General Football 23/24

[red g]

Buddy of mine was backpacking in Argentina around 15 years ago and went to the Superclassico. He said both sets of fans were coked out of their heads around the city and the atmosphere was nothing he’d ever seen and he’s been to a lot of big sporting events.

15 years ago the players probably were as well

[Shaggy]

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[labourRed]

will never be ratified, that.

[Kenneth]

It might not need ratification, it could be in the hands of the Home Office.

[The_weatherman]

It might not need ratification, it could be in the hands of the Home Office.

Something like this could very well be on the cards, could be worth looking at some English players, like Maddison, Gray maybe?

We have a few English players but some of them will need replacing soon, Sturridge, Milner, Lallana and Hendo.

[Kenneth]

And Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish.

[The_weatherman]

And Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish.

It's not guaranteed they are classed as HG, I think Robertson doesn't.

[dom9]

It's not guaranteed they are classed as HG, I think Robertson doesn't.

Under UK law, I imagine they would be.

[The_weatherman]

Under UK law, I imagine they would be.

OK so it's UK law not Premier League or FA, can't read the article.

I think under the current system, to be HG you have to have been in an academy X long before a certain age. So Robertson doesn't count as he was in Scotland.

[dom9]

OK so it's UK law not Premier League or FA, can't read the article.

I think under the current system, to be HG you have to have been in an academy X long before a certain age. So Robertson doesn't count as he was in Scotland.

I have no idea, haven't read the article either

But to deny a British citizen employment in Britain, based on some kind arbitrary homegrown criteria doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me, nor does it sound hugely legal.

[Shaggy]

**** off

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[Chris]

Absolute joke that, he got millions for doing the tv deal as well as the huge wage he's on anyway. Ridiculous.

[Yozza]

They'll all pay up - the TV money he has helped bring in has made these clubs ludicrously wealthy...

[Kenneth]

How disgusting.

[Shaggy]

He's on £2.5m a year as it is. Just totally ****ing disgusting. That dough could save a number of lower league clubs from going out of business, then you think of the absolute state grassroots football is in, and a whole load of other charitable stuff that could benefit from this sort of donation.