Consigliere Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 The Netherlands have blown Germany away in the 2nd half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Consigliere said: The Netherlands have blown Germany away in the 2nd half. Gini was fucking great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 USA still can’t beat Mexico at home. Even worse, the stadium was only about half full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 10 hours ago, Consigliere said: The Netherlands have blown Germany away in the 2nd half. Most hillarious bit was the penalty and the VAR inactivity on that. Basically what happened. Germany play an attack, but are offside (unnoticed by the onfield officials) Dutch player (de Ligt I think) applies to the referee, and the ball strikes his arm. Penalty. Note, if Germany had scored a goal directly from that move, then the VAR would have stepped in and called the offside. Here he remained silent. The Dutch players were justifiably fuming over that. They deservedly won the match in the end, but had Germany escaped with a draw thanks to this penalty gift, I think they would have had some choice words for the VAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon the Leaner Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 3 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Most hillarious bit was the penalty and the VAR inactivity on that. Basically what happened. Germany play an attack, but are offside (unnoticed by the onfield officials) Dutch player (de Ligt I think) applies to the referee, and the ball strikes his arm. Penalty. Note, if Germany had scored a goal directly from that move, then the VAR would have stepped in and called the offside. Here he remained silent. The Dutch players were justifiably fuming over that. They deservedly won the match in the end, but had Germany escaped with a draw thanks to this penalty gift, I think they would have had some choice words for the VAR. I thought it was a very tight offside and that the linesmen weren't particularly guilty of not calling it immediately. In the end they are human beings and I think the German attacker was on the same line as the Dutch defenders. IMHO those cases should always benefit to the attacking side. Regarding the handball, where on earth do you wave at the referee while the ball is still at play? I know it happens frequently but it shouldn't. Players sometimes get booked for stopping the ball with their hands when fouled. It's the same thing for players talking to the ref before he whistles. They simply don't have to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Watford have fired Gracia and re-hired Flores. Seems a bit hasty early in the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Yeah, that makes little sense. I don't see Watford benefitting from this in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Sacking your manager four games into the season makes zero sense. How badly could he have messed up in four matches to deserve a sack? And if you meant to replace him earlier, why not do it in the summer and give the new manager a chance to get to know the squad and have a say about the new signings. It's insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 8 hours ago, baxus said: And if you meant to replace him earlier, why not do it in the summer and give the new manager a chance to get to know the squad Well, to be fair, the new manager knows most of the squad already. But yeah. Watford's owners have always been ruthless. This one is particularly odd though and makes me think something went on behind the scenes to cause it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Yeah, Watford's owners are very quick to sack managers so this should hardly be that surprising. Jokanovic got them promoted and was sacked, Sanchez Flores and Gracia guided the club to comfortable midtable finishes and an FA Cup semi final and final respectively but both were sacked anyway. Really, since gaining promotion the only managerial sackings that actually made some sense were Mazzari who narrowly managed to avoid relegation and Marco Silva who got his head turned by Everton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 14 hours ago, Consigliere said: Yeah, Watford's owners are very quick to sack managers so this should hardly be that surprising. Jokanovic got them promoted and was sacked, Sanchez Flores and Gracia guided the club to comfortable midtable finishes and an FA Cup semi final and final respectively but both were sacked anyway. Really, since gaining promotion the only managerial sackings that actually made some sense were Mazzari who narrowly managed to avoid relegation and Marco Silva who got his head turned by Everton. ...and who can blame him for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Kosovo have been impressive, especially with no Rashica or Zeneli, but being that open to the counter against Kane, Sterling and Sancho is never going to be a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 At long last Sterling is producing performances for England the way he does for City. I'd like to see Southgate bring on Gomez and Maddison/Mount for Keane and Barkley respectively. ETA. Kosovo have been brave in how they are trying to play but really they've created nothing of note. The goal was a result of unforced errors - a poor pass by Barkley and an even worse attempt at a pass by Keane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Sterling has looked absolute class but some of the defending has been predictably chaotic from England. I said to my Mrs at half time that we will probably end up losing this, didn’t seem like such a crazy thing to say now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Nah, I don't think Kosovo can pull this one out of the fire even though their approach to the game has been admirable. I feel that the England players started the second half very complacent but those two goals have shocked them back to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 England shipped 3 goals against Kosovo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I dont particularly like Ronaldo, but I hope he breaks that bullshit world record for most international goals. He should unless a major injury slows him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Valencia sacked Marcelino, apparently for making the club too stable and successful. Probably the dumbest decision of the season so far, and there have been plenty already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Now that is a big surprise. Marcelino was doing a great job at Valencia and under difficult circumstances given their financial situation. Got the club into the CL in two out of his three seasons and led them to their first trophy in a decade last season beating Barca in the Copa del Rey final. They didn't even make that bad of a start in the league this season either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Two things to be taken from Vincent Kompany's testimonial. 1, Kompany missed it due to injury which is very on-brand, and 2, Paul Scholes did this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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