There's going to be a halftime show 💅

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cge1q41np7go

3 hours ago, jmjhb said:

Brazil are abject these days. Fancy the Scots

I do understand though. Estevao bearing down on Grant Hanley. The big 'defender' will embarrass him 

14 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

I do understand though. Estevao bearing down on Grant Hanley. The big 'defender' will embarrass him 

Estevao literally their only bright spark. Their star has dimmed somewhat.

37 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Estevao literally their only bright spark. Their star has dimmed somewhat.

I don't disagree.

I don't think it wise to write them off either.

May be worth noting that two of their clubs recently played out the Copa Libertadores final.

Edited December 5, 2025Dec 5 by bolty58

33 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

You do have a point. Listen to them venting already.

It was always going to be a wankfest yet you were compelled to watch weren't you? Not me. Other than cringeworthy news snippets which I have found to be unavoidable, I wouldn't waste my time.

Nah I was on the tram into Manchester for a night out watched none of it.

21 minutes ago, frank_spencer said:

Nah I was on the tram into Manchester for a night out watched none of it.

Smart man.

1 minute ago, bolty58 said:

Smart man.

There is currently a notreet bumbling around Piccadilly tram stop who makes trump look level headed 

57 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

I haven't even given it a minute.

Just after I signed for the Bolton Braves a term was used to describe some of the things I would experience was "all the razzamatazz". A feeling of foreboding washed over me and I considered not turning up for training.

That same feeling emerged as I considered this flight of fancy farce. Fuck them. Fuck virtue signalling. Just football (please).

Those watching want to be enraged 🙄

Especially because The Don was involved 😂 Great involvement btw 👌🏻 

For those that are moaning ... I'd love to know what their favourite world cup/Euros draws have been.

1 minute ago, wanderer1984 said:

For those that are moaning ... I'd love to know what their favourite world cup/Euros draws have been.

That's my issue with all this bollocks just do the draw there's no need to suck off the supreme leader of one of the host nations.

Not sure the Qatari leader or Putin got so much pomp and ceremony to massage their ego. And with the other 2 leaders being relatively ignored it just made FIFA look bad.

1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

Obviously the Italian issue is a fraught one for me. If they don't qualify I'll probably need to purloin some Rohypnol. If they do and get a great result or two, a point of shooting salt might be reached.

We all know the continent of Africa has produced and continues to produce great players. The African GOAT played for us. It is my firm belief that their national teams neither have the temperament nor the mental fortitude required to win a World Cup (yet). Happy to be proved wrong as I would imagine that the celebrations would be tumultuous. Don't see it happening any time soon.

They’re getting there. Morocco reached the semi finals of the last World Cup and Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana have reached the quarter finals.

1 hour ago, frank_spencer said:

There is currently a notreet bumbling around Piccadilly tram stop who makes trump look level headed 

Was it @Underpants perchance?  I know he was in Manc this evening.

4 minutes ago, Barnstoneworth White said:

Was it @Underpants perchance?  I know he was in Manc this evening.

He was at the same gig as me but this dude had a full head of hair if not all his faculties 

7 hours ago, Rival Son said:

They’re getting there. Morocco reached the semi finals of the last World Cup and Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana have reached the quarter finals.

Was in Morocco in October when they won U20 World Cup. Very impressive 

8 hours ago, frank_spencer said:

He was at the same gig as me but this dude had a full head of hair if not all his faculties 

I'll wager 'this dude' doesn't go around photographing turds.

When is Deep Thought finished with sorting the fixtures?

11 hours ago, Jol_BWFC said:

Beat me to it.

Great pair.

Some of the replies to this are good.

 

16 hours ago, Traf said:

Victoria Coren-Mitchell's Only Connect quiz is less complicated than a tournament draw.

 

Fuck me in my actual anus! 😂

9 hours ago, green genie said:

When is Deep Thought finished with sorting the fixtures?

Weds 9pm, Tues 9pm Saturday 10pm.

pubs will be happy 

Schedule looks like the Close Encounters conversation 

Edited December 6, 2025Dec 6 by green genie

Great times and venues 

Scotland will be back home early again wakes and Northern Ireland great chance of getting through next round if they qualify 

45 minutes ago, desperado said:

Great times and venues 

6am and 7am @Zico 

wtf was all this about

 

 

 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Zico said:

wtf was all this about

 

It was awkward ... superceded by the next hour being equally awkward throughout by all accounts.

Two 3-minute hydration breaks to be introduced - between the first and second (and third and fourth) quarters.