The Global Football Thread

[SithHappens]

I see Trump has threatened again to move games from certain cities

Bout time Fifa grew some balls and said we are moving it elsewhere because you clearly aren't confident of hosting it in the cities chosen

 

[Aragorn]

LaLiga players didn't play for the first 15 seconds to protest the match scheduled in Miami. TV broadcast, of course, did not show it. They'll be doing it for every match this weekend.

 

[SithHappens]

LaLiga players didn't play for the first 15 seconds to protest the match scheduled in Miami. TV broadcast, of course, did not show it. They'll be doing it for every match this weekend.

Good. There is nothing right about them playing in the states. Despite claims it's a one off it won't be. Slippery Slope.

 

[SithHappens]

Bad day for both Derby and Forest. Forest make Postecoglou the shortest serving ever permanent manager in the Premier league.

 

[Jax]

He was a disaster and made following Forest a misery. He refuses to work on defending set pieces and we have conceded double that of any other PL team in short reign.

The City Ground was so toxic in our last European game and today at the ground we were just too tired to be as abusive to him at the end.

We just wanted it to end and him to be gone.

Minutes after full time he was gone!

 

[SithHappens]

He was a disaster and made following Forest a misery. He refuses to work on defending set pieces and we have conceded double that of any other PL team in short reign.

The City Ground was so toxic in our last European game and today at the ground we were just so tried to be as abusive to him at the end.

We just wanted it to end and him to be gone.

Minutes after full time he was gone!

We have been there with Pearson. That realisation you know it won't work out.

Still can't believe Nuno went. It was clear he was engineering his own exit but what caused that?

Still we've got our own problems, it should be clicking into place now and on yesterday's result it's not. We are on a relegation battle as it stands.

 

[Jax]

We have been there with Pearson. That realisation you know it won't work out.

Still can't believe Nuno went. It was clear he was engineering his own exit but what caused that?

Still we've got our own problems, it should be clicking into place now and on yesterday's result it's not. We are on a relegation battle as it stands.

Nuno hated Edu who was bought in by our owner to run his footballing empire. Nuno didn't like the transfer strategy.

 

[Judge Death]

I think we can trace this back to Marinakis running onto the pitch last season, however it was spun. Rather than be chuffed that Nuno had got Forest into Europe, Marinakis was annoyed that they didn't get Champions league, despite the fact that it was a phenomenal achivement for a team like Forest to do as well as they did.

Awful man.

As for us, we're shit. Has anyone even seen Owen Beck? How much are we paying Liverpool for us to have the pirvildege of letting him use our physios? I really expected we'd have a decent season but no, already seems like its going to be a slog.

 

[SithHappens]

Apparantly Forest wanted originally to appoint Dyche until the end of the Season, Dyche has pushed back and said he'd like to make it to at least Spring.

 

[Judge Death]

Dyche signed till the end of 2027. Anyone running a book on him making it to the end of that contract?

Then again maybe that's harsh, sometimes managers surprise you and really suit a certain club, which is what Derby fans have a very different opinion to Steve McClaren than most fans!

That being said I'm sure Marinakis has done his mental sums and decided he can still afford to sack Dyche at the end of the season and pay Fulham £15 million for Marco Silva.

Re other Prem news. Has Amorim turned a corner (again) or will Man U revert to type, and have Liverpool already blown their season? Could this be Arsenal's year?

 

[SithHappens]

Dyche signed till the end of 2027. Anyone running a book on him making it to the end of that contract?

Then again maybe that's harsh, sometimes managers surprise you and really suit a certain club, which is what Derby fans have a very different opinion to Steve McClaren than most fans!

That being said I'm sure Marinakis has done his mental sums and decided he can still afford to sack Dyche at the end of the season and pay Fulham £15 million for Marco Silva.

Re other Prem news. Has Amorim turned a corner (again) or will Man U revert to type, and have Liverpool already blown their season? Could this be Arsenal's year?

Isn't Silva available at the end of the season? That said Fulham appear well run and also have a billionaire owner.

I think Dyche has his fit and that's Burnley.

Amazing at United, talking of the sack now 2 points off Liverpool, very open league.

 

[Judge Death]

Isn't Silva available at the end of the season? That said Fulham appear well run and also have a billionaire owner.

I think Dyche has his fit and that's Burnley.

Amazing at United, talking of the sack now 2 points off Liverpool, very open league.

Silva is out of contract at the end of the season but Fulham are already pressuring him to sign a new deal.

Maybe Dyche was burned out at the end but I think it's very telling how much better Everton looked once Moyes took over.

Thing is Amorim has been here before, one swallow doesn't make a spring but lets see.

I think Liverpool are paying the price for trying to integrate too many new players (but they didn't have a lot of choice with TAA leaving, Robinson aging and the sad loss of Jota) but also oddly maybe paying the price for breaking the bank to keep Salah. I must admit I thought that was a good bit of business but he seems very out of sorts at the moment.

 

[Aragorn]

LaLiga calls off Barcelona vs. Villarreal match in Miami.

 

[Judge Death]

Amorim's Man Utd win again, Slot's Liverpool lose again.

Have I slipped into an alternate universe...again?

North of the border Brendan Rodgers leaves Celtic and dare we contemplate a team other than Celtic or Rangers winning the Scottish Prem for the first time since 1985

Meanwhile in the English Premier league can Arsenal be caught by any of the chasing pack, which at the moment is Bournemouth, Spurs and Sunderland (Seriously is this even my universe?)

Wolves are doomed though, right? And possibly West Ham as well. Could all three promoted teams stay up?

Lower down the leagues Derby get back to back home wins and back to back clean sheets which has eased pressure on Eustace.

 

[SithHappens]

Amorim's Man Utd win again, Slot's Liverpool lose again.

Have I slipped into an alternate universe...again?

North of the border Brendan Rodgers leaves Celtic and dare we contemplate a team other than Celtic or Rangers winning the Scottish Prem for the first time since 1985

Meanwhile in the English Premier league can Arsenal be caught by any of the chasing pack, which at the moment is Bournemouth, Spurs and Sunderland (Seriously is this even my universe?)

Wolves are doomed though, right? And possibly West Ham as well. Could all three promoted teams stay up?

Lower down the leagues Derby get back to back home wins and back to back clean sheets which has eased pressure on Eustace.

Already talk on Derby Forums about Wolves getting less than 11 points. Won't happen though.

 

[Jax]

Already talk on Derby Forums about Wolves getting less than 11 points. Won't happen though.

Better not .

Forest are all but down IMO if we don't beat Leeds in two weeks.

 

[Judge Death]

Already talk on Derby Forums about Wolves getting less than 11 points. Won't happen though.

Nah if anyone was going to do it it would have been Southampton last year.

Better not .

Forest are all but down IMO if we don't beat Leeds in two weeks.

You can imagine how much it pains me to say this, but I think you'll stay up, there's a heck of a lot of season left to go.

 

[Jax]

Our fixtures for the next month could see us cut off before we start gaining points.