The Football.....

[AndyRM]

The state of most pitches around that time of year is horrendous, which for me has a bigger impact on players' fitness than a break. Running about on a grassless, rutted surface that's saturated with water is absolute murder.

Motherwell's in particular is a joke, but it's never really recovered from when Gretna were ground sharing so it was in full time use.

 

[Stephenite]

I'm for a Xmas break. It's not just the players that don't get to relax and spend time (have a drink) with the nearest and dearest but all the people working at the grounds, with transport, etc.

Man United went out the game before, really. PSV winning their last game meant that whatever Utd did they were out. They should have put Chris Smalling up front earlier. He could be the new John O'Shea!

 

[Smokin Joe]

I'm for a Xmas break. It's not just the players that don't get to relax and spend time (have a drink) with the nearest and dearest but all the people working at the grounds, with transport, etc.

I'm against.

So you have two weeks off at Christmas, and what will the clubs do? Jet off to Hong Kong, Australia or the States for a money spinning winter tour, just as they do pre season and end of season. Then they come back and lose another couple of weeks because we get a heavy snow fall.

 

[Haitch]

I'm against.

So you have two weeks off at Christmas, and what will the clubs do? Jet off to Hong Kong, Australia or the States for a money spinning winter tour, just as they do pre season and end of season. Then they come back and lose another couple of weeks because we get a heavy snow fall.

Exactly. That's what they do here in Holland. We're stuck with skating on the telly for four weeks and they're off playing some meaningless tournament in Morocco.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Gary Monk gets the tin tack -

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/09/garry-monk-sacked-swansea

This time last year he was the next England manager in waiting. No doubt he'll be soon replaced by someone who has been sacked by somebody else. Tis a funny old game.

 

[Inertia]

David Moyes is available

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Gary Monk gets the tin tack -

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/09/garry-monk-sacked-swansea

This time last year he was the next England manager in waiting. No doubt he'll be soon replaced by someone who has been sacked by somebody else. Tis a funny old game.

Quite like the guy tbh - not a bad manager either.

Brenda to return?

 

[Smokin Joe]

Quite like the guy tbh - not a bad manager either.

Brenda to return?

That's the speculation down these parts. There is still a bit of resentment towards him for walking out to take the Liverpool job, and personally if I were him I'd apply the "Never go back" rule. It rarely works.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

That's the speculation down these parts. There is still a bit of resentment towards him for walking out to take the Liverpool job, and personally if I were him I'd apply the "Never go back" rule. It rarely works.

Bit like romantic relationships then.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Is Jose a cyclist and on here?

In case he is:

Please, please PLEASE; can we play some attacking football tonight? None of that thwarting, compressing, stifling the opposition stuff that leaves our flair players with little space to operate in the last third. And none of that pretty pretty Barca-lite tippy-tappy nonsense that takes 5 minutes to move 10 yards towards the opposition goal. Let's just take the game to Porto with nice, simple and direct play. And get someone (anyone) into the goddamn 6 yard box every time someone else has the nous to whip a ball in.

PLEASE!

Wine ready. Football food ready. Various furry mascots lined up. Shirts and scarves ready to be put on. Roll on 7.45pm!

KTBFFH

 

[ianrauk]

KTBFFH

Win or lose..... up the Blues!!!!

 

[Roadhump]

That's the speculation down these parts. There is still a bit of resentment towards him for walking out to take the Liverpool job, and personally if I were him I'd apply the "Never go back" rule. It rarely works.

Just checked the odds and Moyes is 6/1 (read somewhere the other day he has already said he isn't interested but maybe that was in respect to Monk who was still in post at the time) and Rodgers is 1/2, so if you go by the rule that the bookies don't get things wrong, it's looking like BR for certain.

 

[AndyRM]

How can Rodgers not be tempted? Winning a prestigious playoff trophy must be a beautiful memory...

 

[MarkF]

I'm against.

So you have two weeks off at Christmas, and what will the clubs do? Jet off to Hong Kong, Australia or the States for a money spinning winter tour, just as they do pre season and end of season. Then they come back and lose another couple of weeks because we get a heavy snow fall.

I go to and view the Xmas/NY year games with my sons (as I used to go with my dad) as part of the alcohol fueled festivities, I couldn't care less whether Bradford won or lost.

 

[Piemaster]

Is Jose a cyclist and on here?

In case he is:

Please, please PLEASE; can we play some attacking football tonight? None of that thwarting, compressing, stifling the opposition stuff that leaves our flair players with little space to operate in the last third. And none of that pretty pretty Barca-lite tippy-tappy nonsense that takes 5 minutes to move 10 yards towards the opposition goal. Let's just take the game to Porto with nice, simple and direct play. And get someone (anyone) into the goddamn 6 yard box every time someone else has the nous to whip a ball in.

PLEASE!

Wine ready. Football food ready. Various furry mascots lined up. Shirts and scarves ready to be put on. Roll on 7.45pm!

KTBFFH

Wine. WINE? Does the food consist mostly of crustaceans between slices of artisan bread?
Lager and pies are the only way to go.

Jose IS a CC'er too!