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Football Thread 13/14 |OT17| I'm Spartacus
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brokenbeans
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Moyes is coming with a skip load of caah.
This is painful:
Embarrassing really, we really need Van Gaal in the summer. Managerial novices like AVB and Sherwood are not going to whip the players into shape. Tim said he 'couldn't influence the players' so he stayed in the stands. I've never heard that from a manager before.
On Sky Hoddle was criticising how relaxed we were in the tunnel, how casual we looked and he's right, we are always like that. We had the kickoff and yet within a minute we are a goal behind. Our players don't take their work seriously enough and the manager doesn't know how to set up a team or get them fighting from minute one.
Chadli is playing well but not so well that Eriksen should be shunted out wide, that's amateurish team selection and it cost us the first goal. Johnson would never have got past Chadli the way he glided past Eriksen.
Finally caught up to the weekend's results. Glorious indeed. Still City's title to lose. We were in a similar position in 09 when United had 2-3 games in hand.
http://press.lfc.vn/henderson-sterling-post-spurs-inteviews-s14-w32/
Reheem interview at the bottom of the page
The_Hitcher89
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Fuck you all
MOTD's punditry was paticularly bad yesterday I thought. They barely said anything, and what they did say wasn't worth listening to. Lawro should have been sacked on the spot for his Dejagah joke though.
'Pepper Jack love Fraggle Rock'
:lol
MOTD's punditry was paticularly bad yesterday I thought. They barely said anything, and what they did say wasn't worth listening to. Lawro should have been sacked on the spot for his Dejagah joke though.
'Pepper Jack love Fraggle Rock'
:lol
LabouredSubterfuge
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That reminds me I should stop by memecenter.com to pick up some new memes.
Wouldn't surprise me
Its going to be glorious. This is the 3rd BPL team we'll beat in England this season.
Tottenham have conceded 44 goals this season, 27 against the top 4.
To me that shows that our defensive players are not terrible, teams from Everton down generally find it hard to score against us (when Naughton isn't playing). We just don't have the right set-up for the big games, too naive and expecting too much from players new to the PL.
To me that shows that our defensive players are not terrible, teams from Everton down generally find it hard to score against us (when Naughton isn't playing). We just don't have the right set-up for the big games, too naive and expecting too much from players new to the PL.
Omg.
The_Hitcher89
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------------------------------De Gea-------------------------------
Smalling-----------Jones------Ferdinand---------Buttner
--------------------------Fellaini-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------Cleverley-----------------------
Valencia--------------------------------------------------Young
-------------------------Rooney------------------------------------
-------------------------------------Welbeck----------------------
Don't be a prick, David.
Smalling-----------Jones------Ferdinand---------Buttner
--------------------------Fellaini-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------Cleverley-----------------------
Valencia--------------------------------------------------Young
-------------------------Rooney------------------------------------
-------------------------------------Welbeck----------------------
Don't be a prick, David.
The_Hitcher89
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The commentator yesterday said 'Sterling is competing with Townsend for a place on the plane to Brazil'
Surely Sterling's place is booked by now?
Those kits would be great if the collar was buttoned
Surely Sterling's place is booked by now?
Those kits would be great if the collar was buttoned
Surely Townsend shouldn't be coming within a mile of the squad regardless? He can go form a shit England wingers club along with Young, Downing and Lennon
They finally look like football shirts and not some random Hockey or Cricket kits. This might be the gamechanger!
Yeah, Sterling's certainly going. Will most likely be in the first team too. Townsends looked good in a few games, but Sterling is fairly consistent. If he can keep developing, he'll be scarily good in a few years.
Umbro wear so much nicer though. The fabric is miles better, it doesn't pull, it's robust and it fits better.
I got this seasons City shirt from Sports Direct at £50. Wore it twice, pulled all over. Now the Etihad lettering is peeling off the front. It was washed and dried in accordance to the care label.
All my Umbro shirts (I think I have 3) are still like new. I wear last seasons to 5 a side every week, not a mark on it.
KidA Seven
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Anyone else feel like Bayern fans are trolling us?
