Soccerball Therad

Post by **blombluss** » Sat May 29, 2021 6:12 pm

I'm pleased for Brentford, and they play some nice stuff, too. I do worry about them getting tonked on a regular basis in the Premier League, though.

Post by **endar** » Sat May 29, 2021 6:20 pm

inevitably

except against spurs and west ham of course

Post by **blombluss** » Mon May 31, 2021 1:02 am

Congrats to Chelsea - I thought they deserved the win, and did so by winning the tactical battle. And if Werner could kick a ball properly, they'd have been at least 2-0 up by half time.

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jun 01, 2021 11:25 pm

Are Everton raising a quizzical eyebrow at Carlo's departure or not? I've got a feeling they might not be too disappointed at him leaving.

Post by **richschnauzer** » Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:30 pm

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:17 pm

Groucho Marx - time traveller!

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:46 pm

Gawd, Inglaterra are mediocre, aren't they? (Why am I shocked about this? I don't know!)

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:43 pm

Turkey vs. Italy - can't wait! Honestly!

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 11, 2021 7:51 pm

The best bit of that half was when they put the ball in a little car and drove it to the centre spot

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 11, 2021 7:52 pm

Also the occasional glimpses of lovely vialli on the Italy bench

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:29 am

The second half was better than the first, I thought. They impressed me, did Italy. Mancini's jacket also impressed me - it were lovely!

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:32 am

Mancini is a very handsome man now he's old

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 1:54 pm

They didn't seem to have the car today. Rubbish

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 4:56 pm

Well this is the genuine worst thing ever to have happened. I can't believe they're still showing it instead of returning to the studio

Post by **endar** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:02 pm

I'm glad i chose this as the first match i've watched for ages

fucking hell

he ran to ball, and just collapsed, and looked instantly dead

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:07 pm

I was at a match at southend twenty years or so ago now where the ref collapsed and died like that and I still find it a bit harrowing thinking about it

Post by **endar** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:12 pm

jesus

Post by **vom** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:18 pm

fucking horrible

Post by **endar** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:33 pm

Looks like he's alive

thank fuck.

First Grosjean, then this.

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:36 pm

Well that's very good news. I genuinely thought he'd died

Lovely eriksen

Post by **dng** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:36 pm

I'm still not sure I want to watch football ever again though now

Post by **endar** » Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:39 pm

dng wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:36 pm Well that's very good news. I genuinely thought he'd died

Lovely eriksen

Yes

Just like I thought Grosjean was. And just like then i am welling up.

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:45 am

Like everyone else has said, it was extremely distressing to see. And using the defibrillator on him, so you saw his legs twitch, was just fucking horrible. Oh God.

And how on earth all the players managed to focus themselves to finish the match later, I'll never know.

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sun Jun 13, 2021 4:05 pm

Some fantastic defending today from Mings, great to see

Post by **dng** » Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:51 pm

England were quite good. Which was pretty baffling

Post by **vom** » Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:41 pm

I only saw the first half due to idiotic planning, but the first 15 minutes were really impressive, followed by revert to quite dull

the Ukraine / Netherlands match was great!

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 12:27 am

For me, England veered between quite decent actually and meh, so overall, I was quite pleased with our performance, especially for our first match.

England will be fine until they play one of the top teams (Italy/France/Germany/Spain), then we'll come unstuck defensively, imo.

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 12:31 am

vom wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:41 pm the Ukraine / Netherlands match was great!

It was indeed.

I felt a touch sorry for Ukraine - they showed spirit and flashes of skill. I reckon they'll beat North Macedonia and Austria, and qualify in second place.

Post by **endar** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 2:34 am

England will be fine until their match is shown on itv

Post by **vom** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:38 pm

Good to see that Spain are still an oppressively dull team who are good at passing but nothing else

Despite replacing every member of the team

Post by **vom** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:39 pm

I put the Copa America on looking for something more exciting but it's so weird going back to the empty stadiums

Also the commentator sounds like a nerd

Post by **dng** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:51 pm

Haha, yes.

Post by **dng** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:52 pm

Also that Spain game was rubbish. Stupid boring Spain

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:27 am

spain are excellent the problem is every team who play spain are frightened of them so they just adopt the 10-0-0 formation, which can make for dull matches!

That said... not giving Adama Traore 30 minutes to run like a loon around the pitch, was pretty dumb. They needed to try summat different, summat less subtle and more sledgehammer-y, against the Swedes.

Post by **dng** » Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:01 pm

i thought germany were absolute rubbish tonight. at least the ref seemed to want them to win i suppose, but it wasn't quite enough

Post by **dng** » Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:03 pm

also i'm not quite sure what the point of var is if it can't spot that someone has bitten a player when that player even tells the linesman that he'd been bitten but the linesman just tells him to go away instead of checking

Post by **vom** » Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:07 pm

I thought it was a really interesting and tense match so I'm glad the commentators were on hand to tell me that it was, in fact, rubbish

Post by **vom** » Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:08 pm

also a shame that the three goals were a banger of an own goal and two smashing offsides I guess

Post by **dng** » Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:28 pm

yeah, i thought it was pretty great. clive tyldsley simply destroys everything he touches (commentates on)

Post by **dng** » Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:28 pm

also i thought he was dead (sacked) but it seems he will never die (be sacked)

Post by **richschnauzer** » Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:30 pm

yeah but Sam Matterface.

Post by **dng** » Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:31 pm

and that twat that does the rugby and tennis on itv (nick mullins?)

Post by **dng** » Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:56 pm

Lovely wales

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:54 am

Lovely Wales, terribaal penalty, lovely non-time wasting corner action at the end, too.

Would support again.

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:55 am

Only Italy can stop France, imo.

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:22 am

At what number is Gattuso on Spurs's 'new manager' shopping list? 8th choice?

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:24 am

How can Belgium be ranked #1 in the FIFA listings with their Wigan Athletic-style defence?

Good fun to watch, mind!

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:24 pm

I think them and Holland have been the most fun to watch so far, though I can't see either of them winning it

Post by **dng** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:24 pm

They're not boring enough to win international football tournaments

Post by **endar** » Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:01 pm

Italy it is then