Stearman is definitely the odd one out in this bold new era, like really he was the best option available?
― wan bobolink (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
and i like him, but
West Ham United @WestHamUtd 22mThe Club and @diegopoyet7 have mutually agreed to terminate the midfielder's contract
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
£9m fulham paid for chris martin
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 22:12 (seven years ago) link
well they are at least guaranteed a certain goal or two against one "higher table" side with that outlay.
really disappointed that Crouch to Leeds was bullshit.
― calzino, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 22:17 (seven years ago) link
wondered whether we would go for a cheeky last minute Martin bid but bollocks to 9m tbh, i think the 11 or 12 we've bought should manage
― wan bobolink (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 September 2016 05:57 (seven years ago) link
glad to have sold nobody and signed Wolf City
― imago, Thursday, 1 September 2016 08:31 (seven years ago) link
feared the worst when i saw the lookman palace rumour
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 September 2016 09:18 (seven years ago) link
our fans are experiencing a weird displacement of anti-katrien rage this morning. where to direct it? mostly derision at poor prodigal diego tbh
― imago, Thursday, 1 September 2016 09:36 (seven years ago) link
i guess not even katrien could sanction the Worst Transfer Of All Time. like, imagine selling qpr's best player to chelsea (has this happened recently)
― imago, Thursday, 1 September 2016 09:38 (seven years ago) link
not even best player more like youthful recherche of quick feet perdu
― imago, Thursday, 1 September 2016 09:40 (seven years ago) link
loic remy, but it was impossible to get radge about an unusually graciously mannered mercenary
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 September 2016 10:18 (seven years ago) link
ya and he was hardly the starchild, the heart music, the raheem sterling
― imago, Thursday, 1 September 2016 10:20 (seven years ago) link
will be a miracle if lookman somehow avoids going to chelsea to be loaned out interminably before ending up at palace at 26 tbh
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 September 2016 10:21 (seven years ago) link
interest from arsenal and spurs might indicate a path less travelled but that is always the fear yes
how likely is it that rules against chelsea's player farm will be put in place
― imago, Thursday, 1 September 2016 10:48 (seven years ago) link
looking over the wreckage, it's pretty incredible how newcastle wednesday villa wolves have been recruiting not just big but also not in aid of a "missing piece of the jigsaw" style defined first xi either. everywhere just super bloated optionsssss. how many places can brendan rodgers be in at the same time?
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 September 2016 12:58 (seven years ago) link
yeah the daryl murphy signing is almost sublimely absurd, it's like he's being kept in store for burton away and burton away only
― imago, Thursday, 1 September 2016 13:04 (seven years ago) link
it's like when chelsea signed parker, wright-phillips and sidwell basically so that charlton, man city and reading couldn't beat them again, except in the championship
― imago, Thursday, 1 September 2016 13:06 (seven years ago) link
http://www.molineuxmix.co.uk/index.php?threads/team-for-burton.190061/
hilarious thread
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 September 2016 13:09 (seven years ago) link
Look we only signed 4 wingers
― wan bobolink (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 September 2016 13:39 (seven years ago) link
tbf i can't really talk; due to a botched offloading we have 6 centre-backs all of top-end L1 standard or better. we've got all the defending you could dream of
― imago, Thursday, 1 September 2016 13:47 (seven years ago) link
5m will do nicely thanks. Sadly with the resulting line up of new loanees it looks like it's Marcuse Vans that will benefit, not the sputtering tractor.
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Thursday, 1 September 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
coffers not full after the olympics?
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 September 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
newcastle refused to loan us adam armstrong and sent him to barnsley instead cos we are a promotion rival apparently [shreds 'dont fear the reaper' solo]
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 September 2016 20:41 (seven years ago) link
i like how a month ago Newcastle were title certs and already they look like a team in the mix
― wan bobolink (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 September 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/NUFC360/status/771256666654248960
handy cut out and keep guide to nukey's squad. dat £10m reserve defence tho
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 September 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
NUFCTactics @nufctactics Aug 28On Murphy, don't underestimate the value of having an archetypal Championship striker on the training ground to play against every day #nufc
loll
gathered round. prodding him. what is it. trying to communicate. "channel... ball?" i think it's hungry
― r|t|c, Thursday, 1 September 2016 22:00 (seven years ago) link
The Emirates FA Cup Qualifying - Tie of the Round?
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Saturday, 3 September 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
quite tickled by Portishead Town 1 - 4 Swindon Supermarine
― r|t|c, Saturday, 3 September 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
almost tempted to throw ilx america a quaintest tie poll
Brightlingsea Regent 1 - 2 Billericay Town Squires Gate 2 - 5 Handsworth ParramoreBillingham Synthonia 2 - 2 Ossett TownPontefract Collieries 2 - 3 Tadcaster Albion
guess this would end up winning though
South Park 2 - 1 Dorking Wanderers
― r|t|c, Saturday, 3 September 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
osset town and osset albion both in action today
We had the misfortune of quite the worst refereeing performance I've ever seen at our tie today. Some highlights:
Giving a player FOUR final warnings, including one where he brought the captain over to underline the point.
