The Football News Thread 2017/18 - everything not Wolves

[Lupo]

Not self inflicted as such but Sergio Aguero was involved in a bad car accident in Amsterdam last night, breaking his ribs and set to be out for a couple of months.

He was in a taxi heading for the airport after attending a concert of a Colombian singer

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/201 ... g-reports/

 

[lemonjelly]

I thought there may have been a Roy of the Rovers thread, but the search function didn't find it (or I'm rubbish at searching!), anyways:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-41419268
My grandad lord bless him got me ROTR every week as a nipper. I used to run into his house and straight to his rocking chair. The comic was always waiting under the cushion.

 

[Langers]

I thought there may have been a Roy of the Rovers thread, but the search function didn't find it (or I'm rubbish at searching!), anyways:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-41419268
My grandad lord bless him got me ROTR every week as a nipper. I used to run into his house and straight to his rocking chair. The comic was always waiting under the cushion.

I loved ROTR. Didn't he have to have his legs amputated after a helicopter crash or something ridiculous like that?

My favourite was Hamish Balfour. He was ace.

 

[lemonjelly]

I loved ROTR. Didn't he have to have his legs amputated after a helicopter crash or something ridiculous like that?

My favourite was Hamish Balfour. He was ace.

He had his left foot amputated, so no more famous Roy Race Rockets.
Durrells Palace, Mighty Mouse, The Safest Hands In Soccer, Dexters Dozen, Billys Boots.

Ah, childhood!

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Some top Twitter work by Didi Hamann:

James Pearce‏ @JamesPearceEcho
Dejan Lovren on how he's taking five pills to get through every #LFC game....

Didi Hamann‏ @DietmarHamann
I'm taking 8 pills to be able to watch him every week

 

[Kenny]

https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/917375646476709888

 

[Sniffer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41558174

I don't know about Kenny but at least Ronnie Rosenthal will be sleeping better tonight!

 

[Kenny]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41558174

I don't know about Kenny but at least Ronnie Rosenthal will be sleeping better tonight!

Its the love and friendship that keeps me on this forum....

 

[FrankMunro-371]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41558174

I don't know about Kenny but at least Ronnie Rosenthal will be sleeping better tonight!

Not sure how he missed that. All he had to do was tap it into the unguarded goal.

 

[darlowolf64]

Not sure how he missed that. All he had to do was tap it into the unguarded goal.

He missed it because he tried to be a clever dick!

 

[Kenny]

UEFA Nations League to replace standard Friendlies

England will start in League A
Wales, Rep Ireland and Northern Ireland in B
Scotland in C

 

[Johnny75]

Seem a decent idea on the face of it.

 

[Parkins left foot]

At least all friendlies will be against countries of a decent standard - no complete mismatches that teach us nothing about England's progression (or lack of!)

 

[Trips]

Qualifying spots for Euro 2020 also means it should be competitive. Only thing would be if you qualify through this, you drop to having meaningless friendlies for 18 months

 

[Kenny]

Villa owner fined £4k by the FA for Tweeting about the ref after they beat Bolton. He tweeted "Is the ref a AV hater?" after Neil Taylor was sent off

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Some form of internet fraud going on among the Scottish clubs. Clearly clever thieves have tried to empty their coffers, and have got about £47 in clydesdale bank notes.

 

[Alan]

Persela Lamongan goalkeeper Choirul Huda has passed away following a mid-game collision.

Huda was essentially the Indonesian Totti. He made his debut for Persela in 1999 and never entertained leaving.

He was knocked unconscious claiming a high ball near the end of the first half and had died by the time the rest of the team made it to the hospital after the match.

Tragic.

 

[Lycan]

That's absolutely awful.

Those teams have such dedicated, passionate supporters. It will have affected so many people.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Newcastle up for sale. Great opportunity for a big money overseas investor...if you didn't have to deal with Mike Ashley to get control in the first place.

He'll want every single penny back that he's ever loaned/invested and they simply aren't worth what he's loaded onto the club. If they were going for a realistic price relative to their current stature while factoring in potential (as we were sold for, both times we changed ownership in the last decade) then it'd be a no brainer.

 

[Parkins left foot]

Newcastle up for sale. Great opportunity for a big money overseas investor...if you didn't have to deal with Mike Ashley to get control in the first place.

He'll want every single penny back that he's ever loaned/invested and they simply aren't worth what he's loaded onto the club. If they were going for a realistic price relative to their current stature while factoring in potential (as we were sold for, both times we changed ownership in the last decade) then it'd be a no brainer.

Decent opportunity for someone - though as you say dealing with Ashley is a very large factor which will make many stay well clear