Broder Salsa
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Shame you will lose to the fourth in the finale.
At the beginning of the season some people predicted you'd get higher than Arsenal because of the quality of players you brought in. Now that hasn't happened but you still have an excellent squad who can make a great team with the right manager who can win back the dressing room (since Sherwood has lost it so badly).
I was tempted to ask this before the Liverpool game but didn't want to jinx anything, do you regret sacking Redknapp and replacing him with AVB?
If they aren't watching the premier league that often, they might not have realised quite how far Utd have fallen.
I have a pretty good feeling. We are not going to play with Contento, Starke, van Buyten, Pizarro in defensive midfield (lol), Shaqiri or hopefully Dante. In CL Bayern is always motivated and this is the biggest game of the year so far and they want to defend the title.
I was just talking about the design. Nike kits are great to wear, especially the Authentic ones. Still, there is nothing better in quality than adidas techfits.
UEFA Super Cup 2014? Well, I could live with that.
I don't regret sacking Redknapp but I suppose replacing him with AVB has turned out to be a mistake. We haven't had a manager with real pedigree for some time, Redknapp, Ramos, AVB, Sherwood, not exactly managers of great repute. Where are they now? QPR, Dnipro, Zenit, that is their level.
LVG might be a stern taskmaster but he at least has some credibility unlike Ramos and AVB. The trouble is that if we did appoint him, he wouldn't be in place until after the WC so half the pre-season is gone. I still don't think this squad needs major surgery, it needs 2 or 3 good signings but there is a good core of quality players. Last season we all laughed at Joe Allen and co but look where they are now.
I had that feeling last year against Juve, but they were a very competent side. Bayern and Pep wont underestimate them. Its still on of the biggest names in football and I'm pretty optimistic that we succeed.
The_Hitcher89
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Holy crap at the salty last-gen owners (especially Nintendo fans) in that Arkham Knight thread.
Their arguments essentially boil down to 'Rocksteady should have spent millions of dollars developing and releasing a badly compromised version of Arkham Knight on the old consoles, GTAV shows that these consoles can do open world driving.'
Fuck that, and fuck cross-gen. No compromise. Embrace the future.
Their arguments essentially boil down to 'Rocksteady should have spent millions of dollars developing and releasing a badly compromised version of Arkham Knight on the old consoles, GTAV shows that these consoles can do open world driving.'
Fuck that, and fuck cross-gen. No compromise. Embrace the future.
Well, Nintendo fans are always the most stubborn and imune to any rational arguments when it comes to games. I like that last gen and especially WiiU are dying a quick death, because they are holding back current gen development.
Nike bought Umbro, took all their contracts, and then sold Umbro again.
The_Hitcher89
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Yeah. Would have liked to stay with an English brand tbh. National teams should be as nationalistic as possible imo
edit: Ah.
Lol, what a story. It's almost like they just wanted England to wear their kits and then sold them again
The_Hitcher89
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Sunday's gonna be so fucking huge. Everton vs Arsenal, could very well be the match which decides which of them comes fourth. Then we go away to West Ham who can frustrate anyone when they defend properly, and have a group of attackers who could quite easily overpower us.
People keep going on about Spurs' body language in the tunnel, but we looked like we were going out for a preseason friendly ourselves
People keep going on about Spurs' body language in the tunnel, but we looked like we were going out for a preseason friendly ourselves
I think the 4-0 yesterday was much more impressive than the 5-0 earlier in the season. The 5-0 was pure pace, energy and pressing. Yesterday, was calm(er), collected and in control.
Crowd was brilliant too, just the right amount of support, without putting on too much pressure.
Crowd was brilliant too, just the right amount of support, without putting on too much pressure.
FlutterPuffs
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You should take the Liverpool route, don't buy any first team players
Your squad is more than capable of challenging for top four, I'm not really sure additions are required. You just need a clear out of the dressing room, too many personalities and not enough starting places.
I was listening to the radio commentary of the match yesterday and they made an excellent point, you really don't seem to have a set starting eleven anymore. So many players chopping and changing, part of the reason we've done so well is having almost the same team every week.
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