The Football News Thread 2022/23

[Alan]

I mean, I know most footballers aren't the brightest, but what goes through some of their heads sometimes is beyond me.

God, if only it were just footballers who struggled with publicly hanging hog.

 

[White Wolf]

"115 quid increase unless you buy early bird? Does Mr Boycott realise Walsall is a poor town and that casual football fans can go a few miles up the road and watch Premiership/Championship football for a similar price?"

Maybe I'm being pedantic but why do people still call it the Premiership? The name changed over 20 years ago.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

If you were being a pedant you'd know it changed in summer 2007, which is nearly 16 years ago

 

[White Wolf]

Fair enough! I genuinely can't remember it even being called the Premiership though, which underlines the point of how old the name is...

 

[Boozad]

It really boils my piss how many people still call it that.

 

[Tony Towner]

You'll be telling us you don't remember the Tactics Truck next

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They were confusing days. ITV had the highlights for a while and suddenly started using Des Lynam's full name.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1635333925902905346

The gruelling struggle of missing 12 league games.

And they said Paul Lake had it tough.

 

[Kenny]

Would have been impressed if they had dropped this mini series over the Easter weekend.

1/10 for the Marketing Team at the Emirates.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Should be some great insight.

"You're out for about three months, that must be a blow while the team's flying?"

"Yeah, you'd love to play every day really. But I should be back for the run in, no problem"

Three months later:

"So Gabriel, how did it all go?"

 

[Alan]

"I'm telling you, rehab was the worst this time. There were people following me with cameras, going into the medical room with me, asking me questions... It was shit".

 

[Donegal Wolf]

FIFA announced for next World Cup that the idea of 3 team groups has been binned (yah), instead will be 12 groups of 4 (boo).
Top two and best 8 3rd place qualify for last 32 knockout.
72 group games and 103 games to look forward to.

 

[SSB]

Fair play to Everton.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1635951473145319426

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

That’s pretty damn amazing. I love it when clubs do community stuff like that.

 

[Tredman]

Vaguely football news related - but christ this makes me feel old!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1636009907890663426

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Statto got really, really ill a while ago which might explain his look.

Frank looks ok, he wasn't young back in the heyday of Fantasy Football. He's 66 now.

Baddiel needs to pick a look and go with it, he's all over the place there.

 

[Alan]

Someone please tell me that Frank isn't the one with a fucking 'F' plastered on his sweater.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He is (mind you, his name isn't really Frank )

It's testament to how decent he is that he gets well received when he does shows in Wolverhampton despite being a very prominent Albion fan.

 

[Tredman]

Wouldn't have said this at the time but Frank is probably the best of the lot of them.

@Alan - have a look here and be baffled

 

[Alan]

Had to stop at ~0:20, I think I saw Dean Saunders.