English football 2025-26

[andy]

We are horrendous utterly horrific! I called it the other day talking to friends that we would give wolves their first 3 points of the season and it's another horror show performance! We along with wolves are doomed, bye bye Bowen etc back to the championship hopefully we lose our *modded* hole of a ground too!

[Durhamfootman]

Oi........ that's the pride and joy of Britain you're talking about

I spent 4 amazing days in there..... admittedly not watching the hammers

[andy]

Judging by amorims press conference after game today he could be next one out...appears to have fallen out with united hierachy

[mikesiva]

The past week was a good one for Arsenal. Two wins, including one against title rivals Aston villa.

And Manchester City stumbled to two draws.

[andy]

Maresca and amotim both gone...both called out their boards and both gone

[Durhamfootman]

both were looking for the push

walking away with the compen is loads easier than trying to fix the problems

[andy]

They only sacked amotim because of that press conference...can't be the on field stuff because yes it isn't great however they are only two points of champions league places 6th in league heading in better position and Radcliffe said 3 months ago that they wanted to give him 3 years....however tensions been building between amotim and Wilcox apparently

[Gingerfinch]

Chelsea fans not happy with Rosenior's appointment. I remember hearing him as a pundit a few years ago and he came across as articulate and knowledgeable. Whether that means he will be a success, who knows?

[Durhamfootman]

doesn't he have links to Chelsea?

[Gingerfinch]

doesn't he have links to Chelsea?

Not sure?

[Gingerfinch]

Strasbourg are a sister club of Chelsea. I never knew

[andy]

We have one foot in the championship already last night was another low point of a shambolic season! The players don't just turn up anymore and it's all well and good blaming the board but the players on the pitch aren't performing and haven't been for a while now and no one can turn it around if the players aren't intrested

[sussexpob]

Strasbourg are a sister club of Chelsea. I never knew

Sister club? Is that how we call offshore book cookers nowadays?

Been some suggestions in the French press that Chelsea donated a large fee to themselves to get the manager, and that if he does badly Strasbourg will just donate the money back to them, and both can claim it immediately as profit, with the net costs paid spread over 6 years even if there is overall no financial profit or loss. A great way to essentially give you another 30 million to spend under financial rules without actually doing anything.

I guess Chelsea have to do this, as they must be running out of things in the cupboard to sell to themselves for billions of quid. But hey ho, the worlds most objectively valued woman's team was sold for 40 million quid and Boehy got away with claiming Chelsea were worth 6 times on fair market value when he sold it to...er... himself.

[sussexpob]

I still can't work out as well how Crystal Palace were not allowed to take part in Europe because of Textor's multi-club ownership, why Bloom had to sell his controlling stake in Union and prove to UEFA that he had no links to the club to save us being booted out Europe, but Chelsea and Strasbourg can both be in Europe with the same owner? I guess UEFA don't even need to hide their corruption nowadays.

Obviously nothing dodgy going at all, its all co-incidence. Forest signing all their players from Botofogo is nothing dodgy at all, and I am sure Textor only signing his players from Marinakis's other clubs is pure coincidence, and not in anyway some dodgy arrangement to offset costs across the network of both owners club

[Durhamfootman]

I still can't work out as well how Crystal Palace were not allowed to take part in Europe because of Textor's multi-club ownership, why Bloom had to sell his controlling stake in Union and prove to UEFA that he had no links to the club to save us being booted out Europe, but Chelsea and Strasbourg can both be in Europe with the same owner?

I assumed this was because Palace were set to play in the same European comp as Lyon who had the same owner

it feels to me like a problem that will only get worse