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Blue Thursday
Please inform me I wasn’t the only one.
You turn on the video game after a draining pipes day at work, you then look on questioning how San Marino are swarming all over England. What have they put in the San Marinese water?
Then, it strikes you … England are using a blue away package in your home, and Sky Blue San Marino are using white t-shirts at Wembley.
It’s simply wrong.
Colin (Ward-Prowse an England Objective scorer? Sure, why not when Saints are dropping) Brown
… So Southgate lastly plays 4-3-3 while he does not have a few of his finest gamers readily available, or in his eyes, in kind. A development that would much better fit them than the 3-5-2 dross formerly being played.
Remarkably (not) it matched the group much better. Southgate stating he required to attempt some brand-new things– no sh * t Sherlock– after the number of video games?
Nevertheless, versus a group like San Marino, 210 out of 210 in the FIFA rankings and more looking like a group from National North/South (or even worse level), England won 5-0. On pure conditioning alone, and the capability to cause 5 leading level subs in the 2nd half, they need to have been able them over much more. Not excellent, so gloss it over by offering their goalie MotM.
However obviously it caused more gushing appreciation of Southgate, the group and particular people, like Lingard. “Southgate truly trusts him”, “he had fun with a great deal of energy”, and so on. Yeah, sure he did. A professional from a really young age, greater levels of training and conditioning, been on his arse for the length of time? Obviously he’s going to put in an effort for THIS video game. And be much better than the candlestick makers. And after that Southgate brings Foden onto the wing, Bellingham for Mount, while the frequently out of position, mishitting however relied on Lingard is continued. Can just hope it’s since he’s NOT playing the next 2 video games. The relied on Lingard who seldom did much in an England t-shirt prior to however after a number of fortunate rebounds at West Ham, after being godawful for Utd, is chosen over … well almost everyone. An actual case of lack making the heart grow fonder or a minimum of the brain ending up being more absent-minded.
It appears that no matter how well and for the number of video games Grealish, Maddison, TAA, Ward-Prowse and more played. When in kind. Southgate ignores them. Provided the declarations about Lingard being trusted it indicates those others are NOT relied on. Ward-Prowse was far much better than Lingard and his set piece shipment works. Even Mount, Foden and Bellingham got the equivalent of cameos despite the fact that they are basically pillars in their group.
The hypocritical depths of Southgate and the gushing media understand no depths.
Whomever puts the F365 England ladder together (and I think it’s Winty) needs to have slapped their face straight off when Lingard was chosen. Even our buddy Phil was greater– @ 50 and Rob Holding @ 49!
Paul McDevitt
Rating the players: England 5-0 San Marino
Boothroyd in trouble
Coming off the back of the Southgate ‘typical’ mail, I have actually simply ended up enjoying England u-21s limply lose 1-0 to a Switzerland group who are allegedly the weakest of our group, handled by Aidy Boothroyd who believes a 3-4-3 is our best choice.
Entirely unusual. 3 CBs, in front of a midfield 2 of Skipp and Davies, inserting McNeill into a LWB position? What?
It baffled me at the start of the video game and we have actually been appropriately trousers and uncreative in the centre. For about 20 minutes at the end of the very first half, Smith Rowe began moving within and just then did anything take place. When he came off, the risk disappeared.
Is this the England method? Are we going to squander a generation of England gamers since the supervisors are too uncreative and out of touch with more vibrant systems (that the gamers are dipping into club level).
I’m concerned Southgate will do it too. 3-5-2 is so unambitious for an England group weeping out to utilize 2 runners on Kane (Any of Sterling, Sancho, Rashford, Saka, Barnes et al) and somebody to manage play in between the lines too (Any of Foden, Grealish, Mount, Maddison).
Lock in 4-2-3-1 now, drill it for the next 4 years and grow some balls, for god sake. Are we a bit light in a number of locations? Possibly, however drill the system to compensate and have clear structures so we can slice and alter according to form.
Tom, Walthamstow.
