Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Scriptures Prophesied the Messiah Plays 3-4-3

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SCORCH said:
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Ronaldo is the hissy fit GOAT though, can't find anywhere that Madrid Ronaldo photo where he stands hands on hips while everyone else is still playing :russ:
 
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Ruud Gullit describing his experiences going from Milan to English lower league fukkery in the 90s is hilarious

In England, clubs in the lower divisions often employed a tactic that involved letting the grass in the corners of the pitch grow a little longer. During the 1998/99 season, when I was coaching Newcastle United and we played Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park, the corner flags were almost overgrown. Their manager was John Aldridge, the famous former Liverpool striker, and his central defenders had orders to kick every ball into the long grass in our corners. Since the ball rolled to a halt there, it hardly ever went over the line. From there they would cross the ball toward our goal. It was a difficult tactic to defend against. And if our defenders kicked the ball over the touchline then one of their players would throw it in all the way to the goalmouth.

Talking about throw-ins: they had a clever ploy at Tranmere. There was a door in the advertising hoardings there and the ball boys had towels at the ready. I couldn’t believe my eyes. As I watched, a Tranmere player disappeared from view, drying the ball. I stepped out of the dugout to see where he had gone and there he was, standing among the spectators. With that door open he had an extra couple of meters’ run-up and he threw the ball right up to the penalty spot. Like a free kick! I asked the ref if that wasn’t against the rules, but he allowed it.

Later, when we had a throw-in near there, the door remained resolutely shut of course, and there were no towels to be found either.
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phcitywarrior said:
I guess what would you prefer instead? Regular international friendlies :hhh:

At least Nations League has some incentive involved (Euro Qualification)
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I'd rather just get all the WC qualifiers done in August. No international breaks and finish the season in April/May. If UEFA wants to do Nations league BS then they can do it in May.
 
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Numb Vaccine Arm said:
I'd rather just get all the WC qualifiers done in August. No international breaks and finish the season in April/May. If UEFA wants to do Nations league BS then they can do it in May.
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I'd prefer that as well, but International breaks are always spread across the year. If WC were in Aug there'd be a lot more pressure on players and coaches to deliver then and there. At least with it spaced out you have time for fringe players to play themselves into contention.
 
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