The Footie Thread

[Don Barzini]

This is nice to see. Love Chris Kamara and feared that his diagnosis meant that was the last we'd see of him in public.

Chris Kamara describes return to football punditry as 'surreal'

Chris Kamara retired from broadcasting in 2022 - the same year he was diagnosed with a rare speech disorder.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bazz]

This is nice to see. Love Chris Kamara and feared that his diagnosis meant that was the last we'd see of him in public.

Chris Kamara describes return to football punditry as 'surreal'

Chris Kamara retired from broadcasting in 2022 - the same year he was diagnosed with a rare speech disorder.

www.bbc.co.uk

Kammy was part of the golden age of Soccer Saturday, Stelling, Thompson, Nicholas etc. Thankfully I'm usually at the game so don't get to watch it now, the few times I did it got switched over when they had a celebrity ref on.

 

[Billysboots]

I can’t see Rashford at Spurs Ange wants his players to press high with plenty of running the amount of effort would be to much for him.
The fans would soon be on his back for lack of effort, plus Levy would never pay the amount of money needed to get him.

In the highly unlikely event Spurs did want him, I sincerely hope that United screw every penny out of Levy. After all, he’s not averse to holding other clubs to ransom.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I agree. I don’t think the clubs he associates himself with will fork out the fee/wages.

If a PSG come in and they need someone to fill that spot then I don’t tbink wages will be an issue

Can’t see him staying in the Prem or going to Saudi - it’s dead man shoes there

 

[Bdill93]

If a PSG come in and they need someone to fill that spot then I don’t tbink wages will be an issue

Can’t see him staying in the Prem or going to Saudi - it’s dead man shoes there

I can see PSG being the option, he can see Greenwood doing well over there too which will give him confidence he can too.

Walk the league most seasons and good wages on offer, no brainer

 

[Billysboots]

I can see PSG being the option, he can see Greenwood doing well over there too which will give him confidence he can too.

Walk the league most seasons and good wages on offer, no brainer

Plus, sulking seems much more acceptable in French football

 

[Billysboots]

His statement is a big “come and get me” but looking at his form and character , who’s going to want him? AND who is going to at least match his £300k per week till 2028???

I can’t see us selling him for much as the buyer will need to put most of the fee into his salary.

I’d take what we can get just to be rid of him. I reckon in the region of £30m would be excellent business.

 

[Orikoru]

I can’t see Rashford at Spurs Ange wants his players to press high with plenty of running the amount of effort would be to much for him.
The fans would soon be on his back for lack of effort, plus Levy would never pay the amount of money needed to get him.

Agree, zero chance of seeing him at Spurs thankfully.

PSG makes some sense, if they'd want him. They can afford his wages, and he can look decent playing in a third-rate league where he won't have to work.

 

[Swango1980]

What you really must give Rashford a lot of credit for is that he has said there will be no hard feelings between him towards Man Utd, and he won't have a bad word to say about them.

Great that he is willing to be the bigger man, and not criticise the club, despite them paying him a pitiful salary of £350,000 a week, and for over a year being picked almost every game, even when it was clear he wasn't really motivated to work hard.

 

[Don Barzini]

This is doing the rounds on Twitter/X, so thought I'd put it here too for you guys to participate if you'd like to.

Mid-Season awards
Your club :
Best Player so far :
Best Young Player so far (U21) :
Best win of the season :
Worst loss of the season :
Are you convinced by your gaffer :


My answers:

Mid-Season awards
Your club : Nottingham Forest
Best Player so far : Too many candidates! Probably have to plump for Chris Wood.
Best Young Player so far (U21) : Elliot Anderson, the Geordie Maradona
Best win of the season : 1-0 at Anfield for obvious reasons. But also 3-0 against West Ham because my little boy was with me and it was the first time he'd been to a home win!
Worst loss of the season : 1-0 at home to Fulham. Awful game, both sides deserved a points deduction for it!
Are you convinced by your gaffer : Yes. Right now you could offer me any other manager in the world and I would not swap. ON THE PISH WITH NUNO!!!

