Without wanting to look too far ahead, just wait until the top teams' academies are winning League 1, the pressure will be so strong for them to be allowed promotion to the Championship that the inevitable will then probably happen.

#164145 World Cup 2014 Thread

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By Shola | On 08 May 2014 - 00:47 AM

How do you know? you're 20ish aren't you?

Yeah 20 but rewatched loads of games/highlights from that tournament, think it's pretty widely accepted that 1990 was a quality World Cup. Not just for England's excellent effort but just in general.

Even the BBC's opening credits/ Nessun Dorma remain iconic.

#163907 World Cup 2014 Thread

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07 May 2014 14:13:16

7th June at 3, that's a must watch. What a tournament that was.

#162839 The Italian Football Thread

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04 May 2014 15:06:23

Surprising 4-1 defeat at Catania this afternoon for the mighty Roma means Juventus confirmed as champions.

They still bottle it whenever they come up against a half-decent team in Europe though (even when a final in their own stadium is on offer) so if I was them I'd still class their season as a failure - they need to do it when it matters not against Sassuolo and Livorno. Conte needs to make sure he doesn't get a Mancini-like reputation, cos that's the way it's going at the moment.

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03 May 2014 19:34:43

Anyone else following this mess?

#161608 The Lower League Thread

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29 Apr 2014 21:52:25

Birmingham now only one spineless performance away from dropping into League One. The good news for them is that they're away - they haven't won at home since the 1st October! Bloody hell.

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29 Apr 2014 19:27:19

Thought Alonso had more brains than that.

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29 Apr 2014 19:25:17

By Ninja | On 29 April 2014 - 20:22 PM

I remember Zoli being vehemently against Modric. Absolutely class player these days.

That pass to Ronaldo when he was under pressure in his own half about 5/10 mins ago was majestic.

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29 Apr 2014 19:18:58

Didn't expect this. Ancelotti is the man.

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27 Apr 2014 23:44:59

By taygt | On 28 April 2014 - 00:42 AM

24 years supporting Liverpool and never been prouder.

The momentum has swung to City now but it's far from over. If anything the last week has shown how quickly things can swing. It may yet have another twist.

Or it may not. Such is life.

They've got a terrible recent record at Everton, definitely far from over.

Liverpool could do with Arsenal slipping up tomorrow so that Everton have something to play for on Saturday, unfortunately there's almost zero chance that Newcastle will get anything tomorrow.

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27 Apr 2014 23:37:13

Aspas, just for that 92nd minute corner today.

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27 Apr 2014 15:19:42

Hmmm. Palace extremely solid under Pulis but don't score too many, will be tough for them to get back into it now. Long way to go yet mind!

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27 Apr 2014 15:04:34

Didn't expect that, City will be buzzing, they've gotta do their bit though - both Palace today and Everton away on Saturday will be extremely difficult.

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By Poe | On 27 April 2014 - 13:44 PM

Cardiff are absolutely terrible.

They are indeed, Lineker put it well on Twitter - "what a pig's ear they've made of things at Cardiff this season."

Sunderland on a roll though, think they've got another decent looking home game yet so they should stay up.

By Sam | On 26 April 2014 - 19:41 PM

we've suffered so much this season,

You really have no idea how lucky you are!

#160199 La Liga 2013/14

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25 Apr 2014 17:36:49

Terrible, RIP.

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By Sheriff Skacel | On 23 April 2014 - 19:46 PM

Lacazette could be useful mainly because he can play uptop and on the wings in a 433, wouldn't be keen on Gomis though, never been a huge fan of his.

Lacazette's a player, he'd be a good one for you.

Gomis, like a lot of other strikers of his type, can be unplayable one minute then frustrate the life out of you the next. His goal scoring record is pretty good, but I've lost count of the number of times I've said "he'd done the hard bit, all he needed to do was put it away" (or something similar) whilst watching him this season.

#159604 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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By ianbaker | On 23 April 2014 - 09:43 AM

I friend of mine played in a rugby match, they all piled ontop of this one lad who had the ball, who screamed from the bottom of the pile. They all eventually got off him to find out that someone had stamped on his nutsack and torn it open. Bollock was hanging out. Blood everywhere.

F*cking hell! Doesn't bare thinking about.

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By Telegram Sam | On 23 April 2014 - 15:34 PM

whilst he does exactly the games where they are the underdogs.

Compare Chelsea/West Ham to Atletico/Chelsea though, Atletico and Chelsea are much more similar in terms of quality, resources etc. Teams like West Ham etc with a fraction of Chelsea's resources, their best chance of competing against them is defending, no excuses for billionaire financed Chelsea though with their £50m striker......

Wouldn't be surprised if they nick it 1-0 at Stamford Bridge, hope not though.

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22 Apr 2014 18:33:09

Torres starts, defensively minded team though with the back 4 plus Luiz, Mikel and Ramires all starting in midfield.

#158982 Old Trafford Lounge

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21 Apr 2014 22:20:56

Phil Neville would be funny too, get the impression he's a bit of a no-mark coach, at least that's the way he's come across alongside Moyes this season.

Or Sven, 12 years late.

#158981 The Lower League Thread

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By George14brfc | On 21 April 2014 - 22:52 PM

Great win today for us gives us a small chance of reaching the play offs! 4-0 up at half time! Gestede scoring a hat trick of headers Rudy Gestede Rudy Gestede we wanted Wayne Rooney but we got him instead just wish we had of beaten Yeovil!

That Yeovil game is gonna haunt us, as well as throwing away the 3-1 at Sheff Wednesday. I know Ipswich, Brighton etc will all have had similar games, but this has been such an easy season to get in the play offs.

I just hope next season is equally as easy as there are enough promising signs, Gestede is quality yep, Conway etc too, just think Bowyer needs to improve the tactical side of things and be a bit more adventurous (like the Yeovil game), as he can clearly spot a player that's not in question (barring a few but every manager has those).

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21 Apr 2014 18:55:57

By Hibee | On 21 April 2014 - 18:58 PM

One of the Italian papers is certain Max Allegri's going to be managing Spurs next season, their strange prediction continued the next day saying Davide Astori and Ale Matri were top of his shopping list...

Good times ahead for Spurs then....