The all encompassing FOOTBALL thread !!

[Zizu]

https://youtube.com/shorts/SnuoPbAWrls?si=VbPxgX-MnHQMp3-X

A teaser.


An early upload but blurred

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[Parmy]

An early upload but blurred

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I've seen it from every angle. The ball must have been about 6ft 9 when his foot hit it.

[Parmy]

At least 6ft nine

[Shaun]

daft penalty decision but an even dafter red card

[bots]

scotland do nothing good for my blood pressure

[Shaun]

job done :clap1:

fantastic McTominay and Tierney goals

[In the Drunk Tank]

Great scenes, well done Jocks!

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssss

[Parmy]

What's the Brazil score?

[Christmas Dynasnow]

The commentary :joker:

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[Nicky91]

Get In Curacao!!!!!!!!!! without head coach Dick Advocaat though, he had to travel back to Netherlands due to family circumstances

but he was apping his assistants Dean Gorré and Cor Pot with the preferred style of play vs Jamaica

[Zizu]

Wow ..

A decent Brazil squad with a fabulous manager Carlo Ancelotti !!!

What a potentially potent mix !

[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[bots]

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[Zizu]

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Fabulous goal and a clean strike not a shinner like Rooney’s !!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20251120/41ce6771afe653159c573df12e75b76d.jpg

[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[bots]

I bet it's crazy bidding that's done it

[Christmas Dynasnow]

BREAKING: Sky Sports will be the exclusive UK broadcaster of the UEFA Europa League
and UEFA Conference League from the 2027/28 season🚨

[Zizu]

BREAKING: Sky Sports will be the exclusive UK broadcaster of the UEFA Europa League
and UEFA Conference League from the 2027/28 season[emoji599]


At least its not gone to yet another broadcaster requiring yet another monthly subscription - we already have TNT

[bots]

Apparently Paramount are in talks to take over TNT's parent company, so that's probably why the bidding went the way it did

[Zizu]

Apparently Manu star Matheus Cunha is to switch on the Christmas lights in Altrincham

[Zizu]

Chelsea kick off in 20 minutes

Lucy Ward on co commentary


“ Mute button “ , please Jeeves …

[Zizu]

Maybe they should have these two hosting Strictly Come Dancing for a couple of years to get a feel of what it’s like for us guys having to put up an increasing number of women pundits and commentators ruining our beautiful game !!


Whilst their own women’s games use just women with an occasional appearance from Ian Wright who’s niece is a player


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[Zizu]

Hopefully Delap gets into a good vein of form and leapfrogs Villa’s Watkins in the England squad

Kane starts with Toney and Delap off the bench

[Zizu]

ManC are gonna get brutalised by Newcastle UFC over the next 90 minutes or so

[Zizu]

Why start Foden against this team ffs

[Zizu]

10 mins in and Joelinton has already managed to stamp on Foden and Diaz ( twice) in ‘tackles’ …. All these fouls go unnoticed or even unpunished despite causing pain and discomfort

Diaz is still limping…

[Zizu]

If an offside is so close it takes VAR 6 minutes to decide on an offside - then give goal straight away


It used go in favour of the attacking team !!

[Zizu]

Newcastle’s cynical midfield three are all expert divers as well

[Zizu]

After the game there was a lot of arguing

Pep and the city players were complaining about a persistent , unpunished fouling by Joelinton throughout the match

Joelinton wanted to fight everyone and it took a player plus 3,members of the backup staff to control him !

[Zizu]

I hate days like today when two of my three favourite English teams face each other

I want Arsenal to finally win the league after so long .. so I will be hoping for an Arsenal win in a fabulously entertaining game with both teams playing well

[Zizu]

A massive London derby plus both Sheffield teams playing and also both Milan teams meet tonight as well

[Zizu]

Arsenal v Spurs

Two strong teams with strong benches

Supposedly the best home team against the best away team ??

[Father Chris Mouse]

One of the very, very rare occasions i'd prefer a Spurs win, and they don't even turn up. They look awful. Still, no tears from me, hope Arsenal go on to thrash them now.

[Father Chris Mouse]

:joker:

[Zizu]

:joker:


It’s bloody Ange’s fault

LOL

[Zizu]

Swan .. how good is Dewsbury-Hall tonight

Man of the Match in a team with just 10 men

[Father Chris Mouse]

Swan .. how good is Dewsbury-Hall tonight

Man of the Match in a team with just 10 men

I didn't see the game, but im happy for him, he'll fit in at a club like Everton. I like him as a player, but i knew he wouldn't get many chances at Chelsea.

[Zizu]

I didn't see the game, but im happy for him, he'll fit in at a club like Everton. I like him as a player, but i knew he wouldn't get many chances at Chelsea.


Moyse has apparently called Tuchel suggesting he gives him a chance in the England squad !

[Father Chris Mouse]

Moyse has apparently called Tuchel suggesting he gives him a chance in the England squad !

Even if he makes the squad i don't see him featuring that much for England.

Interesting facts for tonight's game between Barca and Chelsea.

