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Football Thread 13/14 |OT15| smoking Top of the League cigars may cause Liver failure
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Broder Salsa
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Team hasn't trained since playing. Literally one game to the next.
Seems a bit odd. Our boys were in Salzburg thursday and got on the first flight back after. Had the day off yesterday and were training this morning (as can be seen above). Chelsea could have had the exact same schedule.
Broder Salsa
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Broder Salsa
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I remember the last time that was said.
The triumph
The glory
The 2-2
This is Moyes' face rub moment
I just finished episode five of The Fall on Netflix. What the fuck? I need closure....
Oh, nice. BBC had quoted Mou saying the team wouldn't train but that's good that they can assess the players.
Oh, nice. BBC had quoted Mou saying the team wouldn't train but that's good that they can assess the players.
Can Crusher
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Liverpool should buy Di Maria.
It's very interesting to see the Madrid media starting to move the spotlight to Bale, I wonder how Ronaldo's ego will react.
It's very interesting to see the Madrid media starting to move the spotlight to Bale, I wonder how Ronaldo's ego will react.
LabouredSubterfuge
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The triumph
The glory
The 2-2
This is Moyes' face rub moment
So that means he's getting sacked soon right?
He hasn't insulted his fans or his players yet. That had a huge bearing on Hodgson's tenurew.
The breaking point will be when he fears 'humiliation' at the hands of the team bottom of the league.
LabouredSubterfuge
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I'm insulted by him. Does that count?
And he may not have insulted his players publicly...
But but Arry is a funny bloke e is.
Broder Salsa
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They can be alright.
Harry Redknapp on transfer deadline day is great
Great :lol
It's sad that it was purely made so sponsor logos won't be covered when players score
In short, fuck everyone involved in this
Any of them stand out? They've been releasing an awful lot of them I noticed.
Shanks D Zoro
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ARSENAL: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Wilshere, Rosicky, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud
Subs: Fabianski, Vermaelen, Flamini, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gnabry, Sanogo
Poldi starting, nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Subs: Fabianski, Vermaelen, Flamini, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gnabry, Sanogo
Poldi starting, nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LabouredSubterfuge
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Bet over half of them are United fans.
Gentle Rodriguez
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Ozil not starting again eh? I wonder if he still needs a rest or if he's still on the bench vs Bayern.
Broder Salsa
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HAMBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURG
Good team. Only change I'd make is put Flamini in for Arteta and possibly Ox for Wilshere if I was feeling daring.
Roy Hodgson's six month stewardship in quotes
So here it is in chronological order. Sit back and watch six months fly by:
4 July: "I like a high-tempo passing game"
5 August: "Look into the mirror rather than look for excuses elsewhere" (On player complaints about squad quality)
13 August: "It was a very simple decision when I heard he might be available" (on Christian Poulsen)
9 September: "Unbelievably overstaffed" (After beating West Brom)
9 September: "He's a good player and he's the right man for the job" (On Konchesky)
10 September: "We'll have ample quality to see us through" (see also 30 October)
20 September: "It is very early for me to make very strong judgments about where his best position is" (On Meireles)
20 September: Sir Alex is entitled to any opinion he wants to have (After Ferguson accused Torres of diving)
22 September: Theyll be a formidable challenge (Before facing Fourth Division Northampton Town)
23 September: "These players have to accept responsibility" (After the defeat to Northampton)
24 September: "The protest does not help"
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25 September: I didn't think it was necessary to say it" (On not responding to Ferguson's Torres "diving" accusations, six days prior)
25 September: We deserved our point (After drawing at home to Sunderland)
1 October: We dont play with wingers (On why Meireles was played on the right of midfield)
3 October: "From Halmstad to Malmo to Orebo to Neuchatel Xamax..." (When asked if his method translate to a club like Liverpool)
3 October: "I don't understand questions about Liverpool and Fulham players being different types"
6 October: I don't think I have suddenly changed or lost any ability
17 October: "Feted as one of England's best managers"
I think it would be a sad day for football and for Liverpool if someone who had been brought in with the pomp and circumstance, and the money it took them to release me from my previous contract, and being feted as one of England's best managers if after eight games people are deciding this guy has got to go. It would be sad for me. These things happen in football. You can't have the years in football I've had without ever being sacked, but it would be a sad day for Liverpool because that isn't Liverpool's style. So I find that type of question insulting to me and even more insulting to the club.
