Would Iceland be better with Sturridge or Altidore?

you dont get the backstory with that

also not faux outrage but w/e

SHAME using we for two teams. Gotta at least commit and bash the lolusmnt from time to time.

i think in the past ive used we for israel, england, czech republic, maybe even canada. what can i say, im a multi-national obv

Using we for club teams =/= using we for your country

Even so using we for two club teams, especially those competing against each other, is largely unacceptable

Prophylactically, I hereby prohibit you from ever using "we" when referring to DEUTSCHLAND!!!

Fifa president Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize, says Russian president Vladimir Putin.

World football's governing body is engulfed in a corruption crisis, including an investigation into the award of the 2018 World Cup to Russia.

"People like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition," said Putin.

"If there is anyone who deserves the Nobel Prize, it's those people."

I was going to say expert trolling, but that's actually laying it on too thick.

You got to admire the no shame attitude, though.

so it seems as if asia needs to refine its qualifying when ****ing qatar of all teams puts up a tennis score on someone. i guess bhutan's entire team were busy building stadia and had accidents or something

also china still crying over der markt, could only draw 0-0 with hong kong

Matchday 3 - AFC:

Most matches today were pretty one-sided, with a couple of records broken.

Group A: UAE - Malaysia 10-0*, Saudi Arabia - East Timor 7-0
Group B: Australia - Bangladesh 5-0, Jordan - Kyrgyzstan 0-0
Group C: China - Hong Kong 0-0, Qatar - Bhutan 15-0**
Group D: Iran - Guam 6-0, Oman - Turkmenistan 3-1
Group E: Japan - Cambodia 3-0, Syria - Singapore 1-0
Group F: Iraq - Taiwan 5-1
Group G: South Korea - Laos 8-0, Kuwait - Myanmar 9-0***
Group H: Bahrain - North Korea 0-1, Uzbekistan - Yemen 1-0

Current group leaders: UAE, Australia, Hong Kong, Oman, Syria, Thailand, South Korea, North Korea.

* Biggest ever loss for Malaysia.
** Biggest ever win for Qatar. Bhutan lost 20-0 to Kuwait in 2000.
*** Biggest ever loss for Myanmar.

Tomorrow, the first leg of CONCACAF Round 3 will be played.

so the home teams outscored the away teams 76 to 3 in Asia?

OFC Round 1:

Tonga - Cook Islands 0-3
Samoa - American Samoa 3-2
Cook Islands - Samoa 1-0
Tonga - American Samoa 1-2
Tonga - Samoa 0-3
American Samoa - Cook Islands 2-0

Final standings:

Samoa 6 points, 6-3 goals
American Samoa 6 points, 6-4 goals
Cook Islands 6 points, 4-2 goals
Tonga 0 points, 1-8 goals

Samoa qualified for Round 2, where they will join Tahiti, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea in Group A. First matches to be played in May 2016.

This round all of the 1 and 2 seeds played at home, so there was always going to be some whoopings.

I prefer this format anyway, since it encapsulates both the main parts of Asian Cup qualifying as well as the WC qualifiers, saving us having to play other relatively useless games.

Atiba & Johnson back in the team, Straith in defense rather than the midfield, noice

I BELIZE THAT WE WILL WIN

stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFTcmZPe-2g

i belize that team would win the ballhockey world cup.

Canada wins 3-0, could have been even worse. 77% possession, dominated them more than any opponent i can remember. good news heading into the away leg.

and in other news, Nicaragua currently up 3-0 in Jamaica.

CONCACAF, Round 3 - First Leg:

Antigua and Barbuda - Guatemala 1-0
Canada - Belize 3-0
Curacao - El Salvador 0-1
Grenada - Haiti 1-3
Jamaica - Nicaragua 2-3 (!)
St. Vincent/Grenadines - Aruba 2-0

Jamaica went from 0-3 down to at least a doable situation, need to win by two goals in Nicaragua.

Second legs on the 8th, along with another Matchday in Asia.

Qualification through LÖLCACAF is such a joke.

