Football Thread 2017 | July | Not A Tragedy

By Diego! Go To PostA TV series about the life of James Milner would be more exciting than Better Call Saul.

By Oddinho Go To PostTo each his own, my dude.

Personally I love movies and television where you watch smart people do smart things. In Breaking Bad you had to watch a really smart guy make increasingly terrible decisions, and deal with his moronic sidekick who talks like a 12-year old's idea of a bad ass. So there's that difference. But I'm not here to shit on Breaking Bad, that's a great show too. Just saying, BCS has a lot of what I like about BB but with a lot more verisimilitude.

And Kim is like the perfect lady.

By Kidjr Go To PostWhat are peoples thoughts on Ozark

By n8 dogg Go To PostFirst 3 seasons of BCS > First 3 seasons of BB

By Ciaran Go To PostI watched the first episode the other day and it was very good!

The second episode's dip in overall quality was staggering :lol like everything was really much worse. But I'll keep going as its Zabo approved

It's heavily inspired by Breaking Bad

By Ciaran Go To PostI don't remember what I hated about the first two seasons of Breaking Bad lol but I do remember warning whoever is picking up Breaking Bad to ENDURE them

Nothing beats how shit Hannibal's first season was compared to the rest of the show though. It's a bit hard to recommend a show where you need to bin a whole season just to enjoy it isn't it :lol Justified I'm looking at you too

That's why I'm not going to bother with Gotham either, sorry Ser Meier and Zabo.

By Kidjr Go To PostI see your hannibal season 1 and raise you a blackf flag season 1.

I feel like Zabo has seen both.

Richardson and Green are both leaving their roles to join Muddy Knees Media, a new podcasting consortium headed by football writer Iain Macintosh. The consortium is made up of a number of private investors, including Macintosh, while Richardson and Green both have significant shareholdings.

Muddy Knees Media will produce the ‘The Totally Football Show’, a podcast using Green and Richardson in similar roles to those they flourished in on Football Weekly with focus on the Premier League and European football. The first episode will be recorded on Monday, August 7 and available shortly thereafter.

By Vivalapizza Go To PostDon't think I've ever tied a better tie knot than today lads

What a feeling

Announce Matic

By Laboured Go To PostWell in Viva

By Grizzled Cola Go To PostProbable team v Sampdoria

De Gea
Blind
Bailly
Jones
Valencia
Matic
Herrera
Pogba
Rashford
Lukaku
Mkhi

By Grizzled Cola Go To PostProbable team v Sampdoria

De Gea
Blind
Bailly
Jones
Valencia
Matic
Herrera
Pogba
Rashford
Lukaku
Mkhi

By Ciaran Go To PostI feel like all United fans ought to know how to tie a noose by now

By Laboured Go To Post

https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/891962002373038080

Okay, so I'm going to try and explain the details involved in Serge Aurier's case re: criminal conviction and subsequent UK Visa issues.

Was charged with assaulting a police officer in September 2016 and was handed a two-month suspended custodial sentence. PSG then were set to face Arsenal at the Emirates in the CL in November 2016. PSG suggested Aurier was granted a visa to travel but that it was revoked at the last minute. Now this was beleived to be a Tier 2 Sportsperson visa which means he can stay in a country for up to 3 years. UK immigration rules dictate that a non-eu person with a criminal conviction of under 12 months within last five years will be refused such a visa.

Now here is where it gets interesting with regards to a MUFC/PL transfer. As it stands he would again be refused a visa, however Aurier has launched an appeal against his initial conviction and charge. This case is set to be heard in France on August 7 I believe. Now if this appeal is succesful then there is likely no longer grounds for the UK Home Office to refuse him a tier 2 Sportsperson visa as the conviction would in theory no longer be there. Now if he fails in his appeal then it would appear any transfer to Premier League would be impossible I must say there are far more expert legal minds on this matter, I've just given a brief outline of my understanding of the situation.

Let Cassano find peace



Antonio Cassano has been ridiculed following his retirement confusion, but Livio Caferoglu believes the 35-year-old needs our support.

How did it come to this? Less than a week after retiring and back-tracking on the same day, Antonio Cassano announced he would be hanging up his boots after all. Six more days have passed and the decision still stands, but not without the former Italy star being subjected to personal attacks over social media. Sadly, these people have short memories about why his genius was so flawed.

