PaulC Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 5 hours ago, maqroll said: Those Bale goals, holy poop. If only Italy had someone who coild finish like him. He still can produce moments of brilliance. Wales have a decent side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 hour ago, The_Steve said: Heck of a dive from Piatek for Poland last night to get that penalty I watched it a few times, and he was clipped. It's a pen. The thing is, he didn't have to get clipped, nor did he have to fall. But there was contact, it's a pen. If I was a modern football TV pundit, I'd say that's what good strikers do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mic09 said: I watched it a few times, and he was clipped. It's a pen. The thing is, he didn't have to get clipped, nor did he have to fall. But there was contact, it's a pen. If I was a modern football TV pundit, I'd say that's what good strikers do. If you manufacture contact or manufacture contact to simulate a fall it shouldn't be given as a foul. Piatek has a history of diving and has even been fined for it. It’s a stain on what should have been a great night for Scotland. Edited March 25, 2022 by The_Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Fun Factory Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, Johnnyp said: This will go down worse than 2018. That was once in a lifetime, this will never happen again kinda stuff. Not been flippant and trivialising mental health but people could off themselves in Italy over this. 2 in a row. Wow. Its quite strange really as historically Italy used to do fairly poorly in the Euros, and were better in the World Cups. Now in the last 3 euros Italy have got to the final, quarters, and won it. If you include 2022 the last 3 World Cups they didn't get out the group stage along with England in 2014, and not qualified for the next 2. I think Italy have won 1 game in the World Cup finals since they won it in 2006. Edited March 25, 2022 by The Fun Factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 5 hours ago, Mic09 said: I watched it a few times, and he was clipped. It's a pen. The thing is, he didn't have to get clipped, nor did he have to fall. But there was contact, it's a pen. If I was a modern football TV pundit, I'd say that's what good strikers do. Sorry, but this is bollocks. He's landed cleanly after hurdling the goalkeeper and then thrown himself to the ground. He's not impeded at all - it's a dive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 2 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: I think Italy have won 1 game in the World Cup finals since they won it in 2006. Yep, England in the 2014 group. Their last knockout win in normal time was their 2006 Quarter Final against Ukraine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Southgate thinks a boycott isnt a good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Wonder how many will attend the party as part of the fa's delegation? More than a few middle aged middle class white haired men are going to have the best month of their lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 35 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Wonder how many will attend the party as part of the fa's delegation? More than a few middle aged middle class white haired men are going to have the best month of their lives I've heard Quatar is lovely in December. Unless you are not a middle aged middle class white haired man that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 25, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Southgate thinks a boycott isnt a good idea In fairness, it's not that he thinks it's not a good idea, he doesn't understand how it would help. He's not claiming to be inconsiderate, he's claiming to be stupid. For money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 hour ago, OutByEaster? said: In fairness, it's not that he thinks it's not a good idea, he doesn't understand how it would help. He's not claiming to be inconsiderate, he's claiming to be stupid. For money. Ignorance and stupidity pays very well these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Too late for boycotts or whatever now imo. Think effective way is just to wear something under their shirts and lift them up when they're lining up to sing the anthems. Sure Fifa would fine FA but that would be a very powerful message on Qatari soil. I presume taking the knee will also happen at least from England even if many other nations likely won't bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted March 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 26, 2022 12 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: In fairness, it's not that he thinks it's not a good idea, he doesn't understand how it would help. He's not claiming to be inconsiderate, he's claiming to be stupid. For money. I heard his interview on the subject. It was the opposite of what you say in all respects, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Think Italy should come out with a statement that they boycott the WC, their population sure will Would make them look silly but would still makes waves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 26, 2022 4 hours ago, blandy said: I heard his interview on the subject. It was the opposite of what you say in all respects, in my opinion. Fair enough, I just read the Beeb bit and haven't seen the whole thing., so, seeing as I trust your opinion more than theirs I'll go with you on it. In fairness to him, it's not an easy question for a man in his position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 The impression I got, and I'll admit that it's the same interview OBE read, so perhaps it's not fully representative of the interview that Blandy heard, is that the gist of his argument was "well, it's happened now, and we can't change what happened to the construction workers", which is a very convenient position to take when you're remained silent on the problem previously. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post penguin Posted March 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2022 Couldn’t disagree more with the opinion that a boycott wouldn’t achieve much. I think it would be monumental and certainly wouldn’t be surprised for it to start a domino effect and even if not I’d personally FWIW be happy for us to miss a WC to take that stand. In a world where we are taking a knee before every game as a message for anti-discrimination and players have left the pitch due to racist abuse to then play the flag-ship competition in a country who openly bribed the selection process and it’s illegal (to the point of death penalty I believe) to be gay is something I can’t wrap my head around. And on top of that the sheer amount of lives that have been spent to construct the infrastructure for it. I know it won’t achieve anything but I won’t be watching a single game. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 With the UK attempting to secure a joint bid to host Euro 2028, there’s not a hope in hell that England would rock the boat by boycotting the event. Personally, I’d rather they would make a bold statement by refusing to compete in it but the FA will also look at the potential money earnt from being in the finals as well as jeopardising the Euro bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, theboyangel said: With the UK attempting to secure a joint bid to host Euro 2028, there’s not a hope in hell that England would rock the boat by boycotting the event. Personally, I’d rather they would make a bold statement by refusing to compete in it but the FA will also look at the potential money earnt from being in the finals as well as jeopardising the Euro bid. Its probably the FA biggest money maker as except for that its probably the FA Cup. Even if the players boycotted they would send a scratch team, is enough players with no principles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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