football

[LadyKara]

BTW apparently the reason why this match has such an early kick off time is to suit TV audiences in the far East. Is this the way that all, what could be classified as top billing matches, are going to go in the future?

Yes, that's correct. The people setting kick off times are more worried about people in China and the audience there.
Sat & Sun, both days, La Liga has matches at this time, but only a couple of times per year for Barça and Real Madrid.

[westcorklad]

3-0 to Barcelona at full time. So much for my prediction. It now looks as if Real have no chance of winning La Liga this season so they will have to focus on finishing in the top four in the table plus the Champions League and the Spanish Cup.

[LadyKara]

Real Madrid is like a poor team... they don't play as a team, and the "stars" have to play just because they are the stars. Benzema? Is a joke he is playing every single match when he is not at that level. Isco on the bench? Another joke. Today they just got what they deserved. 14 points away from Barça, let's see if they even qualify to Champions League next year.

[westcorklad]

Carabao cup semi final first legs this week, will bristol city do enough to keep the tie alive for the 2nd leg, and will it be a man city v chelsea final.

Man City should comfortably win tomorrow night, I would be very surprised if the tie is still alive going into the second leg. The other semi could be close. The Gunners will surely want to respond after going out of the FA Cup and could well beat Chelsea on the night. I will go for a one goal win for them.

[Britcit]

Football yay

[westcorklad]

So both semi finals are still wide open. I would still expect Man City to get through to the final but Bristol City will give them a real test in the second leg. The other match could well go to penalties to decide who reaches Wembley.

[westcorklad]

According to reports Ryan Giggs is to be named as the next Wales manager. Apart from his brief spell as Man Utd caretaker manager after Moyes was sacked he has no managerial experience. A huge gamble for the Welsh FA to take.

[westcorklad]

Ireland have been drawn with Wales and Denmark in the new UEFA Nations League competition which takes place in the autumn. A chance for payback against the Danes after the World Cup playoff thrashing.

[westcorklad]

Its a pity that we got two teams that were in our world cup group. More run ins with martin and tony. Do u know how this new league works? Theres 4 euro 2020 places available through play offs, but how would u get to the play offs?

I`m trying to get my head round the format of this new competition but this might make things a little clearer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42719404

[westcorklad]

Arsenal reach the League Cup final after coming from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1. The Gunners have never won this competition since Wenger took over as manager. Could this be the year when they put that right?