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RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:14 am
by shunwick
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: shunwick
Chelsea under Frank Lampard won the Premier League on goal difference from Man City.
warspite1
Well with any luck we'll get Frank Lampard....[8|]
You would probably be jumping for joy if you got the Frank Lampard from FM21.
Mauricio used to be "The Overrated One" but he got deposed by Frank.
Whoever manages Man U automatically becomes "The Anointed One" even if that is Ole.
I just wish the gods at FM HQ would smile on The Iron. Every year I watch in despair as they get relegated out of the game.
Spurs are just mediocre. You don't know how lucky you are.
Best wishes,
Steve
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:22 am
by RangerJoe
Not that I follow the league but you guys are sure figuring out who to bet on to win and who to bet on to lose!
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:26 am
by shunwick
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
Not that I follow the league but you guys are sure figuring out who to bet on to win and who to bet on to lose!
Tis a thread about football not gambling.
Best wishes,
Steve
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:59 am
by RangerJoe
ORIGINAL: shunwick
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
Not that I follow the league but you guys are sure figuring out who to bet on to win and who to bet on to lose!
Tis a thread about football not gambling.
Best wishes,
Steve
Not necessarily betting for money but for maybe who does the dishes? [8D]
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:12 pm
by shunwick
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
ORIGINAL: shunwick
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
Not that I follow the league but you guys are sure figuring out who to bet on to win and who to bet on to lose!
Tis a thread about football not gambling.
Best wishes,
Steve
Not necessarily betting for money but for maybe who does the dishes? [8D]
Not a thread about doing the dishes either.
Best wishes,
Steve
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:22 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: shunwick
In my latest FM21 save, it is 24 June 2022 and Spurs have just offered me an interview for the manager's position. Spurs have finished 8th in 21/22 season and Carlo Ancelotti got the heave ho. Jose Mourinho got sacked at the end of the 20/21 season. Harry Kane was sold last season to Man City for £73m up front and rising to £93m with add-ons. In a post-Covid world, Man City are one the few clubs with money to burn. The next few years should be interesting. Covid has, in general, reduced the money that clubs have and in the post Brexit world British players are at a premium for British clubs. Chelsea under Frank Lampard won the Premier League on goal difference from Man City.
Why on earth Spurs would offer me an interview for the job is beyond me. I have just got MK Dons promoted to the Championship but then jumped ship because the board were being total ... well, you can probably work out a suitable ending to that sentence. They meddeleth upon me greatly and I wasn't in the mood. Kind of expected that behaviour (not honouring my contract) to hamper my job opportunities for a while. Haven't even started looking for another job and the dust hasn't even settled when up comes an unsolicited interview offer with Spurs.
I smell a rat. Will probably decline the interview.
Best wishes,
Steve
PS. Well, tie me to a tree and call me Brenda! The main FM Winter Update has arrived making my Spurs dilemma irrelevant because I will be beginning a new save tonight.
Well... since I can't tie you to a tree, I certainly would not call you Brenda.
Thank you for telling me about your managerial progress with MK Dons. Me jealous. [:)] [&o]
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:24 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: shunwick
Chelsea under Frank Lampard won the Premier League on goal difference from Man City.
warspite1
Well with any luck we'll get Frank Lampard....[8|]
You might get what you wish for. So don't make sarcastic wishes. [;)] [:D]
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:44 am
by loki100
ORIGINAL: Orm
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: shunwick
Chelsea under Frank Lampard won the Premier League on goal difference from Man City.
warspite1
Well with any luck we'll get Frank Lampard....[8|]
You might get what you wish for. So don't make sarcastic wishes. [;)] [:D]
well my current fantasy is Celtic head hunt Mourinho - they do rather deserve each other
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:26 pm
by shunwick
16 games in, Braintree's season is now over. The clubs voted to cancel the remainder of the season and to declare the whole National League North and National League South 20/21 season as null and void. The National League clubs voted overwhelmingly to continue the National League season.
All football clubs are hurting due the pandemic. Several clubs in the non-league game are facing serious existential problems. My beloved Iron is one of them.
Wishing all clubs struggling at this time all the best.
