Category: Football

Please copy our government by scoring as many own goals in your next matches as possible. Stand with your fans. Liverpools next match is Sheffield Utd; Everton vs Newcastle; although Everton v Man U on 7th Nov would be good – a 36-36 draw?? Please.

Just posting this – no opinions yet, Project big picture.

Money talks so I suppose it will happen regardless. And despite attempts to make news out of it the basic premise of reducing size of Premiership, getting rid of Charity Shield and League Cup are not really surprising – other than it did not happen years ago. The rest of the financial stuff will take longer to analyse.

It would be easy to dismiss Wales as opponents due to the size of the country. But Wales have a decent recent record, and England were for a variety of interesting reasons missing rather a lot of key players. It was brilliant therefore to see how young players stepped up to the mark. Calvert-Lewin, Grealish, Ings, and the rest all showed a combination of patience and enthusiasm which has been lacking from many England teams in the past.

Round 5. Lucky, lucky Everton. Pickford should have been sent off and offside decision was a joke. But sometimes things go your way, and sometimes they don’t! And still top but the game showed that they may well not stay there for long. I hope their injured players recover quickly. Chelsea will need to sort out their defence. ManU look good against mid table and lower, I guess they will get better. ManC and Arsenal as expected really. Bristol City gutted to drop a couple of points. Wins for Sunderland, Plymouth and Forest Green. B.Rovers drew. A surprise loss by Swansea at home. Chelmsford City drew away, so ok. And then Aston Villa beat Leiceste3r away and Leeds lost to Wolves. All looking like an interesting season.

Round 3. The toffees stay top for now after a controversial win against Palace. The handball rule does seem harsh at times! ManU win in 10th minute of added on time with penalty after final whistle! Arsenal stuff Spurs 4-0 to reach WFA Cup with a couple of vintage goals. The Black Cats win at home over promotion rivals Peterborough. Gasheads bottom of League 1 whilst FGR mid-table after a draw away at Salford (ManU Old Boys?).

Ok this is putting my neck on the line, so before making predictions a couple of provisos.

Firstly the transfer window has not closed so some big changes could be made! Secondly will playing in empty stadiums affect teams li8ke Liverpool and Manchester United?

So – predictions

Well I am puzzled! Football is obviously an industry which needs to continue. But it is not football without the crowd. Even the comment I had when playing (badly) on a Sunday morning in the snow, ‘nice eyes’ -enough to put me off! I only go to one or two matches a year, but basically the whole of sport seems to have become more distant and something that is played out on the screen, not real life?