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Football Thread 13/14 |OT15| smoking Top of the League cigars may cause Liver failure
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Aye, pure fucking class. Almost as good at tackling as he is in possession. Tactically very good.
That montage of Moyes blaming United's shit season on bad luck was fucking gold. Bravo BT.
Well, that's a different answer. Toure is a better player than Fernandinho, sure. Mesut Ozil is a better footballer than Kieran Gibbs. But I don't think Toure's been better than Fernandinho this season, and I don't think Ozil's been better than Gibbs this season.
Ability and technique mean nothing when, like Toure, you only have the mentality or fight to bother half the time whereas Fernandinho gives his all in every game.
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Everton have been fairly decent in this match
Slot machines and fruities and roulette tables in the background while Moyes blathers on about us needing luck
it killed me
Broder Salsa
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Toure also played DM for Barca as they didn't have any other better DM's at the time and he's actually a really good DM too. DM is certainly a position you can play in despite your pace wearing off, that doesn't make it a position for worse players though at all, they have to rely on a very different skill set... Which Lampard has proven to be hopeless at time after time, he simply can't do it very well. Technique alone isn't equal how good a footballer a player is, skills is just as much knowing where to position yourself and reading the play.
The_Hitcher89
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lol, Warnock dropping a truth bomb that normally goes unsaid
Jake calls a routine save a 'great save' and Colin says, 'nah, it's a good save, not a great one, you'd expect him to make it'
Jake calls a routine save a 'great save' and Colin says, 'nah, it's a good save, not a great one, you'd expect him to make it'
KidA Seven
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This as well.
Think how incredibly well Busquets reads play, intercepts, passes it to someone that's better going forward. Not that Busquets can't do fancy backheels and shit, but his reading of the game is absolutely impeccable and nine times out of ten he's the most intelligent player on the pitch.
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Marc
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Starting to want Everton to win, if only so they wouldn't talk about Mourinho's home record at every single home game.
Wilbur - Ozil was on another level entirely at the start of the season though, with Gibbs injured a lot so evens out.
Toure is definitely like Hazard in the "if he can be bothered then they both smash teams" way, but think Toure has been bothered more often. And I think that level has been higher than his teammate personally.
Wilbur - Ozil was on another level entirely at the start of the season though, with Gibbs injured a lot so evens out.
Toure is definitely like Hazard in the "if he can be bothered then they both smash teams" way, but think Toure has been bothered more often. And I think that level has been higher than his teammate personally.
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So angry I take most hideous of revenge on greedy ogre.
I tie together shoelace!
That Shinji face :lol
KidA Seven
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Moyes was lucky United tied that cardiff game too. That fat cunt should have been sent off after he kicked someone.
The_Hitcher89
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That explains everything.
Who was it who took that shot that ended up being a line completely parallel with the pitch on the shot graph as it went out for a throw?
Broder Salsa
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Ugh I have yet to see a match where Hazard hasn't bothered. Not to say he hasn't had quite a few games where he hasn't done anything much good or been dominated, but it's never seemed like the kind of lazy attitudes that comes from Toure.... More that the whole team has been playing slowly and badly, which makes his job taking on a whole team on his own as the others just stands around looking.
But really, not sure why I'm discussing this, I wouldn't trade Hazard for any player in the league and I'm perfectly happy with him at Chelsea.
Kagawa is finished
Mata will probably play since he can't play CL.
Probably play Chicha and Rooney up top.
Valencia on the wing.
Marc
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Wait, you mean Lampard who played at DM the last few seasons and won a CL, FA Cup, and Europa league no matter the player involved? Yeah, bullshit, this season he has been poor but he has been very good at DM no matter if it is Mikel, Luis or Ramires playing next to him.
You have to be able to tackle, intercept (read the game) and pass it 5 yards (usually under pressure) which most CM's can do anyway. Anyway, clearly not going anywhere with this debate.
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FlutterPuffs
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Kagawa is finished
Mata will probably play since he can't play CL.
Probably play Chicha and Rooney up top.
Valencia on the wing.
What happened to RVP.
Dead?
God I hope Rooney goes forward and Mata is our CAM then.
Lampard's played in a 3 with Mikel/Ramires for most of AVB's/RDM's time, and was rested an awful lot under Benitez. And before that usually played at the top of a diamond or behind Drogba. He's only played deeper the last season or two really, and hasn't been very good at it at all if you ask me.
In fact, he isn't a DM at all. You might be saying he's a DM because of his position he nominally is on the pitch, but that isn't the way he plays and it isn't the way he's asked to play. Part of the reason Chelsea have been poor in recent years is because they haven't had someone that breaks up play like Matic does, and surprise surprise they look infinitely better when they do.
The_Hitcher89
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This could be a great year for me.
Our goal is to win the lot. We've already made the cup final and we're well placed in the other competitions.
http://www.marca.com/2014/02/22/en/football/real_madrid/1393029935.html
Why's Benzema got two bald stripes on his hairline?
Because he went to an alley barber
LanceVance
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Not sure why everyone is watching the football when the European Yoyo championships are on
pulga
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Think he'll be rested for CL.
Astonishingly bad
although it did remind me of Pilko getting his hair cut in a shack on the motorway, so thank you for that.
Broder Salsa
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The fuck you on about. He's not playing as much of a DM with Luiz or Mikel next to him... With Ramires he often takes the deeper DM role, but with the other it's much more of a traditional CM with lots of attacking. This is his DM stats for last season lol
Tackles Per Game 1.2
Tackles Per Foul 1.5
Interceptions Per Game 0.9
Just look at that for a moment. He's caught so many times not tracking his players when he actually is defending, like when Atletico punished Chelsea hard with that 4-1 match... Go back and look at the highlights of that and look at Lampard just fucking standing still starring half the time. He gets in the way of nothing and rarely wins any balls.
The_Hitcher89
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My hair was a bit limsy. Leroy gave us a right clackering.
Wooden, spot on about Lampard. He's been shite for about three years now, but still scores enough goals so that it masks poor performances.
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The_Hitcher89
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KidA Seven
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Commentators always jizz when Fat frank puts his fat foot behind the ball.
Regardless of what you think of Adnan he is better than Young and better than Valencia, doesnt matter if he is overrated the above is true, he offers more, his application is better and his output is orders of magnitude better.
And yet still we get Young and Valencia
The_Hitcher89
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Chelsea onslaught
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Cahill auditioning for Barca!
Oo Well at least he can get some rest. Hope his confidence wont sap because of it.
Lampard could ironically take a bit more time on that shot.
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