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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Brummiejoe: "At this rate you wont be able to afford to
post." That would be a Godsend .
Saynothing (National) - 16/07/2026 12:03:21
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To WanPintWin: "Correct. Tuchel will be the sole scapegoat and easy target, but the players themselves have to take a huge amount of the blame. They hardly put two passes together after they scored. Tuchel definitely made some poor calls also, but the players have to take the bulk of the responsibility.
There were 35 minutes left when they scored, and we had 9 minutes of injury time. Argentina had 88% possession in that time, which is staggering, and a large chunk of it in England's half in and around the box.
A bit of luck and they could have held out, and people would be hailing a backs to the wall performance. But they made a rod for their own backs by completely retreating.
Compare that to Spain who continued to be brave after scoring the first goal against France on Tuesday. They kept doing what they knew gave them the best chance and trusted themselves. They ended up neutralising France completely, got the second goal and were unlucky not to get another.
As with 4 years ago, people have questioned Argentina's quality. They're not going to overwhelm teams and will even struggle with teams they should be beating more comfortably, but that's not how to judge a team with their characteristics.
They are incredible battlers, will give a match to anyone and then have some real quality in key moments. This team has character in spades. How they dug in 4 years ago in the final when France equalised is still one of the most impressive things I've seen in soccer. Most teams would have folded in that scenario, but they actually got back on top in the game and the rest is history. Spain will be favourites, but I'd be surprised if they get anything easy on Sunday. I expect Argentina to give them a much bigger challenge than France did.
Looking forward to it." Good post. That was some bottle job by England.
We can relax now and enjoy hopefully a good game on Sunday. I have a great grá for Spain in general, a fantastic country. But Argentina winning wouldn't bother me either, they're some bit of stuff. Bucketloads of character.
Lockjaw (National) - 16/07/2026 13:57:13
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Argentina were far better
The 2-1 flattered England
Argentina hit the woodwork twice and had other near misses.
England keeper was their best player.
I'm not a fan of any club in the UK; I never cared for it.
Best 2 teams are now in the final.
Spain might shade it but I dunno.
suckvalleypaddy (National) - 16/07/2026 14:14:36
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "Kerry will improve immensely sunday week.
Fionns clever mind games on here the last 2 weeks clearly affected Kerrys preparation, injecting an air of complacency into the squad. Reading his posts, they began to believe the hype and believed it was just a matter of turning up,,and they almost paid the price.
Surely they wont make the same mistake twice." If you want I will do the same for the Limerick hurlers this weekend.
Hopefully the same full time outcome….
Fionn (National) - 16/07/2026 09:28:40
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Bit of a false narrative emerging that England made substitutions and lost control. In actual fact, England lost control from 55mins to 72mins as well, before any substitutions were made. Nobody seems to be analysing why keymen like Kane and Rice had no legs after 55mins. England had no control, no offence, no outball, and minimal possession after they went 1-0, and Tuchal waited a whole 17mins looking at this disturbing trend, before any substitution was made to try and stick fingers in their deteriorating dykes." Correct. Tuchel will be the sole scapegoat and easy target, but the players themselves have to take a huge amount of the blame. They hardly put two passes together after they scored. Tuchel definitely made some poor calls also, but the players have to take the bulk of the responsibility.
There were 35 minutes left when they scored, and we had 9 minutes of injury time. Argentina had 88% possession in that time, which is staggering, and a large chunk of it in England's half in and around the box.
A bit of luck and they could have held out, and people would be hailing a backs to the wall performance. But they made a rod for their own backs by completely retreating.
Compare that to Spain who continued to be brave after scoring the first goal against France on Tuesday. They kept doing what they knew gave them the best chance and trusted themselves. They ended up neutralising France completely, got the second goal and were unlucky not to get another.
As with 4 years ago, people have questioned Argentina's quality. They're not going to overwhelm teams and will even struggle with teams they should be beating more comfortably, but that's not how to judge a team with their characteristics.
They are incredible battlers, will give a match to anyone and then have some real quality in key moments. This team has character in spades. How they dug in 4 years ago in the final when France equalised is still one of the most impressive things I've seen in soccer. Most teams would have folded in that scenario, but they actually got back on top in the game and the rest is history. Spain will be favourites, but I'd be surprised if they get anything easy on Sunday. I expect Argentina to give them a much bigger challenge than France did.
Looking forward to it.
WanPintWin (National) - 16/07/2026 12:39:51
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
I sat down with a few beers with my Kerry pal and we seen full game again.After a few arguments and rewinding and pausing we still did nr agree fully.We both agree that the goal was square ball but the other decisions made us argue.
I will admit that I cant 100% say the ball was over the line but I would award it.My pal pointed out though that this came originally from a line ball that should have been to Kerry but thats pushing it.We both seen though Scully was lucky not to be sent off.
I think the peno was very soft but my pal said if its a free and its in the box its a pen and he showed iy was more of a free than our first free where POCB was fouled.Basquel did get a pointbwhich came from Cossie who clearly double hopped and got away with it but young Clifford got a point ehen it looked like McMorrow was pushed.All in all after rewatchingnIm not as angry anymore and maybe we did nt deserve it and we kicked too many simple wides.On the rewatch I thought Howard was unreal and McMorrow and the backs were warriors.Im very positive for next year and Ger seems to have the smarts.I was very happy with Comerford too Davy was like a man posessed.I know young Clifford scored a bit but that was the best job I seen on him.Looking forward to McGinness and Nathan Doran next year and the world will look brighter and blue again.Very proud of the lads Sunday.
brayballer (National) - 16/07/2026 12:40:04
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