Football thread 2022/23

[Naysonymous]

[glb]

Graham Potter tonight dressed like a regional marketing director who’s wife left him but he kept his Porsche and David Lloyd membership.

[Calashnikov]

46 minutes ago, Calashnikov said:

Sit doon.

 

 👌🏻 

 

[Dark Soldier]

I think this Haaland lad might go on to be an alright player keep an eye on him lads

[layten]

City buying Haaland is like when I used to play Doom with all the cheat codes switched on.  

[Ork1927]

Pep's a twat for taking him off at half time - if/when Arsenal start dropping points and Man City start running away with the league then the only interesting thing about this season in terms of the Prem/'big' teams is will Haaland score 100 goals before Easter.

[Stevie]

12 hours ago, Dark Soldier said:

I think this Haaland lad might go on to be an alright player keep an eye on him lads

Too soon. We don’t know if he can adapt to City and Pep’s way of playing. 

[Ork1927]

Not that we've been scoring many, but it is hard to get your head round that a player has scored 10 more goals than your team this season and played 2 less games 

 

Haaland - 19 in 11 games

Cardiff -  9 in 13 games (12 league games and 1 cup game).

 

 

[Stopharage]

I'm looking forward to City getting to the Champions' League Final and Pep tries one of his normal rejigs, playing Haaland as a wing-back. 

[Plissken]

You haven't galaxy-brained it enough.  Pep will keep him on the bench for the final before bringing him on in the last minute of extra time in preparation for the penalty shootout.

 

When he will be put in goal.

[Azrael]

16 hours ago, Calashnikov said:

Sit doon.

 

If it wasn't for the fact that it's the notoriously shit Joe Hart I'd have said there's some shady match rigging/betting going on there by the keeper. 

[The Fox]

Kyle Walker has had groin surgery and is a doubt for the World Cup. Not good for England or Man City, but maybe the galaxy brain dream of Haaland at right back is a step closer.

[ckny]

Has anyone made TAA-so-youre-telling-me-theres-a-chance.jpg yet?

[SMD]

Southgate would rather play the ghost of Gary Neville out there

[The Fox]

Walker was going to play at RCB so I don't think it'll make much difference to Alexander-Arnold, unless he moves James there. Even then, I'd have thought Ben White probably stands more chance of a recall.

[ryodi]

 

Anyone see that coming? 

[glb]

Is the contact until 8.25pm tonight?

[Shimmyhill]

He probably put his CV into the the office for a laugh, he is a player now….

[neoELITE]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-63158563

 

We crowd funded this. 

 

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A statue of a pioneering black footballer has been unveiled.

 

The 12ft (3.7m) statue of Jack Leslie has been placed outside the ground of Plymouth Argyle, the club he scored 137 times for in the 1920s and 1930s.

 

In 1925 he was selected for the England squad, and his family said he was later denied his place due to the colour of his skin.

 

Matt Tiller, who campaigned for the statue, said "to see Jack come home to Plymouth Argyle is just incredible".

 

[Jammy]

On 05/10/2022 at 21:48, Stevie said:

Too soon. We don’t know if he can adapt to City and Pep’s way of playing. 

Or whether he can do it on a rainy Monday night at Elland Road.

[neoELITE]

5 hours ago, Jammy said:

Or whether he can do it on a rainy Monday night at Elland Road.

 

Can he do it during a cyclone in Carlisle?

 

Remember when Bojan signed for Stoke City. 

[hmm]

I do always enjoy Barney Ronay in the Guardian but this was especially good:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/oct/07/nordic-goal-yeti-erling-haaland-awes-us-all-but-leaves-pep-guardiola-oddly-redundant

 

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It turns out after all that manic hands-on engagement, the new tactical forms, that this is the way to do it: a great pounding goal-fist up front and Guardiola reduced from the hands and the brain of his team to the managerial equivalent of hovering near the self‑checkout tills in case anyone needs a bag.

 

[Hamus]

Haaland cannot even get a hat trick against Southampton at home?

 

He's finished.

[Stopharage]

Leicester defending has been absolutely diabolical this half. 
 

For the first time this year I think we’re in serious trouble. 

[Yobo Ahoy]

Mad to think Kane is averaging a goal a game this season yet Haaland has almost double that. 

[Fry Crayola]

England drawn with Italy in Euro 2024 qualifying. Scotland have Spain, Wales have Croatia, the draw is ongoing.

 

Ireland are in with Netherlands and France, which puts paid to any hopes to qualifying directly. Playoffs it'll have to be. Scotland have also drawn Europe's youngest country, the wonderful state of Haaland, while Italy and England are joined by Ukraine, and Croatia and Wales get Armenia.

 

So far, excellent draw for Wales.

[Plissken]

6 minutes ago, Fry Crayola said:

Scotland have also drawn Europe's youngest country, the wonderful state of Haaland,

 

Took me a moment.

[Calashnikov]

Only Scotland could be rewarded for making Pot 2 by drawing Spain and Haaland.

[Calashnikov]

Poland’s group is the weakest I’ve ever seen.

 

[Fry Crayola]

 

Couldn't really have gone much worse for Ireland. Gibraltar came out of the hat first, but they can't be drawn against Spain, so at least there's less chance of finishing bottom.

 

Group G's an odd one, because as well as Hungary did to grab a first seed spot, you'd see Serbia as the favourites and two of the others still thinking they could slip in. Scotland have a decent chance and a playoff to fall back on, while England ought to stroll through as always, and Wales and Croatia should have enough to see themselves through. Northern Ireland should be happy if they can finish fourth, and the way they're performing that's no guarantee.