Author Topic: Football/Soccer 2015-18 (Read 179074 times)

dkdk · « **Reply #60 on:** January 23, 2015, 06:23:24 PM »

fuckin christ

im glad i didn't realize we played today. would've wasted a perfectly good lazy friday at work getting worked up over these clowns.

ah well hope Leicester doesn't do us next Saturday.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #61 on:** January 24, 2015, 02:30:24 AM »

Wouldnt worry too much about it.

@esch: ex players are already donating their shirts for a new place

Have to beat those kakkerlakken today

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #62 on:** January 24, 2015, 12:49:39 PM »

United not looking so bad Now huh

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #63 on:** January 24, 2015, 01:49:34 PM »

Wow you are defending chelsea because they played with their "b team"?

They lost 2-4 at home with 50/100 million squad

United was crap, but they didnt lose, and it was away.

There is only 1 legaue difference between bradford and cambridge if Im correct.

dkdk · « **Reply #64 on:** January 24, 2015, 03:07:06 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on January 24, 2015, 12:49:39 PM

United not looking so bad Now huh

nah it's still really shit that we have to waste time replaying them.

Mr Gilhaney · « **Reply #65 on:** January 24, 2015, 04:50:16 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on January 24, 2015, 12:49:39 PM

United not looking so bad Now huh

They look just as bad as yesterday.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #66 on:** January 25, 2015, 06:32:15 AM »

Mr Gilhaney · « **Reply #67 on:** January 25, 2015, 08:45:23 AM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on January 25, 2015, 06:32:15 AM

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Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #68 on:** January 25, 2015, 09:06:00 AM »

Im happy you guys got to play CL for the first time.

I know it means a lot to a small club.

dkdk · « **Reply #69 on:** January 25, 2015, 01:36:51 PM »

another day, another amazing pogba goal

and some zidane footwork for good measure

and this was cool too even though he didn't score

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #70 on:** January 25, 2015, 02:56:57 PM »

Prob the best thing about todays game, Ajax was so bad, could have been 0-4 at least for Feyenoord.

But we got a point I guess.

Team needs an experienced player so bad.

Mr Gilhaney · « **Reply #71 on:** January 25, 2015, 04:43:58 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on January 25, 2015, 09:06:00 AM

Im happy you guys got to play CL for the first time.

I know it means a lot to a small club.

It really does.

Beating United that year.

Getting through the group stages the next time we were in there, drawing against Barca at home and destroying Panathinaikos.

Only winning one match, against fucking Gala the third time we were in there, but at least we got to also draw against Juve and fuck them over.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #72 on:** January 26, 2015, 12:28:41 AM »

Ill go to Parken if you make it again

Ajax prob wont

dkdk · « **Reply #73 on:** January 26, 2015, 12:43:29 AM »

pretty sure riquelme is the only player ray hudson loves as much as messi

Sausage · « **Reply #74 on:** January 28, 2015, 03:49:32 PM »

Following on my phone but this Atletico Barca game seems fucking nuts.

dkdk · « **Reply #75 on:** January 28, 2015, 07:27:51 PM »

anybody been following ACON or is it a collective

Courage · « **Reply #76 on:** January 30, 2015, 11:01:41 AM »

Watch Fletcher shine at West Ham

Fifstar · « **Reply #77 on:** January 31, 2015, 08:27:16 AM »

Damn, should have watched the game. Dat Volkswagen money is paying off.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #78 on:** January 31, 2015, 11:04:29 AM »

Forgot there is football today and didnt take out Costa :/

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #79 on:** January 31, 2015, 02:54:43 PM »

Id be upset if I didnt become a dad days ago

Fifstar · « **Reply #80 on:** February 01, 2015, 04:19:04 PM »

Bremen won 2 -0 today. Too bad they have to play 5 teams of the top 7 in the Bundesliga in the upcoming 5 games.

Sausage · « **Reply #81 on:** February 01, 2015, 04:26:46 PM »

This coming 5 game stretch is key here for Liverpool. Bolton Everton Tottenham City and Southampton.

Pool will need good results in 3 out of 4 of those League Games if they're gonna have a shot at getting in the top 4.

Timber · « **Reply #82 on:** February 01, 2015, 06:09:37 PM »

Fifstar · « **Reply #83 on:** February 02, 2015, 04:21:22 AM »

Calculated odds by Goalimpact for Bundesliga outcome preseason and now:

Preseason

Now

Augsburg and Dortmund are both crazy outliers.

