General Football 23/24

[Kenneth]

I may be being a bit dense, but why should the FA get involved in Hull City and whether they rename the club? Let me ask it a different way. Why would the FA get involved in a club changing name more than a club changing the name of it's stadium?

Because micky mouse super league names go against long established traditions and devalue the competitions they play in. I wouldn't be happy to see liverpool football club vs Hull tigers on the fixture list.

[Leyton388]

Hull tigers FFS. This isn't the NFL

[Muddled]

Because micky mouse super league names go against long established traditions and devalue the competitions they play in. I wouldn't be happy to see liverpool football club vs Hull tigers on the fixture list.

Fair point.

[ChesterDave]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Marshall89/top-100-premier-league-players-201314

100 best PL players 2013/14. Go on, have a go. Its funny.

[red g]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Marshal...players-201314

100 best PL players 2013/14. Go on, have a go. Its funny.

presumably they meant 2012/2013

[Daffy Duck]

He spat at him clear as day. His mouth didn't move apart from the spit coming out.

If you watched the slow-mo that's been going around the internet it appears so, because it cuts off just before he shouts 'prick!'. If you watch it in normal speed, it's obvious he's just shouting.

People yell and spit comes out, maybe Hart should be charged as well...

[Roboklopp]

This is more like it:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/video-watch-hulls-james-chester-3251792

[ChesterDave]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26650384

Reports that Wolves players were racially abused at Walsall. Walsall carried out their own investigation and found no evidence that their fans racially abused their opponents so the FA say they won't investigate further...

Are all accused groups going to being able to investigate themselves?

[baitman]

This is more like it:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...hester-3251792

[Shaggy]

If you watched the slow-mo that's been going around the internet it appears so, because it cuts off just before he shouts 'prick!'. If you watch it in normal speed, it's obvious he's just shouting.

People yell and spit comes out, maybe Hart should be charged as well...

[Phoenix07]

Eto'o lifts lid on feud with Pep Guardiola

Samuel Eto'o has hit out at Pep Guardiola, saying he was a cowardly manager and never a 'great' player.

The Chelsea striker played under Guardiola at Barcelona during the 2008-09 season but says the Spaniard barely spoke to him, using other players to communicate.

Eto'o told BeIN Sports: 'I first of all reminded Guardiola that he'd never been a great player. He was a good player, that's true. I told him. As a coach, he had proven nothing. He came in and didn't even know the story of the dressing room.'

He said that the manager told him he should move to Uzbekistan and also stripped him of the No 9 shirt, which he considered 'a total lack of respect'.

Although Guardiola and Eto'o were at odds with each other, the forward still scored 30 times in his final season in Catalonia.

During the season Guardiola only spoke to Eto'o on a handful of occasions.

Eto'o said: 'Guardiola has never had the courage to say things in front of me. He passed by the players. Xavi told me they wanted me to stay but I had to talk to Pep. I say "never, if you do not respect me, I do not respect you".

'He shook hands with me when I was at Inter and I played against Barca, but this was just for the cameras and TV. Behind the scenes before the match, he did not greet me.'

Eto'o named three occasions when Guardiola spoke to him that season.

One was when he wanted Eto'o to speak to Yaya Toure, who didn't want to talk to Guardiola either.

Another was to tell him how to perform as a striker. Eto'o explained: 'Pep told me how to move like a striker. I told him: "You're not normal!" The true story is that Pep didn't respect the things in football.'

The striker found far happier times under Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan the following season, and has linked up with the Portuguese boss again this term at Stamford Bridge.

Mourinho infamously had a running battle with Guardiola when he became Real Madrid manager in 2010.

Earlier this season the striker was not impressed with Mourinho when the Chelsea coach joked about his age.

But Eto'o says he has no problem with Mourinho.

He explained: 'He becomes someone else in the build-up to matches. Like any human being, he sometimes loses his reason. He proved it sometimes, like when he did it with me, but he takes all the pressure on himself.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...Guardiola.html

[Yozza]

How quickly can AFC Wimbledon score 3 goals?

[ame="http://youtu.be/bQbUy3kPrvQ"]How quickly can AFC Wimbledon score 3 goals? - YouTube[/ame]

[baitman]

looks like we will never know

[Roboklopp]

looks like we will never know

[Yozza]

Updated the link

(2 mins 7 seconds btw)