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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT8| Made it to the Championship play-offs
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Awesome Animals
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Oh,
I sense the fear in this one! HA
FootballFan
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*sigh* onto the semi's lol more of the same.
Chelsea should be tough but I expect to make it past them.
I don't know if I will visit this thread during the Chelsea games lol. Probably will get crazy in here.
Madrid 6 - 0 APOEL
Chelsea 2 - 0 Benfica.
Semis should be damn good.
Chelsea should be tough but I expect to make it past them.
I don't know if I will visit this thread during the Chelsea games lol. Probably will get crazy in here.
Madrid 6 - 0 APOEL
Chelsea 2 - 0 Benfica.
Semis should be damn good.
Guardiola's record vs Madrid disagrees. Besides we have had more than enough of Clasicos in the last 12 months.
Awesome Animals
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Well, it only didn't work because I'm not in the UK nor am I following UK politics as close as I did in school.
Frank the Great
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why do you ignore the fact that puyol was fouling nesta at the exact same time? just curious.
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TheLucifer
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The sad thing is that we won't let go so many players this summer: if we're lucky, we won't see Nesta and Seedorf (please God), and maybe even Van Bommel. But, knowing our recent history with transfers, Galliani and Berlusconi will try to get a new Nocerino, paying the lowest price for some guy who should play in a mediocre team (just like Mesbah), and keep our midifield as it is right now, with Ambro, Seedorf and Gattuso. And we won't probably have Van Bommel for the next season.
I'm still thinking about the Tevez-Pato thing back in January. We could have sold Pato, a totally useless player, and have Tevez ready for the Serie A and the next season CL. But that midget decided to keep Pato, because he's dating his daughter. A fucking joke.
Meus Renaissance
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Ray Wilkins talking how Chelsea will/must "bypass" the midfield and play route one football against Barcelona. Shit is embarrassing. I hope Barca cook them
Unbiased thoughts:
-No Silva, MVB, Cassano and a fit Pato was a massive massive loss.
-Allegri is a mediocre coach, he got it all wrong tonight. Milan deserve better.
-Soft penalties or non penalties, one shot on target does not equal 'robbed'.
-Ibra confirms his Europe-Heskey status again. His assist was sublime but your team needed more than that.
Now Milan can focus on the league title and seal it officially. The CL was a losing battle with Madrid, Bayern and Barca.
-No Silva, MVB, Cassano and a fit Pato was a massive massive loss.
-Allegri is a mediocre coach, he got it all wrong tonight. Milan deserve better.
-Soft penalties or non penalties, one shot on target does not equal 'robbed'.
-Ibra confirms his Europe-Heskey status again. His assist was sublime but your team needed more than that.
Now Milan can focus on the league title and seal it officially. The CL was a losing battle with Madrid, Bayern and Barca.
How is that embarrassing? How did "total football" work out for you guys against them? You know; high line, slick passing etc?
Not on neutral grounds they don't and also especially when it is not played on two games basis (Home/Away).
LabouredSubterfuge
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Oh man you don't want to go there.
Nah fuck that, if it works it works. If Chelsea can ignore Xavi bawling about 'anti-football' winning in between sipping gallons of Drogba's semen from inside the European Cup, then by all means they should go for it.
Frank the Great
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only point i disagree with is ibra. he had very little help today, he can't get the midfield to have better possession and distribution. robinho is useless lately, ibra had too much responsibility on his shoulders yet he still got an assist and should have won a penalty in the second half.
i'm really starting to doubt allegri. he has the right ideas as far as football tactics in the abstract, and he has created a good system. but his man management skills are terrible, he picks the wrong players to start, makes the wrong substitutions, and constantly risks players to injury when they aren't healed properly.
i really don't understand why the hell robinho still starts over maxi lopez and el-sharaawy. the latter two have both been MUCH more dangerous when they come on. does maxi need to score a hattrick in the 10 minutes he plays to earn a start? i just don't get the robinho love from max.
Honestly, lately we seem to have been doing just that, as have our opposition.
I'm beginning to think it's his fitness team doing something wrong.
Ibra is a curse in disguise. He's so good, that you rest all your hopes on his shoulders in big games.
He is probably right though. Only a handful of teams realistically have a chance at going toe to toe with barca in terms of passing and tonight one of them lost. Chelseas strengths are just not in that style of play. They would have to bully their way through Barcelona, but I am by no means convinced they will get past Benfica so lets count our chickens after that game
Frank the Great
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wouldn't surprise me either . . . the head of milan lab is a chiropractor
we should steal some of juve's fitness people . . . your team's fitness is admirable. if i was in a trolling mood i would say that that is the only admirable thing about your team, but i'm not.
