Jordan La Cabra Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 16 minutes ago, polishgenius said: May I present you with an attractive alternative? You have me. I'm in! I replaced Italy with Spain and Northern Ireland with England. Now it's out with England and in with Poland. Lewandowski's better than Kane anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 I'm expecting we'll once again be awarded our random nations to support on this Board for the duration of the Cup. Losers' Lounge should be quite fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 20 minutes ago, JordanJH1993 said: Lewandowski's better than Kane anyway! Right? Plus it's possibly Blaszczykowski's last hurrah and, hopefully, Zielinski's coming-out party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 22 minutes ago, polishgenius said: Right? Plus it's possibly Blaszczykowski's last hurrah and, hopefully, Zielinski's coming-out party. Bonus points awarded for correct spelling of all Polish players names Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Just now, baxus said: Bonus points awarded for correct spelling of all Polish players names No points for me, since I miss out the specifically Polish letters, including in my own name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Looks like Dani Alves will miss the World Cup. It will be interesting to see who takes his place - Fagner from Corinthians has been in the squad a lot as backup but will he really be trusted enough to start? Beyond that there is Rafinha, Danilo and Bruno Peres none of whom are first choice at club level and have spent a good time on the left between them this season. Perhaps Fabinho might return to RB. He really should be in the side as a central midfielder, but better there than nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Meanwhile the Neuer saga in Germany continues. Looks like the only competitive game for his club in 2018 will be the German Cup final, and that's not guaranteed. Neuer himself has said he doesn't think he should be called up for the WC without match practice. Also quite a few hopefuls had to end their bid for a call up. Stindl (who rumoredly was for some reason a sure part of the German team) suffered a season ending injury, Gnabry is also out. Boateng is also injured, but he will get called up regardless. Also manager appointment rumours are interesting. One rumour has it that saving Huddersfield from relegation this year was Wagner's farewell gift, his new club is supposedly Leicester. Frankfurt's search for successor for Kovac is also interesting. The first name that popped up was Bilic, their new target appears to be Farke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isalie Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Would be funny if Romas designated scapegoat went to the wc, Peres has been pretty shit though, basically unable to make the right decision even if it was staring at a barn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, Mikael said: Would be funny if Romas designated scapegoat went to the wc, Peres has been pretty shit though, basically unable to make the right decision even if it was staring at a barn. That's a shame. I thought he was a really good player at Torino. Being uncapped he will be the least likely to get the spot, even if in good form, though on his day the best like for like replacement. A more conservative right-back might do them good with Marcelo on the other side. 23 minutes ago, Notone said: Meanwhile the Neuer saga in Germany continues. Looks like the only competitive game for his club in 2018 will be the German Cup final, and that's not guaranteed. Neuer himself has said he doesn't think he should be called up for the WC without match practice. It should be too late for Neuer now - especially with a player of ter Stegen's calibre ready to step in. More of a worry would be who Löw calls up for the second and third spots if he gets injured/suspended too. I'd rather a one-legged Neuer than Kevin Trapp. 23 minutes ago, Notone said: Also manager appointment rumours are interesting. One rumour has it that saving Huddersfield from relegation this year was Wagner's farewell gift, his new club is supposedly Leicester. Frankfurt's search for successor for Kovac is also interesting. The first name that popped up was Bilic, their new target appears to be Farke. Time for Wagner to move on. He has done such a brilliant job with Huddersfield that the only way is down now if he stays. I would be surprised if he is not on Frankfurt's radar if the deal is not finalised with Leicester. Bilic would be a very odd appointment - as if they thought Kovac worked well so they'd just look at other former Croatia managers. This would be too soon for Farke. He has done a decent job at refreshing an ageing Norwich side, but the results on the field have yet to come. Next season, when they are without parachute payments and his side have more experience will be the real test. I'd look at Hütter, who won the title at Young Boys, and Buvac - who they've supposedly interviewed first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Horse of Kent said: Looks like Dani Alves will miss the World Cup. It will be interesting to see who takes his place - Fagner from Corinthians has been in the squad a lot as backup but will he really be trusted enough to start? Beyond that there is Rafinha, Danilo and Bruno Peres none of whom are first choice at club level and have spent a good time on the left between them this season. Perhaps Fabinho might return to RB. He really should be in the side as a central midfielder, but better there than nowhere. Fagner is not good enough to be at this level, IMO, Tite had been calling him because he knows him well, but he hasn't earned them. Plus, there's a chance he'll also miss the tournament due to injuries. Danilo will probably be called, and he played well in the couple of games he did for Brazil. The other spot will probably go to Fagner, if he's available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Wow Dortmund are choking. Nvm would still need a two goal swing for them to miss out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Hamburg taking their relegation well. Anyone need a giant clock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Well, relatively speaking yes, they took it well. On the other hand, it's Port Annivesary, a rumour was that a bunch of them will gear up and head to the Jolly Roger stage. So if true, that's where the action will be. Unfortunately for them Slime played yesterday. A bit disappointed The Wakes are not performing there this year. :/ In other non-news. Stöger confirmed that he is leaving Dortmud, he managed to get them into CL, which was the job describtion. (Unconfirmed as of now, but still) Favre will take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Our team vs Brighton: Quote Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Mane, Salah, Firmino, Solanke. Substitutes: Mignolet, Clyne, Klavan, Moreno, Lallana, Ings, Woodburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Hmm...Martial not even in the squad. Looks more and more likely that he will be off in the next transfer window. Mourinho doesn't seem to fancy him at all, first wanting to bring in Perisic and them promptly dropping Martial during his best form of the season in favour of Sanchez who has mostly been shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Two clear pens denied. Fucking awful ref Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Well that's a relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Yeah, it’s been fairly irritating. Anyway, that’s the goal scoring record for a 38 game season for Salah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 and Newcastle lead Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 wow.Mane can be the worst at finishing sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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