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Football's Micro Fascinations & Irritations Examined Read the full article on the front page and let us know your thoughts. It's time once again for our Christmas Special & in 4000 Holes time honoured tradition we choose to rip-off a format from another podcast that we love. This year, it's The Football Clichés podcast and their "Mesut Haaland Dicks" format in which panelists discuss their Fascinations and Irritations with modern football. It's all about those micro details that perhaps only you notice. Listen here & you'll see whether the panelists have landed on something that you too have spotted... Your compere is Ian Herbert & he teases out the issues from an illustrious panel of Stuart Grimshaw, Rob Heyn, Ryan Hildred, Michael Taylor & Roger Whiteside. Part 1 - The Fascinations Part 2 - The Irritations Podcast Extra - a bit more of outtakes plus an attempt at Happy Hunting Grounds...stay tuned right to the end for a pub quiz answer & a reminder of what once was - right at the very, very end... Merry Christmas everyone - hope it's a great one for you & yours. If you can - please support Blackburn Foodbank's Winter Appeal HERE Commercial Corner:- Sponsor - The Terrace - Code BRFCS at checkout The BRFCS Online Shop - support the site with our exclusive merch Classic Football Shirts - affiliate link - Code BRFCS10 at checkout NordVPN special offer

Back then at least the regime had some semblance of normality. I.e crap manager they get sacked and replaced with a safe pair of hands (obviously an actual normal one wouldn’t have appointed the clown in the first place and at the very least sacked him earlier). Now? This fella is here for the duration, if that ends in League 1, ah well 🤷‍♂️.

Ignoring Tyjon as he is likely off Atcheson, Michalski, Edmondson, Ball, Leatherbarrow, McCoy would all be in the mix. Doherty always looks useful to me wide (at U21 level at least) Lister, based on the clips doing the rounds (see 2 posts up), has tremendous technique, but is not someone I have seen a lot of But so much more than just ability to take into account

I'm sure FIFA will say its spread the game around the world and no other countries even bid for 2034 world cup. I wouldn't have gone to Saudi for footballing reasons. I would have held solely in South America given its the 100 years anniversary in 2030, then Europe(UK or Spain/Portugal/Morocco) for 2034. Then in 2038, I would look at Japan/South Korea or Australia/Indonesia/Singapore host. A Saudi world cup 2034 is likely to winter one again and wreck the footballing schedule again Didn't people say similar things about Qatar? Did they stop these people attending?

Ha! Had a couple of bevvies.... I don't get out much these days...

I swear there's a sentence in there somewhere if I rearrange the words.

If we don't get 4 points from the next 4 games VI will have a worse record from the same number of games as Owen Coyle... Currently on 33 games, 10 wins and 7 draws. Coyle had 37 games, 11 wins and 8 draws.

Also what are the football reasons for it being in Saudi?

To add to this: If you look at the position we finished in during the 80s were were generally in the top six. There were only three seasons where we didn't and one of those years we won a trophy. Playoffs were only introduced in 87 I think and we were in the mix on more than one occasion. We always ended up falling short due to lack of funds but we were always up there challenging to get into the top flight. This notion that we only got into the top division is because of Jack Walker is just some bullshit spread by jealous dingles and southern media who couldn't stand the fact that a small working class northern town was challenging the big city clubs. We were always knocking on the door and trying to get up there. In 1980 (I think) we would have gone up but for Preston being too shit to win a game. Only under venkys have we been deliberately relegated out of the top division and been deliberately prevented from trying to get back. @SuperBrfcmentioned this in a thread about a year ago and I think it is absolutely bang on. This club is too big for venkys and all their hangers on. Where we are is not our level, it is venkys bringing us down to theirs. Don't support them. Don't give them a penny.

Saudi, where everyone is welcome to watch football, unless you're a woman or a gay.

What species do you think plays and watches football? Daleks?

Agree, but to be fair to that profession - administrators and corporate recovery specialists, like the ones appointed at Sheffield W - they’re very skilled at running distressed businesses and would do a much, much better job than Pasha & co (completely different league - we’re talking Prem vs National League here…)😇

Prefab Sprout - Cars and Girls

Give it resr RF99. Football decisions should be based on footballing issues and nothing else

A catalog of quite frankly ludicrous posts. But not sure you'll find any worse than those.

Sometimes it’s best to keep your thoughts to yourself.

Shouldn't come into play. Separate issues. Football should be based on footballing issues and thats it. Other always want to bring in non football issues all the time into these situations

Should human rights play a part - WTAF.

From Waggots laid back water treading approach to being run as if by administrators is my take on it. The new finance director, the shadowman with complete day to day power now and his puppet are i'd say running it culturally a lot different than normal. And what a job they are doing, relegation fight, a raft of signings who'll never be worth more than the fees paid and the lowest number of people in the ground on match days since the late 80's. I wonder if Suhail is filling the owners in on these facts ?

Yes, a dreadful human rights record should play a part. The biggest football tournament should simply not be going to countries with human rights records like that. Clearly you share a moral compass with the corrupt FIFA.

Not particularly defending big Mak one way or the other but Cantwell 7 goals, Gueye 8. Frankly, Cantwell is a dick for sniggering and needs to think about his own efforts on goal. Eg that pathetic attempted chip.

Just thought I'd make a list of what are regarded as promising academy players to see if I could make a future Rovers 1st team 11. Pie in the sky I know Any others come to mind that people like arbito have watched ? Honor Pitt. Litherland. Eze. Pates Dunn. Vare Sergeant. Higgins. Powell Joseph

The South America games is based the 100 years anniversary of the world cup. never experience a world cup in South America. The Saudi bid was the only bid for 2034 bid during the process. should Human rights record play any part in Football given its very separate issue or could Football being a full for good Looking very forward to the 2026 world cup still, should be a great tournament

Yep, zombie club –lumbering along, alive but not alive.

Yes agreed here. Long thought some sort of simple leaflet/social media page spelling out ‘facts’ and dispelling myths –directly countering the apologist narrative. Keep it simple, cheap. I’m sure plenty here have the expertise for this –where to distribute ect. Eg. Top 10 myths Myth: Nobody would buy us. Fact: simple debunk Myth: Not our fault regarding weather Fact: Waggot presented plans but board rejected etc etc Or Did you know? Maybe 10 of these OR Top 10 facts about the Raos Top 10 facts about transfers Top 10 facts about Ismael’s record