easy to get confused when the fan of a prem club has just been recently posting :p
― calzino, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 13:40 (seven years ago) link
:D :D
― The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 13:42 (seven years ago) link
Ha!
Have you been to the celebrations in town Calzino? I saw a short clip of a very enthusiastic Wagner:
David Wagner is going for it at Huddersfield Town's Premier League promotion party! #HTAFC #PlayOffFinal pic.twitter.com/XbQWaXtEhi— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) May 30, 2017
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 14:32 (seven years ago) link
I was way too hungover to go yesterday! Wagner has this charming mix of German reserve/impeccable politeness, and then sometimes he just lets rip in quite an infectious manner and it looked like he had a fair few beers at the parade. Fucking legend!
― calzino, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 14:56 (seven years ago) link
Yeah he totally is. I really, really hope he stays on.
Rajiv's gotten some deserved Dutch press after this, I've seen. Happy for the lad, he started out at my closest local team, Heerenveen. Was completely anonymous over here but he'll be a PL player next season. Quite amazing.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 15:12 (seven years ago) link
If not for Mooy's stand out credentials as POtS, Van La Parra could have been next in line. He still needs to improve in the final 3rd and does split opinions, but when he is on song he is a joy to watch. If he had more of an end product he would be a £20 m player and wouldn't have ended up at Town. So no complaints from me!
― calzino, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 15:40 (seven years ago) link
classic example of a one-dimensional player allowed to play to his best by clever tactical deployment
― Covfefe growing vpon the skull of a man (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
it sounds a bit reductive, but probably mostly true if I take off the ol' blue tinted specs!
― calzino, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
i didn't word it as well as I could but you know what I mean - the lad only really has one job, but in the right set-up he can be v effective at that job
― Covfefe growing vpon the skull of a man (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link
I thought NV's remark was a compliment tbf. Sadly I've not seen full matches of the terriers in years (used to live there and visited some matches but it's hard out here without a bought tv license thingy to watch championship matches etc) but I do get the sense Wagner is getting the most out of him. Another comment I was going to post but didn't because of its obviousness said 'Rajiv also highly praising his manager in Dutch press. As one does after promotion obv, but he really, really seems happy with him as his manager'.
Scoring more goals would be nice, but I can't imagine him to be much worse than a lot of right table PL wingers.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 16:56 (seven years ago) link
Wagner has committed to a long term contract despite "interesting" offers from elsewhere, that is a game-changer for Town. A commendable decision considering he has a hell of a job on, and being at the bottom of the prem might not enhance his rep. Although I'm sure his mega-wage will make it worthwhile, and he's worth every fucking penny!
― calzino, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 09:13 (seven years ago) link
bebe to wolves?
― nxd, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 09:18 (seven years ago) link
calzino i love you man but gtfo this thread
― imago, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 10:59 (seven years ago) link
sorry, it takes a very long time for my old tired wet-brain to process current events. I'd only just got over that we aren't in League 1 anymore. I'm gone.
― calzino, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 11:06 (seven years ago) link
Bebe would be amusing, I wd just assume we'll be linked to any Portuguese capable of pulling on a shirt for the next 2 months. Even he still probably couldn't do worse than the strikers we have
― At Last the 1933 Show (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
How did I miss Slutsky going to Hull? This is going to be great.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 June 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
Omg I've been too busy following our Mendesification to check in on City
― There's got to be a Corbyn after (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 June 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
It looks for all the world as though Orient have been taken over by a fellow who runs Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins.
― Tim, Thursday, 22 June 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
The O's indeed
― imago, Thursday, 22 June 2017 16:10 (seven years ago) link
"terrier** liked your post in the thread Wells."
It is weirdly affecting when a poster you have only known in a vicarious football message-board fashion dies at quite a young age. I often didn't agree with this rude fucker for the last decade I can remember him, and he had this really repetitive and ugly "I'm not bloody pc me pal, I'm a Yorkshireman" type shtick. This is just simply a *posts you aren't going to post on an RIP thread type thing. But tbh I do feel sad as well, probably more so than when the old boy was planted last month. One of his last posts was pretty good as well, it was about turning up at work still pissed from the night before and doing an A+ paint job on someone's car, but in the wrong colour. An excelsior by my abysmal standards no less.
