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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 9/29/2021 2:25:26 PM   
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Defeated in Madrid by a team from a non-existent, tiny and almost unpronounceable country of nostalgic soviets... transnistri.. what? Oh, my God, it looks like a monty python episode... I call the spanish Inquisition!

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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/3/2021 5:48:20 PM   
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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/4/2021 10:01:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		A bit OT: does anyone here follow the wonderful comedy series "Ted Lasso" on AppleTV?

I became aware of it after it won a ton of Emmys this year. It is the story of the title character, Ted Lasso, that is bought from an obscure American football league in the USA to coach the fictional London team of Richmond - with zero experience about soccer, soccer culture and England in general (the reason for such a lunatic appointment is in the story, so I won't spoil). He, however, has three weapons: he is a pathological optimist, he never lies, and he does seem to have learned coaching from pop culture quotes.

Anyway, I checked it out and I was addicted. The writing is great, with the humour being a mix between the classic deadpan English and the more straightforward American one. The whole cast of characters is great. Word jokes and pop culture references fly at machinegun speed. Some of them are very funny because they are painfully not funny at all, if you get my gist. The story and the character are always fresh, due to a lot of unexpected twists and discoveries. The show can also be very emotional without being cheesy.

I think that if you are immersed in the British football culture you will get even more jokes.

I binge watched the first season and I immediately started the second. The first two episodes are good but the plot finds his footing on the third (this is the kind of joke you find in the show BTW ) and from there never lets go. Give it a chance.

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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/5/2021 3:03:46 AM   
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A bit OT: does anyone here follow the wonderful comedy series "Ted Lasso" on AppleTV?

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My elder little warspite recommended this. I really enjoyed it. We have almost finished season 2. Jason Sudekis’ eponymous character is immensely likeable, charming, vulnerable, sympathetic and witty. A great supporting cast too.

Only real gripe is that the language is a bit gratuitous sometimes, and the Sky segments didn’t really work. But these don’t outweigh the positives, of which there are a great many.




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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/5/2021 2:20:57 PM   
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ORIGINAL: RFalvo69

A bit OT: does anyone here follow the wonderful comedy series "Ted Lasso" on AppleTV?

warspite1

My elder little warspite recommended this. I really enjoyed it. We have almost finished season 2. Jason Sudekis’ eponymous character is immensely likeable, charming, vulnerable, sympathetic and witty. A great supporting cast too.

Only real gripe is that the language is a bit gratuitous sometimes, and the Sky segments didn’t really work. But these don’t outweigh the positives, of which there are a great many.





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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/8/2021 6:27:21 PM   
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ORIGINAL: RFalvo69

A bit OT: does anyone here follow the wonderful comedy series "Ted Lasso" on AppleTV?

warspite1

My elder little warspite recommended this. I really enjoyed it. We have almost finished season 2. Jason Sudekis’ eponymous character is immensely likeable, charming, vulnerable, sympathetic and witty. A great supporting cast too.

Only real gripe is that the language is a bit gratuitous sometimes, and the Sky segments didn’t really work. But these don’t outweigh the positives, of which there are a great many.





OMFG!!! There are two beautiful women in that picture!!! Didn't you get the memo?
warspite1

Whoops. Well maybe someone will go running to the mods and get this thread locked too .


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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/17/2021 11:56:33 AM   
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There was an article in the Mail yesterday that was very apt in its description of this match; a match between what may be to come and what might have been. How very true.

At least we know what will happen today. It's the same pretty much every year. Spurs play a team that have yet to record a win in the PL this season.... so only one winner here. Move along Spurs fans, nothing to see

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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/17/2021 10:22:40 PM   
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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/19/2021 9:13:23 AM   
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Grump.

*stomps away grumbling*

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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/23/2021 11:51:34 AM   
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not too bad in the end though
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....but Eric Dier did his best to try and ensure it was.... and after the embarrassment that was Thursday (did we really actually buy LoCelso? Surely he was given away as a freebie?) we now have West Ham's cup final on Sunday....the one match of the season West Ham always turn up for.

I really, really hate football....


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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/27/2021 3:21:01 PM   
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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/27/2021 4:14:37 PM   
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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 10/28/2021 11:48:21 AM   
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and its now a case of can Spurs 'save Ole' by a suitably inept home performance?
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I don't think its really a question. Some things - like the West Ham result for example - are simply inevitable. I didn't see the Burnley game but I heard the reports. How can a team create so little - it's unfathomable.

