Good goal, sad about the death of the player, was just reading his wiki page, sounds like he had a hard upbringing and had a personality to match. I ddin't know him and other players refused to wear the Wonga shirts (good on them) - I always hated Wonga, but it went against their religious belief, interesting.
There’s a French football journalist on the Guardian football pod who has insisted for years he’s ****e.
We loved the guy and it's a shame how things went for him. On the plus side, the only goal he ever officially scored for us might be my favourite goal I've seen. He'll be remembered as fondly as he deserves:
At least he left his kids a legacy so they don't have to suffer the financial hardships he had as a kid, so his life had a purpose. Lovely pics. Be interesting to know if his kids follow in his footsteps.
Yeah I read about his marriages and mistress, so was a busy guy. Love to see one of kids in a Toon shirt now fulfilling a dream, maybe bring them their first trophy in 70 years
Not been many red cards or horrendous challenges since the first game. Turkey v Georgia is where I want blood. Riots in the stand and Erdogan declaring war after a contentious late offside decision.
Less quality = more mistakes, more direct football and frantic football. Good to watch when you don’t care about the results.
