TF International Football Thread

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Post by seaside nipper » Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:57 pm

originallad wrote:
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Remember Colo wrote:
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Proud to say Canada moved to top of CONCACAF qualifying after beating Costa Rica and Mexico this week. After decades of dealing with farcical pitches, opposing fans lighting fireworks overnight outside of hotels and throwing bags of piss, and generally getting CONCACAF'd (it's a verb), we returned the favour by having them play in Edmonton of all places (the only time that northern snowscape has been used for this round of qualifying), where we were able to pack in over 45k per match, and see 20cm of snow fall with temperatures feeling like -15C.
Well done. Hope you qualify. I've got 3rd cousins in Canada so I'll be supporting them if they qualify! And Scotland as well if they do it, I'm an eighth Scottish. Finland are out though :(
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Post by Bodacious Benny » Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:09 am

<laugh>

50% Scottish, 50% northern Irish.

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Re: TF International Football Thread

Post by Blue & Maroon » Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:58 am

I'm half Scottish and wish nothing but injury and bad luck on their football team <whistle>

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Re: TF International Football Thread

Post by overseasTOON » Fri Nov 19, 2021 5:11 pm

Born in Scotland. Mum is Scottish. Dad is English. Moved away when I was 18 months old and been back for the occasional holiday and wedding.

I failed GCSE maths 5 times but that makes me 82% Scottish.

No clan as one of my ancestors became a f***ing Quaker and got us kicked out. Only thing that ever did for me was get a discount at a boarding school.

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Re: TF International Football Thread

Post by seaside nipper » Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:47 pm

All due respect to Ukraine and Austria, but could be quite a potential showdown final between Wales and Scotland.
I’m sure we’ve many more sheep than them so pretty confident for Scotland all told
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Re: TF International Football Thread

Post by UlversToon » Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:48 pm

Blue & Maroon wrote:
Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:58 am
I'm half Scottish and wish nothing but injury and bad luck on their football team <whistle>
I wish the same on them but that's because my mother-in-law was Scottish!

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Post by Oval85 » Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:14 pm

UlversToon wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:48 pm
Blue & Maroon wrote:
Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:58 am
I'm half Scottish and wish nothing but injury and bad luck on their football team <whistle>
I wish the same on them but that's because my mother-in-law was Scottish!
<laugh>

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Re: TF International Football Thread

Post by seaside nipper » Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:00 pm

UlversToon wrote:
Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:48 pm
Blue & Maroon wrote:
Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:58 am
I'm half Scottish and wish nothing but injury and bad luck on their football team <whistle>
I wish the same on them but that's because my mother-in-law was Scottish!
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Ffs really chaps, come on……
Northumberland’s more Scottish than some other parts of Scotland. They say a Geordie is just a Scotsman but with his heid bashed in.
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Post by gola » Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:27 am

lol im a mix rly n dnt kno my 'reel' dad cos my mum didnt kno who it was she liked play around lol bt yeh mum is italiano so iv gt that in my blood n carer dad or main partner of mum is from toon n from jamaica original bt i dnt rly get on with him even tho i wud say hes my main carer giver or was anyway while i was growin up. always looked upto him n called him dad bt he nvr said iw as his son wat u gonna do tho like? bt yeh like i say can speak italian english n bit of jamaican slang that picked up from dad n his mates wen growin up. weird wat they expected from me to be a man, nvr felt like was gd enough n got beat a lot

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Re: TF International Football Thread

Post by Donkey Toon » Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:24 pm

Anybody else watching England getting thrashed by Hungary?

Glad i'm not English, so I can piss myself laughing.

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Post by Don Sholeone » Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:53 pm

I'm English and I'm pissing myself laughing <laugh>

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Post by Donkey Toon » Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:57 pm

Have to say Hungary's pressing was phenomenal and they took their chances brilliantly. Played England off the park. Big wake up call!

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Re: TF International Football Thread

Post by Tsi » Tue Jun 14, 2022 9:21 pm

I couldn't give a s*** about England but i think Southgate is vastly overrated

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Post by Don Sholeone » Tue Jun 14, 2022 9:40 pm

The problem with international managers is it's so easy to blag your way through, the teams usually take care of themselves, with England, we always have decent players around and that will get you so far, it's moments like this that really show the managers ability, we are absolutely awful and Southgate doesn't have a clue about what to do other than hope some kind of form kicks in. He's been papering over the cracks for far too long, the world cup run we had a lot of good luck with the fixtures and with a decent manager we would have made the final. We were much better in the Euros admittedly, but again with a decent manager we beat Italy.
It's never going to happen but I think the best manager for us would be an arsehole like Mourinho.

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Post by Remember Colo » Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:33 pm

His time has run its course. Maybe he did a good job raising morale and leveraging his relationships with the players who've come through the youth level, but the shine of that wears off and you need a manager who knows how to get the best out of the squad and prepare/strategize for the opposition - and he doesn't seem equipped to do either.

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Re: TF International Football Thread

Post by Colly » Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:58 pm

Daft to change now given a World Cup in 5 months though. Let him have the tournament, then whoever comes next only has 18 months til the next Euros anyway.

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Re: TF International Football Thread

Post by Remember Colo » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:21 pm

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Daft to change now given a World Cup in 5 months though. Let him have the tournament, then whoever comes next only has 18 months til the next Euros anyway.
Alternatively, it's 4 years until the next World Cup. So if you're confident the team is going to underachieve under his management, you don't want to waste a World Cup and have to wait 3.5 years for the next opportunity to get it right.

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Post by Bodacious Benny » Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:17 pm

There’s no way he’ll go before the World Cup. He’s done well on paper in his time at England and seems to have credit in the bank in all areas. Tactically I think he’s rubbish, but he ticks the nice guy box so doesn’t really get questioned.
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Re: TF International Football Thread

Post by Don Sholeone » Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:25 pm

I don't necessarily want him gone before the world cup, I just hope that this winter is his last as England manager.

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Re: TF International Football Thread

Post by Colly » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:00 pm

Remember Colo wrote:
Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:21 pm
Colly wrote:
Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:58 pm
Daft to change now given a World Cup in 5 months though. Let him have the tournament, then whoever comes next only has 18 months til the next Euros anyway.
Alternatively, it's 4 years until the next World Cup. So if you're confident the team is going to underachieve under his management, you don't want to waste a World Cup and have to wait 3.5 years for the next opportunity to get it right.
I think you'd have to be making a very bold prediction to be confident we'd underachieve given the last two tournaments. You can maybe criticise the performances, but his record until now is superb.

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