Off Topic Thread 3.0

mfceiling

How much on average are those English soccer players on per week?

Brutal...hoofing balls up front with no real intention. Rashford took a corner and I swear I've seen an under 14 team in bushy park knock in better balls.

swiwi_

mfceiling wrote: »

How much on average are those English soccer players on per week?

Brutal...hoofing balls up front with no real intention. Rashford took a corner and I swear I've seen an under 14 team in bushy park knock in better balls.

The control of Rooney and Cane was just terrible. Rooney must have been stripped or lost control at least 5 or 6 times. Cane with shocking set-play kicks.

We are talking about a country with 330,000 people. Basically Cork if you include the little towns around.

Man, Reyjavik must be party zone central.

So impressed with Iceland's composure tonight.

Feel like if we were watching Ireland in that position with 10 mins left we'd retreat into our box and invite them to take shots through all the bodies.

None of that from Iceland, calm, collected and composed football for the entire second half. Playing the ball out of defence. Turning and finding feet.

England's woeful performance aside, I think Iceland were very secure (keeper looks nervy) and well, well worth their win.

Felix Jones is God

Roy Hodgson has resigned

vienne86

Felix Jones is God wrote: »

Roy Hodgson has resigned

Seriously?

OK it's true. So who'll replace him?

Stheno

vienne86 wrote: »

Seriously?

Yep pre-prepared statement which he read out at the post match press conference.

I don't have any opinion on the man, but I wonder at a situation where he's in that position and genuinely feel sorry for him.

His assistants are also going.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Love the clappy "Hooo" thing Iceland do.

The Brexit jokes are coming thick and fast on twitter all night.

Synode

That has to have been the worst game of football in the tournament so far. England were shocking. How Rooney, Sterling, Cahill and Smalling made the squad never mind the team is beyond me. Rightly punished

awec

You would honestly see better football on a Friday night in Dalymount Park than what you saw from England tonight.

bilston

mfceiling wrote: »

How much on average are those English soccer players on per week?

Brutal...hoofing balls up front with no real intention. Rashford took a corner and I swear I've seen an under 14 team in bushy park knock in better balls.

Rashford was good when he came on in fairness and he would be on a hell of a lot less than the rest of them (not for long mind).

England were laughably poor in the second half. They got what they deserved.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

awec wrote: »

You would honestly see better football on a Friday night in Dalymount Park than what you saw from England tonight.

RTÉ panel were tearing England to bits. Didi went to town on the Premier League and England's inflated sense of themselves. He said the English players should light a candle every night and give thanks they aren't German or Spanish because they wouldn't make a quarter of what they make if they were trying to ply their trade anywhere other than England.

It's true enough. They seem to have this odd idea that the Premier League being the best known league in the world transfers to them being a great international team.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

bilston wrote: »

Rashford was good when he came on in fairness and he would be on a hell of a lot less than the rest of them (not for long mind).

England were laughably poor in the second half. They got what they deserved.

Rashford got about 6 minutes. Himself and Vardy were the only ones that looked like doing anything. Have to wonder why Rooney plays at all never mind gets 85 minutes. Harry Kane is useless too. Why was he taking all their corners and frees?

Felix Jones is God

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Rashford got about 6 minutes. Himself and Vardy were the only ones that looked like doing anything. Have to wonder why Rooney plays at all never mind gets 85 minutes. Harry Kane is useless too. Why was he taking all their corners and frees?

He's the best they had supposedly at corners.

Going to be interesting to see who gets the job.
Southgate and Pardew will be up there...maybe Neville and Scholes as an outside bet...don't see a foreigner getting the gig at this stage, so that leaves Laurent Blanc and Giggs out

awec

Neville? Gary? No way.

irishbucsfan

awec wrote: »

Neville? Gary? No way.

He's short odds with the bookies but I can't see it happening

awec

He's part of this current England setup. He should be told to sling his hook, if he gets promoted the FA are off their head.

kuang1

Felix Jones is God wrote: »

Going to be interesting to see who gets the job.

It really, really won't be though.

Felix Jones is God

kuang1 wrote: »

It really, really won't be though.

