Football The 2025-26 Football Thread

[Embattle]

That is Rosenior gone.

 

[Raven]

That is Rosenior gone.

6 years salary for 6 months work, anyone would take the job at Chelsea, they won't struggle for a replacement.

 

[Embattle]

What a shower of shit.

 

[Deebs]

What a shower of shit.

I told my son that the grandkids would perform better than this shower of shits.

 

[Gray]

That was a robbery, let's just give them all the injury time they require to not lose.

Bollocks!

 

[Scouse]

That was a robbery, let's just give them all the injury time they require to not lose.

Bollocks!

Yep.

There's a certain 3 letter ackronym that's normalised ridiculously long stoppage times so scoring in the seventh minute of six minutes stoppage time is just par for the course nowadays.

 

[Embattle]

That was a robbery, let's just give them all the injury time they require to not lose.

Bollocks!

The problem is, it is Everton tradition to let in late goals.

 

[Raven]

Why don't Amazon have a studio ffs?! Banging soundtrack though.

 

[Embattle]

Why don't Amazon have a studio ffs?! Banging soundtrack though.

The habit of channels sticking presenters pitch side is fucking silly.

 

[Embattle]

Not a particularly good sales pitch in reality:

Gianni Infantino: Fifa president offers $2m World Cup ticket buyers 'a hot dog and a Coke'

Fifa president Gianni Infantino says he will "personally bring a hot dog and a Coke" to anyone who buys a World Cup final ticket for $2m.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[DaGaffer]

Not a particularly good sales pitch in reality:

Gianni Infantino: Fifa president offers $2m World Cup ticket buyers 'a hot dog and a Coke'

Fifa president Gianni Infantino says he will "personally bring a hot dog and a Coke" to anyone who buys a World Cup final ticket for $2m.

www.bbc.co.uk

This is going to be a Chinese Olympics level of audience management chicanery to make the figures look good. The numbers of foreign fans will be miniscule but every TV cut will be made to look like there's a billion Brazilians in the stadiums, and of course Trump will be proclaiming it as the best World Cup in the history of everything.

 

[Deebs]

Not a particularly good sales pitch in reality:

Gianni Infantino: Fifa president offers $2m World Cup ticket buyers 'a hot dog and a Coke'

Fifa president Gianni Infantino says he will "personally bring a hot dog and a Coke" to anyone who buys a World Cup final ticket for $2m.

www.bbc.co.uk

For 2million I want more than some cunt bringing me a limp hotdog in a soggy bun.

 

[Raven]

This is going to be a Chinese Olympics level of audience management chicanery to make the figures look good. The numbers of foreign fans will be miniscule but every TV cut will be made to look like there's a billion Brazilians in the stadiums, and of course Trump will be proclaiming it as the best World Cup in the history of everything.

The biggliest of world cups.

Not watching it.

 

[Raven]

For 2million I want more than some cunt bringing me a limp hotdog in a soggy bun.

He doesn't care about football, he cares about cold hard cash. He isn't even pretending any more. The only way it doesn't work is if we pull the advertising revenue plug, and not watch it, and not buy any of the special world cup edition slop, too.

 

[Deebs]

He doesn't care about football, he cares about cold hard cash. He isn't even pretending any more. The only way it doesn't work is if we pull the advertising revenue plug, and not watch it, and not buy any of the special world cup edition slop, too.

Yeh not going to happen. It is a cash cow that he/his family will milk until something radical happens which won't happen whilst everyone above the fans keep raking in the money.

 

[Deebs]

Cracking game between Villa and Forest, found it quite amusing when they showed William going mental and acting like a peasant when Villa got the 2nd goal.

 

[Raven]

Forest collapse.

 

[Deebs]

I am loving the dance moves of Unai Emery.

 

[Embattle]

It couldn't happen to a nicer team:

Real Madrid: Valverde taken to hospital after incident with Tchouameni

An incident involving team-mates Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni threatens to overshadow one of Real Madrid's biggest matches of the season.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Raven]

Bit of Noncesense going on at Bournemouth. Yikes.

 

[Raven]

I would love to be a fly on the wall at Stamford Bridge, while they scramble to find receipts.

 

[Gray]

Crossing the border on this one, haven't kept up at all with the SPL season, it's a tad boring after all.
But hearing yesterday that Hearts were in with the shot of winning the league last night, it piqued me to keep tabs on it.
The clear level of bullshittery that happened is virtually mirrored by the last few weeks of Premier League, absolute favouritism in making sure a result is made.

That's three vital matches, all in the death throes of the the games ending, and crucial decisions have all gone in favour of the stronger team.

While Hearts may have what it takes to get a result, it's shocking, but naff all will be done about it.

 

[Deebs]

Son is at the FA Cup final today. Hopefully he comes home really happy.....

 

[Embattle]

Nope, same old Chelsea.

 

[Deebs]

Yeh Chelsea were useless. Not sure if the multiple management changes are helping but hey ho.

 

[DaGaffer]

Soooo...Spurs or West Ham for the drop then? West Ham are in the worse position but Spurs have Chelsea and Everton and I can definitely see them losing to Everton, but who the hell knows with Chelsea? West Ham have Leeds, which is winnable, especially with nothing to play for. I guess if I had to bet, then Spuds to stay up, but I really don't know.