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

[visage]

Is there a reason why the Prem season has finished so late this year? It seems ages ago since we finished, and they've still got another set of fixtures. DOnt they normally finish the week after the football league?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Normally it's one week extra - add another this year as there were no PL games on New Year's Day. Not sure where the other round from last year has disappeared from and materialised as an extra week.

 

[machin05]

Wasn't there another 'FA Cup only' week with no Prem fixtures?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Don't think the PL ever schedule full rounds of games on FA Cup weekends before the quarter finals, same as this year.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

There was an extra round of midweek fixtures for us when they couldn't have a fixture because of a clash with the Champions League, which is no longer allowed for top-flight games, even if only 20% of the teams potentially involved in the fixtures could have been in that competition.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

England U17s have just beaten Spain U17s, albeit on penalties. We really do have the raw talent in this country, it's making sure it doesn't fizzle out with constant loans and bench spells, I'm not keen on quota systems but maybe we need them in the PL, just three homegrown U23s in a match day squad or something.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Middlesbrough's name has been spelt incorrectly on play off final tickets.

"Middlesborough"

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I think you will find that is Play Off Final tickets Frank.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I hope they haven't put 'FA Cup final' instead of 'Playoff final' as well...

 

[Tony Towner]

Shouldn't it be spelt "Aston Villa" or "Arsenal"

 

[FrankMunro-371]

I think you will find that is Play Off Final tickets Frank.

Oops sorry. They spelt the name wrong, but I could not even get the correct competition name.

 

[Alan]

2015/16 Champions League Pot One announced:

Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Zenit Saint Petersburg, and PSV Eindhoven.

 

[lemonjelly]

Man U fail to cover themselves in glory again:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/11616771/Manchester-United-tell-family-with-disabled-son-to-watch-Stockport-instead.html

Martin Emery believes that the access at United for wheelchair users is discriminatory and was furious to receive an email from the club’s disability liaison officer that said: “There are some clubs that would welcome you with open arms and possibly ask you to bring as many family members as possible, the downside is it wouldn’t be at Old Trafford, most probably Rochdale, Oldham or Stockport. They have the space and that’s the critical thing.”...
The wider issue at Old Trafford is of only 120 spaces for wheelchair users, despite the charity Level Playing Field recommending at least 282 for a ground with a 75,635 capacity. The allocation of these tickets is also controversial, with United largely providing the spaces free of charge on a match-by-match basis.
Wheelchair users have found that they cannot buy a season ticket although Manchester United say that there is an unspecified number of disabled season ticket holders. Like other clubs, United point to the age of their stadium for the constraints on numbers even though it has been significantly renovated and expanded in the past decade.

 

[Lycan]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/spo...west-midlands-police-looking-identify-9293042

Bizarre. Chelsea fans have probably had this chanted at them in every game for years and now all of a sudden it's an issue? I don't see how it's homophobic either.

 

[Alan]

Raheem Sterling boo'd while accepting PFA YPotY award.

Fucking Liverpool supporters make me sick tbh.

 

[Tredman]

tbf fucking Liverpool supporters would probably make me feel rather unwell too.

 

[Tony Towner]

There would definitely have to be a no talking policy

 

[Alan]

It's a catch-22. The amount of alcohol I would need to consume beforehand would literally kill me.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Brendan Rodgers might not even win his annual David Brent award this year. John Carver has nipped in right at the death and stolen an entire scene from The Office wholesale.

In order to prevent a repeat of what proved to be a brutal cull of behind-the-scenes personnel in 2009, Carver invited non-playing colleagues to join in a team meeting on Tuesday. “I brought all the staff in,” he said. “Sometimes that [knowing livelihoods are at risk] can motivate players.”

Any professional not prepared to give 100% was asked to exit stage left. “I said: ‘Anybody doesn’t fancy it, if anybody wants to backbite, if anybody wants to be negative, there’s the door,’” said Newcastle’s head coach. “Steve Stone opened the door, and I told them to leave the room. Not one person got up.”

 

[darlowolf64]

Nobody left for two reasons... The French players couldn't understand a word he said and the rest were too busy laughing