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2021/22 European Football Thread

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by leroy, Jul 23, 2021.

  1. Raz

    Raz Member

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    That's the difference in tradition and morals Yung-T was talking about. If some journalist-murdering, civilian-torturing sheik took over the Rockets, I'd be the first in line to stop watching and trashing my merch.
     
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  2. Aware

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    Do you watch international football?

    We've already seen a world cup held in a country with a military dictatorships where the military would literally steal kids from their parents
    And now for 2022 were headed for qatar lol

    Chile plays its games at a stadium where pinochet tortured political prisoners

    You'll find stuff like this is not uncommon
    Football has never cared about morals
     
  3. leroy

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    This. City and Chelsea complaining about this is ridiculous.
     
  4. Raz

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    That's why I'm not gonna watch one second of World Cup 2022 - and I haven't missed one since 1990 when I was five years old.

    One more reason to draw a line and keep murderers like the Saudis away at least from European Football.
     
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  5. Aware

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    I respect that.
     
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    lessgooo! this year is liverpool's year!
     
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  8. DaDakota

    DaDakota If you want to know, just ask!

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    Harry McGuire is a lazy b****, gave up 3 today.

    DD
     
  9. Aware

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    Salah has to best player in the world at the moment

    On some Messi level stuff right now
     
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  10. DaDakota

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    Solskar has to go, he can't get this team setup to play correctly.

    Edit - 2nd half came out on fire and put in 3, they played with passion, that is how they need to play ever time out.

    DD
     
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  11. Raz

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    Feel a little bad for Benfica. They gave us a good fight yesterday for 70 minutes and didn't deserve that humiliating result. Still can finish 2nd in the group though.
     
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  13. DaDakota

    DaDakota If you want to know, just ask!

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    Fire Ole he is just not good enough, the players do not play hard enough, or with enough effort consistently for him.

    He leaves world class players like Pogba on the bench and starts guys who should be on mid level prem teams in his place, Fred and McTominy are turnover machines and are just not good enough - Pogba and VanDeBeek should be there....

    We need a manager who is not the players FRIEND but someone that can get them playing hard or they sit........hell where is Varrane? McGuire is a nightmare without him.

    DD
     
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    dam that was a brutal win for elefsee. i feel bad for ronaldo
     
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  16. leroy

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    So Nuno Espirito Santo (my beard bro) is out at Tottenham after 75 days. Looking like Conte is the man, potentially beating United to the punch assuming Ole gets sacked sometime before the holidays.
     
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  17. DaDakota

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    We have too many attackers to play them all and get consistency...and not enough defenders.

    McGuire sucks, McTominay sucks, Fred sucks.....

    We need better players at Holding Mid and CB.....Varrane is fine......Shaw and Wanbasaka are fine......the rest are crap.

    DD
     
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  19. leroy

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    The calendar for next year is going to be brutal. EPL will come back a little late but play up to 1 week before the World Cup starts and resumes on Boxing Day, 1 week after it ends. Haven't heard about other leagues yet but many of them traditionally have winter breaks so it might not affect them as much.

    FIFA is really trying it's best to do as much damage to these players as they possibly can. This WC is a terrible idea in a terrible place at a terrible time.
     
  20. Raz

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    So Italy and Portugal both didn't qualify for the World Cup directly, Netherlands could stumble tomorrow. Might be interesting Play-offs for the final European spots.
     
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