The Football Thread

[victor meldrew]

If he gets the job full time the owners will have to keep an eye on him or it will be AFC Birmingham in no time at all.

Steve Bruce game plan out of the window time for a re think.

Other news, Bilic copping loads of flak on the club websites.

[m100]

surely bilic is gone at the end of the season though victor? But who would come in is anyone's guess there's not many or even any out of work who you'd want or who would want to work with that board.

[victor meldrew]

Originally Posted by m100

surely bilic is gone at the end of the season though victor? But who would come in is anyone's guess there's not many or even any out of work who you'd want or who would want to work with that board.

Bilic has said today no issue's with Sakho, just need to hear from the player to confirm all is well.

If Bilic goes, will probably need a BFS type to get the best out of the cheap and nasty buys. My understanding is the manager tells the three wise ones what positions he needs players for, they then give him options for each position and he has to pick first, second third choice, cannot se too many managers wanting to work with those options.

[Devius]

Originally Posted by victor meldrew

If he gets the job full time the owners will have to keep an eye on him or it will be AFC Birmingham in no time at all.

From the Twitter account of Harry Redknapp's Dog (I kid you not ):

Harry and me both delighted to be back though we had to explain to our brokers where Birmingham is.

Not saying how much we signed for but there'll be an extra suitcase next time we fly to Cote d'Azur

[jokerman]

Originally Posted by Devius

From the Twitter account of Harry Redknapp's Dog (I kid you not ):

Harry and me both delighted to be back though we had to explain to our brokers where Birmingham is.

Not saying how much we signed for but there'll be an extra suitcase next time we fly to Cote d'Azur

So 'Arry & Rosie" are all ready doing the Nelson riddles.

[victor meldrew]

Any predictions on the UEFA v Juventus game?

I am thinking early goal for Juve, then five or six for UEFA.

[judy84]

Originally Posted by victor meldrew

Any predictions on the UEFA v Juventus game?

I am thinking early goal for Juve, then five or six for UEFA.

Already a farce in RM vs Bayern. A sending-off for a perfectly good tackle. Then in extra time Ronaldo gets a goal when he was at least a yard offside. That was a killer for the 10 men.
casamiro should have had 3 yellow cards!!

[footstep]

Strange referees yesterday..
Tonight, despite the fact it's Juve, I don't imagine them eating 6 goals as Paris did.

[tsunamiSD]

Indomitable Spirit, Just Like His Team, is the title in the print version of this article...

Tim Hackett doesn’t necessarily believe in cosmic forces.He’s not sure that there’s anything more than coincidence that put his 13-year-old son, Travis, who has battled and beaten leukemia, on the same trajectory as the Leicester City Football Club when it pulled off one of the all-time greatest sporting achievements in 2016
He does know what it has meant to his son.
Everything.
Because Travis is not just a fan living 5,000 miles away from Leicester City now. He is part of the team’s lore.
In a surreal setting on April 4, Travis Hackett, an eighth-grader from San Diego, donned the home blue uniform of the Foxes, took his place with the other boy mascots at the front of the line, and marched his heroes on the Leicester City team out of a tunnel and onto the field in front of a packed house of 32,000 fans at King Power Stadium.
Leicester goalie and captain Kasper Schmeichel gently tapped his big gloved hand on Travis’ shoulder as they walked, and as the players warmed up, Schmeichel passed the ball around among the boys before they all went to the center circle to meet with the referees.
After that, the Foxes did their part by delivering a 2-0 victory over Sunderland for a sixth straight win.

With stories like that and Travis’ ability to speak intelligently about the nuances of Leicester’s team, Foxes fans took an instant liking to the American kid. He conducted several radio interviews, and many of the major papers wrote about him.
Of the effort Leicester City put out to make the visit special, Johanna Agueda said: “What was endearing about the whole thing was that it wasn’t just the whole team; it was the entire town. They all fell in love with him.”
Since the trip, Agueda has been receiving Travis’ fan mail at the Willinger fund. She was touched by one letter from an older couple whose grandson died of cancer. They were traveling to San Diego and hoped to meet Travis.
They likely would be comforted by his youthful wisdom.

[footstep]

Great Lyon yesterday.
Monaco Juve in semi.
ok!!!