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I’d like to apologise to the GOT team for previously stating there is little mention on here of any aspects of racism at the club. Just came across this excellent piece. https://www.grandoldteam.com/2020/06/08/everton-are-white-everton-racism-and-the-era-of-change/ I had learned almost...

Such an eye opening topic. I’d make this a sticky as it both informs those who need informing (which is clearly a lot hence the ignorance on display) and also exposes those who are complicit in attempting to whitewash history. Besides books and newspapers, I’ve learned more about the history of...

Some of the responses (not all) are head in the sand stuff and a whitewashing of history. Hooliganism was rampant throughout the game in England, at club and international level. A game that involved the English meant an increased police presence. The English weren’t alone in this (as the...

I’ll ignore the nonsense above but this I have to address. I don’t hate English people in the slightest. Perhaps I wasn’t clear in my choice of wording by simply saying “the English” in regard to the hooliganism inflicted on my countrymen and women at Lansdowne Road in ‘95 when metal bars and...

Spot on about Dublin. I had my hands in my pockets anytime I was in a packed room. It’s a hive for thiefs. The Artful Dodger would have been in his element there. Talking about small town Ireland generally though. We don’t have the same extent of petty crime that exists in England. The US is on...

Joking aside the robbery to his home would have been traumatising. Coming from Ireland two things shocked me when I went to university in Liverpool. 1.Concrete, everywhere. Being so used to greenery I couldn’t get my head around the lack of grass (of course this is natural for a city)...

Think there was four players (two from each side) that did the pre match press conference, and Fernandinho was the only one of the four who didn’t start. Very rare you don’t pick someone that does the presser. That he hurt Gundogan in training may just have been the reason for his omission. I...

Largely concur with that. He was a great manger, especially when managing great players, but he looks past it. Been saying that for quite a while now so it’s not just because he’s jumped ship.

Can’t see it happening. He’s on the pig’s back here with wages of over 10 mill per year. Madrid would have for fork out 30 mill compo, which ain’t likely given their financial dire straits. In the unlikely event that it does happen I don’t think it would be a major loss as he doesn’t look the...

Correction, the documentary that mentioned the violence committed by English fans (the hooligan element) is in The United Way doc (not the Busby doc). I’m watching it now. It has Hesletine and Kinnock talking about deprivation in working class areas, and football was, quote “the obvious place...

Enormous error. He’s a snide so I can’t abide him, and it’s exactly that that was missing from the city midfield. With him not being there to screen the backline and mop up through balls it left wide open spaces for Chelsea to exploit. Having said that the defending was shocking for the goal...

Would not begrudge him the world player of the year award. His positional sense and ability to screen the backline is immense. Whoever he plays for (Leicester, Chelsea, France) success follows. He’s won everything bar the Euros. In that Leicester title win everyone was important, from Vardy and...

I would have had Moysie as his main contender for the award. Just think Bielsa taking a club up and immediately making a mark was the most impressive job. None of this ‘finding your feet’ mantra that so many sides that come up are tagged with, Leeds basically went toe to toe with every opponent...

The slower pace of Serie A suits him. He doesn’t have the ideal footballers physique as stamina/endurance is essential. That big bulky frame of his that he has to carry around the field has always been a handicap for him, like Frank Bruno in boxing. After five minutes play Rom is already...

Just seen footage of Pep keeping his runners up medal around him. Very classy that. Granted the circumstances were different when Carlo took his off straight away in ‘05 as Milan had been 3 up against the RS so you can understand his frustration but something doesn’t sit right when...

Salary cap. That ultimately is the answer (as simplistic as it sounds). The prime reason for the ESL was for the top clubs to make money. They are currently haemorrhaging vast swathes of money due to escalating costs, primarily extortionate wages. The pandemic has exacerbated matters as there...

It was a gimme season though. Pep will never have an easier title as the only other league contender was incapable of defending the title two months in. For this reason I had Bielsa not Pep as coach of the year.

Kante is exceptional. That defensive midfield position is almost certainly the most important on the field. Without a quality DM the defence can be sliced open, and there’s no-one to win the ball back to give to the forwards. Fernandinho I can’t praise in the same way. He cost Brazil in two...

It will be a two horse race next season, and Chelsea won’t be in that race. It’s a great watch. The man was a colossus and a true gent. Covers United getting banned from Europe in the 1970s after their fans rioted in France so it’s not a wishy washy sycophantic doc.

RIP the 39. Regards the rightful ban of the English in ‘85, I would have banned them again from all international football (including Euro ‘96) when their hooligans threw chairs and metal bars at my countrymen and women in Dublin 15 minutes into an Ireland vs England ‘friendly’ game in February...