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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT8| Made it to the Championship play-offs
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Add Fry to the nominations
My Newcastle player of the year is a tough one because of varying reasons.
Like I said, Krul, Coloccini, Cabaye, Ba and Cisse have been the stand-out performers. Tiote, Simpson and recently Ben Arfa have also showed real talent and efficiency.
Honestly can't call it. Maybe Ba.
Like I said, Krul, Coloccini, Cabaye, Ba and Cisse have been the stand-out performers. Tiote, Simpson and recently Ben Arfa have also showed real talent and efficiency.
Honestly can't call it. Maybe Ba.
Sup BAYYYERN-Gaf? Predictions for tomorrow?
Looking good spidye. Your old avatar was much better!
I don't know, depends in what Bayern we get to see tomorrow. The one that actually plays as a team, then: 3-0.
Surely that depends on what Madrid turns up? If its best vs best then 3-0 is very optimistic.
Might just be my Liverpool bias but Daniel Agger us up there with Kompany and Vidic. He's an outstanding defender with the rare trait of being quality with the ball at his feet.
We're very strong at home. Their defense is very shaky to say the best, we can make 3 goals if we play at our best.
Meus Renaissance
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From an outside view I would say Coloccini and it's not a particularly hard choice. He's been superb all season and the fact that he holds that back line together so well with the quality of the players around him is something to admire.
At the start of the season I remember reading a couple of articles previewing the season and a lot was made of Newcastle's ''Championship'' level back four so for me Coloccini deserves a lot of praise.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Messi rubbish at tackling confirmed. And old.
You care to tell us why this is the case?
Everything fitted so well together that one could become a believer in Intelligent Design: Dortmund have a young, talented team who follow their young, talented manager with cult-like fervour. They have fanatical, patient fans, a supportive local press and they're a club that have learned from their excesses in the past to invest smartly in up-and-coming players rather than in the finished superstar articles.
"They had to do it that way because they don't have the money," Hoeness said sourly in a Sky interview, before changing tack and accusing the Dortmund general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke of hypocrisy. "He should stop talking about them being poor and us being rich, otherwise he will be the new [former Werder Bremen chief] Willi Lemke. He shouldn't tell fairytales about their whole team costing only €45m in wages."
Watzke coolly pointed to officially audited numbers that backed up the claim, then pleaded for less aggro. "We should get away from the idea that you need to hammer someone in order to show him your respect," he said.
Hoeness also said Dortmund didn't have any world-class players. That's surely debatable but even if it was true, it would only reflect superbly on the work Klopp and his side have done. Where it gets interesting is next season.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/apr/16/borussia-dortmund-bundesliga-title
dat classless bayern!
"They had to do it that way because they don't have the money," Hoeness said sourly in a Sky interview, before changing tack and accusing the Dortmund general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke of hypocrisy. "He should stop talking about them being poor and us being rich, otherwise he will be the new [former Werder Bremen chief] Willi Lemke. He shouldn't tell fairytales about their whole team costing only €45m in wages."
Watzke coolly pointed to officially audited numbers that backed up the claim, then pleaded for less aggro. "We should get away from the idea that you need to hammer someone in order to show him your respect," he said.
Hoeness also said Dortmund didn't have any world-class players. That's surely debatable but even if it was true, it would only reflect superbly on the work Klopp and his side have done. Where it gets interesting is next season.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/apr/16/borussia-dortmund-bundesliga-title
dat classless bayern!
Agger could be one of the greats if it were not for his injuries. He's equally good as a fullback and CB. I don't remember seeing him make a Carragher-like mistake.
English.
I get the feeling that he'd jump in front of a train if there was a football on the track. It's a trait that's all too overvalued in England.
How he is there ahead of Song, Yaya, Cabaye and Carrick is ridiculous. Even Lucas' half season could be argued as well.
Sup BAYYYERN-Gaf? Predictions for tomorrow?
Looking good spidye. Your old avatar was much better!
thanks. I just had to fill the emptiness of my old avatar with something awesome and what is more awesome than mario gomez?
The media have been creaming over Parker all season.
They did it last season too.
He won football writers player of the year.
His team got relegated ffs.
His pass for the goal yesterday was sublime, but he's done about 3 of those all season. As a footballer he is ordinary, but he puts maximum effort in every game and he cleans up after everybody else.
José Mourinho
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Yup. Was saying the same yesterday. Have no idea what the big deal is. He does nothing for me.
Sup BAYYYERN-Gaf? Predictions for tomorrow?
Looking good spidye. Your old avatar was much better!
3-1 Bayern
Maaaata
Terry.
Eva Carneiro
Broder Salsa
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"I can't deny that I'm maybe completely done managing" lol poor Ståle really didn't like them 10 months in Cologne.
Grønkjær.
Grønkjær.
Stay old skool and go with Zola.
José Mourinho
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Messi has it in one.
Oh snap! Kyoufu pulls out another zinger! There's no stopping this guy.
Vivalaraza
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Don't really begrudge anybody from the list but how Clint Dempsey isn't on it I don't know. Again though, vote take in Feb, all about who was in form for the few weeks previous to that.
Also, Chelsea fans should really get an "You're all Juan Mata's" to me chant going for the little man. "Chelsea! Chelsea! Chelsea!" hasn't aged well.
Also, Chelsea fans should really get an "You're all Juan Mata's" to me chant going for the little man. "Chelsea! Chelsea! Chelsea!" hasn't aged well.
Broder Salsa
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When we played Chelsea last season the Chelsea fans were singing
"Oh Jesper Grønkjær you're the love of my life
Oh Jesper Grønkjær I'd let ya shag my wife"
Through most of the match against Copenhagen, was pretty fantastic, especially with the subtle nod to Terry too!
José Mourinho
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I think nearly every teams chants/anthems are terrible to other fans. Spurs take on, when the saints, gets on my wick. But the worst of the worst is never walk alone... ugh, oh god.
Beautiful sentiment.
Comfortably the best "pundit" on TV atm
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