The Football News Thread 2015/16 - everything non-Wolves

[machin05]

Do we know who this player is btw?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Kieran Bywater.

 

[YoungWolf]

Oh not him that signed for QPR then, Championship club then anyway.

 

[Kenny]

Kevin Nolan has left West Ham by mutual consent.

 

[Lord Knows]

Kevin Nolan has left West Ham by mutual consent.

Some mug will give him another contract.

 

[Premier Quality]

thought the bywater piece was really interesting, thanks Deutsch.

 

[Johnny75]

You hope the lad finds his way back up to the top through non-league or even an academy like Wolves which may have the spare capacity.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

 

[Stan Hullis]

Tough for Man City again

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Chelsea should progress

 

[lemonjelly]

Tough for Man City again

If they sign de Bruyne, I'd think they'd be outside favourites for 2nd place I think.

Not a given for Arsenal that group.

 

[lemonjelly]

Chelsea should progress

They've had some really favourable group draws in this competition over the years.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Not a given for Arsenal that group.

If you can't pick up at least 8 points from 4 games against Olympiacos and Zagreb then you don't deserve to be in the next round.

 

[Lycan]

Dinamo vs Olympiacos could be a tasty one btw. Olympiacos & Red Star's hooligans are affiliated and Dinamo hate Red Star.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Chelsea should walk their group, United and Arsenal both should be alright for second place, if City perform as they can then topping the group isn't beyond them but they've generally been well below their best in Europe.

 

[Alan]

When's the last time a Kazakh team made it this far? Must be a big achievement for them.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Never?

 

[Alan]

That's my guess. And FC Astana was only founded six years ago, to boot!

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Yep your right first time ever and in 6 years but it helps having a shed load (and a big shed at that) of oil money from the state to back you, holding company worth $75 billion!

http://www.rferl.org/content/fc-astana-champions-league-kazakhstan/27212696.html

 

[Alan]

Yep your right first time ever and in 6 years but it helps having a shed load (and a big shed at that) of oil money from the state to back you, holding company worth $75 billion!

http://www.rferl.org/content/fc-astana-champions-league-kazakhstan/27212696.html

Yar, apparently they were formed out of a merger of two big-ish clubs as well, so not exactly the rags-to-riches story I originally thought!