17 October: "As good as we have played all season" (After the woeful loss to Everton)
That was as good as we have played all season, and I have no qualms with the performance whatsoever. I only hope fair-minded people will see it the same way.
17 October: To get a result here would have been Utopia (Also after the defeat to Everton)
To get a result here would have been Utopia. But I can only analyse the performance. There is no point trying to analyse dreams.
17 October: Maybe it is just a bit of dust (On the poor start to the season)
Like everyone else I get really immersed in the subject. I start looking through the eye of the microscope at the miniscule particles of dust, trying to see if there is an atom there. Maybe it is just a bit of dust.
21 October: "We will cross that bridge when we come to it" (On rumours of Torres to Manchester United)
29 October: "It's all to do with how good your scouting and your eye is"
I think you can pay an awful lot of money for poor players and you can pay not very much money for very good ones it is all to do with how good your scouting and your eye is. There are a lot of things here that the club has got to get right. We have got a lot more expensive failures on our list than good players that we have brought in for next to nothing. Free transfers dont necessarily mean that you have got a bargain. My experience of them has been very mixed. You need to be sure that the player you get can do the job you want from him.
30 October: "They can't all be wrong and we aren't that stupid either"
A club like Liverpool shouldn't have to rely on non-specialists like Dirk Kuyt or Ryan Babel doing a job up front when they are primarily wide players. ...The first thing people say when I walk down the street is We need a front player. They can't all be wrong and we aren't that stupid either.
30 October: Weve got those types of players ourselves
We all know January is often a market for clubs trying to move on players they don't want. I don't want to be taking people's leftovers. We've got those types of players ourselves. If we are going to improve we need better.
30 October: "That's what he's good at" (On Dalglish)
He is doing a great job alongside us and we involve him in our scouting while he still works at The Academy and plays an ambassadorial role. That's what he's good at.
31 October: "A famous victory" (1-0 at Bolton)
Today was a famous victory because we hadnt won more than once away in the whole of 2010. When youre down the bottom, and keep being reminded youre down the bottom, anxiety kicks in.
31 October: "He was here in name but not allowed to set foot in Melwood"
When they wanted me for the job, I made it clear to Kenny that he would be with me - not like with Benitez, when he was here in name but not allowed to set foot in Melwood and it was 'we don't want anything to do with you
12 November: "He's not that bad on the ball" (on Poulsen)
13 November: "He's not performed -- very often at least -- to the level I'd expect of him" (on Glenn Johnson's performance)
14 November: "I didn't realise I had been accused of criticising him" (on his own player/s)
20 November: In his naivety and frustration (After previously not commenting on Capello reneging on the agreement to substitute Gerrard)
20 November: There will always be a certain number of people who wanted a different manager
26 November: "We won't need to do too much in the January transfer window" (After beating West Ham)
27 November: Liverpool will get worse and worse is what he said
Everyone I know in football respects the job Im doing here and arent too surprised it hasnt been an easy start. In fact, 95 per cent would have predicted it as [Jose] Mourinho did. Liverpool will get worse and worse is what he said and if the great man Mourinho says it, I dont know why you dont quote him.
2 December: "He isn't a naturally confident character" (As Joe Cole returns from injury)
9 December: "I don't know where the stories came from" (After Brukner said Gerrard could be fit, on 30 November)
10 December: "He has been the first to recognise what a good job it was that we didnt do these things" (On not letting Babel, Lucas et al leave)
11 December: "For a team that wants to be in the top half of the table it's not good enough"
Our away form continues to be very, very poor and it's something we need to do something about. If we'd played the whole of 90 minutes as we played the first 45 minutes maybe I wouldn't be as disappointed as I am. For a team that wants to be in the top half of the table, our away form is not good enough.
