SmogDane 4,052 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Six games played: 18 points and 22-0 GD Link to post Share on other sites
Dynamo Kev 1,553 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 4 hours ago, SmogDane said: Six games played: 18 points and 22-0 GD eye good side the danes. they are infact a top international team right now. who else can we class as a top international side? Denmark England France Belgium Germany Portugal Italy Spain Argentina Brazil Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,453 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, Dynamo Kev said: eye good side the danes. they are infact a top international team right now. who else can we class as a top international side? Denmark England France Belgium Germany Portugal Italy Spain Argentina Brazil I think the Dutch are starting to produce another decent group. I think they would have fared better at the Euros if VVD was available. On another note its sad to see how far Ireland have fallen. For the first time in my life they have gone from being there or thereabouts in qualifying. Obviously doesn't help when the likes of Grealish and Rice have chosen to represent another country but from the Charlton era they always seemed to be 3-4 very good players. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,716 Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 1 minute ago, smogsterking the Inspirati said: I think the Dutch are starting to produce another decent group. I think they would have fared better at the Euros if VVD was available. On another note its sad to see how far Ireland have fallen. For the first time in my life they have gone from being there or thereabouts in qualifying. Obviously doesn't help when the likes of Grealish and Rice have chosen to represent another country but from the Charlton era they always seemed to be 3-4 very good players. We were good against Serbia. Were playing some half decent football but it's just not clicking... Yet. A lot of our more promising players are very young so hopefully things will look rosier in 2 to 3 years time Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,453 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Fingers crossed I would always class Ireland as my 2nd team given my family roots. You never know Kavanagh might be one of the new talents. They have been unlucky with Portugal and Serbia although they went and got beat by Luxembourg and drew with Azerbaijan something you wouldn't expect even with the current crop. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Smogzilla 7,388 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Seems to be the settled 1st team now. Can't fault it really. Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,716 Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 59 minutes ago, Smogzilla said: Seems to be the settled 1st team now. Can't fault it really. And all it took was grealish to move to man city for 100mil to get into the starting line up! Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,453 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I think its a very good line up. I think TAA, Foden and possibly Bellingham may be the 3 to push for a place in the starting 11 by the world Cup. I think Ben White could also potentially be pushing I have been impressed with him when at Leeds and Brighton hopefully this Arsenal move doesn't set him back. Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,239 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Another bloody ref that is an ebarassment to his shirt and profession. Should be sacked immediately and never officiate again. Some of the worst refereeing I've seen in a long time. Books Kalvin Philips for accidentally treading on an opponent's toe while trying to turn with the ball. One of our guys gets his foot stepped on in a frontal collision - Polish player doesn't even get a warning. Also not giving corners or throw-ins that should be England's. Poles are a right dirty bunch, fouling our players left right & centre but get away with it. Hope our lads are up for a long scrap. On the plus side we've been able to contain their attacking threat. On the negative side we've been so slow, sterile and pedestrian, we've not threatened their goal much either. Way too predictable and easy to close down. Doesn't help our players keep trying through balls that aren't on. Hope we have a Plan B for the 2nd half. Overall if we come away from this with a draw I'll be happy, but badly want us to beat this dirty lot and their homer ref. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,453 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I only caught the last 15 minutes so not sure how its been. But I'm interested what happened there on half time it seemed something was going to boil over at the free kick. Link to post Share on other sites
sanddancer 1,964 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, AnglianRed said: Another bloody ref that is an ebarassment to his shirt and profession. Should be sacked immediately and never officiate again. Some of the worst refereeing I've seen in a long time. Books Kalvin Philips for accidentally treading on an opponent's toe while trying to turn with the ball. One of our guys gets his foot stepped on in a frontal collision - Polish player doesn't even get a warning. Also not giving corners or throw-ins that should be England's. Poles are a right dirty bunch, fouling our players left right & centre but get away with it. Hope our lads are up for a long scrap. On the plus side we've been able to contain their attacking threat. On the negative side we've been so slow, sterile and pedestrian, we've not threatened their goal much either. Way too predictable and easy to close down. Doesn't help our players keep trying through balls that aren't on. Hope we have a Plan B for the 2nd half. Overall if we come away from this with a draw I'll be happy, but badly want us to beat this dirty lot and their homer ref. Could not have put it any better. Link to post Share on other sites
Smogzilla 7,388 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 A competitive international fixture during qualifying! Hurrah! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BoroJake 2,332 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Glik grabbed walker’s neck right in front of the ref. Is the ref blind? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sanddancer 1,964 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 1 minute ago, smogsterking the Inspirati said: I only caught the last 15 minutes so not sure how its been. But I'm interested what happened there on half time it seemed something was going to boil over at the free kick. One of the Poles Glik is really agitated and has been winding up players for awhile and we bought it. Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,239 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, smogsterking the Inspirati said: I only caught the last 15 minutes so not sure how its been. But I'm interested what happened there on half time it seemed something was going to boil over at the free kick. I think its just incidents that have been going on all half coming to the boil. The officiating has been ridiculously one-sided. The ref just kept telling our lads to calm down when they were justifiably *** off. So I'm guessing some stuff boiled over at the end. Just had another thought: German match officials. Where does Lewandowski play? Bet he speaks the language well. Actually I'm guessing quite a few Poles speak it to some degree. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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