Soccerball Therad

Post by **dng** » Mon Jun 09, 2025 8:49 pm

poor old wales (but for a different reason this half)

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 2:08 am

Cymru am bumyth

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 7:19 pm

More sodding foot-0-ball?!?

Post by **dng** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 7:31 pm

It’s okay, there’s still the fifa military death zone cup to come

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 8:35 pm

True.

Also, it's 2-2 oh... it isn't...

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 8:38 pm

This reminds me a bit of the Ghana friendly, quite a few years ago, where they played the match like it was the World Cup final.

Post by **vom** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 8:48 pm

I'm not sure why I watched either of those matches. Good to see ARE PROUD LADS playing in my fine city with such skill and intensity I guess

Post by **dng** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 9:48 pm

I watched 12 minutes of these matches combined and saw harry kane do two goals, somehow

Post by **dng** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 9:48 pm

Two glorious goals

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jun 11, 2025 3:08 pm

TUCHEL OUT!

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 1:02 am

Auckland's second best football team (the best one competes in the Australian league rather than in the NZ league) somehow managed to draw 1-1 with Boca Juniors in the Club World Cup!

Well done them!

Post by **endar** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:20 am

wowsers

I bet it wasn't at the Boca stadium though. Have you seen it? They go utterly bonkers

Post by **dng** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:49 am

it was in some utterly empty stadium in america instead for some reason

Post by **dng** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:49 am

(the reason is money and corruption)

Post by **endar** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 11:23 am

what a load of wank

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 12:41 am

dng wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:49 am (the reason is money and corruption)

Only the dull small minded parochial thinking of Bert Millichip can save us now...

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 12:53 am

Also the ref Ray Tinkler, who cost Revie's Leeds the championship in 1971, is still with us at the grand old age of 96.

I hoep match commentator Barry Davies (aged 87) is still infuriated with Tinkler's championship title changing decision.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjZNt7C2Pfw

Post by **dng** » Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:07 am

Well this is just astonishingly awful

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c5y7p6pw5gyt

Post by **vom** » Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:22 am

Yeah, what horrible news

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 03, 2025 3:39 pm

Oh, man!

RIP

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jul 08, 2025 8:31 pm

England women's first two group matches - France then Netherlands. Blimeys!

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 08, 2025 9:33 pm

yeah, i have no idea how they do the seedings, but its pretty weird there's three of the six or so teams who could win it in the same group, and then a load of old rubbish in switzerland's group (i assume there was one seeded team per group, and switzerland got seeded as they're the hosts)

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 08, 2025 9:34 pm

england were pretty shite the other day too, which hardly helped

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 12:58 pm

Troo.

Yesterday's performance was much better, and if we play anything like that against lovely Wales, it could be a bit of a spanking.

Post by **dng** » Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:58 pm

Poor old wales

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jul 14, 2025 7:53 pm

Ves indeed.

England - Sweden could go either way imo.

Also, I'm oddly pleased with the Cheslea FC win.

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:22 pm

Chelsea should fuck off to america and stay there really

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:24 pm

Also yesterday Southend played their first pre season friendly, against cardiff, in spain.

i have no explanation for these events

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 12:36 am

Lost at sea?

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 1:05 am

maybe they're inexplicably popular abroad now

Post by **Pual** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 5:41 pm

Perhaps it was a choice of play football or make a spaghetti western.

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 17, 2025 12:58 am

I was a bit disappointed with Norway to-night, and thought Italy deserved the win.

Post by **dng** » Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:02 am

Yes. Also I liked jonathan pearce having a breakdown at one point and telling everyone to google the marx brothers for some reason

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:03 am

dng wrote: Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:24 pm Also yesterday Southend played their first pre season friendly, against cardiff, in spain.

i have no explanation for these events

These nightmarish events will continue to happen until the EU admits they were wrong, and agrees to sign a trade deal that massively favours the UK!

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:07 am

dng wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:02 am Yes. Also I liked jonathan pearce having a breakdown at one point and telling everyone to google the marx brothers for some reason

IT'S ABOUT TIME THIS HAPPAN

Post by **dng** » Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:57 pm

That was the worlds worst/best ever penalty shootout

Post by **dng** » Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:58 pm

Also poor Sweden. Should have won it normal time, should have won it in extra time, should have won on penalties

But somehow didn't win it at all

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 1:04 am

Indeed. I'm still trying to work out how we're playing Italy in the semis. And they're not as good as Sweden, imo, so we've got a chance, there. Somehow?!?

Also, most of our penalties were a bloody disgrace.

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 11:29 am

Yes I think that was the worst penalty shootout I've ever seen. There was one Sweden penalty that was basically perfect, and most of the rest were dreadful.

Also for some reason I'm going to be in (or at least very near) Geneva on Tuesday when England play Italy there, so I'm now trying to navigate the UEFA resale site for tickets. ("Unfortunately, the item you have selected is no longer available")

Post by **dng** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 12:03 pm

i wonder when exactly it was decided that buying tickets for anything would now be basically impossible

Post by **endar** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 12:18 pm

covid

Post by **dng** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 12:26 pm

Post by **vom** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 2:36 pm

it was great, bad penalties are much more fun than good penalties

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 3:13 pm

Lauren James's penalty was so bad, I kicked the pedal bin (yellow colour).

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:13 pm

The best penalties are the ones where they absolutely smash it into the top corner, like Harry Maguire or Chloe Kelly.

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:14 pm

Although I guess I agree a completely chaotic penalty shootout is better than a very competent one.

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:53 pm

My father's penalty-taking philosophy has always amused me.

"Don't try to do anything clever, just kick it as hard as you can in the right direction. If you don't score, you might at least injure the goalie."

Post by **dng** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 10:11 pm

The spain player tried that tonight near the end

Post by **vom** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 6:09 am

Gravid wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:13 pm The best penalties are the ones where they absolutely smash it into the top corner, like Harry Maguire or Chloe Kelly.

Chloe Kelly's penalty was great, one of the few players who can make a fancy run-up look cool rather than annoying

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jul 20, 2025 2:50 pm

I thought France should've beaten Germany last night, especially 11 v 10 for most of the match. And that was a helluva save by the German keeper to stop the own goal.