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Post by rememberhalifax on Sept 11, 2019 9:03:28 GMT
Nothing to do with Rovers I know but just wanted a shout out for Kosovo last night! thought there attitude, and approach was brilliant, very skilful and despite being 5-1 down at half time(undeservedly)never gave in and tried to play there way back into the game which they did, would loved to have seen them get a fourth to make it really interesting(no, I am not Jock in disguise!) good job no VAR last night else with all the dodgy decisions would have been playing till midnight! how could lino not see Sancho 2 yards offside when he was right in line!!the players though appealed mildly and got on with game, Managers protests were entertaining though! hope they go on to qualify, now I am off to learn Kosovonian so I can write to Kosovo evening post offering my congratulations on there teams performance!
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Post by Wimborne Gas on Sept 11, 2019 9:09:13 GMT
Can't believe the Euro qualifiers are being rammed down our throats on the BBC website. Where's the women's football news gone?
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Post by Gassy on Sept 11, 2019 9:18:24 GMT
Can't believe the Euro qualifiers are being rammed down our throats on the BBC website. Where's the women's football news gone? Another nail in the coffin for us: England national team. On a serious note, fair play to Kosovo. They were great. Made some good noise too
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Post by Wimborne Gas on Sept 11, 2019 9:20:32 GMT
Can't believe the Euro qualifiers are being rammed down our throats on the BBC website. Where's the women's football news gone? Another nail in the coffin for us: England national team. On a serious note, fair play to Kosovo. They were great. Made some good noise too It was refreshing to see and good the have England playing away from Wembley again too. Hope Kosovo secure 2nd in the group.
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Post by Gassy on Sept 11, 2019 9:40:19 GMT
Another nail in the coffin for us: England national team. On a serious note, fair play to Kosovo. They were great. Made some good noise too It was refreshing to see and good the have England playing away from Wembley again too. Hope Kosovo secure 2nd in the group. Especially as Serbia look set to miss out, that would be fantastic for them if that happened. Great support though, 2000 away fans. For the replay they've had 200,000 applications for tickets 😳 The stadium only holds 13,000!
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Post by titchthephot on Sept 11, 2019 9:47:09 GMT
But why wasn't VAR used? If it's good enough for the Premiership it should be good enough for the Euro Championship! Surely FIFA want everyone to eventually end up using it so why is this competition so different? Very odd!
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Post by Henbury Gas on Sept 11, 2019 9:59:06 GMT
But why wasn't VAR used? If it's good enough for the Premiership it should be good enough for the Euro Championship! Surely FIFA want everyone to eventually end up using it so why is this competition so different? Very odd! its not a FIFA competition so they did not have to enable it
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Post by warehamgas on Sept 11, 2019 10:04:22 GMT
But why wasn't VAR used? If it's good enough for the Premiership it should be good enough for the Euro Championship! Surely FIFA want everyone to eventually end up using it so why is this competition so different? Very odd! its not a FIFA competition so they did not have to enable it Seriously, is that the reason? If so how stupid. Does that mean next Summer after a year with it in the PL and other European leagues it will be absent from the finals? If so, you honestly couldn’t make some of this stuff up! UTG!
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Post by titchthephot on Sept 11, 2019 10:10:37 GMT
Doesn't all football come under the FIFA umbrella ? For some reason I always thought it did. VAR should either be ALL in or ALL out. Ah well, that's bureaucracy for you. But as the original poster said, 'Well done' to Kosovo. At least they played football instead of amateur dramatics!
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Sept 11, 2019 10:14:06 GMT
Nothing to do with Rovers I know but just wanted a shout out for Kosovo last night! thought there attitude, and approach was brilliant, very skilful and despite being 5-1 down at half time(undeservedly)never gave in and tried to play there way back into the game which they did, would loved to have seen them get a fourth to make it really interesting(no, I am not Jock in disguise!) good job no VAR last night else with all the dodgy decisions would have been playing till midnight! how could lino not see Sancho 2 yards offside when he was right in line!!the players though appealed mildly and got on with game, Managers protests were entertaining though! hope they go on to qualify, now I am off to learn Kosovonian so I can write to Kosovo evening post offering my congratulations on there teams performance! You're Welsh and you know you are!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 10:14:40 GMT
Fair play to Kosovo they looked half decent...
