Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[RobElliott 1493]

1 hour ago, BobHopeandNoHope said:

we think our VAR is bad, these fuckers are off the map!

 

Ashworth found this VAR official on a recent scouting trip in April and refurbishment of an office for them at Mould Trafford should be ready mid august 😀 

Edited July 23 by RobElliott

[ewerk 30598]

Give the VAR a break, he’s trying his best!

 

[Isegrim 9772]

 

[thebrokendoll 9203]

they've been on a steady decline since we poached gouffran from them.

[PaddockLad 17252]

17 minutes ago, Isegrim said:

 

6/12/2012 😞

 

 

[Isegrim 9772]

No bmx bikes though. Sad.

[ewerk 30598]

That’s what they get for Henri Saviet.

[OTF 7295]

13 hours ago, thebrokendoll said:

they've been on a steady decline since we poached gouffran from them.

Ten years ago I met the great Frenchman.

[Alex 35077]

1 hour ago, OTF said:

Ten years ago I met the great Frenchman.

What’s that got to do with Gouffran? 

[RobinRobin 11263]

1 hour ago, Alex said:

What’s that got to do with Gouffran? 

[The Fish 10856]

Sounds like a club worth buying on the cheap, have a nice French farm to produce and develop talent.

[Kid Dynamite 7025]

58 minutes ago, The Fish said:

Sounds like a club worth buying on the cheap, have a nice French farm to produce and develop talent.

Didn't they get demoted down the leagues? 

[The Fish 10856]

1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said:

Didn't they get demoted down the leagues? 

 

Don't know enough about them, but Bordeaux is a big city, with a huge area to pull talent from. Buy it on the cheap (or set up a brand new team), spend a stack of cash on the academy, use the EU membership to bring in players who might struggle to get a UK visa straight away. 

 

[Dazzler 9743]

2 minutes ago, The Fish said:

 

Don't know enough about them, but Bordeaux is a big city, with a huge area to pull talent from. Buy it on the cheap (or set up a brand new team), spend a stack of cash on the academy, use the EU membership to bring in players who might struggle to get a UK visa straight away. 

 

I mean they've rabbited on about multi-club ownership models in the past, and there's a fairly decent one in France going for spares and repairs, so it's not a bad shout.

[Kid Dynamite 7025]

1 hour ago, The Fish said:

 

Don't know enough about them, but Bordeaux is a big city, with a huge area to pull talent from. Buy it on the cheap (or set up a brand new team), spend a stack of cash on the academy, use the EU membership to bring in players who might struggle to get a UK visa straight away. 

 

My point being they got relegated to the 3rd division of French football. So you've got the ballache of getting back up 2 divisions from scratch before you can start sourcing good young talent as a feeder club. At the minute it would be like buying a Shrewsbury and trying to use it as a feeder club 

[ewerk 30598]

Not even Shrewsbury, haven’t they turned amateur?

[Alex 35077]

20 minutes ago, ewerk said:

Not even Shrewsbury, haven’t they turned amateur?

That’s a bit mental, not to mention sad. 6 times French champions, the last time only 15 years ago. Multiple seasons in Europe. Had some great players down the years too including two of the ‘Carre Magique’ - Giresse and Tigana. And even more famously 3 who won the World Cup in 98 (Zidane, Dugarry and Lizarazu). 

[Dazzler 9743]

3 hours ago, Alex said:

That’s a bit mental, not to mention sad. 6 times French champions, the last time only 15 years ago. Multiple seasons in Europe. Had some great players down the years too including two of the ‘Carre Magique’ - Giresse and Tigana. And even more famously 3 who won the World Cup in 98 (Zidane, Dugarry and Lizarazu). 

I don’t think Shrewsbury were ever French champions tbh

[Alex 35077]

22 minutes ago, Dazzler said:

I don’t think Shrewsbury were ever French champions tbh

[The Mighty Hog 518]

4 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said:

My point being they got relegated to the 3rd division of French football. So you've got the ballache of getting back up 2 divisions from scratch before you can start sourcing good young talent as a feeder club. At the minute it would be like buying a Shrewsbury and trying to use it as a feeder club 

 

Troyes have been up and down the leagues since they've been a part of City Group. They'd be the ones in the third tier if Bordeaux hadn't had their issues and got placed there. It wouldn't be too much hassle to get Bordeaux stable again.

[Toonpack 9399]

59 minutes ago, The Mighty Hog said:

 

Troyes have been up and down the leagues since they've been a part of City Group. They'd be the ones in the third tier if Bordeaux hadn't had their issues and got placed there. It wouldn't be too much hassle to get Bordeaux stable again.

€350 million debt is a bit more than “hassle”

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 3892]

1 hour ago, Toonpack said:

€350 million debt is a bit more than “hassle”

1/3 of Man Utd’s

[Howmanheyman 33173]

Other than shagging one of sky sports presenters in the 90s whilst at Boro and being known for liking a pint you don't hear too much about Robson whilst shilton is a well known gammon/Brexit/'woke' obsessed Tory cunt so was amusing reading this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PaddockLad 17252]

Robson did a talk at a local club recently and a few mates went. Said he was good value, quite interesting about Man U under Atkinson and England in the 80s. They also said that they counted that he drank between 12 and 16 bottles of Budweiser whilst doing his Q & A  I think reading between the lines over the years  that he’s possibly always been a (very high) functioning alcoholic..

[Kid Dynamite 7025]

22 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Robson did a talk at a local club recently and a few mates went. Said he was good value, quite interesting about Man U under Atkinson and England in the 80s. They also said that they counted that he drank between 12 and 16 bottles of Budweiser whilst doing his Q & A  I think reading between the lines over the years  that he’s possibly always been a (very high) functioning alcoholic..

Chester Le Street lad Brian Robson. I used to live in the same cul de sac as his 2 brothers. He got us tickets in the posh seats to see England vs Sweden in the Umbro Cup at Elland Road in 1995. Was sat on the same row as Stan Collymore and Alex Ferguson  

 

edit - just checked the team. Shearer, Barton and Beardsley all playing. Gazza came off the bench 

Edited July 28 by Kid Dynamite