14 December: "Unless there is a major influx of cash into the club..." (After losing to Newcastle)
14 December: "We are right up there in terms of results" (having won 7 points from 18 and being 11th in the form table)
The only team with better results than us over the past five or six games is Arsenal or Manchester United. If you take the last five or six games we are right up there in terms of results
14 December: "I can't work harder and I can't work better"
15 December: "A bunch of also-rans" (on his own players)
15 December: "They made me see sense" (regarding his fitness staff)
19 December: "The other players I have inherited"
20 December: I'm frightened as a manager that I might get rid of a player who will be good for the club
20 December: I dont think this group of players will let the club down
20 December: Clubs have virtually been destroyed by people making bad decisions
23 December: He's [Joe Cole] not so much a player I can take responsibility for.
23 December: " When you get a job like this, should you be working for the long-term good of Liverpool or trying to get an extra result or two for Roy Hodgson? "
25 December: "Having been deified people have then started to crucify me"
26 December: Fans are waiting for a man with a magic wand
26 December: "I haven't worked any differently here than I did in the last six months at Fulham"
27 December: "The less results you get, the less leaders you have"
29 December: "0-0 would have been a reasonable result for us" (On losing at home, to bottom of the table Wolves)
29 December: "The famous Anfield support has not really been there" (After being asked if the booing at the end of the Wolves game was understandable)
29 December: I have to hope the fans will become supporters
31 December: I didn't mention the fans
5 January: It'll be the next performance which could change things (After losing again on the road, this time to Blackburn 3-1)
So here it is in chronological order. Sit back and watch six months fly by:
4 July: "I like a high-tempo passing game"
5 August: "Look into the mirror rather than look for excuses elsewhere" (On player complaints about squad quality)
13 August: "It was a very simple decision when I heard he might be available" (on Christian Poulsen)
9 September: "Unbelievably overstaffed" (After beating West Brom)
9 September: "He's a good player and he's the right man for the job" (On Konchesky)
10 September: "We'll have ample quality to see us through" (see also 30 October)
20 September: "It is very early for me to make very strong judgments about where his best position is" (On Meireles)
20 September: Sir Alex is entitled to any opinion he wants to have (After Ferguson accused Torres of diving)
22 September: Theyll be a formidable challenge (Before facing Fourth Division Northampton Town)
23 September: "These players have to accept responsibility" (After the defeat to Northampton)
24 September: "The protest does not help"
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25 September: I didn't think it was necessary to say it" (On not responding to Ferguson's Torres "diving" accusations, six days prior)
25 September: We deserved our point (After drawing at home to Sunderland)
1 October: We dont play with wingers (On why Meireles was played on the right of midfield)
3 October: "From Halmstad to Malmo to Orebo to Neuchatel Xamax..." (When asked if his method translate to a club like Liverpool)
3 October: "I don't understand questions about Liverpool and Fulham players being different types"
6 October: I don't think I have suddenly changed or lost any ability
17 October: "Feted as one of England's best managers"
I think it would be a sad day for football and for Liverpool if someone who had been brought in with the pomp and circumstance, and the money it took them to release me from my previous contract, and being feted as one of England's best managers if after eight games people are deciding this guy has got to go. It would be sad for me. These things happen in football. You can't have the years in football I've had without ever being sacked, but it would be a sad day for Liverpool because that isn't Liverpool's style. So I find that type of question insulting to me and even more insulting to the club.
17 October: "As good as we have played all season" (After the woeful loss to Everton)
That was as good as we have played all season, and I have no qualms with the performance whatsoever. I only hope fair-minded people will see it the same way.
17 October: To get a result here would have been Utopia (Also after the defeat to Everton)
To get a result here would have been Utopia. But I can only analyse the performance. There is no point trying to analyse dreams.
17 October: Maybe it is just a bit of dust (On the poor start to the season)
Like everyone else I get really immersed in the subject. I start looking through the eye of the microscope at the miniscule particles of dust, trying to see if there is an atom there. Maybe it is just a bit of dust.
21 October: "We will cross that bridge when we come to it" (On rumours of Torres to Manchester United)
29 October: "It's all to do with how good your scouting and your eye is"
I think you can pay an awful lot of money for poor players and you can pay not very much money for very good ones it is all to do with how good your scouting and your eye is. There are a lot of things here that the club has got to get right. We have got a lot more expensive failures on our list than good players that we have brought in for next to nothing. Free transfers dont necessarily mean that you have got a bargain. My experience of them has been very mixed. You need to be sure that the player you get can do the job you want from him.
30 October: "They can't all be wrong and we aren't that stupid either"
A club like Liverpool shouldn't have to rely on non-specialists like Dirk Kuyt or Ryan Babel doing a job up front when they are primarily wide players. ...The first thing people say when I walk down the street is We need a front player. They can't all be wrong and we aren't that stupid either.
30 October: Weve got those types of players ourselves
We all know January is often a market for clubs trying to move on players they don't want. I don't want to be taking people's leftovers. We've got those types of players ourselves. If we are going to improve we need better.
