yeah they drew with them earlier i think in qualifying so one could see not a massive shock really
great result for cyprus 3-2 win against Bosnia who i have also considered to be vastly overated really
i watched the second half over France vs a ragged Dutch, notwithstanding this however, theyâre a joy to watch the French going forward, springing the like of Killian Mbappe from the bench is almost taking the piss⌠id be backing them now for russia
speaking of backing anything, 13/2 on macedonia in israel on saturday is well worth it
i reported on an utterly ragged israel getting trashed at home by Albania last june
its a squad in tatters personified by Kenny Saief who is with Gent declaring for the US over his home country last month, Bitton is dropped completely, Omer Atzili wasnt even picked, Kayal is injuredâŚ
macedonia with their u-21s in tow, vadar skopje qualifying for UEL and Alijoski at Leeds are on the up, they will play with a very young back 4 tho who may be found out by tomer hemed who was very good v watford last week
, ive backed macedonia fwiw and am attaneding the game
Japan have qualified after beating Australia 2-0 last night.
First look I thought Deschamps was playing for Norwich there.
Full round of South American qualifiers tonight.
Uruguay v Argentina is the pick and itâs still goalless as of writing (kick-off was at midnight).
Chile currently 1-0 down at home to Paraguay coming up to half-time with an own goal by Vidal.
Colombia could only draw 0-0 in Venezuela earlier this evening which is a real slip up.
Fitzy
Where are Oz regards qualification ?
They have to beat Thailand by 4 goals next Tuesday and hope the Saudiâs donât beat Japan (who have nothing to play for) at home the same night. If the Saudiâs win, theyâll come second and Australia go into a third place play off, probably against Uzbekistan, the winners of which go into a play off against a CONCACAF team for WC qualification.
There seems to be an assumption here that Japan will lie down and the Saudiâs will beat them handily enough, but I wouldnât be so sure. I think Japan will get a result and the Socceroos should go to town on Thailand and qualify.
From where does Oz buy her oil ?
Everywhere mate, weâre an equal opportunity climate change denier and vandal.
Fucking hell, the WC qualifying is even more convoluted than negotiating the minefield that is the Gaelic Football Championship qualifiers. I just had a look at the CONCACAF website to see who would be the likely play off victim if that arose and I canât make head nor tail of it.
The Saudis lost 2-1 to the UAE in the latest round, so they must be shit. I hope the Japs sheikh them right up and nip their qualification prospects in the bud.
Goalless at half-time in Montevideo, which would have been a terrific name for a Uruguayan restaurant which doubled as a video rental shop, when that kind of thing still had a viable business model.
The Saudiâs losing that was a big upset. Theyâre not all that shit, but I think Japan, even with nothing to play for, will still get a result there. Unless darker forces intervene, which is always possible when Saudi Arabia is involved. It actually surprises me they havenât won the world cup yet.
For a country thatâs so mad into sports, itâs somewhat surprising you are so shit at football. I suppose itâs down to genetics. Stealing sheep in the dark isnât quite on a par with development of the silken skills required.
Easy to see why Argentinaâs record without Messi is so poor. Their midfield is terrible as it has been for years so he has to continually drop back to create and then try to get forward to try to score
Do you have an alert for every time Australia is mentioned so you can get up on your Australia is shit / America is great high horse? Australia is a developing country in terms of world football. Participation rates among kids are huge and rewards will be reaped in years to come. Youâve previously made a fool of yourself in commenting on Australia at the World Cup. Your silly post could well be used to describe America, just substitute genocide for the stealing sheep part. Now fuck off and die.
The South American qualification is a great competition. Venezuela drew with Colombia earlier and Paraguay are destroying Chile in Chile at the moment
A disastrous night for Chile as they go down 3-0 at home to Paraguay who now move right back into contention for a play-off place at least.
I know footballers are supposed to be professionals and all but Alexis Sanchez watching Sky Sports News up to shortly before kick-off to find out which club heâd be playing for this season was hardly ideal pre-match preparation.
With the notoriously difficult high altitude trip to Bolivia next up for them and Brazil away in their final match, Chile could be in big trouble.
Uruguay v Argentina has had 0-0 written all over it from a long way out. 73 minutes gone.
Calm down for Fucksake fuck sake.
No. Fuck off. Stop writing stupid fucking posts about how shit other countries are when America is a cunt of a country and utterly shit at football. Stop apologising for Trump and then saying you donât support him. Stop apologising for racists and then saying youâre not a racist. Stop posting lies about climate change and then saying you understand the science behind it. In short, stop being a complete cunt all your life. Now fuck off.
Is everything OK mate, you seem a bit unusually highly strung. Have you had an INXS of Shiraz?