World Football Thread 2025/26

[Brizzle Fox]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Glad I got to visit there a couple of years ago, even if it was just a tour. 

 

Sad I didn't get to see a match there. So much history in that place

Going at the end of the month to see AC vs Lazio.

 

Went there about 20 years ago but glad I'm gonna get to another game there before it goes.

[Stuntman_Mike]

2 hours ago, StanSP said:

Glad I got to visit there a couple of years ago, even if it was just a tour. 

 

Sad I didn't get to see a match there. So much history in that place

Me and my mate did a tour in 2015, but hoping to get to a game this season now. 

 

Unfortunately, Cremonese have already played AC and Inter away so won't be able to catch Vardy there.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

I don't think construction is going to begin for a while yet, it's not quite this season or bust

 

35 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

Me and my mate did a tour in 2015, but hoping to get to a game this season now. 

 

Unfortunately, Cremonese have already played AC and Inter away so won't be able to catch Vardy there.

 

[purpleronnie]

England fans voted amongst the best behaved in Europe, higher than wales, rep ireland, Northern ireland and scotland.

 

UEFA Rank Fans of 50 National Teams Based on Behaviour - England 6th

[Muzzy_no7]

Cannot argue with that England squad. 
 

Watkins needs to step up. 
 

Calls for Welbeck are weird IMO

[AKCJ]

20 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Cannot argue with that England squad. 
 

Watkins needs to step up. 
 

Calls for Welbeck are weird IMO

Nice to see players get in on merit.

 

It shows how healthy the Premier League is when it's a really strong team with only 8 players in that squad from the "big six".

 

From that team i'd pick something like;

Pickford

James Stones Guehi Burn

Rice Wharton

Saka Bellingham Rashford

Kane

 

I think the fullbacks are a worry but otherwise I think the rest of the team is spot on.

 

I'm in the camp of England should find room for Foden because I think he's the best footballer England has but I do concede that he's difficult to fit in.

Edited 7 November 2025 by AKCJ

[Super_horns]

2 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Cannot argue with that England squad. 
 

Watkins needs to step up. 
 

Calls for Welbeck are weird IMO

Yes not really one for the future but we do lack cover for Kane .

[spacemunky]

2 hours ago, AKCJ said:

I think the fullbacks are a worry but otherwise I think the rest of the team is spot on.

So lacking in that position that they've called up Alex Scott. She's 41 now, but still very fit.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

One Foot Phil in there I see 

[Stuntman_Mike]

 

Beautiful goal 

[Fear Of The Fox]

How this Juric guy is still in Atalanta after what happened mid week? Why they didn't sack him? 

[CosbehFox]

18 hours ago, Fear Of The Fox said:

How this Juric guy is still in Atalanta after what happened mid week? Why they didn't sack him? 

Sorting out the replacement pretty much - Italian football doesn't really do caretakers cos they will be paying Juric traditionally rather than a pay off. 

 

Serie A is great again this season - 5 teams at the top, 3 points between them. Bologna once again upsetting the applecart with a brilliant win over Napoli yesterday. A great example of a club forever losing talent and the replacing it but also doing it in a way that is sensible. Thijs Dallinga scored yesterday ; it's taken him some time to get into after his transfer last season but they just let him being sub/back up last season and now he's hitting the ground. Brilliant front post finish yesterday. 

 

[KingsX]

Congratulations to Atletico Ottawa for winning the Canadian PL title.

 

If you're puzzled how "Atletico" and "Ottawa" can possibly go together,

 

 

well, you're not alone.

 

Nice kit though.

[CosbehFox]

 

30 minutes ago, KingsX said:

Congratulations to Atletico Ottawa for winning the Canadian PL title.

 

If you're puzzled how "Atletico" and "Ottawa" can possibly go together,

 

 

well, you're not alone.

 

Nice kit though.

They are owned by Atletico Madrid 

Edited 10 November 2025 by CosbehFox

[Guest worth_the_wait]

It amuses me how many people think Pep Guardiola is the greatest manager ever, as he's won lots of stuff at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Man City.

Now what could those 3 clubs have in common?

 

Try winning things at not-so-rich provincial clubs ... and you might find your tippy-tappy philosophy doesn't work quite as well.

 

[spacemunky]

3 hours ago, KingsX said:

Congratulations to Atletico Ottawa for winning the Canadian PL title.

 

If you're puzzled how "Atletico" and "Ottawa" can possibly go together,

 

 

well, you're not alone.

 

Nice kit though.

Wild weather for that one 

 

Congrats to Ottawa. We(Hamilton) have had a pretty good stranglehold on the title since the league started in 2019.

 

Technically though, we still won the league and they won the playoff 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

3 hours ago, worth_the_wait said:

It amuses me how many people think Pep Guardiola is the greatest manager ever, as he's won lots of stuff at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Man City.

Now what could those 3 clubs have in common?

 

Try winning things at not-so-rich provincial clubs ... and you might find your tippy-tappy philosophy doesn't work quite as well.

 

 

Too right. Until he wins the Vanarama North he doesn't go down in the pantheon of greats for me

[Super_horns]

Apparently Gianluigi Buffon’s son scored a hat trick for .,

 

Czechia under 19s!

 

His mother is from what was Czech Republic so presumably that is why Buffon Jnr plays for them ?

 

 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Libertadores final tonight, think she's on the BBC, or iPlayer bare min

 

Flamengo v Palmeiras

[davieG]

If anyone likes South American football live at 8.50 BBC3 Copa Libertadores Final Palmeiras v Flamengo

[Tommy Fresh]

Boring Libertadores just being Brazilian sides again, actually pretty sure one of Flamengo or Palmeiras have been in a majority of the finals over the past few years.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Love that stadium in Lima man

[Tommy Fresh]

Bruno Fuchs going to have an amazing game and tease us that he's replacing Faes

[Finnegan]

Always cracks me up how much the British football community think the EFL is a tough, rough league where you've got to be a warrior that handle it. 

 

Especially given how many of those same people probably think South American football is soft. 

 

Absolute ****ing nutters this lot. 

 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Ref doing a job, and what a co-comms Pat Nevin is by the way