Fine if Turkey can be persuaded to keep them.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 May 2021 11:43 (three years ago) link
Sure that post-match Hazard image won’t be a big deal in Madr ... ah pic.twitter.com/e5pJih2RiX— James Dart (@James_Dart) May 6, 2021
If shonda isnt all over this then idk what
― flagpost fucking (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 May 2021 12:03 (three years ago) link
Turkey is in full lockdown until at least May 17. My work colleague is in the Ankara suburbs and tough luck if you can't persuade the gendarmerie that you're grocery shopping. Still, Istanbul, eh? Maybe, JUST MAYBE.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 6 May 2021 12:11 (three years ago) link
xp guardian journos plagiarising less prominent journos tweets is it
I'm sure they are taking the defeat well in the Madrid pre-ah. pic.twitter.com/AcFiDaPmC2— Gavin Cooney (@gcooney93) May 5, 2021
― crisp, Thursday, 6 May 2021 12:36 (three years ago) link
not Chelsea's weekend so far. that first 30 secs were insane. lieke martens tho. running the game.
― oscar bravo, Sunday, 16 May 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
🚨 Noticia @partidazocope💥 Informa @isaacfouto💣 La @UEFA tiene la intención de expulsar de la @ChampionsLeague a @RealMadrid, @FCBarcelona y @JuventusFC por la Superliga💸 Además se exponen a una fuerte multa económica📻 #PartidazoCOPE pic.twitter.com/2RnXq2qiuT— El Partidazo de COPE (@partidazocope) May 25, 2021
No suggestion that English clubs might be affected yet.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 22:39 (three years ago) link
Why would they be exempt
― Eschew things thirty two times before swallowing them (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 22:47 (three years ago) link
The only reason I can imagine is they all dropped out and the rest kept the idea alive longer.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 22:51 (three years ago) link
Ah, justice
― Eschew things thirty two times before swallowing them (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
So Man City v Chelsea again next year?
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 07:10 (three years ago) link
Hate to admit it but the game has been great so far.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 29 May 2021 19:17 (three years ago) link
Is this on YouTube? Sounds like a great game tbh.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 29 May 2021 19:49 (three years ago) link
Yes, on YouTube.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 29 May 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
It's not bad at all for a game with no palatable outcome
Nice appetiser for the Euros, the surrogate 2022 world Cup
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Saturday, 29 May 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
happy for tuchel and havertz
― groovemaaan, Saturday, 29 May 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
Happy for Kanté!
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 29 May 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
Really wanted that Mahrez ball to go in for the game to go extra time, it was a fun match.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 29 May 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
Chelsea are scum but pretty hilarious that Guardiola has once again failed abjectly to do the very thing he was hired to do.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Saturday, 29 May 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link
sacked in the morning
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Saturday, 29 May 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
Please.
Wanted the final annulled and every Chelsea fan who went to Porto to get covid but they totally played City.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 May 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
don't like de bruyne but when a guy spends five minutes on the ground concussed, maybe don't immediately start grabbing and patting his head once he gets up
― mookieproof, Saturday, 29 May 2021 21:47 (three years ago) link
Thought that shoudve been a red tbh
Chelsea were excellent, just excellent. Decisions and execution individually all over the pitch just at an extraordinary high level
― Eschew things thirty two times before swallowing them (darraghmac), Saturday, 29 May 2021 22:17 (three years ago) link
away goals abolished, which i get even though i am a fan of them. what i don't get is having 30 mins of extra time before pens in event of an aggregate draw, seems unfairly weighted in favour of whoever has the 2nd leg at home.
― oscar bravo, Thursday, 24 June 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
Away goals are great, fucking uefa
― Full Kit Starmer (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 June 2021 15:08 (three years ago) link
True.I'm not sure what I think about that change but I kinda liked that away goal rule although I agree that it was difficult to justify nowadays.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 24 June 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
xpost
Why is it difficult to justify nowadays? What's changed?
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 June 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
for elite teams i assume ease, comfort and time of travel.
― oscar bravo, Thursday, 24 June 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
Sorry, don't understand.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 June 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
away goals rule was instituted when plane travel was slower and less comfortable, and some teams even travelled via bus to neighbouring countries. accommodations could be unpleasant, training facilities sub-par. football was also a lot less developed so teams weren't taking their sports scientists and nutritionists with them, these roles not existing then.
back in the day many uk teams have sob-stories about mammoth journeys to eastern europe, dingy digs, dodgy food, training in car-parks. all that jumpers for goalposts "real football" type shit.
now it's millionaires taking a flight, usually just for a few hours, going to an interchangeable luxury hotel that could be in any city, having an identical routine pre and post-match in terms of food, training in comparable facilities etc.
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
Indeed but why is it difficult to justify the away goals rule nowadays? It was introduced in the era when teams might have to play a third match to settle a match, and that's not about to happen again, and also to stop teams parking the bus in away ties.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
Is the theory that penalty kicks are a fairer way to settle ties?
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:09 (three years ago) link
By the way, when I said, "What's changed", I meant from last year, not from 1965.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
jim that's a solid summary of where the rule came from but away goals always create a tactical slyness that will be missed, just another bland step to TV mulch
― Take me home, Jordan Rhodes (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:51 (three years ago) link
Four penalties in the first half of Sevilla - Salzburg, three of which went to Salzburg, two of which were missed.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
salzburg have been great.
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
United will be extremely lucky if they get a draw, at this rate.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
lol
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:38 (three years ago) link
deserved for allowing him to stay at the club
― Number None, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
watched the last 15 of this man u game, seemed like utd had decided a draw was enough, from early in the second half, what was lingard thinking making that pass, did he just want an assist and didn't care for who?, why were cronaldo and penandes hooked early in the 2nd half? was jaded poncho even playing?, is cavani now behind martial, who came on and didn't even touch the ball, weird game, I have questions
― Swanswans, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
Wan-Bissaka was sent off in the first half, although that doesn't adequately explain the total capitulation followed
Cavani is injured
― Number None, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:48 (three years ago) link
10 men vs. 11 young boys.
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
yeah, I didn't see any meaningful football in the last 15, til lingz decided suicideball was the answer
― Swanswans, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
Barcelona's kit is unspeakably awful.
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
this superleague is mint
― cheesons to be rearful (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 19:54 (three years ago) link
What a shower of dismaying cowards this spurs squad consists of
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 September 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link
Ref and linesman are not at it, hes just seen an anklebreaker on Lucas and let it go unremarked
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 September 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
So poor. Deservedly losing to a very limited side.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:14 (three years ago) link
For the second time in a week.
Individually so dreadful that it would almost make you miss that the interplay has been much, much worse
Take your equaliser and fuck off
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link