Football - 2017/18 season

skully wrote:Meanwhile, Man City march to an 8 point lead (courtesy of Chelsea's win over Scum) in the EPL after trouncing the Gunners.

JGK wrote:Should have taken the 1.17.

$1,000 to make $170?? Fark that with so far to go.

"The Socceroos' elongated path to World Cup qualification takes them to a country where a constitutional crisis has compounded chronic political instability and an appalling human rights record is obscured by the inhabitants' obsession with sport.

But first they must play in Honduras."

Nice.

expecting 0-0, then 1-1 in the return game. Resulting in us being tipped out on away goals.

one of my mates went to the game

long way to go to not see a goal

Zip-zip, not the worst result.

Nath wrote:expecting 0-0, then 1-1 in the return game.  Resulting in us being tipped out on away goals.

Yep. This is guaranteed. I am going to the match as well so doubly guaranteed.

skully wrote:Zip-zip, not the worst result.

Would have LOVED a goal though.

Of course. The lack of an away goal opens up the chance for Honduras to go through with a score draw on Wed night.

Snigger at Italy

tricycle wrote:Snigger at Italy

Would be amazing if Italy and the Netherlands didn't make it but Aust and NZ did!

Oh dear Italy. 0-0 this morning to send Sweden through.

First time since 1958 that the Azurri has not taken part in a WC.

skully wrote:Oh dear Italy. 0-0 this morning to send Sweden through.

First time since 1958 that the Azurri has not taken part in a WC.

Suck shit Italy. We still remember 2006.

Hahaha brilliant. And they even got out Italied by their opponents.

That is pretty funny.

Referees can relax now; will not have to be nearly so vigilant for the deliberate dive.

I'm very farking nervous about tonight. I'm taking KJr1 out to the game. I expect it to be a miserable ride home.

It'll be a remarkable effort if Honduras win. It'll be less than 5 days since the tie on the cow paddock in Honduras.

Aus chartered a flight back home whereas Honduras took the long commercial route - in economy class!! They'll be as jet-lagged as a jet-lagged jet-laggy thing.

Still, it's not beyond Aus to choke. Get Timmy Cahill in the starting XI and let him get two headed goals in the 1st Half, please.

Is he Tasmanian?

skully wrote:It'll be a remarkable effort if Honduras win. It'll be less than 5 days since the tie on the cow paddock in Honduras.

Aus chartered a flight back home whereas Honduras took the long commercial route - in economy class!! They'll be as jet-lagged as a jet-lagged jet-laggy thing.

Still, it's not beyond Aus to choke. Get Timmy Cahill in the starting XI and let him get two headed goals in the 1st Half, please.

...... and then Peter Hore runs on to the ground.

Yes, a famous moment of loss of momentum for Aus, W.

We were all over Iran at the MCG in 1997. From 2-0 just after half time, we fell apart after the dickhead serial pest ran onto the park and cut the Iranian net, delaying play by 20 mins or so. Iran came back to draw 2-2 (3-3 agg but away goal advantage) and eliminate us from the 98 WC.

That was a heartbreaker, watched from Cairns with a good mate. I remember it like yesterday, and it ranks with Gary Buckenara's 1989 torpedo, the Thommo-Tavare-Miller pinball finish in Melbourne, McDermott's Helmetball and Kasper's Glovewave as my biggest personal disappointments in Australian sporting history.

skully wrote:Yes, a famous moment of loss of momentum for Aus, W.

We were all over Iran at the MCG in 1997. From 2-0 just after half time, we fell apart after the dickhead serial pest ran onto the park and cut the Iranian net, delaying play by 20 mins or so. Iran came back to draw 2-2 (3-3 agg but away goal advantage) and eliminate us from the 98 WC.

Yep. Australia didn't lose a match in the entire WC qualifying campaign that season.

lardbucket wrote:That was a heartbreaker, watched from Cairns with a good mate. I remember it like yesterday, and it ranks with Gary Buckenara's 1989 torpedo, the Thommo-Tavare-Miller pinball finish in Melbourne, McDermott's Helmetball and Kasper's Glovewave as my biggest personal disappointments in Australian sporting history.

You have left out Marto's brainfade spoon to point at the SCG (with McSofty carting 4s at the other end) v SAffers in 1993 to expose Pidg to Fast Fanny.

This lead my little bro to turn to me and say "will you stop coming up here at Christmas" (we had the Helmetball heartbreak the previous summer). I sadly conceded he was right.

Typical ponderous, low skill effort by Aus. 0-0 at HT.

We really need more balls into Timmy Cahill to work his head magic.

1-1 baby.

2-0 OZ with 18 plus injury time left, TC subbed off

Ownie and a penalty the ref took a week to rule on so not massively convincing, but who gives one?