Off Topic Other Sport

The last day of the Aki basho. It as fitting that two Yokozuna brought down the final curtain.

 

Midfielder Jack Wilshere says foreigners shouldn't be allowed to represent England. Has he ever heard of Chris Froome, Mo Farah, Bradley Wiggins, Kevin Pietersen, Justin Rose, Mike Catt, John Barnes, Greg Rusedski, Owen Hargreaves, Douglas Jardine, Cyrille Regis, Basil d'Oliveira, Terry Butcher etc?

Is it fair to suggest that Prince Phillip been representing the interests of England?

 

I may have put this up in the past, if so, no biggie. It's certainly worth another look. The 2017, T54, 1500m Final in London. A cracking race with brilliant commentary.

 

Canadian Football League:

"Johnny Manziel threw his first touchdown since 2015 on a flashy trick play and brought back his signature celebration."

"After a rough start to his career in the Canadian Football League, the wayward former quarterback for the Texas A&M Aggies and Cleveland Browns finally found some success with his new team up north. With 13:40 remaining in the second quarter of the Montreal Alouettes' Week 16 contest against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Manziel handed the ball to a running back who passed the ball over to another player laterally. He then flipped the ball back to Manziel, who found a wide-open Adarius Bowman downfield to complete the 47-yard pass."

https://www.businessinsider.de/johnny-manziel-throws-first-touchdown-since-2015-2018-10?r=US&IR=T

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Main differences between CFL and NFL?

"CFL field is both longer (110 yards vs. 100 yards) and wider (something like 65 vs. 50). ... 12 men on the field for CFL, 11 for NFL. Extra guy on offense is a backfield position; on defense, it can be anything. 3 downs to gain 10 yards for a first down in the CFL; 4 downs for NFL."

More complete information on:

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-major-differences-between-the-NFL-and-CFL-rules-for-football

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Canadian Football is also a faster game, IMHO.

 

QPR away strip:



Acknowledgments to surreyhoop, QPR football thread.

 

The door has been set ajar:

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You win, BK, I have been bombarded!

 

Ta; more than FC Bayern have managed recently. Should have been beaten by three last night!

 

Couldn't watch any of it, BK, can't even blame Murdoch any more either! Really buffaloed, all the free streaming sites I try warning shots about viruses keep springing up, so what to do? Must stick to my guns with Sky, but it can be hard.

 

Lacked pace and decision making. Ajax were able to pass their way through 'our' midfield and defence; fortunately they missed three very good second half chances and Neuer made three excellent saves from 'distance' efforts.

The above, along with Augsburg's pressing tactics and Hertha Berlin simply being a better team, have left me in the uncomfortable position of questioning Nico Kovac's tactical awareness. I feel a touch of a Quisling about these early doubts however a pertinent question (to me) is flowering in my bonce ......was Kovac appointed solely because of the performance of Eintracht Frankfurt in the final of the DFB Pokal last season?

Back to the real talent:

 

Lionel Messi is not from this planet!

 

My son is a dedicated Man U fan and he has been wanting to get rid of Mourinho since his appointment was announced. He doesn't like to watch Man U playing like **** but he is comforted by the fact that it's one game closer to seeing the back of him. He hates him as a manager and disagrees with nearly everything he does. I'm sure he won't be the only one celebrating when Mourinho goes. Whatever the cost, it will be worth it. Probably cost less than whatever his next duff purchase would have cost

 

Will reply to both:

1. NO Mourinho at FC Bayern.
2. Seem to play well for twenty minutes then run out of ideas; of course it does not help when your opponents score two crackers!

Played crap against Augsburg, were beaten by a better Hertha Berlin team and should have been beaten by three in the Champion's League.

I think I will avoid my Koln chums next week.

Not much more to say.

Just hope one of my big priced punts roll home tomorrow at Longchamp!

 

Cheers!

At least I have 12 nights in Koln to look forward to.

 

If it is acceptable to my co-respondents I will comment in my local vernacular ........

"That was f****n' pish."