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I really don't know what to expect tonight. Yes England should beat Ireland easily but if theres one other national team out there thats as ****-up prone as Ireland is....its England!

Ingerland will win, several of the up and coming "stars" will get built up to ridiculous proportions and they'll go on to fail in a future tournament and get crucified by the media.

A punchup between fans is likely.

The joys of two nations coming together in the name of sport.

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1-1 I missed it. Good match anyone?

I must admit I can't watch England under Hodgson. I still wished we got Harry. We wouldn't of won anything but at least with Harry we would of been entertained & love him or hate him Harry's got passion for the game. Hodgson is just a useless turkey.
 
I ended up just having it on in the background, wasn't really watching!

I hope theres no fan punchups, the old rivalry is stupid and pointless in this day&age.
 
I ended up just having it on in the background, wasn't really watching!

I hope theres no fan punchups, the old rivalry is stupid and pointless in this day&age.

Should be ok. England home supporters are more a family crowd. It's the away supporters who are normally the thugs.
 
Was the worst game.
We are s*#t.

The players just are not good enough and we dont even play good football. I like Hodgson as a man but he's only good at making a team stable. In terms of going out and beating top International sides, he's out of his depth.
 
Was the worst game.
We are s*#t.

The players just are not good enough and we dont even play good football. I like Hodgson as a man but he's only good at making a team stable. In terms of going out and beating top International sides, he's out of his depth.

Ha he can't even beat ordinary teams & struggles beating below ordinary teams.
 
Were it possible to genetically create a manager that combined the best qualities of every great manager from the last 25 years and have him manage England they still wouldn't win a thing.

The coaching setup from youth level has to be scrapped and rebuilt from the ground up, the entire culture of the English game has to stop favoring honest grafters with a physical presence and start promoting a more continental approach.

Until that happens the cycle will keep on repeating itself.

RagingBull,
SoreArse is off is he?

That's Liverpool's push for the top 5 over then :lol
 
Looks like it

Real are banging on about Bale again. Apparently he was born to play for Real according to Perez. I really don't like how Real talk about other team players. If you want to buy a player talk to the team who that player plays for like what all the other teams do. Don't go talking about them in the media trying to unsettle them 1st.

https://m.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...m-star-gareth-bale-was-born-play-real-ma-1986
 
Looks like Perez is doing a Josef Heiter and doing everything to keep Ronaldo.
 
Was the worst game.
We are s*#t.

The players just are not good enough and we dont even play good football. I like Hodgson as a man but he's only good at making a team stable. In terms of going out and beating top International sides, he's out of his depth.

As soon as I realised these friendlies were happening, I thought to myself the players will hate this! They hate England duties conflicting with their summer break. To me that is more than evident when playing in the Euro's and the World Cup. It always looks to me like their minds are elsewhere.
 
Looks like it

Real are banging on about Bale again. Apparently he was born to play for Real according to Perez. I really don't like how Real talk about other team players. If you want to buy a player talk to the team who that player plays for like what all the other teams do. Don't go talking about them in the media trying to unsettle them 1st.

https://m.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...m-star-gareth-bale-was-born-play-real-ma-1986

I love how SoreArse is playing the "woe is me" card in relation to his treatment by the press....if he hadn't tried to make a snack out of an opponent and not been so blatant with his general cheating he'd have gotten an easier ride.

Sounds like business as usual for Real.

Other clubs do it and they get done for "tapping up" but Real seem to be a law unto themselves.

Could Bale and Ronaldo play in the same team? Maybe.

Or would Ronaldo's ego take a signing like that as a sign his stock is falling with the Madrid board and that it's time to end his boyhood dream before it becomes a nightmare?

Real's president seems to think that his issue is money related but from what I've read it seems just as likely that it's the bad atmosphere at the club.

Every internal conflict seems to be played out in the media, there seems to be various factions within the playing staff that try and undermine whoever's in charge so there's no real unity and the ever changing managerial situation only adds to the chaos....which is also why a move to Chelsea is unlikely.

At United he had a stable working environment and any issues were dealt with privately.

He would get that respect if he returned.

