Today's Football 2017-18 Season

[roydo]

..interesting interviews with Beckenbauer and Bobby Charlton on BBC. Seems both were allocated to mark each other in the 1966 World Cup Final. They nullified each other but Beckenbauer says Charlton was the best player in the world at that point.

Controversial perhaps given Pele and Eusebio, but i’m with the Kaiser on this one, Charlton was very special.

Aye, and the exact same thing happened in Mexico 4 years later, until Ramsey subbed Charlton off.
The rest, as they say, is history.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Bobby Martinez still cannot be trusted

 

[Eggs]

Aye, and the exact same thing happened in Mexico 4 years later, until Ramsey subbed Charlton off.
The rest, as they say, is history.

..he was some player was Bobby Charlton. I have compared Barkley to him in the way he moves so elegantly with a football but Charlton produced week in week out. Truly one of the greats, Rolls Royce of a footballer.

 

[roydo]

..he was some player was Bobby Charlton. I have compared Barkley to him in the way he moves so elegantly with a football but Charlton produced week in week out. Truly one of the greats, Rolls Royce of a footballer.

Never saw him in his prime live, but if kaiser name checks him, well, nuff said.

 

[ToffeeTim]

The Belgium defending from the 2 spurs centre backs and the Chelsea goalkeeper is utterly abysmal

 

[Toffee in Jandals]

Sweden 5-0 up against Luxembourg. Looks like Dutch hopes of making the World Cup are virtually dead and buried. Always amazing to me that a country that produces outstanding talents so often can have a national side whose form can best be described as "erratic". Weren't they World Cup finalists and semi-finalists in 2010 and 2014 respectively?

 

[ToffeeDan]

Nigeria pretty much there now.

 

[ToffeeDan]

Kevin Mirallas experiencing Bosnian splinters tonight in his favourite position.

 

[TheBigIguana]

I really hope Senegal can qualify because they have a team capable of challenging some top sides

 

[ToffeeDan]

Rooting for Cape Verde tonight as the islanders have to be amongst the nicest people in the world and it would be a real fairy tale if they qualified.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Lacazette starts for France. It's taken one international window for Giroud to lose his place. If he actually cares then he's been an idiot for staying at Arsenal

 

[Armel]

Sweden 5-0 up against Luxembourg. Looks like Dutch hopes of making the World Cup are virtually dead and buried. Always amazing to me that a country that produces outstanding talents so often can have a national side whose form can best be described as "erratic". Weren't they World Cup finalists and semi-finalists in 2010 and 2014 respectively?

This tweet is quite funny:

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Lacazette starts for France. It's taken one international window for Giroud to lose his place. If he actually cares then he's been an idiot for staying at Arsenal

I said in the transfer thread that I couldn't understand him staying. They paid big money for Lacazzette and he's a direct rival for his spot at club and national team.

 

[TheBigIguana]

I said in the transfer thread that I couldn't understand him staying. They paid big money for Lacazzette and he's a direct rival for his spot at club and national team.

As a career choice it is about as bad as you can find. Absolute suicide because of some nonsense about his journey at Arsenal not being finished

 

[ToffeeDan]

Current 2nd Place Situation with alternate outcomes below


P W D L F A GD Pts
B1And Portugal X 7 6 0 1 24 3 21 18
G Italy X 7 4 2 1 11 8 3 14
A1Lux France X 6 4 1 1 12 4 8 13
E Denmark X 7 4 1 2 12 5 7 13
C Northern Ireland X 7 4 1 2 10 5 5 13
D Wales X 7 2 5 0 7 5 2 11
I Croatia X 7 3 2 2 6 4 2 11
F Scotland X 7 3 2 2 8 9 -1 11
H B&H X 7 2 2 3 13 12 1 8

B1And Switzerland 6 6 0 0 13 2 11 18
E Poland 7 6 0 1 19 10 9 18
B2Lat Switzerland 6 6 0 0 12 3 9 18
A2Bel France 7 5 1 1 15 5 10 16
I Iceland 8 5 1 2 12 6 6 16
B2Lat Portugal 6 5 0 1 19 4 15 15
A2Bel Sweden 7 4 1 2 18 7 11 13
A1Lux Sweden 7 4 1 2 17 7 10 13
F Slovakia 8 4 0 4 11 6 5 12
D Serbia 7 3 3 1 13 10 3 12
I Ukraine 7 3 2 2 8 7 1 11
H Greece 7 2 4 1 7 4 3 10
A2Bel Netherlands 7 3 1 3 12 10 2 10
D Republic of Ireland 7 2 4 1 6 5 1 10
E Montenegro 7 3 1 3 10 10 0 10
A2Bel Bulgaria 6 3 0 3 11 15 -4 9
A1Lux Bulgaria 7 3 0 4 9 14 -5 9
F Slovenia 7 2 2 3 7 5 2 8
A1Lux Netherlands 6 2 1 3 8 10 -2 7
H Cyprus 6 1 1 4 3 10 -7 4

Letter to left is group with alternative bottom placed sides