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I blame the parents. I presume mum has ended her hunger strike...
mudsticks
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Pale Rider
Veteran
We gave them a pasting as well.
To mangle the old phrase, they were lucky to get one.
To mangle the old phrase, they were lucky to get one.
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AndyRM
Elder Goth
Wholesale changes in Spain:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66873595
It's a shame it has overshadowed their World Cup win, but it was absolutely the correct thing to do.
I'm off to see The Lionesses play Scotland tomorrow evening, be weird sitting in the England end but I'm looking forward to it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66873595
It's a shame it has overshadowed their World Cup win, but it was absolutely the correct thing to do.
I'm off to see The Lionesses play Scotland tomorrow evening, be weird sitting in the England end but I'm looking forward to it.
Ian H
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From Private Eye, concerning 'my' team (you'll have to read to the end - but they're still top)
FAYED'S FOOTBALLING LEGACY
THE late Mohamed Fayed's legacy in football is both trailblazing and bizarre.
The former Fulham FC owner was the first significant foreign investor to lavish millions on an underachieving club and successfully transform its fortunes, laying out a path for Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) and Sheikh Mansour (Manchester City) to follow on a grander scale in future seasons.
But Fayed had a reputation for views and mannerisms which were out of step with the modem game-even 20 years ago when he was in his Premier League pomp. On one occasion, when two male football agents turned up. to a meeting to discuss a player. Fayed's opening gambit was: "You two? Are you poofs?"
What Fayed will be remembered for most, however, in his 16 years at Fulham is the statue of Michael Jackson that stood outside Craven Cottage from 2011 until 2013, when the club was sold to US billionaire Shahid Khan. Described by one art critic as "a spectacularly bad piece of kitsch", the 7ft 6in sculpture made from plaster and resin was commissioned by Fayed following the death of the singer in 2009.
Fayed had always claimed his friend Jackson was a big fan of Fulham, having attended a Division Two game against Wigan in 1999 when he met the players in the changing room afterwards. In keeping with his other crackpot theories, Fayed believed the statue had a mystical quality and blamed its removal by his successor Khan for Fulham's relegation from the Premier League in 2014.
"When the new owner decided to move it I said, 'Fine, it is a lucky thing, you will regret it later'," said Fayed at the time. "I warned him. I said, 'You will pay with blood for that because it was something loved by people. It was a big mistake. He's been relegated."
The statue was subsequently donated to the National Football Museum in Manchester where it was on display until the airing of the TV documentary Leaving Neverland in 2019 levelled accusations of sexual abuse against Jackson. Museum bosses decided to mothball the statue and, according to the Manchester Evening News, it has since been kept away from public view in a storage facility at Deepdale, the home ground of Preston North End.
Fayed's death was announced on Friday I September. The following day's football results left surprising new leaders at the top of the Championship table... Preston North End! Bizarre coincidence or spooky forces at work? We know what the Phoney Pharaoh would have believed
FAYED'S FOOTBALLING LEGACY
THE late Mohamed Fayed's legacy in football is both trailblazing and bizarre.
The former Fulham FC owner was the first significant foreign investor to lavish millions on an underachieving club and successfully transform its fortunes, laying out a path for Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) and Sheikh Mansour (Manchester City) to follow on a grander scale in future seasons.
But Fayed had a reputation for views and mannerisms which were out of step with the modem game-even 20 years ago when he was in his Premier League pomp. On one occasion, when two male football agents turned up. to a meeting to discuss a player. Fayed's opening gambit was: "You two? Are you poofs?"
What Fayed will be remembered for most, however, in his 16 years at Fulham is the statue of Michael Jackson that stood outside Craven Cottage from 2011 until 2013, when the club was sold to US billionaire Shahid Khan. Described by one art critic as "a spectacularly bad piece of kitsch", the 7ft 6in sculpture made from plaster and resin was commissioned by Fayed following the death of the singer in 2009.
