The Official 2024-25 Football (Soccer) Thread

[Nova Carmina]

On 8/29/2024 at 3:17 PM, blackhawkrush said:

Cercle 1 Wisla 4 And I elected to watch Swiatek.  

 

Oh ye of little faith!

[blackhawkrush]

4 hours ago, Nova Carmina said:

 

Oh ye of little faith!

What's worse, I can't find highlights of this game anywhere.   

[Nova Carmina]

1 hour ago, blackhawkrush said:

What's worse, I can't find highlights of this game anywhere.   

 

Not even on the dodgiest of your dodgy Russian streamers?

[blackhawkrush]

3 hours ago, Nova Carmina said:

 

Not even on the dodgiest of your dodgy Russian streamers?

They only posted the 3rd and 4th Wisla goals in short videos. They're crazy like that sometimes. And that site is considered tops as far as free sites go.  You can even watch the Cards. 

Edited August 31, 2024 by blackhawkrush

[Nova Carmina]

20 minutes ago, blackhawkrush said:

 And that site is considered tops as far as free sites go.  You can even watch the Cards. 

 

Yeah, but I'd have to do it while facepalming, what with this year's squad.

[blackhawkrush]

6 hours ago, Nova Carmina said:

 

Yeah, but I'd have to do it while facepalming, what with this year's squad.

Speaking of which, Radomiak 2 Cracovia 1 With the break for Nations League, this one will leave a bad taste in my mouth for a while.   

[blackhawkrush]

Kotwica 1 Wisla 1 I keep forgetting that in this league we have to play against some extremely talented Polish players.  

[blackhawkrush]

Nations League: Scotland 2 Poland 3 A win's a win but for the way you came out in the second half, you disco boys...   

[Nova Carmina]

5 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Nations League: Scotland 2 Poland 3 A win's a win but for the way you came out in the second half, you disco boys...   

 

Wow -- if this doesn't tell us how low Scotland has sunk . . . 

[blackhawkrush]

6 hours ago, Nova Carmina said:

 

Wow -- if this doesn't tell us how low Scotland has sunk . . . 

Kicking the legs of Zalewski from behind in the penalty box became the deciding factors. No complaints from the Scotts on both occasions, which was refreshing. 

[blackhawkrush]

Haaland was not able to conquer Kazakhstan today.    

[blackhawkrush]

Lithuania 0 Cyprus 1 I like to watch teams worse off than us.   

[blackhawkrush]

Have Wales scored a goal since Bale left?   

[Nova Carmina]

4 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Have Wales scored a goal since Bale left?   

 

Bellamy (LFC Old Boy) seemed quite chuffed with the result against Turkiye!

[blackhawkrush]

2 hours ago, Nova Carmina said:

 

Bellamy (LFC Old Boy) seemed quite chuffed with the result against Turkiye!

The Welsh were all over the Turks for most of the match, but they couldn't get it done even after a Turkey red card in the second half. To be fair, the visitors were missing some key players. 

[blackhawkrush]

Ireland's defense may be worse than that of the men in white and red.   

[Sun & Moon]

On 8/10/2024 at 3:34 PM, Nova Carmina said:

Spain have defeated France for Olympic gold, the preseason tours are over, today is the Community Shield, so it must be time to start again!

 

Let's have some fun!

 

I'm afraid it looks like it's Man City's to lose again, but there's many a slip twixt here and May. What will Slot-ball look like at Liverpool? Will they manage second again?

 

What will happen in the Polish leagues?

 

Will our our old friend IbanezJem return?

 

Tune in for all the exciting banter!

I'm looking forward to seeing IbanezJem return!

 

In Italy, the season start has not been very flattering for my team. But onwards and upwards!

 

As a non-native speaker of English I do miss out on the deepest beauty of the banter in this annual thread .

[blackhawkrush]

Croatia 1 Poland 0 Our manager has to realize that when he tells his defensemen to endlessly pass the ball around in front of their own penalty box, it makes Lewandowski unusable for long stretches of the match, not to mention a major risk for the keeper. 

[Nova Carmina]

16 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Croatia 1 Poland 0 Our manager has to realize that when he tells his defensemen to endlessly pass the ball around in front of their own penalty box, it makes Lewandowski unusable for long stretches of the match, not to mention a major risk for the keeper. 

 

Playing out from the back has been a hugely mixed payoff -- for the teams with the right personnel, it's great (Barcelona, anyone?); for the other 85% of squads, it's just inviting disaster. I don't understand why so many teams are still so enamored of it.

[blackhawkrush]

Wales needed a rainstorm to get going.   

[Nova Carmina]

Welcome to the USMNT, Pooch!

[blackhawkrush]

20 hours ago, Nova Carmina said:

Welcome to the USMNT, Pooch!

Transfer window is still open.   

[Nova Carmina]

4 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Transfer window is still open.   

 

If only we could buy players! We could be Manchester City! What are the rules for offering citizenship?

[blackhawkrush]

2 hours ago, Nova Carmina said:

 

If only we could buy players! We could be Manchester City! What are the rules for offering citizenship?

They must not have played a game for another national team. That means Messi and Lewandowski are not available. Ekstraklasa players could be convinced, for the right price. 

[blackhawkrush]

Handball Champions League started, Industria Kielce 30 Zagreb 23 A little revenge for what happened on Sunday.