General Football 23/24

[rudedog]

Think if they made his smile as he reels away it would be better

[Norbs]

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Graham Potter has supposedly turned down the Ajax job, I would have thought that would have been a good job for him. I wonder if he has something else lined up.

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...alks-with-club

[ChesterDave]

United, hopefully

[ChesterDave]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-68769820

"Sports Direct dubs Newcastle United kit deal unlawful"

Lots of noise about a retailer crying they can't sell a football shirt and... "The tribunal heard Sports Direct currently pays Adidas £16.55 per shirt for other Premier League clubs supplied by the German manufacturer,"

Quite the retail mark-up then.

[Irishnev]

Not seen this posted elsewhere, surely this ****s things even more and all clubs will be bought by sovereign wealth funds actively encouraged by the government

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[ChesterDave]

Abysmal. Should be paraded on TV and forced to apologise for being ****.

[labourRed]

Abysmal. Should be paraded on TV and forced to apologise for being ****.

[dom9]

In Saudi they've taken to whipping players off the pitch.

https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/1778779188897427630?t=H2mZY0QlBrdAP5C4oci-Jw&s=19

[Slinky Skills]

Whipped him into shape.

[baitman]

Roll up; Half and half scarves, blag shirts, plastic flags, camel whips, get your camel whips...

(In an east end barrow boy accent, of course)

[baitman]

Terrible decision, giving in to the bigger teams and bollocks to the lower league teams.. .

FA Cup replays scrapped: The Football Association says 'all parties accepted' decision.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68856480

The Football Association has defended its decision to scrap FA Cup replays from 2024-25 and insists "all parties accepted" they could not continue.

It was announced on Thursday that the competition will only be played on weekends with replays scrapped from the first round onwards.

The EFL says the new format was "agreed solely between the Premier League and FA".

But the FA says discussions have been going on for "well over a year".

"Removing Emirates FA Cup replays was discussed in the early meetings and all parties accepted that they could not continue," said a statement from the FA.

"The discussions then focused on how to make all of our competitions stronger, despite having fewer dates available and wanting to maintain player welfare."

The EFL has urged the FA to "re-evaluate their approach", stating there was "no agreement" prior to the deal being announced and no "formal consultation".

They also say clubs are being "marginalised in favour of others further up the pyramid".

"In the last two seasons, they have played with no breaks," Arteta said. "How they will have to play in the next two years, it's not healthy. Somewhere, and I'm not saying there [FA Cup] we have to reduce the calendar."

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola agreed the changes are a "problem" for lower-division clubs, but said it was "much better" for teams playing in European competitions.

"I understand why clubs in lower divisions complain and it has been a tradition for many years, but with the schedule that we have playing in European competition and with many players going to the national team, it is much better," Guardiola said.

[ChesterDave]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cp9gkg71gwyo

Barnsley sack boss Collins with one game remaining

Director of football Mladen Sormaz said in a statement on the club website, external that "with a crucial season conclusion ahead of us, we feel that now is the right time to make a change".

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