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Football Thread 2014/15 |OT7| daily blind is a renegade of funk
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Forget about Balo, it's better that way.
The_Hitcher89
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If there's a striker who won't test the weaknesses that are now present in Ferdinand's game, it's Balotelli. Honestly, I'd have him just stand on the penalty spot
Ehhh, kinda, I guess? I think Elbuyback would be even more 'sacrificed' in that attacking pivot role than Llion is. Llorente honestly can't do that much more as a striker, Morata can. Or at least it feels like he could. We'll see.
who are we kidding :lol he'll never start under Allegri
NEVER
and can we talk about Coman? He looks miserable in all our photos. And he stopped trimming his mohawk weeks ago, if that's not a sign of depression then I don't know what is
Freewheelin'
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Seems like Walcott came through unscathed last night playing for the U-21s. Will be great to see him back in the first team again 
The_Hitcher89
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Seems like Walcott came through unscathed last night playing for the U-21s. Will be great to see him back in the first team again
Eugh. I can't help but think you're taking the piss
Freewheelin'
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Lol Suarez leaving really fucked up you guys, eh?Eugh. I can't help but think you're taking the piss
sturridge
cartoon_soldier
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Harry to redeem himself
Bring in Origi in January?
The_Hitcher89
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Can't
Only way it would happen would be if we paid an extra fuck-tonne to allow Lille to let us renege on the terms
Shame as Lille are truly dogshit, and we have just as much need for him as they do probably
Milchmonster
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Today is the real start of the season, let's do this.
Weidenfeller
Piszczek-Hummels-Sokratis-Durm
Kehl-Bender
Micky-Kagawa-Reus
Immobile
Kloppo pls
Weidenfeller
Piszczek-Hummels-Sokratis-Durm
Kehl-Bender
Micky-Kagawa-Reus
Immobile
Kloppo pls
Shanks D Zoro
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Can Berardi play? I forget about playing when on loan/co-owned.
edit: football Italia just aswered my question lol
2:0 Köln
Shanks D Zoro
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I bet one of those kids told Wenger that sticking Ozil on the left would be a good idea
Milchmonster
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Just because Schweine has infected Thiago with his knee aids doesn't mean you must be angry
The_Hitcher89
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Lol Suarez leaving really fucked up you guys, eh?
sturridge
Our shiteness is testament to how good Suarez is. FootballFan's posts aout him before he joined Barca will be hilarious in hindsight
I'm in a life crisis. I'm angry all day.
Milchmonster
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Speaking of Schweine, he just sold these at an auction to help children or something:
"The chosen one" really works in football these days.
"The chosen one" really works in football these days.
Speaking of Schweine, he just sold these at an auction to help children or something:
"The chosen one" really works in football these days.
:lol
He had those?
Ridiculous.
Petkovic is such a downgrade
FootballFan
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You need to relax and give your players more time. Season has just started for a lot of your new players and Rodgers will need time to work with them.
Finish in the top 4 again and don't lose any players and Liverpool will be an a exceptionally strong position to build on their team.
Arsenal or Liverpool were never challenging for the league this season. You shouldn't measure success based on that.
The_Hitcher89
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I don't think we'll finish 4th though, or even come close unless Sturridge somehow stays fit between November and May
We've been truly dreadful. I'd have taken 4th at the begiing of the season, but our performances strongly suggest that we'll be falling well short of that target.
Would love it if Arsenal won the league btw, even if you'd shove it in our faces for years to come
Every day I feel more and more antipathy towards City and Chelsea
Tomorrow's headlines:
Plucky QPR Heap More Woes on Liverpool as out of Form Striker's First Half Hat Trick, that He Will Never Repeat Again Over the Season, and He Isn't Even a Good Player, No Joke, Makes More Misery for Rodgers' Reds
The_Hitcher89
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Getting Toure-Anichebe flashacks.
Expect Richard Dunne to twat one in from 40 yards in the 98th minute
I don't think we'll finish 4th though, or even come close unless Sturridge somehow stays fit between November and May
We've been truly dreadful. I'd have taken 4th at the begiing of the season, but our performances strongly suggest that we'll be falling well short of that target.
Would love it if Arsenal won the league btw, even if you'd shove it in our faces for years to come
Every day I feel more and more antipathy towards City and Chelsea
but on the bright side, everyone is consistently inconsistent with the exception of
Shanks D Zoro
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I don't think we'll finish 4th though, or even come close unless Sturridge somehow stays fit between November and May
We've been truly dreadful. I'd have taken 4th at the begiing of the season, but our performances strongly suggest that we'll be falling well short of that target.
