Soccer

[Neptune]

Wayne Rooney takes charge of Plymouth today , wonder how that will go

Lock up your grannies

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Fat Rooney has picked up where he left off with Brum

Sheff Wed 4-0 Plymouth

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Very bad start for them .....is he the davy fitz of British football now ?

I have to go now to the championship thread and report on monaghans management issues

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

I see Arsenal were lucky to hold on to Trossard up to the transfer window closing...Saudi were pushing hard with big money ....is it the case that top tier players at the big clubs will be pryed away now as it seems these Saudi bucks have no end of money

 

[Tiger]

Business as usual for United.

A hopelessly inept club

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Business as usual for United.

A hopelessly inept club

Liverpool are just far better than United now with a man in charge only three games .....United could sink like a stone this year

 

[Tiger]

Liverpool are just far better than United now with a man in charge only three games .....United could sink like a stone this year

Slot looks much more pragmatic than Klopp. I wouldn’t be surprised if he turned out to be better than him.

 

[Hermit]

Slot looks much more pragmatic than Klopp. I wouldn’t be surprised if he turned out to be better than him.

It's very early days but that's the feeling I'm getting too. Slot's team is not as exciting as Klopp's but they played some lovely football against United, and as much as I love Klopp's style, I'm grateful for the lack of stress so far in Slot's opening games compared to the heart attack drama of Klopp.

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

The board has voted full confidence in the United manager ten hagge = he will be sacked by the end of the

 

[clarke-connolly]

The board has voted full confidence in the United manager ten hagge = he will be sacked by the end of the

sentence ? !

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

sentence ? !

Month

 

[clarke-connolly]

Something must be done ~ ~ But this ? !

Dutch considering getting rid of offside law

Netherlands football is considering doing away with the offside law in its amateur ranks to decrease the rising number of matches halted because of aggression over disputed decisions.

www.rte.ie

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Ireland are 11/2 to defeat England in Saturday is there any realistic chance of this happening , they should really go for this one

 

[clarke-connolly]

In fairness there does need to be some tweaks done to soccer to make it more watchable ~ ~ This, Pep Guardiola / Man City, Total Procession is very hard to watch.

Arsene Wenger wants to trail where there has to be clear daylight between the attacker and defender = = This could certainly lead to more, through balls / over the top balls.

Something must be done to make soccer more watchable i.e. More risky passing / more having a go / more taking a risk with passes ! ! !

Something must be done !

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

We want it back like when John Aldridge showed the Maltese who was boss

 

[Esatdigiwank]

Ireland are 11/2 to defeat England in Saturday is there any realistic chance of this happening , they should really go for this one

No realistic chance. We may be out-classed.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Rice and Grealish will get shit from the crowd should they play. Possibly Carsley too.

 

[Frank_]

Is anyone interested in the Irish team anymore? I'd struggle to name more than 2 or 3 of the starting squad.

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Is anyone interested in the Irish team anymore? I'd struggle to name more than 2 or 3 of the starting squad.

It is potentially a reboot with this icelandic man , this guy will surely install a very different ethos than under Stephen Kenny ......the most useless manager we ever had , worse than stan Staunton

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

San marino got their first ever competitive win last night with 1-0 victory over Luxembourg last night ( Stephen Kenny got us best to Luxembourg , our worst ever result)