30 October: "That's what he's good at" (On Dalglish)
He is doing a great job alongside us and we involve him in our scouting while he still works at The Academy and plays an ambassadorial role. That's what he's good at.
31 October: "A famous victory" (1-0 at Bolton)
Today was a famous victory because we hadnt won more than once away in the whole of 2010. When youre down the bottom, and keep being reminded youre down the bottom, anxiety kicks in.
31 October: "He was here in name but not allowed to set foot in Melwood"
When they wanted me for the job, I made it clear to Kenny that he would be with me - not like with Benitez, when he was here in name but not allowed to set foot in Melwood and it was 'we don't want anything to do with you
12 November: "He's not that bad on the ball" (on Poulsen)
13 November: "He's not performed -- very often at least -- to the level I'd expect of him" (on Glenn Johnson's performance)
14 November: "I didn't realise I had been accused of criticising him" (on his own player/s)
20 November: In his naivety and frustration (After previously not commenting on Capello reneging on the agreement to substitute Gerrard)
20 November: There will always be a certain number of people who wanted a different manager
26 November: "We won't need to do too much in the January transfer window" (After beating West Ham)
27 November: Liverpool will get worse and worse is what he said
Everyone I know in football respects the job Im doing here and arent too surprised it hasnt been an easy start. In fact, 95 per cent would have predicted it as [Jose] Mourinho did. Liverpool will get worse and worse is what he said and if the great man Mourinho says it, I dont know why you dont quote him.
2 December: "He isn't a naturally confident character" (As Joe Cole returns from injury)
9 December: "I don't know where the stories came from" (After Brukner said Gerrard could be fit, on 30 November)
10 December: "He has been the first to recognise what a good job it was that we didnt do these things" (On not letting Babel, Lucas et al leave)
11 December: "For a team that wants to be in the top half of the table it's not good enough"
Our away form continues to be very, very poor and it's something we need to do something about. If we'd played the whole of 90 minutes as we played the first 45 minutes maybe I wouldn't be as disappointed as I am. For a team that wants to be in the top half of the table, our away form is not good enough.
14 December: "Unless there is a major influx of cash into the club..." (After losing to Newcastle)
14 December: "We are right up there in terms of results" (having won 7 points from 18 and being 11th in the form table)
The only team with better results than us over the past five or six games is Arsenal or Manchester United. If you take the last five or six games we are right up there in terms of results
14 December: "I can't work harder and I can't work better"
15 December: "A bunch of also-rans" (on his own players)
15 December: "They made me see sense" (regarding his fitness staff)
19 December: "The other players I have inherited"
20 December: I'm frightened as a manager that I might get rid of a player who will be good for the club
20 December: I dont think this group of players will let the club down
20 December: Clubs have virtually been destroyed by people making bad decisions
23 December: He's [Joe Cole] not so much a player I can take responsibility for.
23 December: " When you get a job like this, should you be working for the long-term good of Liverpool or trying to get an extra result or two for Roy Hodgson? "
25 December: "Having been deified people have then started to crucify me"
26 December: Fans are waiting for a man with a magic wand
26 December: "I haven't worked any differently here than I did in the last six months at Fulham"
27 December: "The less results you get, the less leaders you have"
29 December: "0-0 would have been a reasonable result for us" (On losing at home, to bottom of the table Wolves)
29 December: "The famous Anfield support has not really been there" (After being asked if the booing at the end of the Wolves game was understandable)
29 December: I have to hope the fans will become supporters
31 December: I didn't mention the fans
5 January: It'll be the next performance which could change things (After losing again on the road, this time to Blackburn 3-1)
British Monsoon
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Not entirely confidant today, never am at Goodison. Still, come on you Irons!!
Incidentally, Mark Noble > Cleverly. Roy is blind.
Incidentally, Mark Noble > Cleverly. Roy is blind.
FlutterPuffs
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OK guys, what should I watch.
Arsenal, or Chelsea?
EDIT: No Ozil or Ramsey? Chelsea then.
Arsenal, or Chelsea?
EDIT: No Ozil or Ramsey? Chelsea then.
He's on the bench today so if we're struggling to break them down we can always send him on.
Arse, we provide entertainment, Chelsea provide 35 year old Cameroonian players.
Broder Salsa
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Magath looks like a fucking hipster with those glasses.
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