Euro 2016 qualification

Ulysses Gaze

Another poor result and Hiddink will be gone.

Omackeral

GROUP A P W D L F A GD Pts

1 Iceland 3 3 0 0 8 0 8 9
2 Czech Rep 3 3 0 0 8 4 4 9
3 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 3
4 Latvia 3 0 2 1 1 4 -3 2
5 Kazakhstan 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 1
6 Turkey 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 1



Group A is looking very surprising. Turkey only on 1 point and Iceland on 9 after 3 games. The Dutch on 3 is shocking too. Czechs going strong too on 9. Group of death!?

The Backwards Man

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

Lars Lagerback has done some job with Iceland

He has some good players to work with in fairness. I've always admired the Nordic attitude to the game, big difference between watching the Faeroes and someone like Andorra or San Marino.

Rikand

15 year old norwegian is the youngest player to play in a european championship qualifying match

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29603718

Norway's Martin Odegaard became the youngest player to appear in a European Championship qualifier in his side's victory over Bulgaria in Oslo.

The Stromsgodset midfielder, who is 15 years and 300 days old, came on in the 64th minute with the score at 1-1.

Norway's Tarik Elyounoussi had lifted the ball over Nikolay Mihaylov, before Nikolay Bodurov levelled with a header.

Havard Nielsen sealed victory for Norway, who benefitted from Odegaard's creativity.

He looks tiny in the picture at the bottom of the report

Andersonisgod

SlickRic wrote: »

you have no idea what tiki-taka is.

The fact that Barca mix it up like they do now, by definition, means they're not a tiki-taka team anymore.

Spain are realising it too now.

I think your definition of tiki taka needs revision, I'm entirely confident in my ability to judge Barcelona's style of play and the subtle changes it undergoes on a regular basis.

Andersonisgod

Skylinehead wrote: »

Eh, I'm pretty sure that Johan Cruyff himself is the embodiment of Total Football.

Cruyff's beliefs, the evolution of his ideas found a living, breathing morsel in Xavi Hernandez, Total Football which has ultimately become Tiki Taka in Spain needed a symbol, Xavi is that symbol.

elefant

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Cruyff's beliefs, the evolution of his ideas found a living, breathing morsel in Xavi Hernandez

Cruijff in cannibalism shocker.

Beefy78

Total football and Tiki Taka aren't the same thing anyway.

Skylinehead

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Cruyff's beliefs, the evolution of his ideas found a living, breathing morsel in Xavi Hernandez, Total Football which has ultimately become Tiki Taka in Spain needed a symbol, Xavi is that symbol.

You're seriously pressing on with this? They're not the same thing, not at all. Cruyff's legacy is Total Football, whose greatest icon is undeniably Cruyff himself, not Xavi. You talk some amount of balls sometimes :pac:

SlickRic

Andersonisgod wrote: »

I think your definition of tiki taka needs revision, I'm entirely confident in my ability to judge Barcelona's style of play and the subtle changes it undergoes on a regular basis.

so tiki-taka isn't an ideology anymore that exponents of it must stay true to? it can be tweaked as it suits you?

fúcking lol.

CSF

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Cruyff's beliefs, the evolution of his ideas found a living, breathing morsel in Xavi Hernandez, Total Football which has ultimately become Tiki Taka in Spain needed a symbol, Xavi is that symbol.

Seriously, this is just fluff.

Skylinehead

He's beyond parody at this point.

CSF

Skylinehead wrote: »

He's beyond parody at this point.

I'm sticking with the play the ball rather than the man approach. Post not poster.

Skylinehead

CSF wrote: »

I'm sticking with the play the ball rather than the man approach. Post not poster.

His post content is beyond parody at this point.

:cool:

2ndcoming

CSF wrote: »

Seriously, this is just fluff.

It's pretty fluff though

Could literally be a direct quote from Graham Hunter's Barca book.

Kirby

Putting somebody on your ignore list isn't very effective when people continue to quote him. :mad:

Andersonisgod

Beefy78 wrote: »

Total football and Tiki Taka aren't the same thing anyway.

And dear sir, do tell where does Tiki Taka come from? How did it originate? In the halls, the corridors, on the pitches Cruyff once graced. His Dream Team, his idea of Total Football has, over the decades, morphed and evolved and, overseen by men like Luis Aragones and Pep Guardiola, today what is Tiki Taka, was once Total Football.

Andersonisgod

SlickRic wrote: »

so tiki-taka isn't an ideology anymore that exponents of it must stay true to? it can be tweaked as it suits you?

fúcking lol.

Of course it can. Any system can be tweaked, otherwise you become predictable. Infact I will put forward that Pep Guardiola's reign as Barcelona manager, seen as the high point of pure tiki taka, was tweaked and altered each season. Did it make it any less pure? Any less beautiful? Any less tiki taka?

Mushy

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Of course it can. Any system can be tweaked, otherwise you become predictable. Infact I will put forward that Pep Guardiola's reign as Barcelona manager, seen as the high point of pure tiki taka, was tweaked and altered each season. Did it make it any less pure? Any less beautiful? Any less tiki taka?

Mustn't have tweaked enough if a team were able to smash them off the pitch and embarrass them.

Billy86

Andersonisgod wrote: »

And dear sir, do tell where does Tiki Taka come from? How did it originate? In the halls, the corridors, on the pitches Cruyff once graced. His Dream Team, his idea of Total Football has, over the decades, morphed and evolved and, overseen by men like Luis Aragones and Pep Guardiola, today what is Tiki Taka, was once Total Football.

