The Football News Thread 2018/19 - everything not Wolves

[YoungWolf]

Saw this on Reddit, offensive contributions by full backs in the championship

https://i.redd.it/wl6yumlvmm921.jpg

No surprises Bazza is up there but Reece James is a huge outlier . Would be be worth a look?

Reece James is a very good player. Definitely worth keeping track of and I think we could get him on loan next season if we wanted

 

[YoungWolf]

Harvey Barnes recalled by Leicester - will obviously now score at Molineux next Saturday

 

[Nando]

Big blow for the Baggies. He's very good.

 

[Kenny]

Big blow for the Baggies. He's very good.

He is but it will be interesting to see how he does when he is required to play a bit more for the team. At Albion he is basically asked to stay forward and do very little defensive work or help out the full backs. Not really going to get such instructions in the Prem, especially at Leicester

 

[Kenny]

"Derby County have confirmed that the person police spoke to acting suspiciously outside their training ground was an employee of Leeds United's football staff"


Shittest spy EVER

 

[James]

Bielsa has confirmed that he sent the spy

 

[Kenny]

Interesting to see if the EFL do anything on this. Technically t'Bond did nothing wrong as he was on public land. Seems to have got under the skin of Lampard and his players, so maybe the intention was to be spotted, cause a load of fuss and unsettle them rather than get any tips on how Frank was getting his players to pass to Wilson or win free kicks for him

 

[YoungWolf]

Interesting to see if the EFL do anything on this. Technically t'Bond did nothing wrong as he was on public land. Seems to have got under the skin of Lampard and his players, so maybe the intention was to be spotted, cause a load of fuss and unsettle them rather than get any tips on how Frank was getting his players to pass to Wilson or win free kicks for him

FUck knows what their tactics were except kick Leeds. They have barely been able to get near them.

 

[BillyDee]

EFL stance is that no official complaint has yet been made. Hard to see what they could do though, police have said there was no illegal entry.

 

[Tredman]

There's an awful lot of high horse sitting out there about this.

 

[Kenny]

There's an awful lot of high horse sitting out there about this.

Journalists having a go about it as somewhat taking the piss. Especially how they have behaved during World Cups etc, leaking team news and tactics.

Its a funny one and it seems Leeds basically do this all the time, they got caught at Derby earlier in the season as well. FA are now looking into this after the EFL shrugged it off unless Derby complain. Not sure what they can do though

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Nice stat on MOTD, each of Shane Long's last four Southampton goals have been for a different manager.

 

[Tredman]

Great idea from everyone's favourite presenter

 

[Kenny]

The last part is spot on though

 

[Kenny]

Petr Cech will retire at the end of the season

 

[Lord Knows]

French striker Aboubakar Kamara was involved in a physical fight with Fulham team-mate Aleksandr Mitrovic last week during a team yoga, relaxation session.
The incident occurred last week, less than a month after penalty-taking fiasco when Kamara refused to allow Mitrovic to take penalty earned against Huddersfield only for the Amiens man to miss the subsequent spot-kick.
Mitrovic and Kamara’s yoga row started when the Serbian international confronted the Frenchman for apparently being rude to the yoga instructor – the pair were separated by team-mates after physically coming to blows with each other.
Claudio Ranieri, who is understood to have been shocked by both incidents, is reportedly ready to sell Kamara the 23-year-old this window, and views the Frenchman as a perennial troublemaker.

 

[YoungWolf]

Blimey would you mess Mitrovic even once let alone twice!!!

 

[Alan]

They could both pass as MMA fighters tbh.

 

[Tony Towner]

This really is a just fuck off moment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46897173

 

[YoungWolf]

It would be a good opportunity for U18s not originally involved in the EFL trophy games surely anyway? they have got enough youngsters