Both won their last 3 league games
Both 2nd in their domestic tables
Both have the same records in their 4 CL games so far (2W1L1D)
Both on 7 points in the CL table, Barca ahead of Chelsea on GD (+5/+3)

Live on Amazon Prime tonight. I wouldn't wanna predict this one at all.

[Zizu]

Even if he makes the squad i don't see him featuring that much for England.

Interesting facts for tonight's game between Barca and Chelsea.

Both won their last 3 league games
Both 2nd in their domestic tables
Both have the same records in their 4 CL games so far (2W1L1D)
Both on 7 points in the CL table, Barca ahead of Chelsea on GD (+5/+3)

Live on Amazon Prime tonight. I wouldn't wanna predict this one at all.


Can’t wait …

As long as Caceido doesn’t cripple Pedro and Cucurella doesn’t hurt Lamal !!

[Father Chris Mouse]

Can’t wait …

As long as Caceido doesn’t cripple Pedro and Cucurella doesn’t hurt Lamal !!

Could be worse, you could be playing Spurs.

[Zizu]

Could be worse, you could be playing Spurs.


Romero is just misunderstood

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To be fair Newcastle UFC are the worst with possibly Aston Villa UFC in second place

[bots]

everton are good at hitting each other :laugh:

[Zizu]

Chelsea v Barca


Under 19s play each other in a few minutes on
TNT channel 1

Patrick Kluivert’s other son plays up front for Barca

[Zizu]

Crazy to think that Lamine Yamal was only 18 a few months ago and yet he’s been arguably Spain’s main player for over two YEARS !!

[Zizu]

Ohhh

Not liking this at all !!

Caceido and Otemendi both lost their individual appeals and will miss the first two games at next summer’s World Cup


However they have agreed to suspend fakeRonaldo’s ban for 12 months so he CAN play as normal .

This sounds so sus !

[Zizu]

Chelsea v Barcelona

Two fairly strong lineups though Barca without three important players - midfield duo Pedri and Gavi plus keeper ter Stegan


Chelsea have two game changers on the bench Delap and Pedro

Barcelona have Olmo , Rashford , Casado and Raphinha


Sadly we lack creativity and a weak midfield without Pedri so I am thinking 3:1 to Chelsea

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[Zizu]

Mason Greenwood is a fans favourite at Marsaille aa well as being loved by his teammates

Supposedly their best player and top scorer this season


Doesn’t he play on the right ?

So probably up against Dan Burn

[Zizu]

Lewandowski stamped on after 50 seconds !!

[Zizu]

Barca play with a ridiculously high line

Scary with Eric Garcia at the centre of it !

[Zizu]

Cucurella ex Barca kid as I recall ??

[Father Chris Mouse]

Robbed already

[Father Chris Mouse]

Barca playing dirty

[Zizu]

Not liking this .. the ref is letting too much go

He’s too soft

[Father Chris Mouse]

Not liking this .. the ref is letting too much go

He’s too soft

Yeah, it's bollocks, letting Barca players get away murder.

ANOTHER ON NETO!!!

[Zizu]

Barca playing dirty


Don’t start

It never ends well

I’m off

Everyone knows Barca haven’t got any nasty players that’s partly why we don’t win anything

[Father Chris Mouse]

Wow nice dive

[Father Chris Mouse]

Omg Barca players are so pathetic

[Zizu]

Wow nice dive


Why are you trolling

The keeper took the young lad out and could have seriously injured him


See you after the game

Ill just be praying that Yamal is able to walk off the pitch .. the result doesn’t matter

[Father Chris Mouse]

I am trolling you yes, OF COURSE there's gonna be fouls, on both sides. Your ****ing team isn't inncoent either

[Father Chris Mouse]

Robbed x2

[Father Chris Mouse]

Dirty Barca, red card

[Father Chris Mouse]

Why are you trolling

The keeper took the young lad out and could have seriously injured him


See you after the game

Ill just be praying that Yamal is able to walk off the pitch .. the result doesn’t matter

Filthy play from Barca

[Father Chris Mouse]

3rd goal disallowed

[Father Chris Mouse]

PICK THAT OUT!!!!!!!!!

[Father Chris Mouse]

EASY!!!!!!!!!!!

[Father Chris Mouse]

DOMINATION

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Chels masterclass

[Father Chris Mouse]

Estevao laughing at Yamel

[Zizu]

3:0 win to 12 man Chelsea UFC against a 10 man Barcelona

[Father Chris Mouse]

Smashed, easy af.

"ARE YOU SPURS IN DISGUISE"

Total domination. Shame Barca players were so dirty lol

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Barca humiliation
And Citeh humiliation too

[Zizu]

Well considering you officially have 4 out of the top 10 filthiest players in the league …


I have no idea how Caceido isn’t in at number 2 - must be a glitch .

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[Father Chris Mouse]

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Barca were fcuking sh!te, Chelsea bossed them little soft boys

[Father Chris Mouse]

Well considering you officially have 4 out of the top 10 filthiest players in the league …


I have no idea how Caceido isn’t in at number 2 - must be a glitch .

