Ha ha I saw the last 15mins and thought it was a joke with the decisions.
Kane missing the penalty as well hitting it straight down the middle was poor.
Never mind Super league is up and running.
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Ha ha I saw the last 15mins and thought it was a joke with the decisions.
Kane missing the penalty as well hitting it straight down the middle was poor.
Never mind Super league is up and running.
Will Man City get to a 100 points?
27 to play for.
They need 22.
Who caresQuote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
I personally think they will fall slightly short. Once the title is won, the hunger will drop off for the players.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
yes football is a bit of a joke nowadays. Guardiola spent hundreds of millions and it didn't happen the first season. So spent hundreds of millions again last summer, and they have the best team, and now it's all because he's some kind of managerial supremo. Bollocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
I absolutely detest football at the top level now, especially in this country. Whether that is a bit more than coincidence that my team have dropped like an anvil out of the top divisions, I don't know. But I like to think that it's because I finally got into some sports which require real effort for very little 'material' reward.
Italian football is the best for me. The passion of the Italian fans for the game is still there, even at the big teams. And the usual accusations thrown at Italian football (cheating, negative play, etc) are pretty much prevalent throughout the world now.
Once again trouble and violence around a match involving Liverpool F.C. And once again it is not the fault of the little angels that follow them. Always the victims, bless them.
At the risk of upsetting anyone on what is a friendly forum, I'll keep my opinions on this to myself. But safe to say that it is a subject I am passionate about, and my views on Liverpool fans are far from complimentary.
Safe to say that the pictures of Liverpool fans carrying hammers yesterday will not be widely reported in this country.
Football was my passion for a long time, before I got into some 'real' sports, and while I somewhat regret all the time and money wasted, the passions still run deep for me.
The fan carrying a hammer was from Roma. Let yourself down badly with that. Don't let pesky detail get in the way of prejudice. I've watched Liverpool twice in Rome, my friend missed the 2nd game in 2001 having been stabbed. There were mass stabbings, literally scores of them, by Roma fans against Liverpool fans in 1984, and again in 2001. Middlesboro 2006, Utd 2007, Spurs (Lazio), Arsenal 2009, Chelsea last year, have suffered similar incidents in the same city. UEFA announced they were 'deeply shocked' by the actions of Roma's ultras at Anfield last night - quite how shocked you can be when it happens so regularly is moot. A 50+ year old Irish Liverpool fan fights for his life following unprovoked attacks from a gang of 30+ Roma hooligans wielding buckled bets, iron bars, and yes a hammer on Breck Road.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
May well have got that detail wrong, but that's the report I saw. I'd certainly contest that the attacks were "unprovoked" after speaking to an Englishman (neutral fan) who was in Liverpool on Tuesday.
I'm actually a huge fan of Italian football and in fact I've been to more Italian games than English over the last couple of years, most of them in the various ultra ends (including the Rome Derby), so I'm well aware of the reputation and history of the various Ultra groups.
I've also been going to football in this country home and away for over 25 years, and could reel off a list of Liverpool fans misdemeanours that would roll off the bottom of the page. Some Liverpool group's behaviour is pretty shocking, and they are no strangers to using weapons.
Sorry to hear about your friend being stabbed.
Man City Team Bus????
Enough of the tribal banter me thinks
Who’s going to win the European and FA cups then?
I’m going for Liverpool and Man U, neither of which is ‘ my team ‘ - I’m not a fan of clubs who play in red jerseys 😉
The European Cup is anyone's. I'd actually fancy Liverpool to win it against Real Madrid, but think Bayern Munich will be too strong and solid for Liverpool.
Although we all saw what Roma did in the 2nd leg against Barcelona, they're not out yet...!
UEFA Cup i think it would actually be nice for Arsenal to win it but can't see past Atletico Madrid. I'd absolutely love Marseille to win it though.
FA Cup? Don't even know who's in it... Chelsea vs Man Utd? I think Chelsea will win it but the manager will still likely get the boot.
Got a huge eye on Serie A this year, my fave league. Title race got blew right open last weekend when Napoli won in the last minute at Juventus. Now only a point between them, and Juve still have to go away to Inter Milan and Roma, who are all in a 3-way battle for 2 Champs League spaces with Lazio.
Lazio so inconsistent, they've scored something like 85 goals this season but have the traditional 'soft underbelly' that Spurs were always known for. I can see them missing out.
Can see AC Milan being a big force again in the next few years.
Real for European
Chelsea for FA cup
Silly boy. 2 Italians arrested for attempted murder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Ps Reds for the European Cup, Chelsea FA Cup, Atletico for the Europa.
Well done on Accy Stanley and Blackburn on promotions too!
Well done Neil Warnock.
The country's most successful manager at getting teams promoted.
A Welshman helps win the Champions League for Real Madrid with two goals. Fantastic. I am really pleased for Gareth Bale who has had a rough, but well paid, time in Spain but tonight he wiped the smile off Mr Ronaldo's and, those who wear red, faces. Di iawn Gareth.
