25/26 - Non Saints Games

[Tommy Mulgrew]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c3dpgvkxp77t
 

slovakia 2 v Germany  0

still 30+ minutes to go though

Edited September 4 by Tommy Mulgrew
2 nil at full time, too

[AlexLaw76]

6 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c3dpgvkxp77t
 

slovakia 2 v Germany  0

still 30+ minutes to go though

the chap who scored the 2nd is who will likely replace Azaz in the Boro side

[S-Clarke]

39 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Does that mean Levy has gone completely? Is he not still the owner?

He was never the owner, just a front for ENIC as the CEO of the football club. (Joe Lewis).

I wonder if a takeover is brewing.

[S-Clarke]

Shea Charles scored for NI tonight. Good goal too.

They're 3-1 up on Luxemburg atm.

[Dark Munster]

1 hour ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c3dpgvkxp77t
slovakia 2 v Germany  0

still 30+ minutes to go though

Final score. Incredibly this is only their fourth W.C. qualifying loss ever.

[LegalEagle]

I see Caleta-Car is playing for Croatia tonight. Was he one that we called wrong when letting him go so soon?

[Tommy Mulgrew]

Totton to face a 54 year-old goalkeeper when playing Dorking tomorrow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy0vredp59jo

[64saint]

46 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

Totton to face a 54 year-old goalkeeper when playing Dorking tomorrow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy0vredp59jo

Is he available for next Sunday 🙄🤔

[Baird of the land]

Watching the Scottish game and there was a var review where the ref stayed with his on field decision. Maybe one day English refs will realise such a feat is possible.

[Gloucester Saint]

I suppose it’s an upgrade from biting from Luis Dracula, but spitting at a football coach at the age of nearly 40, deary me https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c20eme1rm73o

[Saint Billy]

No one watching the mighty Andorra then?

[StrangelyBrown]

8 minutes ago, Saint Billy said:

No one watching the mighty Andorra then?

I am, but getting bored already. How Gashford gets in the England team is beyond me...

[hypochondriac]

4 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

I am, but getting bored already. How Gashford gets in the England team is beyond me...

He's lived off hype and his paid PR team for years now.

[Saint Billy]

7 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

I am, but getting bored already. How Gashford gets in the England team is beyond me...

Yep, it's got the feeling of a friendly.

[AlexLaw76]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

He's lived off hype and his paid PR team for years now.

He single handedly fed the kids, you know

[johnnyboy]

26 minutes ago, Saint Billy said:

No one watching the mighty Andorra then?

Matterface compounds the total shitfest of England football on ITV  

so we have England being utterly shite and Matterface and Dixon somehow making it even more joyless 

😌 

 

[East Kent Saint]

50 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

I am, but getting bored already. How Gashford gets in the England team is beyond me...

He start to play well at Utd then fell away and out of favour. Not sure he'll last long at Barca , I think he's only there as Barca have run out of money! Similar to Sterling now stuck at Chelsea with £30M left on his contract!!!

[Saint Billy]

I've given up of that shit show.

[beatlesaint]

When they wonder why people don’t engage with international football during the season this game and many of England’s of late can be put forward as Exhibit A.

[benjii]

Why the fuck do we have a Kraut manager?

Fucking embarrassing. 

Pick the best Englisman for the job. If there isn't an elite candidate, so be it. But don't go to some weirdo German.

[saintant]

If you're picking Dan Burns and Marcus Rashford as starters it's no wonder the team struggle.

[Badger]

2 hours ago, Saint Billy said:

No one watching the mighty Andorra then?

1 hour ago, StrangelyBrown said:

I am, but getting bored already. 

Christ, no.

Chose to watch the women’s rugby instead. At least you see some honest effort from them.

But two things, why use Brighton’s  Lego stadium rather than St Mary’s? Also, the women commentator is as bad for rugby as football. 

[Badger]

24 minutes ago, beatlesaint said:

When they wonder why people don’t engage with international football during the season this game and many of England’s of late can be put forward as Exhibit A.

Absolute yawn fest 

[Badger]

18 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

I suppose it’s an upgrade from biting from Luis Dracula, but spitting at a football coach at the age of nearly 40, deary me https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c20eme1rm73o

But he played for Liverpool so expect the BBC to recruit him for Strictly. If they can make a cuddly celebrity out of Savage …. 

[AlexLaw76]

Just wait till we unleash 'Hendo'....

 

[whelk]

Tuchel is the worst appointment in my lifetime. Didn’t see the game but Andorra population less than 90 fucking thousand. Sacked in his last two jobs for failing and wants Henderson and Rashford in the team.

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, whelk said:

Tuchel is the worst appointment in my lifetime. Didn’t see the game but Andorra population less than 90 fucking thousand. Sacked in his last two jobs for failing and wants Henderson and Rashford in the team.

Steve McLaren, Fat Sam ??? 
 

I think Tuchel gets sacked for falling out with his bosses. It’ll happen with the FA, or he’ll walk away after not winning the WC. 

Edited September 6 by Badger

[whelk]

Just now, Badger said:

Steve McLaren, Fat Sam ??? 

No Tuchel is worse. Recency bias and all that. 

[ecuk268]

In other news, AFC Totton lost 2-1 at Dorking despite Dorking fielding their 54 year-old keeper.

