I must say, the heat is getting to me more this year than I can remember in previous years. I'm not sure if its old age, it actually is hotter, or I'm believing the media hype. Whatever, its bloody hot.
They stole him from Plymouth mid way through the season, but he never performed as well as he had been at Plymouth. A defeat against Plymouth would have been the final nail. Stoke are not known for their patience with underperforming managers.
I was devastated when I saw the result in my hotel room. It was one I really wanted to see 3 points from. It had been suggested Schumacher would have been sacked if Plymouth had won.
Yes, Ratchaburi were without their suspended centre-forward, and Buriram soon put 2 more of their forwards into hospital, literally. They tried to get a 3rd, but failed - I hope Ratchaburi were insured :D . Fairplay, Ratchaburi got their own back, and things were pretty even on the violence front by...
It is a HUGE issue if you are a smaller club - many smaller clubs are telling the FA what they think of the decision, publicly. Having said that, it looks as though much of the criticism (official statements) by football clubs on social media has been taken down - probably forced by the FA. If a BIG...
The recent rule change has upset a lot of real football clubs in England whilst the FA ponder to the Elite. We had a discussion on here this season about the advantages of a good FA Cup run to smaller clubs. The new rules extinguish many of those advantages. So again, the Elite get their way, whilst...