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RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:04 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: Orm
Football is stupid. Or rather, Swedish football is stupid.
A majority of the top league teams play their matches on artificial, plastic, turf. The winner is likely to be a team who has only played 6 matches on grass this season. One of the tree teams that can still win the title is a plastic pitch specialists who can not win on grass. Bah.
(6 out of 16 top league teams play on grass)
warspite1
Mmmmmm..... I can understand why Sweden would want plastic pitches but....
I don't think you guess the main reason.
In many parts they claim it is because of the weather. But that is usually not the truth. The truth is that Swedish teams are poor and do not have their own pitch. The district, or municipality, owns the pitch and they want the pitch to be used for more than a few football matches. And plastic can be used a lot without any extra expense. In Stockholm, for example, the two current top teams, plays on the same arena owned by the city and it has a plastic pitch. But previously both teams had their own arena and both had grass. Keeping a grass pitch has become easier, and cheaper, and yet we get fewer grass pitches every year.
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:21 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Orm
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: Orm
Football is stupid. Or rather, Swedish football is stupid.
A majority of the top league teams play their matches on artificial, plastic, turf. The winner is likely to be a team who has only played 6 matches on grass this season. One of the tree teams that can still win the title is a plastic pitch specialists who can not win on grass. Bah.
(6 out of 16 top league teams play on grass)
warspite1
Mmmmmm..... I can understand why Sweden would want plastic pitches but....
I don't think you guess the main reason.
In many parts they claim it is because of the weather. But that is usually not the truth. The truth is that Swedish teams are poor and do not have their own pitch. The district, or municipality, owns the pitch and they want the pitch to be used for more than a few football matches. And plastic can be used a lot without any extra expense. In Stockholm, for example, the two current top teams, plays on the same arena owned by the city and it has a plastic pitch. But previously both teams had their own arena and both had grass. Keeping a grass pitch has become easier, and cheaper, and yet we get fewer grass pitches every year.
warspite1
You are correct. I didn't guess the main reason.... That's all a bit of a shame really [:(]
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 11:03 am
by shunwick
Six reasons why Tottenham are struggling...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ExCIY ... v-&index=6
Best wishes,
Steve
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:20 pm
by warspite1
warspite1
Well quite..... that, and we're ****
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 4:24 am
by warspite1
As if things couldn't get any worse.... apparently Spurs want to spend £50m on Memphis Depay...[8|]
I hate football....
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 4:53 pm
by shunwick
ORIGINAL: warspite1
As if things couldn't get any worse.... apparently Spurs want to spend £50m on Memphis Depay...[8|]
I hate football....
Memphis Depay is Ridiculously Good...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFiNnNulS9k
Best wishes,
Steve
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:26 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: shunwick
ORIGINAL: warspite1
As if things couldn't get any worse.... apparently Spurs want to spend £50m on Memphis Depay...[8|]
I hate football....
Memphis Depay is Ridiculously Good...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFiNnNulS9k
Best wishes,
Steve
warspite1
Then please can Braintree (or
anyone) sign him so that we can't.... PLEASE?
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 11:21 am
by shunwick
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: shunwick
ORIGINAL: warspite1
As if things couldn't get any worse.... apparently Spurs want to spend £50m on Memphis Depay...[8|]
I hate football....
Memphis Depay is Ridiculously Good...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFiNnNulS9k
Best wishes,
Steve
warspite1
Then please can Braintree (or
anyone) sign him so that we can't.... PLEASE?
Dear Lord no. Can you imagine this in the National League South?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0adiMw4m4M
You need more than handbags to survive in that league. Those guys would marmalize him.
Best wishes,
Steve
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 8:06 am
by Orm
Will be interesting to see how the play-off will turn out. Scotland-Norway might be exciting (if they advance), and if team 3 or 4 can do something about it. And Group D might be fun as well. I doubt that any of those 4 teams has ever been this close to entering the Euros. And I suppose that the British are glad that Northern Ireland will not be competing for the same spot as Scotland.
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 8:12 am
by warspite1
Congrats on Sweden making it!
I will pass judgement until I see the full line up but always nice to see new faces - Congrats to Finland!!
Wasn't it Garfield who asked "Does Pooky need you?" Well Finland do [:)]
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 8:18 am
by Orm
The team ranking for the play-off selection.
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 8:21 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Congrats on Sweden making it!
I will pass judgement until I see the full line up but always nice to see new faces - Congrats to Finland!!
Thank you.
Were never any doubt that England would make it. [:)] [&o]
Interesting match for Ireland tomorrow.
You said it. Congratulations to Finland. Well deserved. [&o]
And speaking of new faces. One of the four teams in group D will be in the Euros.
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 8:25 am
by Orm
For clarification.
One team from each of the four groups (A,B,C,D) will advance to the Euros. They meet in a 'standard' two matches play-off. First team 1 play against team 4, and 2 vs 3. And then the two winners fight it out who will advance to the Euro.
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:45 pm
by Orm
Now it is clear that Norway will encounter Serbia in the first play-off round. I suspect it will be a close fought encounter.
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:14 pm
by loki100
csn we all agree that sacking Pochettino is not a good idea, esp if the Mourinho rumours are true
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:20 pm
by warspite1
Well, well, well..... in some ways I never saw that coming (what he achieved on the budget he had, Champions League football) - but then we are in a relegation battle, at least 4 first team players are looking to leave for nothing, there is not the slightest sign of any improvement and he appears to have run out of ideas and never a plan B.
I don't think Mourinho would be attracted to Spurs unless he convinces Levy he's changed his MO and is prepared to work with kids - we just don't have any money....
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:20 pm
by Crossroads
Seems something been broken for a while, but how exactly does firing him help to solve it? Madness.
ORIGINAL: loki100
csn we all agree that sacking Pochettino is not a good idea, esp if the Mourinho rumours are true
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:23 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Crossroads
Seems something been broken for a while, but how exactly does firing him help to solve it? Madness.
ORIGINAL: loki100
csn we all agree that sacking Pochettino is not a good idea, esp if the Mourinho rumours are true
warspite1
I'm not one for sacking willy nilly but seriously, look at how badly we have been playing for 2 seasons now - and we are actually getting worse, with players disaffected and downing tools.
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:29 pm
by loki100
I agree about the overall form since the start of 2019. The problem was some of the end of last season could be linked to 'issues', no recruitment. Wembley, injuries so sort of overlooked. This season has been really awful.
But I'd have sacked 4 players before getting rid of Poch. And who will we get who can so seriously outperform our level of relative financial investment?
edit: seems that Levy wants Mourinho. That is going to be as bad as when he appointed George Grahem - first set of bad results and it'll explode as there will be no good will towards the manager
RE: All things Football (soccer) related
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 7:04 pm
by shunwick
Did Pochettino deserve the sack....
The ESPN FC view...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPqObrpdrF0&t=0s
My view? Spurs are in meltdown. Too many players just don't want to be there. And now, Levy has just taken away one the reasons they haven't already gone.
Mourhinho? Would Levy even pay his wages?
Best wishes,
Steve