Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[strawb 4266]

1 hour ago, ewerk said:

You don’t need to have been an ex-footballer though to see that the challenge above was a penalty. The problem is that there appears to be a very small pool of referees to chose from and why would anyone actually want to be a referee? Most of the time you’re working for no or little money and even if you make it to the professional ranks the money isn’t life changing. The main motivation to me seems to be the same as becoming a bouncer, just having a little bit of control over other people makes them feel like they are someone.

Super dry wearing wanna be coppers who are in the TA. Probably used to be scout leaders. 

[Gemmill 44900]

 

 

Man United have their very own Mike Ashley. 

 

Short thread if you click through. 

[Howmanheyman 33245]

5 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

 

Man United have their very own Mike Ashley. 

 

Short thread if you click through. 

 

And twitter glory Man U dipsticks lapping it up. 

 

[Gemmill 44900]

3 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

 

And twitter glory Man U dipsticks lapping it up. 

 

 

Every time I've seen this bloke speak, he's dripping with arrogance. If he's delivered this news to the staff with that arrogance on display, a lot of people will just leave. 

 

Anyway, fuck them. I think this bloke is gonna be a fucking disaster for them though. He seems to be taking the Ashley approach of thinking you can just transfer hard nosed business practices into football, and have it work. 

[strawb 4266]

I saw a job advertised at Man Utd, matchday safety officer type thing. So full green book match safety for what 75000 people? 
 

Paying a LOT less than I’m on now building council houses and flats. 
 

Mad cunts

[Howmanheyman 33245]

I saw a bit of that kavehl sahl or whatever the fuck he's called grifting his arse off on SSN talking about Salah and his little tiff with Klopp. Apparently the Saudis will be monitoring this and would LOVE to have him but are very respectful of clubs like Liverpool and won't rock the boat unless they're told Salah wants to come. They'll also probably want to wait to his contract runs down thus getting him without a fee but if given permission will pay big money for him now but only if that's ok with Liverpool and Salah because obviously they're very respectful of clubs like Liverpool. Can you imagine this crack if it was us trying to sell Wilson with a year left on his contract? 

[Gemmill 44900]

49 minutes ago, strawb said:

I saw a job advertised at Man Utd, matchday safety officer type thing. So full green book match safety for what 75000 people? 
 

Paying a LOT less than I’m on now building council houses and flats. 
 

Mad cunts

 

Aye, they'll be paying peanuts and if you're demanding people go into the office in London, you've just handed them a chunky effective paycut and at least an hour either end of their working day. 

 

Maybe similar in Manchester. 

 

I know not everyone gets to work from home but once you do, and when you're in a job that absolutely doesn't require you to be in an office, having some daft cunt come along and tell you you're now in the office 5 days a week is a big problem. Morale will be stinking. 

[Monkeys Fist 42459]

I wonder if Ten Pence has been wfh? 

[ewerk 30620]

JRM would be proud of his Brexit supporting mate.

[Howay 12496]

 He’s class isn’t he. As if getting the marketing department to come into the office is going to turn the club around. Everything he does is purely for external image - just meaningless gestures. 
 

The Ashworth bit here proves Gemmill’s point, it’s just guff and bluster from a bloke that thinks he can just strong arm people into doing what he wants - which he will do within his business, the difference here though is he’s not got a fucking ounce of leverage and is dealing with people far, far richer than he is. I always find the Man U fans whinging about this funny, acting as if it’s some big issue for us when in reality Ashworth was put on leave and we immediately set about moving forward leaving him and Man U to sort it out - we’re just waiting for them to either give a proper offer or let him hang about on leave. 

[Alex 35095]

Apparently there’s a fly on the wall documentary being made (filming started in January) about Klopp’s final months at Liverpool. But no streaming service has picked it up yet. I don’t know about anyone else but I would definitely watch it  

Edited May 2 by Alex

[Andrew 4762]

4 minutes ago, Alex said:

Apparently there’s a fly on the wall documentary being made (filming started in January) about Klopp’s final months at Liverpool. But no streaming service has picked it up yet. I don’t know about anyone else but I definitely watch it  

 

I'll definitely watch it, the down turn in fortunes after the league cup win will be absolute cinema. 

[Gemmill 44900]

https://theathletic.com/5461119/2024/05/02/pep-guardiola-time-to-quit?source=user-shared-article

 

Makes some good points. He should leave this summer, take the England job, win the WC in 2026.

 

But most importantly, he should get the fuck out of the PL and give someone else a go at winning things. 

[wykikitoon 20156]

12 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said:

I wonder if Ten Pence has been wfh? 

He has been most of the season by the looks of it 

 

Plus Ten Pence  

[The Fish 10857]

3 hours ago, Gemmill said:

https://theathletic.com/5461119/2024/05/02/pep-guardiola-time-to-quit?source=user-shared-article

 

Makes some good points. He should leave this summer, take the England job, win the WC in 2026.

 

But most importantly, he should get the fuck out of the PL and give someone else a go at winning things. 

Klopp gone, plus Chelsea, Man Utd maybe changing manager again. If Guardiola's going that blows the top of the league open for the chaos to reign. 

 

Arteta and Howe sharing knowing smirks as Emery and Ange persist with a suicidal high line. 

 

Everton relegated for financial irregularities. 

 

24/25 sewn up nicely. 

[RobinRobin 11281]

1 hour ago, The Fish said:

Klopp gone, plus Chelsea, Man Utd maybe changing manager again. If Guardiola's going that blows the top of the league open for the chaos to reign. 

 

Arteta and Howe sharing knowing smirks as Emery and Ange persist with a suicidal high line. 

 

Everton relegated for financial irregularities. 

 

24/25 sewn up nicely. 

Don't you start. 😡 

[MMXXVIII 1293]

1 hour ago, The Fish said:

Klopp gone, plus Chelsea, Man Utd maybe changing manager again. If Guardiola's going that blows the top of the league open for the chaos to reign. 

 

Arteta and Howe sharing knowing smirks as Emery and Ange persist with a suicidal high line. 

 

Everton relegated for financial irregularities. 

 

24/25 sewn up nicely. 

 

I've sensed for a while we could have a tilt at the title next season and events of late are reinforcing my confidence. Even if Guardiola doesn't fuck off, I think we'll be in with a shout assuming Isak and Bruno feel the same way.

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 3894]

1 hour ago, MMXXVIII said:

 

I've sensed for a while we could have a tilt at the title next season and events of late are reinforcing my confidence. Even if Guardiola doesn't fuck off, I think we'll be in with a shout assuming Isak and Bruno feel the same way.

But Sean Casey said we need a complete squad rebuild 

[The Fish 10857]

20 hours ago, RobinRobin said:

Don't you start. 😡 

Oh sweet summer child, you'll know when I get started. 

[Gemmill 44900]

 

 

[wykikitoon 20156]

Doesn't look good for their appeal! 

[The Fish 10857]

2 hours ago, Gemmill said:

 

 

Brings a whole different meaning to "Saw Nobby on the bugle last night"

[Gemmill 44900]

 

 

Charm offensive latest. Morale soaring. 

[ewerk 30620]

To be fair, the cleaners were working from home.

[Kid Dynamite 7030]

5 hours ago, Gemmill said:

 

 

He can't do any worse than Lee Clark