Consigliere Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Real Madrid have appointed Solari on a permanent basis giving him a 3 year contract. He's started well but so did Lopetegui until it all went south. I think that this might be a bit premature - should have kept him as interim until the end of the season and taken it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Ranieri to Fulham outta nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 You would think Ranieri might have sympathy for someone sacked pretty quickly after performing well the previous season . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 EPL clubs have voted in favour of VAR for next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I assume everyone’s watching Rooney’s England testimonial? Remember that one tournament when he was half decent? It’s enough to bring a tear to the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Two excellent goals for England. Sancho looks good. Premier League has also confirmed that the transfer window in England will once again close before the start of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacuna Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 What a second half in Croatia! Five goals, multipe must-score chances for both teams, and a debutant scores the winner for Croatia in overtime, his second goal of the evening. What a turnaround from a rather boring first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Croatia/Spain was a cracking game. Both defences were shambolic though. De Gea had another poor outing for Spain. At this point, he should be dropped from the NT and Kepa given a chance. He just looks nowhere near as solid playing for Spain as he does for United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 France are so fucking boring to watch. Netherlands deserve their halftime lead. France are really missing Pogba as well. None of that midfield (N'Zonzi, Kante, Matuidi) possess the creativity nor ability to transition play and start counters as well as Pogba can. Deschamps should have started a more creative midfielder like Ndombele in place of either N'Zonzi or Matuidi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacuna Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 France being kept in it (relatively speaking) by Lloris. One way traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disturber of Peace Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 So, it is Germany to B-League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Netherlands were by far the better side. Could have scored 4 or 5. I'm not sure what was going through Deschamps's head - the midfield was painfully lacking creativity and he decides to bring on Sissoko. Ndombele was brought on far too late as well. Lacazette should not be getting ignored any longer either. While Giroud does a decent job at link up play, Lacazette could do that too while offering much more on the counter - he's currently in better goal scoring form as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Lacazette was called up, but dropped out with an injury. In his place was Alassane Plea, who could have done a similar job - though his game is less well rounded than Lacazette’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Lacazette was not originally called up though. He only got the call because Martial pulled out through injury and Martial only got a call up because Lemar was injured. Lacazette is a ways down the pecking order for Deschamps even though there is no decent backup at #9 - Lacazette should be first choice there anyway. He can do what Giroud does plus more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 How could I ever doubt this competition. It’s coming home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 On 11/16/2018 at 10:53 PM, Consigliere said: Netherlands were by far the better side. Could have scored 4 or 5. I'm not sure what was going through Deschamps's head - the midfield was painfully lacking creativity and he decides to bring on Sissoko. That just further emphasizes that his tactic is playing not 1 but 3 holding midfielders of the Gattuso type. That's the way France plays, they try an stifle their opponents with 3 midfielders that run and run and run and try to stop/negate whatever creativity is thrown at them. He plays Kante, and then Matuidi, and one other guy just like them, and then brings in yet another such player as a sub in Sissokho. To be fair he also brought in Dembele but the Barcelona man was neutralized. In any case, we've now beaten Germany 3-0, and dealt world champions France the first defeat in a long, long time. Feeling very good about our team. Some top class players are emerging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Switzerland/Belgium is another cracking game. The lesser Hazard scored a brace to put Belgium 2-0 up but Switzerland have come storming back to take a 3-2 halftime lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 You know your defence is shit when Haris Seferovic scores a hat-trick. He had acres of room for his third. Still, full credit for Switzerland to have the resilience to come back when needing four goals at 2-0 down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Great comeback by Switzerland from two goals down to win 5-2 and win the group as well. Shaqiri put in a top class performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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