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Re: The New Football Thread

#1441 Post by Woody » Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:48 am

At least we can laugh at the Jocks during an international break =))
Alex McLeish says he will need to "stand up and be brave" as the pressure increases on the Scotland manager.

Sunday's 3-1 home loss to Portugal means he has won two of his six games in charge of the national side.

The friendly defeat came just three days after a 2-1 collapse away to Israel, ranked 94th in the world, in the Nations League.

"It's never easy to lose and that was a tough weekend," said McLeish.

"I have to stand up and be brave and take it forward.

"There's other examples of managers being under the cosh - Michael O'Neil and the Russian camp and Stanislav Cherchesov persevered. I'll always retain that determination."
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#1442 Post by llondel » Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:22 pm

What he means is "You'll have to fire me, I'm not quitting". He's OK until they give him his two weeks' notice, aka "The SFA stand behind our national team manager". Or is that just an English league thing?

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#1443 Post by Woody » Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:59 pm

A lot of people enjoyed this tackle last night ^:)^

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#1444 Post by llondel » Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:30 pm

By my reckoning he played the ball. That was never a yellow card.

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#1445 Post by Wodrick » Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:48 pm

+1 and I know little about Footy
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#1446 Post by Woody » Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:21 pm

Even the Premier League haven’t sunk this low, yet X(
Real Madrid have opposed staging a Spanish league game between Barcelona and Girona in the United States.

La Liga asked the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for permission to hold the match in Miami on 26 January.

In a letter to the RFEF Real said it was "fundamental" teams play "home and away at each other's stadium" for "the integrity and equality" of La Liga.

The RFEF president Luis Rubiales has spoken out against the game, as has the Spanish players' union (AFE).

European governing body Uefa, the US Soccer Federation and Concacaf, which governs the game in north and central America and the Caribbean region also need to give their permission for the game to happen.

The proposed 'home' match for Girona, a Catalan town situated around 60 miles north of Barcelona, would take place at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium on 26 January at 19:45 GMT.

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La Liga, Spain's top division, has agreed to play one game a season in the US as part of a 15-year deal with media company Relevent.

In their letter, Real said: "First of all we would like to declare that Real Madrid were never informed that La Liga had requested to play the game nor of the intention to make the request, and we were never asked our opinion on it.

"Nor, obviously, did La Liga obtain Real Madrid's agreement, despite the fact that this game affects a competition in which we participate."

Following a meeting with La Liga, the AFE said the players would have the "final say".
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#1447 Post by Woody » Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:21 pm

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Re: The New Football Thread

#1448 Post by Woody » Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:39 pm

For all those who think that Blackpool are in the s**t, read this :((

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45877754
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#1449 Post by lasernigel » Sat Oct 20, 2018 7:51 pm

Another good win and lots of goals. Could be a deciding factor this year.

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#1450 Post by Woody » Sun Oct 21, 2018 9:37 am

Mind the gap :D
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Re: The New Football Thread

#1451 Post by Woody » Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:10 am

Trying to make them even more unpopular :((

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... r-13448984
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#1452 Post by ian16th » Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:15 am

Woody wrote:
Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:10 am
Trying to make them even more unpopular :((

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... r-13448984
'More unpopular'?

Is that Scouse for 'less popular'?

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Any 3 from the top 18 to go up!

Only 3 from 6 to go down.
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#1453 Post by Woody » Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:07 am

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson said it was "hard to stand here as a loser again" after Everton scored twice in the last three minutes to snatch a dramatic Premier League victory.

You’d think that he would be used to it by now =))
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#1454 Post by lasernigel » Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:15 pm

Good old Woy!
Well we won 0-3 but think someone else lost 0-1!

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#1455 Post by ian16th » Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:19 am

I'm p*ssed of at a team that could score against Rotherham!
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#1456 Post by Woody » Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:36 pm

I see that it’s the Fylde coast “ El Classico “ this weekend :D
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#1457 Post by Ibbie » Fri Oct 26, 2018 8:20 am

The trams will be busy

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#1458 Post by Woody » Fri Oct 26, 2018 6:52 pm

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#1459 Post by Woody » Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:13 pm

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Re: The New Football Thread

#1460 Post by Ibbie » Sat Nov 03, 2018 3:52 pm

It's about time referees were sponsored by Duff Beer and had "DUFF" on the sleeves of their shirts.

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