The Football News Thread 2023/24

[Sniffer]

It'll be interesting if they give any reason why the final punishment is 6 points.

 

[The Bear]

Let's hope they get another 6 for the next cycle too.

 

[Kenny]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1762109861968421359

If you look closely at Everton FC's arse end....you may spot Henry Winters feet hanging out.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Winter talks total shit. Not for love of Everton, but love of Man City brown envelopes

Allegedly…

 

[Tony Towner]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1762109861968421359

If you look closely at Everton FC's arse end....you may spot Henry Winters feet hanging out.

I was going to post that, but then didn't think it deserved further attention. There's no fact in that Tweet, just his subjective opinion he's gaslighting people into believing

 

[jd1981]

Winter is just an ass kissing journalists he’d have no interest if it was Bournemouth or Brentford, not heard him crying when Birmingham had points docked.
With this it pretty much guarantees that the next charge will be 6 points and no appeal will dig them out of that.
Put it this way if Winter spoke with brummy accent and worked for a red top paper no one would take him that seriously.

 

[Alan]

That sort of sycophancy may grease wheels for him at the club tbf (I know nothing of his actual work tbc).

 

[jd1981]

Kissing the ass of Everton makes his life a lot easier when going there and means far less problems on social media. Reality just shut the fuck up especially when there’s an ongoing investigation and appeal

 

[jd1981]

That sort of sycophancy may grease wheels for him at the club tbf (I know nothing of his actual work tbc).

He’s actually a Liverpool fan so he can just palm this off as “I can’t be bias towards Everton” it’s very transparent and easy to see what he’s really doing scoring browny points with Everton fans and ex players who work in the media.
He’s a Liverpool fan from the East Midlands so very much sees football through phoney fan prism.

 

[Alan]

He’s a Liverpool fan from the East Midlands so very much sees football through phoney fan prism.

Feels harsh.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Anyone arbitrarily picking a team because they're good when there are loads of local ones to pick from deserves scorn.

Very few areas of England where it's acceptable to just pick anyone. Cornwall or bits of Cumbria I suppose.

 

[jd1981]

Feels harsh.

I’ll rephrase super 6 prism

 

[Tony Towner]

He’s actually a Liverpool fan so he can just palm this off as “I can’t be bias towards Everton” it’s very transparent and easy to see what he’s really doing scoring browny points with Everton fans and ex players who work in the media.
He’s a Liverpool fan from the East Midlands so very much sees football through phoney fan prism.

He's from London, went to Westminster school.

 

[Alan]

Anyone arbitrarily picking a team because they're good when there are loads of local ones to pick from deserves scorn.

Very few areas of England where it's acceptable to just pick anyone. Cornwall or bits of Cumbria I suppose.

I'd challenge the use of "arbitrarily picking" here. Don't feel we think about it that way when we're kids. Surely that can't be so different in the UK?

 

[jd1981]

He's from London, went to Westminster school.

That’s even worse then as DW you’re entitled to support who you want absolutely. Picking teams because they’re the best I’ll very much struggle to take you seriously as a genuine fan. I know @Alan is a fan from far away but I’m sure his reasons for picking us were nothing to do with us being great.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Anyone arbitrarily picking a team because they're good when there are loads of local ones to pick from deserves scorn.

Absolutely.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'd challenge the use of "arbitrarily picking" here. Don't feel we think about it that way when we're kids. Surely that can't be so different in the UK?

Growing up in the 80s, kids picked Liverpool because they were the best team by miles
Same happened in the 90s with Man Utd

If you live in the West Midlands you have so many choices, just picking a good team from miles away because you like winning is nonsense.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Don't feel we think about it that way when we're kids.

I think that's exactly how a lot of kids pick their teams growing up. Even at a young age it shows a weakness in character to do this in my opinion.

 

[Alan]

That's my cue to dip out.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Growing up in the 80s, kids picked Liverpool because they were the best team by miles
Same happened in the 90s with Man Utd

If you live in the West Midlands you have so many choices, just picking a good team from miles away because you like winning is nonsense.

Chelsea are the 00s version
City the 10s version