― calzino, Monday, 26 June 2017 22:40 (seven years ago) link
Simon Grayson as a boy pic.twitter.com/PLO5j91pWM— Enzo Eamore (@EamoV1) June 29, 2017
― calzino, Thursday, 29 June 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
I bet that beady eyed-bastard won't be crass enough to let his "marching on together" ringtone blare out in front of the Sunderland football hacks.
― calzino, Thursday, 29 June 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
Blimey Calzino, I was just properly hit by the realisation that this thread will have to survive without you next season. Wishing instant relegation on youse is a step to far but please don't be a stranger 'ere :)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 29 June 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
I'm sure most ppl will be glad tbh!
― calzino, Thursday, 29 June 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
Terriers maybe, but not us!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 29 June 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
oof! Commiserations, Windsor.
― calzino, Friday, 30 June 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
It is with great sadness that Wolves are today announcing that Carl Ikeme has been diagnosed with acute leukaemia.https://t.co/yGsoT4rjiE pic.twitter.com/3WQCraBl1v— Wolves (@Wolves) July 6, 2017
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 7 July 2017 09:06 (seven years ago) link
saw it last night. horrible news.
― more polls about food and reactionary art (Noodle Vague), Friday, 7 July 2017 09:48 (seven years ago) link
Just having my first experience with the EFL iFollow player page, listening to the pre-season friendly gainst Bury. So starved of football r/n that even this typically glib but likeable commentary team is actually quite fun! I think this is where all FL clubs will get legal streams next season.
― calzino, Sunday, 16 July 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
this season's programme covers are gonna be by Jody Craddock, so hyped already
― i predict a griot (Noodle Vague), Monday, 17 July 2017 07:30 (seven years ago) link
off to see whitehawk tomorrow - my son won a prize at school to be one of the mascots. turns out they're playing imago's mob
― plp will eat itself (NickB), Friday, 21 July 2017 13:35 (seven years ago) link
right, let's have some title suggestions for the new season. best I've got at the moment is "Throwing Bad Money After Good"
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Monday, 31 July 2017 11:42 (seven years ago) link
"Slutsky Sports 2"?
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Monday, 31 July 2017 11:44 (seven years ago) link
Gets my vote. Even though all we do is loan deals. And we're 10-3 to get relegated.
― wtev, Monday, 31 July 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
I missed this...
/Speaking about the Addicks thrashing, McCarthy said: "It was embarrassing. It was a complete shambles, a really disgraceful performance.
"I just said to them that if that was in November, the quote would be 'he's lost the dressing room and they don't want to play for him'. I know that's not the case, but that's what would be said."
McCarthy vowed that his side would perform better against Birmingham, but expects a poor reaction from supporters if they fail to do so.
"It doesn't bode well for anybody, how they feel about me, how they feel about the team, or how they feel about the club, getting slapped here, six," the former Wolves boss added.
"Come along and support us and cheer us and let's hope we can beat Birmingham, and if we don't, then I accept the inevitable."
― wtev, Monday, 31 July 2017 15:52 (seven years ago) link
I wonder what "the inevitable" is. Presumably another mediocre season.
― wtev, Monday, 31 July 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
last week he was moaning about the money some clubs are now spending in the Champo *cough* and ok, fair enough, but if Ipswich suddenly got bought out by a consortium of spendthrift Chinese oligarchs i'm not sure Mick is the guy you'd want splurging your money
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Monday, 31 July 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
he'd probably spend most of it on a cyborg Christophe Berra or something
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Monday, 31 July 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
It is so liberating to not have to moan about oligarchs and parachute money anymore. Get yr fucking backside back into that bacon slicer, Mick t'old lad! If Ipswich get taken over by those foreign folk that don't speak reet, you can re-sign Daryl Murphy on a 4 year contract!
― calzino, Monday, 31 July 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link
I'm waiting for gazza on a pay to play tbh
― wtev, Monday, 31 July 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
John Terry. Ahmed Elmohamady.Glenn Whelan. Chris Samba.
https://media.giphy.com/media/91X2MlgF7dHsA/giphy.gif
― Windsor Davies, Monday, 31 July 2017 19:23 (seven years ago) link
An incredible 79 per-cent of sales have included the new club captain’s surname which has led to a shortage of letters on the printing desk at the Villa Park club shop.
Jesus, Mary & Joseph!
― calzino, Monday, 31 July 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
a million spent on Joe Garner and now allegedly a bid for "premier league forward" Harry Bunn is imminent. Someone needs to tell Mick that they aren't lakin' in League One yet!
― calzino, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 10:16 (seven years ago) link