AFC Round 2 - Matchday 4 (of 10)

Group A: Malaysia - Saudi-Arabia ABANDONED (was 1-2 after 88 minutes, crowd threw flares), Palestine - UAE 0-0
Group B: Bangladesh - Jordan 0-4, Tajikistan - Australia 0-3
Group C: Maldives - China 0-3, Hong Kong - Qatar 2-3
Group D: Guam - Oman 0-0, India - Iran 0-1
Group E: Cambodia - Syria 0-6, Afghanistan - Japan 0-6
Group F: Taiwan - Vietnam 1-2, Thailand - Iraq 2-2
Group G: Laos - Kuwait 0-2, Lebanon - South Korea 0-3
Group H: Philippines - Uzbekistan 1-5, Yemen - Bahrain 0-4

Standings:

Team	Played	GD	Points
UAE	3	+11	7
Saudi Arabia	2	+8	6
Palestine	3	+5	4
Timor-Leste	3	-8	5
Malaysia	3	-16	1

Team	Played	GD	Points
Australia	3	+9	9
Jordan	3	+6	7
Kyrgyzstan	3	+1	4
Tajikistan	3	-5	1
Bangladesh	4	-11	1

Team	Played	GD	Points
Qatar	3	+17	9
China	3	+9	7
Hong Kong	4	+7	7
Maldives	3	-6	0
Bhutan	3	-28	0

Team	Played	GD	Points
Iran	3	+9	7
Oman	3	+3	7
Guam	4	-4	7
Turkmenistan	3	-3	1
India	3	-5	0

Team	Played	GD	Points
Syria	3	+13	9
Japan	3	+9	7
Singapore	3	+3	4
Afghanistan	3	-11	3
Cambodia	4	-14	0

Team	Played	GD	Points
Thailand	3	+3	7
Iraq	2	+4	4
Vietnam	2	0	3
Taiwan	3	-7	0
Indonesia	DSQ	by	FIFA

Team	Played	GD	Points
South Korea	3	+13	9
Kuwait	3	+12	9
Lebanon	3	-2	3
Myanmar	3	-11	1
Laos	4	-12	1

Team	Played	GD	Points
North Korea	3	+6	9
Uzbekistan	3	+3	6
Philippines	3	-1	6
Bahrain	3	+2	3
Yemen	4	-10	0

Next matchday: 8th of October.

Did anyone catch the Canada Belize game? Got the local Belize channel 5 stream with horrible 80s quality. Though the local broadcast crew Madbull and Maestro made it an incredible watch!

sources confirn.

Jamaica still looking for 1 more goal to save their 2018WC campaign, they got about 20min + Fergie time to get it done.

super sub Simon Dawkins gives Jamaica the goal they need in the 89th or 90th minute (need BAIDS to look into this ldo), the Reggae Boyz see the match out and advance to the next round after all.

Guatemala still looking for a goal of their own, lest they be eliminated by mighty Antigua and Barbuda.

edit: ok, Ruiz got one
i'll shut up now

lol at the dude saying afc was comparable to concacaf

AFC Round 2 - Matchday 5 (of 10)

Group A: Timor-Leste - Palestine 1-1, Saudi Arabia - UAE 2-1
Group B: Kyrgyzstan - Tajikistan 2-2, Jordan - Australia 2-0
Group C: Bhutan - Maldives 3-4, Qatar - China 1-0
Group D: Turkmenistan - India 2-1, Oman - Iran 1-1
Group E: Singapore - Afghanistan 1-0, Syria - Japan 0-3
Group F: Vietnam - Iraq 1-1
Group G: Myanmar - Lebanon 0-2, Kuwait - South Korea 0-1
Group H: North Korea - Philippines 0-0, Bahrain - Uzbekistan 0-4

Standings:

Team	Played	GD	Points
Saudi Arabia	4	+12	12
UAE	4	+10	7
Palestine	4	+5	5
Timor-Leste	4	-8	2
Malaysia	4	-19	1

Team	Played	GD	Points
Jordan	4	+8	10
Australia	4	+7	9
Kyrgyzstan	4	+1	5
Tajikistan	4	-5	2
Bangladesh	4	-11	1

Team	Played	GD	Points
Qatar	4	+18	12
China	4	+8	7
Hong Kong	4	+7	7
Maldives	4	-5	3
Bhutan	4	-29	0

Team	Played	GD	Points
Iran	4	+9	8
Oman	4	+3	8
Guam	4	-4	7
Turkmenistan	4	-2	4
India	4	-6	0

Team	Played	GD	Points
Japan	4	+12	10
Syria	4	+10	9
Singapore	4	+4	7
Afghanistan	4	-12	3
Cambodia	4	-14	0

Team	Played	GD	Points
Thailand	3	+3	7
Iraq	3	+4	5
Vietnam	3	0	4
Taiwan	3	-7	0
Indonesia	DSQ	by	FIFA

Team	Played	GD	Points
South Korea	4	+14	12
Kuwait	4	+11	9
Lebanon	4	0	6
Laos	4	-12	1
Myanmar	4	-13	1

Team	Played	GD	Points
North Korea	4	+6	10
Uzbekistan	4	+7	9
Philippines	4	-1	7
Bahrain	4	-2	3
Yemen	4	-10	0