The General Football Thread

Excellent. An example that could be followed up and down the land.

 

Ireland 4-1 down to Wales with 20 to go.

Obviously missing Shane.

 

England U21 0-0 Netherlands
England remain top of group....5 points ahead of the Dutch.

Gunn was on bench.

 

Didn't even know he was ill........get well soon Mark.

 

Blimey, yeah that sounds scary......glad he didn't ask me for a prediction!

 

Maybe it’s been discussed I don’t know what’s this crap about la liga playing a game in the U.S , has the world gone mad !

 

Chasing the money with a glint of greed in the eye. No madness.

 

I’d rather be a living on the streets, giving sexual favours for a small latte from Starbucks than deal with the Country of America .

 

I love your passion.
But.
I have to point out that all your hard earned sexual efforts would be putting money straight back into that pesky America with that luke warm weak Latte.

Your welcome..........

 

Maybe I was over shooting abit , a plain black coffee from the local cafe will have to do then.

 

Indeed. Tax paid as well!

 

Dusan Tadic has put Serbia 1-0 up in Lithuania.

 

Scotland

Elsewhere great 3-1 win for the Faroes and a first ever point (?) for Kosovo.

 

smacks of the PL suggestion, a few years back, of a "39th" game.

 

https://southamptonfc.com/news/2018...jan-bednarek-stuart-armstrong-poland-scotland
Bednarek's Poland drew with Italy....conceding a penalty after leading for a while, whilst as we know Scotland lost 4-0 to Belgium (Armstrong played 53 mins).

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45384797

Thank you Chris Waddle for this article and it "confirms" what I suspect may be happening at our glorified academies. Compare that with Croatia´s system.

 

Absolutely bang on! Thanks Mr Waddle. I’ve been saying it for years. I completely agree about the players being taken far too young. The best place for a kid to develop super skills with a football? The playground or the street. With a tennis ball.

 

Oh, a chance to bang my drum. Glad Waddle mentioned Redmond. Lots of fans have got on his back the last few years....enough that Hughes mentioned it....and he's only been here 5 minutes. Fans were calling for more exciting play last season, then criticising Redmond for making mistakes...but he seemed to be the only player that looked like he had a chance of creating something interesting. Players like that won't be perfect because if you try something risky and hope to create something, you are taking a risk. QED.

 

Even an orange inside a sock!!! However, you see the sign, "No Ball Games Allowed Here." Where I live in Esporles there is a small plaza, and every day there are numerous youngsters with their parents kicking and playing with a football. Compared with the UK, youngsters here play in much smaller confined áreas.

 

UEFA Nations League explained. Simples ???

https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/news/newsid=2079553.html