[FOOTY] International Fixtures (9-16 November)

[Adamski]

Jesus what a chasing.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Solanke and Tammy Abraham? Brazil defence must be shitting themselves.

[Ian]

Be afraid, Brazil.

[Giggles]

With any luck that contract isn't signed yet and they can 'lose' it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Remember when we had prime Beckham taking set pieces? Seems we've gone so, so far with Rashford and Dier now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ashley Young is too good for Solanke.

No wonder Chelsea got rid of him.

[Bernanke]

Record amount of Nordic countries at the WC now. :cool:

[Reg]

Young contributing more in ten minutes than Bertrand did in 80? He's a much better crosser than any of the other wing backs.

[Raoul Duke]

Imagine being one of these poor fuckers who's paid actual money to stand in the freezing cold watching this England tripe

[niko_cee]

One can only hope we're fucking amazing at penalties these days.

That's the plan, right?

[Giggles]

Is Maguire a defender? Livescore has him as part of a back 3.

[Giggles]

:D

Tony is an awful bollix though.

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[Baz]

Is Maguire a defender? Livescore has him as part of a back 3.

centreback

[ItalAussie]

Tickets to Australia-Honduras this evening. :nodd:

[Pleb]

Has Martin O'Niell fucked off yet?

[phonics]

Has Martin O'Niell fucked off yet?

He signed a new contract last month so that seems unlikely.

[Giggles]

He signed a new contract last month so that seems unlikely.

It's not signed yet but it's 'on the table' for him.

There's very little chance that we ever do any better than this level but there comes a time when you just can't watch that shite any more. He's a dinosaur and some of the stories about his methods lately really make it time for him to go.

[-james-]

https://i.imgur.com/Rjlm7K1.png

Peru being ranked tenth in the world is a real head scratcher.

[Giggles]

How are Russia only 65 too? Is that a by-product of no competitive games for 2 years?

[Queenslander]

Russia
England
Iran
Australia

[Queenslander]

Tickets to Australia-Honduras this evening. :nodd:

Will you join in booing their Anthem?

[Pleb]

Germany
England
Sweden
South Korea

^Group of death...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Belgium, England, Iran, Morocco.

Heard it here first.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Record amount of Nordic countries at the WC now. :cool:

It's your climate as well. No one from south of the Arctic Circle making the semis.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Meanwhile, I don't understand why we wouldn't sack Southgate now and bring in a specialist tournament manager while they work out which FA stooge takes over in September. Is Otto Rehhagel in a care home yet? Maybe we can buy Hervé Renard out of his Morocco contract.

Failing that we could go in-house and promote the U17 manager.

[phonics]

Arsene said he wants to be an international manager soon. He's won eight million FA Cups.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He'll do, even if we do end up with a midfield of Jack Wilshere and Ben Sheaf.

[Lewis]

Big Sam should really be re-hired now that everybody senior to him at the FA has been exposed as a complete and utter tit.

[Giggles]

The post-mortems :drool:

[Bernanke]

Russia
Peru
Sweden
Saudi Arabia

:drool:


Germany
England
Sweden
South Korea

^Group of death...

Can only have two UEFA countries per group.

[Reg]

No group of death possible, surely. There's nobody good enough in pot 3.

[John Arne]

This Australia-Honduras game is awful. Both teams pretty crap. 0-0 HT.

[John Arne]

The ref deciding not to book anyone also means that the game is terribly stop and start.

[Bernanke]

No group of death possible, surely. There's nobody good enough in pot 3.

We've beaten both France and Italy in the past year, and kept the latter + Holland from qualifying. :moop:

The pot 3 Nords will wipe the floor with all those pot 2 chancers.

[Greg]

See you at the World Cup lads. :cool:

[John Arne]

Aussies deserved that in the end, being slightly less terrible than Honduras.

[ItalAussie]

Only slightly. We're going to need to get a lot better than that when we're in sight of goal.

I'm pretty sure that Mile Jedinak is moonlighting as a barista on the corner of my block.

[Reg]

We've beaten both France and Italy in the past year, and kept the latter + Holland from qualifying. :moop:
Yeah, fair enough!

[Henry]

It's not signed yet but it's 'on the table' for him.

There's very little chance that we ever do any better than this level but there comes a time when you just can't watch that shite any more. He's a dinosaur and some of the stories about his methods lately really make it time for him to go.

People are never happy with the Ireland management these days. It's getting like the English press.

You'd think Wes Holohan was Maradona the way analysts go on. We have a shit crop of players so have to set up appropriately.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If New Zealand beat Peru, prepare for an avalanche of thinkpieces about GDP per capita being the benchmark for football success.

[Giggles]

People are never happy with the Ireland management these days. It's getting like the English press.

You'd think Wes Holohan was Maradona the way analysts go on. We have a shit crop of players so have to set up appropriately.

You obviously haven't watched a game in a good while. Dig out the Georgia away game or last Saturday and come back to me.

[Henry]

You obviously haven't watched a game in a good while. Dig out the Georgia away game or last Saturday and come back to me.

I did watch the game on Saturday. Your point?

[Byron]

Only slightly. We're going to need to get a lot better than that when we're in sight of goal.

I'm pretty sure that Mile Jedinak is moonlighting as a barista on the corner of my block.

Does Tim Cahill have the legs for it or are you just going to stick him in the box at all times and hope his head comes to save the day again?

