marko Posted 20 March 2013 Posted 20 March 2013 I couldn't think of anything worse than watching thanh watching Scotland v Wales. I can - Wales vs Scotland. At least the Scottish fans normally drum up a decent atmosphere at home games, which makes it more bearable.
Finnegan Posted 21 March 2013 Posted 21 March 2013 Just a quick heads up... Croatia v Serbia in Zagreb on Friday, away fans banned but still 2000 police officers deployed. Amazed these games are even allowed to take place in home stadia. Easily the most mental pair of fans.
Alf Bentley Posted 21 March 2013 Posted 21 March 2013 Just a quick heads up... Croatia v Serbia in Zagreb on Friday, away fans banned but still 2000 police officers deployed. Amazed these games are even allowed to take place in home stadia. Easily the most mental pair of fans. "Pair of fans"? There are only 2 of them and they have to deploy 2000 police?! Respect!
Finnegan Posted 21 March 2013 Posted 21 March 2013 "Pair of fans"? There are only 2 of them and they have to deploy 2000 police?! Respect! I dare say you know what I mean. I appreciate it's obviously massively political but still, the Serbs don't even need to be playing a former Yugoslav state to kick off, they've a massive nutter contingent. Not like the Croats are angels either. That game should be played behind closed doors at a top secret facility in Guam or something.
Uncle Albert Posted 21 March 2013 Posted 21 March 2013 Serbia should should just be banned permanently from International Football until they can show they cleaned their acts up, because banning their fans from the odd game clearly isn't working. Embarrassing nation.
Uncle Albert Posted 21 March 2013 Posted 21 March 2013 Just a quick heads up... Croatia v Serbia in Zagreb on Friday, away fans banned but still 2000 police officers deployed. Oh and thanks for the heads up, I'll be sure to avoid Zagreb now Friday night.
Alf Bentley Posted 21 March 2013 Posted 21 March 2013 I dare say you know what I mean. I appreciate it's obviously massively political but still, the Serbs don't even need to be playing a former Yugoslav state to kick off, they've a massive nutter contingent. Not like the Croats are angels either. That game should be played behind closed doors at a top secret facility in Guam or something. Intended meaning well understood. I suppose a recent history of war and mass murder does tend to add a bit of spice to a football fixture. What next: Israel v Palestine? Rwanda v Burundi? Not sure the Serbs and Croats would fancy taking on the Guam Massive, though.... I remember travelling through the old Yugoslavia as an inter-railing yoof in the 1980s. I was oblivious to all the history at the time, but remember thinking to myself "this seems like a lot of different countries in one": Ljubljana (now Slovenia) was a pretty Alpine town like Austria; Zagreb (now Croatia) was a good, solid central European city; Belgrade (now Serbia) was a Stalinist Eastern European nightmare; and Skopje (now Macedonia) was like a Turkish market...my youthful tour didn't take in Bosnia, Kosovo or Montenegro. I have pleasant memories of the nutty Croats, drinking beer for breakfast (quite normal in Zagreb, apparently) and diving into lakes in crash helmets. Less pleasant memories of the toilets at Belgrade station - a human dung heap next to a hole in the ground...
MC Prussian Posted 21 March 2013 Posted 21 March 2013 We're playing Cyprus (!) on Saturday. Could be feisty, not just thanks to the current political circumstances. On paper, it looks an easy affair, with Switzerland first in the group and Cyprus at the very bottom. Yet we've had our own issues with scoring enough goals, our forward play has been inexistent too often. We're lacking enough talented strikers at the moment. Derdiyok, who's been a huge flop for Hoffenheim so far (one goal in 13 matches), will probably start up front, Hitzfeld will likely go for 4-5-1 or 4-2-3-1 once more. Looking forward to an unattractive pairing.
act smiley Posted 21 March 2013 Posted 21 March 2013 the Guam Massive, though.... Thanks to this thread I now have an urge to go to Guam and see a football match, simply to shout "GUAM MY SON!!!"
