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Post by doug61 on Jun 20, 2021 15:30:36 GMT
They're like skittish race horses these days and have to be treated with kid gloves, which is why certain managers like Jose are fast becoming obsolete, he's not good enough at pampering prima donnas. Mind you at the very elite levels, everything is worked out on statistics and a 1% drop off in ground covered or what have you can be seen to make all the difference. Personally this is the reason I have little time for top flight football, the "moneyball" concepts have ruined the game we all grew up with. Sky getting involved in football was the beginning of the end. The mentality of the modern fan doesn't help either I mean leaving your seat 20 minutes before half time so you can be first in the queue to get a bloody pizza slice?! I mind at Parkhead in the 70's, they let everyone in for nothing at half time. Ideal for us skint street weans who would walk over from the Southside.🙂 The Day that Gazza cried The day that Football died.
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Post by smogquixote on Jun 20, 2021 15:53:59 GMT
This Hartlepool v Torquay final has been the best game of tournament lol
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Post by personunknown on Jun 20, 2021 16:23:26 GMT
^^ First four penalties missed!
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Post by smogquixote on Jun 20, 2021 16:25:12 GMT
^^ First four penalties missed! A thriller if ever I’ve seen one
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 20, 2021 19:14:07 GMT
Congrats Hartlepool
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Post by Mungo Jerry on Jun 21, 2021 12:38:06 GMT
Congralutation to Wales too
Brilliant achievement
Sad to learn that young Billy Gilmour is going to have self isolate for 10 days after testing positive for Covid. Heartbreaking for him and a big loss for Scotland.
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Post by Mungo Jerry on Jun 21, 2021 13:03:51 GMT
Italy now my tournament favourites - having seen all the teams twice
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Post by smogquixote on Jun 21, 2021 15:40:51 GMT
Italy now my tournament favourites - having seen all the teams twice The actual dark horses of the tournament. I was looking at Flashscores a couple days ago and I noticed they hadn’t conceded in 10 games and haven’t lost in years.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 21, 2021 16:51:16 GMT
Being notoriously pretentious I like this from Barney Ronay on England...
Chekhov came up with the idea of the shotgun above the mantelpiece. If there’s a gun on the wall in Act 1 of your drama, someone had better be firing it by Act 2.
By the same token if you have an abundance of attacking talent – dribblers, speed-merchants, velvet-touch princelings – at some point you really do need to encourage them to show it on the pitch.
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Euro 2021
Jun 21, 2021 18:05:18 GMT
via mobile
Post by smogquixote on Jun 21, 2021 18:05:18 GMT
Haven’t watched the matches today, have I missed much?
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Post by stu77 on Jun 21, 2021 18:16:23 GMT
Haven’t watched the matches today, have I missed much? Austria v Ukraine was a pretty good game , Austria deserved winners. North Macedonia hit the post with a long range shot and had a goal disallowed looks like the 0-3 scoreline flatters Holland.
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Post by personunknown on Jun 21, 2021 21:36:25 GMT
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Post by Billy Idle on Jun 22, 2021 7:47:02 GMT
Weirdly now both Czech Republic and England would prefer to lose this game to get the easier side of the draw Crazy isn't it ? Bit like Mount having to self isolate because he got close to team mater Gilmour after the Scotland game What about the rest of the Scotland squad ? Surely they have been as close to Gilmour as Mason Mount ? Maybe all part of Southgate's masterplan - seriously rotate having been forced to take out Mount, lose the game and then go deep into the knockouts having got the plum side of the draw You've got to admire the cunning Mind you shows how limited Southgate is that he has not played Chilwell and Mount together given they've formed a devastating partnership at club level Maybe one day England will get a tactically aware manager rather than a club manager failure Shame Big Sam had to go
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2021 11:49:34 GMT
Predictions for tonight.
Czech Republic v England 2-2
Scotland v Croatia-1-1
I think leaving out Leigh Griffiths was a major mistake as I don't like Dykes so I reckon Scotland will have problems scoring.
Still, you never know. If Clarke does it he'll get a piece at anyone's door up here forever.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 22, 2021 13:55:22 GMT
Scoring goals seems to be Scotland's big issue that said I do fancy them to beat the over-the-hill Croatians
Czech Rep v England is harder to call given both have qualified and both would prefer to finish second in the group
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