World Cup Qatar

[kevinhectoring]

1-0 Australia. Mon dieu 

[Mucker1884]

2 minutes ago, kevinhectoring said:

1-0 Australia. Mon dieu 

C'est créme de la strewth!  

[Gaspode]

Jonathan Pearce and Danny Murphy - a commentary team made in hell….

[Mucker1884]

1-1

Bain marie du merde!

[Carl Sagan]

Australia trying to do a Derby under Rooney or Rosenior, the short goalkick to the keeper and playing out against the high press. And found wanting in exactly the same way, as we've seen over and over. 2-1 to the French.

[Sufferingfool]

42 minutes ago, Gaspode said:

Jonathan Pearce and Danny Murphy - a commentary team made in hell….

I cannot agree more I find JP, for some reason I can’t fathom, so irritating!

Edited November 22, 2022 by Sufferingfool

[Blondest Goat]

38 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

Australia trying to do a Derby under Rooney or Rosenior, the short goalkick to the keeper and playing out against the high press. And found wanting in exactly the same way, as we've seen over and over. 2-1 to the French.

Lol.  Never one to miss an opportunity to push your agenda.

[Van der MoodHoover]

France are England's opponents in the qf if both win their group and obviously come through the round of 16.

The thought of Mbappe running at big Harry Maguire and Dier..... Eek! 

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[Alph]

Every time I put the telly or radio on it seems to be somebody in Qatar saying they disagree with the world cup in Qatar. 

Have they all been kidnapped? 

[Carl Sagan]

1 minute ago, Blondest Goat said:

Lol.  Never one to miss an opportunity to push your agenda.

Perhaps I'm never one to miss the opportunity to highlight idiotic tactics.

[Blondest Goat]

1 minute ago, Alpha said:

Every time I put the telly or radio on it seems to be somebody in Qatar saying they disagree with the world cup in Qatar. 

Have they all been kidnapped? 

It's called freedom of speech

[Blondest Goat]

1 minute ago, Carl Sagan said:

Perhaps I'm never one to miss the opportunity to highlight idiotic tactics.

Or drone on about managers who have long since left the club.

[G STAR RAM]

8 hours ago, Stive Pesley said:

"Everybody" talking about it? OK - but who out of "everybody" was actually trying to do something that highlighted the issue, had a chance of making a real difference by having one of the world's most famous footballing icons actually take a positive stand, and also donated a decent chunk of cash to charity

I get it - some people just don't like having gay men force things down their throat 

Didn't even know he was gay to be honest, nor do I care.

Do you honestly think his self publicity stunt has highlighted any issue that people were not already aware of?

[Alph]

Dembele could have done at least six more rolls there along with that scream. 

Thankfully he's alright after brushing his toe on someone's thigh. 

Crap greedy sport. 

[JoetheRam]

France look excellent going forward in wide areas, but open and gettable at the back and through the middle.

[Alph]

5 minutes ago, Blondest Goat said:

It's called freedom of speech

I'll use my free speech too then. 

If they hate it that much why go?

[Jubbs]

43 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

Australia trying to do a Derby under Rooney or Rosenior, the short goalkick to the keeper and playing out against the high press. And found wanting in exactly the same way, as we've seen over and over. 2-1 to the French.

You mean the tactic that cost us 1 goal in a year? That was more successful than it was a failure? You don't have to be intelligent to see the purpose of the short goal kick, I can guarantee they were more successful than booting it long. For example, from every goal kick analyzed in the 2020/21 season, if you took a short goal kick, the sequence ended up on average 20 meters higher up the pitch than a long goal kick. Here's some stats for teams that took goal kicks to the keeper rather than keeper to defender - they had more progression doing it this way than they did from GK > CB ?

[Rev]

5 minutes ago, Jubbs said:

You mean the tactic that cost us 1 goal in a year? That was more successful than it was a failure? You don't have to be intelligent to see the purpose of the short goal kick, I can guarantee they were more successful than booting it long. For example, from every goal kick analyzed in the 2020/21 season, if you took a short goal kick, the sequence ended up on average 20 meters higher up the pitch than a long goal kick. Here's some stats for teams that took goal kicks to the keeper rather than keeper to defender - they had more progression doing it this way than they did from GK > CB ?

Did we have a lot in common with the teams on that graph, personnel wise?

I'm not knocking the argument, btw, just the evidence you've produced to illustrate it.

 

[Blondest Goat]

10 minutes ago, Alpha said:

I'll use my free speech too then. 

If they hate it that much why go?

If you work in football it's your job surely?

[Alph]

2 minutes ago, Blondest Goat said:

If you work in football it's your job surely?

Oh 100%

You can't let morals get in the way of money.