Saint86

Always thought those two were pretty accurate, no?

My first thought was that he's an alt for Glasgow, NGL.

An "underachieving big club"... I know what you're thinking... but its not Spurs - Its the absolutely massive (for the championship) Southampton FC 👀

No Peretz, no Tonda, Larin a doubt... The skates won't get a better chance to win at St Mary's for quite some time.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/05/green-party-england-wales-zionism-racism-vote-europe-germany

That "motion" essentially calls for the dissolution of the state of Israel as an official green party policy, it's full "from the river to the sea" stuff from them. Polanski has at least said he disagreed with the wording over that part of the motion.

The legitimate ITKs post when they have stuff to share and their comments are always well received. The chancers and wind up merchants tend to get what they deserve (and likely want), subject to how they pitch it.

If you chose to speak publicly on political matters, you chose to open yourself up to public opinions. Which is the key difference between Azaz and Bazunu's actions. Azaz has kept his views private and limited to just his teammates and yet he is the one who has seen discussions over it potentially harming (or even being the end of) his international career.... funny given Bazunu doesn't really have an international future (outside of being in Kelleher's shadow).

Not sure i follow your point here fabrice - Bazunu has chosen to make a very public and political point about it all, and then taken the laughable measure of withdrawing from a game he was in no danger of playing in? And in fairness to him, top marks for virtue signalling there - finally found something he's good at... Meanwhile, Azaz has handled the whole affair within the squad / outside of the public eye, and has had to put up with targeted abuse simply for being part Israeli and for privately having a different opinion on boycotting the game. Of the two of them (or whole squad in fact), the only (part) Israeli guy in the squad (who has kept publicly quiet) shouldn't be getting flack 🤷‍♂️. Personally i think fair play to Azaz for how he's navigated it, as it won't have been easy.

The clubs themselves don't care because its all about the money - but the novelty would soon wear off for the fans when they're facing the prospect of relegation scraps and mid table obscurity every season.

Azaz has done nothing wrong in all of this. Its a shame that some (hopefully a very small minority) Irish fans have decided to make an issue out of him having a different opinion over it all - it would be a real shame if it impacted his future with the national team.

Man City raised the cost of competing to the tune of a billion pounds, and the other clubs lapped it up "for their own gain"? Want to run that one past us again? 😅 It wasn't liverpool, man united, arsenal etc. getting the Etihad billions. But it was their player wages, transfer costs, and agents fees that were going up - and they were the ones missing out on key targets to a financially doped man city.

Yeah, this is embarrassingly naked from him - turning a blind eye to grubby money, fraud, and corruption as long as it gets him votes. Standards out the window as long as it keeps his precious dirty millions in Manchester. Really poor from him, and the worst part is he didn't need to get involved. Out with another turd PM and in with a new one - the revolving door continues. Have to say I agree with Neville's sentiments on it as well: https://x.com/UtdTony1/status/2105379651925275041

5 of the charges directly relate to breaching UEFA's FFP rules. 54 then relate to "Failing to provide a true and fair view of club revenue, sponsorship, and operating costs" - which may include (you would imagine it does include) the UEFA FFP rule breaking. 14 offences relating to, "Failing to fully disclose accurate remuneration details in contracts", which must also surely tie in with breaching UEFA FFP rules - as they're essentially accused of lying about their staff/player wage costs. The remaining offences are exclusive to the EPL - 7PSR breaches, and 35charges relating to not cooperating with the EPL investigation.