Today’s Football - 2024/25 Season

[Toffeeslam]

That woltemade player looks better than Barry

Did I spell the names right ?

 

[TyphooToffee]

Yeah I have often for work

Frankfurt and Düsseldorf

Nice and clean but a bit boring

We really don’t hate the Germans so don’t take it personally

I had a great boozy weekend in Düsseldorf in the mid-80s. Work-related but the bars in old town were great.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Belgian and Dutch beer I found were better but it wasn’t bad

I’m not much of a drinker ever since I got smashed and woke up married

Not an aficionado of Dutch beer, and the stuff the Belgians brew tends to be to strong to be considered a classic lager type drink (maniac somehow friars knocking up stuff that frightens super strength regulars are to be observed from a distance). weisbeer, lagers in the 5-7% range, huge great glasses and loads of sausages to take the edge off. Them beer kellars must reek of rotten guts. Heaven.

 

[Drico]

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there is one fly in the ointment though, they are a bit keen on the music of david hasselhoff. unforgivable.

Football.

Sorry, I am a pragmatist and if there is one thing I have always loved about Germany - my other half excepted - it's German football. At its best, unmatchable because nobody does mentality better and they always had enough technical quality to add to that to put paid to the rest.

Had, however, is now the operative word.

The Germans seem to have collectively forgotten how to defend. Until that little problem is resolved, they can produce as many Gerd Müllers, Karl-Heinz Rummenigges, Lothar Matthäuses, Paul Breitners, Franz Beckenbauers, Üwe Seelers, and Philipp Lahms as they like. They ain't winning nothin' until they get a few more Jürgen Kohlers, Karl-Heinz Försters, and Berti Vögtses in and about the tipp-tappy multiculturalism that has simultaneously enriched and diluted what was previously a, generally, superb concoction.

 

[Toffeeslam]

Not an aficionado of Dutch beer, and the stuff the Belgians brew tends to be to strong to be considered a classic lager type drink (maniac somehow friars knocking up stuff that frightens super strength regulars are to be observed from a distance). weisbeer, lagers in the 5-7% range, huge great glasses and loads of sausages to take the edge off. Them beer kellars must reek of rotten guts. Heaven.

Belgian beer is strong so if you want to get wasted that works

Dutch beers were smoother and I found more palatable, German beers were okay too

Horses for courses though

 

[Rita_Poon]

Football.

Sorry, I am a pragmatist and if there is one thing I have always loved about Germany - my other half excepted - it's German football. At its best, unmatchable because nobody does mentality better and they always had enough technical quality to add to that to put paid to the rest.

Had, however, is now the operative word.

The Germans seem to have collectively forgotten how to defend. Until that little problem is resolved, they can produce as many Gerd Müllers, Karl-Heinz Rummenigges, Lothar Matthäuses, Paul Breitners, Franz Beckenbauers, Üwe Seelers, and Philipp Lahms as they like. They ain't winning nothin' until they get a few more Jürgen Kohlers, Karl-Heinz Försters, and Berti Vögtses in and about the tipp-tappy multiculturalism that has simultaneously enriched and diluted what was previously a, generally, superb concoction.

stoic robotic performance has been overlooked, it's about embracing passion like their pals from Italy. I wanna see passion and commitment and imagination. Passing teams to death isn't scoring goals. We were spoiled with the football italia stuff on channel 4. Good times.

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

That woltemade player looks better than Barry

Did I spell the names right ?

Yup. And yup, I also prefer Woltemade to Barry based on tonight’s evidence.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Belgian beer is strong so if you want to get wasted that works

Dutch beers were smoother and I found more palatable, German beers were okay too

Horses for courses though

wasted? when it takes a week to rehydrate and the friction burns to calm down, then maybe. Who needs modern radar, sleep off a load of strong Belgian maniac ale and then wake up hungover beyond human capacity. When you can hear the molecules in the grime under your fingernails because you are that hammered and need silence, it's time for some altered lifestyle choices.

 

[Toffeeslam]

wasted? when it takes a week to rehydrate and the friction burns to calm down, then maybe. Who needs modern radar, sleep off a load of strong Belgian maniac ale and then wake up hungover beyond human capacity. When you can hear the molecules in the grime under your fingernails because you are that hammered and need silence, it's time for some altered lifestyle choices.

Builds character

How else can I support Everton ?

 

[tommye]

Builds character

How else can I support Everton ?

Smoke as much weed as you can manage.

Helps lots.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Builds character

How else can I support Everton ?

Builds something, if it's character I don't want it. Absolutely banjaxed staggering home, unable to eat. They say the dark ales are all toffee and caramel coffee notes, whereas the lighter stuff has citrus and a weedy herb aftertaste. Three in and it's the Disney hour.

 

[Toffeeslam]

Smoke as much weed as you can manage.

Helps lots.

Well at least I could light up the joint with a burp

 

[Toffeeslam]

Builds something, if it's character I don't want it. Absolutely banjaxed staggering home, unable to eat. They say the dark ales are all toffee and caramel coffee notes, whereas the lighter stuff has citrus and a weedy herb aftertaste. Three in and it's the Disney hour.

Sounds like a quite night out that

Yeah I’m my youth I could cope I wouldn’t go mad now

 

[tommye]

...and a weedy herb aftertaste...

 

[TyphooToffee]

beer
food
beer
public consideration
beer
landscapes
beer
historical scientists
beer
work ethic
beer
engineering
beer
architecture
beer
painters
beer

there is one fly in the ointment though, they are a bit keen on the music of david hasselhoff. unforgivable.

I saw him in a bar once. When the barman called him Mr Hasselhoff he said to just call him Hoff. Certainly sir, says the barman, no hassle.