European Football 2021-22

At Etienne fans saw the recent idiocy with English fans and said ‘hold my tiny bottle of beer!’

 

But at least it gives me a chance to post this.

Every cloud etc!

 

Naughty UEFA scaring and attacking Liverpool fans #alwaysthevictims

https://twitter.com/GianyStark/status/1530692390092263424?s=20&t=IGRJW4SxMyONHz3R_8NsgQ

 

After this shambles I’ve decided I’m not going to go to any champions league finals that we reach. It’s just not worth the risk.

 

Liverpool fans once again the completely innocent victims. All honest, decent, ticket holding folk, peacefully trying to get to see their team.

Why oh why does it always happen to them?

Bless them. Poor unfortunate lot.

 

That's racist. They're the most oppressed people on earth. Leave them alone.

 

Fingers crossed that Ukraine can somehow pull off a shock tonight.

 

Will certainly be easier tonight as they will have no opposition to face until tomorrow.

 

Ah....yes....just went on the BBC website to check if any early goals.

 

Still scoreless. Can’t see either side finding the net for a while at this rate.

 

Yep. Just like another Liverpool vs Chelski cup final. Can see this going to pens.

 

Good old Rookery Mike firmly behind the Liverpool fans on Twitter despite the fact he wasn’t there.

 

The UK press are supportive of the Liverpool team as they want to be support their readership. It’s clear a whole bunch of fans tried to get in with fake tickets and wouldn’t leave the area. From that point onwards it was always going to be tough to get genuine fans with genuine tickets past them and in.

 

Liverpool fans do disorderly crowds properly.

 

Not sure why Bachmann needs to set up this social media platform that requires ID. 99% of Watford fans on social media are sycophantic bum lickers who wouldn’t have a bad word to say about Hitler.

 

A city hooked on grief.

 

They look like they've been down the pub for a month. Embarrassing given that half of the Ukrainian side haven't played this season.

 

He was like the twelfth man for Scotland.
Ukraine could have scored at least five and I was only watching between the unpleasant parts of Springwatch and then breaks in the tennis.

 

Great to see Ukraine finally win after 24 hrs of extra time.

 

Thought I'd watch a bit of Nations League footy tonight. All on some random Premier Sports channel.

Good way to drive interest in a newish competition by sticking it on some obscure channel no one probably pays for unless by default of some TV package.

I guess that no serious channels could be bothered to pay for the other non England games. Kinda sums up the competition.

 

Surely it’s just the same as with qualifiers - home nations shown but games for others countries aren’t going to get any audience over here to justify tv companies investing? Plus the competition lasts several months. I think the finals will be shown next summer.

 

Maybe. But in a time when there's literally no football, I'd have thought that Sky and/or BT would've been all over it for us bored football desperate no lifers.

 

I don’t really understand what the Nations League is. Do I have to worry about it?

 

I think it’s something to do with preventing the Weimar Republic gaining control of the Ruhr Valley.

 

Not quite - BT Sport are showing Solihull Moors vs Grimsby in the National League play-off final on Sunday afternoon. There’s some interest in that Solihull are led by Watford old boy Neal Ardley and Grimsby, who’ve been in the doldrums for many years, seem to have had new life injected into them with new owners and played their part in two thrilling play-off ties.

Though I wonder why it’s not being played at Wembley - have the National League reverted to playing finals at club grounds? Why not Hillsborough (which is fairly large but not overly so given I imagine Solihull have a really small fan base, and is conveniently located for both clubs) instead?