***Official*** English Football Season 2019-20

[sledger]

Bad injury for Ryan Shawcross today. Not going to celebrate it obviously, but no sympathy from me. At all.

 

[sledger]

Rugani on loan the latest rumour.

Not seen much of him, but Mina Rzouki says he's shite, so I already like him.

Can't be any worse than Mustafi anyway.

 

[andmark]

Real Madrid is such a weird club at this point.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

When a predictions thread for your team has the cliché "Rome wasn't built in a day" used on seven occasions it's fair to say that optimism isn't high.

 

[cpr]

When a predictions thread for your team has the cliché "Rome wasn't built in a day" used on seven occasions it's fair to say that optimism isn't high.

I'm guessing Rome wasn't also built using marble mined in Bury either

 

[Lillian Thomson]

It's not funny when a town or city is in danger of losing their football club. But I couldn't help a bit of a chuckle at the statement from the EFL that Bury's match on Saturday has been suspended because they weren't convinced that Bury could fulfil the fixture. The manager and back room staff plus half the team from last season are in Plymouth. With Bolton in a similar, though less severe, predicament it leaves two teams starting the season on -12 points. I know Leeds once made the Play-Offs from -15, but I think both are doomed given their resources.

 

[sledger]

New (Premiership) season only two weeks away. Seems to have come around very quickly.

Also odd to think that the WC final was now more than a year ago as well.

 

[duffer]

So per Ornstein:

-Pepe deal is done
-Edu met Rennes President regarding Koscielny and other clubs interested.
-There are multiple suitors for Mustafi (wait, wat?)

 

[sledger]

So per Ornstein:

-Pepe deal is done
-Edu met Rennes President regarding Koscielny and other clubs interested.
-There are multiple suitors for Mustafi (wait, wat?)

Some apparently willing to pay £30m for him as well. Very peculiar.

 

[duffer]

I'll throw a party if we can shift him permanently this window.

 

[GIMH]

It's not funny when a town or city is in danger of losing their football club. But I couldn't help a bit of a chuckle at the statement from the EFL that Bury's match on Saturday has been suspended because they weren't convinced that Bury could fulfil the fixture. The manager and back room staff plus half the team from last season are in Plymouth. With Bolton in a similar, though less severe, predicament it leaves two teams starting the season on -12 points. I know Leeds once made the Play-Offs from -15, but I think both are doomed given their resources.

Wonder whose pitch the Bury fans will dance on this season

****s

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Bury have had their winding up petition dismissed by the High Court. I don't think any fans want to see another club go out of business, but considering they cheated their way out of League 2 they should have been kept down. The fact that we could have stayed up as the club in the last relegation place has nothing to do with that suggestion.

 

[GIMH]

Haha, Mansfield are the ones who should feel cheated tbh. Absolute farce. Doubt they will start the season at all

 

[Uppercut]

Have to say I don't hate football clubs going out of business. Part of me wants the whole professional part of the pyramid to collapse in on itself and for a GAA-like structure to emerge from the ashes.

 

[sledger]

So apparently Arsenal are still in for Zaha even though Pepe is in the bag lmao

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Fans in Korea turned up to a Juventus friendly but now want their money back plus compensation for mental anguish because Ronaldo didn’t play.

 

[andmark]

FFS Liverpool. Make a signing other than a youth player. It's making me nervous now.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Are Juventus crazy? Dybala and Keane on way out and they are signing Lukaku. Madness.

 

[andruid]

Man United topics trending in Kenya all of a sudden. Close the deal on someone please

 

[Uppercut]

Maguire is pretty good right? Always rated him fairly highly but the people I was chatting to today seem to think he’s pretty mediocre.