Himu · « **Reply #84 on:** February 02, 2015, 12:27:42 PM »

ONE MORE MONTH TILL MLS

Fifstar · « **Reply #85 on:** February 02, 2015, 03:35:13 PM »

Yeah that's a bit crazy. At least De Bruyne was a good deal, so it kinda evens out.

dkdk · « **Reply #86 on:** February 04, 2015, 01:08:07 AM »

lazio's anniversary kit is too fly

based off a kit from the 1880s they had.

Himu · « **Reply #87 on:** February 04, 2015, 04:47:48 PM »

Quote from: dkdk on February 04, 2015, 01:08:07 AM

lazio's anniversary kit is too fly

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based off a kit from the 1880s they had.

Holy shit that's nice

Sausage · « **Reply #88 on:** February 04, 2015, 06:42:56 PM »

http://gfycat.com/BountifulAthleticFairyfly
http://gfycat.com/MilkyEntireImperatorangel

What a beautiful man Coutinho is.

dkdk · « **Reply #89 on:** February 04, 2015, 08:08:47 PM »

Quote from: Esch on February 04, 2015, 05:21:15 PM

https://amp.twimg.com/v/02d9d879-b5ae-4741-85ac-5ba57a878830

klopp lookin like a walking smiley

headwalk · « **Reply #90 on:** February 05, 2015, 12:11:07 AM »

that horrible realisation that your amazing form earlier in the season was likely in spite of your manager, rather than because of him.

if he starts nolan again and pushes downing out wide on sunday, we're going to be getting to the vinegar strokes of his time with us.

though some silverware might save his skin, even if we play like a tony pulis wet dream.

headwalk · « **Reply #91 on:** February 05, 2015, 12:24:00 AM »

Quote from: Esch on February 05, 2015, 12:13:39 AM

I noticed some of that. What's the deal with Big Sam and his thing for Nolan and Carroll? Feels like whenever i see them in the mix your midfield play doesn't look nearly as quality as it did earlier on.

he loves to set up in a very conservative way which he can proceed to micromanage throughout the game. he can't do that without nolan on the pitch being his voice and andy, bless him, can't run the channels or make darting runs off the shoulder like valencia or sakho can. he becomes a predictable lynchpin focus of our attack instead of the two chaotic pinballs we had before. his head also provides a tempting option for any defender who can't make his mind up with how to play it out.

andy's crocked for a week or two and nolan produced probably some the worst stats of his entire career at the bindipper's place. we have man u on sunday and could have zero fit first team CBs, so if allardyce sets up with anything other than a team resembling our glory days of last autumn, it'll be knives out. the tensions are pretty clear with the owners not letting sam get darren fletcher on a long term deal as it broke just about every transfer rule we set up after redknapp did us over, and wouldn't pony up for gomis either (thank fuck), who as a big_man_up_top was another sam favourite.

headwalk · « **Reply #92 on:** February 05, 2015, 12:46:35 AM »

Quote from: Esch on February 05, 2015, 12:33:57 AM

Yeah, seems a bit of an odd, super dated target man type focus. And it's frankly a little bizarre considering how well you guys were working before, you had options and some good linkups in the final third.

you guys could use a sort of all arounder in your midfield. something like an oxlade-chamberlain (but with an actual end product )

if only he had the same faith in fast_black_legs

we still have downing doing business when he's allowed on the diamond tip, we've missed kouyate too who can do a pretty good vieira impression on his day. he's more of a destroyer/water carrier than a pace man though. fletcher would've been another steady eddie which is the last thing we needed, think it was a move by allardyce to upgrade nolan as his on pitch proxy.

we really could've done with another pacey, creative option in midfield. ox would be a good shout, can see him in a similar position next year to the one jenks was in this year. a decent young english prospect whose looking at a lot of bench time due to quality of the other options. maybe we could snag a cheeky loan if we sign jenks and/or song on a perm?

dkdk · « **Reply #93 on:** February 05, 2015, 12:51:24 AM »

Quote from: Esch on February 04, 2015, 11:59:57 PM

Quote from: Sausage on February 04, 2015, 06:42:56 PM
http://gfycat.com/BountifulAthleticFairyfly
http://gfycat.com/MilkyEntireImperatorangel

What a beautiful man Coutinho is.

a strange one isn't he

shows a couple flashes of world-classiness a few times here, vanishes into the pitch other times. i don't ever really think he'll be good enough to get plucked away from liverpool, but probably a good solid squadman for years to come.

liverpool doesn't provide the platform he needs to develop into what he can be. imo sterling will suffer in the same way if he doesn't bail out soon. at least coutinho can fuck off to another league. sterling's not going out of england so it's basically a matter of whether city or chelsea decide they want him first. otherwise he's going to be stuck in liverpool mediocrity.

