Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - New season, same old United

[TobiOT]

 

[Hoodoo Child]

It's been a minute, but I heard those Spaghetti eating Jabronis in got packed up. Mama Mia

 

[phcitywarrior]

Today's the day. The boys gotta bring it home and send us to Qatar. Do or die match right here.

Up the Super Eagles!

 

[Roberto Firmino]

Qatar he we come

 

[Ukbrotha]

Qatar he we come

I'm shytting myself but come on!

 

[TobiOT]

 

[Yehuda]

Yeah I peeped it a while ago he was posting shyt that was already out there, it is what it is.

Not having to depend on dude cause you speak seven languages >>>>

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Looks like normal journalism to me.

Not just sport I've read stories elsewhere and they made other daily publications 1-2 weeks later.

Years ago on the sohh or early days on here. @mastermind me and a couple of others were talking about us pushing fake transfer stories and see how far it goes.

 

[MikelArteta]

Qatar he we come

bishop bonsu been praying all night

 

[Trajan]

I don't really see the issue

He's not allowed to report news coz he wasn't the first to break it?

There are tons of transfer rumours. There's bound to be some overlap.

At least Fabrizio tends to announce when it's a done deal. I'm sure you can go back a year or two re every transfer and find an obscure local blog discussing the rumour.

 

[TobiOT]

I don't really see the issue

He's not allowed to report news coz he wasn't the first to break it?

There are tons of transfer rumours. There's bound to be some overlap.

At least Fabrizio tends to announce when it's a done deal. I'm sure you can go back a year or two re every transfer and find an obscure local blog discussing the rumour.

Guy has my upmost respect. I remember when he had like 100K followers, now he nearly has 8 million and damn near trademarked the term "Here We Go!"

 

[The Villain]

Yeah Fab put in the work and came up

 

[MikelArteta]

 

[concise]

idk, man. I never really liked CAF's all or nothing qualification methods. I feel like if FIFA would have given them a half spot a while ago, they would have been forced to come up with something different.

 

[phcitywarrior]

idk, man. I never really liked CAF's all or nothing qualification methods. I feel like if FIFA would have given them a half spot a while ago, they would have been forced to come up with something different.

With 5 slots it was always going to be tough regardless. The final leg playoff in a way makes things comprehensive in that truly, the best of the best go-to the WC from Africa (although the way the groups were allocated is a point of contention e.g. CIV and Cameroon in the same group, DRC's group was paperweight).

They could have done a hybrid approach of what CONCAF and CONMEBOL do so you have one big group and the top 5 countries advance after playing each other twice, but the group is say only 10 teams, the top 6/7 sides based on ranking, then the other spots are up for grabs through a prelim playoff....idk it's irrelevant because next WC there are 9 slots.