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Their boys are gonna take one hell of a beating.

UEFA giving FIFA some clog. Yesterday’s decision to suspend for a probationary period of a year the implementation of the one-match automatic suspension following the red card issued to the player Folarin Balogun crossed a red line. Football, like any other sports, relies on rules, which are the basis for fair, honest and transparent competition. Sometimes rules are open to interpretation. In this case not. A minimum automatic suspension of one match following a red card is not a discretionary option and does not require the decision of a competent body to be enacted. It is a principle embedded in regulations, which cannot be made subject to exceptions, let alone in the middle of a tournament where several other players have been in the same situation and regularly served their suspension. When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined. Equally, such decision creates a precedent in the ongoing tournament, where similar situations will now require an equal treatment, to the detriment of the competition. Football is the most loved sport in the world because it is a beautiful game and is trusted because it is played everywhere with the same laws. A tournament is never a pure standalone and, if the tournament in question is the World Cup, it has the power to drive positive or negative consequences on the game as a whole. We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision.

He was not the architect of their victory yesterday. The left winger and Halaand are the main dangers.

Saints fan enjoying himself despite Mexico scoring.

It’s not just the outrageous price of Fish & Chips, the quality & service is awful round here as well. I don’t know about where you blokes are, but here it’s wank compared to 10 years ago. They close about 9 o clock. Because they’re so fucking paranoid about waste, everything is cooked to order, apart from the chips, and even then, they never cook enough. So you end up waiting around in queues of Grockles. The chips are poor quality, im sure it’s not just nostalgia, but you genuinely can get better ready meals now. I’d be surprised if half of them will still be here in 5 years time. You can get a Supermarket deal 3 course for 2 & a bottle of wine far cheaper, and when the snap dragon has been out with the coven all day and can’t be arsed to cook, we much prefer that. As an aside I think pub meals are getting worse as well, maybe I’m a miserable old twat, but I’m sure they’re using inferior ingredients more and more.

An un-disabled version...

Odegaard is such a good player. If we could stop him playing then that would go a long way to beating them. I've no idea how you stop Haarland. I guess its about stopping the supply to him, but he's a machine.

A couple of reasons, I guess...? Firstly, we had 3 decent central midfielders in the squad (or, "mediocre championship players" according to a few... ) so it made sense to rotate them Secondly, given his young age, perhaps there was an element of not wanting to burn him out, so to speak

Seems a decent player and all that and looks like he's off. If he's really that good that he's worth the rumored 30 million quid how come we didn't play him more?

Is JWP a ‘journeyman’ footballer - a resounding no. Despite his Pompey connections, he was the definition of a loyal professional for Saints - I met him while he did some of the community/charity work he involved himself with. Is JWP a player we need right now - quite possibly, depending on whether Charles moves on (likely). The only issue is whether he’s kept himself fit enough to deal with the Championship, but I suspect he has.

i agree, Norway wont be easy at all. They are much like us in a way, an okay team with a couple of star players who can win you the game. No way to we keep a clean sheet but we do score goals

Not really. Think we've played something like 17 knock out matches in world cups since we won it in 66. Obviously a good chunk of them have been losses where we've been knocked out. The majority of the others have been relatively routine last 16 matches that we probably expected to win. Don't think it's that much of a stretch to say that this is one of the best amongst the remaining handful that we've actually won.

There is an inevitable need for social media content to always run these sort of questions. Ridiculous need for many to rank every occasion or event. Given recency bias and lack of reference from younger people make it all pointless. Just enjoy the fucking moment

Wasn't it something like 7goals and assists in his opening 7 games. He also beat Beckham's set peice record imo, he scored direct from a corner... But not credited 🫤😄

Anyone calling JWP a journeyman has clearly lost perspective on him.

You forgot a USA team with Trump pulling the strings 🤣

Am I alone in finding the 'One of the Greatest results in our world cup history' a little over the top? Bloody brilliant win, and certainly fantastic. But, greatest ever?

Not sure about that. Haaland is on top form ... he has that ability to almost lumber around looking useless, but he's in the right positions with that killer accuracy to score - he's a ridiculous player. I can't see a clean sheet, we just need our attack to be better. Maybe it's another match for Dan Burn!

Was it when Potter was sacked? I can’t remember

Famous last words..

We shall see, think we have the easier hypothetical path to the final. Norway won't trouble us overmuch, Argentina look like the old side that they are. On the other side there are still France, Morroco and Spain.

If Sepp Blatter says the suspension of the red card is fishy then you know it must be bad 🤣

What revenue will the birds team generate if they reach the promised land? What will be their average attendance, what sponsorship deals will they sign, and how much will the local economy, pubs etc benefit from their home games?

Think he started really well there, and most of the assists possibly came in the first few months. But it seemed to drop off a cliff, for whatever reason.