Off Topic Bill Nicholson Arms

Hazard and Bakayoko are back in full training so if they play this won't be easy.

 

I'm Eric Cantona
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40507399

 

It's a baffling board, DGC!
You might want to thank Bodinki for fixing it for you, while you're over there.
Maybe while you're not slagging off his team, though...

 

I was wondering why Bobby Charlton was playing for Sheffield United for a minute!

 

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Really? Croydon won't be happy!

 

Millwall with a goal of the season contender against Ipswich...

 

And it actually started quite well

 

As if I would.

 

How does Akinfenwa get away with carrying all that weight?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40933785
Have you seen the sponsor on the shirt he's wearing?

 

Because he'll do this to you if you point it out:

 

Edit: Dam.. the effect of this didn't work like it did on Twitter. Still, the spammers being bottom is funny all the same.

 

The Holte‏ @TheHolteTweets 22 hours ago

Onomah, a 20 year old on loan from Spurs, is the only player pressing the opposition and shouting for teammates to press with him.


It couldn't be, could it ??

< The Spurs pressing game is the Big one >

 

Two weeks from now, the BBC will sack Jenas for failing to be on message...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40941482

 

Pass the popcorn, I'm settling down for an evening of watching the director of Kong: Skull Island having the mother of all meltdowns because CinemaSins said mean things about his ****ty movie...

 

23rd in Division Two
You'd think he'd be keeping a low profile.

 

I was at Reading last night and Villa were dreadful. They couldn' t get the ball off Reading. I read today that Villa's possession was less than 20% in the first half. I like Bruce a lot, but he's struggling with this one.

 

By contrast, Colin has Cardiff ripping up trees

 

Good to see a good football man doing well. Also good to see Mick McCarthy having a good run.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40958871

I suppose the gesture is to be applauded, but it is sad to the point of being sickening that only one high-profile footballer has followed Mata's example in this respect. Of course, there are questions of how and where the money is spent as there are hundreds if not thousands of charities out there that help no-one but themselves, but to put it into perspective:

If every single player in the EPL made the same pledge as Mata, we'd have appx. £30m going to charities every year. 1% to these guys makes literally zero difference to their lifestyles and quality of living, but that kind of money distributed amongst the most vulnerable and impoverished could make a serious and lasting difference.

Just applying this to my own life...If a footballer on let's say a modest salary of £50k per week were to pledge 1% of his salary to me (£500), that would have an enormous and lasting impact on my family. We'd possibly be able to secure a mortgage, would definitely be able to upgrade our 12 year old banger and might even be able to go on holiday somewhere warm once in a while.

 

He's no Adebayor, is he. < charidee >