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Post by otium (EPBS) on Jul 7, 2018 20:44:50 GMT 1
I was there in 1990...turned to Fountain (well-known to many of you likely lads) and said "enjoy this, you may never see the like again". Well, i was wrong about Town going to the Prem as well. Sell your grandmother and get to Moscow...this is a once in a lifetime event. The prospect of seeing Harry Maguire live drawing you in ? Seen 40 years of limited ability with Town.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 20:58:56 GMT 1
I was there in 1990...turned to Fountain (well-known to many of you likely lads) and said "enjoy this, you may never see the like again". Well, i was wrong about Town going to the Prem as well. Sell your grandmother and get to Moscow...this is a once in a lifetime event. How did you avoid the plane of shame?
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Jul 7, 2018 21:16:51 GMT 1
I was there in 1990...turned to Fountain (well-known to many of you likely lads) and said "enjoy this, you may never see the like again". Well, i was wrong about Town going to the Prem as well. Sell your grandmother and get to Moscow...this is a once in a lifetime event. How did you avoid the plane of shame? 'Cos i was not a day-tripper or package tour wally. I had a mad van full of Town fans as we blazed our way across Italy for a month. Twice on TV and of course when i came home i was recognised in the streets and pubs. Had Eyes, Dr Foster, Friday and Fountain with me....caught up with Daz Trav, Rawcliffe and a whole heap more. Town WERE the mob at Italia 90. About 40 went overland for the semi...a more rag-tag bunch you never saw. I came home in a van with every panel damaged, cracked windscreen, no wing-mirrors, no number-plates. Think we had a rumble is every city, town and villagio.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 21:42:29 GMT 1
How did you avoid the plane of shame? 'Cos i was not a day-tripper or package tour wally. I had a mad van full of Town fans as we blazed our way across Italy for a month. Twice on TV and of course when i came home i was recognised in the streets and pubs. Had Eyes, Dr Foster, Friday and Fountain with me....caught up with Daz Trav, Rawcliffe and a whole heap more. Town WERE the mob at Italia 90. About 40 went overland for the semi...a more rag-tag bunch you never saw. I came home in a van with every panel damaged, cracked windscreen, no wing-mirrors, no number-plates. Think we had a rumble is every city, town and villagio. I've heard the tales from four eyes. I was galavanting around the Greek Islands with Marsh. We made love, not war. But not with each other!
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Post by Nickhudds.UTT on Jul 7, 2018 22:04:41 GMT 1
It's coming home.
Nice Slurps
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Post by Nickhudds.UTT on Jul 7, 2018 22:09:45 GMT 1
It's coming home.....
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Jul 7, 2018 22:15:59 GMT 1
'Cos i was not a day-tripper or package tour wally. I had a mad van full of Town fans as we blazed our way across Italy for a month. Twice on TV and of course when i came home i was recognised in the streets and pubs. Had Eyes, Dr Foster, Friday and Fountain with me....caught up with Daz Trav, Rawcliffe and a whole heap more. Town WERE the mob at Italia 90. About 40 went overland for the semi...a more rag-tag bunch you never saw. I came home in a van with every panel damaged, cracked windscreen, no wing-mirrors, no number-plates. Think we had a rumble is every city, town and villagio. I've heard the tales from four eyes. I was galavanting around the Greek Islands with Marsh. We made love, not war. But not with each other! Ask Eyes about when the cops stopped us...tore up his porn stash...slapped everyone's face (except mine) and fired shots at our £1 San Marino whisky! It was like the Italian Job...without gold or minis!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 22:29:45 GMT 1
I've heard the tales from four eyes. I was galavanting around the Greek Islands with Marsh. We made love, not war. But not with each other! Ask Eyes about when the cops stopped us...tore up his porn stash...slapped everyone's face (except mine) and fired shots at our £1 San Marino whisky! It was like the Italian Job...without gold or minis! Fucking hell oti, comedy gold!
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Post by Headless Chicken on Jul 7, 2018 22:44:38 GMT 1
What makes you so confident? He's showing nothing to suggest he has the composure or belief to score or even provide an assist at the moment His decision making is terrible. Gets away with it at City because they create double figure scoring opportunities every game whereas they're at a premium for England so we need someone who will take them when they come along. I'm fairly sure Rashford would have hurried a couple of those today Would Rashford have made all the runs in behind that Sterling did? He allowed us to stretch the game and get in behind Sweden and it was an important part of the win. I thought Sterling was terrible the prior game, but starting to doubt myself. Loads of the ex pros mentioned what you said; they always say this when interviewed on 505 or Talksport. It's probably an example of arm chair fans like me and Offtopic not having a fucking clue.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Jul 7, 2018 23:36:57 GMT 1
Would Rashford have made all the runs in behind that Sterling did? He allowed us to stretch the game and get in behind Sweden and it was an important part of the win. I thought Sterling was terrible the prior game, but starting to doubt myself. Loads of the ex pros mentioned what you said; they always say this when interviewed on 505 or Talksport. It's probably an example of arm chair fans like me and Offtopic not having a fucking clue. Perhaps or maybe we're just seeing a continuation of a player whose brain really cannot compute quickly enough for his feet to do what he needs them to. It's not like today was a one off with him, it happens all the sodding time. I haven't disagreed that he makes excellent runs off the ball but for me that just isn't enough. I'm sure you won't all be praising him for a few runs off the ball if he misses another gobber that sees us get knocked out on Wednesday or lose the final. He's had enough chances this tournament to have 2 or 3 goals to his name and plenty of assists and as yet he has none I think.
