The Footie Thread

[Deleted member 16999]

Brilliant, that's success so we will be having a deja Vue comments page on how crap Southgate is at the next world cup ??
Coz he will still be manager

I’ll guarantee Sterling starts the first game.??

 

[ColchesterFC]

Who do we play if we lose tomorrow night and finish third in the group?

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Who do we play if we lose tomorrow night and finish third in the group?

Won’t be drawn until all first round matches finished.

 

[Kellfire]

Who do we play if we lose tomorrow night and finish third in the group?

Might not play anyone afaik.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Might not play anyone afaik.

How do we not play anyone when we have already qualified?

 

[Orikoru]

The third place thing is so daft and convoluted that I genuinely think they'd be better off doing a live draw for the 2nd round, like the FA Cup. Would be entertaining and vastly easier to understand.

 

[Slime]

What difference is there between 20 players huddled in the box with many of them on top of each during a corner , or someone closing marking each other for 90 mins , grabbing them , pulling their shirt , seen players from opponents hugging each other at the end of the match - so why does it make a difference 5 mins later in the tunnel ?

The players spend 90 mins getting closer to each then they ever normally would , players are going to catch it regardless

Or does the contact on the pitch not pass Covid ?

Apparently, according to reports, the Chelsea boys carried on their conversation in the tunnel for quite a while after the game, that's what's causing the issues.

 

[Kellfire]

How do we not play anyone when we have already qualified?

Because I didn’t know you had.

 

[Tashyboy]

Who do we play if we lose tomorrow night and finish third in the group?

I saw something on BBC site the other day think it could be winners from B,C and E

 

[Deleted member 15344]

So it’s seems that City have also potentially offered Spurs players - Jesus , Laporte or Sterling

Will Levy accept a big fee plus a few players ?

Talking on 5live this morning and they said the player that City really should look at is Lukaku - Inter have money issues maybe the same sort of price as Kane

Have to agree - that would be the better signing

 

[Bdill93]

Yeah but if Henderson had played we’d have already won it ?‍

If Carlsberg did forum posts

 

[Tashyboy]

The Italian primeminister does not want the final played at Wembley due to rising cases and the delta variant.
That I get, I hope UEFA use some.common sense.
However. They didnt when they played the champs league final in Portugal when both teams were from England.
Watch this space coz ave a feeling this could gather pace.

 

[Kellfire]

So it’s seems that City have also potentially offered Spurs players - Jesus , Laporte or Sterling

Will Levy accept a big fee plus a few players ?

Talking on 5live this morning and they said the player that City really should look at is Lukaku - Inter have money issues maybe the same sort of price as Kane

Have to agree - that would be the better signing

Jesus has Spurs written all over it. Comes advertised as a saviour but ultimately doesn’t exist.

 

[Kellfire]

So it’s seems that City have also potentially offered Spurs players - Jesus , Laporte or Sterling

Will Levy accept a big fee plus a few players ?

Talking on 5live this morning and they said the player that City really should look at is Lukaku - Inter have money issues maybe the same sort of price as Kane

Have to agree - that would be the better signing

Also, Lukaku showed at United that it you don’t build a team for him, he doesn’t work and Pep isn’t going to adapt to using an old fashioned centre forward for Lukaku when he didn’t for Aguero.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

If Grealish doesn’t get a start he’s going to be Lionel Messi after the tournament.
Never heard so much hype for such a slightly above average player,it’s like he should be first player on the team sheet

I actually like Grealish and he could offer us creativity that we currently lack. It is funny though how on occasions players, in all sports, can improve massively without ever playing. Being injured, being on the bench whilst your colleagues struggle can turn you into a world beater. He is definitely in that category right now.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

I actually like Grealish and he could offer us creativity that we currently lack. It is funny though how on occasions players, in all sports, can improve massively without ever playing. Being injured, being on the bench whilst your colleagues struggle can turn you into a world beater. He is definitely in that category right now.

Indeed.. Henderson has become Patrick Vieira all of a sudden

 

[Orikoru]

Also, Lukaku showed at United that it you don’t build a team for him, he doesn’t work and Pep isn’t going to adapt to using an old fashioned centre forward for Lukaku when he didn’t for Aguero.

Lukaku would be a terrible fit for this City side. As you say, he's not an all-round forward who's going to chip into build-up play in the way that Kane does. I shouldn't think they'd be interested in Lukaku at all.

 

[Orikoru]

I actually like Grealish and he could offer us creativity that we currently lack. It is funny though how on occasions players, in all sports, can improve massively without ever playing. Being injured, being on the bench whilst your colleagues struggle can turn you into a world beater. He is definitely in that category right now.

The best example of this was Jack Wilshere. The longer he was injured for, the more Arsenal fans built him up like he was going to come back and revolutionise the team. Same with England and how we were all apparently waiting for him to come back to we could build the team around him. By the time he was back playing again though he was utterly useless.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Also, Lukaku showed at United that it you don’t build a team for him, he doesn’t work and Pep isn’t going to adapt to using an old fashioned centre forward for Lukaku when he didn’t for Aguero.

Have you not seen the way Lukaku is playing for Belgium ? The way he is linking up with KDB , how he is dropping deep , wide - Belgium have got the best out of him without building a team around him and he isn’t just a “old fashioned” forward , his game has improved immensely since he left UTD

 

[Kellfire]

Have you not seen the way Lukaku is playing for Belgium ? The way he is linking up with KDB , how he is dropping deep , wide - Belgium have got the best out of him without building a team around him and he isn’t just a “old fashioned” forward , his game has improved immensely since he left UTD

Lukaku’s best play is still when leading the line and using his power to hold off players and producing explosive finishes. You can tell de Bruyne would love a forward like that at City for sure but Pep doesn’t want that.