I think after Saturday Ole will be behind the wheel for a while longer (courtesy of the TH Charity Club). Too bad for him he can't play Spurs every week.....


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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 11/2/2021 9:04:42 PM   
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Carli Anne Hollins (née Lloyd; born July 16, 1982) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder or forward for NJ/NY Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2008 and 2012), two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion (2015 and 2019), two-time FIFA Player of the Year (2015 and 2016),[3] and a four-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021). Lloyd scored the gold medal-winning goals in the finals of the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Lloyd also helped the United States win their titles at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups, the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and she played for the team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup where the U.S. finished in second place. After the 2020 Summer Olympics, Lloyd announced she would be retiring from the national team following four final friendly matches in 2021.[4] Lloyd has made 316 appearances for the U.S. national team, placing her second in caps, and has the fourth-most goals and fifth-most assists for the team. In March 2021, she was named as the highest paid female soccer player in the world.[5] She played her last international match with the USWNT on October 26, 2021. This is also her final season in the NWSL. She will retire from professional soccer at the completion of the NJ/NY Gotham FC season.

During the United States' 5–2 win over Japan in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Lloyd became the first player ever to score three goals in a FIFA Women's World Cup final and the second soccer player ever to score a hat-trick in any senior FIFA World Cup Final, after Geoff Hurst. Lloyd scored three goals in the first 16 minutes of the final, with the first two occurring in the first five minutes of the game and within three minutes of each other. She received the Golden Ball Trophy as the best player of the tournament and earned the Silver Boot for her six goals and one assist during the tournament.[6]


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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 11/2/2021 9:20:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Carli is driven, that's for sure.
Cost her a Dad and a husband.
Great player.
At least she plays on the right side of the fence. (identifies as a #2)
Never watched a Bo-match, wonder if she stood for the USA flag or cursed it.


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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 11/12/2021 10:05:08 PM   
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What I can say? The two teams played equally for 70 minutes, with the Swiss deservedly scoring a very important goal (it will make the difference if we end the group with the same point score and goals scored). Then Mancini decided that it was time to play seriously and, after a dozen of changes or so, we saw the Italy that won the Euro Championship playing for twenty whole minutes. Why it was not fielded from the beginning is a mystery.

And then we had a penalty at the last minute (thanks to VAR and about fifteen minutes after the foul had happened). And Jorginho fired it directly on the stands. Ah, well...

Now we must win against Northern Ireland and score more goals that the Swiss, who will play against Bulgaria. The dejected Italian pundits are already describing N. Ireland as, basically, Brazil in the '70s, with Bulgaria surrendering to the Swiss and abandoning the pitch after five minutes. How far are the boasts heard after the match with England. Time will tell.

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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 11/18/2021 7:55:49 AM   
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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 11/18/2021 7:56:51 AM   
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Carli Lloyd retired.


Thank you for telling us.

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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 11/18/2021 8:18:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		pity that Italy didn't make it directly, being utterly selfish, of the teams in the play offs they are the one side that there is no way could Scotland beat - there are plenty of others that could readily beat us depending on the day etc.

so we get a one leg semi final early in the new year, with home advantage set via the seeds and then?

not sure, is the final cull a two legged game with opponents drawn without any structure or seeding

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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 11/18/2021 9:12:52 AM   
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RE: European Championships - 12/1/2021 2:01:39 AM   
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RE: European Championships - 12/4/2021 6:24:35 PM   
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.. but real football is a dumb idea.

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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 1/9/2022 8:23:41 PM   
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The Tottenham has signed a young and promising left winger from Seville, Brian Gil, a player of the spanish team, very fast and good passer. He is playing in the olympic team right now, but he already had an excellent season in Liga and Eurocup.

I say it because I know there is a lot of spurs here
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Well I wish the guy you describe here would make an appearance for Spurs . He may develop in time but at the moment he is just too small (easily beaten off the ball) to be effective in the Premier League. He failed to make any impact in the cup against League One Morecambe.....

Spurs needed three first teamers, that they had hoped to rest, to see off the Shrimpers at home (the League One outfit even led for most of the match).

As for Tanguy Ndombele..... Oh dear.


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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 1/12/2022 10:14:44 PM   
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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 1/13/2022 4:15:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Strange though it's ben less than stellar so far from Spurs yet we can quite easily go fourth if we win and draw our two games in hand. Odd.

Blimey if we win the three games we have in had over Chelsea we'd be just 1 point behind them!!

WOnder where we'd be if Kane had a season like thge previous three...

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RE: All things Football (soccer) related - 1/16/2022 4:38:08 PM   
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