The Footie Thread

[hairball_89]

Problem is, cloud nine isn't connected to the Internet ...

I'm sure they'll find a way!

 

[Aztecs27]

Expect we may have some happy Forest fans on here later

Scrappy game by all accounts but Scarpa looks on another level already and will happily take 3 points back to the City Ground!

3 huge league games coming up vs other relegation rivals but a chance to reach the FA cup quarters and Carabao Semi’s first!

Scarpa seeing passes from nowhere…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1610750204348858369

 

[Deleted member 29109]

That Summerville of Leeds. What a dirty little player

Coufal takes him out (legally little block) didn't like it so 2 seconds later lands his studs on him

Only a yellow

Looking at his leg you can see stud marks all down his leg like claw marks from a bear.

Just seen this incident. The Coufal challenge wasn’t great and Summerville has gone after him, but Coufal has mad a meal of it, there wasn’t that much contact.

 

[Swango1980]

Quality from Kane tonight, just what Spurs needed after a dodgy first half.

 

[PJ87]

Just seen this incident. The Coufal challenge wasn’t great and Summerville has gone after him, but Coufal has mad a meal of it, there wasn’t that much contact.

Have you not seen his leg?? He had to go off

Stud marks all down his knee

 

[Orikoru]

Quality from Kane tonight, just what Spurs needed after a dodgy first half.

Everyone knows we don't bother playing in first halfs.

 

[Swango1980]

Anyone see Sol Campbells interview with GB News in relation to the Honours List? In it he said:

• If you look at what I've done, and what I've gone through playing football and the consistency I've hit over the course of 2 decades, under severe pressure, I'm up there with some of the sporting greats of our country.
• I'm not the only sporting great that has been overlooked. It would be an honour for me to have a Sir, OBE or MBE for my sport, which I've committed to for over 2 decades.
• I ran a charity helping out disadvantaged kids from all over London, helping them kind of go to sporting events
• I've done a hell of a lot for this country. I've been an icon. When I go abroad people recognise me for what I've done as a footballer. It would be nice if I could have something just saying hey, I've been recognised in my own country.

He also gave 9 reasons on twitter why he should be honoured, which were:

1. The 56 (Premier league) games without losing is an (individual) record
2. Invincible Arsenal team 49 games without losing (is) a record
3. First black player to score in World Cup for England
4. First black captain to lift a cup at Wembley
5. First black English speaking player to score in a Champions League final
6. Played 2 decades and over 500 games in the Premier League
7. I stood up for racism in football here and abroad
8. Only English player to play in 6 consecutive tournaments for England
9. Got into the World Cup best team 1998 and 2002 and one European team (in) 2004, so at one stage I was pound-for-pound the best defender in the world, how many Englishmen can say that?

Now, we can all argue how much many people that ARE honoured actually deserve it. Especially sporting people. They certainly end up, accidentally, being ambassadors for our country, and so if they achieve great things then I can see why they would be honoured. However, I'd like to think they don't beg to be honoured, and just politely accept it if it comes their way. I'm not sure if I have ever come across someone desperately blowing their own trumpet as Sol Campbell. He was a very good defender, but not sure I ever saw him quite as a Rolls Royce defender, personally (i.e. one that you don't often see in every generation). He won a lot with Arsenal, though he was in an unbelievable side. Never won the Champions League though, or any sort of success with England. I'm sure he has done a lot of charity work. However, when your net worth is £55 million, it is probably quite easy to get involved with charitable work (and I don't know too much about how much he is involved with, but I understand it helps to reduce tax burdens for the super rich).

He has certainly had a very good career. He may think he has done a lot for this country, but it hasn't all been personal sacrifice, especially if you include the £55 million he has earned.

 

[Bdill93]

Anyone see Sol Campbells interview with GB News in relation to the Honours List? In it he said:

• If you look at what I've done, and what I've gone through playing football and the consistency I've hit over the course of 2 decades, under severe pressure, I'm up there with some of the sporting greats of our country.
• I'm not the only sporting great that has been overlooked. It would be an honour for me to have a Sir, OBE or MBE for my sport, which I've committed to for over 2 decades.
• I ran a charity helping out disadvantaged kids from all over London, helping them kind of go to sporting events
• I've done a hell of a lot for this country. I've been an icon. When I go abroad people recognise me for what I've done as a footballer. It would be nice if I could have something just saying hey, I've been recognised in my own country.

He also gave 9 reasons on twitter why he should be honoured, which were:

1. The 56 (Premier league) games without losing is an (individual) record
2. Invincible Arsenal team 49 games without losing (is) a record
3. First black player to score in World Cup for England
4. First black captain to lift a cup at Wembley
5. First black English speaking player to score in a Champions League final
6. Played 2 decades and over 500 games in the Premier League
7. I stood up for racism in football here and abroad
8. Only English player to play in 6 consecutive tournaments for England
9. Got into the World Cup best team 1998 and 2002 and one European team (in) 2004, so at one stage I was pound-for-pound the best defender in the world, how many Englishmen can say that?

