Forum search & shortcuts

soccerball 22/23, t...
 

soccerball 22/23, the WC hump season

Posts: 1336
Full Member
 

Ah! Anyone But United. Gotcha.
I’m no lover of the 10 Hags, but **** Citey and their dodgy sports-washing wealth. Up the reds.


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 1:28 pm
Posts: 57421
Full Member
 

@woody2000 I’ve recounted the story before about a man mountain of a gooner who used to stroll into the White Lion in his Arsenal top and plonk himself down in front of the telly in the White Lion for the United Arsenal games (at the height of the rivalry

Never got any grief as it takes some stones to do that!


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 1:36 pm
Posts: 8177
Free Member
 

I blame the parents!

He's made that decision all by himself 😁


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 2:24 pm
Posts: 8396
Full Member
 

Faster than Di Matteo?


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 4:03 pm
Posts: 28593
Free Member
 

Is that the quickest ever? GET IN!!!!


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 4:03 pm
Posts: 8416
Free Member
 

5 touches, including the kick off.


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 4:04 pm
Posts: 7054
Full Member
 

Oh dear. How can that be given?


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 4:33 pm
Posts: 5164
Free Member
 

Not been in the game, but Varchester United are back in the game 😂


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 4:34 pm
Posts: 8416
Free Member
 

The handball law needs looking at.

How is he meant be jumping and turning like that with his arms by his sides?


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 4:37 pm
Posts: 7054
Full Member
 

Yep look at any activity that needs a jump, you have to throw your arms up to get leverage.
Laws made by non footballers.


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 4:45 pm
Posts: 57421
Full Member
 

I wasn’t expecting that half-time scoreline after the first minutes. Some finish, that, by Gundogan

I can’t comment on the penalty because the handball rule seems to change by the week, so who knows? It’s literally anyones guess? Why not just toss a coin to see whether it is or not?


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 4:58 pm
Posts: 7054
Full Member
 

Ah well. Long trudge back to the home counties.


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 6:00 pm
Posts: 57421
Full Member
 

When that first goal went in I thought ‘oh Christ! here we go again…’ so I’m just glad we gave them a game and it wasn’t an embarrassing scoreline

Like most United fans, I had pretty low expectations of us getting anything today

But overall it’s still been a good season though, so I’ll take that over the shambolic mess that was the end of last season


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 6:15 pm
Posts: 24869
Free Member
 

Yep look at any activity that needs a jump, you have to throw your arms up to get leverage.

A decade of pogoing punks begs to differ


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 7:11 pm
Posts: 7054
Full Member
 

A decade of pogoing punks begs to differ

When was the last time a pogoing punk high jumper won an Olympic medal?


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 7:32 pm
Posts: 24869
Free Member
 

You didn't say to Olympic standard, you said any activity that involves jumping has to use arms for leverage. It would be a shit technique for trying to clear a bar 8 feet off the ground, equally Fosbury flopping onto a phlegm covered floor at the 100 Club would get funny looks

Horses for courses, innit?


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 8:29 pm
sadexpunk reacted
Posts: 7054
Full Member
 

Wind your neck in I was joking. However if you ever played football you'd know right well to steady yourself and gain leverage you use your arms.


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 9:43 pm
Posts: 24869
Free Member
 

you too fella, I'm taking the piss as well.

If you ever played football......

about 30 years at various levels up to very low level semi-pro, and then when my knee got too ****ed to kick any more did almost 10 years in the middle too. I know exactly what you mean and I also think I'd have a pretty good idea of what constitutes artificial arms raised vs what is necessary to actually jump properly. I have sympathy as an ex-ref, we don't write the laws, just apply them, and as soon as people start using "judgement" then there will be complaints about lack of consistency. Can't win either way. Personally I think the law is rubbish, but that's what it says and the officials therefore got the decision 'right' today.


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 9:51 pm
Posts: 7054
Full Member
 

Yep I have similar pedigree. Top local sides around Reading, at school trained with the Reading team. First team at University including beating Stoke city one year at our annual friendly. On a Thursday night.
Then switched to rugby.


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 10:02 pm
Posts: 24869
Free Member
 

where were you then to be playing Stoke? Keele?


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 10:48 pm
Posts: 7054
Full Member
 

Yep, Keele. Annual game.


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 11:02 pm
Posts: 24869
Free Member
 

So you know Nello?


