General Football Thread

[MDK]

Maybe some South American countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eastlake_Smith

Okay, Ceylon was British, but still earlier >_>

[Lineker]

Anyone fancy the China gig?

[Kyle]

Get @stokeriño on the case.

[stokeriño]

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Speaking the local language is probably an advantage as the form is in Chinese.

Nuts to that.

[Lineker]

你可以依靠谷歌翻译，这是不够好！

[Gazz]

Stoker isn't the only one to have management experience in China, you know...

[stokeriño]

I managed a Japanese team in Singapore. None of that is China.  

[Gazz]

Yet...

[Lineker]

Kazakhstan fans could choose their country’s next national team coach in an online vote as part of a rare democratic experiment.

Fans have been offered a choice between a Kazakh or foreign coach on the federation’s website. In the second round, fans will pick a name from a list of coaches, the federation spokesman Dmitry Nesterenko said.

The candidates will all be realistic hires rather than global stars, Nesterenko said, with “basically, no Mourinho” who recently left Chelsea. However, the Central Asian nation’s foray into internet democracy has been hampered by low participation.

The federation said 50,000 votes would be needed to consider the vote valid, but barely 5% of that figure had been reached as of Monday evening, with only four days to go. There was a clear preference for a foreign coach, that option leading by 1,732 votes to 836.

“There aren’t really any problems with popularising football. People go to the football, watch it, but I can’t say why no one is voting,” Nesterenko said.

There is no guarantee that all the votes were cast by Kazakh supporters. Registration is open to registered users of the federation’s website, but there is nothing to stop foreigners from going through the automated registration process and casting votes.

Football in Kazakhstan reached a milestone this season when FC Astana became the first Kazakh team to play in the group stage of the Champions League. While they did not qualify for the knockout stages, Astana managed to remain unbeaten at home in their group games.

That success has yet to transfer to the national team, who failed to reach this year’s European Championship, winning only one of 10 qualifying games. Kazakhstan’s last four coaches have been foreigners, most recently Yuri Krasnozhan of Russia.

[METALMAN]

On 07/01/2016 at 14:29, Lineker said:

In an utterly pointless post...

"102 different Nationalities (Excluding Britain & Ireland) have played in the Premier League. Arsenal have introduced the most nationalities with 8, Newcastle 7 and Manchester City 6 (34 other teams contribute the rest)"

Look at the alphabetical order for 1992-3 there. Imperialist bastards trying to pretend that Zimbabwe is still Rhodesia!

#RHODESMUSTFALL EH

Also, East Germany there several years after the country ceased to exist. Dumb. :/

[EddieG]

And there's 2 teams from Leeds apparently.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Gunnar Halle joined Oldham in 1991 but Erik Thorstvedt was at Tottenham from 1989.

Also Belgian Pat van den Hauwe was at Tottenham from 1989 and played with us 'til '93....before Philippe Albert joined Newcastle in '94.

So in other words this list is riddled with errors.

 

Ugh, ignore that. He played for Wales. Totally forgot.

[FestiveJack]

And there's the question of guys like Kanchelskis, who was born in the Ukraine and played for three three national sides: the USSR, CIS and Rusia.

[METALMAN]

He might have played for cis but he was certainly transnational LOL

[Lineker]

The former Colombia goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón was taken to hospital on Tuesday after reportedly attempting to kill himself.

The Valle del Lili clinic in his home town of Cali confirmed that Mondragón, who became the oldest player at a World Cup in 2014, was admitted after suffering from a “metabolic imbalance”. The hospital later stated the 44-year-old “is in good condition and under medical observation”, although it did not say when he may be released.

The news came hours after Mondragón posted a concerning message on Instagram, which has since been deleted.

“There is only me who can judge my life and I’m tired of being judged by others without the possibility of defending myself,” he wrote.

Reports in the Colombian media suggested he had taken a large dose of antidepressants.

At the age of 43 years and three days, Mondragón beat Roger Milla’s record for the oldest player to play in a World Cup finals match during Colombia’s 4-1 win over Japan. The former Real Zaragoza, Galatasaray and Metz goalkeeper has since retired from football and started working as a pundit last year.

[Lineker]

Former Aston Villa boss Brian Little, 62, has been appointed as Jersey manager until the end of the season. Go make @Skummy proud.

[Noah]

What are some good football podcasts? I'm looking for a new one. Doesn't have to be Manchester United specific and doesn't even have to be premier league only, as long as they cover the premier league at least to some degree.

[Lineker]

Guardian's.

[MDK]

1 minute ago, Lineker said:

Guardian's.

 

[Noah]

On 22/1/2016 at 21:48, MDK said:

 

You were both right!