The English Football Thread

**Goofle** · 05-29-2015, 08:18 PM

Come on you rip roaring Gooners!

**Goofle** · 05-30-2015, 01:33 PM

Easy. Kind of ruined it in a way.

Özil was mesmerising.

right-track · 05-30-2015, 03:18 PM

Arsenal were mesmerising.
And Villa were poor. Cant for the life of me work out why Villa didnt get closer to Arsenals midfield though?
I can see Arsenal mounting a very serious title challenge next season.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-30-2015, 04:25 PM

That was just humiliating. A footballing lesson.

Most clubs can only dream of playing in an FA Cup Final at least, Villa just aren't good enough to win it.

Not even a goal to cheer or a shot on target

Terrible.

Nurse Duckett · 06-05-2015, 10:37 AM

Blatters gone, surely we all agree this is a good thing? I had to ask, you never know these days do you.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 06-05-2015, 10:50 AM

It's not a good thing if nothing changes. I'm interested to see how things unfold.

The FBI are looking into Qatar and Russia now, the FAI were paid off to stop legal proceedings over the Thierry handball, so many incidents over the past few days.

Jack Warner admitting to bribery and the like. Just so many twists and turns and scandals, it's just unreal.

Nurse Duckett · 06-05-2015, 11:12 AM

It is unreal you're right, but surely you're not surprised by any of it, its been common knowledge for well over a decade now hasnt it. Lets hope the next FIFA regime don't mess with the game like Blatters regime did. I'm hoping they take the 2022 WC off Qatar, if they don't then all of the UEFA nations should pull out of it, a WC without the European nations wouldn't be worth a wank and it would kill FIFA stone dead which is exactly what the game needs.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 06-05-2015, 11:24 AM

I'm not surprised by the corruption or any of the stuff we've seen, but I am surprised that something has actually been done and it's out in the open, and that it's all happened so fast, anyone who can tell the difference between tennis and tiddlywinks knew Qatar was dodgy. The fact that the only place in the world where soccer doesn't matter actually kicked FIFA's head in

Amazing.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 07-17-2015, 10:48 AM

**Goofle** · 07-17-2015, 11:03 AM

Oopsie, right?

Delph and ya boi,

05-30-2015, 03:18 PM	#5703 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Arsenal were mesmerising. And Villa were poor. Cant for the life of me work out why Villa didnt get closer to Arsenals midfield though? I can see Arsenal mounting a very serious title challenge next season.

05-30-2015, 04:25 PM	#5704 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	That was just humiliating. A footballing lesson. Most clubs can only dream of playing in an FA Cup Final at least, Villa just aren't good enough to win it. Not even a goal to cheer or a shot on target Terrible.

06-05-2015, 10:37 AM	#5705 (permalink)
Nurse Duckett Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 148	Blatters gone, surely we all agree this is a good thing? I had to ask, you never know these days do you.

06-05-2015, 10:50 AM	#5706 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	It's not a good thing if nothing changes. I'm interested to see how things unfold. The FBI are looking into Qatar and Russia now, the FAI were paid off to stop legal proceedings over the Thierry handball, so many incidents over the past few days. Jack Warner admitting to bribery and the like. Just so many twists and turns and scandals, it's just unreal.

06-05-2015, 11:12 AM	#5707 (permalink)
Nurse Duckett Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 148	It is unreal you're right, but surely you're not surprised by any of it, its been common knowledge for well over a decade now hasnt it. Lets hope the next FIFA regime don't mess with the game like Blatters regime did. I'm hoping they take the 2022 WC off Qatar, if they don't then all of the UEFA nations should pull out of it, a WC without the European nations wouldn't be worth a wank and it would kill FIFA stone dead which is exactly what the game needs.

06-05-2015, 11:24 AM	#5708 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	I'm not surprised by the corruption or any of the stuff we've seen, but I am surprised that something has actually been done and it's out in the open, and that it's all happened so fast, anyone who can tell the difference between tennis and tiddlywinks knew Qatar was dodgy. The fact that the only place in the world where soccer doesn't matter actually kicked FIFA's head in Amazing.

07-17-2015, 10:48 AM	#5709 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827