Futbol Premier League 2024/25 Thread - v3: Happy New Year Edition
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Finally heard back from my parents. They came to visit over Christmas, and I got them both sick. They didn’t leave their condo at all last night, went to bed early, and slept through the whole thing.
I’m pretty much a hero.
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Need Man U to win 27-0
Actually chuckled at the two Onana own goals.
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And that Slot came on and got one in the end
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I went to Whitby Town vs Stockton Town this afternoon. The attendance was a bumper 826. Stockton is pretty close, but it being New Year's Day I wasn't expecting so many. The Stockton fans were in good voice.
This was a disappointing and disjointed performance from Whitby. We did have most of the possession in the first half, but achieved very little with it. One shot on target, and it was a comfortable save for their keeper. Stockton were defending deep, but our attack was blunt. The pass selection was poor, the runs into space were naive and the final touch was inaccurate. Our corners and set-pieces were just awful, the ball was going nowhere near where it needed to be. Still nil-nil at half time to a team above you isn't a disaster.
In the second half though Stockton started to push forward and got more aggressive. They gradually took over the game. For a while our defence (including goalie) has been the strongest part of our team and we have often relied on them to bail us out when the outer players lost control of the run of play. Shane Bland our goalie is great and he probably saved several goals with his interventions, punches, coming out of his box to clear etc. However when Stockton turned up the temperature our defence started to get picked apart. The Stockton players were bypassing our defenders, finding/creating gaps, getting shots on target and we couldn't stop them. The offside trap wasn't working.
Stockton scored at 71 and 77 minutes, and between the goals our midfielder Adam Gell was sent off for a second yellow. There had been some aggro and heavy tackles going back and forth between him and the opposition. He was coming back and helping the flagging defence but went too far once too often. Our goalie was getting frustrated with the back line and shouting and swearing at them as well. To be honest by the end I was happy to only lose by two. Not much positive to take from this match, although at least you can say Stockton are up towards the top of the table. But we will need to improve a lot from this to even stay mid-table.
Stockton are seventh and Whitby are 11th.
I went to Whitby Town vs Stockton Town this afternoon. The attendance was a bumper 826. Stockton is pretty close, but it being New Year's Day I wasn't expecting so many. The Stockton fans were in good voice.
This was a disappointing and disjointed performance from Whitby. We did have most of the possession in the first half, but achieved very little with it. One shot on target, and it was a comfortable save for their keeper. Stockton were defending deep, but our attack was blunt. The pass selection was poor, the runs into space were naive and the final touch was inaccurate. Our corners and set-pieces were just awful, the ball was going nowhere near where it needed to be. Still nil-nil at half time to a team above you isn't a disaster.
In the second half though Stockton started to push forward and got more aggressive. They gradually took over the game. For a while our defence (including goalie) has been the strongest part of our team and we have often relied on them to bail us out when the outer players lost control of the run of play. Shane Bland our goalie is great and he probably saved several goals with his interventions, punches, coming out of his box to clear etc. However when Stockton turned up the temperature our defence started to get picked apart. The Stockton players were bypassing our defenders, finding/creating gaps, getting shots on target and we couldn't stop them. The offside trap wasn't working.
Stockton scored at 71 and 77 minutes, and between the goals our midfielder Adam Gell was sent off for a second yellow. There had been some aggro and heavy tackles going back and forth between him and the opposition. He was coming back and helping the flagging defence but went too far once too often. Our goalie was getting frustrated with the back line and shouting and swearing at them as well. To be honest by the end I was happy to only lose by two. Not much positive to take from this match, although at least you can say Stockton are up towards the top of the table. But we will need to improve a lot from this to even stay mid-table.
Stockton are seventh and Whitby are 11th.
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Just wanted to share that I hit a PR on juggles/kick-ups, whatever you want to call them. Hit 78 with my new pair of Samba's. Way better touch with these compared to my bulky hiking sneakers. Prior PR was only 48. If I can improve my weak foot more and just practice daily for the next week or so I should finally hit my goal of 100. I never played football in my life so this is a accomplishment for me
Played football my whole life and my PR is around 80
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Keep practicing, and you’ll randomly amaze yourself. You’ll stagnate around your personal best, and out of nowhere you’ll double it.Just wanted to share that I hit a PR on juggles/kick-ups, whatever you want to call them. Hit 78 with my new pair of Samba's. Way better touch with these compared to my bulky hiking sneakers. Prior PR was only 48. If I can improve my weak foot more and just practice daily for the next week or so I should finally hit my goal of 100. I never played football in my life so this is a accomplishment for me
Don’t know where we left off, but my little girl cleared 1100 this fall.Played football my whole life and my PR is around 80
Been a brutal few weeks. We were in Kansas City for soccer a couple weeks back. We drove to Michigan last Friday for a national wrestling tournament for my two sons and got home Monday. Now the whole fam is currently in flight to Arizona to watch my daughter and son in an ODP tournament in Mesa. I’m tired, Robbie.
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@JaviBrewski please don't mess up the current score in the dying seconds again. Secure the points
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As absurd as it is, he seems to be eligible to 'represent Scotland' by having been born there. Assuming this is current.
A player who wishes to participate in a PDC or PDC-affiliated event where nationality is a determining factor for eligibility must prove the following in order to satisfy the PDC’s criteria for nationality:
• The player was born in that nation; OR
• The player holds a valid passport for that nation; OR
• The player has continuous residency (defined as their primary or permanent home in the nation) for five consecutive years immediately preceding the date of the relevant event
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Meanwhile an actual Scottish person won World's Strongest Man! For the Third Time!
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The Prem scheduling games on New Year's Day is
Let the lads party, jeez!
Let the lads party, jeez!
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The Prem scheduling games on New Year's Day is
Let the lads party, jeez!
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