Fayed had always claimed his friend Jackson was a big fan of Fulham, having attended a Division Two game against Wigan in 1999 when he met the players in the changing room afterwards. In keeping with his other crackpot theories, Fayed believed the statue had a mystical quality and blamed its removal by his successor Khan for Fulham's relegation from the Premier League in 2014.
"When the new owner decided to move it I said, 'Fine, it is a lucky thing, you will regret it later'," said Fayed at the time. "I warned him. I said, 'You will pay with blood for that because it was something loved by people. It was a big mistake. He's been relegated."
The statue was subsequently donated to the National Football Museum in Manchester where it was on display until the airing of the TV documentary Leaving Neverland in 2019 levelled accusations of sexual abuse against Jackson. Museum bosses decided to mothball the statue and, according to the Manchester Evening News, it has since been kept away from public view in a storage facility at Deepdale, the home ground of Preston North End.
Fayed's death was announced on Friday I September. The following day's football results left surprising new leaders at the top of the Championship table... Preston North End! Bizarre coincidence or spooky forces at work? We know what the Phoney Pharaoh would have believed
deptfordmarmoset
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AndyRM
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How many players per team are allowed these days?
There was a confused moment in the second half where we were trying to bring on a sub for an injured player who was still on the pitch...
We were by far the better team second half, and I think we're denied a penalty. But hey ho, it was fun.
It does make me laugh when people who really haven't a clue about football show up at these games, the family in the row behind us were a right giggle with the amount they didn't get. I felt bad for the wee girl who was along with them, because she clearly knew her stuff but was 'splained to repeatedly by her clueless father.
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AndyRM
Elder Goth
The authorities think it's a more plausible modification than multi-ball.
Pale Rider
Veteran
The game came over quite well on the telly, although there was some comical defensive play by both teams.
Scotland have an excuse, they aren't very good, but England are supposed to be among the best in the world.
While we have a handful of very good players, we don't have anywhere near enough.
A couple of injuries and a couple of off-days impacts the team far too much.
The overall quality problem is even more acute in the Women's Super League.
My team, Tottenham, have only three or four quality players, the rest lack the basic footballing skills you would expect of top professionals.
That we narrowly avoided relegation shows there are several teams in a similar position.
Apart from the occasional showpiece game, we get appropriately dreadful crowds at our 'home' at Leyton Orient.
If the league is to progress, we and the majority of the other sides need to significantly improve the overall quality of play.
Scotland have an excuse, they aren't very good, but England are supposed to be among the best in the world.
While we have a handful of very good players, we don't have anywhere near enough.
A couple of injuries and a couple of off-days impacts the team far too much.
The overall quality problem is even more acute in the Women's Super League.
My team, Tottenham, have only three or four quality players, the rest lack the basic footballing skills you would expect of top professionals.
That we narrowly avoided relegation shows there are several teams in a similar position.
Apart from the occasional showpiece game, we get appropriately dreadful crowds at our 'home' at Leyton Orient.
If the league is to progress, we and the majority of the other sides need to significantly improve the overall quality of play.
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I went to watch a match Scotland V England at Hampden Park last week. 150th anniversary. The football was shockingly poor for most of the game, no direct attacking just passing endlessly, even back to the goalie with some very risky timed passes.
The atmosphere was immense for 25 mins, then Scotland went silent, then went home pissed.
Won't be going to another match if that's how they play.
And, what's with all these substitutes, it's like American sport where half the team is swapped
The atmosphere was immense for 25 mins, then Scotland went silent, then went home pissed.
Won't be going to another match if that's how they play.
And, what's with all these substitutes, it's like American sport where half the team is swapped
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AndyRM
Elder Goth
Agree with most of that. It happens in the men's game too, albeit to a lesser extent. You get national sides (Argentina, Norway and Portugal off the top of my head) who have rare talents at times but lack the support around those players.
One of my favourite things about the atmosphere last night was the chant of "Mary, Mary, Mary..." Nike really missed a trick not selling the goalkeeper top. Would have been very popular.
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