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Handanovic Cafu Davids Zidane Ronaldo

Considering how limited they are they should surely be playing Brunt a bit further forward

Why wouldn't he be? I'm not complaining. Just finding it funny

Gerry Armstrong is so biased

Doesn't like when people try to get off with his auntie either

Actually is. At least the ref just didn't see it that time. This ref has been looking for a chance to fuck over the Nordies all night. Pathetic

Ref's been harsh on Northern Ireland all day

Seferovic's movement is really good, he just can't finish

Did Gerry Armstrong just mention bringing Aaron Hughes in? Surely not?

Zakaria looks canny, very powerful

Yes they do. Not sure I agree with you on Northern Ireland starting well mind Switzerland completely dominating and creating some chances

Atmosphere at Windsor Park is always electric

Just watched the highlights of the 1986 final. Its like a completely different sport. The defending is absolutely awful

Won the World Cup with ten guys who'd never kicked a football before iirc He failed to score in the final though, so clearly Messi is better. Even though he's never been close to winning the world cup. wat He was incredibly close to winning the last world cup I was going off the fact Germany were easily the best side in the tournament. But if you want to count Messi making the final then we can offset that with Maradona making the final again in 1990. Nah, you said he's never been close to winning a world cup which is just plain wrong. They were 7 minutes away from getting to penalties and were the better team for most of the game

Won the World Cup with ten guys who'd never kicked a football before iirc He failed to score in the final though, so clearly Messi is better. Even though he's never been close to winning the world cup. wat He was incredibly close to winning the last world cup

Are Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland games not on free TV? Ridiculous if that is the case

Won the World Cup with ten guys who'd never kicked a football before iirc

Why?

Nah Rafa knows the importance of not rushing players back from an injury that could men to player missing even more time from another injury! He did play Lascelles injured for ages

About half of the list turned out ok with maybe 9 being brilliant. I guess most of the ones that turned out brilliant were already playing senior football at that stage though

Argentina won the final scoring three goals, none of which Maradona scored. They couldn't have been that shit other than him

Football is completely different now than it was back then. Look at the defending for Maradona's goal against England ffs. Imagine one of the top international teams defending like that now Even imagine a top keeper getting beat to a high ball by a midget, hand or no hand

Winks? Wtf! hes now pulled out, but should he really be there? Yes, he's been consistently good against some top opposition including Real Madrid. Its not like the days when you had Scholes, Lampard, Gerrard in centre mid

Could get out of that division very soon IMO

Who mentioned the Royal Family? Surely by your logic that if we dislike something that we pay taxes toward we should seek employment in another country? The Royal Family is a large part of our history, just like the army There's a big difference between disliking something, and actively hating something and constantly making statements (political or otherwise) about it. Like I said earlier, if he really feels that strongly about it, go and play in another country. why should he have to play in another country because he doesn't wear a poppy? It's not a legal requirement and everyone who lives here is entitled to their own view. Jingoistic poppy fascism is such bollocks. It is. It's proper embarrasing but it's likely that people who've lost family members during service for the British Army were in the crowd and watching on tv when he's openly making his pathetic little gesture turning his back to them, whether you agree with the sentiment of the poppy, the minutes silence, or the national anthem and/or believe it's jingoistic shite openly making a public stand like that is clearly disrespectful. "Fuck the British Army and fuck your deed kids hahaha I'm proper ginger and wild" He's a proper little cock and the backwards as fuck logic the people of Derry are brought up with shouldn't be just accepted because it's their opinion in a free country, the same as the opinion of the jingoistic poppy knackers clearly isn't. what? what has the anthem got to do with the military anyway? so by your logic every single person should be forced to sing and stand for the national anthem because there might happen to be family members of the britsh army in the vicinity. Do me a fucking favour man The anthem was played as they were making a display of respect towards people who have been killed at war. Whether you believe that is over the top or jingoistic or whatever it isn't really the place to be making a public display of disrespect. 'The People of Derry' get a free pass to be antagonistic arseholes because some tragedy happened about 50 year ago. You sure about that? I thought it was just played because it was in America and they play the national anthems for games over there? I'll have a look, if it isn't I'm talking shite I remember him turning his back before a game when at West Brom and the reason (at least reported) was in defiance to British war dead. If I'm talking bollocks and it was just literally him not wanting to be involved in the national anthem with no association arminance day to then I take it all back I don't really have any issue with him not wearing the poppy although I find it slightly weird. I don't know how you find it weird him not wearing the poppy. The poppy commemorates those who died in service to the British Army. Some of those will have been those who killed innocent people who were neighbours of his family members. Simple as that really Because it's perpetuated hatred. You have to move on eventually and the very vast majority of people who have died in the British Army are not arseholes. I get that he'd get loads of stick back home so I can see why he wouldn't do it but Derry's never forgive attitude is the wrong way to go about things no matter which way you look at it imo. I'm not saying they should all be wearing the poppy with pride or out, and I agree that poppy culture has went over the top. Fair enough but its a lot easier to say that when you haven't grown up in that environment. No point having another argument anyway