Loved the Big Match on a Sunday....showing my age now 🙂
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You got to watch that as you weren't allowed to stay up for Jimmy Hill on Match of the Day the night before
Different games!
I'd forgotten that
I remember queuing up for the Kop and checking whether the BBC van was there, indicating whether or not we were due to be on MOTD that evening. I don't remember looking for ITV vans for the big match, but, checking wiki, that did keep running until 1992 so they must have also been a feature.
EDIT - oh just spotted the Sunday highlights version of The Big Match ended in 1981; that explains why I only remember it as a young kid & it doesn't feature in my match going memories.
I remember queuing up for the Kop and checking whether the BBC van was there, indicating whether or not we were due to be on MOTD that evening. I don't remember looking for ITV vans for the big match, but, checking wiki, that did keep running until 1992 so they must have also been a feature.
EDIT - oh just spotted the Sunday highlights version of The Big Match ended in 1981; that explains why I only remember it as a young kid & it doesn't feature in my match going memories.
De bruyne leaving city (hardly surprising)
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Kevin de Bruyne to leave Manchester City at end of season
Kevin de Bruyne accounces he will leave Manchester City when his contract expires at the end of the season.
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Well at least he's upfront about itDe bruyne leaving city (hardly surprising)
Kevin de Bruyne to leave Manchester City at end of season
Kevin de Bruyne accounces he will leave Manchester City when his contract expires at the end of the season.
I'd hazard a guess from that : Forest, City and Newcastle. Villa outside chance but more likely EL. Chelsea into the Euro Conference.
That was literally the only football we could afford back then.
Anglo Italian trophy was something else.
Top 5 this season officially secures a place in next season's CL.
We could see a record 7 sides from the Prem if Arsenal and 1 of Spurs/Utd both win their European competitions. Could you imagine Arsenal and Spurs sitting as the leading figures of European football, I'd feel the urge to drive my car off a bridge.
We could see a record 7 sides from the Prem if Arsenal and 1 of Spurs/Utd both win their European competitions. Could you imagine Arsenal and Spurs sitting as the leading figures of European football, I'd feel the urge to drive my car off a bridge.
Or Man Utd.
Manchester United will only listen to offers of £52m (60m euros) for Denmark striker Rasmus Hojlund, with Juventus interested in the 22-year-old. (Tuttomercatoweb - in Italian), external
Manchester City will have to pay £100m if they want to sign Nottingham Forest and England midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, 25, this summer. (Talksport)
£52m for Hojlund, there's only one club stupid enough to pay for him and they have him already. I liked Gibbs-White at £50m, but we know Man U are stupid enough, so they in my opinion will have no contest if they pay that much
Manchester City will have to pay £100m if they want to sign Nottingham Forest and England midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, 25, this summer. (Talksport)
£52m for Hojlund, there's only one club stupid enough to pay for him and they have him already. I liked Gibbs-White at £50m, but we know Man U are stupid enough, so they in my opinion will have no contest if they pay that much
Wouldn’t Arsenal would have to finish outside the CL spots and win it to achieve that?
Yeah. It's in reality it's if Villa were to win it. Arsenal are finishing Top 2 so there's no extra slot if they win it.
In fairness, Villa have a better European record than Arsenal and Spurs.
My senses feel Hujlund will have a decent career post United. It was piss poor career more to a heavily dysfunctional side and club that came too early, but I think he has the attributes of a decent player. He's in a fortunate position in that there is a striker shortage around the game and he will get opportunities elsewhere.
I'd be surprised if anyone paid that for him, though.
I'd be surprised if anyone paid that for him, though.
See he was bang average for a bang average side in Italy. I dunno, I just don't see enough in him to think he'll be anything other than an unspectacular striker in a mid table side.
Him and Nunez II
That club has needed dynorodding for years and he's finally setting about doing that. Going on current results it might be understandable for them to get rid of him, but I actually reckon they'll drive themselves even deeper into the doodoo if that's the way they go.
Shame innit.
Shame innit.