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You're embarrassing yourself now

[Zizu]

You're embarrassing yourself now


Facts are facts

Cucurella hacked , blocked and pulled back ( right in front of the ref ) all evening and didn’t get a yellow. …

Our CB says one word out of place and got booked which obviously played a part in his sending off and our subsequent demise


The main thing is Yamal escaped serious injury so that’s nice

[bots]

Martinez has been out for 2 seasons and only just made the squad at the weekend. We are in November 2025, so how can he be the 3rd dirtiest player :joker:

[Zizu]

Martinez has been out for 2 seasons and only just made the squad at the weekend. We are in November 2025, so how can he be the 3rd dirtiest player :joker:


He’s classed as an active player until he retires - the fact that he’s been injured doesn’t make him any less of a savage. ..

He will presumably hack someone down within the first few minutes of his return next week

[bots]

martinez wasn't even dirty when he was playing. He is only a little fella

[Zizu]

martinez wasn't even dirty when he was playing. He is only a little fella


Behave ! [emoji3]

He’s hated by opposition fans and a known Psycho .



All that said I wish Barca had him in our team of skilful softies !!

[Nicky91]

let's see what PSV tonight can do against Arne Lock's flop Liverpool, if they did their homework right, if they looked thoroughly at Liverpool's weaknesses, how Nottingham especially exposed them last weekend :fan:

[bots]

Behave ! [emoji3]

He’s hated by opposition fans and a known Psycho .



All that said I wish Barca had him in our team of skilful softies !!

Martinez is one of my favourite Man U players. So don't disagree with me on this :laugh:

[Nicky91]

come on Thomas Frank and the Spurs, deliver an upset in Paris against the smug elite of PSG

:fc:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[Zizu]

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No wonder Trump has his grubby , fat fingers all over this competition .. there’s rumours that he influenced the decision to suspend fakeRonaldo rather than ban him

[Zizu]

Can’t decide who to watch now

Arsenal , Spurs or Liverpool !!!

Soooo I will check who’s on commentary : punditry duty

[Zizu]

Sooooo Liverpool isn’t an option as Lucy Ward is the co commentator and she talks hogwash ALL throughout the whole fckin game !!


Arsenal are at home so they should be a good watch against Bayern Munich..

[Zizu]

Bayern are without Luiz Diaz but they don’t look that promising on paper ..

[Zizu]

Wow already it’s clear to see that Bayern’s 17yr wonderkid playing the number 10 role is a special talent !!

[Zizu]

Blimey ten minutes in and Bayern have had 78% possession !

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Liverpool

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

enjoy :laugh:

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[Zizu]

enjoy :laugh:

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I heard rumours that Liverpool have talked to Cesc Fabrigas !!!!

Surely not ??

[Father Chris Mouse]

Like them or not, you've gotta hand it to Arsenal, everything seems to have clicked into place for them this season. They look more than capable of winning every game they play atm. Top of the PL and CL tables going into December. If they can weather the hectic Christmas schedule storm i think the PL title is theirs to lose.

[bots]

Like them or not, you've gotta hand it to Arsenal, everything seems to have clicked into place for them this season. They look more than capable of winning every game they play atm. Top of the PL and CL tables going into December. If they can weather the hectic Christmas schedule storm i think the PL title is theirs to lose.

I can see them getting a few trophies this year, not just one

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Like them or not, you've gotta hand it to Arsenal, everything seems to have clicked into place for them this season. They look more than capable of winning every game they play atm. Top of the PL and CL tables going into December. If they can weather the hectic Christmas schedule storm i think the PL title is theirs to lose.

they could be 12 clear going into Jan at this rate

[Father Chris Mouse]

Yeah, i know Chelsea are in decent form atm, but i still see Arsenal winning at the weekend, they look pretty unstoppable right now. Chelsea need to attack Arsenal and not sit back (which isn't our style anyway).

[Zizu]

Like them or not, you've gotta hand it to Arsenal, everything seems to have clicked into place for them this season. They look more than capable of winning every game they play atm. Top of the PL and CL tables going into December. If they can weather the hectic Christmas schedule storm i think the PL title is theirs to lose.


Yeah.. they have crazy squad depth probably the strongest I can ever recall !!

They make substitution after substitution and get stronger as the game goes on !!

[Zizu]

I can see them getting a few trophies this year, not just one


With a little luck they could actually win everything … they basically have two teams plus a few spares

[Zizu]

Yeah, i know Chelsea are in decent form atm, but i still see Arsenal winning at the weekend, they look pretty unstoppable right now. Chelsea need to attack Arsenal and not sit back (which isn't our style anyway).


It’s one of those 6 pointers !!

[Father Chris Mouse]

It’s one of those 6 pointers !!

As far as title race goes, it's the biggest game of the season so far.

