The Football News Thread 2014/15 - Everything not Wolves News Related

[Nando]

Coutinho again! He was abysnal up until about February. Cazorla and Schneidi have been consistnently excellent all season and Fabregas was majestic up to January. Far, far better than Coutinho's good spell in the last few months.

Cahill has been smashed about far too often to be in there. He's a good defender but not a great one.

I'd have Aguero over Costa without a doubt, too.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Keogh FFS, he is awful.

 

[Nando]

Sako in CM! Good grief.

 

[Kenny]

The mighty Bala Town have qualified for the Europa Cup :disco:


They hold a proud record of being unbeaten at home in European Comps.........Played 1, Won 1.

 

[Lord Knows]

Aston Villa are averaging a goal every six shots under Tim Sherwood compared to one every 16 under Paul Lambert. Its amazing what you can do with a positive attitude. Villa no longer sit and wait in their own half going through the motions. They now go out and try to express themselves.

 

[YoungWolf]

Indeed! I have my doubts about Sherwood as a manager but his positive approach was always going to improve them. They aren't clear though, not yet

 

[playtheace]

Looks like the Belgrade derby went off peacefully this year.

 

[Kenny]

That's a great punch right at the beginning on the guy with the flare in his hand!!

 

[playtheace]

That's a great punch right at the beginning on the guy with the flare in his hand!!

I think thats Red Star fighting themselves as well.
The Partizan fans were right round the other side of the ground and it was basically Red Star v Riot Police.
Wouldnt normally direct people to the Daily mail site but there are some great photos there.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...s-game-leaves-35-police-officers-injured.html

Oh the game was 0-0

 

[Kenny]

Algerian League is a bit tight

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Oran look a thrill a minute team to watch.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Mourinho would love them.

 

[playtheace]

Nice video on FC ST. Pauli.

Great set of fans....a lot of punks worldwide sport St Pauli shirts because of their anti racist stance.
However they have 4 matches to save their season, slumped right at the foot of the table and 3 of the 4 matches left are against teams in the top 5....looks bleak.

 

[Lord Knows]

600k loan fee plus 35k a week ages the true cost of a January loan signing.

http://footballleagueworld.co.uk/ca...sum-from-kenwyne-joness-afc-bournemouth-deal/

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Plucky Bournemouth, eh?

Fuck off.

 

[Nando]

Whilst their actions on the pitch gripe, it is grossly unfair to start belittling their achievements because of an expensive loan deal and spending £3m on a striker. Wilson was a direct replacement for Grabban who they sold for £3m so their net spend there is £0 and they've ended up with a far better player. Top work and everyone here would be happy if we did the same.

The fees for Arter, Pugh, Daniels, Cook and Francis were minuscule and they've all been terrific for them so fair play.

I've got far more of an issue with the likes of Derby and Boro's excessive use of the loan market to inflate the quality of their squad and Watford's ability to rely on two other top division clubs to essentially bring in players for nothing.

I'm proud that our club hasn't been reliant on loanees and that a large quantity of our squad is made up of academy products. We'll be in better condition in June than Boro or Derby who'll have to go chasing to replace the loanees.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

You can't knock their work ethic though. Only been promoted five minutes and they were straight back in training.

 

[Kenny]

Whilst their actions on the pitch gripe, it is grossly unfair to start belittling their achievements

It is 90% their actions on the pitch that do it for me. I was really looking forward to see Bournemouth play hen they came to Molineux. From the outside looking in they came across as the perfect example for all clubs to follow but in reality they were a horrible bunch of players that play with no spirit for the game. Some may like that, I don't. The other 10% is just the media bollocks, but the media not researching things and going with soundbites is the way they do it nowadays.

Eddie Howe has done a great job though, clearly a manager that fits that club. It will be interesting to see who they can attract in the summer. They have the money to pull in players but their name and status might damage that.

 

[Sniffer]

It is a fantastic achievement by all associated with the club. Eddie Howe, the players, the chairman, their backers and not least of all Mike Jones. Without his intervention they may well have been going into the final game still requiring a victory.

 

[Nando]

They'd be going into it needing something if Karanka hadn't told his 'keeper to go up for the last minute corner which they ended up conceding from. Idiotic management.