General Football 23/24

[Kenneth]

Fair ****s to Ademola Lookman, a London lad who started at Charlton then flopped at Everton, a bunch of loans and then establishing himself in Italy and now scoring a hattrick in a European final.

[RichC]

Almost exactly the same. Leverkusen were just over run.

Yup, almost a carbon copy wasn't it. They were really impressive last night, gave Leverkusen no time at all.

[Cerbie]

The Football Governance Bill is likely to become a casualty of the early GE...

So the Prem will have more time to procrastinate over the City Charges.

[spud_gun]

So the relegated Burnley manager gets the Bayern Munich job

How does that work?

[Exiled_red]

So the relegated Burnley manager gets the Bayern Munich job

How does that work?

Yeah I was basically asking that question yesterday, he did well in the Championship, but **** in the PL, doesn't exactly qualify you for one of the top jobs in Europe.

[spud_gun]

Yeah I was basically asking that question yesterday, he did well in the Championship, but **** in the PL, doesn't exactly qualify you for one of the top jobs in Europe.

missed your earlier post.

It's a strange one alright.

[Buzzo]

Craig Bellamy as assistant coach at Bayern. It is baffling.

[spud_gun]

you're just making stuff up now

[peterbread]

Bayern have been turned down by 3 or 4 managers and tried to get Tuchel to stay after sacking him. Might explain why they’ve gone for Kompany. Seem to be a mess behind the scenes with big egos running or ruining the club.

[Exiled_red]

Bayern have been turned down by 3 or 4 managers and tried to get Tuchel to stay after sacking him. Might explain why they’ve gone for Kompany. Seem to be a mess behind the scenes with big egos running or ruining the club.

But surely there are more than 4 or 5 managers available to them who are better than Kompany

[Le Chef]

Company speaks German, has experience in many leagues and is still kinda high profile. Bayern tried to get glassier from palace and they turned down £17m.

Ton's of ego's at Bayern, [probably worse than Utd.

[peterbread]

But surely there are more than 4 or 5 managers available to them who are better than Kompany

They might have gone for more than that and just been rejected, I’ve seen lots of names talked about and a couple who looked set for the job to rejecting it last minute. Maybe there are more problems at the club than we see or the way they’ve treated most of their recent managers has made them unappealing and a big rebuild with some older players who have too much sway. Plus the behind the scenes egos running things. At some point their dominance would come to an end. Maybe no one wants the cursed Kane.

Maybe some Guardiola influence helping his ex player at his old club, didn’t he say Kompany would manage city one day? Or maybe he said that because he knows city and getting relegated.

[peterbread]

West Ham United’s Lucas Paqueta has been charged with misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of FA Rules E5 and F3.

The player has been charged with four breaches of FA Rule E5.1 in relation to his conduct in the club’s Premier League fixtures against Leicester City on 12 November 2022; Aston Villa on 12 March 2023; Leeds United on 21 May 2023; and AFC Bournemouth on 12 August 2023.
It’s alleged that he directly sought to influence the progress, conduct, or any other aspect of, or occurrence in these matches by intentionally seeking to receive a card from the referee for the improper purpose of affecting the betting market in order for one or more persons to profit from betting.
Lucas Paqueta has also been charged with two breaches of FA Rule F3 in respect of alleged failures to comply pursuant to FA Rule F2.
The player has until 03 June 2024 to provide a response to these charges subject to any request for an extension to this deadline.
The FA will be making no further comment until the conclusion of this case.

[Exiled_red]

West Ham United’s Lucas Paqueta has been charged with misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of FA Rules E5 and F3.

The player has been charged with four breaches of FA Rule E5.1 in relation to his conduct in the club’s Premier League fixtures against Leicester City on 12 November 2022; Aston Villa on 12 March 2023; Leeds United on 21 May 2023; and AFC Bournemouth on 12 August 2023.
It’s alleged that he directly sought to influence the progress, conduct, or any other aspect of, or occurrence in these matches by intentionally seeking to receive a card from the referee for the improper purpose of affecting the betting market in order for one or more persons to profit from betting.
Lucas Paqueta has also been charged with two breaches of FA Rule F3 in respect of alleged failures to comply pursuant to FA Rule F2.
The player has until 03 June 2024 to provide a response to these charges subject to any request for an extension to this deadline.
The FA will be making no further comment until the conclusion of this case.

I am assuming if found guilty he is in line for a long ban given that Ivan Toney got 8 months for betting on games he wasn’t involved in

[ChesterDave]

You'd assume so. I think there is a bit of pressure on football authorities to stop punishing an addiction to betting when the sport is so heavily sponsored by it but spot fixing and affecting the integrity of games you are involved in is a different level.