Ok, so tiki taka came from Cruyff.

And Cruyff came from Ajax.

And at Ajax, Rinus Michels invented total football.

And total football was heavily influenced by The Mighty Magyars.

And The Mighty Magyars were managed by Gusztav Sebes, who implemented their style of play.

And Sebes developed himself initially in the sport as part of the local team of the Renault factory in Paris.

Therefore, I put forward my thesis that tiki taka football was invented by the Renault Clio.

Harry Palmr

Norn Iron 1 up, flying high.

Poland 1 - 1 Scotland

dreamers75

Serbia Albania match suspended.

noone saw that coming.....

Francie Barrett

dreamers75 wrote: »

Serbia Albania match suspended.

noone saw that coming.....

dreamers75

Drone flew in an Albanian flag, Serb player grabbed it and players/staff started fighting, crowd got involved players ran off the pitch. (paraphrasing from twitter)

match abandoned.

Bykobap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iUBsSlDXc0

Mitrovic caught it and Albanians were like wtf let it be...

dreamers75

https://vine.co/v/Oqed5KV2KFv

Harry Palmr

Northern Ireland 2-0 against Greece.

Fr Tod Umptious

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Northern Ireland 2-0 against Greece.

Wow, fair fcuks to them.

Rega

Poland 2 Scotland 2

citytillidie

Guess UEFA messed up not following there own procedure of making sure teams of political history not being in the same group for Serbia and Albania

Guy:Incognito

citytillidie wrote: »

Guess UEFA messed up not following there own procedure of making sure teams of political history not being in the same group for Serbia and Albania

We should start wars with all the half decent teams in europe

Harry Palmr

Serbia MATCH ABANDONED Albania

Interrupted due to spectators riots

Ref Martin Atkinson....hmmm! :pac:

Too Tough To Die

Frucking Serbs

dreamers75

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Serbia MATCH ABANDONED Albania



Ref Martin Atkinson....hmmm! :pac:

Serbian Football ‏@SerbianFooty 10m10 minutes ago
Referee's and Serbian FA agreed to start the match but the Albania FA will only agree if the stands are emptied

Assume thats a 3-0 to Serbia in the eyes of the rules? Tho being their fans I doubt it.

Harry Palmr

Given the Albanians started it with that drone stunt and their failure to agree to restart then I assume Serbia win by default.

citytillidie

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Frucking Serbs

Why when it was Albania who cause the trouble flying the offending flag

dreamers75

citytillidie wrote: »

Why when it was Albania who cause the trouble flying the offending flag

They didnt run on the pitch and start punching the albanian players.

Albanian player going all Rugby League on some Serb fan

citytillidie

Match Day 3 Results
Ukraine 1 V 0 Macedonia
Estonia 0 V 1 England
Austria 1 V 0 Montenegro
Russia 1 V 1 Moldova
Sweden 2 V 0 Liechtenstein
Lithuania 0 V 2 Slovenia
Belarus 1 V 3 Slovakia
Luxembourg 0 V 4 Spain
Kazakhstan 2 V 4 Czech Republic
Iceland 2 V 0 Netherlands
Latvia 1 V 1 Turkey
Andorra 1 V 4 Israel
Bosnia 1 V 1 Belgium
Wales 2 V 1 Cyprus
Croatia 6 V 0 Azerbaijan
Malta 0 V 1 Italy
Norway 2 V 1 Bulgaria
Germany 1 V 1 Ireland
Poland 2 V 2 Scotland
San Marino 0 V 4 Switzerland
Faroe Islands 0 V 1 Hungary
Finland 0 V 2 Romania
Greece 0 V 2 Northern Ireland
Denmark 0 V 1 Portugal
Serbia V Albania Match Called Off
Gibralter 0 V 3 Georgia

AllGunsBlazing

Sensational run of results for NI.

mikeym

They should never have been paired in the same group in the first place.

The Serbian player had every right to take the flag down.

citytillidie

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Sensational run of results for NI.

Wish Ireland had that group they are in

Fuhrer

Bykobap wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iUBsSlDXc0

Mitrovic caught it and Albanians were like wtf let it be...

Thats so much more effective then a plane

Brussels Sprout

Excellent article written prior to the Serbian/Albania match giving some background on why it was expected to be a potentially troublesome fixture.

In a nutshell, it's all about Kosovo

Fuhrer

What you really have to admire is the flying skills of the drone pilot, the way the flag moves casually back and forth almost mocking the Serbs with its leisurely nonchalance

Billy86

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

Excellent article written prior to the Serbian/Albania match giving some background on why it was expected to be a potentially troublesome fixture.

In a nutshell, it's all about Kosovo

An ex of mine is Bosnian... let's just say that whole little war twenty odd years ago hasn't been exactly forgotten either.

8-10

No home wins tonight

CSF

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Sensational run of results for NI.

With a bit of luck they'll still manage to screw it up. If there is one national team I always look for to fail its them.

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^^^

why?

CSF

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^

why?

Were you not alive for that qualifier in 1993?

fryup

CSF wrote: »

Were you not alive for that qualifier in 1993?

:rolleyes: oh jesus....that was over 20 years ago

the reason there was so much aggro that night was because the IRA blew up the shankhill rd a few weeks before