Huge clubs and prize dry spells
When Tarqs, Woolwich, NUFC put the concern about comparable sized clubs to Newcastle that are having a significant prize dry spell then 3 do enter your mind, to begin with is Athletic Bilbao, they last won a significant prize back in 83/84 winning both La Liga and the Copa Del Rey, now you could indicate the Supercopa de España this season and back in 2015 however it is the Spanish variation of the Neighborhood Guard, so naturally i believed it would not use, Bilbao could end their significant prize dry spell by beating competitors Genuine Sociedad in the 2019/20 Copa Del Rey last next Saturday, then maintain the title by beating Barcelona on the 17th April in the 2020/21 variation, 2 significant prizes in the area of a couple of weeks? possible.
Heading to Germany, fallen giants SV Hamburg last won a prize back in 86/87 when they won the DFB Pokal, once again they themselves have actually won the DFB Ligapokal in 2003 which resembles the League Cup however in Germany, nevertheless prior to it got eliminated in 2007 that competitors just had 6 groups within it, how it worked was the leading 4 groups of the Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal winners, and the winner of the 2. Bundesliga would certify and complete for the cup, so whether anybody selects to think about that as a significant prize is a difficult one, part of me states yes, they likewise won 2 Intertoto Cups too considering that the turn of the year 2000, however once again not counting those.
Remaining In Germany we have Hertha Berlin, probably among the most significant clubs in regards to size in Germany, their arena the Olympiastadion can hold 74,649 and yet have actually not won a significant prize considering that 1931, they have actually won 3 2. Bundesliga titles and the DFB Ligapokal however once again that depends on discuss if we are counting a 6 group eliminated competition as a significant prize.
The prize dry spells definitely are not as long as Newcastle, well apart from Hertha Berlin, that a person is almost a century old, which is once again down to if you count the eliminated DFB Liga Pokal, if you do and you are well within your rights to, then Bilbao hold the dry spell record which might be ended in the next week or 2, sorry Newcastle United fans, however it would be intriguing if i have actually missed out on any significant clubs off of this list.
Mikey, CFC
Why Rio is wrong about Newcastle fans and why it matters
Rio and Mike being in a tree
Rio Ferdinand, what a sack he is, has his tongue as far up Mike Ashley’s arse as he can get it.
Aaron CFC Ireland
Guy Utd and Brexit
I’ve checked out some teeth gnashing-ly terrible e-mails in the mail box in the past, however calling Man Utd a Brexit Team and attempting to conflate the 2? This is just how much of a disarray I believe Mike’s e-mail is– I’m a Leeds fan and I seemed like I need to email in.
His point 1– this isn’t anything to do with a worry of immigrants, its an absence of correct tactical preparation and going after short-term success and monetary benefits. And Wolves an effective EPL group? They have not won anything considering that their promo, and have not received the Champions league and are presently listed below freshly promoted Leeds.
His point 2– which club does not return their great old days. The Revie group are revered. Wilko’s barmy army and the O’Leary babes are kept in high regard. It has little to do with the British spinal column of the group– when you have no success you return to those days. The last duration of continual success for Guy Utd occurred to accompany them having a British Spinal column. Citeh and Chelsea have reasonably little historical success so there is absolutely nothing for them to revere or idolise.
His last point– Once again. Poor technique and ownership choices. Working with unqualified brits? Wolves worked with Nuno Espirito Santo in the champion and tilled cash into constructing a group to get promo– there is absolutely nothing smart about his consultation, it’s everything about the cash. Chelsea worked with Lampard, and even when they did work with foreign supervisors they sacked them when they seemed like it
And the point about purchasing British gamers that aren’t sufficient, what about the cash invested in profane salaries for Sanchez and Cavani? What about the millions invested in Anthony Martial, Van Der Beek, Diallo, the ridiculous loan feed for Ighalo. The only certified success is Bruno Fernandes.
