Brainy

Just now, whoareyaaa said:

Does he know how to score ?

Never bagged for Sheffield Wednesday so I'd argue no 

If we don't score then I just don't see us getting anything from this game

Atleast in Ayew we have goals to get back into this

1 minute ago, Pliskin said:

Wouldn’t it be lovely to get an early goal?

No

18 hours ago, Super_horns said:

They say a dog is a man’s best friend .

Hopefully Lewis’ is ok ,

 

https://x.com/GazzettaFerrari/status/1971275715867001271

Nick is a weird one!

Is there a steam version of this available for pre order and with early access? Just saw it for £31 on there but managed to catch the lack of early access message 

Not trying to shit on Verstappen at all but some people here have really fallen for the narrative that the Red Bull is a dog. He's won at a canter at places like Imola & Monza, yesterday also but some of that may be the drivers behind him keeping Norris away from him. They have a car that works brilliantly at some places and have also executed setups well at places that require low drag.

Let's see if two crashes and a jump start in one weekend is enough for the media to get their knives out like they do every time Norris has a small lock up!

Were the commentators asleep, wtf

Samilktray is usually as serious as they get but I think he's on the wind up here, guise

1 hour ago, Arkie Bennett said:

Neville making excuses for the abysmal Mbuemo missing from 4 yards, "it was coming in quickly".

It did though the ball just hit him, can hardly call it an attempt

Didn't hear any of them say anything negative about Haaland's miss though oddly. Even if he was trying to be smart and place it the opposite side to the defender running on, he still misses the target and for the supposed best striker in the world, it was honking. 

Neville must have almost fell asleep waiting for the poet to stfu after that goal

13 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

"Say something like that"

Nice mix of "never a red/terrible challenge" reactions as per

Get in Katie Price

In his defence he will come back after a few months and probably receive the same treatment again, then the cycle continues. Been there done that, I get why you'd rather remove all trace of your account even though it's easy to create a new account again in time. 

Those leagues are poor additions except for Saudi (which doesn't tempt me but I can see the pull). To add those already mentioned, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Would love a Dinamo Tbilisi save. As niche as Latvia and Lithuania are, what's the point 

Probably means Serbia have always been shit according to the doom mongers

1 hour ago, Bilo said:

Armenia beat the Republic of Ireland earlier. There was a time when the Irish were usually there or thereabouts in the qualifiers, but now they're miles off it. Quiet decline.

I read the BBC run a poll asking if this is the worst defeat in their history. I'm not an expert on Irish football history however this current team are rubbish, and I imagine they think Armenia are on par with San Marino/Liechtenstein etc. They're absolutely not and I imagine it's a fairly hostile place to go as well as being long distance, I'm not at all surprised they lost. Surprised Ireland were even 1/2 to win

10 minutes ago, Bilo said:

You do want the best nations at a tournament. Brazil v Liechtenstein, England v Maldives and Argentina v St Vincent & The Grenadines would be a waste of time for all involved.

Yeah as much as we love an underdog, they have to have atleast earned it rather than getting lucky being placed in a group with other rubbish. It's not rigged at all in the current format. The 16 team Euros in the past was brilliant but the increase to 24 has allowed some newer countries to appear at the finals and not only did they qualify the correct way but they didn't embarrass themselves in the slightest (thinking Georgia and Albania)

On 08/09/2025 at 11:53, Leicesterpool said:

Qualification is rigged to make sure the big times make it, this is why I'm not keen on seeding teams. I would love to see a random draw, like for example you could get group of death where say France, England, Spain, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium are drawn together. Then you could have really weak group like Andorra, Gilbratar, Northern Ireland, San Marino, Estonia and Luxembourg. Giving some of the weaker teams a chance... another idea i like is doing like a champions league format. Of course things like this won't happen due to money... they really on big nations at the tournaments with high profiled players and huge fan base.

Give them a chance of what... Embarrassment on the main stage? 

He could easily do a fine job there. 

1 hour ago, LFox99 said:

Its a shitshow.

Norris specifically asked to be pitted 2nd himself with some bs justification "to protect Oscar from Leclerc" (why would Norris care if his WDC rival got overtaken, especially given Mclaren don't have to maximise points with their 400 point lead in the constructors).

He wanted to gamble on a red flag or safety car (the latter was actually impossible cause Max had already covered the 14 seconds a SC pit stop would take). 

This is now the 3rd or 4th instance this season where Mclaren have pulled "team orders" to make it "fair" that have directly benefited Norris. If I was Piastri I would honestly not have complied today, Verstappen said he wouldn't have either had it been him. This is a 6 point swing that the team decided to let go in favour of Norris. What's next - retire the car if Lando crashes to make it fair? 


 

I don't think Verstappens opinion on whether to play the team game is worth much tbh. If he was in Piastri's shoes today and Red Bull didn't order them to switch back (like that'd ever happen) every single toy from Max's pram would be on the floor, no "HA's" to be seen.

Most teams would have done what McLaren chose to do today, more so when they are the only two in the title fight. The difference is most other teams wouldn't have the luxury of being able to simply swap them back without losing positions. The race was effectively over by the time they pitted, when it's out of the driver's hands I think them swapping cars is justified. It's not dissimilar to Hungary last year when again McLaren were trying to be too clever and that day Piastri was given preferential treatment in the middle of a Lando Vs Max title fight.

Just doesn't help with this "British bias" narrative created by Red Bull in years gone by which has now stretched to McLaren for no great reason. Imagine Piastri's engine going up in smoke last week instead, the bandwagon would have loved that one. If Piastri was in Norris' position today and they switched them back around, it'd be all "sensible decision" from the same people up in arms today.

WTF are they thinking pitting Piastri ahead of Norris anyway?

Bears choking again