 

[PJ87]

Mid-Season awards
Your club : WHU
Best Player so far : AWB
Best Young Player so far (U21) : scarles
Best win of the season : 0-2 against Newcastle
Worst loss of the season : 3-0 against Chelsea
Are you convinced by your gaffer : 50/50 ATM, past few games seen some positive change and some tactics appear

 

[Swango1980]

Mid-Season awards
Your club :
Best Player so far : Mazaroui (but Amad is right up there)
Best Young Player so far (U21) : Hojlund (was between him, Garnacho and Mainoo, Mainoo not played so much yet)
Best win of the season : Man City at the weekend (even though Everton was a bigger win)
Worst loss of the season : 3-0 loss to Liverpool
Are you convinced by your gaffer : Early days, but definitely convinced at this stage

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Mid-Season awards
Your club : Liverpool
Best Player so far : Mo Salah
Best Young Player so far (U21) : Conor Bradley
Best win of the season : Man City or Real Madrid
Worst loss of the season : well we have only had one - Forest
Are you convinced by your gaffer : Yep , great appointment

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Mid-Season awards
Your club : Everton
Best Player so far : Iliman Ndiaye
Best Young Player so far (U21) : Don't have one
Best win of the season : 2-0 away at Ipswich. To an outsider it would be 4-0 against Wolves but as @Bazz will confirm, we weren't any good that night either, they were just worse.
Worst loss of the season : 4-0 to Man Utd, team fell apart, Utd are poor, we were worse
Are you convinced by your gaffer : No. He has not made progress, tactics are from a couple of decades ago

 

[Bdill93]

Your club : Aston Villa
Best Player so far : Morgan Rogers
Best Young Player so far (U21) : EDIT - Just realised Duran only just turned 21... I thought he was 22!
Best win of the season : Bayern Munich @ Home in the UCL
Worst loss of the season : Probably Saturday against Forest
Are you convinced by your gaffer: Always

 

[nickjdavis]

Mid-Season awards
Your club : Newcastle United
Best Player so far : Sandro Tonali
Best Young Player so far (U21) :Lewis Hall (though to be fair he should get the best player award as well)
Best win of the season : Nottingham Forest (a) 3-1
Worst loss of the season : West Ham (h) 0-2
Are you convinced by your gaffer :mmmmm...it is the word "convinced" that causes me doubt....convinced he is a good manager with the squad we have and getting us in to Europe...absolutely, convinced he has what it takes to take us a step beyond that and manage/control the egos of some of the worlds top players who we might possibly "employ" should we ever become Champions League regulars....probably not. For now though....he will do.

 

[Aztecs27]

Cuhna 3 match ban. Making it the 4th player in 2 seasons where their first game back after a ban is vs Forest. Unbelievable bad luck

 

[Orikoru]

This is doing the rounds on Twitter/X, so thought I'd put it here too for you guys to participate if you'd like to.

Mid-Season awards
Your club :
Best Player so far :
Best Young Player so far (U21) :
Best win of the season :
Worst loss of the season :
Are you convinced by your gaffer :

Mid-Season awards
Your club : Spurs
Best Player so far : Kulusevski
Best Young Player so far (U21) : Wanted to say Johnson but he's 23, haha. Not sure we have anyone under 21 who's actually playing. Edit: Sarr was 21 on the first day of the season so I'm picking him.
Best win of the season : Beating City 4-0 I guess you'd have to say. Even though they lose to everyone suddenly.
Worst loss of the season : Jesus, take your pick. We gifted Ipswich AND Palace their first wins. Lost to Brighton from 2-0 up and being unable to defend a lead. Ipswich game was at home so we'll say that.
Are you convinced by your gaffer : Not at all. He barks on about entertainment but losing half your games isn't entertaining for me. Inconsistency isn't entertaining, it's frustrating. Everyone knows how to counter attack us and score because we play the same way every time and don't remedy it.

 

[PJ87]

Cuhna 3 match ban. Making it the 4th player in 2 seasons where their first game back after a ban is vs Forest. Unbelievable bad luck

3 matches? That's ridiculous
Kudus got 6 for "hitting" two players in a heated exchange, IE 2 red cards so 2 bans

Cuhna was assault off the pitch it should be least 8

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Cuhna 3 match ban. Making it the 4th player in 2 seasons where their first game back after a ban is vs Forest. Unbelievable bad luck

He has really got away with that. 5 matches should have been the starting point.