werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
The woman who cuts my hair is Latvian, she’s hilarious and pretty feisty!
World Cup Thomas Tuchel - England Manager
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Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Village-Yellow
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
Sweet free kick, but other than that an absolute bore fest.
I see nothing of note that shows any sign of something different to the mediocrity of the past.
We’ve been a bang average side for decades, flirting with the occasional chance of success but generally carrying an over inflated opinion of ourselves.
I see nothing of note that shows any sign of something different to the mediocrity of the past.
We’ve been a bang average side for decades, flirting with the occasional chance of success but generally carrying an over inflated opinion of ourselves.
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Did you have to pay extra for that?
Think I had run out of money by that point so they had to give it me gratis.
Just don’t fall asleep.
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
Albania are beating Andorra, if we don't qualify with maximum points out of this group then something has gone wrong!
Foley
Level: Colin Harrington
(260 Apps, 30 Gls)
I thought that Morgan Rogers looked a good player.
He was playing in the Championship for Middlesbrough last season!
He was playing in the Championship for Middlesbrough last season!
Perhaps Serbia away will be a draw. Or perhaps they’ll walk off when the Serbian crowd get all racist.
Other than that, you’re right. It’s one of the weakest qualification groups for England I’ve ever seen.
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
I’m a glory hunter when it comes to England, wake me up when we’re in the quarter finals
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Well that remained dull.
Yes but it’s hard to play expansive football against teams that park the bus, just ask Norwich.
2 games, 2 clean sheets, 5 goals and 6 points - I’ve seen worse starts.
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
I’m amazed people still bother watching England qualifiers. I’d rather watch re runs of a place in the sun that I’ve watched before than these games.
Or, if you are elderly,”Escape to the Country “
F*cking amen to that. Can't stand international breaks.
Village-Yellow
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
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This just feels like acceptance of the shite being served up.
I think one of the players on the bench was noted as having played for St Albans and Boston Utd ffs.
If we continue taking positives out of games like that, we’ll continue failing to win anything.
This just feels like acceptance of the shite being served up.
I think one of the players on the bench was noted as having played for St Albans and Boston Utd ffs.
If we continue taking positives out of games like that, we’ll continue failing to win anything.
m
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
This lot would have won the World Cup had Southgate only taken the handbrake off.
I thought everyone knew that.
I thought everyone knew that.
Tomox
Level: Andy Crosby
(122 Apps, 13 Gls)
The wingers aren’t good enough at the moment to play this system. The full backs were basically tucking in and playing as 6’s which left the wingers against 2 men.
Bowen is a good player but thrives in playing in a low block, counterattacking team. Not sure he has the dribbling ability to break down a team sat in front of their own penalty box. Likewise Rashford.
Think Saka and Gordon instantly improve us. Also would like to see Wharton come in to the midfield and Trent at right back. Need a left footed CB too. Many changes to be made!
Bowen is a good player but thrives in playing in a low block, counterattacking team. Not sure he has the dribbling ability to break down a team sat in front of their own penalty box. Likewise Rashford.
Think Saka and Gordon instantly improve us. Also would like to see Wharton come in to the midfield and Trent at right back. Need a left footed CB too. Many changes to be made!
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
I do enjoy an episode of that too.Or, if you are elderly,”Escape to the Country “
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
This. It was Latvia at home who had 3 of their best players out. It isn't just one game, which would be fair enough, but this is a fairly regular event in qualifying.
They are meant to be England internationals who expect to be competing to, at the least, the final stages of tournaments. Speeding up the tempo of general play and actually run more off the ball would be a start. When they did they created a couple of goals, such as Rice's run for Kane's goal. Tuchel has talked about players having to take responsibility on the pitch, this would be part of that for me.
Thomas Tuchel: Harry Redknapp jokes England manager is a 'German spy'
Former Premier League manager Harry Redknapp jokes England boss Thomas Tuchel is "a German spy" while at a charity event.
www.bbc.co.uk
Eric Blair
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Interested in people's views on this. It's the sort of story I hate as it's just done for clicks (it's unbelievably the top sport story on the Times which I find much more offensive then the joke).Thomas Tuchel: Harry Redknapp jokes England manager is a 'German spy'
Former Premier League manager Harry Redknapp jokes England boss Thomas Tuchel is "a German spy" while at a charity event.
I like Harry Redknapp but I don't find what he said this time to be funny (just very boring) but neither do I think it is offensive. It is a slightly off-colour joke made by an older guy at a light hearted event. If you found it funny (and by the sounds of it many people did) that is all good too. It does not need faux outrage and then people getting wound up defending him and everyone getting annoyed.
- Year of First Game
- 1980
I love the fact the first person the BBC thought of to quote was Henning Wehn, the only German comedian that anyone knows
Village-Yellow
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
I think people do try too hard to be offended these days.
Any form of mild banter or sense of humour is being ripped out of every day life.
I think Henning called it right.
Of course, this is just my opinion, so apologies if anyone is offended by it.
These things written down always lose a lot of context as well, most of us have probably sent a joke by message then read it back and realised it doesn't work. Hardly worth a newspaper story no matter how desperate they are for clickbait.
ZeroTheHero
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
As far as 'banter' goes, it is well past it's sell by date - that kind of thing sounded tired in the 1970's, for heaven's sake. Not original, not witty and, for many people, hardly belly laugh material nowadays.
It doesn't 'offend' me in any way (except perhaps in its laziness), but I wouldn't have laughed at it either. I like Harry, shame he couldn't come up with something better.
It doesn't 'offend' me in any way (except perhaps in its laziness), but I wouldn't have laughed at it either. I like Harry, shame he couldn't come up with something better.
Tomox
Level: Andy Crosby
(122 Apps, 13 Gls)
Not funny but wouldn’t say it’s offensive.
I don’t mind Harry but didn’t like the way he turned Joey’s issues at West Ham into an after dinner story. Same can be said for Benjani who wanted to stay at Pompey on less wages and Harry forced him out of the club….despite separately complaining about player loyalty. Probably because he was getting a cut of the deal which would have gone straight into his Monoco bank account under his dogs name the crook.
Actually I may have talked my way out of liking him
I don’t mind Harry but didn’t like the way he turned Joey’s issues at West Ham into an after dinner story. Same can be said for Benjani who wanted to stay at Pompey on less wages and Harry forced him out of the club….despite separately complaining about player loyalty. Probably because he was getting a cut of the deal which would have gone straight into his Monoco bank account under his dogs name the crook.
Actually I may have talked my way out of liking him
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Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
A non story IMO. When it is written down it loses the context with how it was said.
As someone else said, people to tend to try and go out of their way to be offended these days.
As someone else said, people to tend to try and go out of their way to be offended these days.
RgYellows
Level: John Aldridge
(141 Apps, 90 Gls)
I think doing a Nazi salute is pretty poor tbh.
chuckbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
It’s old fashioned but not offensive. I’m half German and have had plenty of crap German “humour” and coments aimed at me over the years (til the 90s at least). The only thing that ever offended me was when a fellow phd student that I’d known for years found out that my mum was German and said “I wish you’d never told me that”.
TailsWeWin
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
“APPEARED to make….” But makes the story better, doesn’t it?