His recent transfer to Verona seemed doomed from the outset. He only signed on July 10, despite the Serie A new boys suggesting they wouldn’t register him, before reports of homesickness and that he would retire surfaced just eight days later. A Press conference to confirm his departure from football then turned into the 35-year-old doing the opposite, in what appeared to be an act of defiance.

Fast forward six more days, however, and speculation of an imminent retirement returned. This time, it was Cassano’s wife who publicised he would be leaving Verona but still play football, but she soon deleted that Twitter post and followed it up with another, in which the ex-Roma and Sampdoria ace stated his partner was “wrong” and that he would be retiring after all.

But while this media circus was happening, Cassano’s state of mind was overlooked. Rumours of his retirement ranged from stress and homesickness, due to his family not joining him at Verona, to a struggle for fitness and lack of motivation. Indeed, Fant’Antonio had been on the scrapheap for a year-and-a-half after he was exiled by Sampdoria.

Of course, this frenzy may have impacted negatively on Verona’s pre-season preparations, but the Gialloblu should’ve done more research on what they were getting themselves into. Once Cassano had announced his retirement a second time, President Maurizio Setti showed how much of a dinosaur he was, flippantly claiming the attacker’s head “wasn’t right”.

Not only did Setti potentially expose Cassano was struggling with adverse mental health, but he also displayed his own ignorance and contempt for a condition that largely remains a taboo in the sport. Indeed, this is someone who was raised in poverty, has never had a father figure for a sustained period in his life and was catapulted into Calcio fame at the age of just 17. His raw talent was no match for a self-destructive streak.

For as long as Italian football and a section of its followers make such a mockery of a player that has given us so many unforgettable memories, they both should take a leaf out of the Premier League’s book.

Everton winger Aaron Lennon was detained under the Mental Health Act in England at the end of last season, but his club stood by him throughout his ordeal, while there was an outpouring of support from fans nationwide. The former Tottenham Hotspur ace has gone on to resume his playing career.

While Cassano was able to at least largely continue his career at a decent level, Adriano lost his way and didn’t have the same support network to steer him back to the light. ‘Il Fenomeno’ was an exceptional talent who had everything to make him one of the best centre-forwards in the world, but no amount of money or fame can buy peace of mind. That truly is priceless. Just ask Paul Gascoigne or Gianluca Pessotto.

Cassano was clearly unprepared for the price of fame, which led to a career that spawned brilliance and farce in equal doses. Sadly, the latter took precedence whenever the Bari native had found the path to greatness. Talk of yet another comeback has since done the rounds, but as much as his grace will be missed on a football pitch, Cassano must first conquer his demons once and for all. We’ve seen what can happen. Agostino Di Bartolomei. Robert Enke. Gary Speed.

Cassano’s family have made it clear that they are ready to stand by him, and it’s an offer that he can ill-afford to pass up. Italian football, on the other hand, should be doing more than just sitting back and letting one of its most-loved figures suffer in silence.

By n8 dogg Go To PostSo vs Madrid we're looking at this I reckon

De Gea; Valencia, Lindelof, Jones, Blind; Herrera, Matic, Pogba; Mkhitaryan, Lukaku, Rashford

By Kidjr Go To PostWhat are peoples thoughts on Ozark

By bud Go To Postsaw the first episode last night.

it's intruiging enough to keep watching, but bateman is a very one-dimensional actor. dry. unemotional. he can't go beyond his arrested development character, which is probably how he is in real life.

compare his performance with cranston in breaking bad. massive difference.

he'a better suited to comedies.

By bud Go To Postsaw the first episode last night.

it's intruiging enough to keep watching, but bateman is a very one-dimensional actor. dry. unemotional. he can't go beyond his arrested development character, which is probably how he is in real life.

compare his performance with cranston in breaking bad. massive difference.

he'a better suited to comedies.

By Punished Go To Post

https://twitter.com/IndyFootball/status/891940088661372928

By Spengo Go To Post

https://twitter.com/GFFN/status/891968211779858432

By M_Night Go To PostMartial, Rashford, Lindgaard, Mata, Mkhi, Perreria and potentially Perisic.

Quite a lot of attacking players and not enough positions for all of them.

Which players from that group do you think will get shafted the most this season?