Bimpy474 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Guess who scored He's played well tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 How was the celebration? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 How was the celebration? Ran about with his gob wide open and arms outstretched. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Just seen the replay. He did actually fistpump to the fans behind the goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Taylor OG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 :lol: :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 4-2. This game is crackers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 4-2, two in five minutes for Seattle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Bolton Wanderers are losing 0-1 to Everton Academy in the new Johnstone's Paint Trophy format Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Peterborough 4-0 down to Norwich kids at HT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Checkatrade Trophy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 A day out for lower league teams at wembley. Now a day out for the stiffs of Villa and Norwich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 A day out for lower league teams at wembley. Now a day out for the stiffs of Villa and Norwich Villa's academy aren't playing in it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 The saviours and future of English football beaten 2-1 by Coventry tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 A day out for lower league teams at wembley. Now a day out for the stiffs of Villa and Norwich Villa's academy aren't playing in it Thanks again Columbo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Peterborough 4-0 down to Norwich kids at HT Lost 6-1 in the end. Oldham and Carlisle is currently 4-4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackM Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Wycombe have just subbed on their manager! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 EFL Trophy attendances tonight Also this might be a Giggs article but I enjoyed it: I remember the 2013 Johnstone’s Paint Trophy well. The sun-soaked green of the Wembley turf, the clear blue skies, the buoyancy of hope in my heart and the gurgles of anxiety in my bottom. I remember the huge bank of Southend supporters, and the smaller, but noisy, enthusiastic and ultimately jubilant section of Crewe fans. But I guess I remember most of all thinking that it would all be so much better if we weren’t playing Crewe, with their pride and their history and their passion. I remember thinking that I’d much rather be playing the Chelsea development squad. Now it seems that those childhood dreams of watching my team go into battle against eleven teenage reserve players could finally be realised. The Premier League is reported to be in negotiations with the Football League as they seek to drop up to 16 U21 teams into the competition next season. And why not? We’ve been too slow to tackle the menace of smaller clubs enjoying an unforgettable day at Wembley. I’ve written here before about the plight of the lower league clubs and the onslaught they’ve faced in recent years. It’s the same old charge sheet. First the big clubs came for the shared gate receipts. Then they came for the TV money. Then they came for our young players. Then they came for our league places. We thought that was it. We didn’t think we had anything else they could take. We didn’t even consider that they might want our modest little lower league cup competition too. The counter-argument you hear when you object to these proposals is never less than amusing. “Don’t you think these Premier League youngsters would benefit from playing in a proper competition? Don’t you want them to fulfil their potential?” This argument comes up so often that I’m starting to suspect our answer isn’t being heard. So if you wouldn’t mind just sitting down and paying attention for a moment, I’ll issue our response once again. We do not give a f*** about your Premier League youngsters. Not a flying f***. Not a walking f***. Not a static f***. We have been to the cupboard and we have no f***s. We have checked online and there are no f***s in stock. When Alexander saw the breadth of your argument, he wept. For there were no more f***s left to give. Don’t get upset. Getting upset because we do not care about your Premier League youngsters is like Sainsburys, Tesco and Asda getting upset because the local butcher they’ve driven to the brink of bankruptcy doesn’t want to help them lobby for longer Sunday opening hours. And do not, for shame, speak of helping the England team. You have no interest in that and you never have. You bicker with the England team over every match they play, you resent their use of your players. Do not dare tell us that you’ve suddenly come over all patriotic. The motivation for this is simple. It is greed. You have proved too feckless and incompetent to manage your resources. You have scooped up so many youngsters that you don’t know what to do with them. You stockpile them and they stagnate and you don’t know what to do. And so once again you seek to squeeze the life out of us for a marginal gain on your balance sheet. You ignore the fact that the answer to your problem is staring you in the face. If you want your players to develop as footballers, play them in football matches or don’t buy them until they have done so. The brightest talents in the England squad played first team football either at a lower level, like Dele Alli and John Stones, or at teams where youth development was taken seriously, like Harry Kane and Ross Barkley. This isn’t difficult. You’ve only got two feet. Stop buying so many shoes. You also have your own development league and if that isn’t fit for purpose, change it. The old reserve leagues were a mix of grizzled veterans and young starlets, and they seemed to work just fine. Why not return to that? Why not insist that all reserve teams must contain four or five players over the age of the 28? Why not specifically hire players for the purpose of playing reserve team football? If you all do it, you’ll have the senior opposition you desire. Hell, you’ve got enough money to group-fund a dozen sparring squads of veterans if you wanted. Ultimately, there’s nothing we can do. History has proved that if you want something badly enough, you’ll eventually take it. But think about this; most of your teams will only be involved for a game or two, maybe three. You’re getting very little out of this. And yet you’re taking away so much. On that day in 2013, two teams that had been relentlessly crapped upon by modern football were granted a chance to see how the other half live. That’s the sole purpose of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. It gives us just a little bit of hope. Do you really want to snuff that out? http://thesetpieces.com/features/7692/#ixzz4Ir2XdWjQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Fair play to any away fans attending those. The FA/Football League really are a bunch of doylums. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Fully agree with that article. I think most fans of Premeir League and even Championship clubs would agree as well. The fans are speaking to the FA, we don't want under 23's in the league system, and we don't want them in the cups. Yes it works well in other countries, but Emgland is unique where we could have a league system with 20 different leagues all with clubs in their own right. If the 5th league is to be added (which I actually think is a good thing) then it should be made up of clubs coming through from the Conference (National league), and if you have to shoehorn Celtic and Rangers in there as well then even that will be accepted. Don't push under 23's on to us and real clubs. If youngsters are really not getting the game time then change the rules on the amount of youngsters a team is allowed and make the most of the loan system if needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Wijnaldum just scored a fantastic goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Jordan Lukaku is so bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Manchester City are contesting a violent conduct charge against striker Sergio Aguero for elbowing West Ham's Winston Reid. Can't see how they can Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Belgium have been fairly dreadful and are being jeered by their own fans, heh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 dat martinez Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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