Not entirely surprising though when we start with players like Keane, Chilwell, Henderson, Barkley....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 10:24:55 GMT
Fair play to Kosovo they looked half decent... Not entirely surprising though when we start with players like Keane, Chilwell, Henderson, Barkley.... Totally Agree... England’s defence and midfield were awful ... some of the starting names were a joke. I did laugh at all the praise heaped on Sancho ... I think he touched the ball about five times all night. Second half was utter tripe ....
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Post by chilly1883 on Sept 11, 2019 10:25:50 GMT
I was at the game last night, it was great to see a team come and try to win the game. Kosovo were decent, great support. It’s gonna be a tricky game away, should be qualified hopefully by that time.
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Post by rememberhalifax on Sept 11, 2019 10:35:11 GMT
Nothing to do with Rovers I know but just wanted a shout out for Kosovo last night! thought there attitude, and approach was brilliant, very skilful and despite being 5-1 down at half time(undeservedly)never gave in and tried to play there way back into the game which they did, would loved to have seen them get a fourth to make it really interesting(no, I am not Jock in disguise!) good job no VAR last night else with all the dodgy decisions would have been playing till midnight! how could lino not see Sancho 2 yards offside when he was right in line!!the players though appealed mildly and got on with game, Managers protests were entertaining though! hope they go on to qualify, now I am off to learn Kosovonian so I can write to Kosovo evening post offering my congratulations on there teams performance! You're Welsh and you know you are! Close GGMI! I am on tother side of Severn, but right side of Wye, where the sheep are better looking and not so fussy!!
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Post by lastminutewinner on Sept 11, 2019 10:43:45 GMT
Fair play to Kosovo they looked half decent... Not entirely surprising though when we start with players like Keane, Chilwell, Henderson, Barkley....
That's exactly why I lumped on a 'both teams to score'. Quick win that was
England will never win anything as their defence is never good enough. At least now we might have a chance of scoring more than we concede!
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Post by stevek192 on Sept 11, 2019 10:45:54 GMT
Who wants VAR? Who cares if somebody is .001 or a nose offside The game has managed to survive well over a 100 years without it and better for it. It just slows everything down and ruins it for the spectator when they have to wait. Goal line technology was all that was ever required but FIFA have to muck about with everything and anything they touch generally makes the game worse for the paying spectators exactly the same as Sky.Money only goes to the top clubs and yet it amazes me that you would never believe it looking at how poor Manchester United are with players who would not be fit to lace the boots of past players.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Sept 11, 2019 10:52:11 GMT
Who wants VAR? Who cares if somebody is .001 or a nose offside The game has managed to survive well over a 100 years without it and better for it. It just slows everything down and ruins it for the spectator when they have to wait. Goal line technology was all that was ever required but FIFA have to muck about with everything and anything they touch generally makes the game worse for the paying spectators exactly the same as Sky.Money only goes to the top clubs and yet it amazes me that you would never believe it looking at how poor Manchester United are with players who would not be fit to lace the boots of past players.
Couldn't agree more Steve. Trouble is money talks and with so much riding on results its demanded that all decisions are correct.
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Post by rememberhalifax on Sept 11, 2019 10:57:04 GMT
Who wants VAR? Who cares if somebody is .001 or a nose offside The game has managed to survive well over a 100 years without it and better for it. It just slows everything down and ruins it for the spectator when they have to wait. Goal line technology was all that was ever required but FIFA have to muck about with everything and anything they touch generally makes the game worse for the paying spectators exactly the same as Sky.Money only goes to the top clubs and yet it amazes me that you would never believe it looking at how poor Manchester United are with players who would not be fit to lace the boots of past players. Not a fan of VAR but when officials are so blatantly incompetent as last night , I mean the offside was not millimetres it was Metres! or Marty Feldman's nose! and gives ammo to those in favour of it.
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Post by pucklegas on Sept 11, 2019 11:15:13 GMT
Kosovo played well very refreshing as it was an entertaining game, our front 3 are excellent but we need two new centre halves and Ben chilwells crossing reminded me of Leads 😂
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Post by montygas on Sept 11, 2019 11:27:21 GMT
Doesn't all football come under the FIFA umbrella ? For some reason I always thought it did. VAR should either be ALL in or ALL out. Ah well, that's bureaucracy for you. But as the original poster said, 'Well done' to Kosovo. At least they played football instead of amateur dramatics! The Commentators said it wasn't being used in the group stages, but will be used for the knockout stages next Summer.
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