Some of the highlights from today’s BBC footie gossip – ManUre might be willing to pay Wayne £26M to terminate his contract early – wtf!!!! http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manchester-united-facing-26m-wayne-9033100 -#ludicrous Also from the Mirror – Southgate will be handed England manager’s job if they beat Scotland on 11th Nov - http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/england-managers-job-go-gareth-9033513 Also Shearer making a comment re Derby sacking McClaren for not getting Derby promoted, then getting sacked by Newcastle for getting them relegated and then re-hired by Derby - #unbeleivable
This is priceless. Check out the two teams playing, and then the respective goalscorers I'm pretty sure it's authentic, not contrived, too. From last year. please log in to view this image
Well, thank goodness after all the excitement (?) of the World Cup qualifiers, we get back down to the real business in just over 24 hours’ time. Some interesting games over the next 9 days and I’m really hoping we can get at least 6 points out of our upcoming games, as I can see our rivals in the top 6 getting quite a haul out of their respective games
I didn't know whether to post this here or on the 'Bad Joke Thread' - Phil Brown reckons Hughton would be a good fit for the England manager's post http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/albion/14798145.Albion_boss_would_be_a_good_fit_for_England_job/ And we think some of the reporters at Archant are bad!!!!
Maybe in the sense that he's steady, consistent, not prone to knee-jerk reactions like dropping the captain (which ought to have been done months ago ), always speaks highly of the opposition, politically correct, and a considerable 'yes' man. So yes, he ticks just about every available box
From the BBC match preview page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37581994 "Marouane Chamakh joined Cardiff City on a free after his release from Crystal Palace in the summer" And doesn't he look deliriously happy about it in this pic? please log in to view this image
Open letter from Jack Reeve of Talk Norwich City to the head of the EFL on the recent decision to ban all filming of any sort inside stadia - including fan reaction to events on the pitch. Good on you, Jack I wonder if they'll even bother to reply? http://www.alongcomenorwich.com/article-archive/an-open-letter-to-the-efl
Following on from my last comment, I urge everyone to have a read of Ed Couzens-Lake's column in today's MFW. It is truly brilliant and inspirational. And also what many of us on here have been saying for years. It ain't a game any more, it's a 'product' [Not blowing my own trumpet, but I'm quite pleased with my comment at the end of the piece ] http://norwichcity.myfootballwriter...and-the-wonderful-efl-was-born/#comment-78936
AN at the press call suggesting Timm K and M Olsson, who both came off midweek, should be fine for selection tomorrow. <hugesighofreliefemoticon> Fingers crossed!
Good news about Klose and Olsson, Cromer. Fingers crossed indeed! Liked the MFW article as well and I added a comment as follows: Whilst none of us like football becoming a ‘product’, it is not particularly new. The big clubs were doing it back in the 70’s to the disadvantage of smaller clubs, eventually leading to the EPL. As for the media input, those of us who remember following results back then on ceefax scores or occasional score updates on the BBC match coverage (if your team happened to be one of the 6 teams chosen for updates) now we can at least listen to the matches and possibly even see them on Sky, BT or an internet stream. Like Paul, I’m an exile, so I pay £35 to the club for Canaries Player to get something like 50 match commentaries, plus interviews and highlights this season. That seems good value to me. Football is an international game these days and the change to EFL reflects that. For those of us in this country it seems silly, but internationally it makes sense.
Ched Evans cleared of Rape conviction. Surprised by this, don't know all the bits evidence, but felt like he would be found guilty and made an example of. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-37659009
Yet another excuse why England can't hold a World Cup. I don't think we will hold one in my lifetime, which is utter bullsh*t. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37656700
Yeah, this deluded "rotational policy" that they mention. Hey, let's give it to right-wing, anti-black nationist fueled Russia next, then we can send everyone to one of the hottest and least hospitable regions on the entire planet after that At least Europe has the infrastructure in place, shorter distances for players, coaches / physios and fans to travel and a reasonable record of fair policing / stewarding - unless things kick off, when more drastic measures may be needed.
We've held one in my lifetime AND we won it!!' We had far better footballers then though, and they didn't earn much!
I'm not renowned for my fence-sitting prowess, GE. If I have an opinion on something, it tends to get aired - in no uncertain terms!
