All posts by n8rngtd.top

Although Leeds have been enjoying a blistering season in the Championship – with promotion looking promising at the end of this season – we can still put the team under a magnifying glass and pick out those who have fallen behind the pack.

Unsurprisingly, there have been a couple of players who haven’t been up to scratch…

Ouasim Bouy

The 26-year-old’s 2019/20 season perhaps couldn’t have gone any worse after he was reportedly told he would not be playing for Leeds again. Bouy has had a difficult career with the Yorkshire side but it seemed this season was the turning point for Marcelo Bielsa to call the final straw.

According to Phil Hay, the Dutchman is training at completely different times to the first team and Leeds are now desperate to get him off their books.

Bouy’s market value is also the lowest it’s ever been whilst with the Whites, extremely disappointing from a player whose agent also manages the likes of Paul Pogba and Erling Haaland.

Isolation Busters: The only quiz you need to cure your boredem

World Class score: 95% | Expert score: 80% | Veteran score: 65% | Intermediate score: 45% | Amateur score: 30% | Try Again: 5%

Jamie Shackleton

It’s always nice when English clubs can nurture homegrown talent and watch them grow into a top footballer. Frustratingly, this season hasn’t been a career-defining one for 20-year-old Jamie Shackleton.

In his first senior season for Leeds, the youngster managed to get himself two assists after playing an average of just 23 minutes in 19 games. However, with a bit more responsibility this campaign, it may have proven all too much for Shackleton.

The Englishman has started four matches out of 14 but hasn’t registered a single goal or assist for his side. In those four starting appearances, Shackleton lost the ball 29 times and made just three key passes.

Similar in age, West Brom’s Kyle Edwards is also being integrated into the first team and has scored two goals and has averaged a higher passing accuracy (84.6%) than Shackleton (83.2%).

Age is on his side, but if the 20-year-old wants to follow in similar paths to young English talent like Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jadon Sancho he must pull his socks up.

What do you think, Leeds fans? Do you agree with the above or has there been worse performers this season?

Celtic fans have been discussing their former left-back, Emilio Izaguirre, on social media after the club’s official Twitter account wished him a happy 34th birthday.

The Honduras international departed Glasgow for his home country in the summer after eight seasons at Celtic Park.

Over the course of his Bhoys career, Izaguirre racked up 271 appearances, scoring five goals as well as providing 48 assists, via Transfermarkt.

Only real Celtic fans will get 100% on the Ultimate Hoops quiz. Test your knowledge below…

During his debut season, he clinched the SPFA, SFWA and the SPFL Player of the Year award before winning seven titles.

His game time quickly diminished following the emergence of Kieran Tierney at the club so he moved to Saudi Arabia, joining Al-Fayha, but he soon returned to the Scottish giants after cutting his time short in the country.

He is clearly adored by much of the Hoops faithful with many lauding him on Twitter.

Here’s how they have been reacting to his birthday…

AND in other news, Celtic fans drool over Scott Brown footage…

[ad_pod ]

West Ham United fans have let out all of their frustration at goalkeeper Roberto after another error-strewn performance.

The Spanish stopper conceded three times as Tottenham Hotspur ran out 3-2 winners at the London Stadium on Saturday.

The first goal came from Son Heung-Min, who sent a powerful effort into the bottom corner, though it appeared to be close to the goalkeeper and within a saveable distance.

The second goal was Lucas Moura’s, as he slid in to meet Son’s cross and convert, while Roberto appeared to dive past Harry Kane’s header for the third.

The stopper, of course, is currently deputising for Lukasz Fabianski, the first-choice goalkeeper who is out until next year due to a torn hip muscle.

He has yet to keep a clean sheet in the league, though, and is also yet to be on the winning side; the Hammers have lost to Crystal Palace, Everton, Newcastle United, Burnley and now Spurs while he has been in goal, while also drawing with Bournemouth and Sheffield United.

And fans have used Saturday’s performance as a reason to unload their criticisms of the Spaniard.

Take a look at the best of the reaction below!

