Re: The Football Thread 2019/20: A new feature appears!
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:31 pm
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Tomous wrote:Ecno wrote:Can I request the subtitle be "Norwich run farke-ing rampant" when they beat Liverpool Friday night?
Don't know about best game, but the worst game I went to was the Swansea Bradford League Cup final. I'd entered a Facebook competition to win some tickets and then won them. Most awkward football match of my life.
Edit: Can answer best game, it was this year on Boxing day when we were 3-0 down and got one back in the 78th minute and then scored the equaliser in the 98th minute.
Your worst is one of my best
I know the game wasn’t great for the neutral but as our first major trophy it meant a lot. We’d beaten Liverpool at Anfield and Chelsea over two legs to get there too so it wasn’t like we had an easy run.
Incidentally, can I get on the list as a Swansea fan please.
Dowbocop wrote:PatSharpsMullet wrote:Thursday's League Cup draw will take place in Morrison's.
I strawberry floating love cup draws, if I still lived in London I'd try and go
Arsenal had a club shop in the London Colney Savacentre (it was close to the training ground so apparently you'd get players coming in as well). They had the Makita Cup on display there in 1994-5 (we actually won the last iteration of that pre-season tournament #thistimeitsforkeeps). On one of the quieter afternoons they got it out of the cabinet and let me wave it around the shop like I'd won it. It. Was. Awesome.
Tomous wrote:Corazon de Leon wrote:Tomous wrote:I was going to say Swansea beating Reading in the playoff final for my best game but thinking about it I’d probably go for the semi final second leg v Forest. We went in half time 2-0 up from a couple of great goals, and the Liberty was bouncing. Then towards the end they pulled one back and hammered us trying to get the equaliser. I think Earnshaw hit the post at one point and it felt like extra time was inevitable. Then it got to injury time and Lee Camp, the forest goalie went up for field a corner. Doris de Vries our keeper punched the ball clear to the edge of the box, an air shot by a Forest player led to Darren Pratley breaking down the pitch with an empty goal infront of him. Just before Chris Gunther caught him, he launched it forward from the half line and the ball bounced into an empty net. Pandonmium. Brendan Rodgers was off down the touchline and the crowd went berserk from the combination of pure relief, ecstasy and a ridiculous goal
DDV played for Celtic?! I had no idea.
He jumped ship after helping us get promoted and signed for Wolves on a free. Famously (amongst Swans fans anyway) said “the difference is Swansea will hope to stay up whereas Wolves will expect to stay up”. We then stayed up and Wolves went down...
PaperMacheMario wrote:Utter bollocks decision in the France v Nigeria game. Keeper was about an inch off her line for a penalty that the French player hit wide and the ref ordered a retake while booking the keeper. Retake is scored. Football really is just turning into unbearable pedantry with VAR.
EDIT: Just watched the replay and a French player was in the box before the penalty was scored. Why is that not picked up on? At least be consistent in killing the joy of the game.
PaperMacheMario wrote:Utter bollocks decision in the France v Nigeria game. Keeper was about an inch off her line for a penalty that the French player hit wide and the ref ordered a retake while booking the keeper. Retake is scored. Football really is just turning into unbearable pedantry with VAR.
EDIT: Just watched the replay and a French player was in the box before the penalty was scored. Why is that not picked up on? At least be consistent in killing the joy of the game.
Tomous wrote:Incidentally, can I get on the list as a Swansea fan please.
Curls wrote:Hi. When you say Live do you mean in the stadium?
I've never been to an actual game, maybe I will one day. Like to watch on the telly but it's never appealed to me enough to actually go. Armchair fan for sure.
Dowbocop wrote:Tomous wrote:Incidentally, can I get on the list as a Swansea fan please.
Swansea are on Cora's list in the EFL thread. I considered putting an "Other" section for overseas teams etc but I think it would only be Cora that supports Celtic (and DBlock, but I'massuminghopingpraying he's banned!
PsychicSykes wrote:The keeper having to have one foot on the line is one of the new rules that was introduced recently, including players having to go off at the nearest touchline when subbed off to dissuade timewasting, refs being able to book coaching staff and the ball not having to leave the box from a goal kick.
More here.
Tomous wrote:PaperMacheMario wrote:Utter bollocks decision in the France v Nigeria game. Keeper was about an inch off her line for a penalty that the French player hit wide and the ref ordered a retake while booking the keeper. Retake is scored. Football really is just turning into unbearable pedantry with VAR.
EDIT: Just watched the replay and a French player was in the box before the penalty was scored. Why is that not picked up on? At least be consistent in killing the joy of the game.
I haven’t seen this but regarding your edit an attacking player in the box just means the attacking team have to retake a scored penalty doesn’t it? Rather than lose the penalty. So those two things don’t cancel each other out?
Dowbocop wrote:Wigan 5-3 Blackburn - a proper batshit mental game with two hat tricks (Roque Santa Cruz and Darren Bent ), a missed penalty and a red card.
SpaceJebus wrote:Dowbocop wrote:Wigan 5-3 Blackburn - a proper batshit mental game with two hat tricks (Roque Santa Cruz and Darren Bent ), a missed penalty and a red card.
It was Marcus Bent, it was a cracking game though.
Dowbocop wrote:SpaceJebus wrote:Dowbocop wrote:Wigan 5-3 Blackburn - a proper batshit mental game with two hat tricks (Roque Santa Cruz and Darren Bent ), a missed penalty and a red card.
It was Marcus Bent, it was a cracking game though.
I even Googled the sodding match report as well
Drumstick wrote:Dowbocop wrote:SpaceJebus wrote:Dowbocop wrote:Wigan 5-3 Blackburn - a proper batshit mental game with two hat tricks (Roque Santa Cruz and Darren Bent ), a missed penalty and a red card.
It was Marcus Bent, it was a cracking game though.
I even Googled the sodding match report as well
Well this bodes well for the season ahead.
Photek wrote:The amount of money being 'reported' for players right now is crazy. £80m for Harry "Minecraft head" Maguire, £60 for Wan Basaka and Is it true Rashford just signed a £300k a week contract!?
Photek wrote:The amount of money being 'reported' for players right now is crazy. £80m for Harry "Minecraft head" Maguire, £60 for Wan Basaka and Is it true Rashford just signed a £300k a week contract!?