General football thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

RE: General football thread

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
indiana wrote:
Not sure about the weather info but the football info is spot on.
Also confirmed that it is not a hoax. BBC have issued an explanation and an apology.
https://twitter.com/RobOHanrahan/status/1529061200277000192
hohoho - fair and accurate as the tweet said!
Mind you, why was he training on a live feed?!!

Err, no doubt they weren't meant to be on a live feed. That's the foul up.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Injury stats. Days lost through injury during the 21/22 season. Guess who took the title.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

With sincere apologies to my Scottish friends on here, I would love to see Ukraine go on and qualify for the WC. I would normally support any of the home nations in matches like this but the circumstances here are different. I just think a Ukraine win would be such a morale booster for a nation that is suffering so much.

indiana · Tennis legend

Fair dos, Bob.

Now beat them, Scotland !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

With all respect to Ukraine . Im a Scotland fan tonight !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Bob 1-Indy 0

indiana · Tennis legend

Make that 2-0. And absolutely fair

I think the Scottish defence has signed a non aggression pact.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 1st of June 2022 08:29:48 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

The Ukraine goalkeeper decides to make it a bit more interesting by dropping a clanger with 10 minutes to go.

Scotland 1 Ukraine 2

And then, would you credit it, in the 5th and final minute of added time, another goal !

indiana · Tennis legend

So that's Scotland 1 Ukraine 3 at FT

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Ukraine much the better Im afraid Indy. And wales will need to look out as well.

indiana · Tennis legend

Well, even before the match some of us were very much hoping that McTominay wouldn't be filling in in central defence in the absence of Tierney.

Final proof negative to Steve Clarke that McTominay is not a central defender? The other two in the back 3, Hanley and Cooper, particularly Hanley, have on the whole been steady for Scotland, but clearly have not been unaccustomed to shipping goals with their club teams.

The clearly better team on the night won. May the best team on the night win in Cardiff on Sunday. Huge game and so important to Wales and Ukraine for very different reasons.

As was to be expected it was a shadow team last night for Wales in Poland in the Nations League. Can Ukraine raise themselves again? They will certainly do their damndest.

indiana · Tennis legend

Well the best team isn't winning just now.

But after 70 minutes it's somehow Wales 1 Ukraine 0

And Ukraine did run out of puff towards the end in the Scotland game.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Well the best team isn't winning just now.

But after 70 minutes it's somehow Wales 1 Ukraine 0

And Ukraine did run out of puff towards the end in the Scotland game.

That said Johnson and Bale both had two great chances to make it sure then, Post and good save

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done, Wales !

Very unlucky for Ukraine. Backed up the Scotland performance four days later and managed to keep it going to the end. Some great blocks by Wales, particularly by Ben Davies.