The Footie Thread

[Pin-seeker]

Gomes, Gibbs-White, Livramento and Madueke all played for Carsley at U21 level, maybe he see’s/knows something we don’t.

Good luck to him as interim manager as he’ll be on a hiding to nothing from some whatever he does.

Good point.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Yeah not sure how Grealish has got back in tbh.

Me neither. I guess he seems him as a defence breaker (or at the very least will get fouled a lot). Not sure he deserves a spot with one start for City

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Livramento has been excellent for Newcastle, now first choice over Trippier. If James is going to continue with his injury streak then he should be next in line to replace Walker. Personally, I think Walker has another year or two in him at international level but Livramento should definitely be blooded and be ready to take over.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Gomes, Gibbs-White, Livramento and Madueke all played for Carsley at U21 level, maybe he see’s/knows something we don’t.

Good luck to him as interim manager as he’ll be on a hiding to nothing from some whatever he does.

and Elliot as an example was one of his mainstays for the u21’s

Livramento and Gibbs White , performed well for their teams over the last 12 months

Madueke has had one decent game

Gomes stats in Lille aren’t much


But all young players - not too much of an issue

But the likes of Maguire and Grealish coming back in

 

[Pin-seeker]

and Elliot as an example was one of his mainstays for the u21’s

Livramento and Gibbs White , performed well for their teams over the last 12 months

Madueke has had one decent game

Gomes stats in Lille aren’t much


But all young players - not too much of an issue

But the likes of Maguire and Grealish coming back in

Yeah scoring a hat trick is pretty “decent” tho

 

[Swango1980]

Agreed
But on the other hand you think Elliot should be disappointed, unused sub in Liverpools 1st game this season,came off the bench in the 82nd min in the 2nd game I believe

But he had an amazing 8 minutes

 

[Pin-seeker]

and Elliot as an example was one of his mainstays for the u21’s

Livramento and Gibbs White , performed well for their teams over the last 12 months

Madueke has had one decent game

Gomes stats in Lille aren’t much


But all young players - not too much of an issue

But the likes of Maguire and Grealish coming back in

I suspect it’s down to lack of game time at club level with Elliot

 

[Pin-seeker]

But he had an amazing 8 minutes

No doubt

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I think Maguire is the worse call of the lot. I can see why he'd want players he's had at U21 and that is the sort of progression we see from other nations where players come through the U21's and are then slowly integrated an played at full level. Somethin I think Southgate failed to do a lot.

 

[Billysboots]

Yes I dare say you’re right.

I’m not his biggest fan. A very annoying individual.

Far as I’m concerned with fixture congestion for the teams in Europe - tough titties. Deal with it. They all have strength in depth of their squads that the vast majority of the rest of the teams can only dream of. You qualify for Europe, you accept the fact that you have to play more games, simple as that. You shouldn’t get any form of preferential treatment for domestic competitions.

I do agree that clubs need to deal with the fixture congestion if they qualify for Europe, but it sounds as though, on this occasion, it’s just not achievable. It literally would mean a team playing twice in 48 hours if the draw had brought two of the six sides together.

This is a situation of UEFA’s making, primarily as a result of their greed in expanding the Champion’s League. If not for that it would have been very much as you were in this country. So I do think, on this occasion only, it’s a little harsh to point the finger at the clubs. The situation is not really one of their making.

The only other option, of course, would be for the clubs to withdraw from the Carabao Cup. And we all know the flack they would get for doing that.

 

[nickjdavis]

Ben White and Trent should be the right backs now. The new manager will need to pull his finger out and get White back into the fold of course. But he plays right back for the best defence in the league, it's a no-brainer.

Ben White is still declaring himself unavailable.

We have a new manager in place, if White has any genuine desire to play for England then he should at least be making an effort to meet the new management team halfway to discuss his issues.

Personally...he can rot where he is until he sucks that bottom lip in.

 

[Orikoru]

Ben White is still declaring himself unavailable.

We have a new manager in place, if White has any genuine desire to play for England then he should at least be making an effort to meet the new management team halfway to discuss his issues.

Personally...he can rot where he is until he sucks that bottom lip in.

I understood it that he had an issue with Steve Holland, who has now left. And from what I read about it, I think Holland was the AH in that scenario, but we can each make our own minds up about that. Perhaps Carsley will keep the status quo for now, but I hope the new permanent manager will have a serious talk with White about him coming back into the fold. If not, it would be a massive shame, because he is who I'd want to replace Walker right now when up against a world class winger.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Ben White is still declaring himself unavailable.

We have a new manager in place, if White has any genuine desire to play for England then he should at least be making an effort to meet the new management team halfway to discuss his issues.

Personally...he can rot where he is until he sucks that bottom lip in.

Yep,if White wants to play for England that’s up to him to say so.

 

[AmandaJR]

Ben White is still declaring himself unavailable.

We have a new manager in place, if White has any genuine desire to play for England then he should at least be making an effort to meet the new management team halfway to discuss his issues.

Personally...he can rot where he is until he sucks that bottom lip in.

I'm sure he's more than willing to do so. Show off those lovely white teeth against the Trump-esque orange face

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Ok - I have not a clue about the CL draw

LIVERPOOL will play Real Madrid (home), Leipzig (away), Bayer Leverkusen (home), AC Milan (away), Lille (home), PSV (away), Bologna (home) and Girona (away).


MANCHESTER CITY play Inter Milan (home), PSG (away), Club Bruges (home), Juventus (away), Feyenoord (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Sparta Prague (home), Slovan Bratislava (away).

ARSENAL play PSG (home), Inter Milan (away), Shakhtar Donetsk (home), Atalanta (away), Dinamo Zagreb (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Monaco (home), Girona (away).

 

[Arthur Wedge]

CELTIC will play ASTON VILLA (away), plus Leipzig (home), Borussia Dortmund (away), Club Bruges (home), Atalanta (away), Young Boys (home), Dinamo Zagreb (away), Slovan Bratislava (home).

 

[Arthur Wedge]

ASTON VILLA will play Bayern Munich (home), Leizpig (away), Juventus (home), Club Bruges (away), Celtic (home), Young Boys (away), Bologna (home) and Monaco (away).


That somehow seems an easier bunch of games compared to the three other English teams

 

[Billysboots]

In other news, whoever was asked to do due diligence on Mason Mount before he signed for United should be sacked. Injured, again. Out for several weeks, again.

An injury waiting to happen, that one.

 

[rudebhoy]

ASTON VILLA will play Bayern Munich (home), Leizpig (away), Juventus (home), Club Bruges (away), Celtic (home), Young Boys (away), Bologna (home) and Monaco (away).


That somehow seems an easier bunch of games compared to the three other English teams

Every team gets 2 opponents from each pot, so it doesn’t really matter which pot you are in, it is entirely likely that a team in pot 4 will get an easier draw than a team in pot 1.

 

[PJ87]

In other news, whoever was asked to do due diligence on Mason Mount before he signed for United should be sacked. Injured, again. Out for several weeks, again.

An injury waiting to happen, that one.

Is he tho? Before he got to you his games per season at Chelsea

53
54
53
35

Before that he two seasons on loan

44 and 39 appearances

I'd worry more about what the man united team are doing