The on topic thread 3.0

[bok_party]

I guess people are taking issue with the 'hand of God' reference.

Yeah I get that but I don’t think there’s any malice in that phrase. Think it’s just people causing a fuss as always.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Yeah I get that but I don’t think there’s any malice in that phrase. Think it’s just people causing a fuss as always.

I think it was unnecessary at this time and shits people a bit that such an incredible career and people keep referring to this one incident

 

[chef]

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Just following from discussion on Europa thread, I think both euro tournaments need to be re formatted. You want group stages to be best 16. Look at current CL, a number of groups already decided. Europa group stage is boring as all hell with too many poor teams.

So CL - top 8 seeds straight into 16 team group stage

Next tier of 8 into last qualifying round.
32 teams then play knockout, top 8 join second 8 for final round of 16 knockout

Then group stage begins. Having 16 group makes far more interesting games and closer qualification battles.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Just following from discussion on Europa thread, I think both euro tournaments need to be re formatted. You want group stages to be best 16. Look at current CL, a number of groups already decided. Europa group stage is boring as all hell with too many poor teams.

So CL - top 8 seeds straight into 16 team group stage

Next tier of 8 into last qualifying round.
32 teams then play knockout, top 8 join second 8 for final round of 16 knockout

Then group stage begins. Having 16 group makes far more interesting games and closer qualification battles.

You aren’t going to like this...

2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Latro]

 

[RPCB]

Huge win for Alaves over Real Madrid. Courtois with a massive mistake.

I reckon that Mariano is Real Madrid’s version of Jesse Lingard but even worse. Every time I watch him play, he gives me the impression that he is the worst player in Real Madrid's history. His final act of the match was to attempt an overhead kick with the defender and a teammate within a centimetre of him and he kicks the defender flush in the face.

 

[Zidane98]

Huge win for Alaves over Real Madrid. Courtois with a massive mistake.

I reckon that Mariano is Real Madrid’s version of Jesse Lingard but even worse. Every time I watch him play, he gives me the impression that he is the worst player in Real Madrid's history. His final act of the match was to attempt an overhead kick with the defender and a teammate within a centimetre of him and he kicks the defender flush in the face.

Worse than Faubert / Gravesen? That takes some beating.

 

[RPCB]

Worse than Faubert / Gravesen? That takes some beating.

Faubert a bit harsh as his history shows he only made a couple of appearances on loan. But Gravesen is a very good call, considering he was such a good player for Everton for so long.

 

[Established1870]

Would have Mariano over Lucas Vasquez in a heartbeat.

 

[Solska]

Hazard’s nightmare in Spain continues.

 

[chef]

Hazard’s nightmare in Spain continues.

Kind of wasted/wasting the best years of his career chasing that childhood dream.

Hope we can get him back on loan.

 

[Zidane98]

Faubert a bit harsh as his history shows he only made a couple of appearances on loan. But Gravesen is a very good call, considering he was such a good player for Everton for so long.

Gravesen's best work at RM was the part he played in Goal 2 living the dream.

 

[SM]

 

[chef]

This is pretty shit.

 

[SM]

This is pretty sh*t.

Pathetic.

 

[chef]

Pathetic.

Yep, makes no sense.

 

[drd23]

Roman's gotta pay for those paintings somehow


(Yes, I'm aware that story about him buying The Scream was fake)

 

[RossFC]

We have heaps of players on int duty getting COVID and getting injured in extra games. If most leagues have 5 subs during this congested pandemic ridden season, then so should the prem. Or at least cancel INT football during this pandemic.

 

[Latro]

 

[moomba]

 

[SM]

We have heaps of players on int duty getting COVID and getting injured in extra games. If most leagues have 5 subs during this congested pandemic ridden season, then so should the prem. Or at least cancel INT football during this pandemic.

They've only just introduced it at our level and I think it's ridiculously unfair on other teams as it makes it even easier for us.

For all Klopps whinging you're coming first so hardly impacting your campaign.

 

[Memphis]

Seems like a rare sight these days Messi with a goal from open play.

 

[Zidane98]

Vale Bouba Diop

Papa Bouba Diop, Senegal's World Cup hero and FA Cup winner, dies aged 42

Papa Bouba Diop, who scored the winner for Senegal against France in 2002 before playing for Fulham and Portsmouth, has died

www.google.com

 

[Frank Bunn]

I'm not sure this is on topic or off topic.

Are footballers more religious than the rest of us? There's a lot of them that enter the field by touching the grass then crossing themselves a few times. There's a lot of pointing at the sky after they score a goal.