Cheer up lads.  Christmas is the time of miracles.  Who knows, come 7pm we might be celebrating a famous draw.

Thats France winning the world cup again.  Messi and co wont stop them.

I really like JDT as a person.  Think he is calm, positive, idealistic.

However I got annoyed at this guff that passing it around at the back would increase the value and sale price of players.  Is he actually saying he is trying to cheat passing accuracy stats to artificially over inflate players value?

Seriously, what good is passing it pointlessly around at the back to end up mid table no hopers?   Are scouts really that easily fooled that they ignore their own eyes and go straight for the stats??

3 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Get back in your box.

JDT just needs to go back to what they were doing early doors and get on the front foot a bit more.

I think your sarcasm detector is malfunctioning

Messi is just a poor mans Georgi Kinkladze.   

Until he proves it on a cold wet Wednesday night at Stoke I remain sceptical

Mowbray come back all is forgiven

I always think of the 1992 7-1 result when I see this fixture.  Sat might be their turn to do us 7-1.  I have zero confidence in getting a win.

Merry Christmas

''You have to remember. If they hadn't have scored we would have got a better result'' (Howard Wilkinson)

''Well the Germans beat them 13-0 and the Czechs beats them 7-0 so that suggests they are tightening things up at the back.'' (Ireland manager Steve Staunton when asked how many goals he expected Ireland to beat San Marino by).

12 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Herdman has done a very good job with Canada 

Maybe in 4 years yes. Probably top choice with Graham Potter. 

Its Poitier

JDT or DDT?

Which is more harmful?

Its all gone a bit Ray Harford

embarrassing

Burnley performance was the worst of the season along with Wigan.  This is not far behind

Probably game over now

Wales have had an absolute Ray Harford of a tournament. 3 awful performances

35 minutes ago, R0verb0y said:

Only 7 minutes of second half stoppage time!!
I can't help wondering if some of  these games with their 10 minutes of stoppage time will influence English Referees later this season?

Fergie must be on the sideline tapping his watch at the ref

1 hour ago, ben_the_beast said:

I do question whether Qatar will be silently regretting hosting the World Cup. 

As far as 'sports-washing' goes it's having the opposite effect. The whole world is talking about their abhorrent human rights record, corruption and then the general irritation of its timing.

They've obviously spent a fortune in preparation, though for an oil state I imagine any amount of Billions is a moot point. The motivation must have surely been to put them centre stage in a positive light.

Once the games start with an atmosphere and attendance reminiscent of lockdown, as a nation they are going to look like a joke. Literally nobody is happy they're hosting. Its a shit show for everyone.

(Yes I'll be watching btw)

They've literally paid locals to dress up as fans from various countries to generate atmosphere

4 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

https://amp.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022

This World cup is so tainted.

I've never been so disinterested in a world cup.  Not even bothered to watch it but will take in some games if I have nothing else to do.  Absolute disgrace of a tournament.  From the bribery, the unsuitability of the climate and country size, to the switch to winter to the migrant deaths etc...

As a balding man how do you get your hair so thick and full of volume?

8 minutes ago, matt83 said:

As a kid I used to enjoy doing the sticker books trying and failing to fill it (although have a fully completed italia 90 esso coin collection somewhere in the loft). Doing swaps on the playground/class, desperately searching for some randomer like Ludek Miklosko while having several baggios or Maldinis. So I thought would get the young un one.

Did not think that one through. Forgot there’s a ludicrous 32 teams and with 20 players each, pics of every crest, pics of the stadia, etc, etc, it’s about 700 bloody stickers. That’ll no doubt cost me a pretty penny. The World Cup and euros should go back to 24 team and 16 or 8 teams respectively, if for no other reason that the kiddies have manageable sticker albums. 

I had the Orbis World Cup 90 and Panini completed

2 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Just out of interest - who saw that team coming this morning ? How many of us had that 11 down as our starting line up ?

Not me for one.

I think the performance against West Ham swayed his judgement.  In his interview after that game he said that the players he picked on the night have proven they can be trusted or words to that effect.

Yawndale Tomasson.  Boring tactics.

1 minute ago, Riversider28 said:

We didn’t even start playing until we were two down. Shameful.

Did we even play then???

Just when JDT had won me over again he produces this selection and performance.    Worse than Wigan away

this ref is blind.  Two corners not given