SEE YOU! A brand spanking new modern fitba thread 2023/2024

Discussion in 'Hall of Fame/Shame' started by Xplosive, Aug 5, 2023.

  1. puerto rock

    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2003
    Messages:
    12,091
    Likes Received:
    1,424
    Appreciate it brother. It was an entertaining tournament. I picked France to win it. I really thought that they were going to come with something to prove after what happened in the World Cup final vs Argentina. They disappointed. Never picked it up, and Spain I figured were a little green and too young but they were up for it.
     
    meetthefeebles likes this.
  2. whiskey

    whiskey Czarcasm

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    47,100
    Likes Received:
    5,052
    I saw it similarly. England and France as co-favorites with Germany and Span the next two.
     
  3. whiskey

    whiskey Czarcasm

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    47,100
    Likes Received:
    5,052
    "The best team won".

    Seems the pundits really want to get that across.
     
  4. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    105,288
    Likes Received:
    7,761
    Location:
    In The Trenches With My Boy Sepp
    Home Page:
    Copa America final about to begin if anyone cares.....
     
  5. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    105,288
    Likes Received:
    7,761
    Location:
    In The Trenches With My Boy Sepp
    Home Page:
    But they actually did. Better overall. Better on the night. I broke it down that Spain had spent 300 minutes leading football games against better teams than England had spent only 100 minutes beating.

    It seems a daft statistic but a large part of why England got as far as they did was the timing of the few goals they scored.

    It's also telling.....they had nothing to lose in the 95th minute Vs Slovakia. Nothing to lose in the 77th minute Vs Spain. Nothing to lose in the 82nd minute Vs Switzerland. And we're able to cut loose by way of necessity rather than design.

    Same at 2-1 down tonight....suddenly 3,4 chances in a go.

    England, by the way, did no worse with Spain than Germany or France did. Did better than Croatia, Italy, Georgia.

    England probably were the 2nd best team in the tournament and suffered precisely 1 loss and that was in their final game.
     
  6. puerto rock

    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2003
    Messages:
    12,091
    Likes Received:
    1,424
    Currently waiting on it. I reckon Colombia will pull this one off.
     
  7. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    105,288
    Likes Received:
    7,761
    Location:
    In The Trenches With My Boy Sepp
    Home Page:
    But....Messi! He's a God! We're lucky to be alive when he is!

    Etc. smfh

    In other news Luis Suarez is biting people.

    Again.
     
    puerto rock likes this.
  8. whiskey

    whiskey Czarcasm

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    47,100
    Likes Received:
    5,052
    There is no trophy for "best overall". If England won today they would be deserved winners.
     
  9. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    105,288
    Likes Received:
    7,761
    Location:
    In The Trenches With My Boy Sepp
    Home Page:
    Yes but.....
     
  10. puerto rock

    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2003
    Messages:
    12,091
    Likes Received:
    1,424
    Colombia look better so far. Messi has been largely missing in action and there’s no flow to Argentina’s attack.
     
  11. Wiser 1878

    Wiser 1878 Bridgerweight Champion

    Joined:
    Jan 8, 2006
    Messages:
    25,416
    Likes Received:
    1,011
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Management/Health Care
    Location:
    Bakersfield, CA, USA
    Did you see Darwin Nunez in the stands throwing punches with Colombian fans the other day?
     
  12. Wiser 1878

    Wiser 1878 Bridgerweight Champion

    Joined:
    Jan 8, 2006
    Messages:
    25,416
    Likes Received:
    1,011
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Management/Health Care
    Location:
    Bakersfield, CA, USA
    GOAL!!!!!

    ARGENTINA!
     
  13. Wiser 1878

    Wiser 1878 Bridgerweight Champion

    Joined:
    Jan 8, 2006
    Messages:
    25,416
    Likes Received:
    1,011
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Management/Health Care
    Location:
    Bakersfield, CA, USA
    Spain wins the Euros.

    Argentina wins Copa America.

    A great day for ex middleweight champ, Sergio Martinez.
     
  14. Jimmy

    Jimmy The Greatest of Are Times

    Joined:
    May 2, 2009
    Messages:
    27,960
    Likes Received:
    699
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    London
    Was he protecting his family? Or did someone shout at him "you couldn't score in a brothel"?
     
  15. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

    Joined:
    May 17, 2005
    Messages:
    69,352
    Likes Received:
    5,712
    Occupation:
    Involved in hyperbole
    Location:
    Interzone
    The good news is southgate will surely leave now. Give Mourinho a go, world chanps 2026
     
  16. Wiser 1878

    Wiser 1878 Bridgerweight Champion

    Joined:
    Jan 8, 2006
    Messages:
    25,416
    Likes Received:
    1,011
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Management/Health Care
    Location:
    Bakersfield, CA, USA
    LOL! I don't know. At the end of the match there were some scuffles on the pitch and then I'm not sure what happened but next thing you see is Uruguay players going into the stands to fight against Colombian fans.

    If I had to guess I'd say they were probably throwing shit at them.

    Another ugly scene happened today. A bunch of fans turned up at the final in Miami with no tickets. They were hopping gates and climbing over walls and getting in. (Great security.) At one point certain sections held up by security were so overcrowded that people were getting crushed. They had no choice but to let everyone in to avoid a tragedy.
     
