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[Federberg]

lol! I'm just glad my team survived, and the noisy neighbours didn't win the UCL. The absolute cherry on top was Eze missing a penalty after the transfer shenanigans before last season started

Can't be fighting for relegation again next season though!

 

[britbox]

By the way @Kieran - how does a Dublin man end up supporting Leeds? I thought you were all Liverpool, United or Celtic?

 

[Kieran]

By the way @Kieran - how does a Dublin man end up supporting Leeds? I thought you were all Liverpool, United or Celtic?

Good question! My older bro followed them because John Giles played for Leeds, Giles is prolly the greatest Irish footballer ever, and that Leeds team were riding high. My mother and her older brother followed Arsenal since the days of Denis Compton, and my younger bro follows them, my dad followed Liverpool. Another bro and sister follow united.

I only started following Leeds in 1977 when they’d become second or third rate when it comes to challenging for anything. I remember the 1977 cup semi final where we lost 2-1 against Man Utd. By then Leeds weren’t even a cup side..

 

[britbox]

Good question! My older bro followed them because John Giles played for Leeds, Giles is prolly the greatest Irish footballer ever, and that Leeds team were riding high. My mother and her older brother followed Arsenal since the days of Denis Compton, and my younger bro follows them, my dad followed Liverpool. Another bro and sister follow united.

I only started following Leeds in 1977 when they’d become second or third rate when it comes to challenging for anything. I remember the 1977 cup semi final where we lost 2-1 against Man Utd. By then Leeds weren’t even a cup side..

Do you put Giles above George Best and Liam Brady?

 

[Kieran]

Do you put Giles above George Best and Liam Brady?

Well George is Northern Ireland but if I include him, I’d say that Gilesy lasted longer as an influence, though George was obviously one of those great talents. Liam Brady and Roy Keane are the other two. I think Keane comes close but I can’t warm to the bastard and he walked out on Ireland during the 2002 World Cup. But he’s definitely close as a player, but Giles was more like a mix of Keane for toughness and influence and Scholes for practical football intelligence.

Others think differently, of course, but those three were real greats, as was Best, obviously..

 

[britbox]

Best was a top player, but overrated when people start putting him in categories with Pele, Messi, Maradona etc. He was nowhere near that level but still a great player. I remember going to Gibsons Sports in Cardiff around 1980 to buy a Liverpool top - they were out of stock so I ended up buying an Arsenal top, purely because I loved Liam Brady... and then he moved to Juventus.

 

[Kieran]

Best was a top player, but overrated when people start putting him in categories with Pele, Messi, Maradona etc. He was nowhere near that level but still a great player. I remember going to Gibsons Sports in Cardiff around 1980 to buy a Liverpool top - they were out of stock so I ended up buying an Arsenal top, purely because I loved Liam Brady... and then he moved to Juventus.

Yeah Brady was great. Very good pundit too

 

[Federberg]

 

[Murat B.]

The tournament is under way. Going to watch Canada today but without Alfonso Davies, they will have a hard time to create against Bosnia. Still, big occasion for Canada, hosting a world cup game. I will definitely stay away from downtown Toronto today.

 

[Federberg]

that South Korea vs Czech game looked as if it was played in a nearly empty stadium

 

[Murat B.]

that South Korea vs Czech game looked as if it was played in a nearly empty stadium

I don't know about you but I cannot afford a ticket to any of the Canadian matches.

 

[Federberg]

I don't know about you but I cannot afford a ticket to any of the Canadian matches.

I didn't even bother travelling over. Lord only knows how much the travel would have cost. I'm happy watching on my tv or out with friends

 

[Federberg]

but that does bring up an interesting question. Are costs as high in Canada as they apparently are in the US? I heard hotel prices and transportation costs have been hiked up exorbitantly in America

 

[Murat B.]

but that does bring up an interesting question. Are costs as high in Canada as they apparently are in the US? I heard hotel prices and transportation costs have been hiked up exorbitantly in America

Everything is jacked up.

 

[Federberg]

It's hilarious how unpopular South Africans are in Africa. And I mean the black South Africans. They're known for rampant xenophobia and attacks against African immigrant populations that are hard working. They claim they take their jobs and sleep with their women. Well.. don't expect them to be fans of your football team!

 

[Federberg]

^And by the way... Moroccans are loathed just as much. So no one should be surprised when they see other Africans in the crowd cheering for the opposing teams