LucaAltieri

Sturridge is shite. Send him to the glue factory.

Rooney and Sturridge should have scored. Ridiculous misses from both of them. There are Sunday league players who could have buried those.

FFS Sounders. Just WTF?

Racist.

Aye. It's like Mike on here You couldn't just waltz into West Coast Forumz and be like "yous all love grape juice" and expect everyone to be swell. It would be canny disrespectful. Mike just takes all of the shit craic on the chin like a trooper. Shak too.

See, you don't get this under the new board.

Played under Wenger in Japan, too. Generally considered to be his protege. Good coach but has been gash in director of football type roles.

Did he say all that or did he quit mid-sentence?

Russia is ranked higher than England, was in the semifinals of Euro 2008, has one of the better leagues in the world, and has a deep history of success dating back to the CCCP. If we are limiting ourselves to places that are more of a hotbed than Russia, not many places will be hosting. In what way is Qatar not civilised? I'm not just talking about the national team and their current ranking. Russian football in general ranks nowhere. The premier league, serie a, la liga... all followed globally. Even the Dutch league is on tv if you fancy looking for it. No one outside of Russia gives half a f*** about the Russian league or Russian players. So the World Cup should only be hosted in 4-5 Western European countries along with Argentina and Brasil, when 80-90 percent of the countries in the world love and cherish the game? The Russian league is either the fifth or six (depending on how you rate France) league in Europe and one of the ten most highly competitive championships in the world, fwiw. A hell of a lot better than the Netherlands anyway. You're confusing "rich" with "civilized." I'm not using the "uncivilized" in the colonial Brit sense, just good old fashioned, classic definition. A country with that much discrimination against homosexuals, women, other religions, the non-religious, using impoverished migrant workers as slave labor, isn't a civilized country. You might be ok with it, but I'm not. I doubt you'd sit on the fence if someone you met in a bar was being an abusive, homophobic, dip s***. Why is it any different when it's a culture and not an individual? Call it what it is. Europe was uncivilised 40 years ago? Qatar is changing anyway and will have been altered significantly by 2022 (or at least they will hide their transgressions in a better manner). They enjoy foreign money too much for them to allow things like these to keep hitting the world press. Really? The 1970s was the birth of worker's rights and religious freedom in Europe? Get to fuck. Qatar is living 100 years in the past. They still have flogging for "illicit sex crimes." I don't care how much progress you're assuming/hoping they'll make in the next 9 years. Right now, today, this second, they're a backwards-ass country and it's not awful for me to say so.

You're confusing "rich" with "civilized." I'm not using the "uncivilized" in the colonial Brit sense, just good old fashioned, classic definition. A country with that much discrimination against homosexuals, women, other religions, the non-religious, using impoverished migrant workers as slave labor, isn't a civilized country. You might be ok with it, but I'm not. I doubt you'd sit on the fence if someone you met in a bar was being an abusive, homophobic, dip shit. Why is it any different when it's a culture and not an individual? Call it what it is.

Russia is ranked higher than England, was in the semifinals of Euro 2008, has one of the better leagues in the world, and has a deep history of success dating back to the CCCP. If we are limiting ourselves to places that are more of a hotbed than Russia, not many places will be hosting. In what way is Qatar not civilised? I'm not just talking about the national team and their current ranking. Russian football in general ranks nowhere. The premier league, serie a, la liga... all followed globally. Even the Dutch league is on tv if you fancy looking for it. No one outside of Russia gives half a fuck about the Russian league or Russian players.

I may have been a little harsh on Russia but I still don't rank them as a footballing nation in the same way I would with Brazil. It's not like the country is churning out superstars with any regularity. Qatar, I wouldn't even call a civilized country, nevermind a football country.

The Italians are always dark horses. Another well-timed match-fixing scandal could see them win it again.

Disproportionately excited for this. I think with it being in Brazil helps. Compared to the footballing non-entities hosting the next two, the Brazilians should provide a good atmosphere. Also, no f***ing vuvuzelas. Groups Stadiums Squads

They're usually 50 quid a pop.

Bishop Auckland away.

Sa.Ameobi picks up the ball, starts to dribble, loses the ball, and fouls the opposition all in the same movement. It must be genetic.

Jari Litmanen

Wim Jonk

Just did a bit search on Google, he failed a medical at Inter and apparently turned down a 12 month contract from Barcelona for the long-term deal on offer by West Ham. Feckin' eedjit. His agent/adviser/parents want sacking.

So it must be more common than I thought. I look forward to the management careers of Downing, Gerrard, Terry, and Rooney.

Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Neymar I think they have potential.

DeAndre Yedlin Dario Conca

Gullit, Poyet, Wise, Di Matteo, Zola, Vialli. Played together and all went into management. Are there any other examples of 4+ players from the same side going into management? It does strike me as above average.

I'd put a fiver on Gianluca Vialli.