Football The 2019/2020 Season Thread

[Raven]

They will be putting themselves in the shop window.

 

[Embattle]

Saudi Arabia bans beIN Sport from broadcasting in country

Saudi Arabia bars beIN Sport, which has the rights to broadcast the Premier League in the Middle East, from operating in the country.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Jupitus]

In case you fucking missed it...

Championship: Leeds United promoted to Premier League after 16-year absence

Leeds United are back in the Premier League after 16 years away as West Brom's defeat by Huddersfield seals promotion.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Moriath]

In case you fucking missed it...

Championship: Leeds United promoted to Premier League after 16-year absence

Leeds United are back in the Premier League after 16 years away as West Brom's defeat by Huddersfield seals promotion.

www.bbc.co.uk

Couldnt resist the shit post haha

 

[Raven]

Well at least we know who will finish bottom next season!

 

[Jupitus]

Well at least we know who will finish bottom next season!

Yeah - let your fear show boi!!!

 

[Embattle]

Couldnt resist the shit post haha

As a Chelsea fan I was always going to give them one.

 

[Raven]

Sean Dyche, manager of the season imo. Burnley punching well above their weight, again.

He lives less than a mile from me too!

 

[caLLous]

Well done, Villa. The brass at Watford will look a bit silly if they end up going down. I'm not sure Pearson could've kept them up but there was stability at least. That said, if Arsenal turn up like that next week there won't be a problem.

 

[DaGaffer]

Well done, Villa. The brass at Watford will look a bit silly if they end up going down. I'm not sure Pearson could've kept them up but there was stability at least. That said, if Arsenal turn up like that next week there won't be a problem.

I despise Watford and everything their owners stand for (takes special skill to be more objectionable than Arab princes or the Glazers); looking forward to their plummet through the divisions.

 

[caLLous]

It's just so bad.

 

[Scouse]

This whole story about Frank getting pissy at LFC's Pep, and the last sentence is the only thing that's interesting:

Dejan Lovren’s six-year career with Liverpool appears to be drawing to an end with the defender close to joining Zenit St Petersburg for €12m (£10.9m)

Phew

 

[Scouse]

Fingers crossed for Chelski and Leicester tomorrow.

Would like to see Villa win too.

 

[Moriath]

Fingers crossed for Man U tomorrow and hope chelski loss just cause.

 

[Moriath]

Fingers crossed for Man U tomorrow and hope chelski loss just cause.

Wow who would have thought so much disagreement to this statement haha

 

[DaGaffer]

Wow who would have thought so much disagreement to this statement haha

Ha, fuck you ABUs all. Alhough sweet jebus we crawled over the line.

 

[caLLous]

Bye bye, Watford. It's pointless whataboutism but I bet Pearson would've got something from that game today. It sucks for Bournemouth, they look to have put in a real performance today (although, against Everton, you never know) but if they're going to concede 60+ goals every season (like they have since they came up) their luck was bound to run out at some point.

 

[Gray]

Even though I did want an Everton win, I did want Bournemouth to stay up mainly because we could try and poach some Aston Villa players. Everton really need to crack on for next season now and get their ideas in tow and not piss around with signings as we do every year. As soon as the window opens we need to be right in there.

Bit sad Baines has retired. If anything I thought he may have moved clubs or even gone into a player/coach role. He could have given us a bit more flexibillity for the season even part time. At least I hope he has/is going to have a better send off than what Jagielka had.

Moving down the leagues: From that post I made in early July about Wigan (
View: https://twitter.com/marksparko/status/1279000646335836163
) - I guess they went down in the final game... Shocking completely and I wonder if this is or is going to be investigated..

 

[caLLous]

Two excellent goals by Fulham in the first leg of the play-off semi-final - a great bit of individual skill by Onomah and a superb freekick by Kebano.

 

[Embattle]

Gianni Infantino: Legal proceedings launched against Fifa president

Swiss prosecutors launch legal proceedings against Fifa president Gianni Infantino over alleged secret meeting with Swiss attorney general.

www.bbc.co.uk

Another FIFA head another problem.

 

[caLLous]

No Welshies in the Prem next season. Brentford vs. Fulham in the play-off final next Tuesday.

 

[Moriath]

No Welshies in the Prem next season. Brentford vs. Fulham in the play-off final next Tuesday.

no loss

 

[Hawkwind]

Saudi Arabia bans beIN Sport from broadcasting in country

Saudi Arabia bars beIN Sport, which has the rights to broadcast the Premier League in the Middle East, from operating in the country.

www.bbc.co.uk

Its due to Qatar winning the case against Saudi streaming FIFA WC which Bein owned the rights to for the ME area. Saudi response is legal as they can exclude providers in their coverage area, much like China did after Tiamen.

WTO rules against Saudi Arabia in TV spat with Qatar

The ruling, that rejected Riyadh's national security justification for not taking action against a pirate TV outfit, could have serious implications for Saudi Arabia's prospective takeover of English Premier League club Newcastle United.

www.trtworld.com

 

[Embattle]

Hence why it was causing an issue with SA being involved with the Newcastle bid.

 

[DaGaffer]

Its due to Qatar winning the case against Saudi streaming FIFA WC which Bein owned the rights to for the ME area. Saudi response is legal as they can exclude providers in their coverage area, much like China did after Tiamen.

WTO rules against Saudi Arabia in TV spat with Qatar

The ruling, that rejected Riyadh's national security justification for not taking action against a pirate TV outfit, could have serious implications for Saudi Arabia's prospective takeover of English Premier League club Newcastle United.

www.trtworld.com

Mate of mine who's a huge Toon fan has been crowing about their new "richest club in the Prem" status for months. I'm deciding when to give him a call...

In other news, Jiminez to United sounds tasty.

 

[caLLous]

Statement: Eddie Howe leaves club by mutual consent

AFC Bournemouth can confirm that Eddie Howe has left the club by mutual consent.

www.afcb.co.uk

I knew he'd brought them up from the brink of doom but I didn't realise he'd been with them so long. What a sad end to their Premier League adventure. None of their players have relegation clauses in their contracts so they're going to have to sell half of them just to get their books in order. Aké's already gone to City I think (or a fee has been agreed). It's poor management that they haven't used the money to improve their stadium or facilities or anything - their training ground is apparently a shithole in desperate need of improvement.

 

[Moriath]

Macclesfield Town relegated after EFL wins points appeal, Stevenage reprieved

Macclesfield Town are relegated to the National League after the EFL wins an appeal against a points deduction.

www.bbc.co.uk

hahaha. Yay go St Evenage

 

[caLLous]

Wolves never looked like winning tonight, it just seemed like a matter of how long it would take Sevilla to score.

 

[Moriath]

About 87 mins

 

[Moriath]

Psg a bit lucky tonight. Left it late for a brace