Definitely can not stand these terrible political equivalences when it concerns football, since you definitely can not conflate the historical political environment and disenfranchisement that result in Brexit to a Male Utd group who are simply a bit shit at the minute due to terrible management.
Mat, Leeds
… Mike, Atlanta … simply wow … where to start on this one …
To Start With, well performed in finishing up your political viewpoint in football to state how bad Brexit is, and overlooking all the truths (about football, not Brexit) that break your point, so as a LFC fan (and not ‘the scouse group’ fan, a minimum of attempt to reveal some class, if for absolutely nothing else since there are 2 clubs in Liverpool), I’ll do my finest to inform you within this rather odd and misdirected story you have actually developed.
You might be best with the rhetoric of Brexit being everything about ‘those immigrants comin over ere an takin arr tasks!’ however it appears a little odd to compare that to the present Guy Utd group with a Norwegian supervisor and a team that is mostly comprised of non-english global footballers, so to call Guy United a Brexit Group is simply incorrect. Likewise odd that you select Guy City, Liverpool Everton, Chelsea, and Wolves as your go-to contrast groups, especially when all of those clubs have foreign supervisors and the cities mostly voted Remain in the referendum.
The fond memories for the great old days, sure all of us desire to recall when times were much better. However here’s the intriguing thing, if Guy United are returning the great old days when the majority of their group were English, and since they were English, then why would they require to recall at all offered their present group is the ‘Brexit Group’ and for that reason all fans should more than happy? Unless, obviously, it is less to do with citizenship and more to do with the golden age of Sir Alex Ferguson and the fantastic groups he developed over a 20-year duration, continuously winning titles and competing for the very best of whatever? Who understands!
And to your last point, taking reactionary action to return to the great old days. You did certainly work with Moyes (once again, reveal class, he’s not ‘the man handling The Hammers ‘) after SAF retired, however considering that worked with LVG (Deutsch), Mourinho (Portugese), and most just recently, OGS (Norwegian)– how odd they were ended your symptoms of Brexit actions. Guy United have actually likewise hired lots of foreign gamers who were unsatisfactory, such as Falcao, Sanchez, and Mkhitaryan, and more current gamers such as Bailly, Lindelof (United fans can discuss this list if they want)– however once again, odd that you appeared to disregard all the truths to break your silly idea to produce some kind of Anti-Brexit/Football rhetoric relating to United.
There are various reasons Guy United are dragging Europe’s leading groups (an argument currently had in this really mail box), however being the ‘Brexit Group’ isn’t among them.
Ian
… Thanks to Mike, Atlanta for this: “Taking a look at it objectively the issue is United are a Brexit group.”
This is the very first time I have actually made fun of a Brexit recommendation considering that 2015.
Aidan, Lfc (a minimum of we can keep the fish)
Tales of going to the match
Bladey Mick requests tales of match, so I’ll attempt.
Awakening on New Years Day with the required hangover, an area of fresh air was required.
” Begin, l understand we stated we ‘d provide it a miss out on, however let’s go the match”, the match being Nottm Forest v LFC at the City ground, a great 2-3 hours away so no time at all to argue and off we set. By the time we arrived it was chucking down and freezing, the “away” end had no roofing and I didn’t expensive a number of hours being hungover and p ** sed damp through. “We can enter the Forest end, a minimum of we’ll be dry” I recommended, however my mates were really concerned, “You’ll get us into problem, you will not have the ability to keep peaceful” they (not unreasonably) argued. “Nah, we’ll be great, I’m too fragile to enter into an argument, besides I’m not foolish!”.
Extremely little occurred for 45 minutes and there were no occurrences to potentially stir me out of my silence. Forest controlled the video game with Franz Carr especially offering Jim Beglin a tough time and the Forest fans were happily dishing it out, in specific one man who, for almost the entire match, had just one target, Ian Rush. A lot more so when they took a 1-0 lead early in the 2nd half. The ruling Champions
” Get your nose onside Rushie” “His nose is offside ref!” brought consistent laughter from those around him even when screamed for the umpteenth time. With simply 2 minutes left, an uncommon Liverpool attack triggered the crowd to swell forward and an almighty groan could be heard as Forest yielded a late equaliser, “Who was it, who was it? I could not see” sobbed my brand-new buddy, hint a rather loud, scouse accented “Who ‘d you fu% ^ ing think, you kn * bhead !!!”.
