I got excited and thought you were talking about the Walking Dead videogame. EP 2 was sooo awesome! Lol
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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT| The Beautiful Game
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I got excited and thought you were talking about the Walking Dead videogame. EP 2 was sooo awesome! Lol
He probably has lower confidence than Robben atm :/
RDM is not capable of doing that, he wasn't capable of doing it at West Brom after all. Chelsea's biggest problem is still Torres, he is afraid of the ball and until that changes Chelsea will not compete for the title. RDM needs to grow a pair and buy one striker to be first choice, put Sturridge as second choice and Torres as a distant third.
Anyone watching PSG vs Barcelona? Great game!! Barca leading 1-0 thanks to Rafinha.
Chelsea were absolutely dreadful and fully deserved to lose. They did not gel well and did not even seem to try jack. Oscar and Mata would have not added much to a dreadful performance. They need to try much, much, MUCH better.
Chelsea were absolutely dreadful and fully deserved to lose. They did not gel well and did not even seem to try jack. Oscar and Mata would have not added much to a dreadful performance. They need to try much, much, MUCH better.
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That looks like Club América's kit. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwI won't support Bayern this season, I can't take any more defeats. With the CL final and now this with the Honduran olympic team...
I'll stick with my local clubI'm even buying the new kit:
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/399492_10151288601149966_1227289071_n.jpg
Turns out there were racist chants from some Den Haag fans during the game:
http://www.blogonthetyne.co.uk/2012/08/newcastle-uniteds-friendly-in.html?
Filthy sub-humans.
http://www.blogonthetyne.co.uk/2012/08/newcastle-uniteds-friendly-in.html?
Filthy sub-humans.
True. Probably the lowest of all players atm
I won't support Bayern this season, I can't take any more defeats. With the CL final and now this with the Honduran olympic team...
I'll stick with my local club
Don't abandon us. Wembley 2013 BELIEVE!
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I won't support Bayern this season, I can't take any more defeats. With the CL final and now this with the Honduran olympic team...
I'll stick with my local club
You must continue to support Bayern
otherwise they may start winning things again
Watching all their games, Torres is fine to be fair, he got little to no service today, as usual. The team overall were just absolutely horrid today, and were not much better throughout *all* their preseason games. They conceded 10 goals in 5 games. The positive thing to take out of all this is that Chelsea fans like me can lower their expectations for the season.
Crazy Abramovich 50 million Euros bid incoming for RVP!! I would not be surprised... Lol
And I'll have to disagree with you for a lil bit. I thought that Torres touch and such in the game was pretty nice.
Still, seems like Abramovich got too concerned with offense and not enough defense.
Either way, I don't think Abramovich can spend anymore without really coming uncomfortably close to FFP regulations.
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I won't support Bayern this season, I can't take any more defeats. With the CL final and now this with the Honduran olympic team...
I'll stick with my local club
wut? Not sure if its a cultural difference, but I'd be laughed out of the country if I said that about Liverpool
I was working so I only caught a bit of the game today, were we playing 4-3-3?
We were bro, and it was our worst game since that 4-1 league game against Liverpool. I'm glad you didn't watch the game to be honest, a complete waste of time.
Oh neverminf. Lol
Torres is neat and tidy but he has to replace Drogba in the pecking order. Drogba was a brute and could batter his way to the goal, it didn't matter how many defenders were in the way. With Chelsea's current style, where they keep possession and squeeze the opposition into their own half (unless they are playing in the CL), Torres is too wimpy to ever break through and score. The whole system of play needs to change to get Torres scoring, that 433 will never suit him. Without Drogba to hold the ball up, Chelsea's squeezing of the play makes them insanely vulnerable to counter-attacks as we have seen multiple times.
He did grow one a few years back!
It's a hollow consolation, I know, but at least this time the evidence of FIGC's utter incompetence and corruption is right there under the sun for anyone to see. And we were the paranoid ones, ey?
What is it this fucking time?! He and GS agreed on his salary! Jesus Christ.
That sucks, I doubt we'll be playing that way in the Community Shield. Hopefully go back to 4-2-3-1. I still think that City could thrash us though.
