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Football Thread 13/14 |OT10| Silence of the Lambda
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No frozen pitches.
Won't win anything with anyone. Doesn't matter who the manager is
Mt Heart Attack
Member
It's ridiculous that the World Cup and Euro runners-up, both coming from a successful qualifying campaign, are not seeded. FIFA need to change their criteria. Stop counting frendlies towards the ranking could be a start.
Is that your opinion too? I have no idea where Belgiums confidence is coming from all of a sudden. You guys are not in for a cakewalk. Oh man, it will be glorious if Korea kicks Belgium in the nuts and goes trough with Russia.
Quite okay with our group. Spain is gonna be tough, sucks that we play them first. Australia should be doable, though I fear their defensive play. And Chile are a pretty good country too from what I understand. Definitely not an easy group but we should be able to make it. Sucks that Brazil will be our opponent if we finish second and Brazil wins their group. Which is a likely scenario.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Getting knocked out in group stages fucking sucks though. Such an underwhelming way to get eliminated
This has got to be one of the finest pics I have ever seen in my life.
Nah.
It's always nice to reach the knockout stages. If Chelsea can win the CL, dreaming out getting lucky in the knockout stages isn't out the realms of human understanding.
But with this group it's pretty disheartening.
LanceVance
Member
Everyone knows England aren't good enough to win anything. But I'm still going to support them and want them to do well because they're my country. Italy and Uruguay have much better squads, and in all likelihood will probably destroy England, so to not even see them make the knockout stages is disappointing
The_Hitcher89
Member
Yeah. Win the last 16 game as favourites. Get lucky in the quarter, boom, you're in the semi. Get lucky again, boom you're in the final.
Hummels' last good game, some people say
Reported.
The_Hitcher89
Member
I'd be happy as fuck after the initial hour of devestation. It would be a massive achievement considering the huge limitations of the squad and manager.
Has Mummy given up on getting into football? Shame, since this season is shaping up to be a classic, and its finished off with the best short-form tournament in the world
haha what?
Milchmonster
Member
That doesn't even make sense because he's been just as good against Denmark and Greece.
I'm still alive and well. It's doable. I even go to Spain on holiday next year. The day after the finale in Brazil I'll be in Valencia next year. So hopefully we smashed Spain twice by that time. Let me dream.
CrashBandicoot
Member
He doesn't play full back for us, and I think he wants to play defensive mid, but he's right mid just now. Doesn't seem the most defensively solid player, but if Honduras have any sense they'll double mark Ribery.
The_Hitcher89
Member
pls smash them and prevent them from even progressing. I genuinely think it would be best for the tournament if they failed to get to the knockout. Their version of tiki-taka ruins every knockout game they play (aside from the final last year)
BlindCommunication
Member
"All of sudden"? It's been years that people have been raving about our golden generation and over the past year, every single smart/hip football pundit has picked Belgium as their darkhorse team to win the World Cup in Brazil. Says a lot about the quality of your squad when you can leave Januzaj at home, United bros can attest to that. I'd be more worried about Netherlands group honestly, gonna be a dogfight with Australia to avoid that last place.
I actually think we'll finish third, tied on points with Algeria.
Try getting relegated from the prem and then nearly slipping out of the football league and going bust completely.
He doesn't play full back for us, and I think he wants to play defensive mid, but he's right mid just now. Doesn't seem the most defensively solid player, but if Honduras have any sense they'll double mark Ribery.
He is actually very decent as RB, but he's very stupid and aggressive so he ruins it at some point.
We don't.
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
As long as you don't think you actually have a chance of winning it's fine.
Correct. Not mad at all. In fact it lowers expectations. It would be terrible to come in second place though, most likely face Argentina or Brazil. Gotta win it or blow out in spectacular fashion.
its all relative m8
The_Hitcher89
Member
You know what, fuck it with France.
Either they get smashed in the knockout stage, or they get embarassed in the group stage. Either way I'll be sitting there wanking myself silly as Mexes and Evra bathe in eachother's tears, whether it happens after 3 games or after 4/5 games makes no matter
Either they get smashed in the knockout stage, or they get embarassed in the group stage. Either way I'll be sitting there wanking myself silly as Mexes and Evra bathe in eachother's tears, whether it happens after 3 games or after 4/5 games makes no matter
Sviatoslav
Member
The pitch doesn't matter when you Catenaccio all your opponents into submission.
Baki
Member
Genuinely don't understand! How can we qualify properly and get such a disastrous group but France gets it so easy after having to go through play offs.
(((The_Hitcher89
Member
Its a terrible draw for us, but if there's one thing it guarantees, its that peope are gonna be hyped as fuck when those games come around. None of that arrogant shite, no unearned sense of superiority (until Costa Rica at least)
Sainsburys can fuck off if they think I'm missing either of these first 2 games.
@Baki, I forgot they had Spain lol
Should have still finished comfortably as one of the better runners up though and qualified that way
Sainsburys can fuck off if they think I'm missing either of these first 2 games.
@Baki, I forgot they had Spain lol
Should have still finished comfortably as one of the better runners up though and qualified that way
True true. Although nearly going bust is a tad different than losing a final?
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Hope France implode like they did in 2010. Nasri/Sagna/Evra fight.
Coldnoodle
Member
You English folk really hate the French eh?
Genuinely don't understand! How can we qualify properly and get such a disastrous group but France gets it so easy after having to go through play offs.
How do you think the US feels? We literally gifted a WC to Mexico and their group is ten times easier than ours.
The_Hitcher89
Member
I like the French, and its a truly beautiful country. Their entire football system can fuck off though
of course.
How do you think the US feels? We literally gifted a WC to Mexico and their group is ten times easier than ours.
well deserved for saving México's ass. Panamá should be there
they have Evra, who could like them?
Gareth Bale
Member
Why would you cunts want an easy group? We're not going to win it, so we might as well play some decent nations
Nope, love the French. Really not keen on the way they have dodgily made their way to the last two world cups when their countryman is head of UEFA.....
il Diavolo
Banned
Not too bothered with our group. Probably for the best we avoided an easy one after the disaster that was WC 2010. Dat Balo - Rossi partnership will see us through
The_Hitcher89
Member
Milchmonster
Member
I gave no fucks and simulated this bitch.
Shit tournament confirmed.
Shit tournament confirmed.
I'm okay with our group. I think we will be okay, getting Spain sucks, one of the teams I wanted to avoid but we could get lucky in the game you never know. Australia will play defensive but our attack is great so we should break them down in the end and I'm confident we have enough firepower to get past Chile.
That sucks we are drawn like that with Brazil. Really unlucky that...
Veysey knows fuck all. He makes educated guesses, that's it.
He may have a contact but it's not a direct club source and is pretty far down the info line.
Ornstein has direct Arsenal sources. Top sources at the club top.
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