Football

[Darandio]

Any Rangers fans on here? hock:

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Any Rangers fans on here? hock:

Robinson was a staunch Rangers fan, but he has not been on this website much in recent times.

 

[AlterEgo]

Rangers. Oh dear.

 

[bb21]

Any Rangers fans on here? hock:

A few, and they are very quiet atm.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I can only think of three; I lost my interest years ago (before the faff in 2012 before anyone says owt ), one I know personally quit here years ago, and the other has already been mentioned!

 

[roversfan2001]

I can only think of three; I lost my interest years ago (before the faff in 2012 before anyone says owt ), one I know personally quit here years ago, and the other has already been mentioned!

I thought you were a Rovers man?

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I thought you were a Rovers man?

I am, I'm just one of those people who keeps an eye on more than one club

 

[roversfan2001]

I am, I'm just one of those people who keeps an eye on more than one club

I'll not say who my Scottish club are then

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I'll not say who my Scottish club are then

I have always followed the fortunes of Cowdenbeath FC for more years than I care to remember, as my second favoured club, but I would be pleased to know when it was that the nickname of "The Blue Brazil" was first applied to them.

 

[Kite159]

Scottish teams crashing out early in Europe, pick a part that's new

 

[Cletus]

Conference fixtures out.

No surprise to see Dover at Macclesfield on August BH Saturday when Euston is shut!

 

[EM2]

How do our Villa-supporting members feel about their new signing?

 

[Railops]

Manure agree a £75m fee for Lukaku, good player but it remains to be seen if he'll be a £75m one.

 

[DarloRich]

Fixtures out - first game of the season for Darlo is at Salford. Best get it out of the way early! York away on a Tuesady early in the season is a blow. Hoped for a Saturday game and a few pints

 

[richw]

Manure agree a £75m fee for Lukaku, good player but it remains to be seen if he'll be a £75m one.

£75m plus Rooney I suspect

 

[KashmireHawker]

A gutting last two days, with the news of Bradley Lowery's passing this afternoon and Goalkeeper Carl Ikeme of my home club Wolves being diagnosed with Acute Leukaemia yesterday.

Cancer has and will never have any colours.

 

[SS4]

How do our Villa-supporting members feel about their new signing?

Terry? As ever time will tell but I feel he'll bring experience and knowledge which is sorely needed and he's still good player (but he's no Paul McGrath!). However, he's not a panacea though and we need more players across the board to get promoted.

One thing he'll need to be careful of is that he'll lose of lot of the protection he received from refs at Chelsea and may actually get disciplined

 

[Minilad]

How do our Villa-supporting members feel about their new signing?

Disgusted if I'm honest. Lot of Villa fans seem to be forgetting things they were saying over the last few years.
Guess it shows that most football fans will turn a blind eye to anything when someone signs for their team

 

[Antman]

Disgusted if I'm honest. Lot of Villa fans seem to be forgetting things they were saying over the last few years.
Guess it shows that most football fans will turn a blind eye to anything when someone signs for their team

Isn't this is a bit ott? He's still a top quality defender who could do a job at a higher level, he hasn't lost any pace coz he never had any to start with.

Jack Grealish's behavior has been far from exemplary on occasions, where do you draw the line?

 

[Antman]

Disgusted if I'm honest. Lot of Villa fans seem to be forgetting things they were saying over the last few years.
Guess it shows that most football fans will turn a blind eye to anything when someone signs for their team

Isn't this is a bit ott? He's still a top quality defender who could do a job at a higher level, he hasn't lost any pace coz he never had any to start with.

Jack Grealish's behavior has been far from exemplary on occasions, where do you draw the line?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Looks like it's all signed now for a Rooney free transfer to Everton

 

[Minilad]

Isn't this is a bit ott? He's still a top quality defender who could do a job at a higher level, he hasn't lost any pace coz he never had any to start with.

Jack Grealish's behavior has been far from exemplary on occasions, where do you draw the line?

Big difference between a young lad getting a bit drunk when he really should know better and some of the things Terry has been involved in.
I am not saying anything about the merits or otherwise of his ability as a footballer. I'm sure he can do the job he's been signed for. But I don't have to like the person.
A lot of Villa fans were slagging him off blind while he was at Chelsea for some of his stunts and are now all over him. I was commenting on their sudden change in attitude now he is a Villa player

 

[Antman]

Big difference between a young lad getting a bit drunk when he really should know better and some of the things Terry has been involved in.
I am not saying anything about the merits or otherwise of his ability as a footballer. I'm sure he can do the job he's been signed for. But I don't have to like the person.
A lot of Villa fans were slagging him off blind while he was at Chelsea for some of his stunts and are now all over him. I was commenting on their sudden change in attitude now he is a Villa player

I think all football fans are like that such is the nature of the game. Everton fans who have abused Wayne Rooney over the last decade or so will no doubt be welcoming him back.

