Football thread 2022/23

[spork]

Finally the tedious international break is over so we can get back to some proper football with the League cup back in just 2 days and the PL back in a week tomorrow 

[neoELITE]

17 minutes ago, spork said:

Finally the tedious international break is over so we can get back to some proper football with the League cup back in just 2 days and the PL back in a week tomorrow 

 

We went top of League 1 yesterday you elitist League Cup fan whore!

[Naysonymous]

Erling Haaland finally ends his six week goal drought. 

[Mr Do 71]

Shooting practice tomorrow for Nunez.

[Corrogate]

11 hours ago, Naysonymous said:

Erling Haaland finally ends his six week goal drought. 

 

I'm watching it now thinking if this was anyone else would it be less impressive? But every other goal looks like my man is fully playing in The Matrix.

[deerokus]

Craig Gordon got one of the nastiest-looking injuries I've seen today. It's not gory but really painful and traumatising looking. don't click if you're not up for it.😐

 

 

Spoiler

 

[Naysonymous]

That’s a career ending injury.  

[Loik V credern]

I've never seen that happen to a keeper, I've not seen footage and don't really want to. Googling that led to another news story about this tackle from a Wolves player on a Leicester player in a FA youth cup tie that James Maddison said 'is not acceptable in any way' and Brendan Rodgers said is 'one of the worst challenges I've seen on a football field':

 

(It's far away and quick so not graphic really)

 

What the fuck is wrong with people, why is a teenager at that level (and days before Christmas not like it matters) doing something like that. 

 

A 17 year old 9 months out with an acl injury. 

 

Zoomed shot of it. 

 

Spoiler

 

I know pretty much everyone will scoff at the ‘if a player puts in a tackle like this to hurt a player on purpose, they should be suspended until the injured player is back playing' angle and I'm not saying I agree but there aren't enough consequences for players who quite clearly deliberately try to either end a player's career or severely jeopardise it. For the players who do do it and get away with it, they repeat it. It's not a coincidence for instance Tyrone Mings has stamped on two players in the space of a few years when every other player doesn't manage to do it once in their career. 

 

dunno why I wrote all that, i actually think a player who does something like that should be banned from the sport. I don't believe any professional player does anything unintentionally on a football pitch because they're...professionals. If it looks like the player has aimed for an opposition player's knee then...that's what he intended to do.

[hmm]

1 hour ago, Naysonymous said:

That’s a career ending injury.  

 

Cisse did that to both legs, two years apart, and kept on trucking.

[SMD]

i mean his career took a nosedive and he became more fashion model than footballer but apart from that, i guess

[Naysonymous]

46 minutes ago, hmm said:

 

Cisse did that to both legs, two years apart, and kept on trucking.

Cisse wasn’t 8 days shy of his 40th birthday when he got injured. Craig Gordon is. 
 

Gordon has had a remarkable career, in fact he’s kinda had two careers when you think about it. The first was this hot prospect destined for greatness who moved to Sunderland for a British record fee and then got hammered by awful injuries.  He was without a club for two years and I think I’m right in saying he refused an early retirement payout from his insurance as he believed he could get his fitness back and had an incredibly successful second run in the SPL with Celtic, got back as first choice for the national team and then returned to his boyhood club to see his days out.  
 

But an injury like that at his age might be it.  He’s still got 18 months left on his contract but I dunno if he’ll play again. 

[Stopharage]

3 hours ago, Loik V credern said:

I've never seen that happen to a keeper, I've not seen footage and don't really want to. Googling that led to another news story about this tackle from a Wolves player on a Leicester player in a FA youth cup tie that James Maddison said 'is not acceptable in any way' and Brendan Rodgers said is 'one of the worst challenges I've seen on a football field':

 

(It's far away and quick so not graphic really)

 

What the fuck is wrong with people, why is a teenager at that level (and days before Christmas not like it matters) doing something like that. 

 

A 17 year old 9 months out with an acl injury. 

 

Zoomed shot of it. 

 

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I know pretty much everyone will scoff at the ‘if a player puts in a tackle like this to hurt a player on purpose, they should be suspended until the injured player is back playing' angle and I'm not saying I agree but there aren't enough consequences for players who quite clearly deliberately try to either end a player's career or severely jeopardise it. For the players who do do it and get away with it, they repeat it. It's not a coincidence for instance Tyrone Mings has stamped on two players in the space of a few years when every other player doesn't manage to do it once in their career. 

