World Football Thread 2024/25

[Deeg67]

Claudio has Roma ticking along pretty well. 10 points from their last five and beat Lazio (4th in the table) 2--0.

[StanSP]

 

 

[StanSP]

 

 

[StanSP]

Olmo finally registered for Barca. 

[Thefox81]

37 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Olmo finally registered for Barca. 

Wonder how many brown envelopes changed hands to secure that after initially being rejected

[SemperEadem]

Away ticket bagged for Gladbach away with Bochum. It is such a stupid scrum to get tickets without a priority system.

[Sir Steve Howard]

14 hours ago, StanSP said:

 

 

Makes no sense at all unless they're signing a striker. Unal and Evanilson dead and they've sold the one remaining player who can play up top

[Super_horns]

9 minutes ago, Sir Steve Howard said:

Makes no sense at all unless they're signing a striker. Unal and Evanilson dead and they've sold the one remaining player who can play up top

Isn’t he a midfielder?

[Sir Steve Howard]

19 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Isn’t he a midfielder?

yeah but has been their number 9 in times of need (like right now).

Makes even less sense that it's a loan with no obligation to buy

 

Edited 10 January by Sir Steve Howard

[Super_horns]

Leverkusen back with a good win at Dortmund by the looks of it .

[jayfox26]

Bit late to the party but just seen that Conceicao won his first 2 games at AC Milan and won the Italian Supercup. 

 

Got me thinking, would he potentially have considered joining us in the summer if we'd approached him? Obviously he's at a much bigger club than us now but feels like there were so many better options out there than Cooper, and another horrendous decision by our board, has once again took the club back several steps after Enzo had took us forward a few. 

Edited 11 January by jayfox26

[Lionator]

Uzbekistan is such a weird and random ‘punching above its weight’ type country. They’re likely to qualify for their first World Cup in 2026 beating the petrostates Qatar and UAE, now they’ve had their first EPL player. Exciting times for them.

[StanSP]

How crap that you can't even watch Real Madrid vs Barca tonight on TV anywhere? Only on Movistar Plus apparently, via subscription... 

[Anorak]

Barcelona 4-1 up at HT 

[CosbehFox]

On 11/01/2025 at 02:17, jayfox26 said:

Bit late to the party but just seen that Conceicao won his first 2 games at AC Milan and won the Italian Supercup. 

 

Got me thinking, would he potentially have considered joining us in the summer if we'd approached him? Obviously he's at a much bigger club than us now but feels like there were so many better options out there than Cooper, and another horrendous decision by our board, has once again took the club back several steps after Enzo had took us forward a few. 

There was heavy rumour he was considering a return to Nantes at start of the season and before he got the Milan job. So at least a chance to sit down with him. 

[StanSP]

23 minutes ago, Anorak said:

Barcelona 4-1 up at HT 

5-1 with a man down now! 

[Super_horns]

Two heavy and poor defeats for Real in El Classico.

 

 

[CosbehFox]

Saw everyone losing their minds that you couldn’t watch the el Classico anywhere. Look it up it was the silly Super Cup 

[Super_horns]

EFL Welsh teams back into European football ?

 

Certainly be an aim of the owners at Wrexham .

 

https://x.com/secondtierpod/status/1878736979137077370

[filbertway]

57 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

EFL Welsh teams back into European football ?

 

Certainly be an aim of the owners at Wrexham .

 

https://x.com/secondtierpod/status/1878736979137077370

That's incredibly short term thinking. Juggling Europe and a League One/Championship schedule would be insane 

 

I know Birmingham did it, but it cost them automatic promotion and they've been stuck in the Championship ever since (well until this season to be fair)

 

[Daggers]

"Lazio fired the far-right sympathiser who handles their eagle mascot on Monday after he posted a series of videos and pictures of his erect penis online."

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jan/14/lazio-fire-far-right-eagle-mascot-handler-over-his-social-media-penis-posts

 

 

 

[Super_horns]

Juve stil unbeaten - trouble is they have drawn 13 games. 

[spacemunky]

5 hours ago, Super_horns said:

Juve stil unbeaten - trouble is they have drawn 13 games. 

Invincible!

[Super_horns]

Another surprise in the French cup with Lyon knocked out by Bourgoin.

 

No me neither .

[bovril]

3 hours ago, Super_horns said:

Another surprise in the French cup with Lyon knocked out by Bourgoin.

 

No me neither .

About 10 miles apart as well. Like Man United getting knocked out by Bury.