Before the CL games I was somewhat dubious about whether he'd show any respect to his old club if he scored but I've never seen any player in the modern era look so embarrassed to score and those games were the only time I've ever seen him look rattled for any length of time....a player who is normally ( and with good reason ) a cocky git was like a little boy lost and though he scored in both legs he never really hit top form.

If there's even the slightest chance of getting him United should take it, there'd be no bigger statement of intent that the Glazers want the success to continue post-Fergie and they'd likely make whatever the transfer fee was back in shirt sales alone....I'd even buy one and I've not bought a shirt since the green & gold 3rd kit in the early 90's.

It'd be much more likely to get the fans behind Moyes than signing non entities from Everton.

I also think they should go for Fabregas because it's another opportunity to troll Arsenal fans :lol
 
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That's why teams like Barca, Bayern & Man U have been so successful all these years. There's no point in having a team of super stars if they don't gel. The most important thing is the manager & a squad that gel's with no egos.

Ronaldo will hate Bale going there. He wants to be the superstar & Bale would challenge that.

With all great teams one player will always get the spot light more than others. With Barca for example it is Messi but there got a squad of class players, especially there midfielders but you don't hear Xavi & Iniesta crying over Messi getting the spot light more than they do because there class players which is why there the best team in the world.
 
Bale is a Ronaldo fanboy and I think Christiano will actually like Bale coming as Im sure Bale will just be starry eyed around him let alone challenge Ronaldo's star status - Bale is not in that elite top bracket yet. The amount Bale apes Christiano is embarassing at times... specially that backing up stance before a free kick... mimicry may be the highest form of admiration but having the real deal and the mimic on the same team is really something :lol

Barca are already empty coffers by buying Neymar who IMO is too overhyped and needs a LOT more experience to play at a club like Barca where he will be thrust immideately against the top opponents in the world - and Barca is yet to plug in their centre back crisis. Can you believe that they are a club who has 3 specialist centre backs in the first team (One of them close to retirement and another hasnt even been capped more than 10 times for full 90mins in the first team). Madrid being the Pioneers of what current day Chelsea, Man City, PSG are dont break a sweat and throw in millions every season as usual and this years kitty for them is Bale, Suarez, Tevez, Gundogan... dropping 200m without breaking a sweat... thats called being a Boss!

and something you guys may like
https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128402
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The sculpts are great... you guys will see them soon.
 
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United figures eh?

Nani would have to be made so that the figure couldn't stand under it's own weight for more than a few seconds.

The idea of Rooney's mug staring down from a shelf at me is a bit scary.

Legends would be where this line would get me really intrested.... Eric Cantona and Fergie would top the list.

If the initial ones do well the company could branch out into other clubs eg,

Cristiano Ronaldo in mirrored packaging so the figure can always look at itself.

Maradona with some bags of coke and an extra hand based on World Cup '86 ie with a ball sculpted onto it.

Arsene Wenger with a voice chip that says "I didn't see the incident".

Luis Suarez with Real Biting Action!

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Yeah even I didnt like that... and ive seen some of the WIP sculpts which you all will see soon... and they look pretty good IMO. Plus I dont think you will be bale to see players who are NOT a part of the current season or so etc etc so guys like Becks and Christiano are pretty much out... Players who are pretty much under contract with United will make the cut. United is being made as they are like some sort of Asian phenomenon... most of Asia still support United because of David Beckham and the brilliant marketing of EPL which makes them believe it is the 'best league' in the world...

I was told if this line is successful they would make other players... although there are issues these guys dont and Im sure arent yet aware of. Some players (specially the superstars) own their own likeness and rights and share it with their sponsors... for example if they wanted to make Messi, Barca's license would get them nothing other than the club logo... they would need Messi's license via Adidas to make him and would probably have to deck him up in an Adidass kit with his official logo... etc etc
 
It's days this summer but it'll probably come out in 2 years

By which time the players in the works may have moved or retired.

If one of the figures is Giggs then no problem. He's a club legend so intrest from United fans is always likely.

But if there's a player who's not really done much for the team, or someone who leaves under a cloud as Rooney might then the intrest might not be as high.
 
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