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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT4| Welcome Sweet and Tender Hooligan

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Salazar

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Not gonna happen.

Fellaini and Fischer double swoop.

606 is hilarious. Salty Liverpool fan saying Ferguson was an extra man because he was gesturing from the bench.

"not just 12 men but 13 men because Alex Ferguson . . ."

Lord knows what happens when Mou arrives.
 

dc89

Member
Fellaini and Fischer double swoop.

606 is hilarious. Salty Liverpool fan saying Ferguson was an extra man because he was gesturing from the bench.

"not just 12 men but 13 men because Alex Ferguson . . ."

Lord knows what happens when Mou arrives.

You'll be crying into your tablecloths when Pep arrives at City.
 
Watching highlights of yesterdays match and Rafael's goal was so good. Our best player alongside Rio.

I don't understand what Agger was doing. He was blocking the near post, which was no threat as Rafael was in no position to find it with any power, and Reina was there in any case (quiet at the back.) By positioning himself where he did, and stopping, he opened up an entire half of the goal for Rafael to shoot at. It was a quality finish, no doubt, but all Agger had to do was carry on running
 

Kyoufu

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When Gerrard scored I facepalmed so hard.

Great goal but Man United were getting dominated by Liverpool who had 1 less player on the pitch.
 
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How good was Gerrard yesterday? That dick is always immense against us. Luckily this time his heroics were outdone by Halsey :D

Well it wasn't like he was getting much fight there in the middle.
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
Allegri banned for one game. Terrible terrible timing.

According to Lega Calcio, Allegri went to the referees locker-room after the match and insulted them. You can't do that if you aren't wearing a gold tie, newbie mistake.
First thing I noticed was the hilarious ratings, playing as Juve had Krasic as 88 (making him their best winger) and Melo at 87 (equal to Vidal, a but worse than Marchisio & Pirlo).
And both of them play in Turkey right now. Lucio being 89 is expected from closet merda Seabass.
Funny you should connect the two, Quagliarella and lying. I was once in the same car with Quagliarella (I work for a casino, he was a guest). His girlfriend (I think) called and he was bullshiting her that he was in Milano, doing nothing, and that the weather was just fine ... when in fact he was some 500km away in another country, gambling. I was sitting in the front, he was in the back, I looked in the rearviewmirror and he had that iconic neapolitan shit eating gring going on. He winked at me and I made an 'oh you' face. We've been great friends ever since. True story.
Except the friends part.
What the fuck.
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Your casino sounds fancy, that's not your first footballer story!
 

WJD

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Watching highlights of yesterdays match and Rafael's goal was so good. Our best player alongside Rio.

Rio was utterly immense. Especially satisfying considering the extra shit he seems to get from Liverpool fans (and Scousers in general if my Blue housemate is anything to go by!).
 

K1LLER7

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Rio was utterly immense. Especially satisfying considering the extra shit he seems to get from Liverpool fans (and Scousers in general if my Blue housemate is anything to go by!).
Jonny Evans was great too, he's improved massively since that poor season 2/3 years ago. He gets a lot of stick but I think he's a great defender on his day. He doesn't rush when the balls at his feet and looks to play out most of the time.

Defence was great yesterday with the exception of Evra. Hope Buttner impresses again on Wednesday and gets to play in the team against Spurs.
 

Salazar

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What? That guy has no connection to both Ajax and Manchest United :p

That's the thing about transfer swoops.

SAF said:
We played better in the second half but it was against 10 men and Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs' experience got us through.

Identical selection bollock to be dropped against

Arsenal
Chelsea
City (watch it fucking happen)
Liverpool at home
 

Slizz

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Jonny Evans was great too, he's improved massively since that poor season 2/3 years ago. He gets a lot of stick but I think he's a great defender on his day. He doesn't rush when the balls at his feet and looks to play out most of the time.

Defence was great yesterday with the exception of Evra. Hope Buttner impresses again on Wednesday and gets to play in the team against Spurs.

Evans in general has improved his game to game play. He came up huge a lot last year with Vidic out.
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
Maxi Lopez will have to watch the next 180 minutes of action from his home given his actions during the 1-1 draw with Torino.

The Argentine was reported to the disciplinary panel for kicking the referee’s door at the end of the game, while hurling insults at the officials at the same time.

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Salazar

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I'd rather we play Rooney in midfield if it means Giggs doesn't.

Clegg's 3 man solution of Carrick, ClevGod and rotation of Scholes/Ando/Powell is the fucking truth.*

In deference to Futbol-GAF, my new indoor boots have JT stitched into the side.

*Maybe.

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--Raf--Rio--Vidic--Büttner
----Carrick-----ClevGod
--------Kagawa/Rooney
Valencia--------Young
-----------RVP
 

Ushojax

Should probably not trust the 7-11 security cameras quite so much
Defence was great yesterday with the exception of Evra. Hope Buttner impresses again on Wednesday and gets to play in the team against Spurs.