Interesting stat here for both Chelsea, Arsenal and City -

Chelsea goals for 23 - Top goalscorer Pedro with 4
Arsenal goals for 24 - Top goalscorer Eze with 4
City goals for 24 - Top goalscorer Haaland with 14

Chelsea and Arsenal scoring goals from all over the park, City heavily reliant on Haaland. That could be the difference this year. A Haaland injury would kill City, whereas Chelsea and Arsenal have multiple players scoring from every position. No one single player is carrying either side. And to think, Chelsea have been without Delap and Palmer for most gameweeks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/top-scorers

[bots]

As far as title race goes, it's the biggest game of the season so far.

Interesting stat here for both Chelsea, Arsenal and City -

Chelsea goals for 23 - Top goalscorer Pedro with 4
Arsenal goals for 24 - Top goalscorer Eze with 4
City goals for 24 - Top goalscorer Haaland with 14

Chelsea and Arsenal scoring goals from all over the park, City heavily reliant on Haaland. That could be the difference this year. A Haaland injury would kill City, whereas Chelsea and Arsenal have multiple players scoring from every position. No one single player is carrying either side. And to think, Chelsea have been without Delap and Palmer for most gameweeks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/top-scorers

Eze scored 3 of those goals in 1 match so really the goals are even more spread out over the team

[Zizu]

As far as title race goes, it's the biggest game of the season so far.

Interesting stat here for both Chelsea, Arsenal and City -

Chelsea goals for 23 - Top goalscorer Pedro with 4
Arsenal goals for 24 - Top goalscorer Eze with 4
City goals for 24 - Top goalscorer Haaland with 14

Chelsea and Arsenal scoring goals from all over the park, City heavily reliant on Haaland. That could be the difference this year. A Haaland injury would kill City, whereas Chelsea and Arsenal have multiple players scoring from every position. No one single player is carrying either side. And to think, Chelsea have been without Delap and Palmer for most gameweeks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/top-scorers


You are lucky to have TWO special players in Palmer and Estêvão .. many big teams don’t have one

[Father Chris Mouse]

Eze scored 3 of those goals in 1 match so really the goals are even more spread out over the team

Yeah true. It shows how both Chelsea and Arsenal have developed into teams not reliant on just one player.

You are lucky to have TWO special players in Palmer and Estêvão .. many big teams don’t have one

Estevao has been a revelation for Chelsea, and Palmer before him. But Estevao atm is as hot as they come. I would argue him starting on the bench has benefited Chelsea more overall (though, the form he's in, he'll soon be first name on the teamsheet) as whenever he comes on he sparks life into Chelsea. His energy rubs off on the other players.

[Father Chris Mouse]

Enzo, Neto, Palmer, Estevao, Gittens, Caicedo

Eze, Saka, Trossard, Martinelli, Odegaard, Rice

All capable goalscorers

[Zizu]

Interesting stat

Both Palmer and Yamal made their debuts for Chelsea and Barcelona respectively about the same time and in roughly the same position in 2023 and both had amazing , immediate impacts on their teams from them onwards .. same happened with their international teams as well !!


Scary thing is Yamal is 5 years younger !!

[Father Chris Mouse]

Interesting stat

Both Palmer and Yamal made their debuts for Chelsea and Barcelona respectively about the same time and in roughly the same position in 2023 and both had amazing , immediate impacts on their teams from them onwards .. same happened with their international teams as well !!


Scary thing is Yamal is 5 years younger !!

I think Yamal and Estevao are a lot more comparable tbh. Palmer (obviously not on his level yet) is more Zidane esque

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[Father Chris Mouse]

You are lucky to have TWO special players in Palmer and Estêvão .. many big teams don’t have one

All big teams have special players tbf. Estevao is on course to be a very special player though.

[Zizu]

All big teams have special players tbf. Estevao is on course to be a very special player though.


That’s my point .. very special
Palmer comes into that bracket I’d say ?

[Father Chris Mouse]

That’s my point .. very special
Palmer comes into that bracket I’d say ?

Palmer can be very special when he's in the groove, but does have a habit of disappearing in games at times. But yeah, when he's on it he's pretty much unplayable.

And it's crazy to think that we're getting amazing results without Palmer atm, if he comes back and hits the ground running, Chelsea will be in a title race this season.

[Zizu]

Palmer can be very special when he's in the groove, but does have a habit of disappearing in games at times. But yeah, when he's on it he's pretty much unplayable.

And it's crazy to think that we're getting amazing results without Palmer atm, if he comes back and hits the ground running, Chelsea will be in a title race this season.


Unless they only play ONE of them at a time

[Father Chris Mouse]

Unless they only play ONE of them at a time

What do you mean?

[Zizu]

What do you mean?


Well playing two free spirits may not appeal to the manager

[Father Chris Mouse]

Well playing two free spirits may not appeal to the manager

I think you start a fit Palmer, then bring on Estevao in the 60th min atm. Will obviously change though.

[Zizu]

I think you start a fit Palmer, then bring on Estevao in the 60th min atm. Will obviously change though.


