Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[Monkeys Fist 42449]

This makes for depressing, though unsurprising, reading. 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022

 

 

[RobinRobin 11271]

10 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said:

This makes for depressing, though unsurprising, reading. 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022

 

 

As you say, not remotely surprising, but FIFA have considerable blood on their hands and getting rid of Blatter does not make the "gift" of the World Cup to Qatar acceptable.

[Meenzer 15527]

Relegation play-off at Fulham and there might be home fans in? This is blatantly happening, isn't it?

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/feb/23/premier-league-vote-fans-allowed-final-game

 

[Polarboy 2311]

1 hour ago, Meenzer said:

Relegation play-off at Fulham and there might be home fans in? This is blatantly happening, isn't it?

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/feb/23/premier-league-vote-fans-allowed-final-game

 

 

Liam Kennedy was saying that they might rearrange the previous match to Sheffield Utd at St James so that it happens after the lockdowns are eased. So in that case at least we'd have one home game with a crowd of ten thousand. Lets just pray that we don't have to rely on the final two, let alone final game of the season to stay up.  The next three gameweeks should be crucial. If we can't pick up more points than Fulham with matches against Wolves (h), West Brom (a), and Aston Villa (h), when they play Spurs (h), Liverpool (a), Man City (h), then we really deserve to be in the shit.

[essembeeofsunderland 811]

6 hours ago, Polarboy said:

 

Liam Kennedy was saying that they might rearrange the previous match to Sheffield Utd at St James so that it happens after the lockdowns are eased. So in that case at least we'd have one home game with a crowd of ten thousand. Lets just pray that we don't have to rely on the final two, let alone final game of the season to stay up.  The next three gameweeks should be crucial. If we can't pick up more points than Fulham with matches against Wolves (h), West Brom (a), and Aston Villa (h), when they play Spurs (h), Liverpool (a), Man City (h), then we really deserve to be in the shit.

Brucey says ‘we are where we are’ that’s in the shit already looking at the table.Too many shysters in the team.Nee interest,nee fight,in the comfort zone.

[Sonatine 11378]

 

[Tom 14011]

 

[Ayatollah Hermione 13869]

Can’t wait to watch North Macedonia at St James’

[ewerk 30611]

'Mid-April'  They don't mind cutting things fine.

[Monkeys Fist 42449]

So, just as we finally get out of lockdown and get on top of the virus, we throw the doors open and invite Europe to come and infect us again?

 

[Tom 14011]

Well I always said “England could host a tournament tomorrow”  

[RobinRobin 11271]

12 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said:

So, just as we finally get out of lockdown and get on top of the virus, we throw the doors open and invite Europe to come and infect us again?

 

I thought Brexit was supposed to sort that sort of thing out.

[ewerk 30611]

Brexit has sorted everything out.

 

[Kid Dynamite 7029]

How dare Lebron James try to use his fame to better the world

 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12230167/zlatan-tells-lebron-to-stay-out-of-politics

[Alex 35083]

Opinionated arsehole tells other people what they can and can’t say. Zlatan can pipe down too

[Kid Dynamite 7029]

16 hours ago, Alex said:

Opinionated arsehole tells other people what they can and can’t say. Zlatan can pipe down too

You're just sore because I took the piss out of your new trainers  

[essembeeofsunderland 811]

Glenn Roeder RIP

[Ugly Mackems 133]

8 minutes ago, essembeeofsunderland said:

Glenn Roeder RIP

Such a shame. The Roeder Shuffle has gone to pastures new. Gazza loved him. Brain tumour apparently. 

[Howay 12496]

RIP, always came across as a nice bloke. I remember he had been having treatment for brain cancer shortly after being our manager? 

[Alex 35083]

RIP. Cultured defender, seemed like a nice bloke. 

[john 59]

When i first started to go to games in the 80s it was Roeder and Peter Jackson  both in the team as centre backs, he was a top defender , good manager and by all accounts a  decent man.  RIP Glenn and thanks for all you did for NUFC.

[essembeeofsunderland 811]

2 hours ago, Ugly Mackems said:

Such a shame. The Roeder Shuffle has gone to pastures new. Gazza loved him. Brain tumour apparently. 

Didn’t Roeder go to Rome to sort of keep an eye on him but soon returned,unsurprisingly 

[essembeeofsunderland 811]

1 hour ago, john said:

When i first started to go to games in the 80s it was Roeder and Peter Jackson  both in the team as centre backs, he was a top defender , good manager and by all accounts a  decent man.  RIP Glenn and thanks for all you did for NUFC.

Peter Jackson is one of the better centre half’s I’ve seen play for us.Always up for the fight,and a fight.Bradford City fire hero.

[essembeeofsunderland 811]

1 hour ago, john said:

When i first started to go to games in the 80s it was Roeder and Peter Jackson  both in the team as centre backs, he was a top defender , good manager and by all accounts a  decent man.  RIP Glenn and thanks for all you did for NUFC.

I’ve read somewhere of an ‘incident’ between Kevin ‘hard man’ Ball and Roeder during a youth game at sunlun.Cannot remember the details but Ball said something disgusting/ disgraceful to Roeder.

[Ugly Mackems 133]

3 hours ago, essembeeofsunderland said:

Didn’t Roeder go to Rome to sort of keep an eye on him but soon returned,unsurprisingly 

I think so aye. Took him under his wing when he was a youth player iirc.