Magnus
Pica Serdica
Nope, Armenians are Oriental Orthodox.
Official Football Thread
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Mark Hughes sacked by Southampton. Fraud.
Cat Milk Supreme
Ancient Mariner
Sacked after a nil nil draw with Utd. Thats a damning indictment of Utds current position in world football.
It was 2:2 and they won just one game this season.
The Flash
Dennis Wilcock did 9/11
They have Orthodoxy in common then.
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
"England will have to beat an an old enemy in the Nations League semi-finals to be in with a chance of a long awaited trophy"
England will face a resurgent Netherlands in their Nations League semi-final next June.
Gareth Southgate’s team will face Ronald Koeman’s Dutch in Guimarães in Thursday 6 June. The other semi-final will be between Portugal and Switzerland and take place the day before, 5 June, in Porto.
Should England win their semi-final, which Uefa have announced will also feature the use of VAR technology, they will go on to play in the final in Porto on Sunday 9 June.
If they lose there will also be a third place play-off match in Guimarães, also on 9 June.
Southgate said England have been pitted against a team who are at a similar stage of development to his own. “We have really enjoyed the tournament, the Nations League has been a great success,” he said.
“The quality of matches for us for our development has been exceptional. We are now looking forward to the semi-finals, four very good teams.
“We play a team in Holland who are at a similar stage to us, developing, lots of exciting young players in both sides and you can see the impact Ronald has had.
“It’s a very exciting game to look forward to and for us a second semi-final. We have a bit longer to prepare for this one, so we are looking forward to the summer.”
Koeman was involved in another famous tussle between the two countries as he scored against England in a World Cup qualifier which went a long way to denying Graham Taylor’s men a place at the 1994 tournament.
The former Everton manager said: “We know it is always a battle between England and Holland. We have a lot of respect for the England team, we have a lot of players playing at various clubs in the Premier League.
“Gareth is giving confidence, possibility, opportunity to young players and that is the same way as we like to do in Holland.”
England will face a resurgent Netherlands in their Nations League semi-final next June.
Gareth Southgate’s team will face Ronald Koeman’s Dutch in Guimarães in Thursday 6 June. The other semi-final will be between Portugal and Switzerland and take place the day before, 5 June, in Porto.
Should England win their semi-final, which Uefa have announced will also feature the use of VAR technology, they will go on to play in the final in Porto on Sunday 9 June.
If they lose there will also be a third place play-off match in Guimarães, also on 9 June.
Southgate said England have been pitted against a team who are at a similar stage of development to his own. “We have really enjoyed the tournament, the Nations League has been a great success,” he said.
“The quality of matches for us for our development has been exceptional. We are now looking forward to the semi-finals, four very good teams.
“We play a team in Holland who are at a similar stage to us, developing, lots of exciting young players in both sides and you can see the impact Ronald has had.
“It’s a very exciting game to look forward to and for us a second semi-final. We have a bit longer to prepare for this one, so we are looking forward to the summer.”
Koeman was involved in another famous tussle between the two countries as he scored against England in a World Cup qualifier which went a long way to denying Graham Taylor’s men a place at the 1994 tournament.
The former Everton manager said: “We know it is always a battle between England and Holland. We have a lot of respect for the England team, we have a lot of players playing at various clubs in the Premier League.
“Gareth is giving confidence, possibility, opportunity to young players and that is the same way as we like to do in Holland.”
phantomoftheicarus
Bleeding Freak
I really hope we do well in the finals. It'll be a very welcome boost in confidence if we do, even if it's only a minor tournament
Man Utd-Arsenal - This game is screaming "Fellaini header in the 92nd minute for 2:1".
Or not. Bye Mourinho.
I was just joking.
phantomoftheicarus
Bleeding Freak
Typical Wolves, get destroyed by small teams then defeat Chelsea 2-1
(No complaints though
)
(No complaints though
)
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
The Oligarch vs the Sheikh ... who will prevail? Just hoping for mayhem. Some red cards would be welcome.
City all the way, do you want Liverpool to win the title?!
phantomoftheicarus
Bleeding Freak
I'd way prefer Liverpool to win
Gross.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
I still hope they'll both collapse and Spurs will clinch it.
That would be preferrable, of course, but doubt it can happen.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
I doubt it too. I will just take any Schadenfreude I can get along the way. Liverpool defeats and City defeats are both enjoyable things to me, either of them winning the title is 
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Well one of them will be champions so you'd better get the bucket ready.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
I have some air sickness bags.