Billy Allen

[The Football Hub @TheFootbaIlHub]

Mourinho’s speech about Manchester United and they all said he was crazy 😅

[Plymouth Parkway FC @PlymouthPFC]

64’ GOAAAALLLL!!!

Rio Garside

Deano rides a few challenges before picking out Rio Garside who nods through the keepers legs from close range.

🔴⚫️ 0-1 🟡

#WINPAR

#ppfc

@swsportsnews

[Hesham Bilal-Hafiz @hesham786]

As soon as it went to penalties with Onana in net I knew it was over. Dived the wrong way with every penalty. Worst goalkeeper I’ve watched in my generation. #mufc

[Cantona Collars AKA Larry @Cantona_Collars]

Chido Obi only being given 3 minutes, is so bizarre to me.

Honestly, what was the point of it?

Give a kid an opportunity to do something or keep them on the bench.

Coming on for 3 fucking minutes when we were defending a set piece 🤣🤦‍♂️

[Suffragent @Suffragent_]

🟥£17 million for Gaza.
🟥£41.5 million for Pakistan.
🟥£12 billion for Ukraine.

No money for UK pensioners or veterans.

You don't hate this government enough.

[The 44 ⚽️ @The_Forty_Four]

When Mick stood up at the wedding #Gavinandstacey

[Raz @razza_bezza]

Give this sexy little bastard the ballon d’or already

[The Overlap @WeAreTheOverlap]

ON REPEAT! 🦁🦁🦁

#EURO2024

[Peter Crouch @petercrouch]

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[The 44 ⚽️ @The_Forty_Four]

Lots of negativity because of friendlies at the moment 🤨

We are absolutely pissing this tournament 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧�

[Billy Allen @billyallen27]

@Ivytownfc Goldy 🍺

[Joey Barton 🇬🇧 @Joey7Barton]

If @England wear that kit with that bi-sexual flag pretending to be our flag, in a match this week, they should hang their heads in shame.

It should be a public shaming for any player that pulls on the jersey with our desecrated flag on.

They should refuse to wear it until it’s corrected. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Billy Allen @billyallen27]

@MattyGlen08 superb

[𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕩𝕩♛ @_LJenkins94]

😂😂

[Billy Allen @billyallen27]

@MattyGlen08 @1987benji should be on comedy channel

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

Remember me?

Bebe's 40-yard free-kick was too hot to handle at #AFCON2023! 🚀

#BBCFootball

[Billy Allen @billyallen27]

@StretfordPaddck Beckhams equaliser 99

[Billy Allen @billyallen27]

@Joey7Barton We are
But joey you on spice ?

[Mike Holden @binaryfootball]

So Schuey is going to Stoke.

It's easy for us to judge from the outside, call him a money-grabber or say that he's making a big mistake.

But let's be real about this.

Long-term financial security is a big deal for any man and everyone has a price relative to their current means.

Not your means. His means. What's normal for, and what's expected of him. His ego, in his life, among his peers and his family.

Let's not forget that Schumacher was a very talented player, but not quite talented enough to make the grade at Premier League level.

He captained England at U16s, U17s, U18s and U19s - yet never pulled on the shirt of his beloved Everton.

Rather than enjoy the multi-million pound career he had good reason to anticipate, he had to scrape a living in the lower leagues for the next 15 years.

And he did so with honesty, humility and integrity.

My guess is that the Coates family wrote down a number that gets Schumacher to a place in his mind where - perhaps for the first time in his life - he doesn't have to worry about his long-term future anymore.

Or more to the point, his kids' future.

He clearly has a very strong connection with Plymouth - both the city and the club - and I'm damn sure he departs with a heavy heart. Even more so if the Argyle fans don't take this well.

But football is a fickle business. A lot can change in a short space of time.

It's all well and good everyone saying back yourself, and making empty promises about better opportunities in the future.

But nobody will be there to compensate him if that proves not to be the case. Stoke won't come back and offer him this contract again.

And of the two evils, I suspect the forgotten-man scenario carries with it the greater sense of anticipated regret.

Given everything he has achieved at Plymouth, how much better can it really get? It only becomes harder to keep punching up from here.

This is Schumacher's fifth season at Home Park and few managers nowadays go beyond 5 years without things going stale.

I'm sure it has reached the point where most of those Argyle players can predict what he's going to say next, so this might be a body of work that's close to completion.

FFP means that Stoke cannot throw around as much money on players as they would like, so headhunting the most desirable manager is the biggest impact they can make.

It speaks volumes that they've paid around £6m on their last 5 managers in compensation alone.

If Gary Rowett, Nathan Jones and Alex Neil were all tempted to walk away from comfortable jobs, why should we expect Schumacher to be any different?

Just because those guys all failed relative to expectations doesn't mean Schumacher will.

I'm sure Schuey is under no illusions. He knows this job is widely regarded as a poisoned chalice, or a hiding to nothing.

He knows the immediate prospects of the club are no better than the job he leaves behind.

But in his personal life, he can breath a huge sigh of relief and congratulate himself on a wonderful job. Even if the ending isn't the one he would have scripted.

And if he does happen to punch upwards with Stoke in this next chapter, then the ceiling is much higher.

In that context, you're almost inclined to frame this as a shot to nothing.

[The Rock Revival @TheRockRevival_]

DMA’S - Silver (Splendour In The Grass Acoustic)

Incredible voice 😍

[Billy Allen @billyallen27]

@BaileyGamble6 Great tackle , games gone

[Stretford Paddock @StretfordPaddck]

Our thoughts are with Sir Alex Ferguson and his family after the passing of his wife Cathy.

RIP❤️