World Football Thread 2024/25

[Samilktray]

8 minutes ago, spacemunky said:

And Andorra.

 

Such a typical England group 

I know, its a very typical England qualifying group. Full of other european teams!

[Stuntman_Mike]

19 minutes ago, spacemunky said:

And Andorra.

 

Such a typical England group 

Tbf none of the groups look particularly competitive 

[RowlattsFox]

Only jeopardy I can see is with it being a small group, if you do have a bad result there isn't as long to rectify it. But even then you have the back up route if you finish 2nd. 

 

 

[spacemunky]

1 hour ago, Samilktray said:

I know, its a very typical England qualifying group. Full of other european teams!

I'm brain dead. I was thinking this was for the actual WC groups. Was wondering why I couldn't find Canada 

 

In my defense, it's really early here 

[Super_horns]

 

Saw this joke earlier:

 

“Sadly there wasn’t anybody we could have drawn from pot 5 ending in IA to keep the sequence going!”

[Lionator]

Serbia and Albania will be an absolute bloodbath. The genocide derby 🤣

[shen]

4 hours ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

Tbf none of the groups look particularly competitive 

The Austria and Switzerland groups are probably the most evenly matched, along with whatever group Denmark lands in.

[Wymsey]

49 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Serbia and Albania will be an absolute bloodbath. The genocide derby 🤣

Reckon it was quite deliberate that they were drawn together somehow..

 

So, regarding England, the next manager to (hopefully) achieve a trophy success will be seen as successful?

 

Think expectations need to lowered to, at least, reach the semi-finals of competitions.

[purpleronnie]

2 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Reckon it was quite deliberate that they were drawn together somehow..

 

So, regarding England, the next manager to (hopefully) achieve a trophy success will be seen as successful?

 

Think expectations need to lowered to, at least, reach the semi-finals of competitions.

How?

[Wymsey]

2 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

How?

It's just a bit ironic that this particular draw had happened, in particular with the ever-growing discontent between the two countries.

Edited 13 December 2024 by Wymsey

[Lionator]

38 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

It's just a bit ironic that this particular draw had happened, in particular with the ever-growing discontent between the two countries.

It’s luck at the end of the day. As long as they’re in different pots it’ll be possible. At least it wasn’t Serbia and Kosovo or Bosnia. 

[StanSP]

I get why some country pairings are avoided, but how do Albania and Serbia avoid it? Huge tension between the two, no?

[shen]

16 hours ago, StanSP said:

I get why some country pairings are avoided, but how do Albania and Serbia avoid it? Huge tension between the two, no?

At that rate Serbia will auto-qualify as they'll be the only team in their group 

[bovril]

to be honest Serbs probably hate England as much as Albania if not more so 

[shen]

1 hour ago, bovril said:

to be honest Serbs probably hate England as much as Albania if not more so 

It certainly feels like Serbia doesn't have many friends.

[bovril]

19 minutes ago, shen said:

It certainly feels like Serbia doesn't have many friends.

The Russians and more recently the Chinese. 

[Super_horns]

Bayern beaten by Mainz .

 

Trouble in Berlin .

 

https://www.flashscore.co.uk/match/zgDdPU2e/#/match-summary/match-summary

[Bilo]

On 13/12/2024 at 18:33, StanSP said:

I get why some country pairings are avoided, but how do Albania and Serbia avoid it? Huge tension between the two, no?

I remember it being abandoned not so long ago when someone flew a drone with a Greater Albania flag into the stadium after genocidal chants from the Serbs. 

 

Not sure I'd particularly want to travel with England to Belgrade for the awayer.

[CosbehFox]

On 13/12/2024 at 18:33, StanSP said:

I get why some country pairings are avoided, but how do Albania and Serbia avoid it? Huge tension between the two, no?

It’s thawing slightly. They are set to host Euro Under 21s together. Just don’t mention Kosovo 

[Wymsey]

Ranieri's Roma lost at Como.

[StanSP]

Not sure how many of us follow 2.Bundesliga but has any league ever been this close nearly halfway through the season?! 

 

3 points separating the whole top half... 

 

Edited 15 December 2024 by StanSP

[Super_horns]

Barca beaten again.

 

Only 1 win in 6 now.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Velez won the Argie league after losing two cup finals this season, very decent.

 

Corinthians have been heavily linked with Pogba. Depay has been class for them when a fair few thought it would be an expensive stunt but I'm not so sure Are Paul will have the same effect

[StanSP]

Despite how tight Serie A is/has been so far, Inter have just smashed 5 away at Lazio tonight  

 

Atalanta and Napoli still leading the way.

[Super_horns]

Statement win for Inter .