 

[Minilad]

I think all football fans are like that such is the nature of the game. Everton fans who have abused Wayne Rooney over the last decade or so will no doubt be welcoming him back.

Maybe so. But I for one am not going to be welcoming Terry with open arms. What others do is up to them

 

[adrock1976]

I'm not at all enthusiastic about John Terry signing for the Villa.

He has already made his name at Chelsea (for both the right and wrong reasons), and has been part of various team line ups that have won silverware. He will be joining a team that did win the European Cup the proper way i.e. winning the top flight division the previous season to be eligible. None of this nonsense of finishing fourth, third, or runners up. It would be interesting to see if he can help end Villa's habit of going to sleep in the last stages of the game and show the rest of the team how to actually defend.

JT to the best of my knowledge has never uttered those immortal words "(insert club name) are the only team I've ever wanted to play for". Whenever a player utters those words, it usually means that they are happy to kiss the badge until a better offer comes along, then they would immediately be off to kiss somebody else's badge.

A former Villa player Christian Benteke was exceptional in his first season, his second season he dipped in form (while trying to engineer a big money move away), then went off to kiss Liverpool's badge after this third season at Villa. I wonder how his badge kissing is going now he is at Crystal Palace?

 

[roversfan2001]

Was nice to see some football again at Barrow on Saturday, with Rovers coming out as 2-1 winners with the last kick of the game. The result didn't matter; we played well and Barrow put up a good fight. We've a friendly in Austria on Friday then back to England for a match away at Morecambe on Friday 21st.

 

[Minilad]

I'm not at all enthusiastic about John Terry signing for the Villa.

He has already made his name at Chelsea (for both the right and wrong reasons), and has been part of various team line ups that have won silverware. He will be joining a team that did win the European Cup the proper way i.e. winning the top flight division the previous season to be eligible. None of this nonsense of finishing fourth, third, or runners up. It would be interesting to see if he can help end Villa's habit of going to sleep in the last stages of the game and show the rest of the team how to actually defend.

JT to the best of my knowledge has never uttered those immortal words "(insert club name) are the only team I've ever wanted to play for". Whenever a player utters those words, it usually means that they are happy to kiss the badge until a better offer comes along, then they would immediately be off to kiss somebody else's badge.

A former Villa player Christian Benteke was exceptional in his first season, his second season he dipped in form (while trying to engineer a big money move away), then went off to kiss Liverpool's badge after this third season at Villa. I wonder how his badge kissing is going now he is at Crystal Palace?

Agree with this. More and more I am falling out of love with the game. More and more I have no affinity with the players playing for my club. It's just a job for them and all the fake "loyalty" stuff really grates with me. I support the club but the players get very little love from me any more.

 

[trainophile]

Hi, I suppose this thread is as good as any for my query...

When planning my travels I try to check what football matches are happening on the relevant date/s, and choose my route accordingly, to avoid trains crowded with supporters. I always used to use a website called statto.com. However this no longer seems to work for me, either on my phone or my Macbook, and I can't find another website that lists all the matches on any given date. All that I can now find requires going into each specific team's fixtures, which doesn't help when I need to see the overall picture, with kick off times.

Can anyone advise of a similar site, or has statto.com changed its name or something?

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Hi, I suppose this thread is as good as any for my query...

When planning my travels I try to check what football matches are happening on the relevant date/s, and choose my route accordingly, to avoid trains crowded with supporters. I always used to use a website called statto.com. However this no longer seems to work for me, either on my phone or my Macbook, and I can't find another website that lists all the matches on any given date. All that I can now find requires going into each specific team's fixtures, which doesn't help when I need to see the overall picture, with kick off times.

Can anyone advise of a similar site, or has statto.com changed its name or something?

The BBC have recently updated their fixtures page, and it's taking some getting used to for a regular visitor... However it is easier to scroll through the dates than previously so should serve your purposes. The only caveat being that fixtures do get moved for TV, though usually with a fair bit of notice.

 

[trainophile]

The BBC have recently updated their fixtures page, and it's taking some getting used to for a regular visitor... However it is easier to scroll through the dates than previously so should serve your purposes. The only caveat being that fixtures do get moved for TV, though usually with a fair bit of notice.

Thank you, I'll have a play around with that then.