Other football - 2017/18 edition.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Dutch miracle is on.

 

Robben with a dreadful penalty.

 

6 more needed in 70 mins.

 

Van Dijk, Gini and Babel all playing.

 

On ITV4.

[Strontium]

Wijnaldum misses a sitter. I see now why Holland have struggled.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Wijnaldum misses a sitter. I see now why Holland have struggled.

 

It was blocked before he could get a shot off. Hardly a sitter.

[Red House]

It was blocked before he could get a shot off. Hardly a sitter.

 

One touch too many as always with Gini. 

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Robben again. Come on the Dutch.

[cloggypop]

Ryan Babel assist

[Jairzinho]

Bulgarian cunts.

[Chip Butty]

Ryan Babel assist

 

I've called him worse than that before. The big useless pimple. 

[cloggypop]

I've called him worse than that before. The big useless pimple.

I thought he had retired to work as a nightclub promoter in Amsterdam before he got the recent call up.

[Chip Butty]

I thought he had retired to work as a nightclub promoter in Amsterdam before he got the recent call up.

 

He was I think Cloggy, in the Shitweg - a four room shitfest, showcasing varying levels of shit football palarva ranging from totally underwhelming shitness, to down right Babel shit. 

 

AOC is the DJ. 

[Trumo]

Portugal beat Switzerland 2-0 to pip the Swiss to first place in the group and qualify automatically. The Swiss go into a 2-legged play-off, having won 9 out of 9 group games before tonight. If they fail to qualify now, that would certainly be gutting for them.

 

The Dutch have failed to qualify despite winning 2-0 against Sweden.

 

Slovakia are also out despite finishing runners-up in England's group. That's because they got the fewest points of any of the 9 teams that finished group runners-up (results against the group's bottom sides don't count when deciding which teams qualify for the play-off stage).

[Ronnie Whelan]

The Irish are the same as they were under Jack Charlton, low on quality but fight like fuck, and I used to love them for it!

 

I suppose I should thank Brian Kerr for destroying my last vestiges of support for an international team.

Under Charlton,they had some absolutely outstanding players. Their current team is absolute cack bar Coleman. I'd cheer for them over any international team until the day the Scouse Republic is declared though. The irish are a boss people even if mrs brown boys is a stain on their nation and o'neill's brand of football makes fat sam look like the architect of total football.

 

I follow underage football and there are some very good irish lads knocking around so maybe they might have a good future.

[Josef Svejk]

Under Charlton,they had some absolutely outstanding players.

Brady, Lawrenson, O'Leary, McGrath, Moran, Stapleton, Houghton, Staunton, Aldridge, Townsend, Sheedy, Hughton, Roy Keane, etc. Oh, and Whelan!

 

Absolute dogshit now in comparison.

[Ronnie Whelan]

Irwin too. Class player.

[Heinze]

Chile out!...Peru to play New Zealand for playoff spot.

[3 Stacks]

Chile and the US have failed to qualify for the World Cup. Two surprises there.

[Hades]

Lionel Messi isn't human. That's about as much a one-man performance as I've seen.

[A_S]

As much of a pain in the arse international windows are, the final couple of WCQ's and the play-offs are usually interesting viewing. 

[an tha]

So did Brazil play Coutinho and Firmino in their 'dead rubber' and have all the papers gone on and on about it and how it risks upsetting Klopp, how it is so unfair so close to the game Saturday etc etc....

 

You know how they have over Lukaku?...

[Jairzinho]

Chile and the US have failed to qualify for the World Cup. Two surprises there.

In Chile's case they've been shite since winning Copa America. Also, there are only a handful of points separating half a dozen teams. The surprise has been Peru being quite good.

[Trumo]

Not quite sure what's gone wrong with Chile. It might be a case of over-reliance on the old guard who've been there since before 2010. These guys have done really well for them in the past but maybe don't have the legs or the desire anymore. Argentina have got themselves out of a bind on the last day (again) but they don't look like they'll be addressing the real issues with their squad before the World Cup. After going trophyless for so long, they are even relinquishing their best-of-the-rest title.

 

The USA were having a terrible campaign even before the disastrous final day. Losing to the bottom side and ending up second from bottom in a qualifying zone where they should be one of the two guaranteed qualifiers should lead to an inquest at the very least. It's not even close to being the USA's biggest fuck-up in the last 12 months though.

 

Well done to Panama who qualified despite being shit. Peru or New Zealand will join them, as will either Australia or Honduras.

[Jairzinho]

It's desire, it's nothing physical.

 

They won fuck all for a hundred years then won two tournaments in the space of 18 months. They're not so much resting on their laurels, as passed out on them.

[Grinch]

Shame about Chile going out. Id much rather watch Sanchez then half the shite that are there to take a bumming in the group stage.

[The Golden Eel]

So did Brazil play Coutinho and Firmino in their 'dead rubber' and have all the papers gone on and on about it and how it risks upsetting Klopp, how it is so unfair so close to the game Saturday etc etc....

 

You know how they have over Lukaku?...

 

I don't know whether you're actually asking this but Firmino came on for Coutinho after 86 minutes

[an tha]

I don't know whether you're actually asking this but Firmino came on for Coutinho after 86 minutes

I was genuiely asking I did not know if he had played last night....so Coutinho has played pretty much two full games this week then for Brazil - both dead rubbers.

 

I await the media storm about it ala the one surrounding Lukaku this week.