The Football News Thread 2023/24

[Sniffer]

Sheff Utd were a galaxy away from surviving anyway..

Sheffield United finished 9th I think. Bournemouth and Watford were relegated being 1 point behind Villa.

 

[Carrotdude]

What about the Villa v Sheffield United goal that wasn't given. Another side were relegated because of it and it was equally as clear cut.

I feel like that was a pretty big deal at the time, no?

 

[Quirkafleeg]

Sheffield United finished 9th I think. Bournemouth and Watford were relegated being 1 point behind Villa.

Sheff Utd went down Im pretty sure.

 

[Carrotdude]

I'm convinced (and I know @Elephant Pyjamas is too) that they made a similar error when we played Everton away in 2019/20. Sigurdsson was definitely offside on his goal, they didn't check it properly at all, and conveniently never showed proper replays of it. Went under the radar though as it's Everton vs Wolves.

Very possible for sure, I can’t remember but I guess that game wasn’t televised? Way more eyes on the Liverpool one. Plus they’ve shown they have all the audio etc so they kind of have to be more transparent these days maybe?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

This was the fag end of 2019/20, post-Lockdown 1. Was the first game back.

Sheff Utd were competing with us around the fringes of Europe that season.

 

[Sniffer]

I feel like that was a pretty big deal at the time, no?

It was but it wasn't replayed as you are suggesting for the Liverpool game.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Very possible for sure, I can’t remember but I guess that game wasn’t televised? Way more eyes on the Liverpool one. Plus they’ve shown they have all the audio etc so they kind of have to be more transparent these days maybe?

Nope, was live on Sky, watched it at my Dad's

 

[Carrotdude]

It was but it wasn't replayed as you are suggesting for the Liverpool game.

I’m not suggesting it should be replayed, just saying it’s a massive error so deserves more coverage and spotlight than others and it isn’t just because it’s Liverpool

 

[Quirkafleeg]

My apologies @Sniffer just checked..

 

[Sniffer]

It’ll get more coverage anyway because it’s Liverpool but I do think the manner of this cock up is so monumentally bad that it does deserve it.

Sorry my mistake. I thought you were advocating a replay as Klopp was suggesting.

 

[Lupo]

Very first game of Project Restart. Sheffield United went the following season, it was Villa that went on to stay up on goals scored/difference at the end of the restart season and have never looked back

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Very first game of Project Restart. Sheffield United went the following season, it was Villa that went on to stay up on goals scored/difference at the end of the restart season and have never looked back

Well, I mean they kind of have, they've sacked two managers since that game and wasted loads of money on shit players

They're a decent team right now with a decent manager but they aren't light years ahead of us like our fans handwring about.

 

[Sniffer]

Well, I mean they kind of have, they've sacked two managers since that game and wasted loads of money on shit players

They're a decent team right now with a decent manager but they aren't light years ahead of us like our fans handwring about.

They'd have been hamstrung by FFP if they went down and it would have been difficult for them to bounce straight back up. They weren't getting anywhere near £100m for Grealish at that point either.

 

[Kenny]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1709577224355987629

 

[Alan]

I don’t exactly know why, but all this multi-country hosting does my head in.

Korea + Japan, Australia + NZ; that sort of combo makes sense. This crap is just bald-faced marketing bile.

 

[jd1981]

Joint bids should have a degree of locality to them.
Ones like this are a disjointed mess.

 

[Lupo]

Part of the charm of previous tournaments was that they carried a theme of the country which was hosting and also fans of various nations would come together to enjoy (not in a chair throwing, drunken way) coming together and the host country's culture would play a big part - think Mexico 86, Italia 90, Japan/South Korea 2002, South Africa 2010, and Brazil 2014 for instance.

Apparently Turkey and Italy are planning a joint bid for Euro 2032

 

[Carrotdude]

Sounds brilliant for the carbon footprint of the whole thing as well doesn’t it

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Euro 2020(21) was shite because there was no hub at all, this will be even worse in that respect.

 

[sycophantia]

Part of the charm of previous tournaments was that they carried a theme of the country which was hosting and also fans of various nations would come together to enjoy (not in a chair throwing, drunken way) coming together and the host country's culture would play a big part - think Mexico 86, Italia 90, Japan/South Korea 2002, South Africa 2010, and Brazil 2014 for instance.

Apparently Turkey and Italy are planning a joint bid for Euro 2032

That Italy/Turkey makes no sense.
Some combo of Italy, Swiss, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia or summat.
Turkey a bit more problematic to match up with.