https://www.mandmdirect.com/01/details/AD16524/adidas-Mens-JFC-Juventus-Away-Shirt-Bold-Gold-Collegiate-Royal

£20 juventus shirts going really quickly. is it afgav and vere who are the juventus fans on here?

Solskjaer it is then.  My favourite ever player leading us to Champions League glory, again.  Bring on the future.

cockbeard wrote:

Dinostar77 wrote:

LivDiv wrote:

There is fuck all in any of those links Dino.

mate, when the entire british football press is going with the same story, you may have a small inkling that they could be onto something. Utd also targeting Paul Mitchell as Sporting Director - who worked with Mauricio Pochettino at Southampton and Spurs before going to German side RB Leipzig as Sporting Director. The Sun, just broke story that Eddie Howe is Spurs target if Poch leaves for utd next summer.

The issue being that the press have to fill not only pages but website and social media feeds. So they stick something up there. The amount of transfers that have happened because the press started running with something, and then clubs wanting to keep fans happy start to go with it. Not worried about EH going anywhere, although hopefully these rumours will force the board to announce a timeline on new training pitches and stadium. I'm not sure Poch will go either, but he'll happily use this as reason to go to Levy and ask for a raise

I think demanding a transfer budget is more likely. He's just signed a 4 year deal this year.

LivDiv wrote:

Lol

The football press are notorious for clickbait articles.
Now you are buying that Spurs are lining up Howe!

There is nothing in any of these stories but speculation. It may happen but no-one penning these articles know anymore than we do.

Football Journalists know more than the bog standard football fan. They have contacts and sources. Board directors, managers, directors of football, players, agents etc all use the media to get stories out they want. Sometimes it backfires and sometimes the storeies cant be controlled i.e. fc Hollywood as Bayern as known as for the leaks.

When they are all in agreement on a story, i tend to think they have been briefed from the same source. Broadsheets and tabloids in this case all going with Utd want Poch. No smoking gun so far as you keep alluding to @liv. However as a utd fan its good enough for me for now. If it happens then great, if not then so what? Its just football, a hobby and an interest that i enjoy discussing.

I thought the eddie howe story, only coming from The Sun at mo, would interest our Bournemouth and Spurs fans on here.

Manger convo will be moot once Ole stakes his irrefutable claim.

@Dino

Firstly, yes journalists have sources but that isn't what is happening here. All those articles are just speculation based on Poch's press conference yesterday. Man U and their manager is the top story right now, they have to write something, that is why every journalist is writing it. Its is a media fabricated story.

Which leads to my next point. While this is exciting for you it is so endlessly tiresome for me. I want to hear about my club at press conferences not the absolute joke that Man U have become. We went through all this in the summer with Real. They tried it with Eriksen as well, other players in the past and it will happen in the future.
When you don't support a club like Man U or Real or Barca this endless speculation serving those clubs is really dull and often frustrating.

You are right, it is just a sport, so lets talk about the sport and not trash tier media speculation. Happy to talk about what Poch could or couldnt bring to Man U but frothing over clickbait is just a bit tragic.

Cuntish?  He's clearly going for the ball.

Dinostar77 wrote:

I thought the eddie howe story, only coming from The Sun at mo, would interest our Bournemouth and Spurs fans on here.

But that part has been on forums and social media for about eighteen months. That's the 'source' that the Sun is looking at. Any decent club would be an idiot for not having EH on their wishlist if the looked like losing a manager. Not worried though, can't see him going anywhere, even if Poch does go, which I'm not sure he will either

cockbeard wrote:

Dinostar77 wrote:

I thought the eddie howe story, only coming from The Sun at mo, would interest our Bournemouth and Spurs fans on here.

But that part has been on forums and social media for about eighteen months. That's the 'source' that the Sun is looking at. Any decent club would be an idiot for not having EH on their wishlist if the looked like losing a manager. Not worried though, can't see him going anywhere, even if Poch does go, which I'm not sure he will either

i had no idea before today. i think he's doing a fantastic job at Bournemouth. My question is, what does success look like for Bournemouth and is that enough to keep him? Is it top ten finishes? Qualifying for europe? Avoiding relegation every season?

btw, not trolling, genuine question

LivDiv wrote:

Dinostar77 wrote:

Liv i take your points onboard, if i bore you just ignore me. btw more than happy to talk about football topics other than utd. im a bit football crazy

Sorry, I was a bit tough on you there. Its just frustrating knowing this will underpin the rest of the season. All analysis and column inches for Spurs will now have to mention Man u, based on very little actual fact.

No probs @liv, its all good.

Its a difficult predicament that Spurs are in. I agree with Shearer on MOTD. Spurs are just one or two top top players short of giving City and Liverpool a run for their money across the league and cup competitions. Whether levy makes that money available in January, who knows? Also which positions can you really improve?

Hmm, might grab that Columbia shirt and stick Lerma on the back of it, home shirt as looking at his disciplinary record yellow is definitely his favourite colour

Ordered that very one. I'm always a bit skeptical with deals like this but I'll post of it's quality when it arrives. Just need to keep the arrival of a loud blue and orange shirt quiet from the gf. She's bought me the current Juve 3rd with "Chiellini 3" on the back for Christmas. Excite.

Pucker football tops.

What has become of us?

Spurs fans bricking it that their God wants to go to a global mega-corp team, albeit a currently shit one. Delicious.

Here's an argument starter.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2018/dec/18/the-100-best-male-footballers-in-the-world-2018-nos-100-71

Lukaku is far too high, he isn't better than Leroy Sane, Jesus, Walker, Benzema etc.
edit: maybe better than Jesus over the entirety of 2018.