14 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

The pair of them (Neville & Carragher) were a breath of fresh air to the match day programming when they first appeared. Questioned even myself for warming to them.

They’ve gone full Linekar now though and bought into their own hype and started with the ‘holier than thou’ preaching.

Plenty of better ‘ex-pros’ (Joey Cole, Daniel Sturridge etc) out there now to move these two clowns along.

Yeah when they first came on the scene they were a breath of fresh air, now they are like a pair of corporate stooges that have nothing interesting to say with clear biases.

I like Simon Jordan personally, he may be a bit of a nob at times but he always tells it how it is and offers an interesting perspective.

3 hours ago, Victor90 said:

Yeah when they first came on the scene they were a breath of fresh air, now they are like a pair of corporate stooges that have nothing interesting to say with clear biases.

I like Simon Jordan personally, he may be a bit of a nob at times but he always tells it how it is and offers an interesting perspective.

Agreed. White & Jordan is one of the only consistent shows left on talksport now, even though they keep trying to ruin that by adding Martin Keown or Danny Murphy into the mix.

Really feel like since Laura Woods has gone even that media outlet has dropped off a cliff. Ally McCoist will always be top tier but bouncing off Gabby Agbonlahor or Ray Parlour just isn’t it.

Proper derth of decent media ex pro personalities around atm and it shows across Sky, TNT, B*C & Talksport.

Was tempted to post this in Our New Stadium thread. Arsenal looking at expanding the Emirates. Will that put pressure on Chelsea to redevelop the Bridge.

BBC Sport

Arsenal hold internal talks about redeveloping Emirates S...

Arsenal hold internal discussions about expanding the capacity of Emirates Stadium, which currently sits just over 60,000.

This passed me by, De Bruyne moving to Napoli for me that stops City winning though do expect them to qualify for top 4,

Went on a free transfer too.

BBC Sport

Did Manchester City let Kevin De Bruyne leave too soon?

Kevin de Bruyne is in sparkling form for Napoli and Belgium this season - did he leave Man City too soon?

On 14/10/2025 at 18:35, strider6004 said:

This passed me by, De Bruyne moving to Napoli for me that stops City winning though do expect them to qualify for top 4,

Went on a free transfer too.

BBC Sport

Did Manchester City let Kevin De Bruyne leave too soon?

Kevin de Bruyne is in sparkling form for Napoli and Belgium this season - did he leave Man City too soon?

Pep thought his legs had gone. Much less of an issue in Serie A. He looked to be running out of puff for Belgium the other night.

You can't ban Chelsea fans !! ( Wolves away decades ago) ...

The decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the game v Villa is being labelled " anti Semitic" listening to Times Radio pundits, they obviously don't know that football fans are commonly banned from travelling.. "You can't ban people just because you don't like them " and.. the bizarre...." why can't they move the game to somewhere else like they move the European Song Contest to different places all the time ?? " 😂

And now Sir Kier has waded in to denounce the decision, saying we won't tolerate anti Semitism in our country"

10 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

You can't ban Chelsea fans !! ( Wolves away decades ago) ...

The decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the game v Villa is being labelled " anti Semitic" listening to Times Radio pundits, they obviously don't know that football fans are commonly banned from travelling.. "You can't ban people just because you don't like them " and.. the bizarre...." why can't they move the game to somewhere else like they move the European Song Contest to different places all the time ?? " 😂

And now Sir Kier has waded in to denounce the decision, saying we won't tolerate anti Semitism in our country"

I wonder what Uefa think?

15 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

You can't ban Chelsea fans !! ( Wolves away decades ago) ...

The decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the game v Villa is being labelled " anti Semitic" listening to Times Radio pundits, they obviously don't know that football fans are commonly banned from travelling.. "You can't ban people just because you don't like them " and.. the bizarre...." why can't they move the game to somewhere else like they move the European Song Contest to different places all the time ?? " 😂

And now Sir Kier has waded in to denounce the decision, saying we won't tolerate anti Semitism in our country"

15 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

You can't ban Chelsea fans !! ( Wolves away decades ago) ...

The decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the game v Villa is being labelled " anti Semitic" listening to Times Radio pundits, they obviously don't know that football fans are commonly banned from travelling.. "You can't ban people just because you don't like them " and.. the bizarre...." why can't they move the game to somewhere else like they move the European Song Contest to different places all the time ?? " 😂

And now Sir Kier has waded in to denounce the decision, saying we won't tolerate anti Semitism in our country"

15 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

You can't ban Chelsea fans !! ( Wolves away decades ago) ...

The decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the game v Villa is being labelled " anti Semitic" listening to Times Radio pundits, they obviously don't know that football fans are commonly banned from travelling.. "You can't ban people just because you don't like them " and.. the bizarre...." why can't they move the game to somewhere else like they move the European Song Contest to different places all the time ?? " 😂

And now Sir Kier has waded in to denounce the decision, saying we won't tolerate anti Semitism in our country"

They ways their fans acted (Amsterdam) before being sent home last time means they should be banned for at least a season from travelling anywhere.

Edited October 17, 2025Oct 17 by guddy69

I can see this being overturned and there being a helluva tear up between fans at and around the ground.

The politicians, police, footballing bodies etc will be involved in an absolute sh*tstorm.

November 6th, oh dear, what a mess, the beautiful game in the UK. 🙄

Just wait till another game either does or doesnt get listed as a high risk game in the future.

My prediction is that Aston Villa Football Club will suffer as an outcome from this in some way or form, just watch it unfold.

Edited October 17, 2025Oct 17 by OTL

On 16/10/2025 at 11:50, dermott said:

Pep thought his legs had gone. Much less of an issue in Serie A. He looked to be running out of puff for Belgium the other night.

It’s an issue in Serie A too, Conte has been managing his minutes, since they’re going for the title again. Granted, it’s early in the season but he’s only played one 90 minute game against little Pisa.

18 minutes ago, OTL said:

I can see this being overturned and there being a helluva tear up between fans at and around the ground.

The politicians, police, footballing bodies etc will be involved in an absolute sh*tstorm.

November 6th, oh dear, what a mess, the beautiful game in the UK. 🙄

Just wait till another game either does or doesnt get listed as a high risk game in the future.

If the lobbiests want it overturned, it will be, they are more powerful than the fa. Will they say sorry if there is a lot of trouble, of course they won't, they will blame it on someone else

Away Fans are banned all the time .. Legia Warsaw, Frankfort, etc all have recent bans .and BARCA ! vvv EUFA should have banned Macabbi for their racist behaviour in Amsterdam.

2024...Barcelona have been banned from selling tickets to their fans for their next Champions League away game after their supporters were found guilty of racist behaviour during their match against Monaco, governing body UEFA said on Friday.

Edited October 17, 2025Oct 17 by The Rising Sun
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6 hours ago, guddy69 said:

  7 hours ago, OTL said:

I can see this being overturned and there being a helluva tear up between fans at and around the ground.

Sir Starmer has overturned the police decision.. We know who he answers to!

"Starmer interfering with an operational policing decision is Trump esque.

Most of the other party leaders essentially agreeing with him is bizarre.

Liberals siding with far-right thugs because everyone deserves to watch a football game basically sums up how we've reached this point in UK and international politics."

Taken from another site but to the point.

PSG not doing very well v Strasbourg ...1-3 after 49 mins🙂

47 minutes ago, OTL said:

PSG not doing very well v Strasbourg ...1-3 after 49 mins🙂

3-3 FT not a bad effort from Strasbourg

Panichelli looks decent. 7 goals in 7 matches.

Edited October 17, 2025Oct 17 by OTL

On 04/10/2025 at 21:16, Scott Harris said:

Semenyo has looked just as good the on LW and RW and can even play upfront, why the hell didn't we go for him over Garnacho and Gittens?

The same reason why getting Delap is much better than isak

Semenyo is absolute quality. I want one good reason from the two clowns why they weren't going all in for him instead of Garnacho and Gittens.

He will probably end up at Liverpool or City next season.

Oh Gannon-Doak, I long to see you

Palace vs Bournemouth has been game of the season so far.

Munoz has been brilliant.

Mateta misses a sitter right at the end.

Brilliant game of football. Proper football. Brilliant from both sides.

Arsenal are godawful to watch, a gameplan seemingly built around getting set pieces. Spent an absolute fortune to be Stoke.

Edited October 18, 2025Oct 18 by dkw

Shocker - Arsenal scored from a corner. Fair play for doing it again, but they'll never be remembered for being a good watch.

fakin diver never a pen

Antony Taylor is sh*t.

Saka is the worst diver in the prem, never gets mentioned though weirdly.