But I think we all know that he owes his presence on the pitch to a cynical Ramos foul.
Yes a good days work.... Liverpool getting tanned, and more importantly, Villa getting beat (although I have to admit they probably deserved a draw after 90mins, and with the man advantage would probably have then gone on to win). Fulham derserved to go up over the season though.
Similarly my boys in the playoffs on Monday. We are taking a huge following (circa 40,000) to Wembley and hopefully that will spur us on to victory. But if we lose, can we really complain if Exeter, the team who finished 4th, go up instead? They after all had a better season than us.
Spot the winner.
Zidane 8 finals 8 wins
Klop 6 finals 0 wins
Strange but true.
Congratulations to The Miller's
Yes well done. Although Shrewsbury's goal from the free kick was just about the only decent bit of football in the entire match.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Huge day for the Sky Blues today.
Having been to Highfield Rd I hope your lot do the business Travs...
Cheers Stagger. I'm not one of these who believe we have a right to be a Premier League team... we are where we are because that's where we deserve to be. But certainly we should be looking at the championship as where we need to set our sights on.
This is a huge game. The hardcore fans are always there, but the 'day trippers' probably haven't got the stomach for another year in the 4th division if we don't make it today. And we have built up a reasonably talented young squad, which will likely get picked off by other teams if we don't make it up today.
There were only 26000 at the Rotherham vs Shrewsbury game yesterday. There's 37000 city fans alone today, which says something about how far we have dropped, and where we should be aiming for.
Highfield Road.... yes. Should never have left. It's never been the same since we left. I've found myself going up less and less, and increasingly found myself going to watch matches in Italy and other countries. I can honestly say it's nothing to do with our league position or quality. I still enjoy away matches. But the erosion of the "matchday experience" due to the move to the Ricoh Arena has had a massive effect for me, and once you get out the habit of going every week it's hard to get that back.
Well done Sky Blues. Up the Midlanders
It looked comfortable in the end. But football is won (and lost) on such small margins. If our centre back hadn't curled in the best goal he's ever likely to score, we could be in a penalty shoot out at the moment. Or it could have gone the other way and we could have lost.
I don't like to give it all the.... "we've been through so much...". At least we've tasted the glory days of being in the top division for many years, albeit struggling most of that time. But it's been a rough ride supporting city and there was a definite lump in my throat at the final whistle. Whatever I think of football nowadays, you can't undo 25 years of passion. Hopefully build some momentum as a club and push for promotion next season.
Play Up Sky Blues
Pleased for you Travs👍
Really pleased for you Travs. Always had a soft spot for Coventry City after the classic 1987 FA cup final against the hot spuds.
Bielsa to Leeds?
Never a dull moment at ER. Except during games.
Predictions???
I predicted 0-0 in the work competition, so that didn't go too well.
England to do better than many folk think
The Schadenfreude is strong, Luke! ;)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44439270
I'm sure once the dust has settled the Germans will be fine with having won the thing and reached at least the semi-finals several times in the previous 4 editions.
If you are speaking to any Germans, remember, don’t mention the VAR.
The thing is they will come back better and stronger, we never change.
Watch out everyone in Russia. I'm sure Luis Suarez has got a new set of gnashers. Looks more like Freddie Mercury every day!
Can't believe people are praising Gareth Southgate for his dress sense. He looks an absolute prat in his waistcoat and suit in those temperatures.
I remember Steve Mclaren getting slated for holding an umbrella on the touchline, but, at least is was pissing down with rain!
He can wear a rah rah skirt boob tube and heels and no-one will care if we keep progressing
Be glad when it's over and we can get back to 'real' football and our 3rd division campaign.
Bit sick of commentators and pundits trying to ram it down our throats that it's the "greatest world cup ever", which incidentally they say every 4 years.
There has been a fair bit of drama, but a fairly large proportion of the matches have been absolute dross, punctuated by diving, cheating, and poor use of the TV replay.
If that cheating dickhead Neymar lifts the trophy then i'm afraid football will have reached it's lowest point. He may well be talented, but surely he's everything we stand against in sport.... cheating, petulant cry-baby.
A bit fed up of my 'Eng-ur-lund" mates lording it up over the fact that Maradona and Argentina are out, apparently a great thing as he's a "fat, cheating t**t".... We all know what happened in 1986, but i for one am more willing to look past one blatant act of cheating, which is surely preferable to the rampant diving and play-acting of the likes of Ronaldo and Neymar.
And apparently Gazza acting up and being a bit of a clown, is him being a "geezer" and a "legend".... When Maradona is off his tits flicking the fingers at opposition fans, apparently he's "scum"....
I wonder what the public opinion would be on Maradona if he'd done the 'hand of god' in the final against Germany, rather than against us.
Overpaid bottlers struggling.
1-1 and now in extra time
Penalty shoot out. What can possible go wrong?