Football (Soccer) Thread

[The Larch]

Btw, I also saw that Wolfsberg from Austria is in Europa League, WTF?

They should play against Wolfsburg. 

[Josephus]

The amount of work that goes into each Football Manager game is quite astounding, so it's no wonder that it becomes so inmersive. And yeah, when you've been playing for a while and you suddenly see "your" players in a real game it's quite the funny feeling.

Yeah it's especially noticeable if you're bored on a Thursday and watching Europa League games, and you come across a player and you're like "I signed that guy!"

[Admiral Yi]

Hooray for Chelsea 

[Liep]

Hooray for Chelsea 

Sure, but I still feel kind of sad that we're back to Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool, City and United.

[Admiral Yi]

Sure, but I still feel kind of sad that we're back to Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool, City and United.

I hear ya.  So lets root for all of them except Chelsea to lose.

[Admiral Yi]

I guess some matches have socially distanced fans in the stands and some don't because of the tieredness of the location?

[Sheilbh]

I guess some matches have socially distanced fans in the stands and some don't because of the tieredness of the location?

Exactly.

[Josephus]

I guess some matches have socially distanced fans in the stands and some don't because of the tieredness of the location?

Exactly.

It's funny though. Was watching the Chelsea Leeds game, and they had limited attendance; but it seemed the fans that were there were all sitting in a crowd together. would have thought they spaced them out better. They also didn't seem to be enforcing mask wearing. I guess it's more about getting people in and out that's the issue, than people sitting in the stadium.

[Liep]

 

[celedhring]

Christ, what did they do to Inter's shirt? 

[Syt]

Christ, what did they do to Inter's shirt? 

Goes well with their sponsor, though.

[Sheilbh]

It's funny though. Was watching the Chelsea Leeds game, and they had limited attendance; but it seemed the fans that were there were all sitting in a crowd together. would have thought they spaced them out better. They also didn't seem to be enforcing mask wearing. I guess it's more about getting people in and out that's the issue, than people sitting in the stadium.

There wouldn't be any neee to mask wear in the UK if you're outside - it's only necessary if you're in an enclosed space. So it sould be mandatory getting in and out (and I imaing quite strictly enforced) but once you're in your seat you wouldn't need to wear a mask. I think the big fear in the development of protocols were enclosed spaces like toilets.

I think they are socially distanced but you could be in a household group (dad and kids) so sitting together, but I think it's just one stand presumably because that's easier to manage/monitor the protocols than spreading people out more? The weird thing is it's a flat cap so you could have 2,000 fans in a 40,000 seater stadium, or in League 1 or 2 or even National League in a tiny stadium which is far more crowded.

So this crowd is tiny and dwarfed by the stadium for West Ham's game:


And the same number at the stadium for National League side Weymouth (they've had to cut capacity because people weren't socially distancing).

[FunkMonk]

A Tottenham managed by Jose Mourinho winning the league the same season Arsenal get relegated means I'm just going to quit watching football forever.

[Liep]

Group A: Portugal, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan
Group B: Spain, Sweden, Greece, Georgia, Kosovo
Group C: Italy, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Lithuania
Group D: France, Ukraine, Finland, Bosnia, Kazakhstan
Group E: Belgium, Wales, Czech Republic, Belarus, Estonia
Group F: Denmark, Austria, Scotland, Israel, Faroe Islands, Moldova
Group G: Netherlands, Turkey, Norway, Montenegro, Latvia, Gibraltar
Group H: Croatia, Slovakia, Russia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta
Group I: England, Poland, Hungary, Albania, Andorra, San Marino
Group J: Germany, Romania, Iceland, North Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein

We might actually end up honoring that 10th seed although I still think it's more likely we end up 2nd after losing points to Faroe Island.

[celedhring]

So, Kosovo got stuck in a group where IIRC only Sweden recognizes its independence. That will be fun 

EDIT: I'm reading that they first got drawn in Group A alongside Serbia (!!) but FIFA decided to move them to B instead. Probably a good decision...