyn Hughes was super versatile playing midfield, centre back, and left back with qualities for all three positions. Lots of leadership throughout. I'd think one of the better teams you could put out that doesn't have C-Ron, Messi, Pele, or Maradona. 

I guess Hansen would have to take 3 or 5.

Cheers, @Jiji.

Results:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51628666

The image of my lineup died. Mine was somewhat close to the results. Had Alisson in net, Neal and Hughes at fullback and Xabi in a 442 in place of suarez with Rush and Dalglish up front. 

Question: Why is everyone mad that West Ham got the Olympic Stadium? It had to be built, so what's the suggestion for usage after the Olympics are done? 

Iirc, it was the deal the pornographers got, not necessarily it was them getting it over Leyton Orient or any of the other local East London clubs.

2 hours ago, odessasteps said:

Iirc, it was the deal the pornographers got, not necessarily it was them getting it over Leyton Orient or any of the other local East London clubs.

Quite frankly losing out on the Olympic Stadium was the best thing that has happened to Spurs in ages. They built a beautiful new stadium without going into debt while the Olympic Stadium is now among the worst soccer stadiums you can think of.

7 hours ago, Dewar said:

Question: Why is everyone mad that West Ham got the Olympic Stadium? It had to be built, so what's the suggestion for usage after the Olympics are done? 

Teams having Stadiums built and paid for by taxes doesn't really happen in this country. Arsenal paid for their Stadium themselves. Spurs paid for their stadium themselves. The City of Manchester stadium was originally built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and partially paid for by Manchester City Council, before being sold to Man City, but the deal felt fair (and the owners of Man City have pumped shitloads of cash into the City).

The Olympic stadium was a massive overspend of National (not local) tax money to redevelop London. There has (for decades) been a lot of resentment around the country that the most prosperous City in the Union is also the one that gets the most investment, and then they spaff a load of cash on doing up London for the Olympics, and then just give it to West Ham even though they're from a completely different part of London. And they were total shitbastards about the conversion too. They said the running track would remain but be under temporary seating. Everyone assumed that this meant retractable stands on wheels and that, like the grass pitch at Spurs with the Astroturf underneath. It's not. It's scaffolding and shit.

I'm both surprised and not surprised by this. de Boer never seemed like he had real buy in from the team. Also, this feels like the most "we can move off a guy quickly like big European Clubs" move I've seen in my casual watching of MLS.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/07/24/atlanta-united-frank-de-boer-mutually-agree-part-ways

Shockingly, it appears that firing the manager with two matches left to save the season may not have been a winning move for Watford.

At halftime:

Arsenal 3-1 Watford (Watford down if scores stand)
Everton 1-2 Bournemouth (Bournemouth down)
West Ham 0-0 Aston Villa (Villa safe)

1 hour ago, Pete said:

Shockingly, it appears that firing the manager with two matches left to save the season may not have been a winning move for Watford.

At halftime:

Arsenal 3-1 Watford (Watford down if scores stand)
Everton 1-2 Bournemouth (Bournemouth down)
West Ham 0-0 Aston Villa (Villa safe)

Final scores:
Arsenal 3-2 Watford
Everton 1-3 Bournemouth
West Ham 1-1 Aston Villa

 

 

Allegedly, Vince McMahon wants to buy Sunderland AFC. Let that sink in for a second. Badly run disaster club in the third tier, despite the fact that with the size and loyalty of their support they should be Premier League sized. OK:

 

15 hours ago, AxB said:

Allegedly, Vince McMahon wants to buy Sunderland AFC. Let that sink in for a second. Badly run disaster club in the third tier, despite the fact that with the size and loyalty of their support they should be Premier League sized. OK:

 

So if he fails to get the Makems, then fails to get the Smog Monsters who's next: Berwick Rangers???

There's bound to be some clueless Billionaire somewhere in the World who'll buy a Scottish team thinking that if they win enough, he can get them promoted to the English Premier League.

22 minutes ago, AxB said:

There's bound to be some clueless Billionaire somewhere in the World who'll buy a Scottish team thinking that if they win enough, he can get them promoted to the English Premier League.

But who wouldn't want to own a club that's so legendary that a club in Glasgow that was formed 8 years ago were named in their honor?

2 hours ago, sabremike said:

But who wouldn't want to own a club that's so legendary that a club in Glasgow that was formed 8 years ago were named in their honor?

Well, if you can have Cardiff and Swansea in the English pyramid system, who’s to say the Ibrox club can’t join it either? At that point Scottish football becomes Celtic and nothing else.

Rangers and Celtic should have been allowed to join the English pyramid back in the late 1990s-early 2000s era.

It's Brentford vs Fulham for all the marbles next Tuesday.

Comeon you Bees!

Why is Robert Stone at a Jags game? 

20 hours ago, Pete said:

It's Brentford vs Fulham for all the marbles next Tuesday.

C'mon Brentford.

On 7/30/2020 at 4:50 AM, AxB said:

There's bound to be some clueless Billionaire somewhere in the World who'll buy a Scottish team thinking that if they win enough, he can get them promoted to the English Premier League.

Sheffield Wednesday to start next season on -12 points. Meanwhile Wigan have also been given a 12 point deduction, only it's applied retroactively to the 2019-20 season, so they have been relegated.

Edited July 31, 20206 yr by AxB