Champions League final & Junternationals

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's the variety that keeps it interesting. A lot of football's popularity is in its accessibility, i.e. it isn't basketball where you have to be tall, rugby where you have to be massive, or horse racing where you have to be tiny. There's a place on a football field for big lumps, tiny shrimps, fat bastards, lanky fucks, technicians, physical players, speedsters, and plenty of average joes too.

I've lolled at Lukaku as much as the next man this season, but he's struggling for selection at Chelsea even against Timo Werner because the latter, a gibbering mess with the ball at his feet, is better at running hard without the ball. It's a bit of a shame, really.

[niko_cee]

Isn't Lukaku just as much of a jibbering mess with the ball at his feet?

Pretty sure everything in that post above was the clarion call of rugby union [room for all sorts!] until it was realised that being a 12 foot wide Pacific Islander [as well as being really good at rugby] is an advantage.

[Ian]

The reason the back end of tournaments is the best is because that's when for all but the most organised / mentally strong teams shit starts to get out of their control a bit more and when interesting things happen.

The rest of it is increasingly the good trams running / boring inferior opposition to death with synchronised cardio.

[Don]

UAE-Australia in a one game playoff in Qatar tonight at 7pm for right to lose to Peru in the inter-continental WC qualifier next week. 2 proper shite sides.

[niko_cee]

I thought VAR was meant to be more efficiently administered on the continent?

Maguire needs taking out back.

[Ben]

The loyalty to Maguire must be wearing out now surely.

[niko_cee]

Cupboard's pretty bare though.

Horrid half and you just know Waistcoat is thinking this is absolutely fine.

[Manc]

Declan Rice is a monster.

[niko_cee]

The commentators wittering on about how this is England's best XI Foden aside is genuinely terrifying.

And he's not really a massive step up. Just no goals at all in almost the entire team.

[Dave.]

The commentators wittering on about how this is England's best XI Foden aside is genuinely terrifying.

And he's not really a massive step up. Just no goals at all in almost the entire team.

Yet we made the semi finals and the final of the last two major tournaments.

[Boydy]

What was that freekick nonsense from England there. Just fucking hit it from where it is.

[niko_cee]

Yet we made the semi finals and the final of the last two major tournaments.

I know.

It defies logic. South Americans to clean up in Qatar?

[niko_cee]

I thought Germany's goal looked like it took a deflection, but it didn't look like it on that replay. Lol if it didn't.

[niko_cee]

Haha, quality.

Wasn't Kane offside?

[phonics]

That’s such a shit penalty. They need a year off to seriously revise the rules. The games fundamentally broken.

[Dave.]

Haha, quality.

Wasn't Kane offside?

I don't know but it was never a penalty. Same with the one Hungary got against us.

[Waffdon]

I can’t believe they gave that having just seen it. He’s about 2 yards off side

[niko_cee]

It did look like it didn't it? Like, in every phase of the attack he was beyond the last man. Must have come off some consenting German boots in the mix.

[Waffdon]

Yeah, it hit a German so must have been a deliberate play. As you were.

Not that Kane was even touched

[Manc]

Pickford's distribution is absolutely horrendous.

[Don]

That was dogshit from England, godbless that nonsense pen for ensuring no late Southgate departure pre-WC. Flick doing bits with the Germans though given how far off their main XI that was. Musiala looks the biz, the lanky twat.

Anyway, load of fans arrested for making nazi salutes and other hooliganism. Here comes the fucking boring waistcoat wanker lecture.

[Lewis]

How it's done.

[John Arne]

Some scumbag defender for Binh Thuan decided to have a dig at the referee after he got a yellow card.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He should never play football again. Stuff like that really winds me up. Ref handled it really well.

[John Arne]

Yeah, it's completely braindead. He'll never play again. I was slightly disappointed with his teammates too - none of them held him back and looked to protect the ref.

[Giggles]

Starting clubless players

[Danny]

Worked for Wales in 2016.

[Giggles]

It wasn’t Cyrus Christie though.


Even worse is Knight coming in but it not being for Hendrick.

[Giggles]

Whatever about the quality of them, and it’s not high, we need to start playing with a striker no matter what else needs to be reshuffled.

[Giggles]

Kelleher

[niko_cee]

Funny how all of the CCTV footage of those rampaging football hooligans at the Champions League Final has been deleted.

[Gray Fox]

You don't mean to tell me it wasn't those dastardly "ticketless reds" all along?!

[Giggles]

I expect a full justice campaign and a tribute in about 50 weeks time.

[Gray Fox]

The T-shirts are already printed.

[-james-]

Greece absolutely donning Nations League League C Division 2.

[Spav]

UAE-Australia in a one game playoff in Qatar tonight at 7pm for right to lose to Peru in the inter-continental WC qualifier next week. 2 proper shite sides.

It seems that Australia is the lesser shite of the two sides then, following their 2-1 win over UAE. I have to say that the current Socceroos team engenders the least confidence that I've had in our national team for several years now.

[Boydy]

Spav!

[Spav]

Spav!

[Boydy]

How've you been?

[Spav]

How've you been?

Everything is going good, thanks for asking, considering I'm now 61 years of age. Keeping myself fit and active, but I've taken early retirement from work and now devote myself fully to looking after my long-suffering wife and my 16yo son in our household.

I found my login and password for here whilst doing a cleanout and I couldn't resist logging back in again.

[Boydy]

Good to hear. More time to post now then too.

[Ian]

Early retirement.

[Spikey M]

Looks like you're not the old git anymore @Yevrah

[-james-]

The thought that Spav keeps his TTH login details written down on a piece of paper somewhere is very pleasing.

[Kikó]

Fucking Spav returning. We're going to have to reclaim the early payout for the first death sweepstake.

[Shindig]

So .... is that Derby dead in the water or what?

[Giggles]

Sounds like they're fucked. Real shame, outside Shelbournes promotion they brought me the most value in enjoyment in soccer in the past year.

[Don]

Rangnick juggernaut continues.

[Giggles]

That’s either Browne at right wing back in a 5 or McClean left back in a 4. Either way, Scotland are going to coast this.

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[Manc]

Ireland's second goal is a thing of beauty.