*Official* English Football Season 2014-15

[Nate]

Will long be forgotten as we spend all the Sterling money on Ashley Williams.

 

[Uppercut]

Football Weekly presents ? The Ballad of Robin Friday | Football | The Guardian

Can't listen yet because I'm "working" but reckon there are a few in here that will be interested in this. Iain Macintosh is usually quality.

 

[Furball]

Torres had clearly turned about 6-12 months before they sold him. People still believed in him at the time though.

Was such a perfect sale, shame they spent most of it on Andy Carroll. Should've just set the cash on fire really.

I'm sure there was a game at Anfield against Chelsea where he looked back to his best, would've been shortly before his move. Scored twice and absolutely destroyed Terry.

 

[wpdavid]

I love when players score two almost-identical amazing goals in one match. Makes it look like they can just do it whenever they like. Bale away to Inter comes to mind.

I vaguely remember Le Tissier doing that from time to time. Maybe against Blackburn in 1995? I think Blackburn went on to win 3-2 or 4-3, but Le Tissier repeatedly kept his side in the game with astonishing strikes.

 

[cpr]

Think his epics against Blackburn were in separate matches... Or were they the ones against Newcastle..... God knows, every goal of his was amazing.

 

[wpdavid]

Think his epics against Blackburn were in separate matches... Or were they the ones against Newcastle..... God knows, every goal of his was amazing.

I found one of his goals against Blackburn easily enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-bxrIoxg-w

I think that was his second strike, but I couldn't find the first one, so I might be making it up.

 

[cpr]

The two wonder goals in one game was Newcastle I think.

Both of them here https://youtu.be/dO6ypZmDXkI?t=18m45s

(whole shows worth a watch TBH - covers that Blackburn goal earlier on)

 

[Lillian Thomson]

England in the Semi-Finals of the Women's World Cup. Very surprising after the turgid first performance. It's still a fairly appalling spectacle, but doing well at any football World Cup is so rare that it has to be celebrated.

 

[Nate]

plz stahp

 

[grecian]

I enjoyed the England women's match, in fact I've quite enjoyed the tournament, Japan play really neat football though, hope we can bully them out of it.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Yeah I've quite enjoyed the Women's WC tbh, didn't expect fantastic football but the games have been very tense and entertaining.

 

[cpr]

I've not watched any of it yet, only seen small clips on the BBC website, and it doesn't look that bad.

Saw USA v Canada at the Olympic Semi's a few years back, man that game was brutal....

 

[sledger]

I've not managed to see much of it, but enjoyed watching Japan v Aus the other night. As Grecian said, very tidy football on display.

 

[Uppercut]

At the last tournament Japan were far more watchable than everyone else. Haven't caught any of their games this time and the ones I have seen have been OK. Quite a high % of goals seem to be coming from horrendous mistakes.

 

[Tangles]

Lots of bad keeping. Only overshadowed by the bad refereeing and commentary.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Lots of bad keeping. Only overshadowed by the bad refereeing and commentary.

The goalkeeping is terrible. 2 of the 3 goals in the England quarter final were absolute howlers.

 

[Tangles]

The U.S. commentators worst 2 sayings are:

1.drive to the end line. (Byline)
2.shot on frame.

These are special US women commentators worse than the men. They also like to ignore fouls and dives and the abysmal refereeing standards.

 

[GIMH]

Pearson sacked

 

[sledger]

What a terrible terrible pity. A nicer man one could not hope to meet.

 

[Cabinet96]

I find it weird they've managed to sack him, having won the majority of their last 7 or 8 games, having failed to do so when Leicester were bottom of the league.