Soccer Banter

[Bigmallly]

All i know is about the 7 tackles rule then a scrum or summat.
Dont follow league

If they don't score a try within 5 tackles they simply hand the ball over to the opposition.

[Bigmallly]

Bringing back the 4 foreigners rule would make for a more competitive league IMO plus it would strengthen the national teams throughout Britain not just England..........I can't remember if a Scottish, Irish or Welsh player playing for an english club at that time was classed as a foreign player.

[Vince G]

In addition in Germany, it is illegal for non-German entities to own a majority shareholding in any German club, so the fact that one country only has so much money keeps that money at a sensible level.

Went to Munich on my stag do a couple of years back, and it is apparently impossible to get a season ticket for Bayern. Chatting to some locals one night, they said there is a waiting list and nobody ever surrenders their ticket - you basically have to wait for someone to pop their lederhosen before you advance up the list.

You're right, it is really cheap too, but then watching top quality sport in the UK is becoming increasingly elitist and corporate....Wimbledon, Rugby Union internationals, test cricket, and of course the Olympics this year, all way to expensive....even a day at the snooker in Sheffield is apparently £50 a ticket now

By comparison it's nearly £30 at Portman Road these days to watch a bottom half Championship team.....great value ??!!!

[veggiechicken]

Nobody told me that Leeds and Cardiff were playing last Saturday, in Cardiff!
There were 2 blokes rabbiting on in the back of the bus about the game and I was trying very hard to ignore them - because they made it sound so.......yawn!!!

[SarzWix]

Lifelong Sunderland supporter here Which has meant some despairing moments! But it's all going very nicely at the moment. Just need to leapfrog the Toon in the table and I'll be a happy woman

[Bigmallly]

Lifelong Sunderland supporter here Just need to leapfrog the Toon in the table and I'll be a happy woman

Hope that happens real soon, MO'N excellent manager.

[Bigmallly]

Congrats to BM on an excellent performance, should be a cracking final in Munich.

[Snadger]

Haven't really got much to say about the mackems (Might upset Sarz) although I do rate Martin O'neil.
Really enjoyed the Barca/Chelsea games. Really enjoyed last nights other semi final, though can't be arrised with penalty shootouts, so went to bed.
I would say the Germans deserved the win and hopefully will beat Chelsea (I have ulterior motives.)

Newcastle are flying high at the mo, will hopefully be in Europe next year, and it will be better still if they get in the champions league.

C.MON (lets be avin ya) THE TOON!!!!!! (Done in my best Delia Smiths drunken voice)

[mrmagoo]

I as a life long glasgow rangers fan am gutted the shambolic way my club has been treated by craig white,[the new buyer,the savior lol. seen that one coming from a long way off ] and duff and felps[addministrators].and the SFA. not even sure if we will be around in seasons to come.I do realise the club avoided taxes,mishandled money etc and deserve to be punished,but it seems to be the fans who work hard and pay their taxes and still buy tickets that are suffering most.the worst bit is being in limbo,just tell us the worst case senario and at least we can get on with rebuilding our great club,,,Or lay them to rest.grrrrr.

[donnakebab]

I do realise the club avoided taxes,mishandled money etc and deserve to be punished,but it seems to be the fans who work hard and pay their taxes and still buy tickets that are suffering most.

It's a bit like that with governments too isn't it. Your average working man and woman carry on and try to make the best of what they've got and some admin person in the tax office comes along and robs them...like when mice eat your pea seeds.

Come the revolution....

[SarzWix]

Hear here Donna!

We've had far too many draws just recently. People who do the pools might like it (do they still exist?!) but I don't!

[Bigmallly]

Well I'd rather be a Leeds fan this morning than a Newcastle fan..We're used to losing...........sorry Snadge.........

[Aberdeenplotter]

aye, they got taken back down to ground level in some style but that seems to be Wigan's party piece this tale end of the season.

[Bigmallly]

Plus Chelseas mauling of QPR should help them stay up.

[phil the shed]

Hat trick and Torres not words you usually put together........one game doubles his tally for the season