West Ham and Brazil player Lucas Paqueta has been charged by the FA for basically spot fixing.

He could face criminal charges and a lifetime ban.

These are the incidents in question.

Class act was The Duke.

Isn’t it a little sad if McKenna is jumping ship already. Is this modern football where the next talented young manager just goes to a big club without even managing a game with the newly promoted club. And Chelsea. Good look if you go there. I agree. Can understand Kompany leaving Burnley for Baye...

The trouble, as per usual, is that stats can be entirely misleading. If we take the first one and him being the only managert with 16 losses in a row then it actually says something about the Norwich board's confidence in him that he was allowed to continue. Most managers would have been sacked wel...

Teams would sit deeper than ever before.

Would make Football even more dull.

No idea if we have a newer thread but this idea from Wenger is bonkers

Bit of a maverick like Bielsa Gasperini.

Very similar styles in many ways.

Shame Leverkusen lost but nice to see someone like Gasperini do well.

So looks like this is really going to happen


Recently relegated Vincent Kompany Bayern Munich manager.

So Kompany to Bayern

And maybe Maresca to Chelsea.

You make a fair argument. My stance is that he'll do better with a better team and a better board. I'm confident in Farke and the 49ers taking us to 15th or better. I think he's good enough for the PL. But he's going to have to get there by promotion. He won't get hired directly given his record. L...

Mckenna I'd kind of get.

Frank I'd kind of get.

But Poundland Pep?

Leicester forum reaction is interesting, some a but worried others not fussed at all.

Don't think he did a job that couldn't have been done by plenty of others and his football is questionable

I agree that nobody else will hire Farke in the PL. Two relegated seasons doesn't make a great CV. But I do think he's qualified and able. The two relegations weren't entirely his fault. I'm confident that he'd do better with Leeds. We know the 9ers will invest more into the squad than Norwich did....

Totally agree and it's a good thing that Farke has to prove himself with us before anyone else will sit up and take notice. Also promotion alone (were it to happen) wouldn't be enough to change his standing in the game, which means a pretty stellar first season back in the PL would be required for ...

andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 9:19 pm So Norwich conceded 64 this season too

Oh I see your point

I hadn't noticed that.

Ok 3rd of 80 teams.

My assessment of Farke is based solely on his 46 games in charge of us and I'd say he's made a sterling effort to get us to the brink of promotion after a very challenging pre season. Of course others may think differently. In context of the Premier League nobody will touch him and the media know t...

Jammy 07 wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 8:54 pm Apparently not the current flavour of the month.

Sour kraut maybe ?

Very good

andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 8:46 pm Does that include Norwich? They conceded 64. That is awful. Almost 1.5 goals conceded per game.

The only reason I looked it up was because I wondered about Ipswich. They only conceded 57.

Reading I think it was, 64 I think the only one above them.

Jammy 07 wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 8:24 pm Fantastic work this season from Farke and it's only his previous PL relegations which are clouding peoples judgement.

That's being extremely generous Jammy.

He has a lot to prove if promoted and for our sake I hope he's learned a lot.

The Subhuman wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 8:15 pm No one want Farke?

Not something we will have to worry about.

But no not mentioned at all.