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Football Thread 2011/2012 | OT11 | Roll on the Euros and transfer muppetry
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Baconsaurus Rex
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It's like they all don't know the offside rules.
Fergie won't retire for 2/3 years yet.
Yes.
José Mourinho
cocknose
By the way, your post on the offside situations was correct. I'm just not willing to post in there any more :lol
FootballFan
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^^Haha yeah cool, I thought so. I understand why you wouldn't want to post there. :lol
:lol
I wonder how many more times people will be explaining if a goal was onside/offside during this tournament..
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I wonder how many more times people will be explaining if a goal was onside/offside during this tournament..
Baconsaurus Rex
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I know the Euro attracts a larger amount of viewers who normally don't follow football but that much and may not be informed on the offside matters, but come on. It's plain sad that situations like these spawn such discussions.
Broder Salsa
Banned
When the Suarez hate was first born on GAF.
That guy does not know what he's talking about.
Any club would be happy to have Given as a GK. He's class, even with his reflexes being slower now that he's well into his 30's.
Wooden thinks he's overrated too.
Willkiller
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Newcastle have bid 8M for Luuk De Jong 
FootballFan
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Exactly why they should be listening to full-time football followers who are trying to explain why something happened and why that referee made that decision.
I can't be bothered replying anymore lol. We should all just agree and say, "OK IT WAS OFFSIDE" from now on
. And technology doesn't fix everything, just a few things, so I am against it and want the game to stay this way.Eg in rugby they use video technology. All Blacks lost 2007 Rugby WC due to a forward pass and a ridiculous yellow card against France or so I am told. But video tech isn't used for those situations, only for Try's and bad hits I think. So you would still have people complaining about situations. One thing I would like though, is just goal line technology, incase of another Lampard vs Germany like incident. Something that tells the Ref quickly if the ball has crossed the line(whether his watch vibrates, makes weird sound or whatever)
Broder Salsa
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When City bought him the press and fans acted like he was the second coming of Christ, was pretty hilarious.
Never use anything City related as a barometer
nope. been a pale imitation of himself since leaving the skunks.
Dave Whelan said next year, that man knows everything
Broder Salsa
Banned
Nah. Some of the games he had last season were amazing. Its more he has been behind a terrible terrible defence at Villa/Ireland.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Is that Keane mouth?At least I didn't say this
kisses to you wilbury
FootballFan
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Has to be. lol
Yes... Jeff's spinning in his grave.
The old Reina
Broder Salsa
Banned
Yes, we are finally liberated and can fantasize about Keane now that Jeff is not here to oppress us.
Yenrot is posting some quality stuff there. :lol
IMO, British players in general are overrated, but I'm confident of Given's quality.
Given isn't world class(wasn't even in his prime) but he's a reliable keeper with, as you said, an odd wonder save here and there.
He was excellent against Spain, even though Ireland lost 4:0.
Awesome Animals
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That game was so much bullshit. I can't believe neither of us scored and how much that game has Spain overpowered in certain areas.
Willkiller
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Dat goal line clearance.
Bayern-Guardiola story by SportBild:
- Christian Nerlinger, Bayern sporting director, met with Guardiola's representative/agent (who is also his brother).
- The meeting between Bayern and the representative/brother of Guardiola was in the final of the Copa del Rey.
- Guardiola expressed his interest in exploring the topic and the possibility of coaching Bayern Munich.
- Christian Nerlinger, Bayern sporting director, met with Guardiola's representative/agent (who is also his brother).
- The meeting between Bayern and the representative/brother of Guardiola was in the final of the Copa del Rey.
- Guardiola expressed his interest in exploring the topic and the possibility of coaching Bayern Munich.
He should have saved Torres' first goal and basically gifted Silva his goal...
Given isn't British.
Broder Salsa
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I see he's from Donegal, is that like a shittier version of Senegal?
Baconsaurus Rex
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Given was injured coming into the Euros. He still played pretty poorly but I'll wait until next season before writing him off completely. He was never world class but I've always felt that he was one of the better keepers in the PL.
And is it just me or were Italy pretty poor against us? Pirlo had a rough night too. I feel a bit bad for Keith Andrews. He's been our hardest worker during the Euros, its a shame he was sent off.
And is it just me or were Italy pretty poor against us? Pirlo had a rough night too. I feel a bit bad for Keith Andrews. He's been our hardest worker during the Euros, its a shame he was sent off.
Daniel O'Donnell is Donegal's most famous export. That's about it.
Shay Given is from Lifford, which is right on the border.
Edit: It's only now I've caught on to your pun.
FootballFan
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Kinda random post but putting it here, staying out of Euro thread for a while lol.
Chelsea play 10-0-1 formation counter-attack. =
People complain =
"lol bitter!" "Salty tears!" "It gets the result"
Spain pass around whole game. =
People complain. =
"It's beautiful!" "it gets the result!"
Fact is, both ways can get teams results. And the same people that say stuff like Salty! Bitter! etc are the same ones that complain about the opposite tactics.
I personally don't care how a team plays as long as they aren't just out there trying to slide-tackle and break peoples legs. Of course I prefer the Barca style but it's good that teams of inferior quality(like Real Madrid or Stoke) can give big teams challenges by counter-attacking or defending. Otherwise the sport would be way too predictable.
Chelsea play 10-0-1 formation counter-attack. =
People complain =
"lol bitter!" "Salty tears!" "It gets the result"
Spain pass around whole game. =
People complain. =
"It's beautiful!" "it gets the result!"
Fact is, both ways can get teams results. And the same people that say stuff like Salty! Bitter! etc are the same ones that complain about the opposite tactics.
I personally don't care how a team plays as long as they aren't just out there trying to slide-tackle and break peoples legs. Of course I prefer the Barca style but it's good that teams of inferior quality(like Real Madrid or Stoke) can give big teams challenges by counter-attacking or defending. Otherwise the sport would be way too predictable.
This season, aye. Although the difference in Reina's abilities correlate with how deep our back line is playing. With us likely to be playing a much higher line next season, and Reina being used as more of a sweeper I expect his performances to pick up.
José Mourinho
cocknose
I think the difference is the Chelsea approach isn't a tactic they live and die by. It's brought out for special occasions when we're out classed. People defend Chelsea's style in the Barcelona / Bayern game because there was no other way.
The Spain / Barca game plan however is just them through and through and I think it grates on people because that's all we ever see of them.
Maybe not, but that's what I think.
Kamakazie!
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How was the scorer not deemed to be active when iniesta received the ball? Surely he was active and thus offside. You don't have to touch the original pass to be active.
Or has that rule changed?
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