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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT2| @agent_89: My sources tell me the season has started
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Yep I was gonna quote the guy who said the ref is up our arse but couldn't be bothered in the end.
He did it 4 times when we was building up a counter attack.
Willkiller
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I wonder what would happen if you pressed it
:lol
Yup, same thing is gonna bite in Europe. If you can't physically impose your will on the opposing team, you'll be hard pressed to fight through a game when the passing game isn't flowing. United are utterly incapable of either, judging from tonight.
Everton fully deserve the three points. I don't know if they were that good or if United were just that bad but United were so fucking clueless. No creativity whatsoever across the 90 minutes. The same old tactics constantly being cut out every time. United paid the price for their reluctance to have a crack and are looking very flaccid up front. Fellaini though is in another league; I don't know if Everton are willing to sell him, but either way, his price just went up by a few million.
Broder Salsa
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While not expected, hardly a big upset. It's liverpool.
Are you implying Belgium is ever going to qualify for something again?
Grover Cleveland
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gg Everton. Fully deserved to take the three points, you were well beyond us on the day.
I'm not going to make any thoughtless overreactions to the defeat in the opener. It's a long season, and United's not DOOMEZ. But we played awfully on the night.
No pace, width, or creativity in the attack, the midfield was being overrun, and our makeshift backline was just not enough. Thank De Gea for keeping it a respectable scoreline with good saves, and I think Kagawa played well enough, but everyone else was either invisible or actively horrible. We'll have to improve if we want to mount a challenge for the title.
I'm not going to make any thoughtless overreactions to the defeat in the opener. It's a long season, and United's not DOOMEZ. But we played awfully on the night.
No pace, width, or creativity in the attack, the midfield was being overrun, and our makeshift backline was just not enough. Thank De Gea for keeping it a respectable scoreline with good saves, and I think Kagawa played well enough, but everyone else was either invisible or actively horrible. We'll have to improve if we want to mount a challenge for the title.
aaaaaaaaaaaa7654
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dat afro belgium
cartoon_soldier
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The fuck was this starting from the team selection to formation
Yep. This feels like last season. No creativity in the final third. Just a lot of useless sideway passes and ineffective crosses.
We need to stop playing Scholes because I think he contributes to the problem.
LanceVance
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Well that was shit
Much better.
Basically all of this.
The midfield really did look crippled especially without Carrick in there, ridiculous CB circumstances left little choice though. Have to feel for him with the nature of the goal, he never really stood a chance.
Considering the attack was supposed to be this unstoppable force I feel very underwhelmed, but this was largely down to the exceptional defensive discipline of Everton. Kagawa was really a true stand out player though. Anyone making a 'shirt seller' comment with a serious face on has reason to reconsider already.
Congrats to Everton of course, thoroughly frustrated by that blunt display...ugh!
Is there another option?
hoooooooooonk
Vivalaraza
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Sack Fergie, Sell Giggs.
That was depressing. Basically bullied out of the match. But away from Fellaini basically doing as he pleased we didn't really play well.
And mostly a really worrying lack of desire I thought. I thought we could slip up here but I expected a real good fight from us and we were just so limp.
That was depressing. Basically bullied out of the match. But away from Fellaini basically doing as he pleased we didn't really play well.
And mostly a really worrying lack of desire I thought. I thought we could slip up here but I expected a real good fight from us and we were just so limp.
Well according to a few people ''ITK'' Newcastle will also be buying a striker they don't really need before the window shuts
The Other One
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The "best strike force in the world" couldnt even score 1 goal past Everton lol
Meh that was rubbish by United. But it's just the first game. Players around Kagawa weren't clearly gelled to his style of play yet.
I think Rooney was one of the big problems tonight. He tried to play his recent seasons deep playing striker playstyle but it won't obviously work now that Kagawa is there. Rooney needs to go back to his Ronaldo era style, or at least more similar to that.
I think Rooney was one of the big problems tonight. He tried to play his recent seasons deep playing striker playstyle but it won't obviously work now that Kagawa is there. Rooney needs to go back to his Ronaldo era style, or at least more similar to that.
Well according to a few people ''ITK'' Newcastle will also be buying a striker they don't really need before the window shuts
lol we don't want Carroll. He's your problem!
Or do you mean someone else? We definitely need a striker, but not Carroll!
Most players out there looked like they'd rather be anywhere than on the pitch.
At least Anderson gave it a go when he came on.
Shake Appeal
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So jealous. I'd just got Blackburn back to the big show after years of them languishing in Championship mediocrity (my career prior was taking Cherry Orchard from the Irish First Division to a second-place finish in the Premier, and Foggia from Serie C1 to Serie B) when I remembered I had a masters thesis due in about five weeks.
The best part was I was teaching Blackburn to tiki-taka.
yep
Kroos can cover the CM position quite well. Our best matches last season were with Kroos-Gustavo midfield.
Willkiller
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:lol
golf claps for salt
yep
if kroos continues playing like this he can easily take over schweini's role.
this should give schweini all the time he needs to regain his old form.
Nothing wrong with being direct
aaaaaaaaaaaa7654
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lol, did you watch the same game as us? Everton played some great football in the first half, united couldnt handle them.
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