Pow.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Football Thread 2011/12 |OT7| Avaya ever heard anything like it?
- Thread starter elseanio
- Start date
- Status
Pow.
Didn't realize Tottenham was that far behind already.
Hey the league is not over! We have 11 more games to draw!
This time, yes.
Yeah it surprised me how quickly they've fallen off, hopefully they can hold Chelsea off at least. Wouldn't be surprised to see Arsenal come first but I want Roman to sob into his zlotys
The Friendly Monster
Member
They just lost three on the trot.
Go_Ly_Dow
Member
Swansea score 1-0
Haha, so damn pathetic.
My reason for this is that there's 10 mins of game time left and he's just completely given up.
pslayer666
Member
beaten
what the hell? :|
It's just one game. Nothing is over yet. I don't understand people that act like that.
Great result for us though, bring it on, top of the league baby, yeah!!!
Since the England thing's come up, they've just fallen off a cliff. Although not before beating us 5-0, first.
Bastards.
Exactly I hope his mates name and shame him, so he can be slapped around the Asda carpark, up to the Velodrome and kicked around the track.
Shithouse.
The Friendly Monster
Member
Yeah really ridiculous this. I mean fair enough when your team drops out of the football league. But dropping to 1 point behind in the title race?
Tottenham's season is a pretty sad story. Their recent performances against United and City deserved so much than they got, and they've had more than one game where some horrific calls kept them at a draw or forced them to lose. It's a damn shame because you can tell that without the wind in their sails, they aren't half as threatening as a team.
TheLucifer
Member
That's the spirit!
Didn't watch the game - What happened with this one?
What makes it great is that none of this concerns Liverpool fans. They're a speck on the horizon.
Vivalaraza
Member
Well I kinda thought City could draw at Swansea as they really are great at home, but losing, well, that's brilliant for us. Sends us top but it's also a mental blow.
However, I think we need to be 4 ahead by the time we go to the Etihad so there's a lot of work to do yet. And I don't think this will be "the weekend that it all changed" or anything. There are still so many games to go. Almost a 1/3 of the season. Much drama ahead.
However, I think we need to be 4 ahead by the time we go to the Etihad so there's a lot of work to do yet. And I don't think this will be "the weekend that it all changed" or anything. There are still so many games to go. Almost a 1/3 of the season. Much drama ahead.
I think - and I've been guilty of this as well - their first team is so good that there's a lot of ignorance about their strength in depth. Take Modric and Bale out of that team and they're nowhere near as scary. I'd love them to come third, but in reality I think they'll have to hold off a late surge from Chelsea for fourth.
Results? Plural?
And no, it's not salty, it's the truth. Admit it, 5 years ago you'd have never thought it would be City you just over took to go ONE (and just remember it is one point) point clear at the top. Sure it adds extra spice to it, and many hardcore United fans will say that City are not their true rival but this season has shown they are. Because there is no fun I having a rival who is 7th.
Like I said though, many more twists to come yet. But City haven't done themselves any favours today.
Similar to their job at Anfield. They kept hold of the ball so much that City couldn't get into their rhythm at all. Sinclair had his pen saved by Hart, but a great header by Moore brought them ahead to 1-0.
smallios74
Member
Fixtures looks to be in Man Utd favour, not sure if the Man City Man Utd game will be the title decider now. Not sure where Utd may drop points before apart from the city game, City have some possible sticky games against a 4th place chasing Gunners, Stoke, Newcastle and Norwich all away. Would like it all to boil down to the last game of the season with City vs QPR for the title or relagation.
yeah and you can tell the sudden england situation has unsettled them too. can count themselves very unfortunate, especially if they end up falling out of the top 4 places.
Maklershed
Member
So Wigan really has to play their heart out here so they get out of the relegation area right?
toythatkills
Member
It's nothing to do with England, Spurs just had a hard run of games and lost them. Could have happened to anyone. Anyone mentioning England is just looking for excuses that aren't even needed. Should be a really fun run-in if Arsenal beat Newcastle tomorrow.
