toon25 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Draw for that shite new cup is tomorrow and we'll be in it. Which one is this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Draw for that shite new cup is tomorrow and we'll be in it. Which one is this? What was the Johnstones Paint. We've pulled out anyhoo now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 My mate who lives there reckons it'll be part of their long game to hold the WC without people kicking off. Slowly building the brand of Chinese football in key markets. f***ing hope not. Canada have been building their bid for ages and the sport is taking off rather well over there. Apart from the massive amount of match-fixing that goes on. The Canadian Soccer Association withdrew it's support of the CSL. Also the match fixing came from betting activity in China. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jul/27/was-mamadou-sakhos-mock-interview-too-much-for-liverpools-jurgen-klopp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 My mate who lives there reckons it'll be part of their long game to hold the WC without people kicking off. Slowly building the brand of Chinese football in key markets. f***ing hope not. Canada have been building their bid for ages and the sport is taking off rather well over there. Apart from the massive amount of match-fixing that goes on. The Canadian Soccer Association withdrew it's support of the CSL. Also the match fixing came from betting activity in China. Well yes but the teams/players have to be in on it as well otherwise it doesn't work does it? The amount of fixing that was going on a couple of years ago when I was doing a lot of betting was ridiculous. It was so blatant as well but the Canadian football authorities did absolutely sod all about it. It involved pretty much every team too as far as I remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Teams will be allowed to use a fourth substitute in extra-time in this season's FA Cup, from the quarter-final stage. Only from the quarter final stage, is that just to benefit the big teams as usual The teams with the best fitness coaches and best fitness technologies? Should just do it throughout the whole competition Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Replays? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 If the replay goes to extra time, teams should be allowed to use a 4th substitute in extra time, no matter what stage of the competition Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Yeah but there's no replays in the quarters any more so I think that's why they have brought the rule in. Not disputing that it favours big teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Just doesn't make that much sense, you're more likely going to need a 4th substitute after playing 180 minutes (initial game and then the replay) because everyone will be more knackered Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 My mate who lives there reckons it'll be part of their long game to hold the WC without people kicking off. Slowly building the brand of Chinese football in key markets. f***ing hope not. Canada have been building their bid for ages and the sport is taking off rather well over there. Apart from the massive amount of match-fixing that goes on. The Canadian Soccer Association withdrew it's support of the CSL. Also the match fixing came from betting activity in China. Well yes but the teams/players have to be in on it as well otherwise it doesn't work does it? The amount of fixing that was going on a couple of years ago when I was doing a lot of betting was ridiculous. It was so blatant as well but the Canadian football authorities did absolutely sod all about it. It involved pretty much every team too as far as I remember. The CSA ended ties with the CSL in 2013 after it found out how deep the corruption ran. Since then it has been nothing more than a Sunday league competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 My mate who lives there reckons it'll be part of their long game to hold the WC without people kicking off. Slowly building the brand of Chinese football in key markets. f***ing hope not. Canada have been building their bid for ages and the sport is taking off rather well over there. Apart from the massive amount of match-fixing that goes on. The Canadian Soccer Association withdrew it's support of the CSL. Also the match fixing came from betting activity in China. Well yes but the teams/players have to be in on it as well otherwise it doesn't work does it? The amount of fixing that was going on a couple of years ago when I was doing a lot of betting was ridiculous. It was so blatant as well but the Canadian football authorities did absolutely sod all about it. It involved pretty much every team too as far as I remember. The CSA ended ties with the CSL in 2013 after it found out how deep the corruption ran. Since then it has been nothing more than a Sunday league competition. They were responsible for the running of the competition whilst blatant match-fixing was going on and did nothing about it, despite being made aware of various pieces of evidence by different authorities. They may well have withdrawn their support a couple of years ago, but they still didn't do anything about it. To say the sport is taking off rather well over there is a bit over the top I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3709468/Tony-Carr-receive-14-000-redundancy-payment-West-Ham-despite-43-years-service-earning-club-50m-profit.