On request: Odds and sods 2023/24 Thread

[Puddy_Tat]

for anyone thinking they have had a bad day...

Experience: My football team lost 51-0

I hadn’t put goalie gloves on in a long time. I also forgot my contacts

www.theguardian.com

 

[The39thStep]

Absolutely fascinating report on European football clubs finances , country by country and some club by club detail.

I never knew for example that Man Utd's 2023 squad is the most expensive ever

The European Club Finance and Investment Landscape

This report is the second of two produced during this season where UEFA’s Intelligence Centre explores and analyses the European football landscape and documents the successes and challenges of European club football.

ecfil.uefa.com

 

[pbsmooth]

 

[Maggot]

Forest have had 4 points deducted cos of financial stuff. They have droppen into the relegation zone.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68594865

 

[editor]

Here you go

 

[pbsmooth]

Very old man comment and old news generally BUT… players wearing gloves (and short sleeves) when it’s 12 degrees

 

[The39thStep]

 

[heinous seamus]

They'll be dancing in the streets of Larbert tonight, as today Stenhousemuir FC won their first ever league title

 

[Puddy_Tat]

and in the highland league, i missed strathspey thistle's brief run of form - they won two consecutive games last month.



although normal service has been resumed, and they lost 7-1 today

their current stats are

played 30, won 3, drawn 1, lost 26, goals for 33, goals against 122 (difference -89) points 10

They could still finish one above bottom place in the league...

 

[mx wcfc]

I know this isn't a "match reports thread", but today at Winchester City we were one-nil up against play-off candidates Hungerford. Last couple of minutes, their keeper up in out box for a corner.....
Corner comes in...... their centre forward goes down. Ref missed it, but lino flagged furiously.

Bugger, we thought, pen to them, and 1-1........

Ref goes to speak to the lino.......

Straight red to their striker for trying to con a penalty.

 

[JimW]

Notts County are having a special season where they've both scored and conceded the most in all four divisions.

 

[Lotte]

There is a large and nasty ginger cat who sprays in my garden and menaces my cat, and I've named him Sean Dyche because of his resemblance to the Everton manager.

 

[The39thStep]

Winter of discontent

 

[Lotte]

What the actual shit has happened to Everton? I mean, no disrespect to the one-man army that is Cole Palmer, but 6-0? Against a bang average Chelsea side? Did the entire backline just wander off or something?

 

[editor]

Love these Highland League names:

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Love these Highland League names:

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and some of the lowland league ones too

 

[rubbershoes]

Don't forget Clachnacuddin and Banks o' Dee

 

[Puddy_Tat]

and on that subject, strathspey thistle's goal difference has now gone over - 100 after losing 7-0 at home this evening (this is an improvement on last season when they ended on - 130)

i have a certain respect for the players and fans that keep going...

 

[pbsmooth]

well, I know it's fucking Real Madrid but very much enjoyed last night's smash and grab via penalties. being a United fan, fairly obvious why, but I do find Pep almost unbearable nowadays with his performative arm round shoulder chats on the pitch (and constant weird spitting!). and the general hype despite the fact they've spent a fortune and broken all the rules.

this City team is still scary, though, they bossed the game it has to be said. but who knows, maybe last night will be a turning point and they will be slightly less invincible next season and post-Pep.

 

[Lotte]

Ederson doing a Kevin Pressman wasn't enough to save them, alas.

I'm genuinely surprised it went to penalties, Doku played his nuts off last night, but Madrid gonna Madrid. As much as I hate them, I have a soft spot for Modric because he is a joy to watch. And the little bugger is 38!

 

[pbsmooth]

he still looked a cut above most players on the pitch (until the pens...).

 

[Lotte]

Matt Le Tissier has found someone who's even more of a fruitcake than he is. From the Upshot:

Barely a week has passed since Matt Le Tissier bravely exposed the shapeshifting lizards behind this year’s unusually wet weather. But speaking up against power comes with its own hazards, and as Matt enters the inner circle of truth sayers, he’s attracting the odd eccentric.​ Earlier this week, Le Tiss joined a livestream with fellow conspiracist Tom Sidney Bushnell, a self-proclaimed numerologist on a quest to “uncover the truth”.​ Expecting to whistle through his theories about actors posing as covid patients and 9/11 being an inside job, even Matt was sceptical when Bushnell started banging on about Princess Diana’s imminent resurrection and Johan Cruyff hiding in witness protection.​ “Basically, Johan Cruyff plus April 26 in numbers comes to 365. 365 comes to the witness protection programme,” Bushnell explained as a pained expression spread over Matt’s face.​ “And how about this one?” he continued. “November 5th, return of Princess Diana, 88 mph. 282 is 88mph and that's all to do with November 5th.”

ETA: does Le Tissier think Jews did 9/11 or is that just a rumour on Reddit?

 

[Hollis]

Billy Bremner having a fag at half time. Leeds Utd v Man Utd 1970.

 

[imposs1904]

Is this the smoking section?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

from the guardian's live text commentary on brighton v man city

 

[JimW]

Pens in the National League playoff final at the minute, 2-2 after extra time. Solihull missed their first two.

 

[JimW]

Bromley through, another plastic pitch will have to be ripped up.

 

[JimW]

Braintree edged a seesaw NLS playoff final 4-3 against Worthing after extra time, Macc lost out 2-1 to Marine in the NPL one within the 90.

 

[The39thStep]

Interesting comparison of points by EPL clubs last season v this season

 

[The39thStep]

Caciedo goal for Chelsea today