Now, we can all argue how much many people that ARE honoured actually deserve it. Especially sporting people. They certainly end up, accidentally, being ambassadors for our country, and so if they achieve great things then I can see why they would be honoured. However, I'd like to think they don't beg to be honoured, and just politely accept it if it comes their way. I'm not sure if I have ever come across someone desperately blowing their own trumpet as Sol Campbell. He was a very good defender, but not sure I ever saw him quite as a Rolls Royce defender, personally (i.e. one that you don't often see in every generation). He won a lot with Arsenal, though he was in an unbelievable side. Never won the Champions League though, or any sort of success with England. I'm sure he has done a lot of charity work. However, when your net worth is £55 million, it is probably quite easy to get involved with charitable work (and I don't know too much about how much he is involved with, but I understand it helps to reduce tax burdens for the super rich).

He has certainly had a very good career. He may think he has done a lot for this country, but it hasn't all been personal sacrifice, especially if you include the £55 million he has earned.

People get honours for so much less than he's done, I can kind of see why he would get annoyed but at the same time, would not personally care at all about some bs honours

 

[Billysboots]

Anyone see Sol Campbells interview with GB News in relation to the Honours List? In it he said:

• If you look at what I've done, and what I've gone through playing football and the consistency I've hit over the course of 2 decades, under severe pressure, I'm up there with some of the sporting greats of our country.
• I'm not the only sporting great that has been overlooked. It would be an honour for me to have a Sir, OBE or MBE for my sport, which I've committed to for over 2 decades.
• I ran a charity helping out disadvantaged kids from all over London, helping them kind of go to sporting events
• I've done a hell of a lot for this country. I've been an icon. When I go abroad people recognise me for what I've done as a footballer. It would be nice if I could have something just saying hey, I've been recognised in my own country.

He also gave 9 reasons on twitter why he should be honoured, which were:

1. The 56 (Premier league) games without losing is an (individual) record
2. Invincible Arsenal team 49 games without losing (is) a record
3. First black player to score in World Cup for England
4. First black captain to lift a cup at Wembley
5. First black English speaking player to score in a Champions League final
6. Played 2 decades and over 500 games in the Premier League
7. I stood up for racism in football here and abroad
8. Only English player to play in 6 consecutive tournaments for England
9. Got into the World Cup best team 1998 and 2002 and one European team (in) 2004, so at one stage I was pound-for-pound the best defender in the world, how many Englishmen can say that?

Now, we can all argue how much many people that ARE honoured actually deserve it. Especially sporting people. They certainly end up, accidentally, being ambassadors for our country, and so if they achieve great things then I can see why they would be honoured. However, I'd like to think they don't beg to be honoured, and just politely accept it if it comes their way. I'm not sure if I have ever come across someone desperately blowing their own trumpet as Sol Campbell. He was a very good defender, but not sure I ever saw him quite as a Rolls Royce defender, personally (i.e. one that you don't often see in every generation). He won a lot with Arsenal, though he was in an unbelievable side. Never won the Champions League though, or any sort of success with England. I'm sure he has done a lot of charity work. However, when your net worth is £55 million, it is probably quite easy to get involved with charitable work (and I don't know too much about how much he is involved with, but I understand it helps to reduce tax burdens for the super rich).

He has certainly had a very good career. He may think he has done a lot for this country, but it hasn't all been personal sacrifice, especially if you include the £55 million he has earned.

Did he say why he thinks he’s been overlooked? Because anyone who has ever listened to Sol Campbell over the years will read the same into these comments as I have.

Please understand I am in no way passing judgement, but him not being honoured is not his real issue here.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Sol Campbells the type that over plays the racism card.

 

[Swango1980]

Did he say why he thinks he’s been overlooked? Because anyone who has ever listened to Sol Campbell over the years will read the same into these comments as I have.

Please understand I am in no way passing judgement, but him not being honoured is not his real issue here.

I just quoted what was quoted in the Guardian, from his interview and twitter. If I was a betting man, I'm would not be surprised if he felt he was being overlooked because of race. Probably why 4 of his 9 justifications on twitter to be honoured are race related.

As I've said, I'm sure plenty have been honoured in the past where we've all thought "really!?", and no doubt the broader issue related to race and people being honoured should be looked at, to gauge how much racial bias / prejudice comes into the decision making.

However, I just don't think it looks good when the person themselves starts to big themselves up to tell us all why they deserve one. If anything, he probably doesn't deserve one, and many of the footballers who have, who he compares himself to, didn't deserve one either.

 

[Orikoru]

Now, we can all argue how much many people that ARE honoured actually deserve it. Especially sporting people. They certainly end up, accidentally, being ambassadors for our country, and so if they achieve great things then I can see why they would be honoured. However, I'd like to think they don't beg to be honoured, and just politely accept it if it comes their way. I'm not sure if I have ever come across someone desperately blowing their own trumpet as Sol Campbell.

Yeah, he has PLENTY of form for this. He is ridiculously arrogant and pretentious, has a massively inflated opinion of himself.

Scroll down to about halfway down this page where it says "Immodest Campbell lets his ego do the talking", it's pure class.