Taking a yellow card halfway out of his pocket before remembering he'd booked the player already, so putting it back in and changing the free kick to a throw in.
Sending a player off with a straight red because he fell on the player that came through the back of him two footed (although that did warrant a free kick).
Gave a penalty for vague leg waving near a player heading for the corner flag chasing the ball, and nearer it than the edge of the box.
Booked the wrong player (6ft+ with a beard vs 5'6" and shaved head) for kicking the ball away when they weren't close enough to confuse.
Missed a full on flying Superman punch clearance from the left back.
― Horizontal Superman is invulnerable (aldo), Saturday, 3 September 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
He didn't actually book the player in the first example by the end either.
― Horizontal Superman is invulnerable (aldo), Saturday, 3 September 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
you went all the way to romulus, congrats
― imago, Saturday, 3 September 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
Only about 100 miles nbd
― Horizontal Superman is invulnerable (aldo), Saturday, 3 September 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
"osset town and osset albion both in action today"
i used to work with someone who occasionally played for Albion. It was quite amusing when they told me ex-town player Malvin Kamara turned out for them this weekend.
― calzino, Saturday, 3 September 2016 22:27 (seven years ago) link
well years ago I mean, but his descent was quite rapid.
― calzino, Saturday, 3 September 2016 22:29 (seven years ago) link
http://www.htfc-world.com/reports/Wolves5/wolves270816.htm
Danny from HTFC World is a bit unkind to Wolves fans in this cartoon match report of last week's game.
― calzino, Sunday, 4 September 2016 11:01 (seven years ago) link
our home gates have been underwhelming so far this season too
the only remotely defensive thing i would add is that i missed the chance to watch us at Hull at the end of last season, for the first time in 30 years, because we was that bad on Boxing Day when i went to Molineux - i'll watch us get beat, god knows that's easy enough, but i wasn't paying the money for 90 minutes of defending the edge of our box.
anybody not on the Zengabus is a dick who can fuck off tbh, tho i have heard some chuntering about nasty away clubs overcharging for our games because we're so massive
― There Will Be Ducks (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 September 2016 11:16 (seven years ago) link
There is definitely something fishy about our attendance figures, they have been decent by our standards but they don't seem true. I think the club are doing that add the non-attending season ticket holders to the total figure thing that some clubs do. And with the cheap ticket offer that is a lot more season ticket holders than usual. Happily where I sit has banks of empty seats and not many arseholes, which has been a recurring issue with my match day experience in the last decade.
― calzino, Sunday, 4 September 2016 11:30 (seven years ago) link
let's be honest in 2016 maybe there are a few less people who can punt 30+ quid for a football ticket once a fortnight, especially if they have kids
― There Will Be Ducks (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 September 2016 11:32 (seven years ago) link
Absolutely. I am lucky enough to get a free carers season ticket because otherwise I'd be priced out at standard prices, although this year our most expensive adult season ticket was £179 - which won't be the case next season.
― calzino, Sunday, 4 September 2016 11:38 (seven years ago) link
most expensive? that's a massive deal, good on Hudds
― you can't drowned a duck (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 September 2016 11:41 (seven years ago) link
yeah the child season ticket only cost me £69 this year, and the under 8 ones were only £23. But it isn't like our owner can't afford it, but props to him.
― calzino, Sunday, 4 September 2016 11:52 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/PjIhTDz7-FA
woefully tedious tbh but our ceo lee hoos aka the revenuedriver gave an fairly detailed breakdown this week on stadium operational costs (which our ticketing revenue falls £3m short of every year...) and the impossibility in his view of "£20 is plenty" etc outside the epl. not applicable to every club but a rare insight anyway. if drainage fees sounds like a good time it's from 2:40 on
― r|t|c, Sunday, 4 September 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
Lol excellent. I'm not especially moany about what tickets cost, nobody makes you go and this is the era we're in. But it must be brutal on families where there's a couple of kids and they're keen, and I wouldn't pay the going rate to watch, say, Pulisball week in week out
― you can't drowned a duck (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 September 2016 13:47 (seven years ago) link
http://m.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/14718998.Thomas_Driesen__The_network_scout_for_Charlton_owner_Roland_Duchatelet/
― r|t|c, Monday, 5 September 2016 22:01 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/p5RQ4Da.png
― r|t|c, Thursday, 8 September 2016 12:03 (seven years ago) link
could have sworn I'd posted that Driesen thing already but no
it's marvellous tbh, caleb from pretty little liars running a football club in between boffing the ceo and cultivating dreads
― imago, Thursday, 8 September 2016 12:41 (seven years ago) link