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The Footie Thread

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Hobbit said:
You’ve got first hand accounts by people who have a vested interest in their version being true, and it might be the case, but just because your best buddy says…

I watched Sky this morning and it reminded me of media reports I read in 3 decent broadsheets 40 years ago. All 3 were significantly different. Was the reporter telling the truth this morning? Possibly yes, but I’ll wait on the full report before I get the pitchfork out.
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I'm not sure I would trust any 'independant' report from UEFA.
 
Golfmmad said:
Back to the game last night.
Liverpool were the better team first half. Cortios was outstanding.
I'm sure the wily old Ancelotti said to his players at half time, Liverpool have run themselves ragged, stay cool guys and take your chance when it comes. They did just that! The only real chance they had all game.
I also think that Real's defence was superb, any other team and l'pool would have been two or three up at half time.
Watching Klopp walk out after half time he looked as if he knew their chance was gone - seemed he had no enthusiasm and body language said it all.
TAA was disappointing, his corners and free kicks came to nothing and his shooting way off.
In the second half Real increased the press and Liverpool started to give the ball away more and more, which they didn't in the first half.
To finish, I'd say Real Madrid got their tactics spot on and their resolute defence would never have let Liverpool score the goal that they did.
So well done Liverpool for putting up a great fight and making a game of it.
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Agree with most of this but if Reals defence was that good how come we got so many chances.
We lost because we never took just one. Some great keeping but some poor finishing.
Real had two chances and scored both.
I still think the offside one was a goal, but the ludicrous rules say it wasn’t.
 
clubchamp98 said:
You won’t need Harland then?
But can he sing ?
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Back to football City have a striker from Argentina. He currently plays for River plate. Haaland was seen at the weekend wearing a football shirt of Boca juniors the sworn enemies of River plate. That would not go down well
 
Hobbit said:
Nooooo!
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Close call in the end. You will be able to go to Valencia, San Sebastián and Barca next season!

Great result. we alway pass Eibar’s ground when going between Bilbao and San Sebastain.

Tenerife v Las Palmas in the play off. Really big rivals and looking forward to the games.
 
Liverpool fans are getting a bad rep based on previous. As far as I'm concerned, the issues are mostly at the feet of the local Police and authorities for poor crowd control. Way more locals stormed the gates or jumped fences than Liverpool fans and little has been mentioned about that.

The good thing now is many YouTubers or bloggers have GoPro's and have recorded the footage so the truth will emerge..
 
Orikoru said:
I'm very pleased - just like Leeds I see Forest as a big club and a Premier League team of my youth, so it will be great to see them back in the top flight.
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Thanks mate. Seen and heard a lot of neutrals wishing us well before and after the game, which is nice.

Was far from a vintage performance and felt Huddersfield were treated unfairly on the second penalty shout. But we got the result and when you consider we were rock bottom of the table when Coops took over, I don’t think anyone can say it wasn’t deserved.

We haven’t had much to cheer about for the last thirty years or so, so it’s nice to be back in the big time. Fingers crossed we can stay there.
 
Don Barzini said:
Thanks mate. Seen and heard a lot of neutrals wishing us well before and after the game, which is nice.

Was far from a vintage performance and felt Huddersfield were treated unfairly on the second penalty shout. But we got the result and when you consider we were rock bottom of the table when Coops took over, I don’t think anyone can say it wasn’t deserved.

We haven’t had much to cheer about for the last thirty years or so, so it’s nice to be back in the big time. Fingers crossed we can stay there.
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Do you think you need to add much to the team? I don't follow the Championship too closely so have only seen the odd game. Do you have goal scorers for example?
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Do you think you need to add much to the team? I don't follow the Championship too closely so have only seen the odd game. Do you have goal scorers for example?
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Brennan Johnson is our big star and there’s been a lot of talk around him and whether we can tempt him to stay. He only has a year left on his contract and has attracted interest from a few Prem sides. Hopefully now that promotion is confirmed he’ll sign up for longer.

