The Football News Thread 2022/23

[Johnny75]

Horrible mess

40 years of silence • josimar.no

For years Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation, and other senior officials at the federation have been covering up multiple cases of sexual abuse, including abuse of underage players.

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That's disgraceful.

 

[Alan]

We’re still (mathematically) in the playoff race!

 

[Tony Towner]

With no qualifications other than he used to play for them Mark Noble is West Ham's new Sporting Director

 

[Stan Hullis]

He's West Ham through and through, knows the club, knows the players, knows the fans, knows how to get there from his house without using the sat nav.

Top top top top top top top top appointment if you ask me.

 

[Kenny]

He's West Ham through and through, knows the club, knows the players, knows the fans, knows how to get there from his house without using the sat nav.

Top top top top top top top top appointment if you ask me.

Exploding Heads fan I see

 

[Kenny]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1551890771388801024

 

[Donegal Wolf]

UEFA have knocked on the head plans to increase number of teams at the euros from 24 to 32.

Not for football reasons, broadcasters were afraid that no one would watch the qualifiers, if it was nearly impossible for anyone decent not to qualify.

 

[Keef]

174 dead,
180 injured,
At a football stadium in Indonesia, police tear gassed the crowd after a pitch invasion, deaths and injuries came in the crush to escape the stands.

 

[Alan]

*stifled squealing*

 

[sycophantia]

*stifled squealing*

Well the defending and goalkeeping is iffy but the games look entertaining enough.
But fuck me those silly lines and numbers on the pitch are annoying.

 

[Alan]

You gotta take it however you can get it 'round here!

 

[Alan]

Well, we are eliminated from playoff contention, but we gave it a right go in the end.

 

[darlowolf64]

Rios scores 4 goals and gets dropped? What's that all about?

 

[Alan]

Rios scores 4 goals and gets dropped? What's that all about?

This was finishing a match that got postponed for weather (hence starting with a drop ball rather than kick off).

A ton of crazy rules around the situation meant that, wherever possible, the players had to be the same as they were back on that July day. So no Nuno Santos, no Adilson Malanda in the squad at all (they've been absolutely crucial for us lately). In the same way, Rios was on the bench that night and so had to start on the bench yesterday or it would have counted as a substitute.

 

[sycophantia]

Good comeback but ffs Bender and the keeper.
Is that playoffs for promotion to a higher division?....apologies dont know anything about American football, or American football for that matter.

 

[Kenny]

Good comeback but ffs Bender and the keeper.
Is that playoffs for promotion to a higher division?....apologies dont know anything about American football, or American football for that matter.

Its the play offs to be the (World) Champions

 

[Alan]

Good comeback but ffs Bender and the keeper.
Is that playoffs for promotion to a higher division?....apologies dont know anything about American football, or American football for that matter.

Sort of what Kenny said. At the end of the season the top half of each Conference table (so 7 from the Western, 7 from the Eastern) get put in a cup style bracket and play that out for the title.

Best team over the course of the regular season gets awarded the Supporters' Shield but MLS Cup is the more significant of the two trophies.

 

[Kenny]

Sort of what Kenny said.

exactly what Kenny said...

 

[Alan]

exactly what Kenny said...

Well, MLS is smart enough to not declare our cupholders "world" anything.

Really fucks me off that MLB and NFL do that with the Super Bowl and "World" Series.

 

[Tony Towner]

I thought the World Series was originally named after the World Bank who sponsored it or is that an urban myth?