Don’t suppose you are old enough to have seen the Brazilian midfield of yesteryear

1978 I think

They played 4 renown playmakers ( including Zico ) in the same midfield - fabulous to watch but I seem to recall them being beaten in the world cups final by a defensive minded, tough tackling Italy side

[Father Chris Mouse]

Don’t suppose you are old enough to have seen the Brazilian midfield of yesteryear

1978 I think

They played 4 renown playmakers ( including Zico ) in the same midfield - fabulous to watch but I seem to recall them being beaten in the world cups final by a defensive minded, tough tackling Italy side

No, my first real memory of Brazil is France 98. Im hoping the hype doesn't hamper Estevao. Pundits already declaring he's the biggest Brazilian talent since Neymar. I do think Estevao and Palmer can play together though, one of the biggest things of note being Palmer has zero ego. Chelsea are a very solid team, no big egos. They all work for each other. Garnacho may have had an ego at Utd, just like Sancho before him, but it doesn't wash at Chelsea. They ran riot in the Utd dressing room, but not at Chelsea, not under Maresca.

Same for Arsenal tbf. They all work and play for each other, for the team.

City's biggest ego is Pep. Liverpool, i dunno, maybe Salah, but they're just a mess atm. Spurs? Disjointed.

Chelsea and Arsenal have it right this season, the right balance. But here's why i think Arsenal win the league - You watch them, and you don't really see a banana slip like incident that will cost them the match. Chelsea on the other hand, they lose the ball way too much from defence. It's cost us points already this season, and i think it'll cost us even more crucial points as the season progresses.

[Father Chris Mouse]

Brazilian players have this uncanny ability to hit the ground running at Chelsea!

Pedro (fallen off a little since his explosive start)
Willian (always reliable, a workhorse)
Ramires (pure underrated quality)
Thiago Silva (one of the best CB's of the past 20 years)
Andrey Santos (always plays well when he gets minutes)
Alex (solid, won lots with Chelsea)
David Luiz (ok, a bit of a joke now, but he had his best years at Chelsea)
Oscar (again, wasn't world class but contributed a lot the team)

[Father Chris Mouse]

I know you wont have it Zizu but when Chelsea get into the groove, they're the most entertaining team to watch in England atm. Arsenal a close second.

[Zizu]

I know you wont have it Zizu but when Chelsea get into the groove, they're the most entertaining team to watch in England atm. Arsenal a close second.


I would agree !!

Liverpool have gone rogue

Spurs totally unpredictable

Arsenal USED to play joyous Sensible Soccer ( before your time again ) — fluent, fast slick football - now not so attractive leaning on the long throws and dead balls

I love their players just not Arteta’s new tactics


I like most of the team apart from the woeful CBs … Josh Acheampong looks to be a proper player though

I hope Delap gets a good run going as I like him and Toney as Kane’s backs or joint striker

[Father Chris Mouse]

I would agree !!

Liverpool have gone rogue

Spurs totally unpredictable

Arsenal USED to play joyous Sensible Soccer ( before your time again ) — fluent, fast slick football - now not so attractive leaning on the long throws and dead balls

I love their players just not Arteta’s new tactics


I like most of the team apart from the woeful CBs … Josh Acheampong looks to be a proper player though

I hope Delap gets a good run going as I like him and Toney as Kane’s backs or joint striker

BIB - I dunno, remember the Invincibles well with Henry and co playing gorgeous football.

So, imo, right now Chelsea are the most exciting English team to watch?

[Zizu]

BIB - I dunno, remember the Invincibles well with Henry and co playing gorgeous football.

So, imo, right now Chelsea are the most exciting English team to watch?


Sorry I meant Sensible Soccer may be before your time :)


Yeah Arsenal played amazing stuff just a few years ago

Have a look at this kid Gilberto Mora on YouTube .. he’s got touch and vision of Iniesta but plays slightly more forward - he was running the Mexican international games at 16 !

( 17 just a few weeks ago ).
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[Father Chris Mouse]

Sorry I meant Sensible Soccer may be before your time :)


Yeah Arsenal played amazing stuff just a few years ago

Have a look at this kid Gilberto Mora on YouTube .. he’s got touch and vision of Iniesta but plays slightly more forward - he was running the Mexican international games at 16 !

( 17 just a few weeks ago ).
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I'll have a look at that guy tomorrow, im half day at work.

Zizu, would you agree with me, that right now, Chelsea are the most exciting team to watch in England, maybe Europe?

We scored 6 goals against Barca, 3 Var'd, 3 stood. How does ANY team score 6 against Barca right now?!

[Zizu]

I'll have a look at that guy tomorrow, im half day at work.

Zizu, would you agree with me, that right now, Chelsea are the most exciting team to watch in England, maybe Europe?

We scored 6 goals against Barca, 3 Var'd, 3 stood. How does ANY team score 6 against Barca right now?!


Definitely

Though my below Barca are on an equal basis when Pedri is playing - he makes them tick

All on a ridiculously low budget


Amazing player

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[Zizu]

Struggling Leeds now play ManC , Chelsea and Liverpool in ten days

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[Zizu]

Why on earth is Saka the Arsenal captain (when Odegard isn’t on the pitch ) ??

Surely it should be a more authoritative type such as Gabriel ( CB) or Declan Rice ?