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 My mate who lives there reckons it'll be part of their long game to hold the WC without people kicking off. Slowly building the brand of Chinese football in key markets. f***ing hope not. Canada have been building their bid for ages and the sport is taking off rather well over there. Apart from the massive amount of match-fixing that goes on. The Canadian Soccer Association withdrew it's support of the CSL. Also the match fixing came from betting activity in China. Well yes but the teams/players have to be in on it as well otherwise it doesn't work does it? The amount of fixing that was going on a couple of years ago when I was doing a lot of betting was ridiculous. It was so blatant as well but the Canadian football authorities did absolutely sod all about it. It involved pretty much every team too as far as I remember. The CSA ended ties with the CSL in 2013 after it found out how deep the corruption ran. Since then it has been nothing more than a Sunday league competition. They were responsible for the running of the competition whilst blatant match-fixing was going on and did nothing about it, despite being made aware of various pieces of evidence by different authorities. They may well have withdrawn their support a couple of years ago, but they still didn't do anything about it. To say the sport is taking off rather well over there is a bit over the top I think. The sport is growing over there. More and more people are taking part in the sport and it's not just kids and women. On pretty much every park there is a set of goal posts, Canadian football posts now double up as goal posts. There are posters about advertising 5 a side leagues to a similar level seem over here. Now every city has at least 1 dedicated Soccer shop, the bars all show matches from various leagues. I saw this myself only 6 weeks ago, contrast that to 2003 when I went and Soccer goal posts etc were hard to come across. Aye ok more could have been done a few years ago about the match fixing, but theirs a good article on it about how it's hard to clear up with legal loopholes etc and this is problem with organised crime as whole. In the end the CSA decided to take the drastic action and stop supporting the CSL and now Canada is left with no official league. Only the Canadian Championship Cup is left as a cup competition over there which only Canadian MLS and NSL teams can compete in. So yeah it's had it's fair share of problems but it is doing what it can to stop them and football is becoming an increasingly participated sport. Out of the Canada, China, Mexico, and Columbia who are all expected to bid for hosting the next World Cup which one do you think is less corrupt? Which one do you think will be safest for fans to attend? Which one will leave the best footballing legacy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 My mate who lives there reckons it'll be part of their long game to hold the WC without people kicking off. Slowly building the brand of Chinese football in key markets. f***ing hope not. Canada have been building their bid for ages and the sport is taking off rather well over there. Apart from the massive amount of match-fixing that goes on. The Canadian Soccer Association withdrew it's support of the CSL. Also the match fixing came from betting activity in China. Well yes but the teams/players have to be in on it as well otherwise it doesn't work does it? The amount of fixing that was going on a couple of years ago when I was doing a lot of betting was ridiculous. It was so blatant as well but the Canadian football authorities did absolutely sod all about it. It involved pretty much every team too as far as I remember. The CSA ended ties with the CSL in 2013 after it found out how deep the corruption ran. Since then it has been nothing more than a Sunday league competition. They were responsible for the running of the competition whilst blatant match-fixing was going on and did nothing about it, despite being made aware of various pieces of evidence by different authorities. They may well have withdrawn their support a couple of years ago, but they still didn't do anything about it. To say the sport is taking off rather well over there is a bit over the top I think. The sport is growing over there. More and more people are taking part in the sport and it's not just kids and women. On pretty much every park there is a set of goal posts, Canadian football posts now double up as goal posts. There are posters about advertising 5 a side leagues to a similar level seem over here. Now every city has at least 1 dedicated Soccer shop, the bars all show matches from various leagues. I saw this myself only 6 weeks ago, contrast that to 2003 when I went and Soccer goal posts etc were hard to come across. Aye ok more could have been done a few years ago about the match fixing, but theirs a good article on it about how it's hard to clear up with legal loopholes etc and this is problem with organised crime as whole. In the end the CSA decided to take the drastic action and stop supporting the CSL and now Canada is left with no official league. Only the Canadian Championship Cup is left as a cup competition over there which only Canadian MLS and NSL teams can compete in. So yeah it's had it's fair share of problems but it is doing what it can to stop them and football is becoming an increasingly participated sport. Out of the Canada, China, Mexico, and Columbia who are all expected to bid for hosting the next World Cup which one do you think is less corrupt? Which one do you think will be safest for fans to attend? Which one will leave the best footballing legacy? Well, I wasn't arguing about which would leave the best legacy and which would be safest to attend etc etc. My point was that Canadian football was very corrupt a few years ago. There may well be goalposts on parks and bars showing football, but seeing as you're interested