Village Idiot Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I really hope this is true. It's about time a stand was made against this sort of corporate sterilisation. Long overdue. It's true. They issued it this afternoon and they are threatening with a strike. The cynical and jaded football fan in me believes this will end up with footballers getting paid off for the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I really hope this is true. It's about time a stand was made against this sort of corporate sterilisation. Long overdue. It's true. They issued it this afternoon and they are threatening with a strike. The cynical and jaded football fan in me believes this will end up with footballers getting paid off for the game. Thats exactly what I think will happen, and why they are doing it. They’ll want some extra money for an appearance fee, and they’ll probably want their families to be able to come with them and paid for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I see Shawcross is still at Stoke, never lived up to his potential. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I really hope this is true. It's about time a stand was made against this sort of corporate sterilisation. Long overdue. It's true. They issued it this afternoon and they are threatening with a strike. The cynical and jaded football fan in me believes this will end up with footballers getting paid off for the game. are these hypothetical american games even allowed by fifa? Seem to recall something about the 39th game that fifa wouldn't have allowed it anyway and I can't imagine MLS being very happy about this potentially happening, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 are these hypothetical american games even allowed by fifa? Seem to recall something about the 39th game that fifa wouldn't have allowed it anyway and I can't imagine MLS being very happy about this potentially happening, I'm pretty sure they won't like La Liga's US game either, they always hate it when it's others the ones that are profiting from destroying the game. I'm not sure they can do much to block it, though. Threaten to block Spain from the WC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 What a shambles Stoke are! https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-tom-ince-attack-1928275.amp?__twitter_impression=true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Potty mouth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/news/a864651/new-show-former-england-football-legends-tackle-weight-match-fit/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Redknapp and Merson would put me off watching that, despite Bobby Lee being there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I quite like the look of that, some of the people who are knobs aside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest firetotheworks Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Oh God. Shit like that is my daily worst nightmare at work. I feel canny bad for whoever did it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 On the plus side: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45284819 The east London club have become embroiled in more off-field issues after a dispute with their landlords about the colour of the pitch surround. "What I don't want to have is an excuse because we have some problem with the colour of the track - we need to have the solution on the pitch, not off it," said Pellegrini. "Maybe there are issues being talked about, maybe they can be sorted, but I don't want to link those things." BBC Sport understands West Ham are willing to pay up to £380,000 to change the pitch surround. On Wednesday, vice-chairman Karren Brady gave E20 - the company set up to run the stadium - two weeks to accept the club's offer to pay for a new pitch surround in the club's claret colours, a dispute that has been rumbling almost since they moved in two years ago. A day later, another row emerged with West Ham "frustrated and angry" that their honours list had been removed from the stadium, with Brady claiming the club had been "held to ransom" and threatening legal action. West Ham say the list, which for the past two seasons has been positioned around the middle tier of the west stand, was removed by E20 while the stadium - the venue for the 2012 London Olympics - staged a number of non-football events in the summer. They claim E20 demanded fees for maintenance of the stadium's big screen, which is not in the Hammers' tenancy agreement, and that E20 then said it would not restore the list unless those fees were paid. "For the second year running E20 have attempted to force us to pay a fee we are not liable for. The club simply cannot continue to yield to paying invented invoices year after year," said Brady. "We are frustrated and angry that our landlords should act in this underhand way and we will not hesitate to take a legal route to confirm our rights under the tenancy agreement." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 About time those dodgy fucking porn peddlers coughed up for something related to that stadium. Absolutely bent as fuck that they got that deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Buy us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Obvious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Except Fat Mike would get pissed and tell him to fuck off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 For the second year running E20 have attempted to force us to pay a fee we are not liable for." The fucking cheek of it considering how much Newham Council is on the hook for. Hope they move somewhere else- Stratford is a no-go zone when they're at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Mundial ran a poll to see what people used to call it when anyone was allowed to be in goal. Rush keeper for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I think for us, rush keeper was where the keeper could come out and play but was still the only person who could use his hands. Fly-and-rush was where anyone could be the keeper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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