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I agree, 4-2-3-1 it will most likely be. The 4-3-3 system sucked big time. Even with 4-2-3-1 system though, they really need to step it up in every area. They seem to have had a hard time passing to each other in the pre-season.
Nutmegged by Carroll. Just give up.
at least he's honest about it. anyways, honduras did their best and could've won the game if it weren't for defensive errors and some bad calls from the red. This is football after all so anything can happen like Ribery missing a PK. So don't feel bad hondurenos and be proud how far you've came in the olympics.
anyways, arriba los mexicos!!!
I won't support Bayern this season, I can't take any more defeats. With the CL final and now this with the Honduran olympic team...
I'll stick with my local club
I know it's hard but at least when heynckes retires next season we will win titles again.
Hasn't the diving already been on today?
Have you got any strikers you can send to Celtic?
Yep. Neymar won gold.
Antony Lozano (played the last few minutes) is at Valencia and Romell Quioto (dropped so we could include Bengtson) was signed by Wisla Krakow.
Celtic should buy Bengtson
Rangers were linked with him for like 2 years.
Golfsburg.
Meh, not on TV here in the States.. was hopeful since this one is at least against another fairly big team.
Chelsea's situation is very odd; they've bought a bunch of smaller, technical players (the type that, of course, would have excelled under AVB's high line philosophy), but the old, immobile defenders are still there, Terry isn't going anywhere, and central midfield lacks that energetic midfielder with Essien's injuries. Di Matteo probably won't be sacked during the season, but I could easily see them missing on CL qualification and him quietly being shown the exit by Roman (he's only on a year deal anyways, right? saves him compensation money).
in short, Roman pulled the trigger on AVB one year too early. Torres will fail spectacularly if RDM continues with this 4-3-3 formation; Torres is a high-maintenance striker, his problem was almost never the confidence/form (especially right after Ancelotti bought him... and make no mistake, his form is/was abysmal), it's that he gets such unbelievably shit service from the midfield that Mata can only do so much to make up the difference. But with Oscar, Hazard, Marin and Mata, there's enough quality to service Torres to a 20 goal season in a 4-2-3-1, but if RDM does that, then I can easily see Chelsea's defenders (especially Cahill and Terry) constantly under a lot of pressure because they won't have the protection they normal get from Mou's style of a brutally physical midfield.
It's a catch-22. the fallout should be great to watch.
in short, Roman pulled the trigger on AVB one year too early. Torres will fail spectacularly if RDM continues with this 4-3-3 formation; Torres is a high-maintenance striker, his problem was almost never the confidence/form (especially right after Ancelotti bought him... and make no mistake, his form is/was abysmal), it's that he gets such unbelievably shit service from the midfield that Mata can only do so much to make up the difference. But with Oscar, Hazard, Marin and Mata, there's enough quality to service Torres to a 20 goal season in a 4-2-3-1, but if RDM does that, then I can easily see Chelsea's defenders (especially Cahill and Terry) constantly under a lot of pressure because they won't have the protection they normal get from Mou's style of a brutally physical midfield.
It's a catch-22. the fallout should be great to watch.
Pep Guardiola anyone?
I'm hopeful for this season; look at the squad. it has what last season's most needed: a bench.
Antony Lozano (played the last few minutes) is at Valencia and Romell Quioto (dropped so we could include Bengtson) was signed by Wisla Krakow.
Celtic should buy Bengtson
Rangers were linked with him for like 2 years.
I'll call our manager right away. Honduran players have the perfect build and attributes for the SPL, but some might be wanted by teams in bigger leagues, I guess.
Your team played amazingly well over all their games in this tournament!
RDM is on a two year deal. I didnt see the match today, but I dont think 4-3-3 will replace the 4-2-3-1 RDM went with last season.
I do think we're in for a rough patch early on though trying to figure out exactly who is playing well with who. At least City will get the Community Shield they should've had last year
Thanks man! I was expecting us to be eliminated by our second match so getting into the quarter finals was a nice surprise. Still, after watching the team playing I think we could've reached at least the semi-finals. Well, at least I hope some of the guys make a move to Europe after this.
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