The Football Thread.

tony99

guitars4you said:

tony99 said:

thecolourbox said:

I don't really care as I don't have a horse in the race being a fan of a tin pot club in the doldrums with very little prospect of winning anything

Count yourself lucky, I used to follow Everton

why 'I used to follow Everton' - Why not 'I follow Everton'   - I'm Leeds and I'm proud of it thru thick n thin and boy have we had some ups n downs - I stayed with them when we went to the 3rd tier and my daughters first match was on a shit wet night v Walsall and we lost - So no 'used to' at my end 

Oh I don't go to games anymore. 

guitars4you

tony99 said:

guitars4you said:

tony99 said:

thecolourbox said:

I don't really care as I don't have a horse in the race being a fan of a tin pot club in the doldrums with very little prospect of winning anything

Count yourself lucky, I used to follow Everton

why 'I used to follow Everton' - Why not 'I follow Everton'   - I'm Leeds and I'm proud of it thru thick n thin and boy have we had some ups n downs - I stayed with them when we went to the 3rd tier and my daughters first match was on a shit wet night v Walsall and we lost - So no 'used to' at my end 

Oh I don't go to games anymore. 

neither do millions of Man U fans

To be fair I can only make about 6-8 games a year - 3 hour round trip + work most Sat's (until recently) and do a few Sunday's with shows - So over the last 30 years or so it has been more mid week games for me - But still a big fan

TTony

I just watched the Bayer Leverkeusen / Bayern Munich game (Sky stream some Bundesliga games live on YT).

3-0 to BayerL and Tommy Teuchel got stuffed tactically (which is nice to see), but that's not the point.

• No - none at all - gamesmanship / attempts to con the ref / cheating
• No looking for fouls, and no soft fouls given either - tackling is allowed in German football
• No dissent or arguing with the ref over any of the decisions
• Ref barely seen in the game
• VAR not seen at all in the game (does VAR destroy other leagues, or is it just a UK curse)

I've watched a few Bundesliga games this season, and my experience is consistent.  Entertaining, competitive games of football which have been good to watch for the quality of the playing rather than all the associated dramas.  

joneve

Fuck off Anthony Taylor. 

That is all. 

RaymondLin

guitars4you said:

tony99 said:

thecolourbox said:

I don't really care as I don't have a horse in the race being a fan of a tin pot club in the doldrums with very little prospect of winning anything

Count yourself lucky, I used to follow Everton

why 'I used to follow Everton' - Why not 'I follow Everton'   - I'm Leeds and I'm proud of it thru thick n thin and boy have we had some ups n downs - I stayed with them when we went to the 3rd tier and my daughters first match was on a shit wet night v Walsall and we lost - So no 'used to' at my end 

Thick and thin!

Nitefly

Derby County record safe for another season 

joneve

Nitefly said:

Derby County record safe for another season 

The only positive to come out of yesterday 

guitars4you

joneve said:

Nitefly said:

Derby County record safe for another season 

The only positive to come out of yesterday 

Hopefully safe for ever and ever

mrkb

Wow, the West Ham fans are streaming off home at half time!

Lestratcaster

What a first half. Been ruthless and taken every (if not most) all our opportunities. Well done to Saka for picking up the ball for the penalty considering what happened when he took one here last season. What a goal by Trossard. Very happy Arsenal fan here (sorry to any Hammers fans haha). But football is a game of two halves and I'm still worried about dropping leads haha.

TTony

mrkb said:

Wow, the West Ham fans are streaming off home at half time!

Was this guy one of them?

proggy

This could make double figures at this rate.

BigBearKris

mrkb said:

Wow, the West Ham fans are streaming off home at half time!

Seen this couple weeks ago as well... tough crowd 

Today's performance by WHU was probably the poorest by any team I've seen this season in PL. Resigned, totally outplayed, after 2nd goal they stopped and just watched arsenal playing football.  6-0 and should've been 8 or 9.

Lestratcaster

Really enjoyed that win. Nice to watch a game on TV where we haven't lost! Was ruthless and took our chances. Can't believe the amount of West Ham fans that left the stadium at HT. You could almost hear the players talking on the pitch cos it was a lot quieter, almost like when games were played during covid!!

Wasn't reassuring to see Rice limping after the final whistle, hopefully he'll be alright after a few days rest. Been a great signing and well worth the £105m.

TeleMaster

All the gloating Arsenal fans have turned up to my office, smiling manically, nodding slowly, laughing at the pain it's causing.

What an insufferable work environment.

guitars4you

TeleMaster said:

All the gloating Arsenal fans have turned up to my office, smiling manically, nodding slowly, laughing at the pain it's causing.

What an insufferable work environment.

I think you get those days and results when you just want to curl up, pull over the covers and ignore the world - Especially if they are Gunners around 

We've all been there at some time or another - Nothing you can say or do about it 

I know how you feel

TeleMaster

guitars4you said:

TeleMaster said:

All the gloating Arsenal fans have turned up to my office, smiling manically, nodding slowly, laughing at the pain it's causing.

What an insufferable work environment.

I think you get those days and results when you just want to curl up, pull over the covers and ignore the world - Especially if they are Gunners around 

We've all been there at some time or another - Nothing you can say or do about it 

I know how you feel

I just had someone I barely know call me on my work phone and say what time is the meeting, I said what meeting, they said the one about how you got battered. I said haha, they said, btw it's at 6.

mrkb

TeleMaster said:

All the gloating Arsenal fans have turned up to my office, smiling manically, nodding slowly, laughing at the pain it's causing.

What an insufferable work environment.

Could you sneak off home a half(lunch) time

Nitefly

TeleMaster said:

All the gloating Arsenal fans have turned up to my office, smiling manically, nodding slowly, laughing at the pain it's causing.

What an insufferable work environment.

Well, they're still only third, and City have a game in hand...

Vintage65

mrkb said:

Wow, the West Ham fans are streaming off home at half time!

I don't see the point of leaving a game early, even if your team is losing.