Ridman

Simone in the summer?

Is it too soon to bring Gordon on?

(born in Poland but moved to Iceland when I was 4.) I had great passion and love for football from a very young age. I remember still being in pre-school and begging my mom to tape the Italy games for the world cup 94, so that I could watch them the day after as the games were played past my bedtime. Roberto Baggio was my first footballing love and my first heartbreak when he missed that penalty. When I was like 7-10 years old we visited Newcastle four years in a row. There were these regular shopping trips to Newcastle from Iceland during that time, similar like you go to Boston nowadays or something. We always stayed at the same hotel and having gone there couple of years in a row we started to get know some of the staff. There was this one guy in particular who always came to check on us and make sure if everything was okay. He asked me if I was into football, I nodded and he told us everything about Newcastle and said we should go to a game if we had time. We didn't manage to go to a game that time but before we left for home on one of these trips, he came to us and gave me a Newcastle Kit with "9 Shearer" on the back. And there was no turning back after that as I religiously started to follow Newcastle ever since. So that's how the ball got rolling for me. Just a shame I wasn't quite skillful enough to make it as a footballer, would have been a great story if I had gone on to play for us.

That looked like a pen like

Seventeen first-half clean sheets in a row is impressive like edit: oops, thought I was in the match thread

Really hope we are able to sign Maddison in January, he would do so much for this team.

What á double save from Szczesny!!! Not a pen for me, the attacker steps into the defender whos leg barely brushes against him. With that being said Cash should have been off earlier.

Canada have been really good, pressing like a team and playing with confidence.

Not much surprising about that game to be honest, apart from us (Poland) not conceding. Was always going to be a 50/50 game. A few class players but the rest is absolutely dross, I mean our best CB is a 34 year old playing for a team 16th in Serie B in Italy and there isn't a single serviceable winger in the whole squad. 34 year old Kamil Grosicki got in the 23 man group ffs. The team just isn't better than this, good enough to qualify but never good enough to do much else. We usually beat the teams we "should" beat and fall apart when up against proper teams. Think we'll beat Saudi Arabia and probably get trashed by Argentina, the group could be decided on goal difference. But hard to say as neither us or Mexico looked particularly good.

Fully deserved, get in!

Is Joelington suspended for next game? Think it was his fifth yellow of the season. Same team for next week but Maxi on the wing then?

58th minute. Forest just had their first touch in Brighton's box, a shot that went out for a throw in

Commentator said VAR loooked at it and didnt' give it. Grabbed his arm and shirt FFS. Ridiculous decision.

A very technical and clever player who can pass and shoot with both feet. Wide range of passing and good at dribbling and working himself out of tight spaces. Good at carrying the ball up the field and likes to dictate the play, always tries to make something happen offensively. Best used in a midfield of three, so I'd see him slotting in perfectly along with Joelington and Bruno. We'd be devastating on the counter with Bruno/Zielinski providing the through balls and popping in outside the box. Solid fitness record too, taken part in 36 league games on average over the past 6 seasons for Napoli. A bit inconsistent and I'm not 100% sure of this endurance to play 90 minutes in the premier league, think he has been subbed off at some point in literally every Napoli game I've followed. Still been one of the best midfielders in the Seria A over the past few years and would be a huge upgrade over Shelvey.

https://football-italia.net/napoli-reject-first-west-ham-bid-for-zielinski/ Would be an incredible signing for West Ham. We should be all over him if he's available.

I know it is Lewandowski, but still find it a bit mental paying 50m euros for a player turning 34 next month that has 1 year left of his contract.

Wilson warming up

"Joe-Ellington" These commentators

Love how happy Joelington looks

What a turn and run from him to set the goal up. Anyone got a replay/slowmo of the spin when he received the pass? Haven't seen it replayed anywhere

What a goal, 0-2 Frankfurt

Absolutely ranchid. Corporate greeding slowly starting to diminish my enjoyment of live broadcasts. Every weekend they pickle their brain how and where they can possibly squeeze more commercials/sponors onto the screen. American sports have become absolutely unbearable for me. Used to love watching MMA/UFC and NBA but the absolute advertisement rape inflicted on you throughout every single second of the match is becoming too much for me like. Especially egregious when the broadcasters chime in nonstop "Free kick to Man City. Bryune prepares to step up over the ball. This freekick is brought to you by MOBILE STRIKE, THE HOTTEST MOST SELLING APP ON THE APP STORE. DOWNLOAD NOWWWWW". Or in the middle of rounds in UFC where they have some sponsored tweets, a giantic distracting twitter banner pops up with some random celeb/sponsor tweet bullshit, your eyes automatically look to the pop-up and it does nothing but mess with your viewing experience. You slowly see it going that way in footy broadcasts as well. The half-time show is no longer talk or analysis about the game but 90% commericals and Gary Neville maybe popping in for two seconds with maybe 2 lines of some generic bullshit before they can shove you back into another commercial break.

This annoys me to no end. Like John Terry played in the Premier League for twenty years, surely he has made enough money without needing to stoop so low as to shill some absolute garbage monkey pictures (down ~70% since this twitter post) to his own fans on his personal twitter space. Don't you feel any shame, gulling people who look up to you into losing money. Zero respect for him and fuck celebrities' pulling this shit on the very people who made them and they would be nothing without.

No Pickford is a big blow for us

Saw Lacacelles and Burn in the staring lineup. Somehow assumed he was also out. Babysitting a suicidal toddler and watching a game at the same time means you miss some things