***Official*** English Football Season 2018-19

[flibbertyjibber]

So United almost certainly letting Martial leave, anyone else get a feeling of deja vu here with Mourinho bombing a young player who will go on to great things somewhere else?

 

[marc71178]

In more important news, we appear to have swapped left backs...

 

[wpdavid]

In more important news, we appear to have swapped left backs...

Am I right in thinking you support Coventry?
I drove past Sutton Utd's ground earlier today, and there they are as Sutton's next opponents. I know they've dropped a few divisions over the last few years, but I was still mildly shocked.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

In more important news, we appear to have swapped left backs...

Yeah. Brown was good but at 29 after a cruciate injury it not as big a loss to us as you never know if they can return the same.

 

[marc71178]

What about Agogo? Any more of your players out of contract that we’re going to sign?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Abu is quality but is a nutter and gets suspended a lot, Has had a fair few injury problems while here too in the last couple of seasons and missed large chunks of both seasons. Breaks up the play well and likes diving into tackles but mistimes them a fair bit.

You may be after Rodman as well as he has left us and hasn't signed anywhere yet.

Covbury.

 

[marc71178]

Think he’s signed on a 3 year deal, that’s long term for league one!

Isn’t Hurst taking Rodman to Ipswich?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Without sounding bitter I would have had Rodman down as the least likely of all our players to make the step up to the Championship successfully. 31 and only played in league 1 once he joined us. The fact he couldn't get in the Notts County team in League 2 when we signed him says we have probably got the best out of him. Good luck to him and I hope he earns a packet but i doubt he would have made our starting line up next season with Eisa getting a pre season to get fit.

 

[andruid]

Marcelo Bielsa bring his Loco to Worst Yorkshire

 

[cpr]

Slight curveball signing us getting Grant as 3rd choice keeper. Will probably never play a first team game for us, but I'm kinda hoping someones seen a bit of coaching potential in him and its a bit of a long term move on that front. If not then he'll do as a decent enough emergency whilst the youth go out on loan.

 

[sledger]

Yeah, it'll be like when Richard Wright signed for Man City.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Slight curveball signing us getting Grant as 3rd choice keeper. Will probably never play a first team game for us, but I'm kinda hoping someones seen a bit of coaching potential in him and its a bit of a long term move on that front. If not then he'll do as a decent enough emergency whilst the youth go out on loan.

Hope so, rumours growing at my lot that Pereira may be a loan signing after the way Henderson developed last season. I guess there are worse clubs to have a good relationship with than Man U.

 

[cpr]

I think somewhere like Villa might be more likely for him, given how high Mourinho rates him and the Bruce factor (if he stays). Think it was Johnstone they had last year

 

[Niall]

Slight curveball signing us getting Grant as 3rd choice keeper. Will probably never play a first team game for us, but I'm kinda hoping someones seen a bit of coaching potential in him and its a bit of a long term move on that front. If not then he'll do as a decent enough emergency whilst the youth go out on loan.

Someone happy to be third choice and probably cost buttons, sensible signing. I'd be more concerned about the rumours that Jose is content with the gruesome twosome Valencia and Young as first choice full backs while dross like Shaw, Darmien, Blind have not been moved along.

 

[Dan]

the **** happened to Shaw?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Did you not see the pics of him on his hols? Bigger gut than I have.

 

[Tangles]

the **** happened to Shaw?

Injury and then Jose.

 

[cpr]

Did you not see the pics of him on his hols? Bigger gut than I have.

Difference is he can lose it in a few days - week (thats if it wasn't just bad angle/bit of a food baby). How long have you been trying to lose yours (I'm at about 6-7 years FTR)

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Difference is he can lose it in a few days - week (thats if it wasn't just bad angle/bit of a food baby). How long have you been trying to lose yours (I'm at about 6-7 years FTR)

I have never tried to lose it. It would take more than a week, not often you see a gut on a modern footballer unless it is McNulty. No wonder Mourinho has a go at him all the time.

 

[cpr]

Not often you get topless shots of them when they've not trained in 2 months. Those that you do look like Shaw's, because every player puts on a bit over the summer and it looks very bloated compared to their usual physique, with it all getting burned off in pre-season. In fact you only have to look at the picture Shaw put on instagram the other day to see he's already burned off his holiday fat.