Might as well make a thread for them.

 

18 hours ago, Eddie said:

Agree with all of that apart from “tremendous manager”.

I think he was a very good man manager. He’s clearly got very good people skills and can lead - for the most part that’s what international football is about, pulling together a squad from different teams and getting them to gel.

What he’s not very good at is managing a football game. Setting up in a WC semi final against Croatia with a midfield 3 of Henderson, Lingard and Alli showed you all you need to know about his tactical nouse. It’s why he’s never done anything as a club manager.

I don’t agree with Bolty that the virtue signalling had anything to do with it. I do agree with Bolty that we now have a manager that given the same situation (ie latter stages of a tournament) would have a better chance of getting us over the line.

I’d still rather see Bolton win L1 than England win the World Cup though 👀

Same was said about Capello 

That went well

8 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Ginger minge wigs and womens clothing? Give it a rest. Diabolical.

Wait till those rumours about our Thomas surface properly my good man.

You may have a different view

2 hours ago, Zico said:

What time will the games be on?

5pm, 8pm, 11pm and 2am UK time, so morning/afternoon in Oz

48 minutes ago, Traf said:

5pm, 8pm, 11pm and 2am UK time, so morning/afternoon in Oz

2am, 5am, 8am, 11am then for me

Great

3 hours ago, L/H White said:

Same was said about Capello 

That went well

He couldn’t do the man management bit - he couldn’t even speak English for fuck sake 

2 hours ago, Eddie said:

He couldn’t do the man management bit - he couldn’t even speak English for fuck sake 

And he banned condiments!

How can you take a man seriously that doesn't allow HP sauce?

9 hours ago, Zico said:

2am, 5am, 8am, 11am then for me

Great

On free to air SBS too. 

32 minutes ago, jayjayoghani said:

On free to air SBS too. 

I'll come round yours for the 11am-ers

15 hours ago, Zico said:

What time will the games be on?

If you will be in redneck territory by then, you will get them two hours earlier than I do as far as your time pieces are concerned.

Obviously there are significant time zones across the US too so it depends where the games are being played. ATM Perth is currently 13 hours ahead of, say, New York so Brisbane will be 15 hours ahead. I presume they will play plenty of games later in the day at that time of year so a 7.30pm kick off would be around a 9.30am KO for you allowing for Queensland winter clock change which WA doesn't do.

Any afternoon games will likely be at sparrow fart. I recall watching games before I went to work during USA94.

14 hours ago, gonzo said:

Wait till those rumours about our Thomas surface properly my good man.

You may have a different view

Thomas? On Sodor?

14 hours ago, L/H White said:

Same was said about Capello 

That went well

Absolutely no comparison as well you know.

A Latin temperament was never going to fit. Now, one of our own Saxons..................

2 hours ago, jayjayoghani said:

On free to air SBS too. 

Aussie RL and AFL fans refer to that TV station as Soccer Bloody Soccer as I am sure you know.

For those who don't know, it is the 'ethnic' channel.

1 minute ago, bolty58 said:

Aussie RL and AFL fans refer to that TV station as Soccer Bloody Soccer as I am sure you know.

For those who don't know, it is the 'ethnic' channel.

Some younger fella turned up to our office in a Liverpool shirt. Sometimes you have to swallow your pride, have a chat and accept he's into real football at least.

Anyway his Dad is a fan blah blah but I mentioned the Soccer Bloody Soccer thing to him and he hadn't a clue. Might be a thing of the past. 

3 minutes ago, jayjayoghani said:

Some younger fella turned up to our office in a Liverpool shirt. Sometimes you have to swallow your pride, have a chat and accept he's into real football at least.

Anyway his Dad is a fan blah blah but I mentioned the Soccer Bloody Soccer thing to him and he hadn't a clue. Might be a thing of the past. 

Maybe although the Aussies opposite and next door to me only used the term last Sunday at our regular Sunday session. Two mad keen AFL types who have commented many times on their concern over the growth of 'soccer' over here. They were chatting about coverage of the 2026WC. One of their sons has become an Arsenal fan (couple of years ago he started). Mother has relatives in North London. Father not impressed 

Might even be a regional thing although our HQ in Sydney had a couple who used the term (Parramatta Eels and Penrith Panthers fans btw).

1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

Maybe although the Aussies opposite and next door to me only used the term last Sunday at our regular Sunday session. Two mad keen AFL types who have commented many times on their concern over the growth of 'soccer' over here. They were chatting about coverage of the 2026WC. One of their sons has become an Arsenal fan (couple of years ago he started). Mother has relatives in North London. Father not impressed 

Might even be a regional thing although our HQ in Sydney had a couple who used the term (Parramatta Eels and Penrith Panthers fans btw).

To be honest I don't think football will ever take off here. They'll have to get used to not winning and Aussies don't like that.

Greatest AFL country in the world, I'll give them that. 

Peak Socceroos was 2006, they had a decent team back then.

3 minutes ago, jayjayoghani said:

Greatest AFL country in the world, I'll give them that. 

I wonder how long before they adopt the US tactic of calling the winners 'World Champions'?

As I regularly point out to my two neighbours (great blokes by the way), a game played in only two thirds of one country compared to one played in 211 countries all stemming from Bolton Wanderers and 11 also rans.

9 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Aussie RL and AFL fans refer to that TV station as Soccer Bloody Soccer as I am sure you know.

For those who don't know, it is the 'ethnic' channel.

Heard it called 'Sex and Bloody Soccer' when I first arrived due to the arty European films it would show later at night.

11 minutes ago, perth_white said:

Heard it called 'Sex and Bloody Soccer' when I first arrived due to the arty European films it would show later at night.

Hadn't heard it but understand why! Saw one which showed a bloke from a 45 degree angle from behind apparently pissing into a womans mouth and another where a woman was squeezing a tit and squirting milk into a teenage lads gob. Some of these Bulgarian, Slovenian, Moldovan, Armenian etc. movies are pretty fucking odd. The novelty wore off very quickly!

2 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Hadn't heard it but understand why! Saw one which showed a bloke from a 45 degree angle from behind apparently pissing into a womans mouth and another where a woman was squeezing a tit and squirting milk into a teenage lads gob. Some of these Bulgarian, Slovenian, Moldovan, Armenian etc. movies are pretty fucking odd. The novelty wore off very quickly!

Sounds like @gonzoTV

He wouldn't want to be associated with anything so vanilla

Striker situation should the worst happen to Kane 

Mason Greenwood currently top scorer in France. 

Thoughts?

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

Striker situation should the worst happen to Kane 

Mason Greenwood currently top scorer in France. 

Thoughts?

He looked good last night mate. 

Was coming in off the flank with Aubamyang up top.

He shouldn't be ignored but there's a massive queue infront of him for those forward positions.

He's better than Bowen&Gordon for starters.

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

He looked good last night mate. 

Was coming in off the flank with Aubamyang up top.

He shouldn't be ignored but there's a massive queue infront of him for those forward positions.

He's better than Bowen&Gordon for starters.

He's head & shoulders above a load in that squad tbf, should be in the squad if we're going off form

 

10 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

nope