The Friendly Monster
Member
Even with Modric and Bale they didn't scare Everton yesterday though, they were really poor.
Dropped a lot of points recently. Plural.
It won't hurt, but I think everyone has them as going down.
Edit: Except offshore.
And heart hasn't really been Wigan's problem.
Yep. But they've been in this position before -every season, in fact :lol - and done it, so they're not a write-off just yet.
Everton always have the propensity to play well against the big teams, didn't surprise me they won. Spurs just have to come fourth and they're definitely good enough to get through the qualifiers. Have no sympathy for Chelsea now, I wanted them to beat Arsenal to third but fuck that now.
Yup. And so have United. Both teams lost games they should have won. It's going to be a exciting finish.
City HAVE to win against Chelsea, bottom line. Sorry Fady. ;(
I said before the match it would be though, only two teams have won at Swansea. I still believe City can beat United in April. Many games still to be played so hopefully City can recover. Time for Mancini to gather his troops.
Savic was a catastrophe, as believed. He shouldn't play anymore this season and then be loaned out next season. He's a mess.
Didn't like seeing Barry lash out at Platt either, he's soon 30 and should know better. He's there for his experience, he can't act like a spoiled brat.
Savic was a catastrophe, as believed. He shouldn't play anymore this season and then be loaned out next season. He's a mess.
Didn't like seeing Barry lash out at Platt either, he's soon 30 and should know better. He's there for his experience, he can't act like a spoiled brat.
Broder Salsa
Banned
I cried when I was born and then never again in my life.
Maklershed
Member
What's the story on teams in the standing from Liverpool down to Aston Villa? They can't really contend for the top 4 unless they get lucky and there's no chance of relegation really so do they more or less coast to the end of the season? Or does there final standing have baring on the money they receive?
EDIT: Oh oh not looking good for Wigan already
EDIT: Oh oh not looking good for Wigan already
The Friendly Monster
Member
Champions:
United 1.66
City 2.55
Relegation:
Wigan 1.24
Wolves 1.35
QPR 1.5
Bolton 2.6
Blackburn 3
This was before the Norwich goal...
United 1.66
City 2.55
Relegation:
Wigan 1.24
Wolves 1.35
QPR 1.5
Bolton 2.6
Blackburn 3
This was before the Norwich goal...
Knew it would be a tough game. Swansea are still the best side I have seen at Anfield this season, Like a mini Barcelona and it pissed me off to no end.
toythatkills
Member
Yeah, the higher you come, the more prize money you get. Then there's pride, and Europa League (lol)
Broder Salsa
Banned
Just skip the gateway drug and go directly to football heaven : serie a.
Not really. They get an equal cut of the tv money. They can bargain for better sponsorship arrangements if they finish higher, though.
It's not just the quality of the players but the tactics being used. For example when you look at your squad, you have a few world beaters, and then a smattering of decent players. Tottenham's squad could largely be judged as the same, and outside of Rooney I think man for man, I'd pretty much take their XI over United's. They have a fantastic midfield.
Harry may be able to get players working hard for him with the creative freedom and encouragement to express themselves that he affords their players, but its clear from the intensity and doggedness that United play with (and the results) that you need solid tactics and training to keep those players who aren't world beaters working above their level and adding to the sum of the team.
Redknapp may be laissez faire to his own credit when it comes to players with immense talent like VdV, Bale and Modric, but perhaps its to his detriment with players like Sandro, Livermore, Dawson, Krancjar, Walker, etc.
The Friendly Monster
Member
To add to this, there definitely are some dead rubbers in the last couple of matches of the season. It's usually seen as a good thing to be playing someone who has nothing to fight for if you are chasing a top 4 finish or trying to avoid relegation.
Tim the Wiz
Banned
Too far out to tell. Either team could collapse, or it could go down to a head-to-head battle at the Etihad. However, United do have the momentum, coming out of a spell of fairly tough fixtures with good results into a spate of easier ones against largely bottom-half of the table fare. City, by comparison, have lost sixteen points in their last sixteen matches. Squeaky bum time, indeed.
- Status