The Football Thread - Page 1606

ginny76 · June 21st, 2015, 10:09 PM

Gareth Southgate has denied claims of a racial divide within the England U21 squad.
"There's no problem whatsoever", he said, "Our black players are just as useless as our white ones".

**SanteeFats** · June 22nd, 2015, 12:38 AM

All right go Oz screw Brazil.

**tsunamiSD** · June 22nd, 2015, 08:11 AM

Congratulations to both the Ozzie and the Canuck ladies on their wins.

**Devius** · June 22nd, 2015, 01:22 PM

Diego Maradona has decided to stand as a candidate for the Fifa presidency to replace Sepp Blatter, the Uruguayan journalist and author Victor Hugo Morales has said.

“He told me he was going to run for president of Fifa and authorised me to inform,” Morales posted in Spanish on his Twitter feed. “‘I am a candidate’ were the two words Diego Maradona used to answer me when I consulted him about the nomination for the presidency of Fifa,” he added in another tweet.

**victor meldrew** · June 22nd, 2015, 01:28 PM

FC Lusitans of sunny Andorra for our European adventure in the losers cup. The home leg might prove interesting due to a strike by Aslef drivers on the Tube.

If we get past the mighty Lusitans then its a trip to either Malta or Armenia, but lets not start counting any chickens yet.

**hattertim** · June 22nd, 2015, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jokerman

Having just seen the first half of the England v Norway game. It's easy to see why England have never won a match in the knockout stages. Norways' amatuers are playing as a team whilst Englands' professionals only have a goalkeeper.
Later on the U.S.A. are playing Colombia & Andrade's big mouth. Given the fact that in 2012 Olympics she stuck one on Wambach. She'd be perfect playing for Uruguay.

England have just gone one down.
Game over.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jokerman

Hang on we've just equalised. It's quite possible that I may've just got this one wrong.

C'mon England,

Quote:

Originally Posted by jokerman

Wow. We're now leading.

Perhaps we can win this one after all.

The perils of posting while a game is going on...I had complete faith in the girls! Bring on Canada on Saturday night/Sunday morning!

**jokerman** · June 22nd, 2015, 11:09 PM

Game over. Ok I'm eating my words on this one.

But in all honesty for most of this match Norway were the better team.
So far England have yet to keep a cleam sheet which is worrying.
Canada in the QF's. Not an easy match.
At the London olympics in 2012 Canada beat us 2-0 in the QF's.

USA to beat Colombia.

**tsunamiSD** · June 23rd, 2015, 08:12 AM

USA defeats Colombia 2-0, but still isn't "clicking on all cylinders". I'm beginning to believe that they won't - that they will survive until they have to meet Germany in the semis.

One of the only 4 comments (as of my posting) on this article thanks the paper for it's excellent coverage of women's sports. Unfortunately, that is not the case in general, as This Article at FAIR demonstrates.

**victor meldrew** · June 23rd, 2015, 04:17 PM

Here we go again.

Dan Roan bitter Sheff Utd supporter.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33214058

Mr Pastry, but to be fair he has a valid point.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33239549

**Meini Hirion** · June 23rd, 2015, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jokerman

Canada in the QF's. Not an easy match.
At the London olympics in 2012 Canada beat us 2-0 in the QF's.

USA to beat Colombia.

THREE years later ..... We beat Canada 1-0 in the Cyprus Cup, in March.
We lost 1-0 to Canada in a Friendly in May in preparation for the WC.

And, Canada seem to have stage fright half the time.
If we can remember the how we played second half v Norway, we stand a good chance of a 1-1

June 22nd, 2015, 01:22 PM	#16054
Devius Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: It's a London Thing.... Posts: 23,465 Thanks: 141,980 Thanked 228,150 Times in 23,501 Posts	Diego Maradona has decided to stand as a candidate for the Fifa presidency to replace Sepp Blatter, the Uruguayan journalist and author Victor Hugo Morales has said. “He told me he was going to run for president of Fifa and authorised me to inform,” Morales posted in Spanish on his Twitter feed. “‘I am a candidate’ were the two words Diego Maradona used to answer me when I consulted him about the nomination for the presidency of Fifa,” he added in another tweet. __________________ "I've had it with them, I've had it with you, I've had it with ALL THIS - I WANT ROOM SERVICE!* I want the club sandwich, I want the cold Mexican beer, I want a $10,000-a-night hooker!"* Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

June 22nd, 2015, 11:09 PM	#16057
jokerman Internet Defective Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: England Posts: 4,834 Thanks: 72,864 Thanked 71,261 Times in 4,832 Posts	Game over. Ok I'm eating my words on this one. But in all honesty for most of this match Norway were the better team. So far England have yet to keep a cleam sheet which is worrying. Canada in the QF's. Not an easy match. At the London olympics in 2012 Canada beat us 2-0 in the QF's. USA to beat Colombia. __________________ I am not a number I'm a free man. Last edited by jokerman; June 23rd, 2015 at 08:19 AM.. Reason: spelling

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June 21st, 2015, 10:09 PM	#16051
ginny76 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 481 Thanks: 429 Thanked 4,565 Times in 477 Posts	Gareth Southgate has denied claims of a racial divide within the England U21 squad. "There's no problem whatsoever", he said, "Our black players are just as useless as our white ones".

June 22nd, 2015, 12:38 AM	#16052
SanteeFats Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Santee, Ca Posts: 60,813 Thanks: 281,805 Thanked 813,749 Times in 60,858 Posts	All right go Oz screw Brazil.

June 22nd, 2015, 08:11 AM	#16053
tsunamiSD Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 53,015 Thanks: 633,094 Thanked 640,220 Times in 53,098 Posts	Congratulations to both the Ozzie and the Canuck ladies on their wins.

June 22nd, 2015, 01:28 PM	#16055
victor meldrew Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: At the bottom of an empty glass Posts: 15,776 Thanks: 531,841 Thanked 179,898 Times in 15,764 Posts	FC Lusitans of sunny Andorra for our European adventure in the losers cup. The home leg might prove interesting due to a strike by Aslef drivers on the Tube. If we get past the mighty Lusitans then its a trip to either Malta or Armenia, but lets not start counting any chickens yet.

June 23rd, 2015, 08:12 AM	#16058
tsunamiSD Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 53,015 Thanks: 633,094 Thanked 640,220 Times in 53,098 Posts	USA defeats Colombia 2-0, but still isn't "clicking on all cylinders". I'm beginning to believe that they won't - that they will survive until they have to meet Germany in the semis. One of the only 4 comments (as of my posting) on this article thanks the paper for it's excellent coverage of women's sports. Unfortunately, that is not the case in general, as This Article at FAIR demonstrates.

June 23rd, 2015, 04:17 PM	#16059
victor meldrew Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: At the bottom of an empty glass Posts: 15,776 Thanks: 531,841 Thanked 179,898 Times in 15,764 Posts	Here we go again. Dan Roan bitter Sheff Utd supporter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33214058 Mr Pastry, but to be fair he has a valid point. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33239549