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Exciting day so far in the PL

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑17 Nov 2025, 10:20 Bowen looked a threat first half but petered out by the second.

The thing that might get him on the plane is his ability to also play CF.

Czechia 6-0 up v Gibraltar 
Goals for Coufal & Soucek
They are in the playoffs in March 

onsideman wrote: ↑16 Nov 2025, 14:34 I see Potter's first game in charge of Swdeem went well

 

Bowen arguably in better form than Saka.  I thought Eze was poor last night.

mallard wrote: ↑17 Nov 2025, 10:35 Cole Palmer is not a winger, Bowen’s place in the squad is more likely to come under threat from Madueke returning 

Cole Palmer is not a winger, Bowen’s place in the squad is more likely to come under threat from Madueke returning 

Bowen looked a threat first half but petered out by the second.

The thing that might get him on the plane is his ability to also play CF.

goose wrote: ↑17 Nov 2025, 06:55 It was always the playoffs whatever happened last night, but still no excuses for the second half display.
Odd because for 50min we looked good for 1-0 and maybe more.

I hope Gattuso is a stop gap for this World Cup. Hopefully we avoid the mighty Ireland in the playoffs.

Not qualifying would be a disaster, but on the plus side it means avoiding all those cringey Italian Americans.

It was always the playoffs whatever happened last night, but still no excuses for the second half display.
Odd because for 50min we looked good for 1-0 and maybe more.

I hope Gattuso is a stop gap for this World Cup. Hopefully we avoid the mighty Ireland in the playoffs.

Not qualifying would be a disaster, but on the plus side it means avoiding all those cringey Italian Americans.

Italy smashed 4-1 at home by Norway so in the playoffs
Haaland scored twice. Scored in all 8 qualifiers… 16 goals

England have a lot of options in forward positions
Assuming they have the traditional 23 man squad rather than 26 Bowen may well get edged out
Tuchel will take Rashford & Gordon on the left & Saka & Palmer on the right
He has Bellingham, Roger’s & Foden …. one of those may also miss out too
Ditto one of Rice, Wharton & Anderson

onsideman wrote: ↑16 Nov 2025, 14:34 I see Potter's first game in charge of Swdeem went well

Anyone chatting shit about bowen can meet me at the bull in stratford

​​​​​​ireland. The most engrossing 5 minutes of football in years. Everyone forward including kelleher, all or nothing. A lot of the irish team aint that irish - and thats coming from a half like me - but Parrott is a proper working class inner city dubliner. 5 goals in 2 games v portugal and hungary,  If ferguson had been fit . . . . would they have got through?
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twoleftfeet wrote: ↑16 Nov 2025, 18:41 Bowen is going to struggle to make the squad, offered very little in this match sadly. 

Bowen is going to struggle to make the squad, offered very little in this match sadly. 

onsideman wrote: ↑16 Nov 2025, 14:34 I see Potter's first game in charge of Sweden went well

He's consistent.

That Parrot has done well since leaving Tottenham 

Portugal beat Armenia 9-1 without the mahogany muppet Ronaldo 
Any manager brave enough to tell him he is finished?
 

See that Bowen makes a start today.

FOMB IRELAND 

I see Potter's first game in charge of Swdeem went well

The Ireland game v hungary is quite entertaining. 1 down after 3 mins have just equalised (penalty) they have to win to get in the playoffs. Ex hammers Cullen and Coventry involved, Fatty Fergs injured.

Good thing that the Brazil v Senegal friendly was played at Arsenal so no travel & minimal game time for our players
Diouf on as a 76th min sub with Brazil 2-0 up
Paqueta on after 83mins 

To make it more consistent I’d say a player anywhere inside the 6 yd box who is in an offside position is deemed to be offside automatically wherever he is in relation to the keeper & the ball

It’s one of those that sometimes gets given, sometimes doesn’t. If it happened against us or one of the other insignificant teams then it would hardly have been discussed or given any column inches. Why do we all have to suddenly give a fuck because Liverpool get a 50:50 decision against them? Entitled fucking pricks.

The other thing I thought was what if Robertson headed the ball the other way instead of ducking? Even though he would have been offside I still think instinctively the keeper has to think about what Robertson might do. I think that’s why “interfering with play” means exactly that. If you have to be considered in anyway then you’re in play.