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Eric Dier has never been that good for England, especially at CB. Too limited on the ball.
There was a customer in my store today wearing a Man United jersey. So we got to talking, and I told him I'm a Liverpool fan...and he said he is, too.
HUH?!?!?
srsly, he's a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo and that's the reason. Still, it threw me for a loop. I haven't finished processing this shock to my system.
HUH?!?!?
srsly, he's a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo and that's the reason. Still, it threw me for a loop. I haven't finished processing this shock to my system.
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That is pure madness - I get some people collect shirts but could never wear another Prem teams kit!!
I don't mind a nice kit from a team we (Liverpool) have played in CL like but even with those there are some like Real I'd never be seen dead in
I don't mind a nice kit from a team we (Liverpool) have played in CL like but even with those there are some like Real I'd never be seen dead in
No way a proper Liverpool fan would wear a man united shirt regardless of who's name was on it.
Be like me wearing a Forest shirt with Pearce on (who I admire greatly despite him being a Forest legend)
I might wear a Barcelona top or a national top of somewhere I visited.
But a direct rival, especially your biggest rivals, nah never happening.
Be like me wearing a Forest shirt with Pearce on (who I admire greatly despite him being a Forest legend)
I might wear a Barcelona top or a national top of somewhere I visited.
But a direct rival, especially your biggest rivals, nah never happening.
A new premier league season and players still simulating injuries in order to get opponents sent off. Hope Brererton Diaz feels shame when he watches that back.
Happy birthday Arne Slot! 
There was a customer in my store today wearing a Man United jersey. So we got to talking, and I told him I'm a Liverpool fan...and he said he is, too.
HUH?!?!?
What, and I cannot stress this enough, the FUCK?
srsly, he's a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo and that's the reason. Still, it threw me for a loop. I haven't finished processing this shock to my system.
Many fans in Europe tend to be a fan of the team where their favorite player has signed on....
Really?
The UK is team over player
Spain, France, Italy, and Holland all the same
Maybe young fans thanks to FIFA are a bit different but it is still the basis of fandom to support your local team or the team your parents support in the main
or the team that is most likely to win the most trophies of course, plenty of Liverpool, man utd , Chelsea and now man city fans who have never been anywhere near their teams city never mind football ground
That seems more like a non European thing where people followed Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar etc but European fans tend to follow team not players. We have glory supporters and f*ck them but local team support is a big thing in Europe.
Thomas Tuchel to be the next England manager. On the one hand he's clearly a good manager and very much a winner, on the other this is a man who, outside of one exception, hasn't managed to keep a job more than two years in the last ten years (and that exception was PSG where he was manager for two and a half years, and that was during the initial covid outbreak and I don't know if that made a difference).
Be interesting to see if he's still manager come the World Cup in 2026
Be interesting to see if he's still manager come the World Cup in 2026
The England supporting public aren't patient at the best if times with England managers, the fact he is German will possibly make them less so. Not that it should make a difference of course.
I've even heard this morning on the radio a fan saying it won't count if we win the world cup as he's German, bloody ridiculous comment.
Hope he's a success.
I've even heard this morning on the radio a fan saying it won't count if we win the world cup as he's German, bloody ridiculous comment.
Hope he's a success.
God that's a ridiculous thing to say isn't it?
I hope he is a success but I think to be a success he's got to do better than Southgate, which means he has to get us to a WC final, even if we lose it and, assuming he stays that long, has to win the European Championship.
Re the above whatever happens he doesn't strike me as a long term prospect, I could even see him winning the WC then walking away for a big club job, and frankly if he wins us the WC who cares, but I do worry about losing the stability, and frankly let's be honest, pride in England that Southgate's tenure gave us.
I hope he is a success but I think to be a success he's got to do better than Southgate, which means he has to get us to a WC final, even if we lose it and, assuming he stays that long, has to win the European Championship.
Re the above whatever happens he doesn't strike me as a long term prospect, I could even see him winning the WC then walking away for a big club job, and frankly if he wins us the WC who cares, but I do worry about losing the stability, and frankly let's be honest, pride in England that Southgate's tenure gave us.
I agree, it's nice to have stability at any level.
Imagine Sir Alex at United today? Wouldn't have lasted 18 months.
Just been another on talk sport, follows England home and away but he'd done now.
Imagine Sir Alex at United today? Wouldn't have lasted 18 months.
Just been another on talk sport, follows England home and away but he'd done now.
