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  • Transfers! Here we go!!!!

    1 16.67%
  • Seeing if Newcastle blow their load on a lot of shite

    2 33.33%
  • Waiting for the fixture carnage to really kick in

    1 16.67%
  • It'll help distract me from my December alcoholism comedown

    0 0%
  • New year, new turtle

    2 33.33%
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Thread: Football in January 2022

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    Senior Member Jimmy Floyd's Avatar
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    Two-legged ties in general will be gone within ten years (execs mistaken idea that attention spans are less - they aren't) which will be a great shame.

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    That would seem to go against the dominant "moar football" logic. On the other hand it is fully in line with the actually dominant "ruin everything good" logic which seems to have governed every decision in football for the last decade.

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    They'll do moar football but it'll be one game at a time. The fucking Swiss system or whatever it is, exhibit A.

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    What's wrong with the Swiss system? Apart from it being called the Swiss system.

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    What is the Swiss system?

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    It's a system, and it's Swiss.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss-system_tournament



    Not deemed worthy of use by any major sport until this point, but maybe Magic: The Gathering had it right all along.
    Last edited by Jimmy Floyd; 05-01-2022 at 09:43 PM.

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    That Spurs midfield made Saul transform back to 2016

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    I had looked it up there after and it sounds completely shite.

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    Something being new and not immediately digestible doesn't make it shite.

    It's just a way of deciding who plays who. You'll barely notice it's there when they start using it.

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    Do people in England actually talk like this now?


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    Sounds like a Taz or Sincere post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arne View Post
    Do people in England actually talk like this now?

    Yep. All of us. Jimmy is the biggest roadman.

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    Does not surprise me.

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    I believe 'fam' is short for 'family'.

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    'Mans' is long for 'men'. I'm not 100% sure but I think 'mandem' is even longer for 'man'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I believe 'fam' is short for 'family'.
    Tru dat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    'Mans' is long for 'men'. I'm not 100% sure but I think 'mandem' is even longer for 'man'.
    Mandem is a reversal of 'dem man', or in the common tongue, 'those men'.

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    Makes perfect sense blud.

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    The fear in the minds of the white man who has been left behind.

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    Until I see an entire mandem in the meat aisle at Waitrose, buying all the good stuff, I shall not feel under threat.

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    Looting one maybe.

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    Anyone seen a good preview of the AFCON yet? Looking to educate myself. Sierra Leone (feat. Steven Caulker) and Comoros - how did they manage to get in?

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    Ditto. I'm hoping to get balls deep into it. Egypt will have my heavy backing thanks to Quieroz but there's big names littered around the squads. Ivory Coast look like an exciting side (probably lacking defenders/goalie).

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    Have Sky got full coverage? A monthly pass may be explored if so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CJay View Post
    Anyone seen a good preview of the AFCON yet? Looking to educate myself. Sierra Leone (feat. Steven Caulker) and Comoros - how did they manage to get in?
    Depth in Africa goes to about 14/15 teams, below that it's a total crapshoot. SL ousted Benin and Lesotho to qualify.

    I'm big into Mali, Algeria and to some extent Cameroon. Downers: Ivory Coast, Morocco, Ghana. Unsure: Nigeria, Senegal.

    As always the key is to ignore the ratio of famous names in the squad and look at whether their coach has historically had a clue, and how they've performed in recent meaningful games (in this case WCQ).
    Last edited by Jimmy Floyd; 06-01-2022 at 03:13 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    Guinea - Malawi on Sky Sports Premier League. Fantastic. And the 'Main Event' later that evening of Comoros - Gabon.

    BBC allegedly have 10 games, but that site only shows them having the semis and final.

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    Hold on, none of these teams are managed by Herve Renard? I'm out.

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    BBC tend to put Nigeria or Ghana on if they do anything.

    I fucking love teams like Malawi. You start the tournament knowing zero about them. Absolute banana skin away from home in World Cup qualifiers, otherwise utterly hopeless. Usually have the following players:

    - eccentric bald goalkeeper
    - ancient seven foot centre half who can barely move
    - 'highly rated' creative midfielder who never gets any further than UAE/Greece/Sweden
    - implausibly skinny winger with a shit first touch and brightly coloured hair
    - beanpole centre forward, dead behind the eyes
    - bustling substitute forward half the height of the beanpole, who looks far more dangerous than anyone they started with

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    Mali available at 25/1. Choo choo.

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    Save your money, their last talent was Kanoute ffs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    Hold on, none of these teams are managed by Herve Renard? I'm out.
    Yeah it's going to be weird watching an AFCON without him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I believe 'fam' is short for 'family'.

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    The goalkeepers are usually mad. Fully mad.

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    Ivory Coast’s midfield and attack looks pretty mega as far as African nations go. That’s assuming Kessie, Sangare, Cornet, Zaha and Haller are all in the squad anyway.

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    From the BBC site. I don't know what movie poster this is, but I would watch it.


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    Scalp/Off

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    Sean Dyche isn't even bald the idiot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    From the BBC site. I don't know what movie poster this is, but I would watch it.

    It's the reboot of Face/Off.

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    I can't believe nobody else thought of that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    From the BBC site. I don't know what movie poster this is, but I would watch it.

    Bald/off.

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    Has anyone else spotted that they're both bald?

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    Who are?

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    I can only see a pile of dust.

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    Coutinho to Villa.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CJay View Post
    Coutinho to Villa.
    I'm a twit

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    I'm a twit

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    What's funny?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manc View Post
    What's funny?
    What’s he pointing at?
    I'm a twit

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