He was a good player, but I think things like OBEs are handed out to sportsmen willy-nilly as it is. Would rather see less of them, not more. Harry Kane has an MBE, I have no idea why.

 

[nickjdavis]

Anyone see Sol Campbells interview with GB News in relation to the Honours List? In it he said:

• If you look at what I've done, and what I've gone through playing football and the consistency I've hit over the course of 2 decades, under severe pressure, I'm up there with some of the sporting greats of our country.
• I'm not the only sporting great that has been overlooked. It would be an honour for me to have a Sir, OBE or MBE for my sport, which I've committed to for over 2 decades.
• I ran a charity helping out disadvantaged kids from all over London, helping them kind of go to sporting events
• I've done a hell of a lot for this country. I've been an icon. When I go abroad people recognise me for what I've done as a footballer. It would be nice if I could have something just saying hey, I've been recognised in my own country.

He also gave 9 reasons on twitter why he should be honoured, which were:

1. The 56 (Premier league) games without losing is an (individual) record
2. Invincible Arsenal team 49 games without losing (is) a record
3. First black player to score in World Cup for England
4. First black captain to lift a cup at Wembley
5. First black English speaking player to score in a Champions League final
6. Played 2 decades and over 500 games in the Premier League
7. I stood up for racism in football here and abroad
8. Only English player to play in 6 consecutive tournaments for England
9. Got into the World Cup best team 1998 and 2002 and one European team (in) 2004, so at one stage I was pound-for-pound the best defender in the world, how many Englishmen can say that?

Now, we can all argue how much many people that ARE honoured actually deserve it. Especially sporting people. They certainly end up, accidentally, being ambassadors for our country, and so if they achieve great things then I can see why they would be honoured. However, I'd like to think they don't beg to be honoured, and just politely accept it if it comes their way. I'm not sure if I have ever come across someone desperately blowing their own trumpet as Sol Campbell. He was a very good defender, but not sure I ever saw him quite as a Rolls Royce defender, personally (i.e. one that you don't often see in every generation). He won a lot with Arsenal, though he was in an unbelievable side. Never won the Champions League though, or any sort of success with England. I'm sure he has done a lot of charity work. However, when your net worth is £55 million, it is probably quite easy to get involved with charitable work (and I don't know too much about how much he is involved with, but I understand it helps to reduce tax burdens for the super rich).

He has certainly had a very good career. He may think he has done a lot for this country, but it hasn't all been personal sacrifice, especially if you include the £55 million he has earned.

He's a disgrace. up and down the country there are tens of thousands of people who volunteer their time in their community, helping people less fortunate than themselves, providing voluntary care services, working on cold winter nights in soup kitchens, running grass roots sports, I could go on....who do it through the goodness of their hearts and souls who would never even countenance thinking about any sort of honour or recognition...and then you have this muppet, 3 of who's 9 reasons why he should get an honour, are solely based on the colour of his skin...and one of the others is that he "stood up against (is the word I'm sure he really meant not "for") racism".

There are thousands of unseen and unheard people on this land who deserve just to have their contributions recognised or acknowledged for just 5 minutes but will never do so. Hopefully Sol Campbell will keep them company for a very long time.

 

[Swango1980]

He's a disgrace. up and down the country there are tens of thousands of people who volunteer their time in their community, helping people less fortunate than themselves, providing voluntary care services, working on cold winter nights in soup kitchens, running grass roots sports, I could go on....who do it through the goodness of their hearts and souls who would never even countenance thinking about any sort of honour or recognition...and then you have this muppet, 3 of who's 9 reasons why he should get an honour, are solely based on the colour of his skin...and one of the others is that he "stood up against (is the word I'm sure he really meant not "for") racism".

There are thousands of unseen and unheard people on this land who deserve just to have their contributions recognised or acknowledged for just 5 minutes but will never do so. Hopefully Sol Campbell will keep them company for a very long time.

If I ever get knighted, I will happily donate my knighthood to Sol Campbell, in return for his £55 million. Everyone is a winner.

 

[nickjdavis]

If I ever get knighted, I will happily donate my knighthood to Sol Campbell, in return for his £55 million. Everyone is a winner.

Honours for cash?

Hasn't that been an issue in previous years awards?

 

[ColchesterFC]

I once helped an old lady get a box of pasta down from the shelf in the supermarket because she couldn't reach it. Can I have an MBE please?

 

[nickjdavis]

I once helped an old lady get a box of pasta down from the shelf in the supermarket because she couldn't reach it. Can I have an MBE please?

No, because what she really wanted was rice.

 

[IanM]

Good old Sol! I think the way to ensure you don't get a gong, is go on about why you deserve one!

 

[clubchamp98]

Can’t understand why four of the Lionesses got gongs.

Why only four ?
Surely it’s all of them or none. Prefer none myself.
Given how long it took to honour the 1966 England squad.

To many handed out for just doing the job your paid to do.

 

[clubchamp98]

If I ever get knighted, I will happily donate my knighthood to Sol Campbell, in return for his £55 million. Everyone is a winner.

I’ll do it for half.