English premier league 2023/24

Deary me, of course I understand the roots and origins of a team, however what Newton Heath was intended to be in 1878 and what it has become as Manchester United are vastly different entities.

I've stuck with Aston Villa through bad times, we've gone through the Doug Ellis era, been through the potential green shoots of success that didn't come to fruit, particularly in the Gregory and O'Niell eras, been through the relegation season, the culmination of several years of dross under the likes of McLeish (why we hired a bloke who relegated the scum is still beyond me) Lambert and Sherwood, in some ways it was a relief when we went down, 3 years in the Championship including 2 under another ex-boss of the scum in Steve Bruce, the false dawn of the Dean Smith era, the catastrophe of the Gerrard year when he was fluttering his eyes toward Anfield and seemed to forget he should show some managerial ability at Villa Park before they considered him.

Now we've got Emery, who seems to have a plan, we seem well run, we are playing good football, but its been a long road, we've not won a trophy since the League Cup in 96, not won a league title since 81, not won the FA Cup since 1957.

So yes I do know what it takes to stick to your club through the tough times, I've also listened to morons in this country who jump on whichever bandwagon happened to be at the top when their interest had them wish to pick a team, United being the most popular but Chelsea and later City have also been getting a run, asking why pick a team like Villa? As a Peterborough man said to me at a pub years ago at an Ashes test, when my old man asked why Peterborough, he said well its who I support isn't it?

From what I see in Australia and what my family back in England tell me, it seems Man United seem to attract far more of the bandwagoners than any other club, these fans seem to have this born to rule attitude, that they should be top of the pile at all times, I guess its why they sign players on name rather than on talent and character, Casemiro, Mcguire and Sancho 3 that spring to mind at present amongst a sea of examples in recent times.

As I've said 100 times, I was born in the area so its the club I go for, the same club my grand dad and grand mother went for, is that ok with you ? I don't understand why you incessantly poke and prod at this subject, you and the troll are always posting negative things about united, not sure what the point is, I guess at least you go for a club the other troll never seems to go for anyone or supports any country or club. 

 

It means potentially very bad news for those clubs. Everton’s sanction was for a single breach of Premier League rules, while City have been charged with 115 alleged breaches.

Chelsea remain under investigation but charges look inevitable given that the new owners have self-reported what appear to be substantial payments that would have broken Premier League rules during the previous ownership.

Unless they introduce a hard cap on both salaries and transfer spending, perhaps even support staff as well, they're never going to turn the ship around back toward competitive leagues but this won't happen necause were it ever suggested, the big clubs would just threaten to break away and form their Super League again, unfortunately I doubt any administrator would have the balls to look them in the eyes and say, "try it".

The other reality is that unless the rule were simultaneously introduced in all of big leagues of Europe, it would just result in the first to introduce the rules seeing a talent vaccume as the top players head to another league without caps to earn more cash.

Imagine being a fan of clubs like Everton, Aston Villa, Sunderland, West Brom or Tottenham and knowing that realistically your only hope of ever seeing your club achieve success is a billionaire to come in and buy the club and even that is harder to do now with other clubs having already found one.

Football is the perfect example of money blinding morals, one only has to look at the World Cup being handed to both Qatar and Saudi Arabia as a prime example among many others, such as one time gay rights activist Jordan Henderson grabbing the bags of Arab cash and exposing himself as a hypocrit.

Everton 0

Afros won't like that,   but hey his team beat Tottenham and are now 4th on the ladder. 

With Spurs, Newcastle and Man Utd (who we play through Christmas) all breathing down a necks the next couple weeks will determine if we're genuine threats to a CL spot or if we fall away and are simply hoping for a spot in one of the Europa leagues.

I'll at least try to grab the mini-match, but I'm sure my old man will give me the full run down from a Villa perspective.

Good win for United as well, I thought they'd have a tough match there with the whole points deduction thing around Everton that surely must have fired up both fans and players.

Wolves 2

lots of penalties kinda ruined this game..