Saka is younger, very quiet ( even shy) and hasn’t been at the top of his game for a while - not forgetting injuries !!

[Nicky91]

PSV aren't a mediocre team with all honesty


i mean Ivan Perisic still in a very good form, Dennis Man also in a very strong form, Matej Kovar begins to play better and better now


Mauro Junior how he ran past Salah sooooooo easily :D


Guus Til isn't a striker but a attacking midfielder, they just use him as a striker, also because of other striker injuries


Couhaib Driouech was first called a flop here, but now he has 3 CL goals, he is a very hard working player, from the reserves bench, getting his chances and not wasting those

[bots]

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Manchester United's proposed new Old Trafford stadium is included in the UK's bid to host the 2035 Women's World Cup.

Old Trafford was not considered for the 2028 men's European Championship and its redevelopment is still in the planning stages.

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's joint bid stands unopposed and could be ratified by a vote in a Fifa congress in 2026.

If redevelopment plans do not go ahead, Old Trafford will still be considered in its current form.

In total the 21 other stadiums set to feature include Birmingham City's planned new stadium and Wembley - which is likely to host the final.

Should the UK's bid be confirmed, the 2035 tournament will be the second time a World Cup has been held in the home nations after the 1966 men's tournament in England.

In total, 22 stadiums were listed in Friday's announcement - 16 in England, three in Wales, two in Scotland and one in Northern Ireland.

[Nicky91]

i think Zizu might remember Perisic from his Barca days?


now he's 36, also still very much a starting 11 player for croatia national team, and he feels so at home here in eindhoven




Peter Bosz (PSV manager) his preferred style of play, is always very offensive attractive football, 4-3-3, or even 3-4-3


Jerdy Schouten is not a real CB, but a defensive midfielder, but him in the CB position just works perfectly, and Yarek Gasiorowski is a half spanish/half polish youth international, from Valencia


Ryan Flamingo, you might know from his Serie A days, as a goalscoring defender :laugh:

[Zizu]

i think Zizu might remember Perisic from his Barca days?


now he's 36, also still very much a starting 11 player for croatia national team, and he feels so at home here in eindhoven




Peter Bosz (PSV manager) his preferred style of play, is always very offensive attractive football, 4-3-3, or even 3-4-3


Jerdy Schouten is not a real CB, but a defensive midfielder, but him in the CB position just works perfectly, and Yarek Gasiorowski is a half spanish/half polish youth international, from Valencia


Ryan Flamingo, you might know from his Serie A days, as a goalscoring defender :laugh:


Ivan Perišić ex ManUnited ??


Don’t recall him playing for Barca

[Zizu]

Football is crazy


Apparently West Brom have the best defence stats in all four divisions yet they just conceded a goal after 7 ( seven) seconds !!

[Zizu]

ManC 2:0 up

[Zizu]

More craziness

ManC 2 - Leeds -2

[Zizu]

Hopefully Tarkowski crunches Joelinton before he gets to crunch Grealish and Ndiaye

[Zizu]

My dream is to see Moyse field Grealish , Ndiaye , Alcaraz , McNeil and Dibling all at once !!

[Zizu]

They just showed Joelinton bear hugging and throwing Keane to ground right in front of the ref .. who did nothinghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20251129/e59d58d0320beae835622bcabfb367f4.jpg

[Zizu]

Aghhhhhh !!

Newcastle: 3 up against Everton then we get Izzy Christiansen is the expert pundit

Fcuk me

[Zizu]

izzy Christiansen ..


“The thing about Eddie Howe is his emotional stability .”

[Zizu]

Please don’t have Izzy Christiansen on the Spurs game !!!

[Zizu]

Aggghh

What is happening !!

They have swapped the male pundits but kept Izzy Christiansen on both games !!

She’s now on the Spurs match after screwing up the Everton game

Currently she currently works as an under-16 girls' assistant coach at Manchester City

So girl’s PE teacher level ..

[Zizu]

Has anyone seen today’s incident involving West Ham’s Lucas Paquetá ?


What strange behaviour from a guy who not too long ago was under investigation for match fixing / getting booked intentionally etc

[Zizu]

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[Festive Friend]

Just seen that Laura Woods fainted live on air doing the England women's game against Ghana, Hopefully she's OK and nothing too serious, Comes across a lovely person and a Brilliant presenter

[Zizu]

Just seen that Laura Woods fainted live on air doing the England women's game against Ghana, Hopefully she's OK and nothing too serious, Comes across a lovely person and a Brilliant presenter


Yeah she was one of my favourite presenters on TalkSport a while back

[Zizu]

Just seen Thibaut Courtois on an advert for sensitive skin


WTF
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[Zizu]

Sooo apparently many of the challenging teams are due to lose important players to the Africa Cup of Nations .. all apart from Arsenal who will actually be stronger with players coming back from injury !!

[Nicky91]

Zizu

that one Barcelona documentary from 2018 is now on Disney Plus, part of the ESPN section

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfKls9Eo1ZI

this one, ''Take the Ball, Pass the Ball''

[Zizu]

Zizu

that one Barcelona documentary from 2018 is now on Disney Plus, part of the ESPN section

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfKls9Eo1ZI

this one, ''Take the Ball, Pass the Ball''


Thank you !!!!

