Football 2024/25

[pink_triangle]

There are many things in football I couldn’t care less about and who sings national anthems is definitely on the list.

[charlierc]

7 hours ago, pink_triangle said:

There are many things in football I couldn’t care less about and who sings national anthems is definitely on the list.

Irish fans noted Lee Carsley didn't sing the anthem for them as a player and same with England's junior sides. Maybe it's just the nature of the beast for people to make mountains out of molehills.

[steviewevie]

9 hours ago, charlierc said:

Speaking of Declan Rice, am I right in thinking this is England's first trip to play Ireland at football since Rice opted to defect from Ireland to England and represent the Three Lions instead?

 

Because I suspect he's not in for a friendly welcome at the Aviva tonight.

He seemed to deal with it pretty well

[thetime]

Ronaldo 900 goals isn't a bad career. 

[Ryan1984]

I didn’t realise England’s interim manager had annoyed the Telegraph, Mail and Express (plus their readers) so much.

 

Carsley in!

 

Also seeing the Brexit means Brexit lot saying Rice should be dropped/punished for not celebrating properly/being too woke etc.

[charlierc]

12 hours ago, steviewevie said:

He seemed to deal with it pretty well

Scoring for a team that wins does help.

[Comfy Bean]

On 9/7/2024 at 11:16 PM, thetime said:

Ronaldo 900 goals isn't a bad career. 

Was almost a certainty he’d get to 901 last night after he hit both posts 😢 

Edited September 9, 2024 by Comfy Bean

[balti-pie]

As an irish, it was a fairly predictable result, the performance in the first half was excruciating at times but improved in the second - funnily enough as England decided not to try as hard 😄 I thought we'd lose by 3 or 4 beforehand to be honest. There's a huge gulf between the two teams in terms of talent, exposure, resources, organisation, everything, and Ireland have got a fair while before we can even think about challenging for qualifying. Its just the truth of the matter - some of that can be changed, and some is just out of our hands. We can only choose from the players we've got, and we dont have anywhere near enough good'uns. Kelleher would be the only player even in the discussion for a squad place at england, the pool just doesnt go deep. Lets be honest, its not a pool, its a puddle!

 

In terms of the two scorers - Grealish i have no problem with to be honest, yeah he was capped at u17, u19 and u21 but he declined a full callup and he wanted to play for England, and if thats where he feels he belongs then i have no problem. 

Rice is different for me, because he also went u17, u19 and u21, and then accepted a callup to the main squad three times. Said he was irish, proud to represent the country, said he'd not defect (even came out with some hilarious 'Up the RA!' tweets that are worth digging out) and then took the shilling. So bollocks to him, i hope his next bowel movement is a pineapple. 

[charlierc]

7 hours ago, Comfy Bean said:

Was almost a certainty he’d get to 901 last night after he hit both posts 😢 

As if conceding the injury time goal to Poland in the first of this Nations League double header wasn't bad enough.

[Neil]

4 hours ago, charlierc said:

As if conceding the injury time goal to Poland in the first of this Nations League double header wasn't bad enough.

are the poles knocking someone out the cup:"gercha"

[Neil]

glad thats over and we don't have to suffer another kane bore for a while.

[lost]

Loving the barclays men stuff on twitter, makes you realise what we've lost.

[Neil]

looks like utd will have Southgate.

[charlierc]

On 9/11/2024 at 1:06 PM, lost said:

Loving the barclays men stuff on twitter, makes you realise what we've lost.

I kinda have struggled to get on board. It's like people in the late 2000s looking at 80s football going "Back when this sport was real!"

[thetime]

3 hours ago, charlierc said:

I kinda have struggled to get on board. It's like people in the late 2000s looking at 80s football going "Back when this sport was real!"

 

What does the 80s, 2000's and now have in common? Newcastle winning f**k all. 😃😃

[lost]

12 hours ago, charlierc said:

I kinda have struggled to get on board. It's like people in the late 2000s looking at 80s football going "Back when this sport was real!"

 

Anything before VAR is an improvement, the 80's nostalgia comes from when it was still the working class game before the prem though the hooliganism tends to spoil it a bit for me.

 

2000's / early 2010's also the best champions league period for me as well. Zidane, Fat Ronaldo, Pirlo, Rooney, Seedorf, Nesta, Henry etc.. early enough in the format when big teams across europe playing each other still felt special

[The Nal]

City look like they could really be in trouble

[charlierc]

6 hours ago, The Nal said:

City look like they could really be in trouble

What, has some of the content they can expect to hear at their upcoming financial trial come out?

[charlierc]

17 hours ago, thetime said:

 

What does the 80s, 2000's and now have in common? Newcastle winning f**k all. 😃😃

Winning the Championship in 1984, 1993 and 2010 doesn't count huh

 

... yeah I'm aware it doesn't. And indeed neither does the time in 2010 that winning a pre-season tournament in Spain got us this magnificent folly

Edited September 13, 2024 by charlierc

[charlierc]

8 hours ago, lost said:

Anything before VAR is an improvement, the 80's nostalgia comes from when it was still the working class game before the prem though the hooliganism tends to spoil it a bit for me.

 

2000's / early 2010's also the best champions league period for me as well. Zidane, Fat Ronaldo, Pirlo, Rooney, Seedorf, Nesta, Henry etc.. early enough in the format when big teams across europe playing each other still felt special

I can remember the strange momentum break in a stadium. Last time I saw a Newcastle game in stadium 2 years ago (I live down south and they now have a membership program that makes getting tickets difficult), there was a VAR stop for a penalty given by VAR for a handball by a Bournemouth defender and there was a definite momentum break made unhelpful that it wasn't that clear it was a handball.

 

I agree the Champions League felt a lot more special then though. Jury's out on how this new sprawling format goes but it does feel a bit less magical at present.

[charlierc]

Two weeks after Liverpool demolished Man United on their own patch and they duly lose at home to Forest, who last won at Anfield in 1969. Makes ya wonder why anyone predicts anything as I can assume a vast majority of people would've called this as a Reds win beforehand.

[thetime]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

 Makes ya wonder why anyone predicts anything 

 

Everton losing a 2 goal lead is up there for a banker. 

[charlierc]

25 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

Everton losing a 2 goal lead is up there for a banker. 

I mean doing it for two games in a row is consistent. Just not the great consistent.

[kaosmark2]

I'm not too surprised Liverpool have lost a game. Home to Forest you wouldn't have expected but changing manager was always going to bring a few results as the style and tactics shift.

[Neil]

4 hours ago, thetime said:

 

Everton losing a 2 goal lead is up there for a banker. 

everton were great - if they can keep the same energy they'll avoid the drop.