Best wishes,
Steve
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:00 pm
by loki100
Hi Steve
You have my sympathies. its the same in Scotland when they started leagues 1 and 2 (plus the Highland and Lowland leagues), so clubs incurred a baseline of expenses and then cancelled it after 12 or so games (less in the 2 regional leagues). Given how tight their finances are and how dependent they are on gate money its a disaster lurking out of sight.
No idea what is going to be left at the end of all this, but these are (as in the English non-league), classic small town (or village) teams that bumble along quite harmlessly with their own networks of rivalries. I mean Brora-Wick may claim few national headlines but it is the big Caithness-Sutherland clash of the season.
Roger
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:55 am
by shunwick
Thanks Roger.
Yeah, football will always survive while there are communities to support it. And we only really appreciate the good times when we have suffered through the bad times. The pandemic is a challenge for us all but we will get through it.
There is a chap on SI forums, Morrissey (Mozzza), who produces a full Scottish Pyramid database every year for the Highland League and lower. Unfortunately, due to the brand new Winter Update the current version of it is incompatible. Mozza is currently working on an update.
For anyone interested, this is what we are talking about:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx_a069cRgQ
And ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC8hZHev9w0
And ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moeSILv2GWU
Best wishes,
Steve
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:40 am
by warspite1
Right. So we've comfortably beaten - and Dele Alli has shown he can score a goal against - the worst ranked team that was left in the Europa League.
So its back to the Premiership and we are playing Burnley - a team that has struggled this season and is in the bottom third of the table (where they've been the whole season).
So what are the chances of Spurs actually breaking their recent habit and NOT actually stinking the place out on the way to another defeat?
Well put it this way. If I was a betting man I wouldn't be wagering a whole wad of cash on Spurs bettering the air quality around White Hart Lane that's for certain...
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:40 am
by warspite1
Do ex-footballers actually know anything about the game they get paid humungous amounts of money to comment on?
So Rio Ferdinand believe Dele Alli was Spurs best player in the first half against Fulham. Why? He got himself into a position to 'score' Spurs goal. This was from about six yards out and - as proven by the fact it was given as an own goal - he couldn't even get that on target.
He then spent the rest of the game embarrassingly falling over trying to win free kicks before being substituted with half an hour to go.
Fulham were desperately unlucky not to get at least a point from the game. Just what does Mourinho say to his players at half time that makes them even worse in the second half than they were in the first?
Baffled.
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:51 am
by wodin
I hate football...[;)]
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 9:24 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: wodin
I hate football...[;)]
Maybe we should all join in a club? [:)]
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 9:35 am
by loki100
ORIGINAL: wodin
I hate football...[;)]
I hate what some football fans associated with one of the main Glasgow clubs get up to, and feel fully entitled in their actions
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 9:37 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: loki100
ORIGINAL: wodin
I hate football...[;)]
I hate what some football fans associated with one of the main Glasgow clubs get up to, and feel fully entitled in their actions
Did they at least get a free 'go directly to jail' cards? [;)]
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:00 am
by loki100
ORIGINAL: Orm
ORIGINAL: loki100
ORIGINAL: wodin
I hate football...[;)]
I hate what some football fans associated with one of the main Glasgow clubs get up to, and feel fully entitled in their actions
Did they at least get a free 'go directly to jail' cards? [;)]
no, they got a special police escort into the centre of the city. There is a foul nexus in the West of Scotland between Rangers, the Orange Order, Freemasonary & the Police, and it was on full show yesterday.
Unfortunately one of those situations where football and social problems collide head on.
and, in case of doubt, I have no time for the more idiotic wing of Celtic's support either.
Of course, shouldn't need to be said ... not all Rangers fans, most of whom managed to celebrate a well deserved, long delayed league win (after a pretty traumatic decade for their club) like normal people
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:02 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: loki100
and, in case of doubt, I have no time for the more idiotic wing of Celtic's support either.
There was no doubt at all. [:)]
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:03 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: loki100
Of course, shouldn't need to be said ... not all Rangers fans, most of whom managed to celebrate a well deserved, long delayed league win (after a pretty traumatic decade for their club) like normal people
And it didn't need saying. Although, I am sure, it was wise saying it anyway. [:)]