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Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 9:42 pm
by dng
Exactly what they deserve for daring to beat southend 5-2 in the Anglo Italian cup group stage in 1993
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 12:56 am
by endar
The Anglo-Italian cup was my favourite part of the season in Championship Manager on the Amiga
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 1:09 am
by blombluss
I seem to recall that highlights of Anglo-Italian cup matches consisted solely of goals, violent play, and sendings off.
Bring it back, I say!

Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 9:54 am
by dng
yes. whenever we went it would be either a mad goal fest or a0-0 draw with seven sendings off. and all in front of a crowd of about 77
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 4:21 pm
by blombluss
Ha, I'd forgotten about the huge crowds.

Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 5:55 pm
by dng
Red Bull Leeds. Urgh
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 8:04 pm
by blombluss
RB Leeds
R Bleeds

Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 8:19 pm
by dng
Arse bleeds
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 8:20 pm
by dng
My best post ever
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri May 31, 2024 2:30 am
by blombluss
Until your next post!

Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2024 9:27 pm
by dng
Urgh, real madrid
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2024 8:53 am
by blombluss
After the first 20 minutes or so, there was a chilling inevitability to it, wasn't there?

Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2024 11:13 am
by dng
i like the way that after going 3-0 up in by halftime in a champions league final and losing, ancelotti has decided that the best way to win it is to play like absolute shit for the first 45 minutes instead, thus ensuring inevitable victory
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 1:51 am
by blombluss
England beat the 22 players of both Bosnia AND Herzegovina tonight, which is impressive. I didn't watch it, though, as I was watching the C4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts 'bout a Muslim punk band.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:01 am
by dng
i watched the second half. i'm not sure why
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 4:51 pm
by dng
oh no poor old man city, picked on all their life
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ar ... ship-rules
In another claim forming part of the suit, City are taking aim at the league’s voting rules. The requirement that 14 of 20 clubs must vote in favour of any proposal in order for it to be adopted has long been hailed as one of the competition’s strengths, meaning that clubs must align behind any change before it is implemented. According to the Times, however, City’s suit claims the voting system preserves “the tyranny of the majority”.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:37 pm
by blombluss
As utter shite as the Premier League are, they've got to take down Man City asap, otherwise English football will be controlled by the Middle East.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:54 pm
by dng
The premier league need to lure them into a new super league and then turn off the lights and run away
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 2:02 pm
by blombluss
"Kevin De Bruyne has stated he may consider leaving Manchester City because of the “incredible money” on offer in Saudi Arabia, in a potential move that would be a blow to the Premier League champions."
The poor lamb currently has to scrape by on a measly £400,000 a week. :'(
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 2:29 pm
by dng
This is all because Labour might tax his kids private school fees
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 2:30 pm
by dng
that comment not quite the pointless non sequitur it looks like in that in the article I read earlier he said he had to think of whats best for his children "who ever only ever known england", which made it seem kind of ominous how potentially corrupted by that experience they might have been
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:24 pm
by blombluss
Maybe he's moving his family to Saudi to escape the grip of ITV4?

Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:28 pm
by blombluss
I'd forgotten the Euros start on the 14th - yuss! That'll help me cope with the election!

Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:23 am
by dng
sounds like southend are finally going out of business
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 5510lj88jo
then again it always sounds like southend are finally going out of business, so who knows
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 2:46 pm
by dng
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 3:57 pm
by endar
Even John Henry is against the idea, surprisingly
although he's probably too busy playing his iRacing to care
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:43 pm
by dng
The only time I've ever seen John Henry speak was when he was apologising about wanting to join the super league and he looked and sounded like that animatronic corpse that was used to electrocute people on the today today that time
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:44 pm
by dng
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 7:35 pm
by dng
Bloody hell england are dismal
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:28 pm
by richschnauzer
richschnauzer wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:07 pm
richschnauzer wrote: Sun Sep 10, 2023 6:17 pm
what is point of Southgate?
fuck off Southgate.
fuck off Southgate
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:42 pm
by dng
Never should have dropped Jordan Henderson
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2024 1:02 am
by blombluss
I recorded the England match on a USB stick. After watching the game, I think I might need to immolate the memory stick so as to cleanse myself.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2024 1:03 am
by blombluss
dng wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 7:35 pm
Bloody hell england are dismal
ves. it was a horribly flat performance.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2024 7:17 pm
by blombluss
So Ten Hag has been unfired by Man U?!?
That's... an interesting development...
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 7:12 pm
by blombluss
I've got a sneaky feeling Scotland might get a result against Germany, in the opening match tomorrow nacht.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 7:18 pm
by dng
The result being a 3-0 defeat
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 3:47 pm
by blombluss
If you're correct, I'm going to drop an empty can of Irn Bru onto your left thigh, as punashment!
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 4:48 pm
by dng
Andy Robertson to get booked under new uefa rules that looking furious counts as dissent now
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 4:48 pm
by dng
And then sent off for still looking furious
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 4:48 pm
by dng
And so on until he’s dead
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 4:49 pm
by dng
Still looking furious obviously
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:10 pm
by dng
Scotland somehow lucky to only lose 5-1
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2024 1:45 am
by blombluss
They were bloody awful. If you're playing poorly and/or can't compete with your opponents, put your foot in, make the match bitty, stick a big man up front and tonk it towards their head. Do something, try something. And I think Gunn should've stopped either the first or fifth goal, too.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 4:42 pm
by dng
Lovely eriksen
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 8:57 pm
by dng
Lovely boring slightly useless strangely effective Southgate’s England
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 2:03 am
by blombluss
I thought England did well considering we played a fair chunk of the match with 9 players, plus Foden/Alexander Arnold.
And as for what Kane is meant to do in that system, gawd knows.
Also - Bellingham will definitely get sent off in the next two/three matches.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 7:52 pm
by dng
France have the best kit so far
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 7:53 pm
by dng
Due to the hugeness of their cockerels
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2024 1:21 am
by blombluss
DAVID!!!
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2024 1:25 am
by blombluss
I was quite impressed by Austria, and their Chile Bielsa-era tribute act. And Romania looked pretty handy, too.