  17. Jimmy

    Jimmy The Greatest of Are Times

    Joined:
    May 2, 2009
    Messages:
    27,960
    Likes Received:
    699
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    London
    I saw clips on YouTube of the fights in the stands. Looked ugly. Huge rivalry though so tempers flared. Not surprising it kicked off really. Hate to see innocent people get caught up in it all and especially children. Same thing happened at last Euros between England and Italy. Tons of fans with no tickets outnumbered security and got through and into the stadium. Fights kicked off. Scenes were terrible. There's a documentary on Netflix. Throughout the day tensions built up. Shed loads of people with no respect for other people's safety or property doing whatever it takes to see the game. Just buy a ticket you morons. Would probably cost less than the fine you'll receive by getting caught, or watch it at the pub.
     
    Wiser 1878 likes this.
  18. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

    Joined:
    Jan 23, 2003
    Messages:
    55,064
    Likes Received:
    12,908
    Location:
    Your girl's crib
    Argentina wins the Copa America over Colombia in an extra time thriller. Abundantly clear that Argentina and Spain are the two best national teams on the planet at the moment. With France, England, and Germany just a step behind them.
     
    puerto rock likes this.
  19. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

    Joined:
    May 17, 2005
    Messages:
    69,352
    Likes Received:
    5,712
    Occupation:
    Involved in hyperbole
    Location:
    Interzone
    Rangers in such a state its simultaneously hilarious and tragic. Ibrox shut until 'october' (probably longer) because they've botched some budget stadium expansion and disturbed asbestos. So they've had to go cap in hand to beg to use Hampden after spending two years picking fights with the SFA. Then their manager Baldomort (who posts instagram vids of himself doing assistance machine dips to look tough) has come out publicly and said he'd been lied to about what he'd have to spend. Basically they're skint and he hates his life. Which isn't even good for us because our bastard board will take it as their ticket to spend even less this summer, even though we've a bigger gold pile than fucking smaug
     
    Xplosive and Irish like this.
  20. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    105,288
    Likes Received:
    7,761
    Location:
    In The Trenches With My Boy Sepp
    Home Page:
    I bet he missed half of them.
     
    Jimmy likes this.
  21. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    105,288
    Likes Received:
    7,761
    Location:
    In The Trenches With My Boy Sepp
    Home Page:
    Spare a thought for the poor cunts who built Ibrox. Probably died coughing their guts up in some sanatarium.

    And the asbestos isn't the only disturbed thing at Ibrox either.
     
  22. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    105,288
    Likes Received:
    7,761
    Location:
    In The Trenches With My Boy Sepp
    Home Page:
    Yeah that was embarrassing. All these wannabe "roadmen" charging around and feeling tough. Dickheads.
     
    Jimmy likes this.
  23. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    105,288
    Likes Received:
    7,761
    Location:
    In The Trenches With My Boy Sepp
    Home Page:
    Nah he'd have missed that too
     
    Jimmy likes this.
  24. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    105,288
    Likes Received:
    7,761
    Location:
    In The Trenches With My Boy Sepp
    Home Page:
    Best thing about this weekend is feebles getting smashed drunk and coming in here to tell everyone what a great footballer he is and how he manages a team at a high level.
     
  25. Jimmy

    Jimmy The Greatest of Are Times

    Joined:
    May 2, 2009
    Messages:
    27,960
    Likes Received:
    699
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    London
    I do like Nunez as a player. I hope he can find that scoring touch constantly throughout next season. He could easily score 20+ goals, potentially 30, even. He's a grafter.
     
    Irish likes this.
  26. Jimmy

    Jimmy The Greatest of Are Times

    Joined:
    May 2, 2009
    Messages:
    27,960
    Likes Received:
    699
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    London
    He's convinced me he's good enough to become next England boss.
     
    meetthefeebles and Xplosive like this.
  27. Jimmy

    Jimmy The Greatest of Are Times

    Joined:
    May 2, 2009
    Messages:
    27,960
    Likes Received:
    699
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    London
    Alcohol and concaine and having a certain mindset. Not a good mixture.
     
  28. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

    Joined:
    May 17, 2005
    Messages:
    69,352
    Likes Received:
    5,712
    Occupation:
    Involved in hyperbole
    Location:
    Interzone
    Sellik actually doing some smart business on the goaly front getting Kasper Schmeichel in as an insurance policy/quality floor and taking a punt on a highly rated 22 year old from Aston Villa whos been lacking game time. If the latter doesnt work out kasper will safely keep us ticking over for a season or so. Pretty certain both will be better than joe hart
     
  29. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    105,288
    Likes Received:
    7,761
    Location:
    In The Trenches With My Boy Sepp
    Home Page:
    Yeah....I saw that at a recent family event. Very unsettling atmosphere. Like dealing with wild rampaging animals. Totally insane behaviour. Then the following day they're all like ""what? Me? I never!!!"
     
    Last edited: Jul 15, 2024
  30. Irish

    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2002
    Messages:
    105,288
    Likes Received:
    7,761
    Location:
    In The Trenches With My Boy Sepp
    Home Page:
    Schmeichel fell off the radar like a fly
     

Share This Page