Celtic announced the departure of out-of-contract duo Johnny Hayes and Jozo Simunovic earlier this week with their manager Neil Lennon waxing lyrical about the pair.

He said: “Both leave Celtic as nine-in-a-row champions. It’s an achievement they richly deserve and something I know they will cherish dearly. I would like to sincerely thank both Jozo and Jonny, brilliant lads who have given their all to Celtic over a number of years.”

And it appears as if the Bhoys chief-in-command has already found a replacement for the Croatian centre-back – if fresh reports are to be believed.

According to The Herald, Celtic are monitoring Hellas Verona defender Pawel Dawidowicz to take Simunovic’s place as the main challenge to first-choice pairing Kristoffer Ajer and Christopher Jullien.

It’s claimed that the Hoops would need to ‘stump up some cash’ in order to lure him to Parkhead with a £1.4m being mentioned in the report.

The 6 foot 2 colossus is under contract for another two years at the Serie A outfit, where he has made just six starts for them this term. He’s also able to play in defensive akin to Ajer.

The single toughest football logo quiz of all time…

World Class score: 95% | Expert score: 80% | Veteran score: 65% | Intermediate score: 45% | Amateur score: 30% | Try Again: 5%

Per WhoScored, the Poland international has averaged 1.8 clearances, 1.8 aerial duels won and 1.1 tackles in his 14 total appearances.

Lennon decided to not take the option up on Simunovic for next season, meaning the Glasgow giants are certainly in need of adding some strength in depth in that department.

Whether that will be Dawidowicz remains to be seen.

AND in other news, Celtic tipped to sign 29-goal sharpshooter but only on ONE condition…

Everton fans are getting excited at the recent news regarding the club’s plans for the new stadium.

The idea to move from Goodison Park to build a new arena for Everton has been in the pipeline for some time and it appears that the dream is starting to translate into something more tangible.

Reports back in 2017 stated how plans for the new ground would cost around £300m, and now it seems the fans finally have some exciting news on the subject.

Everton have reported that 98% of respondents were in favour of the Bramley-Moore Dock waterfront stadium design. The club also told how 96% of voters were in favour of the new stadium and a community-led legacy project over at Goodison Park.

This now means that the club are in a very positive position to submit planning for the new stadium by the end of 2019. As a result, it seems as if the fans have finally heard some good news during this torrid season. One fan suggested “this is one thing Everton are getting very right”, whilst another follower said this is an “unreal Christmas present”.

With such a high number of positive responses for the new stadium, it looks like most fans are on board with the idea of leaving Goodison Park behind. The current home of the Toffees is England’s first major football ground, however, fans are seemingly happy to move on.

Here’s what some have had to say…

This article is part of Football FanCast’s Opinion series, which provides analysis, insight and opinion on any issue within the beautiful game, from Paul Pogba’s haircuts to League Two relegation battles…

The Championship season is only 12 games old, but West Brom have been brewing up a storm as they currently occupy top spot going into tonight’s fixtures.

Albion have lost the fewest amount of matches in the division, meaning they are two points clear of second-placed Leeds United, who are the only side to defeat them this season.

But, it’s not just the club as a whole that have been topping the charts for specific statistics.

The Baggies’ shot-stopper Sam Johnstone is currently outperforming every single goalkeeper in England’s top two divisions in terms of total saves made for the season.

The 26-year-old has recorded 42 saves across 12 matches, meaning he averages 3.5 per game. He is closely followed by Millwall’s Bartosz Bialkowski, who has managed one less having joined from relegated side Ipswich Town in the summer.

Johnstone has even managed more saves than Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno, who has recorded 35 saves from their nine matches, though his average per game is higher at 3.8.

Watch West Bromwich Albion Live Streams With StreamFootball.tv Below

But the Gunners recently held the unfortunate acclaim for facing the most shots of any side in Europe’s elite five leagues, so that only makes Albion’s number one look even more impressive.

However, despite all the personal positives for the former Manchester United man, it offers up a more pressing concern for manager Slaven Bilic.

