The Rolling Football Thread: Season 2025/26 - thread 3

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Previous thread

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/sports/5429011-the-rolling-football-thread-season-202526-thread-2?page=40&reply=150096583

and there we go. Like Lincoln need any gifts. Hate my team.

I was checking your teams score and thought they were going to hold on.

And yet again Vale bottled it.

Nope. We played right into Lincoln's hands and let them come at us and have loads of set pieces which they are excellent at and naturally, scored from a throw in.

That's us out of the top 6 now.

What’s your run in like? Maybe a chance to get back in to top 6?

OMG - CAF have overturned the AFCON result and have awarded the final to Morocco as a 3-0 walkover because of Senegal's walk off!
https://www.cafonline.com/news/caf-appeal-board-media-statement/

I saw that Afcon decision mentioned in the BBC live blog.

Looks like it was only a good night for Arsenal.

We have Plymouth, Reading & Leyton Orient coming up. Reading will be a huge game considering they are 6th now and we do play them at home.

We're away against Plymouth & Orient and have awful away form. Do tend to win or draw at home, haven't lost at home since October.

Still have to play the likes of Cardiff, Bolton & Wycombe too. I'm not feeling very hopeful and predict we'll finish around 10th like last season.

It's insane really, isn't it.

Never been as impressed at the effort and determination someone put into their job as the steward with the clippers 🤣

that is utterly bonkers. After so long!

Longest VAR check ever...? 🫣

What an absolutely crap decision.

I wonder if we are going to do a celebration for Mazraoui at the next home game 😂

While it shouldn’t have taken this long from reading about the rules it seems it is the right decision. Whether the penalty decision was right or not Senegal did walk off and the rules say they forfeit the game. Walking off like that was absolutely not in the spirit of the game

A point is better than a poke in the eye I suppose. Needed the win to get back on track though.

And conceding 2 goals is better than 5. An improved performance last night but no goals to show for it.

I can’t relax today, mentally I’m in Barcelona. I wish we’d just gone even without tickets rather than trying to work with it on my mind 😂

That might have been the right decision at the time, but it's too late now. Ridiculous.

there are still tickets...

https://seatpick.com/newcastle-united-vs-fc-barcelona-tickets

The Afcon is tricky because yes Senegal walking off was wrong but this suits no one

Unfortunately my ability to teleport seems to be off today so it would be rather a waste buying a ticket 🤣

Plus laughably Barca have this down as a ‘high risk’ game so wouldn’t fancy my chances in the home end with my Julio Geordio Spanglish.

We reference Julio Geordio a lot here! 😂

Crazy that it's high risk?
Such a shame as it is def a deterrent to going-especially to bringing children etc

It was a good night for Orient as well. Fingers crossed we can pick up a few more wins in the next few weeks and stay up!!

What a first half that was. Thank god I don’t have heart problems else this club would finish me clean off.

Ah well. We’ll always have that first half.

Fuck me man. This silly little club will never not do me in.