Four guys who have been important have only been with us on loan. Djed Spence from Middlesbrough, Philip Zinkernagel from Watford, James Garner from Man Utd and Keinan Davies from Villa.

Would def like to keep Spence, Garner and Davies. Spence is a possibility as he’s attracted interest from a few Prem sides and I think Middlesbrough want rid of him. Hopefully he’s happy enough to sign but may want a bigger club. Apparently the others aren’t for sale though.

So short answer to your question is yes, we’ll def need to spend some of that £170m we supposedly get for winning yesterday!
 
Don Barzini said:
Brennan Johnson is our big star and there’s been a lot of talk around him and whether we can tempt him to stay. He only has a year left on his contract and has attracted interest from a few Prem sides. Hopefully now that promotion is confirmed he’ll sign up for longer.

Four guys who have been important have only been with us on loan. Djed Spence from Middlesbrough, Philip Zinkernagel from Watford, James Garner from Man Utd and Keinan Davies from Villa.

Would def like to keep Spence, Garner and Davies. Spence is a possibility as he’s attracted interest from a few Prem sides and I think Middlesbrough want rid of him. Hopefully he’s happy enough to sign but may want a bigger club. Apparently the others aren’t for sale though.

So short answer to your question is yes, we’ll def need to spend some of that £170m we supposedly get for winning yesterday!
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I did laugh when someone said that this was the richest game in football but in reality it is not as the money gets taken in agents fees, transfers and higher wages (their statement, not mine). All too true sadly.

I know Everton were keen on Johnson but I hope that he stays with you for this coming season. It would be a shame if key players left just as you reached the PL. Let's see what your best team can do. The difference for you coming in to the PL is that your loan signings can all crank up a notch as the big boys want their players to get a good quality of experience and you can offer that now. You may not get a Connor Gallagher but you may get the next lad on the rank. Your manager, director of football, scouts etc all need to earn their money during the summer.

I hope you can do a Brentford and stay up.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I did laugh when someone said that this was the richest game in football but in reality it is not as the money gets taken in agents fees, transfers and higher wages (their statement, not mine). All too true sadly.

I know Everton were keen on Johnson but I hope that he stays with you for this coming season. It would be a shame if key players left just as you reached the PL. Let's see what your best team can do. The difference for you coming in to the PL is that your loan signings can all crank up a notch as the big boys want their players to get a good quality of experience and you can offer that now. You may not get a Connor Gallagher but you may get the next lad on the rank. Your manager, director of football, scouts etc all need to earn their money during the summer.

I hope you can do a Brentford and stay up.
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But, surely it is still the richest game in football? Just because a club decides to use that money, resulting in higher expenditures is surely irrelevant. If a club is successful in the richest game in football, then you'd expect them to spend more money than before they won it. However, that is up to the club to manage. After all, they could technically not spend any of it, pretty much keep the same squad and hope for the best. And, if they get relegated, they still have a large amount of money wasting away in their bank account that they didn't spend.
 
Don Barzini said:
Brennan Johnson is our big star and there’s been a lot of talk around him and whether we can tempt him to stay. He only has a year left on his contract and has attracted interest from a few Prem sides. Hopefully now that promotion is confirmed he’ll sign up for longer.

Four guys who have been important have only been with us on loan. Djed Spence from Middlesbrough, Philip Zinkernagel from Watford, James Garner from Man Utd and Keinan Davies from Villa.

Would def like to keep Spence, Garner and Davies. Spence is a possibility as he’s attracted interest from a few Prem sides and I think Middlesbrough want rid of him. Hopefully he’s happy enough to sign but may want a bigger club. Apparently the others aren’t for sale though.

So short answer to your question is yes, we’ll def need to spend some of that £170m we supposedly get for winning yesterday!
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It'll be nice to keep the lads who helped get us promoted, whether we buy them or extend the loans.
Forest is as good a place to be as any other mid-table or relegation battling team. You'd hope BJ would rather play every game for us rather than warm the bench at one of the big 6. As always, I guess it depends what silly money they and the club are offered.
An old fashioned poacher striker would be a good addition, but I guess every team in the country is looking for one of those.
 
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