Manwell Pablo Posted 21 March 2013 Posted 21 March 2013 Thanks to this thread I now have an urge to go to Guam and see a football match, simply to shout "GUAM MY SON!!!" GTFO
Alf Bentley Posted 21 March 2013 Posted 21 March 2013 Thanks to this thread I now have an urge to go to Guam and see a football match, simply to shout "GUAM MY SON!!!" You could do a shouting tour of the Pacific islands: - "Guam my son!" - "Hawaii the lads!" - "Samoa I see you, Samoa I love you!" - "Bali ho, lads, Bali ho!" - "Come on lads, give 'em a good Tonga-ing!" Must work...
Father Ted Posted 21 March 2013 Posted 21 March 2013 Serbia should should just be banned permanently from International Football until they can show they cleaned their acts up, because banning their fans from the odd game clearly isn't working. Embarrassing nation.
Alexikokopops Posted 22 March 2013 Posted 22 March 2013 Just a quick heads up... Croatia v Serbia in Zagreb on Friday, away fans banned but still 2000 police officers deployed. I'd imagine you know a lot of this, but for anyone else here's a good article on the fascinating background to this match. Some choice quotes from the respective managers: Igor Stimac: - He claims that I’ve wished for his family to die but I don’t express myself like that. Mihajlovic doesn’t exist for me anymore. Since his mother is Croatian, he’s always the one trying to prove something, like he’s a greater Serb than anyone else. Sinisa Mihajlovic: - That he can’t stand for what he says makes him an even lesser person in my eyes. He should just vanish. I don’t believe in violence but Igor Stimac is the only human I would actually want to kill. And also some background from their playing days: The war between Croatia and Serbia was ignited one could say in those very parts where Sinisa and Igor lived just a few years earlier. Twelve Croatian police officers and three Serbian militia were killed in a gunfight in Borovo, a suburb to Vukovar, 2 May 1991, just a few hundred meters from the house where Mihajlovic grew up and thus the war begun. I’m sure you’ve all heard about Vukovar. The town was basically levelled to the ground and is one of the greatest atrocities committed during that war. Less than a few weeks later, the Yugoslavian cup final was played at the JNA stadium in Belgrade. Red Star Belgrade met a Hajduk Split wearing mourning bands in honour of the fallen police. When the Yugoslavian anthem was played the Hajduk players looked towards the ground and not the flag. Igor Stimac was captain for Hajduk Split and Sinisa Mihajlovic was captain for the Serbian side. When the two met ahead of kick-off at the centre Stimac leaned forward and whispered to Mihajlovic. - I hope our guys kill your entire family in Borovo.
Bert Posted 22 March 2013 Posted 22 March 2013 Mihajlovic has always been a ****. Understand this is more than a football match though.
Finnegan Posted 22 March 2013 Posted 22 March 2013 I was always a SopCast user but lately I've found finding streams to be a ballache. Is anyone using AceStream and is it reliable?
Finnegan Posted 22 March 2013 Posted 22 March 2013 I hate having some singer with a mic as all you can hear on the TV. Mic the crowd, sod the non-celebrity. Some herbert belts out Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau at ten thousand miles an hour and you can actually hear in the background the crowd are (out of time) actually pretty up for it and hammering it out, fair enough. Also: Shouting "ENGLAND" during your national anthem = tinpot.
Guest Bilo Posted 22 March 2013 Posted 22 March 2013 Also: Shouting "ENGLAND" during your national anthem = tinpot. It doesn't even make sense either. 'And stood against him....' ENGLAND! Since when has England been one person? I agree with your point about singers at national anthem time as well, can do perfectly OK without them. As this poor sod found out back in 1996.
Super_horns Posted 22 March 2013 Posted 22 March 2013 In our group Ukraine are 2 up against Poland - although they only have 2 points I expect them to be very tough to beat in Kiev whilst we ough to beat the Poles at Wembley..
Finnegan Posted 22 March 2013 Posted 22 March 2013 "THE HAMPDEN ROAR" lol One minute, thirty seconds in and all you can hear is Welsh fans.
Finnegan Posted 22 March 2013 Posted 22 March 2013 three minutes gone, Stephen Fletcher off, Kenny Miller on. (Do hope he's okay, though.)
Guest Bilo Posted 22 March 2013 Posted 22 March 2013 Interesting fact. San Marino last scored a competitive goal in 2008.
Corky Posted 22 March 2013 Posted 22 March 2013 Interesting fact. San Marino last scored a competitive goal in 2008. Even Vardy's got a better record than that.
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