Premier League 2018/19

[MDK]

37 minutes ago, Colly said:

Ffs. Nazis don't do the moustache thing. It's obviously not a Nazi salute. The moustache thing is the fucking clue. 

Fucks sake. Charlie Chaplin and Oliver Hardy had that moustache but no, one wanker ruins it for the rest of us. Well, two, Bobby Mugs had one and he was a wanker too. 

[Lineker]

Poch has called for the implementation of VAR in the Premier League to be delayed

[Kaney]

Manager of diving cheats called for implementation of system to prevent diving cheats to be delayed.

[Lineker]

So obsessed.

[Skummy]

Search is ongoing as of this morning. Word is that it's being treated as a recovery mission more than a rescue mission now, though the local paper mentions the possibility that they were picked up by a passing ship and not made contact - though after several days, that seems unlikely.

Lots of armchair amateur detectives locally and on social media shouting about how they should be searching specific islands, or searching certain islands on foot, with no clue as to the geography of the Channel Islands. People have become fixated on Burhou, as there were flares sighted from approximately that island, but it's near inaccessible, and only a few hundred metres long. If they managed to land there, or even near enough to reach it by liferaft, it's a miracle.

[Baddar]

[Colly]

They've called off the Sala search. 

[Baddar]

That shitty newspaper have outdone themselves again today.

[Lineker]

2 hours ago, Baddar said:

That shitty newspaper have outdone themselves again today.

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[Baddar]

4 hours ago, Lineker said:

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Posting about the pilot of the plane Sala was on being in debt, like it's relevant in the slightest.

[MDK]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cardiff-city-fans-reveal-beautiful-15729335

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Cardiff City fans have unveiled a banner in an emotional tribute to Emiliano Sala.

The Argentine striker had joined Cardiff City in a £15million deal on Saturday and was due to arrive in the Welsh capital on Monday after travelling back to France to say his goodbyes to his team-mates in Nantes.

But his flight to Wales disappeared near the Channel Islands and, despite days of searching, has not yet been discovered.

The active search for Sala and pilot David Ibbotson has now been called off , with Guernsey harbour master captain David Barker saying: “The chances of survival at this stage are extremely remote."

Bluebirds fans have been leaving tributes at the foot of the Fred Keenor statue outside the Cardiff City stadium since news of Sala's disappearance broke.

And they have now unfurled an banner that read: "We never saw you play and never saw you score, but Emiliano our beautiful Bluebird we will love you forever more."

That is nice. And Cardiff and Nantes are twin towns/sister cities. Be nice if they did a little testimonial for the family at the end of the season.

[DavidMarrio]

1 hour ago, Baddar said:

Posting about the pilot of the plane Sala was on being in debt, like it's relevant in the slightest.

Colour me shocked. 

 

I've felt a bit uneasy by a lot of places having the WhatsApp voice message on their reports. Just doesn't sit right for me

[FLiam]

I do have to say, I really think Sala was caught up with some really shitty British representatives offering him a "private jet", turning out to be a rickety old rust-bucket. Which is the really sad thing about it.

[Baddar]

Yeah, I mean, I've seen some private jets - not all of them were fancy either. But private jet, that was not.

[FLiam]

Arsenal have confirmed that Sokratis won’t return to training until the end of February at the earliest after suffering an ankle injury against Manchester United. 

The fact we already have Holding and Bellerín out for the season with injuries and Koscielny unlikely to play in the immediate future, that leaves me with a prediction that we are fucked. 

Mustafi and Lichsteiner at CB against City? No problems. 

[Kaney]

I've seen reports saying it might be Mavropanos and Musti rather than Licht. Not sure which would be better.

[FLiam]

56 minutes ago, Kaney said:

I've seen reports saying it might be Mavropanos and Musti rather than Licht. Not sure which would be better.

Out of the three, I’m most comfortable with Mavropanos playing...

[FLiam]

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'Stan Kroenke building $5 billion Rams stadium complex which will be bigger than Disneyland'

Well, we’re fucked then. 

[FLiam]

I honestly don't think there is a better striker in world football than Olivier Giroud at holding the ball up and bringing others into play. He's so good at it.

Meant to put this in the FA Cup thread but meh.

[Lineker]

Chelsea investigated by Fifa over more than 100 young player cases