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by Franchise FC
23 May 2024 10:22
Forum: General Football
Topic: Best/Worst Pundit
Replies: 567
Views: 96670

Re: Best/Worst Pundit

Your pundit line up for the Euros BBC: Wayne Rooney, Joe Hart, Thomas Frank, Alan Shearer, Frank Lampard, Cesc Fabregas, Micah Richards, Rio Ferdinand ITV: Ian Wright, Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Karen Carney, Graeme Souness, Eni Aluko, Ange Postecoglou Dire. Jeez BBC will have to rely on Lampard and ...
by Franchise FC
22 May 2024 21:24
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17447
Views: 3797360

Re: Rival Watch

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Manchester City get relegated down to L1 or even L2, and have all of their trophies stripped of them as part of the punishment when the Premier League FINALLY get around to having a look at those 115 charges........... It would greatly surprise me if there is...
by Franchise FC
22 May 2024 20:51
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 6023
Views: 1584229

Re: Weekend Football

NathStPaul We're all Leverkusen.

Not going so well so far
by Franchise FC
22 May 2024 18:23
Forum: The Team
Topic: Ex Players
Replies: 3274
Views: 1784417

Re: Ex Players

Cambridge City's new First Team Manager is Jamie Cureton https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cnd6001krg0o.amp Would never have thought of him as manager material but good luck to him. The article didn't mention his very successful time at Bristol Rovers. Was that very successful time with...
by Franchise FC
22 May 2024 18:04
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3549
Views: 2067858

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

How stupid does Dai have to be, to be frustrated that with each new discovery of damage he's done, the prospective buyers are reducing their offer. Interesting that we seem to be getting a deadline of a week or new talks with someone else. Suggests we should have concrete news within the next 10 da...
by Franchise FC
21 May 2024 15:02
Forum: General Football
Topic: The Manager Sack Race/Merry-go-Round
Replies: 8749
Views: 1575141

Re: The Manager Sack Race/Merry-go-Round

Looking increasingly likely that Kieron McKenna will jump ship from Ipswich having got them to the PL - Brighton seemingly the most likely destination. Would make absolute sense for his career but would make Ipswich's task in staying up much much harder. That always makes me feel so disappointed. Y...
by Franchise FC
20 May 2024 21:40
Forum: The Team
Topic: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge
Replies: 2632
Views: 3434306

Re: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge

City might get found guilty on one of their charges, then fined about £50 and that'll be the end of it as far as the authorities are concerned. Surely not :? I don’t know enough of most of the charges to comment. The one section I know anything about at all is the ‘inflated sponsorship’ bit City wi...
by Franchise FC
19 May 2024 20:02
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 6023
Views: 1584229

Re: Weekend Football

Sky Sports not even showing the Arsenal game? They seem to have the City game and Liverpool games on TNT have it (TNT Sports 1). Sky have Man City-West Ham (Main Event); Liverpool-Wolves (Premier League) and Chelsea-Bournemouth (Football & Arena). Sky in not believing there's anything to play f...
by Franchise FC
19 May 2024 15:11
Forum: The Team
Topic: Ex Players
Replies: 3274
Views: 1784417

Re: Ex Players

Very pleased for Liam Kelly
by Franchise FC
19 May 2024 15:06
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17447
Views: 3797360

Re: Rival Watch

Agreed. Just need Reading to be consistent and turn up in 46 league games and there should be a decent reward. Hopefully Brum will start the season well, which should mean Eustace will be sacked by the end of October, leaving the way open for the Selles revival. Did I miss Eustace going back to Bir...
by Franchise FC
19 May 2024 11:54
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3549
Views: 2067858

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

From Despair To Where? No, because there's enough evidence out there to suggest things are moving forward.

Agreed
If Dai pulls out now I can’t see how the club survives at all as the security will be enacted
by Franchise FC
19 May 2024 11:51
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 6023
Views: 1584229

Re: Weekend Football

If Arsenal and City both win today, Arsenal will have 89 points without winning the title, the 3rd highest total after Liverpool on 92 in 2022 and 97 in 2019. All 3 behind City, which shows how relentless they are. Man Utd also got 89 in the "Aguerooooo!" season and Spurs got 86 when Chel...
by Franchise FC
19 May 2024 10:47
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17447
Views: 3797360

Re: Rival Watch

And stop Reading FC too. Really doesn't help us having Bolton in L1 next year. Yeah, I’m more bothered about Reading than Ryan Reynolds Agreed. Just need Reading to be consistent and turn up in 46 league games and there should be a decent reward. Hopefully Brum will start the season well, which sho...
by Franchise FC
18 May 2024 17:02
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17447
Views: 3797360

Re: Rival Watch

genome Commentators had to mention 1995 didn't they

Good news
We’re a couple of minutes behind and Mrs F talked over the reference to previous years so I didn’t hear it 8)
by Franchise FC
18 May 2024 17:00
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17447
Views: 3797360

Re: Rival Watch

Not that I want to think about it but Bolton have been 2-0 before and won a playoff final

Can’t remember who that was against, thankfully
by Franchise FC
18 May 2024 14:45
Forum: General Football
Topic: European Leagues Thread 2012/2013
Replies: 5376
Views: 719031

Re: European Leagues Thread 2012/2013

As if Leverkusen needed any help Augsburg have just gifted, literally, them a goal

And they’ve become the first German Invincibles
Just two cup finals to go for a completely unbeaten season
by Franchise FC
18 May 2024 12:16
Forum: General Football
Topic: VAR
Replies: 1790
Views: 236159

Re: VAR

My reading of this was that it was intended to be used as they do in cricket, when a team goes up to the 3rd umpire; they have a certain number of reviews which they use when they think a mistake has been made. If they were right, they keep that review; if wrong, they lose it. If they use up all of...
by Franchise FC
18 May 2024 08:29
Forum: General Football
Topic: VAR
Replies: 1790
Views: 236159

Re: VAR

FIFA now trialling a new approach where each team gets 2 VAR challenges and there is no VAR involvement until one of the teams uses a VAR challenge :| So one team will use a challenge as quickly as possible so VAR starts getting involved asap and presumably saves them having to use the second chall...
by Franchise FC
17 May 2024 12:58
Forum: General Football
Topic: The Manager Sack Race/Merry-go-Round
Replies: 8749
Views: 1575141

Re: The Manager Sack Race/Merry-go-Round

Winston Biscuit Norwich give Wagner the boot

Presumably they believe they ‘deserve’ to be in the PL
by Franchise FC
17 May 2024 08:42
Forum: The Team
Topic: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge
Replies: 2632
Views: 3434306

Re: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge

I love that the agent had the cojones to send an unsolicited invoice for £800,000 without a formal contract in place. And he seemed genuinely surprised when we didn't pay it I too would like to try my luck invoicing random companies for ~1 million pounds, you never know :lol: :lol: There was (and p...
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