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 11:12 pm
Posts: 7054
Full Member
 

Yes I do. I commented on this a while back, the film kinda missed out on the fact he made some of the female students a little nervous.. sometimes. Not quite creepy but one notch down. This was the 90s so probably would be more relevant now.
He remembered me last time I was there about. 10 years ago.


 
Posted : 03/06/2023 11:22 pm
Posts: 5164
Free Member
 

Spurs sign Postecoglu, another reason for me to dislike them, lets hope he gets them playing better and staying on their feet a little more than usual.


 
Posted : 06/06/2023 8:07 pm
Posts: 57421
Full Member
 

This really tickled me…

https://twitter.com/dundeeandy/status/1665769122385350659?s=46&t=1lK7Dw1b6RqGJyvufO-trQ

😂

He’ll have money to spend when Kane goes to Real. I do hope he maintains the Spurs tradition of spaffing the lot on a selection of absolute donkeys

EDIT: the latest is that they’re after Maguire, so that’s an excellent start!


 
Posted : 06/06/2023 9:11 pm
Posts: 6153
Full Member
 

selection of absolute donkeys

Nah, he won't sign anybody from Sevco.


 
Posted : 06/06/2023 9:20 pm
Posts: 1315
Full Member
 

Big Ange likes hard running, energetic, attacking football. At least Spurs should have an identity back.


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 12:17 am
Posts: 6153
Full Member
 

It'll be interesting to see which,if any, Celtic players he tries to take with him.


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 8:34 am
Posts: 5164
Free Member
 

Hopefully none, i know there's rumours of Kyogo, but he's not at that level if Kane goes, Jota will always be mentioned and i think he'd do well, Hatate is that willing runner in midfield he likes, but lets hope he goes with another set of players, he'll know who he's after.


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 8:44 am
Posts: 7054
Full Member
 

Will Kane go to Real though - he's in sight of Shearer's record now?


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 11:01 am
Posts: 57421
Full Member
 

That’s his dilemma innit? He knows he’ll never win owt with Spurs, whoever the manager is.

Like United, the problems run far far deeper than who’s in the dugout, shouting at the players, as Conte helpfully pointed out.

I’m just hoping that with a more no-nonsense manager, every Spurs game might look a bit less like this…


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 12:38 pm
Posts: 7054
Full Member
 

Well if the picture was truly Spursey, one of them would bellyflop.


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 12:51 pm
Posts: 57421
Full Member
 

Fair play to the Celtic fans. They’ve been very amusing on Twitter

https://twitter.com/eckylad/status/1666487912962088972?s=46&t=1lK7Dw1b6RqGJyvufO-trQ


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 9:04 pm
Posts: 24869
Free Member
 

Fair play to the Irons! European champions!


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 11:03 pm
Posts: 1504
Full Member
 

Yeah well done West Ham! A shame the fans had to spoil their biggest night though, idiots…


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 11:15 pm
Posts: 24869
Free Member
 

report I read had them being attacked by Fiorentina fans, but haven't read extensively - what else was there?


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 11:19 pm
Posts: 1315
Full Member
 

Fiorentina player got hit by something thrown from the West Ham fans - cut head. Before that some of them were lobbing plastic bottles at the player taking the corner. Morons.


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 11:23 pm
Posts: 24869
Free Member
 

Ah, hadn't seen that. Yep, ****ts


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 11:25 pm
Posts: 16221
Free Member
 

A shame some idiots behaved like that, but I refuse to let them spoil my enjoyment. First European trophy in my lifetime and first major trophy I'm old enough to remember.


 
Posted : 07/06/2023 11:58 pm
Posts: 57421
Full Member
 

We’ll done to Weeest Aaaaaam!

It’s baffled me how they’ve underperformed for so much of the season in the league, given the strength of the squad and a decent manager in Moyes


 
Posted : 08/06/2023 11:03 am
Posts: 7054
Full Member
 

Meeting up with about 5 West Ham mates on Saturday - it's going to be a looooonnnngggg night.


 
Posted : 08/06/2023 11:05 am
Posts: 1315
Full Member
 

City making heavy weather of this!


 
Posted : 10/06/2023 10:16 pm
Posts: 5171
Free Member
 

They may yet win it, but they have definitely choked


 
Posted : 10/06/2023 10:22 pm
Posts: 1315
Full Member
 

Lukaku reprising his Man U form. What a miss! And followed up by a rubbish shot.


 
Posted : 10/06/2023 10:50 pm
Posts: 28593
Free Member
 

Ugly, but WHO ****ING CARES!


 
Posted : 10/06/2023 10:57 pm
Page 66 / 67