Football League Thread 2015-16

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/middlesbrough-fc-man-match-vs-11011760

Boro had a disappointing 1-0 loss to Rotherham, but Ramirez once again picked out as MOTM.

 

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Ply...d-Town-s-Adi/story-28906195-detail/story.html

Mansfield player banned for 5 games for urinating behind a stand...he says he was told to by Plymouth Argyll subs.

 

Exeter vs Carlisle stopped.

Fans, media and staff all on the pitch. Smoke coming out of the main stand. Stand being evacuated and fire engines en-route.

 

Karanka looks like he will get sacked. Apparently there was a punch up?

 

Something very wrong at Fulham, they are in real danger now. Getting relegated from the Champ with a £12M - £50K a week striker might be a first!

 

What I had heard from someone very well-connected at Boro who told me about Richardson/Gastón and other bits and bobs...

Karanka stormed out of their Rockliffe training complex on Tuesday after a row during a chat with the squad, telling the players he didn't want to manage them any more.

Since then he's been absent and he didn't take training today, either.

Not exactly gripping info for Saints fans but 100% believe what I've been told as the person has always been super-reliable.

 

Gaston has the same effect on me.

 

The club have issued a statement slamming people who take flares to football matches...idiots...people can die when a crowd panics. Luckily didn't happen today.

 

I've embarked on as many reflexive ultimatums as anyone, but while holding down an auto spot (and facing the deeply dysfunctional Charlton next) seems a tad rash.

 

Even more shocking is doing it when I've selected them as one of my cup teams in the predictor.

 

Newport bogeys.

Pompey have now lost three successive League Two matches at home to Newport County without scoring a goal.


PUN (play up newport)

 

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Tee...incident-led/story-28910352-detail/story.html

Teenager been arrested for using a smoke bomb at Exeter....his parents are on the way from Carlilse to see him. Wait till his Mum gets hold of him....he'll ask for police protection. Saw one blogger talking about over reaction when you consider what happens in Turkey...1) have they never heard of Bradford 2) Do we want to take fire safety advice from Galatasaray?

OK, it turned out to be nothing (thank goodness), but no one takes chances with fire. It turned out to be some idiot boy, but no one should take incendiaries of any kind into a crowd. Some years back a man was killed because someone let off a rocket at a match.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-24931711
Found the death caused by a flare incident.

 

Careful, there'll be complaints!

 

Boro seem to be intent on imploding. Karanka appears not to be going back to managing the team. How does a squad who are second in their division, with the prospect of making the Premier League, do their level best to make sure it doesn't happen?

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...itor-karanka-set-to-leave-club-in-coming-days

 

Amazing to see this happen in a club nearing promotion and needing a last push to get there. Is it just a manager having a paddy...or is there unrest in the team. Both still odd for a team in this position. A meeting is happening today between the manager and club.

Annoying for Gaston as he is new into the team and should be enjoying his chance to play again.

 

Will he commute ......

 

That'll give them the kind of long term stability they are after.

 

Hoddle to be head coach. So it says on the Spurs board.