The Football News Thread 2023/24

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Nothing controversial about that. Lineker is one of the best anchors out there.

His football podcast is good too, it’s just a shame Micah Richards is on there and not Ian Wright.

I like Richards, doesn't fail to make me smile when he laughs.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I don't mind Micah in general but on podcasts where they talk about events in the 90s or even early 00s he adds no value, as he knows nothing about the subject matter at all.

 

[EpsomWolf]

Nothing controversial about that. Lineker is one of the best anchors out there.

His football podcast is good too, it’s just a shame Micah Richards is on there and not Ian Wright.

Would agree.

Think Shearer’s effing sounds a bit forced like he’s trying to sound like one of the lads but he’s otherwise excellent as is Lineker. Richards by comparison is just such a turn off, shouty hearty laughter for nothing.

Maybe he’s just joyfully happy and I’m unnecessarily grumpy, but the episodes a few weeks ago when he was away in Mexico and it was just L + S were a whole lot easier to listen to.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I like Richards, doesn't fail to make me smile when he laughs.

I don’t dislike Micah Richards but he just doesn’t have the stories like Lineker & Shearer do.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

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Maybe he’s just joyfully happy and I’m unnecessarily grumpy,

I think he is, but yeah I get the point, he doesn't add a huge amount to the anecdotes.

 

[Kenny]

 

[Tredman]

I guess its been a while since there have only been 2 English teams in the last 16?

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Maybe it's the lack of English teams, but pretty much all of those games look a bit shit.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I guess its been a while since there have only been 2 English teams in the last 16?

First time since 2012/13

 

[Kenny]

Onana "He is shit, absolute shit and every shot was easy to save. That said he was better than Dan Bentley - My keeper of the weekend"

 

[Johnny75]

Another crook

Dai Yongge: Reading owner fined £20,000 for failing to deposit wages - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67763259

 

[Del Woppio]

This is big news IMO - from the ECJ's ruling on the Super League and UEFA/FIFA's response to it

“The FIFA and UEFA rules making any new interclub football project subject to their prior approval, such as the Super League, and prohibiting clubs and players from playing in those competitions, are unlawful,”
“The Court holds that, where an undertaking in a dominant position has the power to determine the conditions in which potentially competing undertakings may access the market, that power must, given the risk of conflict of interest to which it gives rise, be subject to criteria which are suitable for ensuring that they are transparent, objective, non discriminatory and proportionate.

“However, the powers of FIFA and UEFA are not subject to any such criteria. FIFA and UEFA are, therefore, abusing a dominant position.”

 

[Tredman]

Bit difficult to how that could be any different.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yeah, it's essentially "UEFA and FIFA don't know how to write rules properly as they're stupid". Nothing new there.

The ESL won't happen. No appetite for it outside at best four clubs.

 

[AndyWolves]

I think there will be appetite for it across europe.

Might end up being PL vs ESL

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

There isn't.

Only Real and Barca in Spain, Juve in Italy and *maybe* PSG in France. German clubs don't want to know. None of the other leagues are big enough to make a dent, even if they were interested.

 

[Alan]

Easy for me to say from this side of the pond, but fuck ‘em.

They wanna leave? Let them. I don’t need to see those clubs ever play us again.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

With the new CL format for next season, they're getting closer to it in some ways.

 

[Tony Towner]

Yeah, it's happening by stealth

 

[Kenny]

Someone has just finished a course on using Power Point

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737793695783477628