The non-Watford football thread

It looks like Sheffield United are suffering from Second Season Syndrome - can't even manage a home win over a Fulham side that had lost all four games so far. And their point came courtesy of a missed Fulham penalty...

 

And the penalty they got was rather suspect too.

Spent big money on 2 young players in Ramsdale and Brewster - lot of pressure on them.

 

Don't think that was the impact Bale hoped to have.

Comes on with Spurs 3 up - West Ham end up getting a draw!

 

Had a short look at Udinese v Parma and it was the Watford team in part. Pereyra, Okaka, Deulofeu, Pussetto and even Forestieri. There could have been more but only watched 10 minutes.

 

Foster upsetting the Sky pundits it seems.

 

Brilliant - and no sign of Dawson, not even on the bench.

 

Pussetto scored the winner - set up by Okaka.
Say thank you Udinese...

 

Now it seems the top 6 want to create some sort of European Super league.

Basically they want more and more money.

 

Let them go - and forget them. Let the fans of other clubs choose what they want to watch - hopefully the TV companies will get the message when their product gets poor viewing figures.

 

I loved the quote from La Liga president Javier Tebas said: "These underground projects only look good when drafted at a bar at five in the morning"

 

It just seems like a version of the Champions league on steroids (I.E. without the naffer teams in the qualifying rounds)

 

Filthy wet night in Paris, but Man.Utd. looked good. PSG very ordinary, so to include them in a super league would be far from a good idea, although the money would get them in no doubt.

 

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Euroleague starts then fails and Man Utd and Liverpool have to apply to join the football pyramid again. I'm sure the Northern Premier League would accept them.

 

Norwich City fans react with bemusement after it was announced supporters can go back into Carrow Road for home games.... But just to watch matches on screens in the club’s bar, while the players play behind a curtain metres away.
Middlesbrough welcomed fans into hospitality suites - but the supporters will only be able to watch the action on screens, despite the game taking place just metres away.
Meanwhile fans wanting to watch Man City v West Ham tomorrow and Sheff U v Man City on Oct 31 are not allowed inside the stadia. But they can watch the matches indoors - at selected cinemas.

Strange times we live in.

 

Bristol City did the same in mid week.

Would you go?

I guess it’s to get some money in.

 

Premier League fans boycotting pay-per-view games have raised more than £300,000 for charity - but the controversial TV scheme is set to continue at least until next month's international break.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54692739

 

Will they drop the prices ?

 

Burnley are the subject of a £200m takeover bid from Egyptian businessman Mohamed El Kashashy and lawyer Chris Farnell.

It had been thought American sports investment firm ALK Capital were in pole position to buy the Clarets.

However, BBC Sport understands that Farnell and El Kashashy are in talks with major shareholders at the club.

Farnell recently had a ban from owning a club in England overturned by the Football League.

The Cheshire-based lawyer was handed a ban after issues arose during an attempt to buy Charlton earlier this year.

For the sake of Burnley I hope the bid fails, but they are already really suffering from lack of funding. Farnell seems to be another out of the Bassini mould.

 

Well surely he cannot take over if banned?

 

Delia Smith has asked the government to allow some fans back into grounds. She says that having people sat around a table watching the game on screens makes little sense when they could be outside well away from each other. Certainly the problems of travel, getting in and out of the ground are no different to allowing people into the club bars and restaurants.
Under the new restrictions here in France games will continue, but behind closed doors again.