Author Topic: Football 2020 - 2021 (Read 20723 times)

jeremyp · « **Reply #250 on:** May 18, 2021, 01:33:24 PM »

Eric Cantona has been inducted into the EPL's Hall of ~~Martial Arts~~ Fame. He reacted with the same modesty for which we all remember him.

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I am very happy and very proud, but at the same time I am not surprised. I would've been surprised not to be elected

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57157310

ad_orientem · « **Reply #251 on:** May 20, 2021, 08:15:17 PM »

My favourite non-West Ham.player.

jeremyp · « **Reply #252 on:** May 21, 2021, 02:24:44 PM »

Quote from: ad_orientem on May 20, 2021, 08:15:17 PM

My favourite non-West Ham.player.

Who is? Eric Cantona?

ad_orientem · « **Reply #253 on:** May 21, 2021, 04:42:23 PM »

Quote from: jeremyp on May 21, 2021, 02:24:44 PM

Who is? Eric Cantona?

Yeah.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #254 on:** May 22, 2021, 04:29:05 PM »

Brilliant achievement by St Johnstone and Callum Davidson who should have been Manager of the Year

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57125203

Anchorman · « **Reply #255 on:** May 22, 2021, 05:34:22 PM »

Quote from: Nearly Sane on May 22, 2021, 04:29:05 PM

Brilliant achievement by St Johnstone and Callum Davidson who should have been Manager of the Year

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57125203

Yes and yes.
Remarkable; so sad there was no crowd - St Johnstone deserved one today.

jeremyp · « **Reply #256 on:** May 23, 2021, 05:56:12 PM »

I hate Leicester. Top four a possibility and they allow themselves to get turned over by Spurs at home. Twonks.

ad_orientem · « **Reply #257 on:** May 23, 2021, 09:35:34 PM »

Quote from: jeremyp on May 23, 2021, 05:56:12 PM

I hate Leicester. Top four a possibility and they allow themselves to get turned over by Spurs at home. Twonks.

Was hoping for a Leicester win as well.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #258 on:** May 23, 2021, 09:53:30 PM »

Quote from: ad_orientem on May 23, 2021, 09:35:34 PM

Was hoping for a Leicester win as well.

Still West Ham in Europe

ad_orientem · « **Reply #259 on:** May 24, 2021, 03:58:06 AM »

Quote from: Nearly Sane on May 23, 2021, 09:53:30 PM

Still West Ham in Europe

Great season. Can enjoy European football next season. For a club like us you never know how much any of this is going to last, so just enjoy it whilst we can.

jeremyp · « **Reply #260 on:** May 24, 2021, 10:05:17 AM »

Quote from: ad_orientem on May 23, 2021, 09:35:34 PM

Was hoping for a Leicester win as well.

If they'd even got a draw, Arsenal would have finished above Spurs. Of course that would mean having to do the Europa Conference next year, which might be a poisoned pill.

jeremyp · « **Reply #261 on:** May 27, 2021, 01:35:15 PM »

Ha ha ha ha.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57268046

ad_orientem · « **Reply #262 on:** May 28, 2021, 08:45:41 AM »

Quote from: jeremyp on May 27, 2021, 01:35:15 PM

Ha ha ha ha.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57268046

Can't get more Spursy than that. Ha ha!

jeremyp · « **Reply #263 on:** May 31, 2021, 07:12:38 PM »

European club football is in crisis apparently.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57305261

Barcelona, for example, is €1 billion in debt and they need more money (hence the Super League). 🎻 <= the world's smallest violin.

ad_orientem · « **Reply #264 on:** June 01, 2021, 08:57:22 AM »

Quote from: jeremyp on May 31, 2021, 07:12:38 PM

European club football is in crisis apparently.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57305261

Barcelona, for example, is €1 billion in debt and they need more money (hence the Super League). 🎻 <= the world's smallest violin.

That's what you get for paying silly money for players. No sympathy whatsoever. Clubs might well value players too highly and players might demand too high wages but no one forces clubs to pay them that much. Real value is only determined by how much someone is willing to pay for something. Until these clubs realise that, they will be in trouble. As I said earlier about this, Perez is right about one thing, something needs to change, but the answer isn't more money but less. The stakes need to be lowered.

jeremyp · « **Reply #265 on:** June 01, 2021, 09:17:39 AM »

Quote from: ad_orientem on June 01, 2021, 08:57:22 AM

That's what you get for paying silly money for players. No sympathy whatsoever. Clubs might well value players too highly and players might demand too high wages but no one forces clubs to pay them that much. Real value is only determined by how much someone is willing to pay for something. Until these clubs realise that, they will be in trouble. As I said earlier about this, Perez is right about one thing, something needs to change, but the answer isn't more money but less. The stakes need to be lowered.

I am more or less in agreement except there is one problem. Some clubs are now owned by billionaires who are prepared to throw silly money at them. As long as you have such clubs, other clubs that are run in a fiscally prudent manner cannot compete.

ad_orientem · « **Reply #266 on:** June 01, 2021, 11:27:12 AM »

Quote from: jeremyp on June 01, 2021, 09:17:39 AM

I am more or less in agreement except there is one problem. Some clubs are now owned by billionaires who are prepared to throw silly money at them. As long as you have such clubs, other clubs that are run in a fiscally prudent manner cannot compete.

Undoubtably.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #267 on:** June 02, 2021, 08:48:52 AM »

Ancelotti to Real Madrid.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57319559

SusanDoris · « **Reply #268 on:** June 29, 2021, 05:21:54 PM »

Being slightly interested in the match

I turned on FiveLive just before 5:0 p.m. Could someone please tell me who was booing as the teams walked in and why were they booing? Was it against a particular player, and if so why would anyone want to ruin such an occasion in that way?

ad_orientem · « **Reply #269 on:** June 29, 2021, 11:31:21 PM »

Quote from: SusanDoris on June 29, 2021, 05:21:54 PM

Being slightly interested in the match I turned on FiveLive just before 5:0 p.m. Could someone please tell me who was booing as the teams walked in and why were they booing? Was it against a particular player, and if so why would anyone want to ruin such an occasion in that way?

Try and put them off.

Outrider · « **Reply #270 on:** June 30, 2021, 08:38:15 AM »

Quote from: SusanDoris on June 29, 2021, 05:21:54 PM

Being slightly interested in the match I turned on FiveLive just before 5:0 p.m. Could someone please tell me who was booing as the teams walked in and why were they booing? Was it against a particular player, and if so why would anyone want to ruin such an occasion in that way?

I'm never entirely sure that the crowd noise and the pictures are necessarily in synch, but it did seem like a section of the crowd at least were vocal any time Manuel Neuer (the German goalkeeper, and captain I think) got the ball, although might just have been a distaste for passing the ball back to the goalkeeper.

O.

SusanDoris · « **Reply #271 on:** June 30, 2021, 10:04:21 AM »

Quote from: Outrider on June 30, 2021, 08:38:15 AM

I'm never entirely sure that the crowd noise and the pictures are necessarily in synch, but it did seem like a section of the crowd at least were vocal any time Manuel Neuer (the German goalkeeper, and captain I think) got the ball, although might just have been a distaste for passing the ball back to the goalkeeper.

O.

Thank you. As I had nothing better to do from 5:0 to 7:0 p.m. I actually enjoyed listening to it all on FiveLive!! It was quite good really and I'm glad the English team won properly, i.e. not because the other team made too many errors!

Susan

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Author Topic: Football 2020 - 2021 (Read 20723 times)