Would love it if Arsenal won the league btw, even if you'd shove it in our faces for years to come
Every day I feel more and more antipathy towards City and Chelsea
Why would we shove it in your face? You haven't won it in such a long time that you and the title are irrelevant these days
In fairness, if Jagielka hadn't sacrificed himself to the Lord of Seppuku we'd be in the top four now.
But he did. And he hit the ball. And when the game was over my day was over.
And we go again.
You are way too pessimistic, Hitch.I don't think we'll finish 4th though, or even come close unless Sturridge somehow stays fit between November and May
We've been truly dreadful. I'd have taken 4th at the begiing of the season, but our performances strongly suggest that we'll be falling well short of that target.
Would love it if Arsenal won the league btw, even if you'd shove it in our faces for years to come
Every day I feel more and more antipathy towards City and Chelsea
Sturridge will only be out for about three weeks, and the league games we have in that time are: QPR, Newcastle, Hull and Chelsea. Chelsea will be the toughest of them four, but the other three we should comfortably win.
Players are still settling, we should have Valdes from December onwards and Sturridge will be back from then for the "six pointers" against the likes of Arsenal and United.
The_Hitcher89
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Calling Liverpool irrelevant just doesn't even register. Even when we're shit, our fanbase is big enough that we stay somewhat relevant. Without such a huge fanbase, we wouldn't have been able to persist in the top 7 or so even having not won the league for 23 years.
@Liverpool fans,would you take 5th and winning the FA Cup?
@Liverpool fans,would you take 5th and winning the FA Cup?
jts
...hate me...
I think I'd take that for United, providing Di Maria didn't fuck off.
I'll take whatever happens. The FA Cup would be nice, any trophy is always nice but I'd rather just enjoy watching the team play their football and celebrate results later.
No.
It's vital we get into the Champions League again because:
a) this summer's business is a great platform to work on.
b) it shows last season wasn't a fluke.
c) with the new BT deal, the CL money rises again.
Shanks D Zoro
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17 years in the top 4, we are part of the big dogs. You can keep acting like we are nothing, like your laughable piece on the top 6 clubs and Arsenal not being in on it.
Shanks D Zoro
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Liverpool have had two top 2 finishes in what? two decades?
We raced for the title last year, we were first for longer than all the other combined.
17 years of dat top 4 trophy
Shanks D Zoro
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Actually you didn't. You just had all your easiest fixtures in the first half of the season and collapsed when the competition showed up. You only barely averaged above your historical point average for the fixtures you played.
jts
...hate me...
It doesn't really count if you don't face the final stretch with the possibility of winning it, does it. To be in the front in the early stages is just part of the Arsenal cycle m8.
Shanks D Zoro
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I think you will find that we had the same fixtures in the first half as we did in the second half
, but we had problems which are manager failed to address.The_Hitcher89
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We'll see, I just can't see any fixtures that I'm really comfortable with given our form and available personnel tbh. We could drop points in any of (all, even) those games, we're terribly low on momentum and that aura of a solid philosophy that seemed so prevalent last season.
Was quite hopeful of getting something against Madrid at home before Sturridge got injured again, think we're pretty much done in both games against them now. Then again, if Balotelli can't get fired up for that, he shouldn't be allowed to play for us again.
Desperate for Valdes to join asap. First things first, we need to sort out the real basics. Where players should be running, when we should be injecting the burst of speed into our attacks, which players should be marking who etc
Honestly, the way we played pre-Everton was reminiscent of a recent England team. The 2 matches since, while not great, were big improvements, gotta build on that. This is probably the most testing period of Rodgers' time here in terms of purely on-the-field issues, this is where he shows his mettle.
Hopefully Sterling has had enough rest now, and we manage his gametime more responsibly in the coming month than we did in the month preceding the international break. And I have faith that Lallana will continue to improve, and Henderson will gradually become our main man in midfield.
Coutinho, fuck knows what'll happen in any given match
Can't
Only way it would happen would be if we paid an extra fuck-tonne to allow Lille to let us renege on the terms
Shame as Lille are truly dogshit, and we have just as much need for him as they do probably
There are already terms in the contract to let him join in January.
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