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Football 2014/2015 |OT13| Lightning returns, check your PMs, there is no kick
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FootballFan pls.
FootballFan
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Jesus Christian
I'm the top poster in this thread. First time ever probably.
I need Yurt to push me down to 2nd.
Jurt pls.
Hitcher ask some questions.
I'm the top poster in this thread. First time ever probably.
I need Yurt to push me down to 2nd.
Jurt pls.
Hitcher ask some questions.
Australian trains aren't fit to be called trains, to be honest.
We do public transport like Blackpool does football.
The_Hitcher89
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No, and no.
1) Ings is decent at worst
2) Adam is dogshit
3) We signed Adam based on him having 2 attributes, good free kicks and long passing. Both of them turned to shit when he joined
4) Even if Ings flops, he isn't a dirty cunt like Adam is
I'd like better than Ings (if we finish 7th that probably ain't happening) but at least he shouldn't be a fucking embarassment like it was when that gap-toothed chubby twat was waddling about for us every other week
Carroll, Downing, Adam. Fucking hell. There's going back to basics, then there's going back to the fucking 60s.
It's the same in The Netherlands. And we all shit on our railways for it pretending like we're the only country in Europe where that happens
Obviously shit needs to change though.
Haha true
Is fucking pathetic though.
Vivalaraza
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Like most things, it's because of our century old infrastructure. We've invested very little into upgrades and modernising - and it's actually massively expensive to upgrade, more so than building from scratch in many cases.
The particular issue with rail tracks is that the snow jams up the points and sometimes freezes over which means the tracks don't move as they should, or that there's risk that they won't. Don't know enough about it but I assume our tracks don't have the heating or self cleaning tech that modern day tracks would. Some train companies actually run trains through the night when there is risk of snow to try and keep the tracks clear and live.
It's an opportunity cost thing too - why shell out to upgrade for 1/2 days a year?
I don't know much about infrastructure, but that makes sense knowing how little we invest into it. I wish we'd just can HS2 and use that money to fix things that already exist, because by god there's a lot of stuff that's in dire need of it.
Milchmonster
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Mohamed Zidan is still hanging around in Dortmund and is training with our team. The guy hasn't had a club since summer 2013 :lol #EchteLiebe
I thought he was in prison lol. I read something years ago.
In 2013 he was convicted in absentia of fraud, but the sentence was overturned 2 months later after he and the complainant reached a settlement.
I've been off for two weeks, mate.
First day back tomorrow. Commence operation spunkathon
That sounds like great fun to witness.
I think he's just happy that he can keep in shape somewhere. What's the alternative? One of those training camps organized by unemployed football players? Pretty nice of Dortmund actually.
It irrittated me no end against West Ham the other week when the commentators said "Stewart Downing will have a point to prove here". He had 2 years and only managed to proves that he's fucking useless. An attacking winger getting no goals or assists in an entire season is a fucking embarrassment.
StealthGoblin
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You have to wonder whether the system or the current players at the time prevented his development. This season alone proves he is a very effective attacking midfielder. He didn't just sprout into that at West Ham, he'd shown that at his previous clubs.
The problem at that time was Liverpool, not Downing. Clearly something wasn't working for him there - that isn't something that is exclusive to Downing, a lot of players suffered hard times during those seasons.
The same could be said of Sturridge wherever he was. He is currently in a system that favours him with players who favour the way he plays which is why he is an excellent player.
I don't think Liverpool's system favours Lallana either. When you have people like Henderson, Gerrard and Coutinho at the club who will traditionally do all of the things he was noticed for (free kicks, corners, long balls, driving the ball forward) he is obviously going to get lost in the pack.
It is why Torres was less than excellent at Chelsea - that system did not suit him at all.
cartoon_soldier
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What else do you do on days off
KidA Seven
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wat
its the sun, toilet paper
bone_and_sinew
breaking down barriers in gratuitous nudity
Just a bunch of m8s hanging around
Please tell me Ander and Daley are involved #sexiestmidfieldintheworld
What's so hard about hitting long balls to Andy Carroll? He seems to manage it ok now. I'm not so sure about the current system not suiting Lallana. He normally plays ok, I just think he's a bit outclassed by Coutinho and Sterling and does a similar thing.
Torres was shit well before he left for Chelsea. And Sturridge was excellent everywhere else, as well as far as I can remember. Just wasn't given the gametime by Chelsea.
Mate, they said that about Mame Biram Diouf against us :lol
Facism
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sounds like a Kazim Richards production.
Pls win against Go Ahead, you need to get that 2nd place or all of Dutch football will be doomed for years to come.
KidA Seven
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Who wants to bet it's Adnan and Fellaini? I don't trust those two. Probably Ander as well.
PowderedToast
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lallana looks like a player who plays himself into form. but with increased competition and injury he has only impressed in flashes. when he's firing he is fantastic, and scored one of my fav goals this season
This just got in. I want to support De Boer but with these kind of line-ups he's making it hard to do so. He's got no fucking balls. And in the process he kills our most creative players by having them play to a set of rules.
FlutterPuffs
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This just got in. I want to support De Boer but with these kind of line-ups he's making it hard to do so. He's got no fucking balls. And in the process he kills our most creative players by having them play to a set of rules.
Schone as false 9 again? rip in pieces.
With what we have now I would go with
Cillessen
Van Rhijn - Van der Hoorn - Viergever - Riedewald
Klaassen - Schöne - Sinkgraven
El Ghazi - Milik - Kishna
It seems so obvious. De Boer just doesn't care anymore. He wants to leave.
I've never seen a Liverpool player who lacked more bottle than Stewart Downing. Under Kenny, the ball would be passed to him and rather than run down the wing, take in his man or attempt anything, like lump the ball towards Carroll, he'd turn round and pass the ball to Enrique and hide. He showed some signs of competency under Brendan on the right, but he was still so ineffectual on the left we once lined up with Downing at left back and Enrique at left wing. I think he had about 2 goals and 2 assists under Brendan.
Nah, that hasn't got shit to do with it.
Frank has always been scared to take risks. He wants to play safe and wants players to just pass the ball around and don't risks. If you put three young players up front it can go two ways of course. But at least you know there's a decent chance of things going our way. With Schöne up front you just miss a guy who can finish chances. What's the point of playing two wingers if you don't have anyone in the box anyways.
CecilRousso
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I wonder if this really is where Pulis imagined he would end up when left us (Palace) last summer.
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