General Football Thread - Any other business

Discussion in 'England' started by Marcho Gamgee, Apr 12, 2018.

  1. Rabbi Keane

    Rabbi Keane Member

    Aug 13, 2003
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    They haven't got the best of depth in their player pool,
    think they've been very unlucky that Vedat Muriqi was unavailable in the play off - he's key.
     
  2. W.A.S.P.

    W.A.S.P. Member+

    Leeds United
    England
    Sep 20, 2012
    St. Louis
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Germany and Switzerland are tied 3-3 with 30 minutes to go. It's incredible how easy it is to cut open Germany.
     
  3. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    I somehow missed this but :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

     
  4. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    Just in case anyone missed this :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

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  5. JTay

    JTay Member

    England
    Apr 27, 2019
    Luiz being allowed to play on shows how awful football's stance on head injuries is. Shows a serious need for concussion substitutes sooner rather than later.
     
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  6. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
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  7. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
    Reminds me of myself playing Sunday League when I was 13 :ninja:

     
  8. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
  9. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
     
  10. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    Bloody hell! What is this the Eurovision Song Contest :cool:
     
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  11. Jenks

    Jenks Member+

    Feb 16, 2013
    Club:
    --other--
    That is absolutely ridiculous.
     
  12. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
  13. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
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  14. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001


    Nearly as bad as this
     
  15. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
     
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  16. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    Its coming home...its coming home
     
  17. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
  18. Iansutton270390

    Iansutton270390 Member+

    Tottenham Hotspur
    England
    Jan 12, 2019
    Just been reading the sky sports story on English South Asians within the football pyramid (or lack thereof). What's people's thoughts on this? The Asian population is bigger then the black population in this country and yet we've recently celebrated the 100th Black player to feature for england. We have yet to celebrate the first South Asian to represent us.
    Why has it taken so long? Will we get a South Asian playing for England before the next World Cup?
    Do we have any english South Asians in this forum? Would be very interested to hear anybody's opinions.
     
  19. TopBanana10

    TopBanana10 Member+

    Millwall
    England
    Sep 8, 2018
    If you look at some of the younger age groups, it’s quite clear that some coaches prefer black players over white or Asian.

    Unfortunately the diversity brigade only allow people to speak up for certain groups.
     
  20. Iansutton270390

    Iansutton270390 Member+

    Tottenham Hotspur
    England
    Jan 12, 2019
    Such a shame if that's true. I think either dhanda or choudhury are our best chances of seeing a south Asian in the England team any time soon.
     
  21. dbs235

    dbs235 Member

    Mar 30, 2013
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    This topic has been done do death (probably not on here) and the answer is usually that it's because they favour cricket. I'm from West Yorkshire which has a large Asian population and I'd say that the ones that do like football tend to prefer 5-aside rather than play for traditional 11-aside teams.
     
  22. Jenks

    Jenks Member+

    Feb 16, 2013
    Club:
    --other--
    We've had accounts of Asian kids being told by scouts that the clubs won't go for them because they're Asian and no one seem to take it very seriously, yet when the number of Black coaches is representative of the population that's somehow evidence of systemic racism because of the massive over-representation of Black players in the game. Very odd.

    Anecdotally I can't say that I've found Asians in the UK to be any less interested in football than the average person.
     
  23. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    Not sure I have seen a worse miss than this from a professional footballer. If I have then I can’t recall :eek::laugh::laugh:

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  24. Marcho Gamgee

    Marcho Gamgee Member+

    England
    Apr 25, 2015
    Somewhere in English Arrogance land
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    So UEFA confirm they still intend to hold the Champions League final in Turkey! After the ESL fiasco we now come crashing back to earth and are reminded how stupid UEFA are imo. Turkey currently in lockdown and one of the worst Covid rates in Europe last week, 26k new cases yesterday but they still want two English Clubs to send their players there and 4K plus fans each. Circumstances change and currently Covid rate is extremely low in the UK, plus more than half the population vaccinated and fans safely getting back into stadiums. Surely it’s just practical and logical to have the final in the UK when it’s two teams from England under the current circumstances?
     
  25. Jenks

    Jenks Member+

    Feb 16, 2013
    Club:
    --other--
    There are probably legal guarantees in place for the stadiums in question, what with all the money involved. I doubt that UEFA can just change things on a whim when the game isn't being threatened.
     

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