The Football News Thread 2023/24

[PuntsWolf]

https://x.com/skysportspl/status/1723060707539755485?s=46&t=76xUS807kjkLD2dlhy7fig

Most fascinating thing about this is Dara O’Shea clocked as the 4th fastest player in the league.

 

[Jack Regan]

Birmingham City were 8th when they appointed Rooney. Now 18th with one point from his five games in charge.

 

[The Bear]

Kane has set a new Bundesliga record for the most goals scored after 11 games with 17, and has already outscored last season's joint-top scorers of the Bundesliga - Christopher Nkunku and Niclas Fullkrug who finished on 16 goals each.

Some going that.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Birmingham City were 8th when the appointed Rooney. Now 18th.

League position was doing a lot of heavy lifting, they weren't very good, not that far clear of where they are now and always likely to lose a lot of these games.

Still looks terrible though, you make that change and it has to work.

 

[Jack Regan]

League position was doing a lot of heavy lifting, they weren't very good, not that far clear of where they are now and always likely to lose a lot of these games.

Still looks terrible though, you make that change and it has to work.

Yeah I think they were winless in five straight away games under Eustace.

Don't see a lot of the Championship these days but when I have the standard does seemed to have dropped appreciably the last few years.

 

[sycophantia]

Birmingham City were 8th when they appointed Rooney. Now 18th with one point from his five games in charge.

Mate of mine is a Blues fan, he was more than a little disappointed with the sacking and employing of Rooney. He remains 'unconvinced'

 

[Tony Towner]

It was a decision based on zero football merit and a misunderstanding that unless you have a worldwide fly on the wall documentary featuring Hollywood royalty then there will be no interest in a none PL team elsewhere in the world. Unless they get Brady properly involved which isn't going to happen they are just another Championship team.

 

[Kenny]

Matt Hobbs next time VAR does us over...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724389211875185038

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

This is a good read @Alan

Bags of urine, cans of Bud and the team that saved US soccer

There was more on the line than a spot at the 1990 World Cup - the United States team feared for their jobs, homes and the very future of football in their country.

www.bbc.co.uk

Caligiuri's goal vs Czechoslovakia was pretty good.

 

[Alan]

They talk about all the shenanigans in T&T as if they're a thing of the past.

CONCACAF qualification is still rife with all kinds of utterly unhinged shit.

Great read, Dan, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Think Brazil might have just shaded this one, though looks like they had Freddy Eastwoodinho up top

 

[Del Woppio]

Think Brazil might have just shaded this one, though looks like they had Freddy Eastwoodinho up top

If that was champ man 03/04 they'd have lost that one nil

 

[jd1981]

England beat them 10-0 on Saturday

 

[Alan]

Charlotte FC getting good representation at the U-17 WC via 15 year old forward Nimfasha Berchimas, who now has 3 goals in 2 matches after scoring the winner for the US against Burkina Faso yesterday.

 

[YoungWolf]

Rumours it’s a ten point deduction for Everton

 

[Del Woppio]

Confirmed, for this season

 

[Del Woppio]

Confirmed loss of £124.5m vs limit of £105m. Tbh given they lost £370m there's some very creative and fortunate accounting.

 

[Jinky]

Ooooof. Puts them joint bottom with Burnley, but only 2 points off safety such is how shit the three promoted sides have been.

They’ll still have enough to stay up.

 

[Wolvensam]

They'll stay up comfortably. If ever there was a season to get a points deduction, it's this one

 

[Alan]

Incredible that of all seasons, this is the one where they get bit. Won’t matter a jot in the end.

Vaguely ninja’d by Sam.