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Post by Detective Boyle on Jul 8, 2018 1:14:13 GMT 1
That defence is the stuff of dreams. You may say they haven't really been tested yet but all of the attributes you would want in that formation are there. Maguire is our best centre back by far, but then you have the pace of Walker to sweep up and the composure of Stones. Trippier who has seemingly come out of nowhere and become unreal and Young who looks so assured at left back. What a time to be alive
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jul 8, 2018 8:55:56 GMT 1
Get off Sterling's case for fucks sake
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Post by sapphireblue on Jul 8, 2018 8:59:51 GMT 1
Get off Sterling's case for fucks sake The Eeyores have to look for the thistles in every field of clover. It's what they do. They just can't wait for that "told you so" moment. It's all they live for.
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Post by 66738 on Jul 8, 2018 10:45:47 GMT 1
God! Am rough this morning but 'oh what a night'. About as straight forward a performance and win as you could ever wish for in a Quarter final. Can't remember a single arse tremor. England was pretty much in full control. Well done boys! You are doing us proud.
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Post by Stewpot on Jul 8, 2018 10:54:48 GMT 1
God! Am rough this morning but 'oh what a night'. About as straight forward a performance and win as you could ever wish for in a Quarter final. Can't remember a single arse tremor. England was pretty much in full control. Well done boys! You are doing us proud. Couldn't agree more. Not too many years ago, the Golden Generation etc would have found a way to fuck that up. Mind you, but for that save early in the 2nd half, could still have been squeaky bum time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 11:51:33 GMT 1
Strange watching clips from Italia 90. The grounds were half empty.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Jul 8, 2018 12:27:32 GMT 1
God! Am rough this morning but 'oh what a night'. About as straight forward a performance and win as you could ever wish for in a Quarter final. Can't remember a single arse tremor. England was pretty much in full control. Well done boys! You are doing us proud. Apart from the 3 quality saves from Pickford? They actually created better goalscoring opportunities from open play than we did which is still concerning as we also created very few against Columbia Good fortune seems to be with us this time though so hopefully we can keep riding it to the final
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Jul 8, 2018 12:42:30 GMT 1
God! Am rough this morning but 'oh what a night'. About as straight forward a performance and win as you could ever wish for in a Quarter final. Can't remember a single arse tremor. England was pretty much in full control. Well done boys! You are doing us proud. Apart from the 3 quality saves from Pickford? They actually created better goalscoring opportunities from open play than we did which is still concerning as we also created very few against Columbia Good fortune seems to be with us this time though so hopefully we can keep riding it to the final Yeah I’m really concerned England have got to a World Cup semi. Jesus
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Jul 8, 2018 13:05:50 GMT 1
Apart from the 3 quality saves from Pickford? They actually created better goalscoring opportunities from open play than we did which is still concerning as we also created very few against Columbia Good fortune seems to be with us this time though so hopefully we can keep riding it to the final Yeah I’m really concerned England have got to a World Cup semi. Jesus Do you not want to make the final? If you do then our struggle to create chances should be slightly concerning. If you're happy we've made it this far then there's nothing to be concerned about
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 13:14:23 GMT 1
God! Am rough this morning but 'oh what a night'. About as straight forward a performance and win as you could ever wish for in a Quarter final. Can't remember a single arse tremor. England was pretty much in full control. Well done boys! You are doing us proud. Likewise
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 13:34:09 GMT 1
God! Am rough this morning but 'oh what a night'. About as straight forward a performance and win as you could ever wish for in a Quarter final. Can't remember a single arse tremor. England was pretty much in full control. Well done boys! You are doing us proud. Apart from the 3 quality saves from Pickford? They actually created better goalscoring opportunities from open play than we did which is still concerning as we also created very few against Columbia Good fortune seems to be with us this time though so hopefully we can keep riding it to the final I think the clearest 2 chances of the game fell to England.Alli scored the clearest and Sterling fluffed the other one.