Sausage · « **Reply #94 on:** February 05, 2015, 01:42:50 AM »

Quote from: Esch on February 04, 2015, 11:59:57 PM

Quote from: Sausage on February 04, 2015, 06:42:56 PM
http://gfycat.com/BountifulAthleticFairyfly
http://gfycat.com/MilkyEntireImperatorangel

What a beautiful man Coutinho is.

a strange one isn't he

shows a couple flashes of world-classiness a few times here, vanishes into the pitch other times. i don't ever really think he'll be good enough to get plucked away from liverpool, but probably a good solid squadman for years to come.

He's still only 22, so he has plenty of time to develop consistency. Liverpool has a pretty good group of young players coming up together that are all in that 20-24 range. I really want to see if they can stick together for a few years, because there's a good chance they might actually achive something this time.

dkdk · « **Reply #95 on:** February 05, 2015, 01:49:54 AM »

i'll give brenda credit for figuring out how to make suarez & sturridge work although the defense was free as fuck. he eked the most out of what he had last season. but as far as player development i'm not really seeing it. suarez has been suarez since about 2007 and i was extremely disappointed that liverpool ended up w/ him.

sturridge...it depends on how you look at it. i say that in liverpool he found his level and the right opportunities instead of being shunted out on the periphery at chelsea/city. i wouldn't argue too hard against someone giving all the credit to brenda tho.

coutinho...i never saw him at inter so...

i couldn't tell you shit about what he was like then.

just from what i've seen of them in the EPL i really don't think there's much difference between oscar (one of my favorite players around) and coutinho from a talent standpoint. the difference is the application of mourinho's management to complete his game. i don't see brenda stressing the same importance of tactical awareness and unit functionality in his AMs. even Hazard you can see the changes in his game under mourinho. far more direct, confident but his workrate is much better. granted he is much more talented than sterling, oscar or coutinho. so no i don't think sterling or coutinho can reach their potential at liverpool. at least not under the current manager/system.

chelsea develops a bit more than city but there's certainly a baseline level of eliteness you have to live up to or you'll be next out that revolving door. hazard and oscar came ready for it but they were definitely not the finished article. i'd like to see coutinho and sterling at least get that shot.

Sausage · « **Reply #96 on:** February 05, 2015, 02:43:52 AM »

Lucas has been fantastic as the DM for pool. In fact, you could say that Liverpool's run of good form started after he became the regular there (along with the formation change). Gerrard is already kind of useless here now

Courage · « **Reply #97 on:** February 05, 2015, 11:48:43 AM »

Good riddance. Trying to disrupt rituals/traditions like he owned the place. This is Manchester United, not Everton. So what if Rio was a little overweight, that's a LEGENDARY defender you're talking about there. Know your role and shut your mouth.

Fifstar · « **Reply #98 on:** February 05, 2015, 01:17:56 PM »

Quote from: Esch on February 04, 2015, 05:21:15 PM

https://amp.twimg.com/v/02d9d879-b5ae-4741-85ac-5ba57a878830

Klopp at 0:11 looks so done

Edit: already gifed I see

Werder got a nice victory today, they're kinda trash away and still managed to win away at a top 7 team. Nice step away from the relegation area.

Courage · « **Reply #99 on:** February 05, 2015, 02:14:28 PM »

Quote from: Esch on February 05, 2015, 11:51:23 AM

how dare a manager try to optimize his athletes nutritive intake before a match

how dare he

this is manchester united

no diets

rooney's lardass takes precedence

Let's look at the numbers, shall we?

Wayne Rooney: 5 Premier Leagues, 2 Football League Cups, 3 Community Shields, 1 Champions League. Many other individual accolades.

Moyes: Nothing

Yes, our great captain takes precedence.

Sausage · « **Reply #100 on:** February 05, 2015, 04:03:31 PM »

Damn Ghana fans are being attacked in this Cup of Nations game.

Sausage · « **Reply #101 on:** February 05, 2015, 10:11:32 PM »

Courage · « **Reply #102 on:** February 06, 2015, 09:30:34 AM »

Death, I was joking breh.

We got some piff lined up for this weekend:

England: Tottenham vs. Arsenal, Everton vs. Liverpool
Spain: Atletico Madrid vs. Real Madrid
Italy: Juventus vs. Milan
France: PSG vs. Lyon
Portugal: Sporting vs. Benfica
Even in Greece we have the top 2 teams playing: PAOK vs. Olympiakos

Courage · « **Reply #103 on:** February 06, 2015, 09:48:01 AM »

Quote from: Esch on February 06, 2015, 09:38:40 AM

Yep, even kicking off the weekend kinda tight with Schalke and other Borussia too.