 

dunno why I wrote all that, i actually think a player who does something like that should be banned from the sport. I don't believe any professional player does anything unintentionally on a football pitch because they're...professionals. If it looks like the player has aimed for an opposition player's knee then...that's what he intended to do.

One of our best academy players and had played for the full team a day before in the cup. It's such a cowardly challenge. I'm angry about it as Will Alves is a real talent and Leicester are really hopeful of his prospects; the guy who did it is called Caden Voice and is only 16. Evidently he's getting an awful lot of flak - which I can understand - but he is only a 16 year old kid. That some of that flak involves doxxing his parents is a sad indictment of the kind of neanderthals that we (like every team) have at out club. 

[SMD]

hitler was a kid once

[hmm]

2 hours ago, Naysonymous said:

Cisse wasn’t 8 days shy of his 40th birthday when he got injured. Craig Gordon is. 

 

Didn't realise his age. You're quite possibly right then, sadly.

 

Cisse did entirely recover, in very quick time, but he certainly had youth on his side. (I don't think those injuries ultimately had a very major influence on his career at Liverpool or beyond, not in comparison to his limitations and off-field antics.)

[deerokus]

Gordon is still the best Scottish goalkeeper by a distance and there's no obvious successor so it's a big loss for the national team.

 

Be a pleasant surprise if it's not a career-ender, but hopefully he makes a full recovery and isn't left with a permanent injury like some athletes who had similar injuries. He has indeed had an interesting career, he was out of the game for something like 3 years before Celtic picked him up. It didn't end particularly nicely with us but he was a big player in our invincible team.

 

 

In a strange coincidence another former Southampton player in his late 30s playing in Scotland got an ACL injury on Friday. Steven Davis. He's probably finished too, bit of a shame for a stalwart of the Scottish League.

[Naysonymous]

Yeah. I remember Steven Davis breaking into the Villa team almost 20 years ago. He’s had quite the career. 

[davidcotton]

Just a reminder that premier league games are on Amazon today, starting with Brentford vs Tottenham at 12:30pm. 

[neoELITE]

Brentford look in the mood. 

[neoELITE]

Spurs look likely to win now. 

 

How, I don't know. They looked dead and buried. 

[Gabzy]

Diving tournament at it’s best

[layten]

So this is what it feels like to spurs it up.

[Shimmyhill]

20 minutes ago, layten said:

So this is what it feels like to spurs it up.

I think the ref finally worked out your lots tactic of falling over with any contact so you stopped pressing and gave the game to us - points dropped again due to a poor start….

[ryodi]

Everton are about to hit the Big Sam panic button.

[davidcotton]

13 minutes ago, ryodi said:

Everton are about to hit the Big Sam panic button.

Job swap with Rodgers at the kp. 

[skadupuk]

Well worth driving from Kent to South London with the kids, Palace were shite enough before the first sending off.

 

The second one was a bit harsh.

 

Fulham second goal being OK'd despite a handball (and a monitor check) was the cherry on the cake.

 

They've put the San Muguel up 20p a pint as well.

[Shimmyhill]

Liverpool v Villa has been great fun to watch - how Villa dont have 3+ is anyone’s guess, Liverpool have been great going forward and terrible at the back = great fun!!!

[Stig]

10 minutes ago, Shimmyhill said:

Liverpool v Villa has been great fun to watch - how Villa dont have 3+ is anyone’s guess, Liverpool have been great going forward and terrible at the back = great fun!!!

 

Alisson

[Hamus]

Nunez. Shots 4628, goals 2.

[SeanR]

That was embarrassing in the villa game

[Naysonymous]

Nunez is definitely a player who gets by on athleticism, he's so fast and so strong it doesn't appear to matter if he can't hit a cow's arse with a banjo as long as his team mates score in the wake of the chaos he creates. 

 

From a Villa point of view I'll take that one as a decent performance against exceptional opposition.   Thought it was going to be a hammering in the first half but we sorted ourselves out and got back into the game only to be undone on the counter at a time when we had to commit.  The impact Emery has had is already there to see and he's had a very difficult first few fixtures (Manchester United, a very much in form Brighton, Liverpool) and with Spurs away next it doesn't let up.  January looks like a month where we should be looking to pick up a few points but I'm optimistic about the future.