in comparing countries, I'm fairly sure there will be goalposts in parks and bars showing football in China, Mexico and Columbia too. Those countries also have more than 5 professional teams (who play in their own professional leagues) and I'm not aware of there being huge amounts of match fixing in the Chinese Super League. It's also a bit blase to say 'ok they could have done more about match fixing', I would say that's quite a big issue but anyway, I don't know why I'm bothering to write this post to be honest because I'm not really arsed either way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 My mate who lives there reckons it'll be part of their long game to hold the WC without people kicking off. Slowly building the brand of Chinese football in key markets. f***ing hope not. Canada have been building their bid for ages and the sport is taking off rather well over there. Apart from the massive amount of match-fixing that goes on. The Canadian Soccer Association withdrew it's support of the CSL. Also the match fixing came from betting activity in China. Well yes but the teams/players have to be in on it as well otherwise it doesn't work does it? The amount of fixing that was going on a couple of years ago when I was doing a lot of betting was ridiculous. It was so blatant as well but the Canadian football authorities did absolutely sod all about it. It involved pretty much every team too as far as I remember. The CSA ended ties with the CSL in 2013 after it found out how deep the corruption ran. Since then it has been nothing more than a Sunday league competition. They were responsible for the running of the competition whilst blatant match-fixing was going on and did nothing about it, despite being made aware of various pieces of evidence by different authorities. They may well have withdrawn their support a couple of years ago, but they still didn't do anything about it. To say the sport is taking off rather well over there is a bit over the top I think. The sport is growing over there. More and more people are taking part in the sport and it's not just kids and women. On pretty much every park there is a set of goal posts, Canadian football posts now double up as goal posts. There are posters about advertising 5 a side leagues to a similar level seem over here. Now every city has at least 1 dedicated Soccer shop, the bars all show matches from various leagues. I saw this myself only 6 weeks ago, contrast that to 2003 when I went and Soccer goal posts etc were hard to come across. Aye ok more could have been done a few years ago about the match fixing, but theirs a good article on it about how it's hard to clear up with legal loopholes etc and this is problem with organised crime as whole. In the end the CSA decided to take the drastic action and stop supporting the CSL and now Canada is left with no official league. Only the Canadian Championship Cup is left as a cup competition over there which only Canadian MLS and NSL teams can compete in. So yeah it's had it's fair share of problems but it is doing what it can to stop them and football is becoming an increasingly participated sport. Out of the Canada, China, Mexico, and Columbia who are all expected to bid for hosting the next World Cup which one do you think is less corrupt? Which one do you think will be safest for fans to attend? Which one will leave the best footballing legacy? Well, I wasn't arguing about which would leave the best legacy and which would be safest to attend etc etc. My point was that Canadian football was very corrupt a few years ago. There may well be goalposts on parks and bars showing football, but seeing as you're interested in comparing countries, I'm fairly sure there will be goalposts in parks and bars showing football in China, Mexico and Columbia too. Those countries also have more than 5 professional teams (who play in their own professional leagues) and I'm not aware of there being huge amounts of match fixing in the Chinese Super League. It's also a bit blase to say 'ok they could have done more about match fixing', I would say that's quite a big issue but anyway, I don't know why I'm bothering to write this post to be honest because I'm not really arsed either way The whole initial point was that the Canadian bid would leave a better footballing legacy. The Chinese are hoping to snap up some big names for big money and then muscle in on a sport in order to have the spotlight on them. Canada have been preparing for a bid for a long time now and as more and more Europeans settle over there the increase in the sport is rapidly increasing, both in terms of playing and spectating. I'd much rather see them win a World Cup than a country that is just screaming 'Me too, me too' much like what Qatar did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 My mate who lives there reckons it'll be part of their long game to hold the WC without people kicking off. Slowly building the brand of Chinese football in key markets. f***ing hope not. Canada have been building their bid for ages and the sport is taking off rather well over there. Apart from the massive amount of match-fixing that goes on. The Canadian Soccer Association withdrew it's support of the CSL. Also the match fixing came from betting activity in China. Well yes but the teams/players have to be in on it as well otherwise it doesn't work does it? The amount of fixing that was going on a couple of years ago when I was doing a lot of betting was ridiculous. It was so blatant as well but the Canadian football authorities did absolutely sod all about it. It involved pretty much every team too as far as I remember. The CSA ended ties with the CSL in 2013 after it found out how deep the corruption ran. Since