[ErwinK1961]

3 minutes ago, ecuk268 said:

In other news, AFC Totton lost 2-1 at Dorking despite Dorking fielding their 54 year-old keeper.

They didn’t, they loaned another GK from Luton as an emergency and the 54 year old didn’t even make the bench.

[Badger]

1 minute ago, ErwinK1961 said:

They didn’t, they loaned another GK from Luton as an emergency and the 54 year old didn’t even make the bench.

Ageist bastards. Someone report them to the FA. 

[egg]

27 minutes ago, Badger said:

Steve McLaren, Fat Sam ??? 
 

I think Tuchel gets sacked for falling out with his bosses. It’ll happen with the FA, or he’ll walk away after not winning the WC. 

I'm confident that a Fat Sam or McLaren team would have put on a better performance than every side that Tuchel has put out.

2-0 at home to Andorra is a disgrace. 

[saintant]

23 minutes ago, egg said:

I'm confident that a Fat Sam or McLaren team would have put on a better performance than every side that Tuchel has put out.

2-0 at home to Andorra is a disgrace. 

Most of  the football was a disgrace that's for sure. The usual slow pace, side to side passing and lack of movement which is never going to break down a team set up to defend. Clumsy Dan Burns saw far too much of the ball.

[skintsaint]

1 hour ago, Badger said:

Fat Sam ???

100% Win rate as England manager.

[Spoonman]

Manning excellent for ROI tonight

[Patrick Bateman]

3 hours ago, egg said:

I'm confident that a Fat Sam or McLaren team would have put on a better performance than every side that Tuchel has put out.

2-0 at home to Andorra is a disgrace. 

Does anyone really care? International football has got shitter and shitter

[Football Special]

8 hours ago, ErwinK1961 said:

They didn’t, they loaned another GK from Luton as an emergency and the 54 year old didn’t even make the bench.

Yeah it was a publicity stunt by Dorking , never had any intention of playing the fan in the match 

[Football Special]

7 hours ago, Spoonman said:

Manning excellent for ROI tonight

I caught some of the 2nd half, he played well, looks full of confidence 

[Football Special]

Northern Ireland doing well so far in Germany, Shea Charles showing how comfortable he can be at this level 

[trousers]

3-1 

Bazunu saves that free kick

[Gloucester Saint]

20 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Does anyone really care? International football has got shitter and shitter

Those games are a joke and have been for years. Like cricket and rugby, full international status should be much harder to attain and get into. 

[saintant]

Only watched the last 25 minutes of the German game. I'm assuming Charles had run himself to a standstill in the previous 65 minutes because he was a passenger for the part of the match I watched. Invisible would be being kind. Must have done something in the first half and into the second half because he stayed on for the whole game.

[Patrick Bateman]

12 hours ago, saintant said:

Only watched the last 25 minutes of the German game. I'm assuming Charles had run himself to a standstill in the previous 65 minutes because he was a passenger for the part of the match I watched. Invisible would be being kind. Must have done something in the first half and into the second half because he stayed on for the whole game.

I had the first half of that on in the background, Charles was pretty good I thought, he did run a lot, got stuck in, good passes, good positioning. Pleasing to see from a Saints perspective. 

[saintant]

1 hour ago, Patrick Bateman said:

I had the first half of that on in the background, Charles was pretty good I thought, he did run a lot, got stuck in, good passes, good positioning. Pleasing to see from a Saints perspective. 

Yeah, I guessed he must have been more effective in the first half. Slightly concerning that he dropped off so much in the last 25 minutes - maybe Germany scoring two quick goals knocked the stuffing out of him and the rest of the team.

[goodymatt]

Not sure where to post this tbh, but wasn’t he considered when we appointed Juric? Wonder if we would have done any better with this guy? 

[gio1saints]

Damian Downs did not get off the bench in usas recent dismal 2-0 defeat to South Korea. He IS likely to start or play a decent part of the match tomorrow v Japan. That will be worth watching. 
Quarshie only played a half for Germany u21’s v Albania away other day but from highlights he looked like he was central of a back 3 or at the least he seemed to touch the ball a lot and well - more than I’ve seen as a more advanced CB. He looks the part I must say. Liverpool just bought Leon  who is 18 and also 6ft4 and I think there’s an evident euro movement in coach thinking towards BIG CB’s - long throws- long balls happening / in which case we may have caught the zeitgeist early for once in capturing this lad! Tuchel saying that’s how England should look to play says a lot! 

[LuckyNumber7]

2 hours ago, goodymatt said:

Not sure where to post this tbh, but wasn’t he considered when we appointed Juric? Wonder if we would have done any better with this guy? 

Yes, to the usual derision on here. Good enough for Leverkusen but not Saints.

[Lighthouse]

3 hours ago, goodymatt said:

Not sure where to post this tbh, but wasn’t he considered when we appointed Juric? Wonder if we would have done any better with this guy? 

We would not.

[chiknsmack]

On 09/09/2025 at 03:07, LuckyNumber7 said:

Yes, to the usual derision on here. Good enough for Leverkusen but not Saints.

Had we not had Juric you'd be saying he's "good enough for Atalanta but not for Saints".

Edited Tuesday at 22:38 by chiknsmack

[CB Fry]

Fucking hell, Forest.