English Premier League & Other Club Football Thread

In all honesty I knew nothing about him, from what I’ve heard he’s a decent championship player but not a PL defender, also if reports are true that he likes the drink that’s a minus in my book, so I’m not to thrilled as some tbh.

I would like to see the PSG left back here + another central defender.

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Scotland V Czech Rep

Czech has a depleted squad due to Covid-19 :man_shrugging: so maybe we win it 0-1 tonight…

This match taking place could be a disaster for our domestic game.

:see_no_evil:

:angry::face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

Edit:- were shite, just shite… 1-0 down in just over 10 mins to a reserve team. :astonished:

Phew!!! Dykes 26 mins… 1st ever goal in a Scotland shirt. :smirk:

Where are all the jubilant celebrations?

Surely now Scotland are destined for the world’s elite?

Top 6 in the world at a minimum!

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Brentford are really good at developing talent/selling for the price they want. Had a few suitors for Watkins.

I saw a bit of Watkins last year, havent seen Edouard. Is he playing for France u21 now?

if he’s that good I kind of feel bad for him. France will be the euro favorites next year and the WC favorites in 2022. Probably a dog to make either squad. France could be a dynasty if they win both.

Come on Marty, they were in league one five years ago. That they had the best GD in the championship last year when they have to consistently sell their best players is super impressive.

Never said anything on how Celtic buy/sell players. How one club operates rarely affects another in the market.

Let me have a guess. Does this one end in something about fucking English ■■■■■■ :rofl:

I just mean that just because Brentford do well in the market doesn’t automatically mean Celtic or Aston Villa or Marseille automatically will. Nothing more, nothing less.

There’s probably some merit in what you’re saying. Clubs in the Championship are more exposed (to use a horse racing term) and buying clubs feel more confident in putting a price on players in it, whereas the quality of football in the SPL is something of an unknown and the risk of buying a flat track bully is much greater.

God only knows we had a few in the past like Marinello and Nicholas.

It’s not part of some weird anti-Scottish conspiracy designed to rob their clubs of their best assets, though.

Yes, and who are they playing?

EC: Team X (quality unknown ) plays Team Y (quality known because demoted from PL). You have a yardstick to gauge Team X players against.

SPL: Team X (quality unknown ) plays Team Y (quality unknown). What do you learn about absolute quality of the players?

If VVD was as good as he is now when he was at Celtic, he wouldn’t have gone to Southampton.

There must be some players from the SPL who failed to meet the mark expected of them in the PL. Or have they all been world beaters?

Because the risk of him not transitioning to PL football has been mitigated ie he’s now a proven performer at the new level. That risk was priced into what AFC paid CFC for him. Plus he had injury problems.

Only by the English? What about the fucking ■■■■■ elsewhere? :rofl:

Come on, learn to laugh at yourself and lighten up, it was a joke.

Which team beat Lazio home and away and when?

Ok, found it. Apparently we have to time travel backwards 12 months to conveniently skip over the more recent debacles. There’s nothing quite like sifting through data to find something that supports a bad theory.

I’m not a liar and you know that. If I had access to your entire 22 posting history we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.

Reading things wrongly != not remembering correctly

And you know, apologising for making an honest mistake is rather better than never recognising you’ve done something wrong.