Admin Lineker Posted October 6, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 Nottingham Forest have appointed Chris Hughton as the club's new manager after sacking Sabri Lamouchi following a winless start to the Championship season. Forest for promotion plz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 Forest have a decent squad on paper and are probably good enough to mount a playoff challenge. Lamouchi did quite well for most of last season, but his record post-lockdown was atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted October 7, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Quote Manchester City’s chief executive, Ferran Soriano, has called for a rethink of the football pyramid to consider the inclusion of Premier League B teams and has described the EFL’s business model as “not sustainable enough”. All eyes are on the Premier League to come up with a rescue package for EFL clubs struggling for survival during the coronavirus pandemic that has deprived them of matchday income. The government has insisted top-flight clubs should be the ones to look after the EFL, resisting calls for a state bailout. The Premier League is in talks with the EFL and it is understood they are looking for assurances over how the money is spent, with Championship clubs spending 107% of revenue on wages in the 2018-19 season. Soriano believes this is a good time to look at the structure of English football, including how young talent at the top clubs is given opportunities. “One of the challenges is the EFL [is] a business that is not sustainable enough,” he said at LeadersWeek.direct. “They were discussing ways to improve it, they were discussing salary caps, now they were sort of nudged, almost pushed, to solve the existing problems because of the crisis. “It’s a good opportunity for the different elements of the football business to get together and solve these problems. “There are other problems, the challenges of developing players in England where B teams are not allowed, we have a development gap of boys that are 17 or 18, they don’t find the right place to develop and for example they are taken from us by the German teams who try to sell them back to us for a price which is 10 times what they paid. “This is mad, right? This is something we needed to solve and now maybe the crisis will give us the opportunity and will nudge us to get together and solve these issues.” Soriano, who said it was extremely disappointing the Premier League had opted to revert to three substitutes for 2020-21, also defended his club’s spending in the summer transfer window. City signed the defenders Nathan Aké and Rúben Dias for more than £100m combined, but Soriano said: “If you believe like we believe that Covid is just a period of time, and that we have to carry on with our business, then we have to carry on with our business. “We believe that revenues will come back. The team is the engine of our business – if we don’t play good football, we have no business. We can’t negate that, we can’t avoid that. We have to take some risks and we believe the risks we have taken are very well measured. “I know the media just portrays the gross spending on players but you have to look at net spending. We sold a player to Bayern Munich, Leroy Sané, for €49m. We then signed a player, Ferran Torres, for €23m. “Sometimes these things are out of context. But remember, we need to continue playing good football and if we need a central defender, we need a central defender.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colly Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 He can fuck right off. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Yeah, he really can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 How about you develop players by.... actually playing them? Maybe that instead of looking for £100 million solutions every time there's a hole in the squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 Graham Alexander has been sacked by Salford with the team in fifth place in League Two. He's been temporarily replaced by Paul Scholes. This is why people aren't so keen on Class of '92 FC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 13 hours ago, Bobfoc said: Graham Alexander has been sacked by Salford with the team in fifth place in League Two. He's been temporarily replaced by Paul Scholes. This is why people aren't so keen on Class of '92 FC. Salford are the gateway to B-teams in the league. Fuck 'em. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted October 17, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 Forest Green screwed Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 On 17/10/2020 at 22:44, Lineker said: Forest Green screwed Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted October 19, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 On 13/10/2020 at 11:06, GA! said: Salford are the gateway to B-teams in the league. Fuck 'em. omfg brutal rekd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Goal of the season at Grimsby on Saturday. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 That's one of the few instances in which crowd silence seems appropriate. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted October 26, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 9 hours ago, GA! said: Goal of the season at Grimsby on Saturday. Are you watching Peter Enckelman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 59 minutes ago, Lineker said: Are you watching Peter Enckelman? No, he's clearly watching Grimsby and Carlisle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted November 3, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 It's worth flagging that tonight (Tuesday) sees Wimbledon finally returning to Plough Lane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 It's a shame that it had to happen during a pandemic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 We were the first visitors to Brighton's Amex Stadium too. At least if we win tonight it will be less disappointing for Wimbledon fans since they can't be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 Brentford played their first game in front of no one too. Is there anyone else with that distinction? York in National League North may move into a new gaff as well but they were waiting to hold some events first to iron out any safety issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted November 5, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 Sheffield Wednesday have had their points deduction halved from 12 to 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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