Wullie

Already edited my post to that effect, didn't want to exclude another of my favourite pieces of border related football trivia!

One of my favourite little known football facts is that the most successful club in Wales (TNS) play their games in England. Also the border runs right through Chester's ground, different parts of the ground are in different countries.

Seems a bit mad to go planning this pie-in-the-sky Old Firm scheme yet again when there's quite a significant possibility that Scotland won't even be part of the country in ten years time.

In the 3 PL games on Saturday, this is currently 267/1

I generally agree with Barnes but this point that what they tried is no different or only marginally different to what Sky and the PL did in 1992 is so lazy and just plain wrong.

Big card prices for an Atwell game so I'm having a few again. Jorginho/Burn 25s Mount/Bissouma 40s Rudiger/Dunk 33s Alonso/Veltman 33s

Only Arsenal and Spurs left now, they're clinging onto the prize.

UEFA should absolutely tell them they're scrapping them, don't even let them get the leftovers.

Tell me about how powerful these clubs are again. They've shot their bolt and blown their leverage over UEFA for years.

This is such a great point, wow, I hadn't thought of that.

This is how I feel, I really think call their bluff on this, throw them out of the domestic leagues and see how much interest they actually get in their vanity project (without the current European champions or the runners up.) As I said the other day, football is quite a dull game for about 85 out of 90 minutes, if you're lucky. It's what at stake that makes the later stages of the CL so exciting. Nobody goes out of their way to watch a group stage game between Atleti and Spurs and after the novelty has worn off, even less people will want to watch that fixture in this thing.

Liverpool's owners are trying to rip up English and European football and Jurgen Klopp wants us to feel sorry for his players cos someone left some shirts in their dressing room. Boo fucking hoo.

MNF is always a really good watch.

Phillips is definitely on. EDIT: ah you must mean Nate. I've got Kalvin.

Nowt else on tonight so had a few doubles. Quite surprised at the high prices with Taylor in charge, he's a bit hit and miss but handed out 7 last week in the Roma game. Ayling/Kabak 25/1 Thiago/Roberts 28/1 Alioski/Milner 33/1 Robertson/Phillips 50/1 No value in the Liverpool shots but Costa/Harrison/Dallas are all really long.

When people talk about "players don't really like playing internationals anyway", that's a very English-centric viewpoint. In South America for example, the international commitment is absolutely huge.

I can't understate how excited I would be to see Leeds walk off the pitch tonight. Won't happen but would be just magnificent.

Dries Mertens has been at Napoli for like a decade.

The announcement of a European Super League without either the current champions or the runners up is fucking hilarious.

You've posted it too quick after pasting it, you have to wait for the forum to embed it before posting.

@Yorkie put it well last night. These clubs are not their owners any more than Ashley = Newcastle United. These clubs are integral parts of the fabric of English football. It's tempting to say just fuck off but that's to the detriment of everyone. I'm not sure what other options are available though given the way we have let anyone (well, almost anyone...) buy a club if they have enough money.