Football

[Kite159]

I've just had a bet with a friend that I'm working with next week.
If Man City draw Barca he buys me a cake.*
If Liverpool draw Tottenham Tottenham I buy him a cake.
If neither of us are right then we both have to buy a packet of decent biscuits for the kitty.

(* I'd love to see that)

Probably will be

Man Utd v Man City
Liverpool V Barcelona
Tottenham v Porto
Jeventus v Ajax

 

[Cowley]

Probably will be

Man Utd v Man City
Liverpool V Barcelona
Tottenham v Porto
Jeventus v Ajax

If I could choose I'd go:
Man City - Barcelona
Man Utd - Juventus
Liverpool - Porto
Tottenham - Ajax

And a £100 bet placed with a bookies six months ago on all four CL semi finalists being English in this bizarre Brexit laden year.
Unfortunately no such bet was placed.)

 

[Groningen]

What are the odds that semi finals and finals are all UK teams in CL? I would rank Barcelona highest. Pep was coach of Bayern. I would rank Man United, Tottenham, Porto and Ajax the weakest.

 

[Darandio]

Big news out of Oldham Athletic is that FA and Football league have given go ahead for Paul Scholes to become new manager at Oldham and probably be confirmed after Crawley match tomorrow afternoon. It be interesting to see how he does at Latics given this be his first management job and I hoping he does good job but half of me feel he be gone at end of season as doesn't go well but hopefully that doesn't happen.

And more big news out of Oldham, Scholes has gone already. From what he has said it seems the responsibilities that were promised were very different to what actually happened once he was there.

 

[richw]

And more big news out of Oldham, Scholes has gone already. From what he has said it seems the responsibilities that were promised were very different to what actually happened once he was there.

Sounds like owner is interfering.

Scholes said in a statement that he had decided to resign with "great regret".

"It unfortunately became clear that I would not be able to operate as I intended and was led to believe prior to taking on the role," he continued.

 

[Kite159]

Why do I picture Rennes getting a late goal if the Europa League match remains 2-0?

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Edit - Ended 3-0 to Arsenal, all 6 English teams into the quarter finals. No doubt the completely random Uefa draw will put Arsenal v Chelsea

 

[Paul’s]

UEFA champions league draw

 

[61653 HTAFC]

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Christmas comes early for @Cowley's cat!

That is, unless the "kitty" he referred to was the snack box...

 

[Kite159]

A prediction on the semi-finalists:

Juventus
Liverpool
Man City
Man Utd

 

[JamesT]

Semi-Final draw:
Tottenham/Man City vs. Ajax/Juventus
Man Utd/Barcelona vs. Liverpool/Porto

 

[fowler9]

I just hope that leave and cash means I can go to Porto away. I fear one or the other will let me down. The ticket I can get.

 

[Cowley]

Christmas comes early for @Cowley's cat!

That is, unless the "kitty" he referred to was the snack box...

The works biscuit barrel I meant (I'd better get something decent then).

 

[Cowley]

I just hope that leave and cash means I can go to Porto away. I fear one or the other will let me down. The ticket I can get.

I hope you can go mate. Should be great.

 

[507021]

I just hope that leave and cash means I can go to Porto away. I fear one or the other will let me down. The ticket I can get.

A good draw for us, IMO. Hopefully you manage to get to the away leg mate.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

A microcosm of our entire season encapsulated in one game at the Olympic stadium...

 

[Jimini]

A microcosm of our entire season encapsulated in one game at the Olympic stadium...

I thought you were going to send us bottom for a while there!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The bottom two in the Highland League can always be relied upon to provide eye-catching results:-

Turriff United 12 ... Fort William 1

Inverurie Loco Works 7 ... Lossiemouth 0

 

[45041]

After going to Molineux to watch the mighty Wolves last night and celebrating a little too wildly after the game, have to say we totally deserved that victory and, although Manure Nited were poor, credit must be given to our midfield for giving them very little opportunity. Jota and Jiminez are the best forward partnership I have seen in 40 + years of following the old gold and black.

 

[Bald Rick]

After going to Molineux to watch the mighty Wolves last night and celebrating a little too wildly after the game, have to say we totally deserved that victory and, although Manure Nited were poor, credit must be given to our midfield for giving them very little opportunity. Jota and Jiminez are the best forward partnership I have seen in 40 + years of following the old gold and black.

I still have a headache. The second half was the best half I’ve seen Wolves play against top opposition, ever.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Oh dear, Scotland...

 

[Groningen]

At least it was a away game!

 

[Mag_seven]

Oh dear, Scotland...

shhhhhh

 

[61653 HTAFC]

shhhhhh

This season I'm having to find amusement wherever I can... though in all seriousness I'd usually rather the home nations did well.

 

[Cowley]

This season I'm having to find amusement wherever I can... though in all seriousness I'd usually rather the home nations did well.

I’d rather the home nations did well too (even though they probably don’t feel the same in reverse as a general rule).
Did say “Ouch” out loud when that third goal went in.

 

[Butts]

This is embarrassing to put it mildly for any Scotland supporter.

For those of us old enough to remember the days of Dalglish, Souness and Hansen doubly so

 

[greyman42]

This is embarrassing to put it mildly for any Scotland supporter.

For those of us old enough to remember the days of Dalglish, Souness and Hansen doubly so

Hansen never got anywhere near the amount of caps he deserved. For some strange reason the managers preferred Miller or McLeish.

 

[richw]

England 5 Czech Rep 0 in tonight’s qualifier. Raheem Sterling hat trick.

I thought Czech were meant to be a half decent outfit but England made them look like a Scotland

 

[61653 HTAFC]

England 5 Czech Rep 0 in tonight’s qualifier. Raheem Sterling hat trick.

I thought Czech were meant to be a half decent outfit but England made them look like a Scotland

I think Czechia have faded significantly from the side they had in the 1990s (runners-up in Euro '96), but I'd expected a sterner test than what we saw this evening.

Somewhat ironically they now trail behind their neighbour Slovakia despite inheriting the bulk of the quality players of the former Czechoslovakian national team.

 

[Butts]

England 5 Czech Rep 0 in tonight’s qualifier. Raheem Sterling hat trick.

I thought Czech were meant to be a half decent outfit but England made them look like a Scotland

Cheeky pasty muncher.....but true !!!

 

[adrock1976]

Cheeky pasty muncher.....but true !!!

When I first relocated to Scotland 21 years ago, I can remember the various campaigns to get the Scotland mens team to get past the first round of a tournament. Nowadays, the problem being is for the mens team to actually qualify for a tournament.

In all fairness, I have noticed that the Scotland ladies team seem to have had more success in qualifying for international tournaments.