Fair to state, we left rather sharpish!
Howard (have another about Leeds 4– 5 LFC whilst being in the Leeds stand) Jones
… Re: football tales, back in the mid eighties when a trainee in Brighton I utilized to drawback up to Highbury to see Toolbox play. One day I had an especially bad day hitching and just got to the video game (V Sheffield Wednesday) at half time. I satisfied my mates on the North Bank and found out that we were winning 1-0. I was starving so stated I would go to get all of us jumbo hotdogs from the canteen at the back. The line was big and I wound up missing out on the very first 5-6 minutes of the second half.
Lastly returned to enjoy the footie, took a big bite of my hotdog and after that enjoyed the rest of my jumbo sausage fall out of the bun and roll down the actions.
Wound Up 1-0, I treked back to capture television to Brixton …
Joff, Barton Gooner
Liverpool must ignore temptation of Suarez, Coutinho reunion
Brand-new world order
I believe Mike, LFC, London is bang on with his suggested structure for UEFA World Cup Qualifiers. So, I believed I would include some groups to his concept to provide it more visualisation.
First of all, an example of a 5 team group would include, based upon one group from each tier of 8 in the present ranking system:
Germany (1 )
Poland (9 )
Sweden (17 )
Turkey (24 )
Norway (32 )
In theory, there would be something for all the groups to bet right approximately and consisting of the last video game offered no one wishes to complete bottom as they would run the risk of “transfer” for the next set of qualifiers. The 15 groups who would play looking for “promo” would be:
Gibraltar
San Marino
Kosovo
Andorra
Malta
Liechtenstein
Moldova
Kazakhstan
Luxembourg
Faroe Islands
Latvia
Armenia
Georgia
Belarus
FYR Macedonia
These groups would gain from competitive football versus groups of a comparable competitive level, with a view to getting “promo”. The very best 8 groups from this list of 15 would have a 2 legged play off for the next certification procedure. In theory, you might anticipate, based upon the examples above, Norway and Kazakhstan to take part in a play off for the right to be consisted of in the primary certification procedure for the next competition. Other continental associations have initial rounds prior to the primary certification procedure, and there is no great reason UEFA should not do this too.
Naz, Gooner
Taxing concern
If being a sovereign state indicates that you can play global football then why do not Monaco and England do?
Could it imply that its all bollocks and its everything about commerce?
As somebody who has actually gone to a couple of tax sanctuaries I think they need to all be removed of global football and be required to play in Spanish/Italian/french leagues as located/desired.
It’s no various to Richard Branson registering a group to play in conmebol.
Tax sanctuaries need to not play global football, completion
Fat Guy
Little countries XI
Actually took pleasure in James Wiles’ XI of under-represented UEFA Nationalities in the Premier League, and it got me considering what a Remainder of the World XI would appear like. Requirements: all gamers need to represent a country from which 6 or less gamers have actually appeared in the Premier League, one gamer per country. You can create a remarkably strong, well balanced group as soon as you’re done sorting through the reams of deeply typical strikers from small countries who invested a season at lower-mid table clubs.
Goalkeeper: Ali Al-Habsi (Oman), the only Omani gamer to appear in the Premier League, the only Omani gamer ever to win the FA Cup. Given name on the teamsheet, though undoubtedly that’s mostly since he’s the goalkeeper. Neil Etheridge of the Phillippines supplies strong competitors.
Left Back: Maynor Figueroa (Honduras). It was a toss-up in between Figueroa and his compatriot Wislon Palacios for the desired Honduran put on the group. As the only one of the 2 to have actually scored from his own half, it was a simple choice.