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Jul 8, 2018 13:35:07 GMT 1
Yeah I’m really concerned England have got to a World Cup semi. Jesus Do you not want to make the final? If you do then our struggle to create chances should be slightly concerning. If you're happy we've made it this far then there's nothing to be concerned about Yes I do want us to make the final, I want us to win it. I am not concerned one bit that we don’t create loads of chances from open play, our strength is clearly set pieces so let’s create them all from these. Sterling has recieved plenty of flak for missing gobbers, from chances created in open play. We do create some chances but games are tight and chances are at a premium. Let’s not be too negative about how well this team have done.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Jul 8, 2018 13:50:44 GMT 1
Do you not want to make the final? If you do then our struggle to create chances should be slightly concerning. If you're happy we've made it this far then there's nothing to be concerned about Yes I do want us to make the final, I want us to win it. I am not concerned one bit that we don’t create loads of chances from open play, our strength is clearly set pieces so let’s create them all from these. Sterling has recieved plenty of flak for missing gobbers, from chances created in open play. We do create some chances but games are tight and chances are at a premium. Let’s not be too negative about how well this team have done. I haven't been too negative. I've simply pointed out that Sterling hasn't been good enough and that it wasn't as comfortable yesterday as made out above given we needed Pickford to be at his best Pickford, Maguire, Stones, Trippier, Henderson were all very good yesterday.
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Post by Captainslapper on Jul 8, 2018 13:51:17 GMT 1
The two clearest chances Sterling has missed in these finals, he was offside for both and neither would have counted. Think this stupid new rule about the lino not putting his flag up until the 'phase' has finished hasn;t helped sterling as Im sure a lot of people were never aware he was offside.
Hes frustrating a lot of fans who just base their opinions on hard stats like goals and assists. But he makes runs and gives us an out ball for the full 90 minutes when other players have tired, and he never hides, always wanting it, always showing for it. Thats why Southgate likes him so much.
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jul 8, 2018 13:58:09 GMT 1
The two clearest chances Sterling has missed in these finals, he was offside for both and neither would have counted. Think this stupid new rule about the lino not putting his flag up until the 'phase' has finished hasn;t helped sterling as Im sure a lot of people were never aware he was offside. Hes frustrating a lot of fans who just base their opinions on hard stats like goals and assists. But he makes runs and gives us an out ball for the full 90 minutes when other players have tired, and he never hides, always wanting it, always showing for it. Thats why Southgate likes him so much. And why arguably the best manager in the world bought him and picks him in the best team in England
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 14:16:53 GMT 1
Get off Sterling's case for fucks sake It’s just flock moronic mentality. Southgate clearly knows he’s the only one who can go past a man with skill or beat them for pace...a bit like vlp in Town colours. Three danger moments created by Sterling yesterday one which led to a corner for the goal the other was the pass befor the assist. And for all the plastic scousers in the junction pub yesterday- he left you because he was signed by a bigger club where he would win things. Get over it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 14:21:21 GMT 1
That defence is the stuff of dreams. You may say they haven't really been tested yet but all of the attributes you would want in that formation are there. Maguire is our best centre back by far, but then you have the pace of Walker to sweep up and the composure of Stones. Trippier who has seemingly come out of nowhere and become unreal and Young who looks so assured at left back. What a time to be alive Sorry but you were right that they haven’t really been tested yet. Pickford bailed them out twice yesterday- that third shot wasn’t going in. I feel we will have to defend better against Croatia but at the same time they’re hardly Brazil, France or Belgium when attacking. I think that game will be won or lost in their box- I.e. whether we take our chances. Our set piece mastery will have lovren waking up in a sweat. We need to take the game to the murdeous Croat bastards from minute one- and look for Kane in the box.
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Jul 8, 2018 14:24:13 GMT 1
Yes I do want us to make the final, I want us to win it. I am not concerned one bit that we don’t create loads of chances from open play, our strength is clearly set pieces so let’s create them all from these. Sterling has recieved plenty of flak for missing gobbers, from chances created in open play. We do create some chances but games are tight and chances are at a premium. Let’s not be too negative about how well this team have done. I haven't been too negative. I've simply pointed out that Sterling hasn't been good enough and that it wasn't as comfortable yesterday as made out above given we needed Pickford to be at his best Pickford, Maguire, Stones, Trippier, Henderson were all very good yesterday. Fair do’s
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 14:29:48 GMT 1
The two clearest chances Sterling has missed in these finals, he was offside for both and neither would have counted. Think this stupid new rule about the lino not putting his flag up until the 'phase' has finished hasn;t helped sterling as Im sure a lot of people were never aware he was offside. Hes frustrating a lot of fans who just base their opinions on hard stats like goals and assists. But he makes runs and gives us an out ball for the full 90 minutes when other players have tired, and he never hides, always wanting it, always showing for it. Thats why Southgate likes him so much. You’re not referring to the one yesterday where Sterling’s shot was eventually blocked for a corner are you?
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Jul 8, 2018 15:25:54 GMT 1
The two clearest chances Sterling has missed in these finals, he was offside for both and neither would have counted. Think this stupid new rule about the lino not putting his flag up until the 'phase' has finished hasn;t helped sterling as Im sure a lot of people were never aware he was offside. Hes frustrating a lot of fans who just base their opinions on hard stats like goals and assists. But he makes runs and gives us an out ball for the full 90 minutes when other players have tired, and he never hides, always wanting it, always showing for it. Thats why Southgate likes him so much. I'd still start Rashford over him every day of the week.
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