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Soccer Aid 2023

MrOneLung
MrOneLung Posts: 26,832
in Other Football and Sports
Not a great game so far- Usain Bolt went close. 

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  • AdTheAddicK
    AdTheAddicK Posts: 3,379
    Awful really 
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,877
    On its way out in my view. 4 of the rest of the world players are English, including an ex England international.

    decided to watch Netflix instead
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,808
    The footballing ability of the (so called) Celebs this year is bloody shocking, most of them look like they’ve never kicked a ball
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,624
    the lass in the red dress looks quite tasty
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,482
    Elthamaddick said:
    The footballing ability of the (so called) Celebs this year is bloody shocking, most of them look like they’ve never kicked a ball
    Steve Gallen down there having a look
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,832
    lancashire lad said:
    the lass in the red dress looks quite tasty
    She does, but not sure you are her type….
  • James86
    James86 Posts: 329
    Tommy Fury has to be the worst I’ve ever seen
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,240
    Nice to see UNICEF doing their bit for impoverished children by hosting the game in the northern wilds of Manchester 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    That Scholes goal is peak Scholes.  I can't think of a player, ever, you would rather that fall to.

    Then gets injured 😪😪
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,240
    Couple of players out there that could still get a game, Nani for instance 
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  • Shag
    Shag Posts: 4,555
    Jack wilshere v the rest of the world 

  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,972
    Aluko is actually useless. Worst player out there.
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,017
    Shag said:
    Jack wilshere v the rest of the world 

    think thats the first time he's lasted 90 mins since his early 20s
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    sam3110 said:
    Couple of players out there that could still get a game, Nani for instance 
    Evra was the one.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,943
    James86 said:
    Tommy Fury has to be the worst I’ve ever seen
    And that's just his boxing.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,832
    ValleyGary said:
    Aluko is actually useless. Worst player out there.
    Couldn’t make simple wide open passes or control easy balls 
  • nagAddick
    nagAddick Posts: 269
    Don’t mean this in any bad way but these games really show the gulf between the mens game and the womens game with people like Noah Beck and Tom Grennan looking better than former professional womens players like Scott and Aluko. 
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    nagAddick said:
    Don’t mean this in any bad way but these games really show the gulf between the mens game and the womens game with people like Noah Beck and Tom Grennan looking better than former professional womens players like Scott and Aluko. 
    To be fair, I couldn't believe how much timber Aluko is carryng, 
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    My own personal feelings on this, when I want to watch England v Rest of the World, I don't want to watch half the teams being poxy celebrities, I want to watch the best players who have retied from the game. It winds me up as it is "not really a proper game", it is just a wish washy game. Then we have about poxy 30 minutes of adverts etc in between each half. The only excitement for me was seeing Scholes score ad goal and Robbie Keane (who I would love to have seen him play for Charlton) scored 2 goals, and even then it was against a celebrity goalkeeper. It is pants. 
  • nagAddick
    nagAddick Posts: 269
    They should at least have celebs playing that have some kind of ability as it makes it shit having people like Tommy Fury who can’t even kick a ball properly.
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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,943
    Obviously it's a good cause etc, but just as a TV show/game, The Match was much better than Socceraid.

    The celebrity team actually being chosen on merit etc and having better fitness than the old pros who didn't have the fitness but could ping a quality ball 40 yards etc.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,240
    Thing is a few years ago when it all started the celebs were actually half decent, Olly Murs and Ben Shepherd for instance could actually put in a shift. 

    Now they have women players and half the rest of the world team are also English it's just nonsense, if they're going down that route have 2 captains and let them pick sides out of a tombola or something, or have it celebs vs pros but make sure the 20 or so celebs are actually up for it and can play a bit
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,028
    Watched a bit of it and it's just got a bit stale. Some of the celebs like Noah Beck,Kem and Tom Grennan can obviously play a bit but it feels like the celeb level has dropped. I remember the goal Serge from Kasabian scored a few years back that was brilliant. 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    The celeb keeper has to be decent , Theakston was good McGuiness was utter shit
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    I thought Carney and the American girl on at the start did fine. Is the men's game stronger than the women's, yes it is. It becomes boring having that point made over and over again. What is the motivation? Women's football is like women's tennis and good to watch in its own right.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,972
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I thought Carney and the American girl on at the start did fine. Is the men's game stronger than the women's, yes it is. It becomes boring having that point made over and over again. What is the motivation? Women's football is like women's tennis and good to watch in its own right.
    The blonde right back for WXI was mustard
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,028
    ValleyGary said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I thought Carney and the American girl on at the start did fine. Is the men's game stronger than the women's, yes it is. It becomes boring having that point made over and over again. What is the motivation? Women's football is like women's tennis and good to watch in its own right.
    The blonde right back for WXI was mustard

    Think that was Kaylyn Kyle - Canadian international and MLS pundit. 

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