The Football Thread

[mitchspur]

The Liberty Stadium visit ends in a win!!!!

But did Fabianski's 'antics' finally cost them the match???

He cheated his b******s off and got stung at the end!!!

But hey hoy as usual all the talk was of Klopp and Gladioli at the end of the evening.

I suppose nobody wants to talk about Spurs because the manager ain't an overhyped showman. I really think we ain't gonna slip to 3rd 'this' year!!!

By the way I was on the telly cos' I was row 2 right where the celebrations went on, as you can see by my camera angles!!!

[Motorboater]

I know it's not important because it's the A-League. But Tim Cahill has scored another cracking header. He'll never stop!

[Motorboater]

"Wenger Out" banner at the Penrith/South Sydney rugby league game atm!


Edit: here's the pic.

[victor meldrew]

Wenger in at the moment after the 3-0 win against the Hapless Hammers.

[snowy25]

Former Manchester United footballer Andrew Cole has undergone a kidney transplant operation.

The 45-year-old, who also played for Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers, suffered kidney failure after contracting an airborne virus in 2015.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-39527374

Best wishes and a speedy recovery to him.

[judy84]

[QUOTE=mitchspur;3997050]The Liberty Stadium visit ends in a win!!!!

"I suppose nobody wants to talk about Spurs because the manager ain't an overhyped showman. I really think we ain't gonna slip to 3rd 'this' year!!!"

When Pochettino talks I can understand indivual words and maybe even sentences, but after he's finished speaking I can't remember or understand what he has just said.
Does anyone else have this problem or is it just me?

Can anyone remember anything interesting he has said?

[old alal]

Most Football Managers talk bollocks, and those who do so with an accent are just that little bit more difficult to understand.

[pierrelm]

[QUOTE=judy84;3997846]

Originally Posted by mitchspur

When Pochettino talks I can understand indivual words and maybe even sentences, but after he's finished speaking I can't remember or understand what he has just said.
Does anyone else have this problem or is it just me?

Can anyone remember anything interesting he has said?

I can remember a great deal of what 'Arry Redknapp said; he had media skills galore, which came in useful as it seemed to stop people looking at what he'd won as a manager (and, arguably, how much of the various clubs' money he spent, often on the same players). MP is simply a bloody good manager, albeit yet to win a trophy. I know who I'd trust. He'll do nicely.
Unfortunately for Spurs, unless they open the coffers up to compete meaningfully on the big stage in precisely the way that their north London rivals haven't, I suspect he'll be lured away at some point if he does start to pick up trophies.

The next contestant for upcoming promising manager might be the chap at Hull. He's doing remarkably well with a squad which looks like it's Championship standard. These are perhaps harsh words but though the Championship is a very competitive league, that's because there isn't a decent team in it (and certainly not a decent defence), just a collection of squads ranging from moderate through to barely adequate - I know, I've watched them come, I've watched them go...). You can look at the clubs struggling at the foot of the PL and yet they all have stronger squads than those at the top of the division below - there's not many (if any?) Championship players who would make any of the PL first teams. The gap is growing.

[victor meldrew]

HT

WHU 1 Fabianski 0

We have had by far the better of it and worth the lead at the interval. Rudolph has been a luxury as he has had little to do, while his counter part has made two excellent saves to keep the sterile Swansea in the game. On the downside, noble on a yellow, while Antonio's game is over, hamstring, replaced by the world class Calleri.
I just have this awful feeling disaster is just around the corner, hopefully I am way off the mark.

Were better than that Lanzini................

Five minutes et, Calleri looks knackered and fails to convert.

Byram could have kept us up...............

Ugly footie, Swansea are worse, possibly safe?

[victor meldrew]

[QUOTE=pierrelm;3998330]

Originally Posted by judy84

The next contestant for upcoming promising manager might be the chap at Hull. He's doing remarkably well with a squad which looks like it's Championship standard. These are perhaps harsh words but though the Championship is a very competitive league, that's because there isn't a decent team in it (and certainly not a decent defence), just a collection of squads ranging from moderate through to barely adequate - I know, I've watched them come, I've watched them go...). You can look at the clubs struggling at the foot of the PL and yet they all have stronger squads than those at the top of the division below - there's not many (if any?) Championship players who would make any of the PL first teams. The gap is growing.

Norwich 7 Reading 1

Forest 2 Huddersfield 0

Substantiates your remarks.