[Zizu]

Just seen the goals from ManC v Fulham


I see Foden scored a brace but again he only comes to life when City are 2:0 up and the game is as good as over with City dominating

[Merry Mockmas]

Foden benefits by playing for Man City.

He is overrated, and I haven't seen anything from him to make me change my mind.

[Zizu]

Foden benefits by playing for Man City.

He is overrated, and I haven't seen anything from him to make me change my mind.


Same

‘Generational talent’ my srse

[Merry Mockmas]

Same

‘Generational talent’ my srse

He just isn't my type of player personally.

[Zizu]

Wow
Arsenal have a crazy injury list yet look at the team and substitutes bench !!
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[Zizu]

Cloggers McGinn , Onana and Cash

[Zizu]

Ben White - second consecutive starter - has to start playing to get in the English squad

Fantastic RB and CB

[Zizu]

Fabulous


Tielemans and Rogers

V
Odegard and Eze

Anything could happen !!

[Zizu]

How do the officials miss so much and even get throw ins and corners wrong

[Zizu]

Rogers and Eze basin in competition for the same England position

[Zizu]

Rogers and Eze basin in competition for the same England position


Rogers the best player out there after 30 minutes

[Zizu]

Villa being their usual over physical selves ..the Villa fans getting on the ref’s back for daring to give a free kick for yet another red card offside
Jesus

[Zizu]

Aston Villa deservedly going into the break 1:0 up


Arsenal can’t play any worse so I expect them to be far better in the second half

Saka has been dreadful again and playing Eze on the left is a waste of his talent .. England tried that with Scholes and it didn’t work then either

[bots]

wow wow wow

[Christmas Dynasnow]

and its hi ho Aston Villa

:dance:

[Zizu]

Wow

Aston Villa deserved winners


Arsenal were better but still waiting underwhelming

Nice to see Odegard back to his best BUT it means that Eze has to play out of position and that nullifies his effectiveness

[Zizu]

Villa on a good run but their squad isn’t up to much

[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[Zizu]

Interesting to note in these days of long throws/ long balls and clattering tackles that Newcastle , Everton , Aston Villa and Chelsea are all on impressive runs … whilst the footballing teams are less consistent

[Father Chris Mouse]

CzZsSW1nUog

I know it's basically a retirement league, but Messi's assists are world class. His assist for the 3rd goal is out of this world.

[Zizu]

CzZsSW1nUog

I know it's basically a retirement league, but Messi's assists are world class. His assist for the 3rd goal is out of this world.


I signed up with Apple for Mess’s first season at Miami and he was absolutely amazing to watch .. the bonus was watching him and my fave Barca player Sergio Busquets turning back the clock and playing dream-like footie ..

[Christmas Dynasnow]

I had this feeling with the recent Scotland game. How do you ever feel like this if you dont love football?

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

Celtics new manager Wilfred Nonce getting totally rinsed on the socials for staring at his wee tactics board today as his team got battered by Hearts :joker:


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[Zizu]

This stat can’t be right, surely

Assists since the season began.

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[Zizu]

Anyone know what happened to Angel Gomes ??

A former ManU midfielder who played for England at senior level a few years ago


He was a brilliantly talented midfielder with loads of promise

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Wolves are sh1t

[Merry Mockmas]

I had this feeling with the recent Scotland game. How do you ever feel like this if you dont love football?

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That clip at Villa Park is scarier than Nightmare On Elm Street.

[Merry Mockmas]

Celtics new manager Wilfred Nonce getting totally rinsed on the socials for staring at his wee tactics board today as his team got battered by Hearts :joker:


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Is Nonce actually his surname?:joker:

Either way he quickly becoming very popular with Rangers fans.

[Zizu]

Getting back to Apple’s MLS coverage ..

Their expert pundit for the MLS Final was Kaylyn Kyle an ex player in the women’s league (American) .. her 11 year club career consisted of just 104 games !!

(2006-2017)

She managed to play 101 times for Canada in that time

So she played an average of 18 games per season .

Can you even imagine the standard of football the women in the American league were playing 20 years ago



Now you’re telling me she’s qualified to be criticising and critiquing Messi and Busquets
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[Nicky91]

i watched women's champions league last night

Arsenal - Twente



Twente did defensively alright, but shame on that one goal by Beth Mead, but we were already almost certainly eliminated

[Zizu]

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[Nicky91]

tonights women's champions league games

17:45 UK Time (18:45 CET)

Barcelona vs Benfica

Valerenga & Paris FC


20:00 UK Time (21:00 CET)

Chelsea vs AS Roma

Manchester United vs Olympique Lyonnais

Atletico Madrid vs Bayern Munich

[Nicky91]

and next week the last games of the league phase, basically wrapping the league phase up before christmas holidays


but yes i am very impressed with the quality of livestreams of Disney+

[bots]

Real Madrid aren't the usual force in europe

[Zizu]

and next week the last games of the league phase, basically wrapping the league phase up before christmas holidays


but yes i am very impressed with the quality of livestreams of Disney+


Yeah the picture quality of the Amazon Prime game the other night looked comparable to our SkY Sports UHD channels

Sadly the fast forward/ reverse facility is poor in comparison … same with Netflix and Disney+

I wonder why the streaming channels have such frustrating fast forward/ reverse ?

