[theo_luddite]

and we were looking for a centre forward. Ooo'd a thunk eh?

[Lord Snooty]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66892084

Kamil Grabara: Galatasaray expect FC Copenhagen to give goalkeeper 'necessary punishment'

Galatasaray have accused FC Copenhagen goalkeeper Kamil Grabara of acting against Uefa's fair play principles and expect him to be punished by his club.

Grabara, 24, posted a derogatory comment about Galatasaray on social media after his side were held to a 2-2 draw in Turkey on Wednesday.

The Pole received death threats and his wife shared screenshots of threatening messages she had been sent.

Galatasaray said they attributed his words "to his youth and inexperience".

"The statements [Grabara] made before and after the match are against Uefa's fair play principles," the Turkish club said.

"We expect the Copenhagen club, which we hosted for two days, to give him the necessary punishment."

Grabara, who was previously at Liverpool from 2017-2021 but did not play for the first team, told reporters before the game he had "heard Fenerbahce fans are better" than their Galatasaray counterparts.

Following the match, in which Copenhagen threw away a two-goal lead in the final four minutes of normal time, he used an expletive to refer to Galatasaray - before later editing the post to use a similar expletive to describe the game.

Alongside evidence of the death threats directed at Grabara and his family, his wife said on Instagram: "This is not normal. 300 messages and I can't count how many comments. There are no words."

BBC Sport has approached FC Copenhagen for comment.

[theo_luddite]

Rhodes hat-trick for Bollackpool today - amazing what happens when you give him the ball in the box with another guy alongside him rather than expecting him to do it all on his own.

[theo_luddite]

Sheffield Utd? Oof.

We didn't get that kind of hammering (though we could have in the 2nd season). Not too sure it wouldn't happen if we went up again. The gulf in that division now between the have's and have nots is scary. That said, there's a few "have's" that aren't exactly ripping up trees right now, yes you Chelsea for one and Brighton who might be considered have not's (bloody well financed and run have not's to be honest) who are turning some parts of the division on it's head. For now anyway.

Right now, all 3 that went up are going to struggle to stay up this season from what anyone has seen so far.

And we've got a 3 year plan to join in this madness again? Oh 'eck.

[Lord Snooty]

Aye, it's scary. Why would anybody want to go into that league without a Saudi Arabian backer?

More to the point, does the Blunts chairman have Warnock's phone number?

[theo_luddite]

Well what a surprise. VAR screws up big time yet again, though this time they screw Liverpool at Spurs along the lines they screwed us v Forest.

What are these clowns doing? Pouring a beer, making a brew, going round the back of the portacabin for pee? They ain't watching the game for sure or if they are they don't do their job because they are biased. I'm no Liverpool fan by the way but they were royally done by the so called officials today.

[Lord Snooty]

VAR was a good idea. The trouble is, you're still dealing with the same clowns who just keep on getting it wrong over and over again.

[Lord Snooty]

And....it should be like in cricket, in that it's up to the team captain, or manager, to request a review.

[Amelia Chaffinch]

BBC News - Bradley Lowery: Two held over 'taunts' aimed at Sunderland fans
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-so...e-66972872

I actually think they're now worse than Leeds fans. They have zero standards.

[theo_luddite]

Pretty pathetic really isn't it?