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Football 2020 - 2021
« on: August 20, 2020, 11:14:55 AM »
And they're off!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53846138

Arsenal are playing Liverpool away in their third match. Hope it is not as awful as the same fixture last year.
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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2020, 04:38:18 PM »
Harry Maguire is in some trouble.

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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2020, 02:13:46 PM »

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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2020, 02:17:49 PM »
Quo vadis, Lionel?

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

I'm not sure he would be a good buy for any club at whatever price he is likely to command - he's 33. However, if he came to England, it would be amazing to go and watch him play.

I voted for Man City in the poll.
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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2020, 02:19:50 PM »
I'm not sure he would be a good buy for any club at whatever price he is likely to command - he's 33. However, if he came to England, it would be amazing to go and watch him play.

I voted for Man City in the poll.

Presumably a lot could be made from products and sponsorship.
When C Ronaldo went to Juve they got big boost from that.

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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2020, 12:16:30 PM »
Scotland playing Israel tonight in the 2020-2021 Nations League, just over a month before Scotland play Israel in the play off qualifiers for the delayed 2020 European Championships which they both qualified for via the 2018 - 2019 Nations League.

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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2020, 02:34:22 PM »
Presumably a lot could be made from products and sponsorship.
When C Ronaldo went to Juve they got big boost from that.

I should have read the story more closely. He actually thinks he can leave Barcelona on a free transfer, but La Ligua thinks there is a €700 million release clause.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54019076

To put that in perspective, you could give them Newcastle United twice over and it wouldn't be enough.

https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-united-takeover-sale-price-could-drop-ps300m-yasir-al-rumayyan-sets-new-company-2523473
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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2020, 03:30:22 PM »
I should have read the story more closely. He actually thinks he can leave Barcelona on a free transfer, but La Ligua thinks there is a €700 million release clause.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54019076

To put that in perspective, you could give them Newcastle United twice over and it wouldn't be enough.

https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-united-takeover-sale-price-could-drop-ps300m-yasir-al-rumayyan-sets-new-company-2523473
Yes, leaving is dependent on the release clause being invalid or waived.

Also in the comparison stakes Apple is worth about 3000 Messis

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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2020, 08:45:45 PM »
Yes, leaving is dependent on the release clause being invalid or waived.

Also in the comparison stakes Apple is worth about 3000 Messis
Apple has $200 billion in cash in the bank at the moment. They could afford to buy him out 300 times over without even having to raise any capital.
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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2020, 10:58:26 AM »
First game of the season behind us and another openning day defeat in a game that we really needed to win. Can't see us getting any points until November when we play Fulham. My prediction is West Ham will be relegated. It's been on the cards for a while. You can't invest fuck all in a squad and expect to stay up. I'm not a fan of Moyes but it really doesn't matter who our manager is as long as those three clowns are in charge. GSBOUT!
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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2020, 01:57:08 PM »
Quite a game first up between Liverpool and Leeds. I would have imagined that Leeds would have groaned when the fixture list came out, but maybe they saw the first game of the season behind closed doors as perhaps the best opportunity to get something from Liverpool.

That said Liverpool have recently developed a habit for appalling (and costly in terms of goals conceded if not games lost) defensive errors. Given that they were so strong mid season last year defensively this is strange. I imagine that it was largely irrelevant in the post lockdown tail end of the season as they'd effectively won the title regardless, but if they don't improve they are going to start dropping points unnecessarily.

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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2020, 02:16:09 PM »
Quite a game first up between Liverpool and Leeds. I would have imagined that Leeds would have groaned when the fixture list came out, but maybe they saw the first game of the season behind closed doors as perhaps the best opportunity to get something from Liverpool.

That said Liverpool have recently developed a habit for appalling (and costly in terms of goals conceded if not games lost) defensive errors. Given that they were so strong mid season last year defensively this is strange. I imagine that it was largely irrelevant in the post lockdown tail end of the season as they'd effectively won the title regardless, but if they don't improve they are going to start dropping points unnecessarily.
After Liverpool have already secured the title might be better, bot OTOH, Leeds wouldn't want to be facing them if they (Leeds) are mired in a relegation battle. Win or lose, it's probably best that they have got this match out of the way.
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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2020, 02:28:10 PM »
After Liverpool have already secured the title might be better, bot OTOH, Leeds wouldn't want to be facing them if they (Leeds) are mired in a relegation battle. Win or lose, it's probably best that they have got this match out of the way.
Yes probably correct - and Leeds would have worked on an assumption that they'd get nothing from this game, which is what happened in the end. I wonder what this will do psychologically to their players - give them a big boost from going toe to toe with the champions for most of the game or leave them massively deflated from getting so close to a draw and then blowing it at the death.

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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2020, 10:24:55 AM »
OK - the world has gone officially bonkers.

I was watching Wolves/Man City last night and from a distance Man City's kit looked to be a broadly white affair. Get closer and it is Paisley, yes PAISLEY - I mean WTF:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/liam-gallagher-reacts-man-citys-18293481

The only Paisley shirt that should be allowed in football as a St Mirren one.

I'm beginning to think this season may be a new low in kit design.

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« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2020, 03:23:52 PM »
Something needs to be done about that new handball rule. Must be one of the stupidest thungs ever.
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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #16 on: September 28, 2020, 03:55:17 PM »
Something needs to be done about that new handball rule. Must be one of the stupidest thungs ever.

How long before strikers start deliberately kicking the ball at defenders' arms to try to get the penalty?
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« Reply #17 on: September 28, 2020, 06:52:00 PM »
How long before strikers start deliberately kicking the ball at defenders' arms to try to get the penalty?

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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2020, 03:45:32 PM »
OK - the world has gone officially bonkers.

I was watching Wolves/Man City last night and from a distance Man City's kit looked to be a broadly white affair. Get closer and it is Paisley, yes PAISLEY - I mean WTF:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/liam-gallagher-reacts-man-citys-18293481

The only Paisley shirt that should be allowed in football as a St Mirren one.

I'm beginning to think this season may be a new low in kit design.


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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #19 on: October 04, 2020, 11:16:56 AM »

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« Reply #20 on: October 04, 2020, 02:38:40 PM »
Lose first game to Newcastle. First points of the season against Fulham at start of November maybe? Fucking hate this season already. Beat Wolves and Leicester well. Man I love being a West Ham fan.😁
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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #21 on: October 05, 2020, 03:26:06 AM »
Anyone have a double on Man U 1 - Spurs 6, Villa 7 - Liverpool 2?

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« Reply #22 on: October 05, 2020, 05:10:41 PM »
Anyone have a double on Man U 1 - Spurs 6, Villa 7 - Liverpool 2?
No-one ... in the history of the world ... ever ;)

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« Reply #23 on: October 05, 2020, 06:35:28 PM »
Anyone have a double on Man U 1 - Spurs 6, Villa 7 - Liverpool 2?
Last night, I was having a laugh about the Man U on the phone with my friend who is a Liverpool supporter. At the time, Liverpool were only one nil down.
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Re: Football 2020 - 2021
« Reply #24 on: October 06, 2020, 04:36:44 PM »
This is obviously loose change to Ozil but it's a nice gesture


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