Stop spamming my fred with crickets lily. Well played England.
Liverpool jetted off to Bangkok yesterday to play Man Utd in a friendly. Bangkok is a very long way away and bloody hot. It's no fun for footballers and I saw no kids in Thailand playing football when I visited. Lots selling spit-roast rats on the street but none playing football.
FT Man Utd 4-0 Liverpool
Klopp was last heard muttering about fixture congestion...
Eng-er-land will face Sweden at home in the semi-final of Euro 2022, and having watched the Vikings huff and puff for 92 minutes before slipping one in against the Stellas, Eng-er-land won't be too worried.
In a change from tradition, the game won't be played at Wem-ber-ly, but Brammall Lane in Sheffield which was considered a more central location for the girls to convene, having been banned from Leamington following the unfortunate incident with the Villa Ladies previously.
For the purpose of pre-season friendlies, the squad has been split down the middle, so half went to Derby County earlier while the others are currently visiting Preston North End.
I can't find the relevant team line ups, but I gather Iheanacho, Daka and (Callum) Wright scored in the 1-3 victory against The Rams. Horrible cheating shysters Derby, even Wayne Rooney left them to it after being deducted points last year and thus being relegated. Nearly as bad as fellow East Midlanders and arch rivals Nottm Forest who we'll face this season, following our embarrassing show last term in the FA Cup. 4-0 I think they dumped us by.
In the Preston match, we are currently 0-2 up, Vardy, Maddison and Barnes being the players I've spotted so far. I need to find something dismissive to throw at Preston, other than the fact they're from Lancashire.
So both games saw us concede against teams way below us in the leagues, at least we won both but that defence is still struggling.
It was a friendly though, so pleasing to see when one cheating Lancastrian shyster went into Madders with his boots up in the air, our lad responding with the true spirit of this type of game. That's right, Madders quite rightly went in to the punch the blighter's lights out, only to be drawn away before the ref spotted the ructions.
Never mind that, I found much more amusement in a dull match. If you watch live on Youtube, they put commentary sub-titles up, but they must work by voice recognition and they come out with some right bloopers. I managed to catch a few...
See you don't get this with footballers, they play on regardless of a drop of rain. In fact Leicester usually play better in the rain, must be the Thai influence.
But yer cricketers, when they get a spot of drizzle, rub their balls and pull their stumps up. Tennis players are equally as soft.
I was going to try and follow the girls Euro semi final tonight, England face Sweden. Apparently the Lioness' record against the Volvo Vitesses is diabolical, so let's turn our attention to more troubling news...
Kasper Schmeichel is reported to be leaving Leicester for Nice (French shysters).
Apparently he's still under contract and we could probably make him stay till a replacement is found, but we have two substitute keepers. One is ex-Preston North End and the other is Welsh.