Soccer Discussion

Postby **Gaucho** » Fri Aug 16, 2019 6:09 pm

I meant to post this.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:51 pm

**** De Bruyne.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:18 pm

Man City is just toying with Tottenham like they are a League One side.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:25 pm

It’s embarrassing. Yes, Man City is ridiculously good, but **** man Spurs need to look instead in actually maintaining possession or mounting an attack. A top 4 EPL team shouldn’t be employing Senators hockey. **** parking the bus. Sissoko is useless out wide and they’ve clamped down on Eriksen, so the only creativity in the middle is N’Dombele. Need to adjust.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:47 pm

Tots!

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:24 pm

VAR remains our best player.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 2:00 pm

Coutinho loaned to Bayern Munich.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 2:38 pm

Also... I was checking out the teams in the championship and league one and saw the league one table... two teams (Bury FC and Bolton Wanderers) with -12 points. I figured that had to be a typo or something. Nope. They were both deducted points for infractions:

https://www.efl.com/news/2019/july/efl- ... t-bury-fc/
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48257398

I had never seen that before.

Was cruising around some tables today and noticed that while Bolton is actually playing matches (0-1-2, only 12 points from safety!), Bury has been booted from the Carabo Cup and have had their first three matches of the League One scheduled postponed while trying to get their finances in order. Current deadline is Friday. If the EFL isn't satisfied with Bury's financing proposal they're going to be kicked out of the EFL, League One will proceed with 23 teams for the rest of the season, the number of relegation spots will be reduced to 3, and Bury will have to wait until the 20-21 season to apply to the FA to re-join at a lower level on the pyramid.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 2:44 pm

Bury Bury.

Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:47 pm

Whoa... I wish something, somewhere in America had a relegation system. I don't care what sport it was, I'd be all in.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:49 pm

I listen to the Guardian football podcast and they are 100% sure Bury is dead.

Their players haven't been paid since like April and Bolton is fielding a team of almost just academy players.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:33 pm

Pompey

Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:39 pm

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:04 pm

Postby **willeyeam** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:32 pm

Champions League @RonnieFranchise ?

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:51 pm

De Gea

Postby **Gaucho** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:23 pm

Well, at least Spurs got to keep Danny Rose.

Postby **Gaucho** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 3:41 pm

Postby **tifosi77** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:39 pm

Barça just subbed in a 16-year old.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:43 pm

**** stupid day

Postby **count2infinity** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:52 pm

My brother is at a work training in London. He went to the spurs game today. Blame him.

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Aug 26, 2019 3:16 pm

LA FC was founded in 2014, but they didn't play their first MLS match until 2018. So their rise to popularity happened while we lived up north. Yesterday I found out that the rivalry matches against the Galaxy are referred to as 'El Tráfico', which gave me a chuckle.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:52 am

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:46 pm

Bolton got a two week extension, but Bury was buried. A couple late offers came in but nothing was concrete enough to avoid having to postpone additional games. The EFL had enough shenanigans and made them the first club to get booted since Maidstone United in 92.