Not to you...but many millions more disagree

DGRulz

DGRulz wrote: »

So, that last episode of GoT ... wow, just ... wow ...

I haven't actually seen it yet, I'm just preempting

God damn I was right, sooooo gooood

b.gud

This is one of the funniest things I've seen in such a long time, I must have watched it 10 times in the last hour

https://twitter.com/Hoopsterdell/status/747544851571412992

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Shane Lowry has pulled out of the Olympics now too. Bit of a mess really. I'd be surprised if they keep it in for the 2020 Olympics.

Buer

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Shane Lowry has pulled out of the Olympics now too. Bit of a mess really. I'd be surprised if they keep it in for the 2020 Olympics.

I was waiting for that. He's just married, quite likely to be thinking about starting a family in the very near future. No way he was going to Brazil.

Golf at the Olympics was ratified for 2016 and 2020. I'm not sure if it's approved thereafter and, given how golfers have treated it, I wouldn't be surprised for it to be cut permanently. It's all become a bit embarrassing.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Buer wrote: »

I was waiting for that. He's just married, quite likely to be thinking about starting a family in the very near future. No way he was going to Brazil.

Golf at the Olympics was ratified for 2016 and 2020. I'm not sure if it's approved thereafter and, given how golfers have treated it, I wouldn't be surprised for it to be cut permanently. It's all become a bit embarrassing.

Greg Rutherford had his sperm frozen so he could go to Rio and still have more kids.

I'm not blaming people for putting their own health, or that of their family, first but it kind of shows how important the Olympics are to golfers compared to other athletes. There's a few tennis players have pulled out but I don't think they're citing Zika.

Buer

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Greg Rutherford had his sperm frozen so he could go to Rio and still have more kids.

I'm not blaming people for putting their own health, or that of their family, first but it kind of shows how important the Olympics are to golfers compared to other athletes. There's a few tennis players have pulled out but I don't think they're citing Zika.

Apples and oranges. Track and field athletes are far more dependent on the Olympics financially.

I see Katie Taylor has come out criticising the golfers after this withdrawal which is a little high and mighty. You can be sure as hell that if boxing permitted professionals to enter many of them would decline.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Buer wrote: »

Apples and oranges. Track and field athletes are far more dependent on the Olympics financially.

I see Katie Taylor has come out criticising the golfers after this withdrawal which is a little high and mighty. You can be sure as hell that if boxing permitted professionals to enter many of them would decline.

That's exactly my point though. For some athletes the Olympics are the goal for their entire careers. For others it's not.

I thought they were allowing professional boxers into the Olympics, or talking about it anyway. Carl Frampton wasn't too impressed with the idea, I remember.

Felix Jones is God

Buer wrote: »

Apples and oranges. Track and field athletes are far more dependent on the Olympics financially.

I see Katie Taylor has come out criticising the golfers after this withdrawal which is a little high and mighty. You can be sure as hell that if boxing permitted professionals to enter many of them would decline.

Pro boxers are allowed enter this year's tourney

awec

Felix Jones is God wrote: »

Pro boxers are allowed enter this year's tourney

Fighting under amateur boxing rules though, right? Not really that attractive for the pros I'd have thought.

Felix Jones is God

awec wrote: »

Fighting under amateur boxing rules though, right? Not really that attractive for the pros I'd have thought.

A few have expressed interest , Chris Eubank jnr wanted to try but wasn't allowed plus some of the organisations have stated that boxers will be stripped off titles and loss of ranking positions...have to check if it's IBF kicking up the biggest stink

awec

Felix Jones is God wrote: »

A few have expressed interest , Chris Eubank jnr wanted to try but wasn't allowed plus some of the organisations have stated that boxers will be stripped off titles and loss of ranking positions...have to check if it's IBF kicking up the biggest stink

Frampton reckons most top amateurs would have the beating of some of the less capable pros under amateur rules.

Felix Jones is God

awec wrote: »

Frampton reckons most top amateurs would have the beating of some of the less capable pros under amateur rules.

Well that's a bit self evident. It's 2 completely different sports . We've seen many top amateurs fail miserably in the paid ranks, and also some poor amateurs become world champions.