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The defence dealt with everything but I don't think they were really tested. France never tried to get in behind, everything was in front of them. They did fine, nothing special.
It was a match with very very little quality IMO.
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Football Thread 2011/2012 | OT11 | Roll on the Euros and transfer muppetry
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It was a match with very very little quality IMO.
True. Was surprised by Benzema, he just hovered around the box the whole time. Don't think I saw him dart into the box once after a pass.
Some tomato in the Euros thread is contradicting himself and confusing me
True. Was surprised by Benzema, he just hovered around the box the whole time. Don't think I saw him dart into the box once after a pass.
Some tomato in the Euros thread is contradicting himself and confusing me
Agreed on both. Benzema was surprisingly timid. He must have been told to take long shots right?
If it wasn't at 6am EST I'd watch this.
Daniel Taylor is definitely my least favorite Guardian writer, said this about the OX: "As for the Alex Oxlade‑Chamberlain experiment, it was a bold selection on Hodgson's part but the only thing that can be said is it did not work."
He was a little raw but full of energy and made some chances out of nothing.
Yeah the Guardian don't half have some shite writers. The little shimmy AOC did in between the two France players was great. I'd much rather have him start every match than Walcott or Downing.
I have a feeling the Sweden match will see an identical team apart from Carroll and Downing instead of Welbeck and AOC, and then Rooney will return in Carroll's place against Ukraine and AOC back in.
Saw Chelsea and sighed, closed the page. If we could get him for £20m or so though, that would be great.
I like Sids writing, but Barry Glendenning is my fave on the podcast.
Barry is very funny and I enjoy listening to him on the podcast. But I don't think he has the same depth of football knowledge as some of the others.
Michael Cox knows has a lot of tactical knowledge and he's really interesting to listen to. But James Richardson is king.
Yar, and I was down on him for choking a couple of times -- but when you break with the ball around your own half and there's practically nobody with you or coming with adequate speed to help you, because of the all-hands mode of defending, of course you take some dubious options.
Probably but occasionally Barry busts out some insight which makes you stop dead in your tracks.
I also like it when they get Jonathan Wilson on.
The depth at which Michael Cox can analyze every match is pretty impressive. Where the other journos are more keen to bring up player performances (i.e. "Maggio put in a good shift"), Cox is always looking at the broader picture and he's got very good insight. He's often spot-on in his predictions, too. He's my favorite writer, but as a podcast personality he's maybe too pessimistic and humorless for me to enjoy listening to.
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GTFO
Yeah I like him as well. I also like Marcotti's voice.
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I like the de Jong one :lol
Carragher was excellent tonight; offered insight into Hodgson's training methods and how he likes his teams to set up, wasn't afraid to have a go at the French team and tried to provoke Viera into admitting some of France's weaknesses. He even threw a Sven joke in.
But of course you believe Carragher is a vacuous soul that couldn't possibly offer any footballing input, and as such you're twisting and squirming trying to undermine my opinion to reinforce your own.
The difference is: I'm speaking from a privileged reference frame and you aren't.
My terms wouldn't be so absolute as that, but I would tend in that direction.
You also like him because he's a mentalist for Liverpool, a devotee at a sub-atomic level.
Granted, his punditry would have easily transcended what I got from O'Leary and Wise. Fucking fuck.
Meh quickjobs are funnier I think. There's always something hilarious about poor Photoshop or Paint skills done for minimum effect. I really like the De Jong one for that reason
So much effort went into the Men Who Stare at Gotze it deserves a nice witty tagline. Instead of some shit mentioning well trained US military men.
Of course I 'like' him for that reason, but it'd be naive to suggest that's the main reason I was so openly supportive of him today, considering I also champion Gary Neville as my favourite pundit.
And it definitely works both ways. If Carragher didn't play for Liverpool you wouldn't have been so initially dismissive, and subsequently wouldn't have looked foolish when Carragher told me what Hodgson would've asked Chamberlain to work on in training in order to fit his system.
you dont know that wenger isn't in the US army you cynical bastard
I'm gonna make it in a few minutes. Wanna see that cross again.
And Lavezzi for 30m
Any player leaving for French/Russian footy is dead to me.
And Robben for 20mplease?
That little bitch is staying with you
Modric a wonderful player but he's not one that United really need imo.
If he goes to PSG and United look at other, more defensively minded midfielders then I'd be pretty happy.
And Robben for 20mplease?
Robben will go back to Real for 25m and will play on the right, next to Kaka, who'll become a regular next season.
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Well, if football punditry is going to be staffed with ex pros from the big clubs, better to have younger ones in than keep the useless sour fucking stagers on life support.
He's not overwhelmingly articulate and I appreciate some people struggle to understand his accent, but he's got that trait which most pundits lack: total honesty. It's why Neville was praised so much, brutal honesty mixed with a deep understanding of the modern game. Can you imagine Southgate telling Viera that Gerrard and Parker are better than Diarra and Malouda? Not in a million years.
Struggling to determine which of these two groups is Carragher's group for you.
Carragher is young and lively by comparison with fucking Hansen.
Admittedly, you risk introducing titanic numpties like Jamie into the mix. But you've got to take that risk.
yeah, at 27, 30m+ is too much and don't think Fergie won't spend that much on a older player.
Glad the Kagawa deal is more or less done, and hope we get the Powell deal done. Maybe theres something in the Lowendowski rumours?
Indeed, Neville an Carragher both have a refreshing sincerity to their punditry.
Lol at Alan Hansen. I do like him, but he's slipped pretty badly in his insight. This YouTube parody I saw of MOTD was hilarious.
"Well, the thing about hem is... He's .. he's a professional fitballer... He's a professional fitballer, plays for Manchstr United. He's got everything... He's fast... He's got pace... He's quick..."
Lawrenson is the absolute worst, however.
Nope. Afraid that was shite.
I don't think there is any substance in the Lewandowski rumours. Dortmunds CEO has already said they wouldn't listen to any offers for him.I'm sure United enquired about him when they were negotiating with Dortmund over Kagawa.
United are interested in Angelo Henriquez and have first options rights on him. If rumours are true then he'll be joining United in the summer. That will leave us with Rooney, Welbeck, Hernandez and maybe Henriquez as our strikers. He has also scored this evening for his club in Chile.
Lets not forget that Berbatov is still a Manchester United player too.
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