Red Devil Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Was his name linked to the job at Leeds? I will be watching to see how this pans out. Yep, and there have been reports of him having applied for the Leeds job, which may or may not have something to do with the sacking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2012 Nice to see England are thinking of the fans in a recession.Changing the kit again after only 8 games. The new kit will be used at the Euros for probably only 3 games. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/17062988 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Very pleased with Leicester's 2-1 F.A.Cup win with a weakened team at Norwich this afternoon. Just desserts for Norwich, after their pathetic inability to organise "proper segregation" so that our supporters could have the regulation 15% ticket allocation for visiting support, as laid down in the F.A.Cup competition rules. We should have had over 4,000 tickets, but were restricted to just 2,500 and our support declared "high risk" by the local H & S committee, despite taking 8,000 supporters to Nottingham Forest in an earlier round with no incidents of note. Mind you, judging from the commentary, we didn't need any more support there today, as the Carrow Road home support were inaudible throughout the match. Couldn't go myself because the above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Not a footie fan myself, but it seemed an appropriate thread for a slightly gloomy shot from today of Rotherham's new stadium (New York - named after the area of the town). It's shot up really quickly, seemingly twice as fast as the new station. Still conveniently located for Booth's scrapyard (?), it stands on part of the site of the old Guest & Chrimes brass taps factory, some of which still stands. The other new building you can see behind is the new council offices. The train's heading towards Sheffield and the Peak Forest area via the Great Central line, and the single line in the foreground is the 1980s chord from Rotherham Central back up to the Midland. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Football, eh? Bloody hell... West Ham go back to the top of The Championship, in the most unbelievable way. Dominating the first half, they go 2-0 up, before Blackpool pull one back on the stroke of half-time. Early in the second half, Robert Green is sent off, and with no 'keeper on the bench, Henri Lansbury, a midfielder, goes in goal. Yet, with ten men and an outfield player between the sticks, not only do West Ham hold on, they score two more, and run out 4-1 winners. Stunned is not the word! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Yes, Big Sam seems to have the measure of Ollie all right. Always liked West Ham's football philosophy though it must be a worry having a player sent off in nearly every game. I don't doubt they will go up as champions. As for Blackpool we are back in the old hit and miss routine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) Looks like Henri Lansbury might be finding himself in goal a bit more often now! EDIT: Come to think of it, maybe Arsenal could do with a goalkeeper.... Edited February 22, 2012 by Horsetan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted February 22, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2012 Didn't Lansbury play as emergency keeper for England u21s once? He's a very useful guy to have around - hope Arsenal decide to let him go..... When I heard Green had been red carded, I thought "That's it, we're done for" - just very glad to be wrong. Ian Holloway was gracious in defeat as ever, but what a performance by the Hammers! I can't believe that the "old" West Ham would have shown such backbone (especially away from home), although 3 red cards in as many games is a bit of a worry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1X Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 we are wolves ,we are the boys form the black country!!!!!!!!!!!! well done terry connor !!!!!!!!! :no: :no: :no: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dseagull Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Front side went down 5-4 on pens in the Brighton Charity Cup. I was running the line for the Reserves, who lost 3-2 but, frankly, were robbed. 10 minutes to go, Ball runs back to the Rye 'keeper. He fannies around, trying to delay until the last moment before grabbing the loose ball, under pressure from our number 10. He bends down to get it, Marcus sticks out a boot and scores. Ref points to the centre for a goal. Players of both sides are running back, Rye players moaning, and all of a sudden (a good 10 seconds at least after the ball had gone in the net), the Rye (at Reserve level, both sides provide a linesman) linesman suddenly sticks his flag up. Ref goes over for a chat, goal disallowed as the 'keeper apparently had two hands on the ball. Talking to various people behind the goal, including a qualified ref and an ex Manager, he didn't have anything on the ball. Ref, by the way, was 30 yards away so couldn't see either way (he told me that he had no idea after the game, so I don't blame him for going by his assistant at all. I don't mind running the line (although I ache now!), and I may not always be in line with play all the time (I blame the fags), but I don't cheat like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 72 points from 32 games. I am literally the happiest football fan on the planet right now. After five years in the wilderness, it looks like Charlton Athletic might be on their way back up. We have the nicest manager in all the four divisions, a squad that is passionate about the club, and fans who have suddenly come back to life after the dour Dowie - Parkinson years. What topped off today was a nearly full stadium - 26,610 out of 27,100. In League 1. The magic of the game! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Meanwhile, in the League above, I must try not to mention the fact that a friend's beloved team lost 3-nil to Southampton. Well.....not too often Edited February 25, 2012 by Horsetan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted February 27, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2012 Think we might need a Stewards Inquiry. Gerrard (A) coming off the bench in extra time, then missing his penalty to give Liverpool the League Cup after Gerrard (S) had his penalty saved. What odds would you get on that in Hong Kong? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 The trading results for Blackpool FC are out and as expected show a big improvement thanks to last season's spell in the Prem. Turnover increased from £9.4 million to £51.7 million. Just to illustrate that all the money does not go on players wages the following may be of interest. This has enabled the club to install new ticketing and turnstile equipment, new floodlights, refurbish bars and club shop and build a new stand in the south east corner. Still no undersoil heating though. Only £3.5 million has been spent on new players, following club record receipts for players sold. This leaves the club with an operating profit around £20 million, with parachute payments totalling £58 million in the next four years. I think this shows why the same few clubs are relegation and promotion candidates year after year. Wouldn't be surprised if West Ham, Birmingham, and Blackpool gain promotion this season. (Actually wishful thinking about Blackpool). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggy1953 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 with parachute payments totalling £58 million in the next four years. I think this shows why the same few clubs are relegation and promotion candidates year after year. Wouldn't be surprised if West Ham, Birmingham, and Blackpool gain promotion this season. (Actually wishful thinking about Blackpool). Now there's a cunning plan. Sounds like good business to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 But Blackpool had a policy of not spending on the squad, didn't they? Even if it meant going straight back down - as happened. perhaps a good idea after what happened to Bradford City. For our younger readers, the chairman thought they'd have only one season in the PL, and budgetted accordingly. Unfortunately for him, they stayed up on the last day of the season, so that he was more or less forced into buying more expensive players in order to keep it going; and when they went down the following season, they were lumbered with these players, and so went bust. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) Not only Bradford City, there are several clubs that went into relative obscurity after relegation from the Prem. When you look at the sums involved as parachute payments, TV rights, and the like you have to wonder where all the money went. Edited February 28, 2012 by Ohmisterporter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
highpeak Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 The Guardian had a link to this video on their football pages http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/video/2012/feb/29/goalkeeper-scores-wind-assisted-own-goal-video It's amusing, but the Grauniad's conclusion is quite wrong. I haven't been able to find any reports of the match, and the video is edited to exclude the referee's decision, but I would be very surprised if a goal was awarded. I realise it was a friendly, from the bits of information I have found, but awarding a goal would be a terrible error. Law 16 states that a goal may be scored directly from a goal kick, but only against the opposing team. The restart is a corner kick, assuming the ball left the penalty area (which it appears to have done) and the goalkeeper did not touch the ball after taking the kick (which I don't believe he did.) He is better off not touching the ball because the CK would be less of a danger than an indirect free kick in front of the goal on the six yard line. Shame the journalists don't read the laws of the game once in a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 The Guardian had a link to this video on their football pages http://www.guardian....-own-goal-video It's amusing, but the Grauniad's conclusion is quite wrong. I haven't been able to find any reports of the match, and the video is edited to exclude the referee's decision, but I would be very surprised if a goal was awarded. I realise it was a friendly, from the bits of information I have found, but awarding a goal would be a terrible error. Law 16 states that a goal may be scored directly from a goal kick, but only against the opposing team. The restart is a corner kick, assuming the ball left the penalty area (which it appears to have done) and the goalkeeper did not touch the ball after taking the kick (which I don't believe he did.) He is better off not touching the ball because the CK would be less of a danger than an indirect free kick in front of the goal on the six yard line. Shame the journalists don't read the laws of the game once in a while. I think that, technically, the correct decision should have been a re-take of the goal kick, the decision made as soon as the kick was taken - the ball was moving when the keeper hit it. (Though how you could make a ball sit still in those conditions,I do not know!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
highpeak Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 For reasons known only to the people who wrote them, the law doesn't require the ball to be stationary for a goal kick. US Soccer's Advice to Referees tells us to infer that it should be from the way the law for the other kicked restarts are written. You're correct, though if you'd previously been turning a blind eye to that one due to the conditions you might open yourself to criticism. And as you say, you ought to make the decision immediately. I think most refs would regard it as trifling, especially in that wind. I haven't been able to find anything about what actually happened in the match (a friendly between Maccabi Haifa and Dynamo Kiev). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Villas Boas sacked - Di Matteo interim manager until end of the season. Hardly surprising but what an insane payoff that will be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2012 Villas Boas sacked - Di Matteo interim manager until end of the season. Hardly surprising but what an insane payoff that will be. Put your money on Mourinho coming back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Or maybe Mourinho will go to Spurs to replace Harry? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Singpoint Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Or maybe Mourinho will go to Spurs to replace Harry? and then Capello to Stamford Bridge ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2012 and then Capello to Stamford Bridge ... Many a true word spoken in jest! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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