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UnclePsychosis · September 5

https://x.com/SanMarinoTeam/status/1831794281566335288?t=GB3-57lU5AxZ8jseu854HQ&s=19

TTony · September 6

Nitefly said:

since WBA got shut in 2022!

WBA should have been closed down long before 2022.

thecolourbox · September 6

TTony said:

Nitefly said:

since WBA got shut in 2022!

WBA should have been closed down long before 2022.

It certainly would have saved me a lot of bother over the years

UnclePsychosis · September 6

TTony said:

Nitefly said:

since WBA got shut in 2022!

WBA should have been closed down long before 2022.

But how would anyone tell the difference?

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyy

axisus · September 6

Fact of the day

If your football career started at 18 and you scored 40 goals a season for 20 years, you would retire with 800 goals.

Cristiano Ronaldo has 900

UnclePsychosis · September 6

axisus said:

Fact of the day

If your football career started at 18 and you scored 40 goals a season for 20 years, you would retire with 800 goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo has 900

He's something else, he really is.

Been a real privilege to watch him play. Him and Messi are so far ahead of everyone else it's incredible.

scrumhalf · September 6

There seems to be a lot of "greatest goalscorer ever" in the media.

Which is odd. I clearly remember Pele getting his 1,000th goal, it was a penalty for Santos against Vasco Da Gama.

No amount of hair gel and grooming is going to make 900 more than 1,000.

TTony · September 6

scrumhalf said:

No amount of hair gel and grooming is going to make 900 more than 1,000.

But it you add in a dose of short memory and self-publicity, that could do it?

thecolourbox · September 6

scrumhalf said:

There seems to be a lot of "greatest goalscorer ever" in the media.

Which is odd. I clearly remember Pele getting his 1,000th goal, it was a penalty for Santos against Vasco Da Gama.

No amount of hair gel and grooming is going to make 900 more than 1,000.

yeah but old football was rubbish wasn't it

TTony · September 6

thecolourbox said:

scrumhalf said:

There seems to be a lot of "greatest goalscorer ever" in the media.

Which is odd. I clearly remember Pele getting his 1,000th goal, it was a penalty for Santos against Vasco Da Gama.

No amount of hair gel and grooming is going to make 900 more than 1,000.

yeah but old football was rubbish wasn't it

Looks like a lot of it was in black and white too. No-one's going to bother watching that.

UnclePsychosis · September 6

scrumhalf said:

There seems to be a lot of "greatest goalscorer ever" in the media.

Which is odd. I clearly remember Pele getting his 1,000th goal, it was a penalty for Santos against Vasco Da Gama.

No amount of hair gel and grooming is going to make 900 more than 1,000.

Ronaldo may use hair gel and wash himself on a regular basis, but, unlike Pele, Ronaldo's goals were scored in competitive games and not friendly matches or games for the Brazilian army team against conscripted amateurs. Some estimates put 50% (!) of Pele's goals as being in friendlies.

Pele was a phenomenal football player, but calling Ronaldo a greater goalscorer is perfectly logical.

axisus · September 6

scrumhalf said:

There seems to be a lot of "greatest goalscorer ever" in the media.

Which is odd. I clearly remember Pele getting his 1,000th goal, it was a penalty for Santos against Vasco Da Gama.

No amount of hair gel and grooming is going to make 900 more than 1,000.

Yeah but to give balance to that, this from the BBC:

Brazil legends Pele and Romario separately claimed to have scored more than 1,000 goals each, but filter out friendlies and those numbers drop down into the 700s.

Unofficial statisticians RSSSF, external say Pele got 778 goals, while Romario scored 785.

Creed_Clicks · September 7

How much will England win by then? (As an Irish bloke)

mrkb · September 7

Only an Arsenal player could get injured in the way Calafiori did. We shouldn’t let them play international games

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunners/comments/1fap6b4/riccardo_calafiori_injury_vs_france/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Philly_Q · September 7

Creed_Clicks said:

How much will England win by then? (As an Irish bloke)

Are you Lee Carsley?

Lestratcaster · September 7

mrkb said:

Only an Arsenal player could get injured in the way Calafiori did. We shouldn’t let them play international games

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunners/comments/1fap6b4/riccardo_calafiori_injury_vs_france/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Dembele was tackled by someone else then caught him with his studs?! Good job Timber is fit again.

Lestratcaster · September 7

So what's this debate about player's choosing to sing the national anthem or not?

Does anyone care?

Lee Carsley and the British national anthem explained before Republic of Ireland v England - BBC Sport

mrkb · September 7

Lestratcaster said:

mrkb said:

Only an Arsenal player could get injured in the way Calafiori did. We shouldn’t let them play international games

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunners/comments/1fap6b4/riccardo_calafiori_injury_vs_france/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Dembele was tackled by someone else then caught him with his studs?! Good job Timber is fit again.

Dembele was tackled did a backward somersault and landed on the back of Calafiori (who was running away from him) leg with his studs. A 1 in a million chance of happening.

rze99 · September 7

Great goal England. Makes a change to enjoy watching us!

Schnozz · September 7

Andros sounds thick as pig.

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