Lennon looks fired up this season, I reckon Evra would cack himself if he has to play against him next week. I think we have the personnel now to cause United problems up there, we are a physically bigger side now. I think a team of:

Friedel
Walker Caulker Vertonghen Naughton
Sandro Dembele
Lennon Dempsey Bale
Defoe/Ade

could cause some serious problems. Even Sandro and Livermore together bossed Carrick and Scholes at WHL last season, with Mousa in there instead I reckon we can exert control over midfield in a way that we rarely do against United.

The last few years Harry has fielded some truly batshit teams at OT (BAE at RB? Keane up front? Kranjcar and Livermore in midfield?), hopefully that doesn't happen this time.
 

Slizz

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Lennon looks fired up this season, I reckon Evra would cack himself if he has to play against him next week. I think we have the personnel now to cause United problems up there, we are a physically bigger side now. I think a team of:

Friedel
Walker Caulker Vertonghen Naughton
Sandro Dembele
Lennon Dempsey Bale
Defoe/Ade

could cause some serious problems. Even Sandro and Livermore together bossed Carrick and Scholes at WHL last season, with Mousa in there instead I reckon we can exert control over midfield in a way that we rarely do against United.

The last few years Harry has fielded some truly batshit teams at OT (BAE at RB? Keane up front? Kranjcar and Livermore in midfield?), hopefully that doesn't happen this time.

Considering how well Dembele did against us already this season I'm scared.
 

Ushojax

Should probably not trust the 7-11 security cameras quite so much
Considering how well Dembele did against us already this season I'm scared.

That might help us as well. He won't have the jitters that most players get when we go up there. It's funny how Parker will have missed both games last season as well as this one, he could really help us as well. Being able to play a three of Sandro, Parker and Dembele would be ideal for these away games.
 

dc89

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No, I still got a bit of smelling sense left after that night with Wilbury and that game smells more like shit that his actual poop.

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Yeah, but not at full price.

Games enjoyable when playing co-op with a friend.

When it gets released for PC

For £5


In an eventual steam sale if i still give a shit.

people like to take the piss out of Ronaldo for having a bit of bodyweight. Pretty shameful. Man spent a good portion of his prime working hard to maintain fitness. It's only logical he gets the weight back. Plus all the partay.

Prior to the demo I was prepared to get it this month. But not so much anymore.

I honestly think it would do them no harm to charge like £10 for each campaign. I'd just download the Leon one and leave the other two.
 

Grim1ock

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Was Arsenal at Man City good? I usually like their games so I am hoping so.

It was a frantic game, especially the first 30 minutes

Arsenal should have won really. So many missed chances :( It's good that we are getting goals from all over the pitch this season but it'd be nice if Giroud could get a run of games to start chipping in at some point. Can't depend on Gervinho to hit the target every week let alone score :|

Also dat defence. My god 3 solid CB's. Fuck me. Hope Kos get a few games because he is quality and it'd be harsh to drop him and put Vermaelen back in.


Yeah i think giroud just needs that first goal to settle him down. He looks like he's over trying at the minute. He needs to relax. I am not entirely convinced by mertesacker and he would give way to vermaelen if he comes back.

Just watched City vs Arsenal. Either Arsenal are actually good now or City are off pace.

Getting rid of RVP and investing in new established players has been the best decision Arsene has made in recent years.

Gervinho seems to be finding his feet too! Shame about his first touch :\

Gervinho gets into superb positions and can beat players. the problem is the fool lacks composure and has a horrible first touch. Arsene needs to beat that out of him.

And the best buy this year has to be cazorla. such a delightful happy guy. I remember when he hacked down yaya and he was laughing and smiling with him

http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideo...own-by-santi-cazorla-who-ends-up-hugging-him/

Helps that he is also a classy player

Hmm I'm not liking the point gap between us and United.

But then I remember we chased down 8 points with 4 games left.

You won the title by fluke last year. You guys will never win it this year. Mancini is just clueless as a manager. You will get knocked out of the group stages. You wont win anything this season judging by how city are playing so far.
 

dc89

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You won the title by fluke last year. You guys will never win it this year. Mancini is just clueless as a manager. You will get knocked out of the group stages. You wont win anything this season judging by how city are playing so far.

Well I'd rather have this dip in form now and get it out of the way then mid season like we did last year.

Every team will have a dip, wait and see.
 

Ushojax

Should probably not trust the 7-11 security cameras quite so much
Well I'd rather have this dip in form now and get it out of the way then mid season like we did last year.

Every team will have a dip, wait and see.

Is it really a dip if you start out shit and stay that way?
 

Salazar

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He certainly smote the shit out of a flabby Kranjcar, a naive Livermore and VDV. Dawson was also playing. This is a whole different ball game.

Believe me.

I'm acutely conscious of how it feels to field an almost wilfully deficient midfield.

We should have something figured out for next weekend. We can hardly repeat that astounding long-ball nonsense.

Feel like Welbeck will get time. He looks sharpish.
 

Ushojax

Should probably not trust the 7-11 security cameras quite so much
Those fluke goals are usually what makes the champions champions, we can go back to most league champions and point out "lucky" moments that won them games like that, usually it just isn't in the final game.

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