I caught a little bit of Ajax and PSV yesterday btw. Man like Aron Johansson won it it america

Damn, and at Amsterdam Arena. Another American upsetting Europeans

.

I was reading Van Gaal is eyeing Depay for the summer

. I wonder if he's thinking about offloading one of our attackers other than Falcao; maybe Di Maria?

The man should also set his priorities and get a calm yet aggressive defender with a leaderlike role that will instill confidence to McNair and Rojo. Rumors say Howedes, but idk if Schalke is willing to sell one of their best players.

Courage · « **Reply #104 on:** February 06, 2015, 10:18:58 AM »

True, but a defender with those qualities is more suited for 3-5-2 specifically, which idk if he's gonna keep. It definitely fits his "flood the midfield, hold the ball" mentality, like you mentioned.

headwalk · « **Reply #105 on:** February 06, 2015, 11:07:53 AM »

Quote from: Allardyce

On Sunday, it's about us keeping a clean sheet, the longer we do that the more we will frustrate them and the better chance we have of winning.

alex song looks how i feel.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #106 on:** February 06, 2015, 05:29:44 PM »

https://m.

Thought you might like this, Esch .

Courage · « **Reply #107 on:** February 07, 2015, 10:04:01 AM »

Y'all were so fucking dreadful

I'd be mad if I got a draw out of that as a spurs fan. Wenger tried to play a counter game and puts in Walcott on with 10 mins left in the game

Classic Arsenal

Sausage · « **Reply #108 on:** February 07, 2015, 11:39:50 AM »

God I fucking love Atletico Madrid.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #109 on:** February 07, 2015, 12:13:58 PM »

Id say fuck this weekend, but atletico made it bareable.

Arsenal was meh and I knew I should have picked Kane over Giroud, just my gooner heart didnt let me.

dkdk · « **Reply #110 on:** February 07, 2015, 01:53:46 PM »

also that harry kane header was amazing.

Fifstar · « **Reply #111 on:** February 07, 2015, 02:02:39 PM »

Bayern overall were bad though. Second goal was a (brilliant) free kick, but they were uncreative from open play, Guardiola didn't seem happy at all.

Dortmund had a really good game, although Freiburg was weak. Still the 3 - 0 should give em some confidence.

Bremen tomorrow at home against Leverkusen. Not really expecting much, thankfully the victory against Hoffenheim gave us some breathing room.

Fifstar · « **Reply #112 on:** February 07, 2015, 02:05:33 PM »

http://giant.gfycat.com/TidyRealisticCopepod.gif

Alaba's free kick

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #113 on:** February 08, 2015, 03:19:06 AM »

https://m.

I get it now Esch...he IS soccer's Jordan.

Himu · « **Reply #114 on:** February 08, 2015, 03:25:10 AM »

Quote from: Am_I_Anonymous on February 08, 2015, 03:19:06 AM

https://m.

I get it now Esch...he IS soccer's Jordan.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #115 on:** February 08, 2015, 03:28:01 AM »

Quote from: Death Ghidorah on February 08, 2015, 03:24:47 AM

Quote from: Am_I_Anonymous on February 08, 2015, 03:19:06 AM
I get it now Esch...he IS soccer's Jordan.

No he's not

He's better than anyone your gene pool ever spawned.

Kinda stupid for you and Ice to hate from the bottom...it's a bad look.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #116 on:** February 08, 2015, 03:35:55 AM »

I'm not a fan of blanket hate.

And I'm nowhere near a futbol guy but I watched Zidane..he isn't as good to the eye as Ronaldo. Guy is better than I gave him credit for with Esch .

Himu · « **Reply #117 on:** February 08, 2015, 03:38:05 AM »

No hate, just funny

Himu · « **Reply #118 on:** February 08, 2015, 03:53:16 AM »

AIA, Ronaldo currently, next to messi is the most famous soccer player in the world. In these modern times you could say he's the Jordan of the sport, but unlike nba, soccer is global enough where new "jordan's" pop up quite a bit. So in the case of soccer, it doesn't really mean much. Wrath is right though in that Pele and Maradona are widely considered the GOATs. Again, soccer has a lot of "Jordan's" because it's such a global game and there have been so many influential players for specific countries alone.

Fifstar · « **Reply #119 on:** February 08, 2015, 05:17:41 AM »

Well comparing Ronaldo with Jordan makes sense if you mean he is the most marketed player. But he isn't towering over everybody else like Jordan did, because a) Messi is so close in abilities and b) because all the regional players are just as if not more important in their home markets.

From a pure skills point of view, Ronaldo and Messi are just as valid picks as Pele, Zidane, Ronaldo or Maradona. Hell, Maradona and Pele are virtually impossible to compare because modern soccer has advanced so much.

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