*Official* English Football Season 2015-16

[Johnners]

Still bitter for 2011. Making it to the quarter-finals for 30 seconds...


Feel free to take out Brazil though.

So that was unexpected

 

[Magrat Garlick]

So that was unexpected

Aussie battlers can hold their heads high.

Personally I think they played better when they knocked Norway out of 2011, but #bias

Anyway

 

[Cabinet96]

Alex Song wanted by Chelsea shows the madness of the Homegrown rule | 7amkickoff

 

[duffer]

I think that's a little bit insulting to Song. He's a good midfielder and would be an upgrade on Mikel as a backup to Matic even if he wasn't homegrown.

edit: So not madness at all.

 

[sledger]

Yeah, I agree RE: Song, but the point the article makes about the home grown rule is perfectly valid imo.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Honestly I would love Alex Song. I know he's not the player Yaya is buy he's the perfect backup for him, deeper lying buy likes getting forward and has a fantastic range of passing. Perfect fit for us.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I think top clubs would overpay for English talent even if the homegrown rule wasn't there. Important to have a veneer of Englishness.

This way they also get to blame evil FA/UEFA for restricting them, so it's win/win

 

[Uppercut]

Although ideally you would want Toure's backup not to be African, since so many of his missed games are at AFCON.

I rate Song too but, as that article alluded to, he's supposedly an arse to have in the dressing room.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Although ideally you would want Toure's backup not to be African, since so many of his missed games are at AFCON.

That's actually a fantastic point that I didn't think of. Probably why our interest has died off I guess.

 

[duffer]

Song's retired from international football.

 

[Cabinet96]

Yeah, you never know with these type of retirements though.

 

[duffer]

Cech apparently signed

 

[Cabinet96]

I'm amazed at the number of Arsenal fans that decide it's confirmed because the Mail have said so. It's always wait till the club confirm it, for me.

 

[Ikki]

Looks to be a matter of time though. Great pick up.

 

[Sarun]

So, Szczesny is set to leave? Ospina seems to be more in favor atm.

 

[Furball]

I'm suspicious. What do Chelsea know about Cech that we've not found out?

 

[sledger]

Interesting transfer if true.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

So West Ham have their first competitive match of the season in Andorra next week. This is before the Ashes series has even started. It's a world gone mad.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Not sure which, if any, thread the Women's World Cup belongs in. But as dreadful a spectacle as it is we're in the Quarter-Finals after beating Norway 2-1.

 

[Cabinet96]

So, Szczesny is set to leave? Ospina seems to be more in favor atm.

Ospina is off to Fenerbahce. Szczesny is staying.

I'm suspicious. What do Chelsea know about Cech that we've not found out?

He's 33, not as good as Courtois, and is a legend who's probably owed his own choice of new club? Nothing we don't know IMO.