Gareth Bale
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Mass Effect 3 on Amazon/Asda for £17, yay or nay?
edit: how much is their bullshit DLC? You have to buy it in Bioware Bucks right?
edit: how much is their bullshit DLC? You have to buy it in Bioware Bucks right?
Fuck the haters! Yay!
Bayern vs Real Madrid will be an amazing match to watch, but doesn't come close to a Bayern vs Barça final! Already excited!
See you tomorrow guys, time to go back to the ME3 multi
Is the MP just horde mode?
HotHamWater
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Not unless you're dying to play it (which you aren't, as you didn't pay full price). It's only ever going to go lower.
Maybe the ref didn't see his involvement in the tangle as a foul, or felt it didn't warrant a foul. I don't know. I'll watch the replay again and let you know.
Are you suggesting the call should have gone the other way?
I'm no referee, maybe we can find one on GAF. A lot guys in here seem to "know" the rules pretty well.
I find people who can say shit like this to be disgusting people, regardless of team or loyalty.
TheLucifer
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Allegri got everything wrong in his first two CLs. Like, everything. But if our alternative is, say, Ranieri, I think I'll stick with Allegri.
I agree about Silva and MVB, not that much about Cassano and Pato: we got to the quarter finals in CL and we reached the first spot in Serie A while they were injured.
Meus Renaissance
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We beat 2-1 in the first leg and lost the other. We lost to the better team. It doesn't matter how you play, Barca will always be favourites. But at least we deserved our victory rather by the way we played. Ultimately, I'm a football fan who follows a football team. I want that football team to play football, it's mindblowing logic, I know, but that's how I feel.
Trying to use the long ball and park the coach bus in front of the goal for two legs, which is what Chelsea will do, is an embarrassment to the sport because you indirectly admit you will not compete against your opponent by playing the ball on the grass (which is what the sport is about), so you'll try to score with one pass from the back.
At least try to play first for crying out loud. Don't sell yourself short
I find people who can say shit like this to be disgusting people, regardless of team or loyalty.
Ughhhhhhhh Kunis... so hot...
Frank the Great
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well, i am a referee lol. when i ref, if two people are fouling each other i don't call a foul either way. that is what should have been done, OR telling them to stop before the ball is kicked is the standard thing to do.
this ref just got it wrong, you can't just arbitrarily give a penalty to one side if two players are fouling each other. he must have not seen it correctly; but then why make the call? he was just wrong.
Thinking football must be played a certain way is ridiculous. What makes football great is the variety in playing styles. The best way to beat Barca is to be direct, who gives a shit what the 'purists' think.
from what i saw, robinho was fine tonight. he got into good positions and played some nice passes; i think his game is a lot more refined than el-shaarawy's and maxi lopez seems pretty meh. 10000% agreed on the age thing though; it works in serie a because the pace of the game is relatively slow and we got through against arsenal because of epl defending, but having a bunch of 33+ year olds in midfield isn't a winning strategy.
as for allegri, the one that really irritates me is starting thiago silva against roma. having one of the best defenders in the world instead of mexes at the camp nou (and in the first leg too, though barca didn't score) would have been... somewhat nice .
tbh, i don't think over the tie the decisions favored barcelona that much, though the second penalty decision today was certainly the worst by a long shot.
This is all bollocks. Arsenal were lucky to win and caught Barca on the counter attack twice. It was a great tactic, but they didn't play like they normally do. They defended deep, passed the ball quick onto the wings and made a lot of long clearances out of the box.
Why should football be played only on grass? Why is the notion of playing long balls and taking advantages of your team's strength a bad one?
Got a feeling that Barca might just take this CL title again now.... Bayern Madrid will be such a dogfight that the winning team might be a bit weaker.
On top of that Barca has played SHIT in the last few CL games and still gotten by. It's inevitable that their CL form changes for the better.
On top of that Barca has played SHIT in the last few CL games and still gotten by. It's inevitable that their CL form changes for the better.
wouldn't surprise me either . . . the head of milan lab is a chiropractor
we should steal some of juve's fitness people . . . your team's fitness is admirable. if i was in a trolling mood i would say that that is the only admirable thing about your team, but i'm not.
Paolo Bertelli is godly!
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