Corvinus85 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Watching England steadily lose to Belgium. Not sure Southgate could have fielded a better roster with all the injuries, except maybe not Pickford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 They may not want to broadcast our games, but the glory of Chelsea marches on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacuna Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Norway is sending an emergency, scrambled-together-on-a-day's-notice team of second string replacements to play Austria away on Wednesday, after all but one player of the first team was placed in quarantine because you-know-what. In the pot - promotion to Nation's League group A, and a WC qualifier match down the line. But we have to win by >1 goals. Tywin et al., do you have any of that American "plucky underdog wins it in overtime"-attitude to spare? Only I'm fresh out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Just think of the Danes in 1992, who joined the Euros as eleventh hour replacement and won the thing without Michael Laudrup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Meanwhile in other news. I was really hoping that the club would end this embarassing cooperation with fucking Under Amour. But I didn't expect us to go with DIY kits. I don't think any bigger clubs will follow us, but somebody had to start with sustainability and fair trade instead of kiddies knitting jerseys in Bangladesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 On 11/16/2020 at 5:03 AM, lacuna said: Norway is sending an emergency, scrambled-together-on-a-day's-notice team of second string replacements to play Austria away on Wednesday, after all but one player of the first team was placed in quarantine because you-know-what. In the pot - promotion to Nation's League group A, and a WC qualifier match down the line. But we have to win by >1 goals. Tywin et al., do you have any of that American "plucky underdog wins it in overtime"-attitude to spare? Only I'm fresh out. You still have to play Romania again, which was cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacuna Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 40 minutes ago, Corvinus85 said: You still have to play Romania again, which was cancelled. From what I can tell, that game is forfeited, and we "lost" 3-0. Hell, might have been the outcome anyway TBF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Meanwhile in other news. I was really hoping that the club would end this embarassing cooperation with fucking Under Amour. But I didn't expect us to go with DIY kits. I don't think any bigger clubs will follow us, but somebody had to start with sustainability and fair trade instead of kiddies knitting jerseys in Bangladesh. At first glance DYI kits seem corny, but on the other hands, there are two big plusses for this scenario. 1. You are correct in saying that a lot of sportswear is manufactured in ethically questionable situations. If the club can make the kit in the local area with local folks doing the work, there is hope that they will do a good job, enjoy the work, and everybody wins. If things fall the right way, this could end up being a strong win for the club, and I hope that it does. 2. Under Armor's design aesthetic seems to be either "intentionally ugly" or "aggressively dissonant", and sometimes it is both. I coach at a local school who signed a deal with UA to supply all kit for all sports for all seasons three years ago, and at the beginning of every year it is like opening the world's worst Christmas present. Honestly, as a coaches the outfits we got made us look either color blind or stupid or both, and the players' uniforms add poor fit and low quality to the garish looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Wilbur said: 2. Under Armor's design aesthetic seems to be either "intentionally ugly" or "aggressively dissonant", and sometimes it is both. I coach at a local school who signed a deal with UA to supply all kit for all sports for all seasons three years ago, and at the beginning of every year it is like opening the world's worst Christmas present. Honestly, as a coaches the outfits we got made us look either color blind or stupid or both, and the players' uniforms add poor fit and low quality to the garish looks. UA was a bad fit for our club/rejected by our fan scene for other reasons than their designs. That's down to Under Amour's ties to/supply for the (US) military. Try to square that bit of business with a club, whose identity is pacifist and left leaning. The UA CEO then sounding off some nonsense in support of the Orange POTUS and you can see, why the current sponsorship deal couldn't run out fast enough. Design is the least of the issues, really. Last Kit design I really liked was during the DYF days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Ox should have his own tv show, he's a natural in front of the camera....and he's not playing much anyway ETA; First training session Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 The group of death looks less scary now since Germany are clearly dogshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 These events need to happen 1. Lowe gets fired 2. Klopp takes over Germany job 3. Hasenhuttl takes over Liverpool 4. Eddie Howe takes over at Soton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon the Leaner Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Yeah clear lesson from Enrique to Low. And that without having a very high quality squad at his disposal. I mean there are good players in this Spanish team but nothing near the 2008-12 period in terms of individuals. Germany, OTOH look like they never replaced the Hummels-Boateng pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 4 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: UA was a bad fit for our club/rejected by our fan scene for other reasons than their designs. That's down to Under Amour's ties to/supply for the (US) military. Try to square that bit of business with a club, whose identity is pacifist and left leaning. The UA CEO then sounding off some nonsense in support of the Orange POTUS and you can see, why the current sponsorship deal couldn't run out fast enough. Design is the least of the issues, really. Last Kit design I really liked was during the DYF days. All true. Still doesn't make UA kit any more attractive than a shaved donkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 The EFL have voted to allow 5 substitutes effective immediately. Too bad the Premier League is held hostage by petty, short-sighted dinosaurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 So all kinds of players have covid after the international break, so deeply stupid to release players for national team games but I appreciate that the leagues had no choice per their agreements. National FA are really similar to college football here in the US - all the reward, none of the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, Vaughn said: So all kinds of players have covid after the international break, so deeply stupid to release players for national team games but I appreciate that the leagues had no choice per their agreements. National FA are really similar to college football here in the US - all the reward, none of the risk. But some clubs did, or so it seems. I read somewhere that Leicester didn’t release Schmeichel to play for Denmark because he would have faced a quarantine period to return. And then Denmark seemed to just give up on any expectation of overseas players traveling for them. And yet there was no backlash. Probably because the Danish FA is more reasonable than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I've almost completely stopped watching national teams so I might be wrong when I say that Denmark probably didn't have any really important matches in this window and that was a major factor for them when deciding to, as you put it, give up on any expectation of overseas players traveling for those matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Not that I think anyone should be playing but Denmark's situation is a little different, since the UK at least and I understand some countries have instituded a mandatory two-week period, regardless of if you were exposed to Covid or not, that even top sportsmen aren't exempt from (as was the case for all other nations till now) due to the mink thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Where is Thiago Alcantara? did we really sign him or was it just a dream? Seriously, no news on him anywhere. ETA: Rhys Williams left out by England U21s as precaution over hip issue ETA 2: Liverpool’s academy has been hit by a COVID outbreak. Coaches and staff are self-isolating after testing positive for the virus. Around 10 members of staff are effected, none are thought to be seriously unwell. David Coote is no longer listed as a "VAR referee" on Premier League's official website Andre Marriner has taken his place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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