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I can't wait for Saudi Arabia v Cape Verde, they should make it 64 teams. That's the one bit I don't mind. Well, Saudi I do mind a bit because of how they're using football to direct attention away from the choppy-choppy habits of their rulers but in general, having small teams there for whom this ...

Bluedylan1 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 05, 2026 12:41 pm Nostalgia is an illusion and a cognitive bias. It's a yearning for a thing that never existed. It's a bittersweet comfort blanket.

That is true but there also were things in the past that were better. It's just ... they came with a price of other things being a bit shit.

It's his inclination to tinker with winning formulas which annoys the fanbase. We don't concede goals and we don't lose games with a centre half pairing of Tarkowski and JOB. It works, for whatever reason, but it works. Thing is though, if you don't tinker, your team will be found out pretty quickl...

Apart from an ability to celebrate a goal when it goes in, what I miss most is the chaos of unseeded draws and a pure knockout format in European club tournaments.

Another proper strikers goal that. The timing of the run across the defender and the finish were both top quality. That's what I loved most about this goal. There were no gimmicks, no lucky bounce, no being first to react (all great qualities to have, don't get me wrong), it was just a straightforw...

At least when Yobo checked out to tie his shoelaces, he didn't try to blame others.

I always knew Keith Andrews was an absolute fraud.

I have full confidence in Keith Andrews.

NickNack wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 5:59 pm Seems to be blaming someone else as well. What a surprise

I noticed that he always does that.

Goaljira wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 2:04 pm How many of these stats were padded by him playing at FB though?

Tackles maybe but if anything, it's a hindrance at interceptions.

I think part of it is that the way teams play in the Premier League is so different that most European opposition don't see it worthwhile to spend two weeks preparing specifically for that one game against a PL team.

Haha, that reaction is brilliant.

And tbf, it was a pen, it was the disallowing of a perfectly valid Senegal goal for the Moroccan defender's theatrical dive that was the mistake that fucked everything up.

TheRam wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 9:16 pm Hahahahhah

I’ve missed all the drama but I’m assuming it looks like the game is a fix?

I don't think it is as straightforward as that but certainly Morocco as hosts seem to have deployed all the dirty tricks they could to tip the balance in their favour.