then it has been nothing more than a Sunday league competition. They were responsible for the running of the competition whilst blatant match-fixing was going on and did nothing about it, despite being made aware of various pieces of evidence by different authorities. They may well have withdrawn their support a couple of years ago, but they still didn't do anything about it. To say the sport is taking off rather well over there is a bit over the top I think. The sport is growing over there. More and more people are taking part in the sport and it's not just kids and women. On pretty much every park there is a set of goal posts, Canadian football posts now double up as goal posts. There are posters about advertising 5 a side leagues to a similar level seem over here. Now every city has at least 1 dedicated Soccer shop, the bars all show matches from various leagues. I saw this myself only 6 weeks ago, contrast that to 2003 when I went and Soccer goal posts etc were hard to come across. Aye ok more could have been done a few years ago about the match fixing, but theirs a good article on it about how it's hard to clear up with legal loopholes etc and this is problem with organised crime as whole. In the end the CSA decided to take the drastic action and stop supporting the CSL and now Canada is left with no official league. Only the Canadian Championship Cup is left as a cup competition over there which only Canadian MLS and NSL teams can compete in. So yeah it's had it's fair share of problems but it is doing what it can to stop them and football is becoming an increasingly participated sport. Out of the Canada, China, Mexico, and Columbia who are all expected to bid for hosting the next World Cup which one do you think is less corrupt? Which one do you think will be safest for fans to attend? Which one will leave the best footballing legacy? Well, I wasn't arguing about which would leave the best legacy and which would be safest to attend etc etc. My point was that Canadian football was very corrupt a few years ago. There may well be goalposts on parks and bars showing football, but seeing as you're interested in comparing countries, I'm fairly sure there will be goalposts in parks and bars showing football in China, Mexico and Columbia too. Those countries also have more than 5 professional teams (who play in their own professional leagues) and I'm not aware of there being huge amounts of match fixing in the Chinese Super League. It's also a bit blase to say 'ok they could have done more about match fixing', I would say that's quite a big issue but anyway, I don't know why I'm bothering to write this post to be honest because I'm not really arsed either way The whole initial point was that the Canadian bid would leave a better footballing legacy. The Chinese are hoping to snap up some big names for big money and then muscle in on a sport in order to have the spotlight on them. Canada have been preparing for a bid for a long time now and as more and more Europeans settle over there the increase in the sport is rapidly increasing, both in terms of playing and spectating. I'd much rather see them win a World Cup than a country that is just screaming 'Me too, me too' much like what Qatar did. Your initial point didn't mention legacy at all. Yes, China have invested a shitload into getting better known players and managers over there, but that's all part of how they're trying to grow the sport over there. Attendances in the Chinese Super League were up nearly 17% on last season, the top 3 average attendances were all over 37,000 (Guangzhou had an average of 45,000) so I don't think they'd be leaving empty stadiums with only 'hundreds of people' in them if they did get it. To compare it to Qatar is ridiculous to be honest, there are hardly any similarities at all. I'm not saying Canada shouldn't get it (again I'm not arsed), just trying to say that China isn't like Qatar and that there are holes in your argument. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Just seen the draw for the EFL Trophy. Northern Group G: Middlesbrough Scunthorpe United Cambridge United Shrewsbury Town Read more at http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/efl-trophy-group-stage-draw-3209367.aspx#IiHZQ5xbEkfZ4bQp.99 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3709468/Tony-Carr-receive-14-000-redundancy-payment-West-Ham-despite-43-years-service-earning-club-50m-profit.html That is piss poor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Which part? Being made redundant or his pay off? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Just seen the draw for the EFL Trophy. Northern Group G: Middlesbrough Scunthorpe United Cambridge United Shrewsbury Town Read more at http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/efl-trophy-group-stage-draw-3209367.aspx#IiHZQ5xbEkfZ4bQp.99 The naming of the North/South groups in this tournament has always been daft. Cheltenham are northern too apparently. Should just change the names to not mention anything geographical. Raw and Smackdown groups would be ideal iyam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 https://www.instagram.com/p/BIWBO-ZDvFw/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 http://www.efl.com/documents/season-ticker-holders549-2598173.pdf Thought this was interesting, doesn't include last season mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jul/27/crazy-transfer-fee-gonzalo-higuain-theatre-absurd-football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Out of all of the over inflated transfers he makes the Higuain transfer as his main headline? Silly fucker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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