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- Mon May 06, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Sandro Tonali Deal Confirmed? You bet!
- Replies: 186
- Views: 10344
Re: Sandro Tonali Deal Confirmed? You bet!
I'm not saying that they should all be allowed to just bet on whatever they want but I think it does need some perspective. The whole thing is still a bit of a mess and not fit for purpose. I think this latest Tonali thing has been handled perfectly by the independent panel. They have looked at it ...
- Fri May 03, 2024 11:59 am
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Weekend football - 2/6 May 2024
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1201
Re: Weekend football - 2/6 May 2024
Can they both lose?Timshorts 2 wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 6:12 amYes please.bodacious benny wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 8:31 pmOne win and the sky pundits wanking over Chelsea, they’ll probably go and lose to West Ham at the weekend
- Fri May 03, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Sandro Tonali Deal Confirmed? You bet!
- Replies: 186
- Views: 10344
Re: Sandro Tonali Deal Confirmed? You bet!
Look to the recent example of Jontay Porter getting a lifetime ban from the NBA for him fixing bets and influencing the market. He of a few bench minutes actually produced repeated prop bet market swings due to people scoring the under on his numbers when he was betting and secretly releasing his he...
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Weekend football - 27/28 April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 489
Re: Weekend football - 27/28 April 2024
Yeah - Dortmund are the ‘little guy’ of those remaining so would be great to stick two fingers up to Real, PSG and Bayern. Tho joking aside about him, Kane has been so good for his entire career that I wouldn’t actually mind Bayern winning it. I also find it hilarious when they develop players, sel...
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Sandro Tonali Deal Confirmed? You bet!
- Replies: 186
- Views: 10344
Re: Sandro Tonali Deal Confirmed? You bet!
It's not the length really that's weird to me, I just thought it would have made sense to ban in Italy and for a ban hearing to be held separately to enforce a PL/FA ban. The whole betting thing is bizarre in football though considering the well covered argument of how the sport is rife with bettin...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:00 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: NUFC to move ahead with St James' Park expansion plans
- Replies: 3
- Views: 248
Re: Football Titbits
Seems like it would be a massive project, not from the area so don't know the ins and outs of Leazes park and why it can't be on there. Is it possible it moves onto that land and then the park gets extended onto where the ground is now? <scratch> I'd imagine between its history, lease holds, Grade ...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Dan Ashworth confirmed as gardening director
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5883
Re: Dan Ashworth confirmed as gardening director
What's changed this past week? I kinda figured we were in the quiet gardening leave phase. And meh, dude took what I assume is a higher paying job at a bigger club - having spent more than a year in his current role. Doesn't strike me as worth getting wound up about - it's just a job after all, as d...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:28 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Football Titbits
- Replies: 1003
- Views: 68700
Re: Football Titbits
Huh, shame. Not that I've ever had long hair or an on-trend haircut before.
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Football Titbits
- Replies: 1003
- Views: 68700
Re: Football Titbits
That's what I was doing to say, what is it, 2015? The only people left with them are South American footballers, the general populous have moved on, and the most egregious looks are bowl cuts with frosted tips from people who never lived through the late 90s.
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:19 am
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Matchday thread - Toon v Palace
- Replies: 66
- Views: 1075
Re: Matchday thread - Toon v Palace
There's nothing I hate more than an unchanged side that gets rolled over. If this season has taught anything is the need for consistent rotation irrespective of a past match's performance - especially if you're not going to demonstrate strong and customized tactics. Hindsight yada yada, reward playe...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Football Titbits
- Replies: 1003
- Views: 68700
Re: Football Titbits
Too many fans judge too many players by the look of their haircut.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:19 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Football Titbits
- Replies: 1003
- Views: 68700
Re: Football Titbits
Great interview with Anthony Gordon on The Overlap. Really thoughtful and well spoken lad. If this season's performance didn't reinforce it - clearly more to him than his previous reputation.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Weekend football - 20/21 April 2024
- Replies: 74
- Views: 1185
Re: Weekend football - 20/21 April 2024
I agree with the overall points everyone is making, and even think for offsides there should be more margin of error built into the system - false precision is an issue I get annoyed with in all walks of life. But, I disagree with the pretense that fans and clubs would be more accepting of human err...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Transfer Rumours/Wishlist
- Replies: 1683
- Views: 84135
Re: Transfer Rumours/Wishlist
Am I right in saying that interest paid on stadium infrastructure does count though? Doesn't really matter for us, but I think that's what caught Everton out. Correct - Everton's stadium has definitely contributed to their problems. As an aside, I would hate for a stadium anywhere but overlooking L...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Transfer Rumours/Wishlist
- Replies: 1683
- Views: 84135
Re: Transfer Rumours/Wishlist
We have way too many gaps in the side, as demonstrated by the low-points of this season to replace the best player of it. Some will say we could use his revenue to buy several upgrades, but having held tight pursestrings this year there'd be no excuse for selling the most talented player we have (no...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:24 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: The Managerial Merry-Go-Round Thread
- Replies: 1300
- Views: 210066
Re: The Managerial Merry-Go-Round Thread
How do you even go from his journeyman footballer career to managing a third-division UAE side (and following 2 promotions a tier 1 side), having not even played football there? Pretty bizarre stuff.overseasTOON wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:34 pmNever knew that Steven Taylor went into football management.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Football Titbits
- Replies: 1003
- Views: 68700
Re: Football Titbits
I completely believe and agree it's a financial decision too, however I can also imagine there's a supporter satisfaction consideration at play and if there is a lot of increased demand for single tickets, you can keep more people happier by having availability to see a couple games rather than the ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Transfer Rumours/Wishlist
- Replies: 1683
- Views: 84135
Re: Transfer Rumours/Wishlist
So in terms of other players we had scouts at both of Atalantas last few games with Ederson and Koopenmeiners being our watching brief We also had scouts in Tbilisi during playoffs with Marmadashvili thought to be high in our thoughts Diogo Costa from porto also watched. Lille keeper Chevalier also...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Football Titbits
- Replies: 1003
- Views: 68700
Re: Football Titbits
I think there's a key distinction here - is the FFP intended to manage parity and performance, or dissuade overspending and risking financial bankruptcy? I feel like people are conflating the two. Despite what clubs like Leicester would suggest, FFP isn't intended to mitigate overperformance based o...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:56 pm
- Forum: Football Discussion
- Topic: Joelinton set to sign new deal
- Replies: 13
- Views: 551
Re: Joelinton set to sign new deal
Glad that this will be one more position we may not have to invest in - although I still think we need to recruit a proper CDM. I think Bruno, Big Joe and Tonali have the makings of a good midfield 3, however none of them are true defensive midfielders and I only think they could cover us with the s...