[Nicky91]

Yeah the picture quality of the Amazon Prime game the other night looked comparable to our SkY Sports UHD channels

Sadly the fast forward/ reverse facility is poor in comparison … same with Netflix and Disney+

I wonder why the streaming channels have such frustrating fast forward/ reverse ?

i never fast forward/reverse though?


our Eredivisie league is also with ESPN, so i wonder in the near future if those games can also be made possible to be broadcast through Disney+

[Christmas Dynasnow]

YAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSS :dance:

Mon The Buddies

[Zizu]

HA !!




Super rich Newcastle UFC lose to lowly Sunderland


LOLz

[bots]

i think newcastle thought they were better than sunderland and that all they would have to do was turn up to win

[Zizu]

i think newcastle thought they were better than sunderland and that all they would have to do was turn up to win


Newcastle seemed to be doing well without Gordon who I feel is massively overrated and they had Barnes seemingly scoring for fun and flying ..

Why change things for such a big match

[Father Chris Mouse]

Crazy to think Newcastle beat City 3 weeks ago. Arsenal only just getting over the line against Wolves, important thing is they did got over the line. Gutsy Villa with another huge win. Don't think we can really bring other teams into the title race atm. Chelsea with their usual December woes, was the same the last year. Spurs doing Spurs things. Liverpool will probably do well without the Salah drama for now. Utd quietly moving up the table. It's an interesting season tbh.

Palace and Sunderland doing well, nobody will look forward to playing them atm.

[bots]

i'm loving this season. It should be Arsenal's for the taking and I still think they will get over the line first in the end, but it's going to be a battle because there are a lot of teams waiting to pounce if there is a slip up

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Zizu

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

Zizu

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[Zizu]

Zizu

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Sorry but your Tweets don’t work for me

[Merry Mockmas]

Getting back to Apple’s MLS coverage ..

Their expert pundit for the MLS Final was Kaylyn Kyle an ex player in the women’s league (American) .. her 11 year club career consisted of just 104 games !!

(2006-2017)

She managed to play 101 times for Canada in that time

So she played an average of 18 games per season .

Can you even imagine the standard of football the women in the American league were playing 20 years ago



Now you’re telling me she’s qualified to be criticising and critiquing Messi and Busquets
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You didn't mention the worst part.... She's CANADIAN!:fist::joker:

























Being serious though, I thought that picture was Vogue for a second.:joker:

[Merry Mockmas]

Zizu

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You could see on her face that she knew what the real answer was.

I'm amazed that she didn't have her teammates back against Pele though.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[bots]

there is so much football on tv, who cares? I certainly don't

[Zizu]

How do I view all those tweets ??

[Christmas Dynasnow]

:laugh2:

Peter Lawwell: Celtic chairman to step down from board following 'intolerable' abuse and threats


Celtic chairman Peter Lawwell: "I believe that my 18 years as chief executive
and three years as chairman at the club have shown my ability to meet and
overcome challenges on many fronts, but abuse and threats from some sources
have increased and are now intolerable"

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Dundee Arabs 2 Septic1

4th defeat in a row for Wilfred Noncey

Full blown crisis alert

:laugh2:

[bots]

He can't last much longer, he is completely useless :laugh:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[bots]

2 weeks has got to be some sort of record. The rangers guy isn't too far behind him either :laugh:

[Zizu]

Soooo

As I recall Martin O’Neil won 3 or 4 consecutive games?

This new guy has lost 4 consecutive matches …

My question is did O’Neill just have easier games ?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Beat Luke Littler

but come on guys she scored 2 goals :skull:

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[Father Chris Mouse]

Not looking forward to the match against Newcastle tomorrow, they're gonna be gunning for Palmer, Chelsea need him for the rest of the season if we have any chance of a top 3 finish

[Merry Mockmas]

Clearly Sheffield Utd and Liverpool had 12 men on the pitch in their games today.

If they need red cards to help them beat Blues and Spurs, then they don't deserve to win the 3 points imo.

Literally 18 minutes in our game today, and apparently it wasn't even a red card offence according to Sky Sports News.

[Merry Mockmas]

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I'm guessing we'll be sent down to ten men within the first 5 minutes in the Cambridge game?

After all the Referees don't like to see us being competitive in games.

[Merry Mockmas]

He can't last much longer, he is completely useless :laugh:

Could you imagine if Russell Martin was still the Manager of Rangers?:laugh:

And tbh, it's what Celtic deserves as they didn't hire on merit.

Any club that doesn't hire the best Manager that they can find can't complain when the results turn to ****.

[Merry Mockmas]

Beat Luke Littler

but come on guys she scored 2 goals :skull:

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Darts is less popular than Football tbf.