Chris_OGrady

I love the hate England get in football. It's really missing from supporting Leicester. If you're not hated you're likely to be a bit tinpot. That Argentina game was the first game of the world cup that felt like there was a bit of bite/atmosphere. All the other games have been shrines to a pre season happy clapper fest at the KP

Agreed, in Qatar we actually looked good. Also a bit unlucky with Rooney getting injured in the Portugal game in 2004. He was in the form of his life and killed our momentum

As good as Jude is, he's not comparable to Messi and isn't really a playmaker. We need someone who is creative and we don't currently have that out wide. I think Kane is our most creative player, but that would require dropping him into Jude's position and Jude is the future. If Olise had played for the country he was meant to play for it would all be okay

Very frustrating but i think we're still a couple of players short. Improvement on two years ago but we've hardly been great all tournament. Our wingers have been pretty toothless throughout (despite Gordan taking his goal well). Obv keeping possession was the main issue. I actually think we looked most dangerous when Kane came and received the ball deep and fizzed passes in. Apart from that it was just pass it out to the wingers who lacked creativity. Rice and Saka not being at the races hasn't helped- who are our 3rd and 4th best players imo. Is there a role for Kane to play as a number 10 in the future with a striker beyond him? I know that's Bellingham's position, but i feel Kane is more creative and Bellingham is more a moments player. Could you play Jude deeper? Maybe we just need to use Kane more intelligently rather than flog him every game. The one that still haunts me is the Euro 2021 final. That was so winnable. All the other tournaments we've probs ended up where we should have been.

I don't rate Madueke or Gordan but they both work hard. Is there an argument that you get them to work their socks off and then bring on the quality when the game opens up?

I feel like in America because most of their food and produce is so bad, that you actually get some of the best stuff in the world, because there's such a push back against it from a small minority. Same with beer over there, their macro lager is abysmal, but their independent scene is probs the best in the world. You have to work very hard at it because the majority of stuff is atrocious, but the top 10% of stuff is some of the best in the world.

Haha yeah and now they’re trying to push Carling Black Label. At least Madri highlighted to a wider audience that all these identical lagers are just a marketing con. I was one of the gullible idiots who thought they were drinking a stylish Spanish lager and I’ve become a complete snob ever since

Are those beers actually that good in their home country or do we have a nostalgia for them because we associate them with holiday? Mythos and Cruzcampo are both owned by Carlsberg and Heineken so are likely to be tampered with in their home markets anyway. I think you have to look for beers which aren’t owned by the big brewers and are still to some degree independent, or something German/Czech where it’s much harder to move away from traditional recipes

Just had a look and the draft beer is brewed in Wales by ABInBev. It's one of those corn lagers , like Corona and the American Light beers, which makes it cheap to make and bland. Looks like they'll be heavily playing on it being Mexican (that famous brewing country) after the Spanish ship has reached capacity!

Isn't Modelo just the latest crap, bland macro lager being pushed by the big brewers?

I went to the Notts County Chesterfield game earlier this year, where the Notts County player lobbed the Chesterfield’s players boot off the pitch and got sent off Was so stupid. Hope they see this through! Another good away day for next year

The Pizzas they’re doing at the Swan in Mountsorrel atm are very good

Leyton Orient supporters club is also in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. They have around 10 cask ales on before each game all from independents. Actually excited about some of our away days for the first time in a while. Hoping to do Orient, Bradford and Burton

So deflating. An incredibly dull FA cup final to follow too

That insanely lucky penalty bailed Celtic out of this game

Went to the Dog & Bell in Deptford on Thursday which is a great pub. Feels like a pub in Dublin but with an amazing beer selection. Also did Kernal and Anspach and Hobday’s taprooms. The Kernal one is very good Three pints of blue fox on cask yesterday in the Sorrel Fox which was on fine form

Yeah it’s not the best inside, I like it in the warmer months when you can spill outside

I basically mean somewhere right next to the station, I probably set the distance too far with 5 minutes! Had a load in the Blue Boar after the Tigers game yesterday. You’re guaranteed the freshest of cask ale in there post game, after Friday night, and the pre game rush. Every beer was delicious

They’re not within a 5 mins walk though (you actually want somewhere that’s no more than 2 mins away). Basically somewhere where you can nip in for a quick pint before or after getting the train.

What’s the most annoying thing is that there’s nowhere good within a 5 mins walk from the station

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Get the **** in! They’ve been so scabby in this tournament like the league last year

Thanks all. I didn’t end up going in the end but hoping to get over there this summer. Shiny Brewery have taken over the Patternmaker Arms in Duffield which should be good. Had some nice beers in the Organ Grinder Loughborough on Saturday night. They do a 5.6% IPA on cask which goes down too easily

I thought the Woodies had a good reputation as a traditional pub with well kept cask ale amongst the CAMRA crowd. I have heard reports of a bit of a Deano takeover though...

I seem to remember a few poeple have been to the Holly Bush Inn on here in Makeney. Can you walk there down the river Derwent directly from Duffield station?