Centre Back: Christopher Samba (Congo). Among 5 Congolese footballers to have actually played in the Premier League, an enforcing existence at the heart of Blackburn’s defence for a variety of seasons. The less stated about that unusual QPR spell the much better.
Centre Back: Ryan Nelsen (New Zealand). Among 6 Kiwis to have actually played in the Premier League, an enforcing existence at the heart of Blackburn’s defence for a variety of seasons. The less stated about that unusual QPR spell the much better.
Right Back: Cuco Martina (Curaçao). Chosen totally on the basis of that objective versus Toolbox.
Defensive Midfield: Victor Wanyama (Kenya). How do you expect it felt to be the very first Kenyan gamer to appear in the Premier League, just to find that the label “The Kenyan” described somebody totally various who wasn’t even from the exact same continent?
Central Midfield: Naby Keita (Guinea). We still have not seen the constant finest of him at Liverpool, however we have actually most likely seen adequate to get him in the group ahead of fellow Liverpool cult hero Titi Camara.
Left Wing: Akshan Dejagah (Iran). Among simply 4 Iranians to appear in the Premier League, and the just one to have actually been voted as Iran’s biggest ever left winger by Iranian TELEVISION audiences. In your face, Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
Extreme Right: Nolberto Solano (Peru). Newcastle legend, among 5 Peruvian PL gamers and the just one to ever do anything of note.
Striker: Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo). Among 4 Togolese footballers to appear in the Premier League, which is 3 more than I believed there was. Adebayor scored nearly 100 objectives while betting a few of the department’s leading clubs, and Crystal Palace.
Striker: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon). Makes it into the group ahead of Liberia’s George Weah as he was a bit past it by the time he showed up on these coasts. Though if anybody wishes to install a perky argument in favour of consisting of Venezuela’s Salomon Rondon I wish to hear it.
Steve, Nottingham
One citizenship XIs
Following the current one-club citizenship XIs I see that technically no one set a start date. So here’s a quite cool Irish XI * to have actually bet Liverpool.
Scott **
Finnan, Lawrenson ***, Staunton ****, Beglin
Houghton, Whelan, McAteer, Heighway
Aldridge, Keane *****
* Well, gamers who have actually represented Ireland, state.
** Considered that he left in 1934 I have not precisely seen him play, however he is Liverpool’s longest-serving gamer ever. If we’re not permitted to select Northern Ireland gamers, I might cheekily mention that he bet the all-island group prior to partition. If that does not work, we’ll need to take Caoimhin Kelleher rather.
*** Lawro utilized to play football, you understand.
**** Stan didn’t play centre-back for Liverpool, however did captain Ireland in a world cup there. Plus, in this manner we get to consist of Beglin, keep “Heighway on the wing” and let Phil Babb be the supervisor (which is likely much better than if we switched them around).
***** Certainly consisted of for his “Irish legend” status instead of his “Liverpool legend” status.
Dave Lillis, Dublin
P.S. Hilarious that the Milan Brazilians equal other than that a person left out Ronaldo himself.
… How has Thom, Bristol left the genuine Ronaldo out of his Milan/Brazil group??
James, Kent
… A Scottish group from Leeds United– had the enjoyment of seeing all of these play for Leeds at Elland roadway– unfortunately not all at the exact same time!
Harvey
Frank Gray, McQueen, Cooper, Matteo
McAllister, Bremner, Strachan
Lorimer, Jordan, Eddie Gray
Bench
Sullivan, Burns, Collins, Snodgrass, Graham, McCormack
Steve
My address the one citizenship 11 and I have actually opted for Inter Milan Brazilians:
GK: Julio Cesar
DF: Maicon, Lucio, Maxwell, Roberto Carlos
MF: Coutinho, Rafinha, Filipe Melo, Kerlon
ST: Adriano, Ronaldo (Fenom)
Pretty sure they would provide most a run for their cash.
Edward Canhands (Better gamers than Kerlon were readily available however I have actually included him since I like enjoying him do that ridiculous seal dribble thing)
