The Soccer thread

[Macca 17,120]

2 minutes ago, At Least I Saw a Flag said:

Thanks for the tip ...  cheers bro !

Yeah, a bit of a step up in quality over tonight's game! 

It's a bit of a pity it's not the Brazil of old with Socrates & Zico et al

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,329]

3 - 1 ... goal to Viloupilay (sp) on debut !!

[Macca 17,120]

The opposition wasn't much but we played alright.  The win puts the Aussies back in the picture at least 

Top 2 in the group is still attainable but we'll need to get at least 2 of 4 wins against the Saudi's & Japan (and that's a big ask) 

3rd or 4th in the group advances the team to the next qualifying round.  Top 2 straight to the WC

Edited October 10, 2024 by Macca

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,329]

World Cup qualifier v Japan.

Japan 0 - Socceroos 1 (own goal, lol), 65 minutes gone.

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Now 1 -1 . (Another own goal !!)

Edited October 15, 2024 by At Least I Saw a Flag

[Macca 17,120]

Identical own goals!

[Macca 17,120]

Eric ten Hag sacked!!

Ruud van Histelrooy interim manager

[layzie 34,400]

16 hours ago, Macca said:

Eric ten Hag sacked!!

Ruud van Histelrooy interim manager

Gee wiz. Always an interesting time to sack a manager. 

[Macca 17,120]

2 hours ago, layzie said:

Gee wiz. Always an interesting time to sack a manager. 

Well 'ten Hag' getting sacked seems to have been a long time coming

Almost every week there has some sort of story that he was on thin ice

Man Utd reminds me of the VRC (Racing Victoria) ... not knowing what to about the free spending and successful noisy neighbour (Man City & NSW Racing) 

Mind you, Man City could have some big issues soon enough what with the investigation re their true & accurate financial situation

And for what it's worth, the head of NSW Racing (Peter V'landys) is a true visionary with bucket loads of money at his disposal

[layzie 34,400]

Ruben Amorim officially named as Man Utd manager.

Liverpool was right into him until he decided to meet with West Ham and we moved on. I personally would have liked to give him a shot but it was something completely different to what Klopp had engrained in the club.

For United though, it could be anything, he's a young coach who plays with 3 at the back and with true wing-backs.

Will it work? No idea. But it will be different and it will be exciting to watch if the right players are involved. 

 

[roy11 3,995]

On 03/11/2024 at 00:42, layzie said:

Ruben Amorim officially named as Man Utd manager.

Liverpool was right into him until he decided to meet with West Ham and we moved on. I personally would have liked to give him a shot but it was something completely different to what Klopp had engrained in the club.

For United though, it could be anything, he's a young coach who plays with 3 at the back and with true wing-backs.

Will it work? No idea. But it will be different and it will be exciting to watch if the right players are involved. 

 

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,329]

Poor effort by Socceroos v Bahrain.

Lucky to escape 2 - 2.

[Macca 17,120]

Spurs beat Man CIty 4-nil at Man City!! 

Opens the door for Liverpool to now skip ahead in the race for the title

But the result was a shock both ways - A huge away win for Spurs and a shocking loss for City

Edited November 24, 2024 by Macca

[Grapeviney 9,914]

16 hours ago, Macca said:

Spurs beat Man CIty 4-nil at Man City!! 

Opens the door for Liverpool to now skip ahead in the race for the title

But the result was a shock both ways - A huge away win for Spurs and a shocking loss for City

We've actually got a decent record against them in the Pep era, stretching back to Poch days and including a few good away wins.

Losing to Ipswich at home and then thumping City away is the most Spursy thing ever. 

[Macca 17,120]

8 hours ago, Grapeviney said:

We've actually got a decent record against them in the Pep era, stretching back to Poch days and including a few good away wins.

Losing to Ipswich at home and then thumping City away is the most Spursy thing ever. 

Ha!  (The Spursy thing)

So, Liverpool have skipped away to an 8 point lead but it's not quite theirs to lose just yet

One can see Man City rallying if and when they get back on track

Liverpool are at home to Man City next Monday morning (3.00am) 

Arsenal & Chelsea are lurking as well but either team would need to go on a reasonably long winning streak to challenge

[layzie 34,400]

It's going well for the moment, Slot has kept a lot of the Klopp philosophy and the high presses are still there with everyone stepping up and doing their bit. I love the way he uses Endo and brings him on late with a lead for some solidarity.

However the squad is pretty thin and the real test will be when we start picking up a few injuries. I do see some points being dropped in that scenario unless there is a dream run. The contract talk of Salah, Alexander-Arnold and VVD will start to intensify as we go into December so how much of a distraction that turns out to be will factor in as well.

Will see where things sit at the new year. The game against City this week will tell a lot!

[Macca 17,120]

3.00am tomorrow morning (Monday)

Liverpool vs Man City 

Season definer, win lose or draw.  A draw suits Liverpool way more than Man City

In fact, City have to win the match as they can't assume that Liverpool will be dropping points in a hurry

[layzie 34,400]

One for the old schoolers this morning as Newcastle and Liverpool finished 3-3. Historically these two sides don't do boring games!

Arsenal, City and Chelsea all winning so with only 14 games played the lead at the top isn't as big as it seems. A lot can happen in December. 

[Macca 17,120]

On 05/12/2024 at 09:29, layzie said:

One for the old schoolers this morning as Newcastle and Liverpool finished 3-3. Historically these two sides don't do boring games!

Arsenal, City and Chelsea all winning so with only 14 games played the lead at the top isn't as big as it seems. A lot can happen in December. 

Merseyside clash at 11.30pm tonight has been postponed (Storm alert)