[Yevrah]

Meanwhile, I don't understand why we wouldn't sack Southgate now and bring in a specialist tournament manager while they work out which FA stooge takes over in September. Is Otto Rehhagel in a care home yet? Maybe we can buy Hervé Renard out of his Morocco contract.

Failing that we could go in-house and promote the U17 manager.

I don't know if we've ever been as dull as we are now.

I'd sooner watch the 'golden generation' and the Euro 96 side come out of retirement to form a hybrid for the lols rather than the shower we'll actually send.

[Giggles]

I did watch the game on Saturday. Your point?

The style of football is prehistoric. If it was long ball then I wouldn't care, we've seen that it works but this is nothing but clear the ball and hope. And when you couple that with former players saying he does zero tactical or opposition preparation work then it's a joke he's in the job. He says we haven't the players (we don't, but they're still able to get on a ball and pass to a team mate for their clubs), which is all the more reason to prepare them if they're that bad. The changes in formation at half time last night show just how clueless he is tactically.

[Shindig]

I'm trying to think of an Irish player with any pace or skill about them, to be fair.

[Disco]

Andy Townsend.

[Giggles]

I'm trying to think of an Irish player with any pace or skill about them, to be fair.

There are levels between what they're doing now and Barcelona and you don't need to be a world greater to have a tiny bit of composure. That's the biggest thing the mongs can't comprehend, that if anyone says the setup is horrendous then you're automatically looking for it to be total football. Black or white.

Do you see the likes of Harry Arter constantly hooking the ball clear over his head in acres of space when he's in red and black? The current style is something a league two side would be embarrassed to trot out.

[Mellberg]

Martin O'Neill was a relic 10 years ago, nevermind now.

[Giggles]

Martin O'Neill was a relic 10 years ago, nevermind now.

As soon as he lost Robertson apparently.

[mugbull]

You're so fuckin dramatic, every national team with shit players does this

[Giggles]

You're so fuckin dramatic, every national team with shit players does this

No they don't. Not even close to it.

[Bernanke]

http://ultra.zone/2018-FIFA-World-Cup-Group-Stage-Draws

This is entertaining for about 5 minutes.

[Mazuuurk]

https://snag.gy/ekaEBK.jpg

I'd take that!

[John Arne]

Me too....

https://gyazo.com/6bd1b4e9a00130e261e7194ffff44be2.png

[Giggles]

How are England only a Pot 2?

[Giggles]

You're welcome.

BELGIUM
ENGLAND
EGYPT
SAUDI ARABIA

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

France
England
Costa Rica
Saudi Arabia

[John Arne]

I didn't know that Loftus-Cheek is Carl Cort's half brother.

[ItalAussie]

I feel like whichever group pulls out Serbia will be labeled the Group of Death.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Tunisia being the highest ranked African team is a genuine embarrassment. The other four are all miles, miles better than them.

[-james-]

Group of death:
Brazil
Spain
Sweden
Japan

Group of lol:
Poland
Switzerland
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia

[Ian]

How are England only a Pot 2?

The FIFA rankings have finally caught up with the fact that we're garbage.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Are Japan actually any good these days?

The team I wouldn't want in pot 4 is Nigeria, could bum you on the break 3 times and you're done for.

[John Arne]

Are Japan actually any good these days?


No. They were alright for a stage about 3/4 years ago, but they have regressed a lot recently, imo. Iran are far and away the best Asian team.

[Amigo]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/nov/16/world-cup-russia-power-rankings-32-qualifiers

12th place.

lol

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/nov/16/world-cup-russia-power-rankings-32-qualifiers

12th place.

lol

https://i.imgur.com/FjkvdyK.png

:cab:

[SvN]

Here's what I got :D

https://i.imgur.com/DXQnr8V.png

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mine has Iran knocking out Argentina, France and Croatia on the way to a semi-final defeat by England. Like a Guardian fever dream.

[John Arne]

It's a shame that there isn't ONE decent centre-back in the entirety of the Asian teams. Japan and South Korea have some great players in midfield, but then you have the likes of Maya Yoshida leading the defence for Japan, and two unknown's for South Korea.

[Yevrah]

Given we're going to be eye-bleedingly bad I'd rather we drew a group with some heritage in it so at least the occasion will be a spectacle.

[Bernanke]

I got England beating Mexico in the final, after kicking out Portugal, Spain, and France in the knockouts. :cab:

[Yevrah]

I got Kelly Brook, a deserted island and an industrial vat of baby oil.

[SvN]

I hear has absolutely amazing nipples.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yevrah or Brook?

[Lewis]

She would drown herself in the oil.

[Boydy]

She would drown herself in the oil.
:D

Ha.

[-james-]

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Someone get Romelu a fucking tailor. He looks more like Dave Benson Phillips than Stormzy.

[Offshore Toon]

Dave Benson Phillips is available for event hire if anybody is interested.

[Kikó]

Interesting career move offy.

[Offshore Toon]

This second half of Billericay v Leatherhead has been pretty good. Four goals, a bit of a scrap and a penalty/red card.

[Magic]

Lewis Cook always knew he'd be an England international. First Leeds academy player to play for England proper since Delph?

:(

[phonics]

I've just seen the Spain - Argentina result.

lol.

[phonics]

We've been linked to a player called 'Çağlar Söyüncü' today, I don't think we're allowed to sign players I can spell at first time of asking.

[Disco]

Did someone gather up all their spare punctuation and fire it at his name?