The Football News Thread 2024/25

[Tony Towner]

Nicked too

 

[The Bear]

I read the story about the guy dying on the BBC today. His poor nephew had to witness it too.

Glad that prick above has got his just desserts.

 

[Keef]

Lifetime ban from Sheffield Wednesday as well, and the golf club he played at classic fafo

 

[Boozad]

Nothing less than he deserves. Chat shit get banged. Fucking scumbag.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Wednesday seem to attract some utter scum. Last year it was one of them mocking Bradley Lowery’s death.

 

[SSB]

Posting shite under your real name is never a good idea. There’s another clip of a Wednesday “fan” clutching his chest mocking the away end as he walks out.

 

[Tony Towner]

In the era of VAR, this simply shouldn't happen

https://twitter.com/x/status/1841165764935503962

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Completely agree

 

[Kenny]

Completely agree

But if they bitch about the workings of VAR they can do one (along with 18 other clubs)

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Is VAR even a thing this season (in reality)? Have there been any VAR decisions/overturns except for offside?

 

[Johnny75]

Is VAR even a thing this season (in reality)? Have there been any VAR decisions/overturns except for offside?

VAR overturned Bournemouth's perfectly good goal against Newcastle that would've won them the game for a ridiculous handball call.

Almost as bad as the Moutinho decision against Man City.

 

[The Bear]

Not many if there has. They've just decided to wave everything through by the looks of it. Complete waste of space.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Not many if there has. They've just decided to wave everything through by the looks of it. Complete waste of space.

It does feel that way.

 

[BillyDee]

Well, they said they didn't want to re-referee games...

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

 

[Lupo]

I remember years ago it used to be commonplace when watching continental sides that the keeper would allow his defenders to take goal kicks

 

[Johnny75]

This will really fuck Fosun's plan of making money from transfers.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/eu-top-court-says-fifa-player-transfer-rules-breach-eu-law-2024-10-04/

This is the Diarra case where the EU found against FIFA and the Belgian FA for restriction of trade by denying him a move and to be registered at a club.

This is going to make a very big dent in transfer fees and probably player wages. But it's really going to clip FIFA's wings and about time too

 

[Boozad]

They didn’t deny him a move though? He walked out on his contract following a pay cut. Admittedly FIFAs rules are a bit archaic but I don’t see how that would affect normal transfers? It was hardly a club turning down an offer from another club. I get my kids’ names wrong all the time though so could be missing something here.

 

[Johnny75]

They didn’t deny him a move though? He walked out on his contract following a pay cut. Admittedly FIFAs rules are a bit archaic but I don’t see how that would affect normal transfers? It was hardly a club turning down an offer from another club. I get my kids’ names wrong all the time though so could be missing something here.

Moscow sacked him for not taking a pay cut (which is why I think wages will be affected in the future).
Charleroi wanted to sign him but the Belgian FA and FIFA said they couldn't and he owed Moscow wages. That's the restriction of trade bit.
Charleroi wanted to know if they could sign him and pay no compensation given Moscow had sacked him and FIFA refused his transfer so they couldn't as Moscow held his international registration. That's the bit I think will affect transfer fees as essentially players could now down tools like Nunes and claim restriction of trade and Man City would have to pay his notice period rather than full compensation.

 

[Boozad]

Moscow sacked him for not taking a pay cut (which is why I think wages will be affected in the future).
Charleroi wanted to sign him but the Belgian FA and FIFA said they couldn't and he owed Moscow wages. That's the restriction of trade bit.
Charleroi wanted to know if they could sign him and pay no compensation given Moscow had sacked him and FIFA refused his transfer so they couldn't as Moscow held his international registration. That's the bit I think will affect transfer fees as essentially players could now down tools like Nunes and claim restriction of trade and Man City would have to pay his notice period rather than full compensation.

I really can’t see that happening. Clubs would lose money hand over fist if the power went to the players like that. I don’t think it would kill transfer fees as clubs will still be greedy, rather it would kill the market. We’d have never have landed Boly for instance, he didn’t want to be here in the first place so we wouldn’t have shelled out as we’d have no protection on the investment. And I can’t see agents being in line with it, they’d lose fortunes.

For the example of Diarra yes I get it, but not when it comes to the transfer market in general.