Soccerball Therad

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jul 20, 2025 3:00 pm

Is Hector Bellerin actually 1970s-era George 'The Beatles' Harrison?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/ ... in-arsenal

Is possible.

Post by **dng** » Sun Jul 20, 2025 3:00 pm

he's pretty sexy

Post by **dng** » Sun Jul 20, 2025 3:01 pm

maybe thats why he had to leave arsenal

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jul 20, 2025 3:03 pm

He's also ripped off He's So Fine by The Chiffons, so the evidence is mounting up.

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jul 20, 2025 3:03 pm

dng wrote: Sun Jul 20, 2025 3:01 pm maybe thats why he had to leave arsenal

i expect that's the reason, ves.

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 9:52 pm

That was a pretty good match and I enjoyed it

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 23, 2025 1:20 am

Why the flippity flip didn't Wiegman bring Agyemang and Kelly on, earlier? Grrrr!

If we play either Germany or Spain like that, we're gonna be Euro final choppes by half-time.

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 23, 2025 10:11 am

If she'd brought them earlier they might have equalised with 6 minutes to go instead of two

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 23, 2025 9:39 pm

best name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Knaak

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 24, 2025 12:45 am

I thought Germany accquitted themselves well, and Spain were just that little bit better, but they go out with their heads held high.

Also - both teams had adidas strips, but Spain had the modern adidas logo on theirs, whilst Germany sported the retro three leaf adidas design, which looked really cool, so I'm sorry they lost.

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 24, 2025 12:48 am

The only way England win the final is to play like John Beck's Cambridge Utd side.

Post by **dng** » Sun Jul 27, 2025 4:50 pm

This just appears to be a repeat of the women's worldd cup final so far

Post by **dng** » Sun Jul 27, 2025 7:13 pm

dng wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 4:50 pm This just appears to be a repeat of the women's worldd cup final so far

And then the rest of it wasn't. Hooray

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Sun Jul 27, 2025 8:14 pm

Hooray

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jul 28, 2025 12:28 am

England didn't win that match, Spain lost it.

We were decent in patches, in a sort of 1980s efficient German mens team kinda way, but Spain should've put us to the sword and didn't, so Yippee!

I was slightly confident during the penalties, and I'm not entirely sure why!

I'm chuffed for the team - they seem a thoroughly decent bunch.

Post by **vom** » Mon Jul 28, 2025 3:43 pm

it was good. I also felt more confident during the penalties but largely just because it didn't look like there was a chance in hell we'd score again otherwise

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Wed Jul 30, 2025 6:48 pm

I did go to the semi-final in the end and shouted a bit of encouragement, so I'm going to claim most of the credit for all this.

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 30, 2025 8:51 pm

Gravid getting awarded an MBE in the Christmas honours list

Post by **dng** » Sat Aug 02, 2025 4:05 pm

Oh god the football seasons started already

Post by **dng** » Sat Aug 02, 2025 4:05 pm

Stop football, etc etc

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Aug 08, 2025 3:16 pm

dng wrote: Sat Aug 02, 2025 4:05 pm Oh god the football seasons started already

I'm feeling absolutely nothing at the mo.

Post by **dng** » Fri Aug 08, 2025 4:15 pm

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Mon Aug 11, 2025 10:36 am

I'm looking forward to spending an inexplicable amount of time tinkering with my fantasy football team, for absolutely no reason.

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:58 am

I want a fantasy football team with Dracula and Mothra in it (who has a good first touch for a giant monster).

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Aug 21, 2025 12:45 am

I hope this all works out for Morecambe:

https://www.skysports.com/football/news ... ew-manager

Post by **endar** » Thu Aug 21, 2025 1:55 am

only 30. Wow

Post by **dng** » Fri Aug 29, 2025 6:42 pm

i've always felt a sort of kinship with morecombe due them being the shrimps to southends shrimpers

Post by **dng** » Fri Aug 29, 2025 6:43 pm

i assume that means we're supposed to catch morecombe in a big net and then boil them in lard or whatever it is they do to shrimps in southend

Post by **dng** » Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:12 pm

dng wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:17 pm i reckon wolves are going to win the premier league next year

oh

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Aug 31, 2025 9:09 pm

I'm quietly confident...

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Sep 05, 2025 12:05 pm

So a club with a 5000 capacity stadium have just broken the world record transfer fee in the women's game? :O

London City Lionesses / £1.4 million

Ummm... okay...

Post by **dng** » Sat Sep 06, 2025 1:09 pm

i bet this'll end well

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... r6jvg423po

Post by **endar** » Sun Sep 07, 2025 2:12 am

I think it's a great appointment for the club. I have every confidence that he will drive the team to much success in the coming years.

Post by **dng** » Tue Sep 09, 2025 8:53 am

why do football clubs keep sacking poor old lovely nuno espirito santo? it should be illegal

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Sep 09, 2025 9:51 am

dng wrote: Tue Sep 09, 2025 8:53 am why do football clubs keep sacking poor old lovely nuno espirito santo? it should be illegal

Wait?!? What?!?

:'(

Also, I blame beard jealousy.

Bealousy.

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Sep 09, 2025 1:02 pm

To-night's match against Serbia should be interesting. And possibly racist in parts, too, which'll enable England to take the well-deserved moral high ground, as we're most definitely not racist in any way, no siree, not us.

Post by **dng** » Tue Sep 09, 2025 10:54 pm

england were quite good tonight. which shouldn't be allowed really

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Sep 10, 2025 11:55 am

Indeed they were.

For long periods of the game, I thought we must be the team playing in blue!!!!!!1111!!!

But a good performance, and no racism, so hurrah!

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Sep 10, 2025 11:57 am

Also, I think it was nice of Norway to score for Moldova.

Just to take the sting out of their other goals.

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Sep 11, 2025 12:18 am

Once England try to squeeze Bellingham, Foden, and Palmer back into the side, all will be well (disjointed mediocrity).

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Sep 13, 2025 6:25 pm

So it'll be Wolves, Forest, and West Ham going down, then...

(Villa'll be fine)

Post by **dng** » Sun Sep 14, 2025 12:28 am

wolves should get nuno back

Post by **vom** » Sun Sep 14, 2025 7:18 am

It'll be nice if it's not just the promoted teams going back down again. I can't see Forest continuing to be this terrible though

Post by **dng** » Sun Sep 14, 2025 12:37 pm

My main hope for the season is that best manager ever Russell Martin gets rangers relegated

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Sep 15, 2025 12:26 am

dng wrote: Sun Sep 14, 2025 12:28 am wolves should get nuno back

I could see that happening near Wintervaltide, should results not improve.

Post by **vom** » Mon Sep 15, 2025 7:06 am

dng wrote: Sun Sep 14, 2025 12:37 pm My main hope for the season is that best manager ever Russell Martin gets rangers relegated

I'm enjoying his reign of incompetence very much, it's nice to confirm that he absolutely was the reason for Southampton's terrible season back in the premier league

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Sep 15, 2025 3:24 pm

The managers of Rnagers and Celtid should jobshare to make things a bit more interetsing - swap halfway through the season.

Also this with the Manchester clubs.

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Sep 16, 2025 9:47 pm

"FBI director Kash Patel wears Liverpool FC tie to US Senate hearing"
(Guardian)

Whut?

Post by **dng** » Tue Sep 16, 2025 10:04 pm

is he in charge of var

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Sep 17, 2025 1:50 pm

Give it six months...