The fact that his keeper is making so many saves means that his defence is rather penetrable as they are clearly allowing attempts on goal, this train of thought is only reinforced when seeing that West Brom have kept just two clean sheets all season – yet somehow remain at the Championship’s summit.

The Baggies currently concede an average of 11.9 shots per game, which places them in the middle of the Championship for that statistic, but what is most damning is that their most likely title challengers in Leeds are conceding the fewest shots per game at 8.9, via WhoScored.

At some stage, the scale is going to swing in their favour unless the Croatian can find a way to eradicate the problems that lie in his leaking defence.

Barcelona still have a plethora of highly talented youngsters in their La Masia academy.

But of course, it’s really difficult for them to break into a first-team that is generally full of superstars.

Watch Spanish Football Live Streams With StreamFootball.tv Below

One of the biggest talents, however, is in danger of being moved out of the club. According to a new report coming from L’esportiu de Catalunya, Barcelona are considering moving Riqui Puig out of Barcelona B due to the harsh treatment he’s been receiving by his opposition.

Of course, upon his hearing this update, many of the Cules were simply fuming at such a consideration.

It seems that they don’t really like the prospect of the youngster leaving the club and they made sure their voices were heard on social media and Twitter.

Loads of them swarmed the comment section with negative replies directed at the board, claiming that La Masia and the club are finished.

You can see some of their reactions down in the collection of tweets below:

[ad_pod ]

Some Celtic fans have taken to Twitter to slam James Forrest for his performance in the 1-1 draw against Hibernian.

The 28-year-old was making his seventh league start of the campaign, having already netted two goals in the Scottish Premiership so far this season – Forrest has eight goals in all competitions for the Bhoys this term.

However, he wasn’t at his best against Hibernian.

The Scotland international was subbed off in the 84th minute of what was a disappointing draw, a result which has allowed Rangers to make up some ground in the title race.

Kristoffer Ajer’s own goal in the eighth minute opened the scoring, before Ryan Christie’s 11th goal of the campaign levelled things up on the scoreboard.

Unfortunately for Neil Lennon’s side however, they could not find a second goal, with some fans pointing the finger at Forrest.

One supporter said that the forward was “well off it” against Hibs, whereas another said that he should be dropped.

Let’s take a look at some more of the Twitter reaction…

Joining a new football club can be a daunting task.

Moving to a new city, playing with new footballers and potentially living hundreds of miles away from your family can be unnerving for even the most mentally strong players.

Watch Aston Villa Live Streams With StreamFootball.tv Below

Matt Targett left a lot behind when he moved from the south coast to the Midlands – swapping Southampton for Aston Villa.

Fortunately for the left-back, he’s had a lot of help settling in from one of his Villa teammates.

The defender has moved in next door to John McGinn, and he says that living so close to one of his teammates has really helped him settle into the club.

McGinn has lived in the Midlands for over a year at this point, and Targett says that he’s helped him learn more about the local area.

Hopefully, this not only helps Targett settle into his new surroundings, but it could also help him on the pitch as a close bond with McGinn will undoubtedly improve their understanding when they play together.

Matty Longstaff’s Premier League debut will undoubtedly be one of the most memorable games of the midfielder’s career.Watch Newcastle United Live Streams With StreamFootball.tv Below

Even if he goes on to win the Ballon d’Or, the World Cup and the Champions League he’ll always remember scoring the winning goal against Manchester United in his first-ever start for his boyhood club.

To make things even better, he was lining up alongside his big brother in front of a packed out St James’ Park.

It really must have been an indescribable feeling for the 19-year-old, but he tried to put it into words as he took to Twitter after the match.

“It doesn’t get much better than that.â€

It may seem like a bit of a strange thing to say after making your debut, but it is going to be tough for the midfielder to top this feeling and this performance in the near future after his first match for the Magpies was went like a dream.

It’s great to see the teenager showing so much passion on social media after the game, and for his sake, we hope he’s wrong in his tweet and his career only continues to get better after his electric debut.