The Footie Thread

[Deleted member 18588]

So footballers, no excuse, other sports -excuses or sympathy?

More likely that any transgressions by rugby players would not merit much media attention due to lack of interest on the part of the public.

 

[clubchamp98]

What about teachers, doctors, office workers and other people doing more normal jobs?

They are dealt with by the law.

Thing about PL players is they have been given special status to carry on doing their job when most other sports people have been told to stop.
But some still abuse that privilege,that’s why they should be punished differently.
Fines don’t work for rich people , taking their privilege away will.
So ban them from being in a group more than 2 people ,they can’t train or play then.

 

[GB72]

So footballers, no excuse, other sports -excuses or sympathy?

barbarians players were left with large fines and significant bans that they are still serving and roundly condemned. The only main cricket one was Archer and he was also penalised for what was a case of dropping in to his own flat, that was empty, in between leaving the bubble in Hampshire and heading for the bubble in Manchester. Slightly different to the football situations.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Surprised at that Line up.

 

[fundy]

Surprised at that Line up.

chuffed to bits here backed some of the hcap lines when i heard Villas squad earlier

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Well done......We were 14/1 to win 6-0, once team announced cut to 15/2. Madness

 

[fundy]

Well done......We were 14/1 to win 6-0, once team announced cut to 15/2. Madness

-3 on the Asians was 1.85 before, 1.18 after lol, the higher lines even more drastic

 

[SteveW86]

that’s a tough villa team to beat

 

[Deleted member 21784]

View attachment 34383that’s a tough villa team to beat

So glad to see klopp is using this advantage over villa youth to rest some of the superstars

 

[fundy]

So glad to see klopp is using this advantage over villa youth to rest some of the superstars

he has, he just hasnt rested them all

 

[SteveW86]

So glad to see klopp is using this advantage over villa youth to rest some of the superstars

Maybe with their current form being a bit iffy he wanted a good morale boosting win

 

[ColchesterFC]

View attachment 34383that’s a tough villa team to beat

Not often you see 9 brothers all in the same team. Mr & Mrs Unknown must be very proud parents tonight.

 

[SteveW86]

Not often you see 9 brothers all in the same team. Mr & Mrs Unknown must be very proud parents tonight.

You’d think it was a Norwich line up

 

[clubchamp98]

Good display from Villa lads .
Left back played very well.
But I hate games like this just attack v defence.
Worst thing was listening to The commentary they were grim.
Turned the sound off second half.
Thiago how good is he.

 

[fundy]

Good display from Villa lads .
Left back played very well.
But I hate games like this just attack v defence.
Worst thing was listening to The commentary they were grim.
Turned the sound off second half.
Thiago how good is he.

When Keown is on just hit the mute button at the start, saves plenty of hassle

 

[Deleted member 1740]

-3 on the Asians was 1.85 before, 1.18 after lol, the higher lines even more drastic

ouch?

 

[Deleted member 1740]

The magic of the fa cup is still there.

Given the circumstances, Villa’s young lads did extremely well. Great to see the young kids face when he slotted.

 

[hairball_89]

The magic of the fa cup is still there.

Given the circumstances, Villa’s young lads did extremely well. Great to see the young kids face when he slotted.

Yup. Great goal. Lovely pass through, the kid completely did Williams and a great finish. Thought their keeper looked good too confident and composed.

Us? Meh. Still not sure about the fluidity. Feels like something big isn't right... But Jurgen knows more about football than I do, so I'll leave it to him!

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Yup. Great goal. Lovely pass through, the kid completely did Williams and a great finish. Thought their keeper looked good too confident and composed.

Us? Meh. Still not sure about the fluidity. Feels like something big isn't right... But Jurgen knows more about football than I do, so I'll leave it to him!

After what these boys have given us over the last 2&1/2 years it was inevitable we were gonna have a dip. I don’t think we’re passing quick enough, everything seems to be a yard off. The disruptions haven’t helped, I’m sure they’ll sort it quickly though.

 

[TheDiablo]

Not being able to work from home does not make you a key worker. I dont really have any sympathy for Premier League footballers, they have enough money to sit at home and wait out the situation. I do have sympathy with the lower leagues of football, though I am not sure how far down the pyramid you need to go to get to people who are on a "normal" wage of lets say £50k (still a high wage)....does anybody know? These clubs are at risk, so therefore these players incomes are too, not sure how many of them are trained in other areas so could get another job (I appreciate it is the same for any other person who is it at risk of losing their job)

It is all about how the public view it, they see footballers having parties over Xmas and everyone gets tainted when we know it is a small % of people doing wrong, this is the same as the general public, the vast majority of us are sticking to the rules/guidelines and doing all we can to get through this as quickly as possible. The consequences of breaking the rules have not been strict enough to deter people across the board, if they were people would quickly stop.

My mate was on £800 a week at Port Vale about 7/8 years ago. They got promoted from L2 to L1 that season and he earned close to 100k at 23 years old incl bonuses. Been bouncing around the conference the last 5 years on about 30-40k total.

He's got a degree, but no work experience. Still a huge amount more than most of his peers who will retire having earned average wage at 30 and have to start afresh