The Football News Thread 2018/19 - everything not Wolves

[SSB]

A delay on announcing the next batch of TV fixtures.

With six Premier League clubs competing in the latter stages of European competitions this season we will await the draw for the knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League & Europa League before concluding our UK live broadcast selection process for matches in February.

 

[Nando]

Eleven Sports going tits up by the sounds of it. Who'd have thought it.

 

[Kenny]

Darragh MacAnthony with an idea for Premier League youngsters going out on loan to L1 & L2

This applies only to 48 clubs in L1/L2 btw & 20 clubs from Premier League. Champ clubs can still do normal loans etc. This is for players aged 17-20 years of age from Premier League Academies this EFL draft Idea from me which benefits them, us and their Prem clubs they belong to
Each June, 20 prem clubs each designate 5 of their best youth players aged 17-20 who are ready to go get EFL playing minutes/experience for upcoming season. So 100 youngsters go into the EFL draft pool to be held on a Saturday Mid way to end of June
The Draft would work as follows rankings wise by way of prem table, So Man City 5 youngsters would go first based on last season and so on. So top 10 of prem teams (50 players would be available to 24 L1 teams) and bottom 10 prem teams (50 players available to 24 L2 teams)
The worst bottom 10 clubs position wise from previous season in L1(6 teams plus 4 promoted from L2)get to pick 2 players each from top finishing prem teams in designated order so say Rochdale as example could get 2 ManCity youngsters on loan from a pool of 5 available Man C kids
And so on it goes until each team acquires their 2 players. The excess players not taken can go to 2 clubs who got promoted into L2 from Non League. The rules involved for EFL clubs is simple regards playing time and care of duty for players as follows -

All EFL clubs would have to feed into central Database weekly reports on players, game footage, interviews with youngsters, constructive feedback and playing and training minutes. Should any prem youngster not be involved in 50% playing time over a season, that EFL club would be Banned/taken out of the following years draft and have a one season period of not being able to loan any prem youngster to their club. The cost of these loans would be 0 salary wise to EFL L1/L2 clubs and prem clubs would pay for players to be accommodated for season loan
This is win/win for Prem clubs looking to develop their younger players with proper mens football/way of life in the lower leagues. @SkyFootball could film the whole project/Draft etc & film a show following up on progress of the youngsters out on loan for season
There would be an excess of players outside of the 100 designated for January in event of season ending injuries so clubs can replace any loan who has to go back to their club
Each EFL club 2 weeks prior to the draft would get notice of the upcoming players being put into the draft so they can do their scouting analysis on the 5 players from clubs they can draft from to see which 2 they want to take. This whole thing can be tweaked of course but The pro's for this EFL draft are win win for EFL clubs and @SkySportsPL who want their talented young players going out and playing proper football to get coached and proper experience in the @EFL Just my thoughts/Opinion on all this. Thanks for your time

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Eleven Sports going tits up by the sounds of it. Who'd have thought it.

Yeah, I posted a link yesterday. And as I say, good riddance.

Stop trying to make consumers pay multiple times for what they used to be able to get for one price FFS. Their model was never going to work, Serie A and La Liga were a nice little add on with BT/Sky, but people pay for the Premier League. I love a bit of stuffing on my Christmas dinner, but I'm not paying a fiver for a plate of just stuffing and nothing else.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Darragh MacAnthony with an idea for Premier League youngsters going out on loan to L1 & L2

This applies only to 48 clubs in L1/L2 btw & 20 clubs from Premier League. Champ clubs can still do normal loans etc. This is for players aged 17-20 years of age from Premier League Academies this EFL draft Idea from me which benefits them, us and their Prem clubs they belong to
Each June, 20 prem clubs each designate 5 of their best youth players aged 17-20 who are ready to go get EFL playing minutes/experience for upcoming season. So 100 youngsters go into the EFL draft pool to be held on a Saturday Mid way to end of June
The Draft would work as follows rankings wise by way of prem table, So Man City 5 youngsters would go first based on last season and so on. So top 10 of prem teams (50 players would be available to 24 L1 teams) and bottom 10 prem teams (50 players available to 24 L2 teams)
The worst bottom 10 clubs position wise from previous season in L1(6 teams plus 4 promoted from L2)get to pick 2 players each from top finishing prem teams in designated order so say Rochdale as example could get 2 ManCity youngsters on loan from a pool of 5 available Man C kids
And so on it goes until each team acquires their 2 players. The excess players not taken can go to 2 clubs who got promoted into L2 from Non League. The rules involved for EFL clubs is simple regards playing time and care of duty for players as follows -

All EFL clubs would have to feed into central Database weekly reports on players, game footage, interviews with youngsters, constructive feedback and playing and training minutes. Should any prem youngster not be involved in 50% playing time over a season, that EFL club would be Banned/taken out of the following years draft and have a one season period of not being able to loan any prem youngster to their club. The cost of these loans would be 0 salary wise to EFL L1/L2 clubs and prem clubs would pay for players to be accommodated for season loan
This is win/win for Prem clubs looking to develop their younger players with proper mens football/way of life in the lower leagues. @SkyFootball could film the whole project/Draft etc & film a show following up on progress of the youngsters out on loan for season
There would be an excess of players outside of the 100 designated for January in event of season ending injuries so clubs can replace any loan who has to go back to their club
Each EFL club 2 weeks prior to the draft would get notice of the upcoming players being put into the draft so they can do their scouting analysis on the 5 players from clubs they can draft from to see which 2 they want to take. This whole thing can be tweaked of course but The pro's for this EFL draft are win win for EFL clubs and @SkySportsPL who want their talented young players going out and playing proper football to get coached and proper experience in the @EFL Just my thoughts/Opinion on all this. Thanks for your time

He's a knob, but that's actually a really good idea if it were regulated properly.

 

[The Bear]

Most of the top teams best youth players would likely be looking for Championship clubs ideally though wouldn't they? Certainly the top 6 would likely be.

 

[Langers]

I don't like praising MacAnthony - so I'll just say 'what DW said'.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I've praised him on Twitter and he's liked it. This is like when Gorbachev went meeting Western leaders.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46563801

Lolz :fingerpoint:

 

[YoungWolf]

Manger of the month curse before he even got the award!

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Manger of the month curse before he even got the award!

This is him getting the award of Manger of the month :icon_biggrin::nod::icon_wink:

 

[Tredman]

Ovie Ejaira cut short his loan with Rangers to go back to Liverpool after getting racist abuse from Rangers fans.

 

[Alan]

Ovie Ejaira cut short his loan with Rangers to go back to Liverpool after getting racist abuse from Rangers fans.

Christ on a bike.

 

[Kenny]

Schalke v Man City
Atletico Madrid v Juventus
Man Utd v PSG
Tottenham v Borussia Dortmund
Lyon v Barcelona
Roma v Porto
Ajax v Real Madrid
Liverpool v Bayern Munich

 

[b3h]

Bloody Citeh

 

[SSB]

The February batch of Sky/BT fixtures should follow soon I guess now the draw has been made?

 

[The Bear]

The mighty Burton Albion into the semi-finals of the cup after beating Boro 1-0.

 

[YoungWolf]

City win the worst penalty shoot out I have seen in a good while. Even most of the ones scored were shit.

 

[The Bear]

Sterling's was comedy genius.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Good - I want City to win this. Drop that Europa place one down and then we see where we are in May.