The Football News Thread 2017/18 - everything not Wolves

[The Bear]

What a finish from Salah!

 

[The Bear]

What a finish from Salah!

https://t.co/2hKTM3QmMn

 

[Kenny]

Nah Harry Burgoyne keeping there....

 

[jdrodrigues]

Silva isn't worth anything, hope we don't sign him, like I told you guys at the London.

Neves isn't playing half-bad, but the Portuguese team football is abysmal.

EDIT: Neves subbed at 75'

 

[The Bear]

Neves off after 75 mins unscathed. Played ok when he kept it simple. Seemed to slip or give the ball away playing longer balls.

 

[Carrotdude]

Must be more difficult coming into a different team when he’s not used to the runs people are making and a different style of play.

 

[jdrodrigues]

Must be more difficult coming into a different team when he’s not used to the runs people are making and a different style of play.

Or the football is bad

 

[Hereford Wolf]

Scunthorpe sack their manager. (Check league table and then tell me that football hasn't gone mad!)

 

[Tony Towner]

They've won 1 in 13 and look like they are going to blow their play off place.

 

[Hereford Wolf]

They've won 1 in 13 and look like they are going to blow their play off place.

I know...but they are fifth. I don't understand why they want to change things now.

 

[slink]

I know...but they are fifth. I don't understand why they want to change things now.

Because if things carry on as they have been then they will quickly be 8th or 9th despite being in the top 4 for a lot of the season. Rotherham have overtaken them recently due to their massively improved form and the teams below Scunthorpe have games in hand. They looked certainties to make the play offs at one point but look like they could well miss out now unless they get their form back.

 

[Hereford Wolf]

Because if things carry on as they have been then they will quickly be 8th or 9th despite being in the top 4 for a lot of the season. Rotherham have overtaken them recently due to their massively improved form and the teams below Scunthorpe have games in hand. They looked certainties to make the play offs at one point but look like they could well miss out now unless they get their form back.

I will be interested to see if they still make the play offs. If they don't I may have a little chuckle to myself.

 

[Derby Wolf]

Albion needing to apply for financial support from the banks. £39m profit but spent £40m none of it particularly wisely.

Nothing too much to worry about at all for them but it's hardly ideal news that they're going down and not even "doing things the right way" as they liked to grow about.

https://www.expressandstar.com/spor...n-seek-financial-help-despite-record-profits/

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Some points on that

1. Their wage bill is maxed out, and that is for Premier League purposes. So around £67m. They are going to need to reduce that substantially in the summer. Sturridge and Greg going back will save them millions, but that is just the start of it.

2. Where is their rich owner in all this? Having to go the bank for an interest-bearing overdraft facility when you have a benefactor is a bit odd. Is he not planning on investing in them at all then?

 

[Kenny]

2. Where is their rich owner in all this? Having to go the bank for an interest-bearing overdraft facility when you have a benefactor is a bit odd. Is he not planning on investing in them at all then?

Wants to run it like Peace did, hence why he has persuaded the guy who worked alongside him back to the club.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

You normally cover relegation with a combination of the following three:

- Parachute payments
- Sale of players
- Funds injected by owner

1) is a given, but they have very little of value to sell and the owner isn't especially independently wealthy. He bought West Brom without understanding football, just figuring they'd been in the top flight for the bulk of the last 15 years and were therefore "stable", with a manager who'd never been relegated, and it would just run itself. He'd then benefit from the exposure that Premier League football brings and could take what he wanted off the top for as long as that continued. Sadly for him, football doesn't work like that.

Rich owners don't necessarily mean you avoid interest payments anyway...the Pornodwarves have charged West Ham around £15m in interest since 2012. Paid Brady £5m+ in that time too.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Plenty of good businessmen have bugger all idea about football.

See our last owner for details.

 

[Tony Towner]

He bought Albion as a bragging tool to show off as a PL owner in China. He'll have zero interest in owning a Championship club and will bin them as soon as he can. I certainly don't see him investing his own money.

 

[Parkins left foot]

He bought Albion as a bragging tool to show off as a PL owner in China. He'll have zero interest in owning a Championship club and will bin them as soon as he can. I certainly don't see him investing his own money.

Assuming that is if he has any!

 

[Trips]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43543273

One of the porno dwarves caught out trying to scam the taxman