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Football Thread 2014/15 |OT3| Got to be a top 5 worst thread title we've ever had.
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Even his hair was superior
It's alright I have a bad rep already :lol but thanks <3I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING YOU INTO IT IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT!
My laughter was genuine! Cheers
Baconsaurus Rex
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What would be embarrassing about a team that has spent 1 billion dollars on their squad winning a CL?
Arsenal have not done well enough in Europe. This is accepted by all Arsenal fans.
Freewheelin'
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Good, the space between him and Moreno was ridiculous lol
KidA Seven
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I think a change in formation will bring better results as players are more comfortable in that system. Otherwise it will take a few more games for the team to start doing well. I expect a top 4 finish either way. BELIEVE.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Yes.
Coldnoodle
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Our defense was missing long black legs.
Bit off this. The first goal he did the only thing he could of and headed the ball out of Silva's control, Moreno then for some reason thought he had all the time in the world. It's Moreno's mistake.
For the second both he and Moreno pushed out (just like they have been coached to do elsewhere) but sadly for us Skrtel and Johnson still love defending deep leading to a massive fucking gap in behind. Communication error that you would hope will be sorted in training.
For the third...he's pushed up too high and been done by raw pace. Poor positioning from both him and Mignolet.
Luckily for us our season wont be defined by an away game at the Etihad. Relax.
cartoon_soldier
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Yes Woody
cartoon_soldier
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Imagine what City would do to our defence
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Space shouldn't have been there for Silva on the first goal, Lovren decided to triple mark Dzeko instead.
Nicktendo86
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BBC quoting that di maria figure as well.
Coldnoodle
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YOU HAD ME ALL EXCITED
Hey, I was fairly positive on the game overall.
I think my argument for the first goal was very much hindsight bias - knowing now that Moreno made a mistake, of course it's obvious that Lovren should have headed it elsewhere, but Lovren wouldn't have known at the time.
As for the second - the big argument behind signing Lovren was that he is a defensive organizer, it's his job to make sure the other players are in line. Not to mention he was caught out by a backheel. If he's not organizing, then he's just an ok CB, who, for example, gets easily beaten for pace on a goal.
dark_prinny
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Someone kill me please. What a boring ass match.
cartoon_soldier
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Yurt:
It doesn't matter how much we spend. We are making up for last 3 years of utter shit transfer windows.
Ancelotti: We need more rhythm and pace in our build-up
why did you sign Kroos then?
Why would it? It was arranged through the club.
Coldnoodle
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Ancelotti: We need more rhythm and pace in our build-up
Why can't they see what everyone else sees? ;lol
Broder Salsa
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He plays like he has been there forever m8
Perfect Blue
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Trade you Mourinho for Carlo?Ancelotti: We need more rhythm and pace in our build-up
Vivalaraza
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He looks like a youth player. It's hard to tell.
Have to say, the di Maria fee is pretty shocking. Not that I don't think he's an amazing player, but coming into June/July, I figured he'd go for £40-45m at most. For him to go for another ~£20m over that is incredible. Madrid really have made an absolute boatload when selling players in recent years.
Ah I see, didn't know the club offered that service.
pulga
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Someone needs to update the net spend list. I don't fucking know how Florentino's done it, but the impact of signing our four most expensive players ever (plus fucking Illaramendi) has been negligible! Just..how?!
I think a lot of is because United is pretty desperate right now.
cartoon_soldier
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We can afford it, don't mind. Wonder if 60m includes addons or not. Feel like everybody have gone for a premium unless they had a crap release clause to begin with this summer.
Still need to sign soo many more players to be anywhere close to a top 4 side.
sorry I always forget how amazing he is. best transfer in the history of transfers.
Vinnie is so weird looking, haha.
City 3-1 Liverpool: Match shots by Manchester City FC - Official, on Flickr
City 3-1 Liverpool: Match shots by Manchester City FC - Official, on FlickrIt's our second game of the season. Players cant just come in and automatically organise as it's stuff that Skrtel has been doing for years. Honestly think Skrtel gets the nod a lot of times because he offers a decent threat at the other end, defensively he can look like a rock at times but he also defends too deep and backs off from players who run at him.
It's going to take a bit of time for the back four to get in shape and sadly for us we come up against the best attacking side in the league. Before the soft first goal Lovren was winning everything and defending on the front foot, something we cried out for last year.
Tonight reminded me a little of Hull away.
Go_Ly_Dow
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Ancelotti: We need more rhythm and pace in our build-up
lol
Good breakdown on defending on MNF.
I don't think Skrtel communicates with anyone in defence. Like when to shift across. We are fine shift our defence to the right, as we have Lovren in a good position to see what's going on and to call it. I don't think Skrtel does the same for when we need to move left. That plus the left side of our defence having not played with each other before.
It will get better over time as they get use to playing with each other.
I don't think Skrtel communicates with anyone in defence. Like when to shift across. We are fine shift our defence to the right, as we have Lovren in a good position to see what's going on and to call it. I don't think Skrtel does the same for when we need to move left. That plus the left side of our defence having not played with each other before.
It will get better over time as they get use to playing with each other.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Riiiiiiich
Vinnie is so weird looking, haha.
he looks like a diglet- the pokemon
Oh yeah, absolutely -- but they're identifying these teams and just killing it. The Mail mentioned that Madrid have been trying to sell ADM to us for the past few windows but we've turned them down repeatedly, and here they end up getting more than it was even expected that PSG would pay. Amazing really.
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