Shanks D Zoro
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Football Thread 2014/15 |OT7| daily blind is a renegade of funk
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They can already speak, they are looking for something else, wink wink
Baconsaurus Rex
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That's racist
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
Haha, footyGAF isn't ready for these good looks.
I suck with dating profiles. I never know what to write and Koreancupid is full of weird guys. One girl told me she got 100 messages a day from guys. That is why I use language apps. Girls will talk to you first and you can afford looking desperate.
Wha? Why?
That silly BBC woman has finally broken Wenger
Szcz red card, Ospina injured (Again). Backup is 18 year old guy called Ilyev or something, so lets hope Martinez stays fit.
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
I almost don't even care what happens in the Champions League anymore. Am defeatist. We aren't going to get anywhere in it anyway.
"as a language learning app hellotalk has decided not to provide enlarge profile picture.
thank you for your understanding."
"hellotalk is an app dedicated for language learning. abusing hellotalk for dating purpose will lead to permanent account removal."
i think they're trying to tell me something.
thank you for your understanding."
"hellotalk is an app dedicated for language learning. abusing hellotalk for dating purpose will lead to permanent account removal."
i think they're trying to tell me something.
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
Yeah, wait for them to message you a bit and then ask them for what other messenger you use. The popular one in korea is called kakao and girls always have a few pictures in full size you can see.
I don't know how well it works in other countries, but here at least it is pretty good.
Perfect Blue
Banned
Coldnoodle
You're a Lyon fan right? Can't wait for next week's game against you guys. :>
edit: fuck we 7 points clear now. What a time
You're a Lyon fan right? Can't wait for next week's game against you guys. :>
edit: fuck we 7 points clear now. What a time
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
Fucking hell Anthony Bourdain is living the good life. I'm jealous.
Yeah, he's got a really great job. I'd love to do what he does.
Platini badmouthing Ronaldo again? Lol
In local news, couple months ago when you guys said Jonas would be a good get, you were right. Second game yesterday, hat trick, he has 4 goals in 2 games now (or 1 an half games). Shame he can't play champions, but to be honest we are so terrible in CL this year it wouldn't matter. I almost don't want to watch the game against Monaco
In local news, couple months ago when you guys said Jonas would be a good get, you were right. Second game yesterday, hat trick, he has 4 goals in 2 games now (or 1 an half games). Shame he can't play champions, but to be honest we are so terrible in CL this year it wouldn't matter. I almost don't want to watch the game against Monaco
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
I'm watching Parts Unknown on Netflix and holy shit at the Quebec episode. My heart. My arteries.
Freewheelin'
Member
Me and Fergie are good up front together. Dat partnership 
FlutterPuffs
Member
Shanks.
Update us when the new trend comes. I'm 29 years old. I don't have the time to deal with chatting trends.
Perfect Blue
Banned
Does anyone else really really like Oscar again? His last few games have been really good
He has found his feet again. Playing how he did when he first arrived.
Steverulez
Member
Yeh, he's finally turned up and started doing what we know he can. That free-kick was sublime, I hope he can keep it up. Lad is talented, just needs to show it
Szczesny is hardly ever injured. Just gets himself the odd suspension.
Fabianski had his injury worries but that was mostly himself. He dislocated his shoulder during routine training. Can hardly blame Arsenal for that.
Szczesny has only had one injury during his Arsenal career that I'm aware of.
It's starting to sink in that we bought Saurez this summer.
I don't know if I'm ready for this.
Yep. The EU should have blocked this transfer on the grounds of unfair competition.
X
Xpike
Unconfirmed Member
It's starting to sink in that we bought Suarez this summer.
I don't know if I'm ready for this.
I think it was because of the ban, but yeah, Barca probably has one of the most competent offensive line we'll see in our lives.
Good words on the game v QPR
This Shit Is Getting Real
By Paul Tomkins.
Yes, the must-win games are coming thick and fast. Including the Champions League matches, there must be 40 must-win games left. Suddenly you realise why being a football fan is so exhausting.
Indeed, simply watching Liverpool since April has been hard going. You end the match feeling a nervous wreck. As the top teams generally win a greater percentage of their games than 20 or 30 years ago, theres less room for error. And to make matters worse, games are spread out over the weekend, making it an ordeal. If rivals slip up the day before, you must win to capitalise; and yet if they win the day before, you must win, to keep up
I thought the first-half performance against QPR was about as poor as it gets, and for the whole game the defence was an absolute shambles. Its embarrassing to watch, as there appears to be no understanding, and too much ball-watching. Play the ball to the far post not a complicated tactic and all Liverpools defenders run over, and then cant deal with a simple header across goal.
And yet, due to some counter-attacking brilliance (and luck), Liverpool sit 5th, albeit well adrift of Chelsea in first. You have to wonder how long the Reds can keep salvaging something after defending so chaotically, but even though they relied on two own goals (and a deflection), it was good play that created those slices of fortune.
And at the other end, Mignolet, who inspires no confidence from crosses, earned his shot-saving corn. If Liverpool earned their good fortune going forward, they didnt earn the rub of the green when QPR kept narrowly failing to score (but theyll take it). For a team thats only played really well once this season to be in 5th place and not out of the running in any cup competition suggests something must be right, even if its hard to put your finger on it. On average the Reds have played their best football in the FA Cup in 2014/15, not least because they dont kick a ball in the competition until January.
And yet I have little doubt that Liverpool will play better against Real Madrid. Ever since the Reds stopped being a ruthless winning machine at the end of the 80s, theres usually one constant: the Reds will play well at Anfield against glamorous European opposition. Or, at least, start well. Go a goal or two down early on, and it could get ugly.
From the start the tempo will be high, the crowd will be vocal, and people will say why didnt they play like this at QPR?
Well, why didnt QPR play this well away at Burton, who knocked them out of the League Cup? Why didnt Boro play as well as they did against Liverpool in a number of their league games against far worse opposition? Its because teams rise to the occasion, and, conversely, often drop a level when the standard is lower. The best teams tend to beat everyone, but theyre the best teams.
In midweek, Liverpools strongest possible XI (from those who are fit) will be playing, with no one rested, and you wont have three or four players trying to avoid injury.
There will of course be a number of issues, but at least Real Madrid wont be playing tons of long balls and trying to gain set-pieces.
Mario Balotelli remains a problem for Rodgers, although hes a lightning rod for excessive criticism. His leisurely style seems to lower the tempo, in direct contrast to how Suarez upped it, but he can do good things in wide and deep areas; he just cant be Suarez. He has zero confidence in front of goal right now, and takes too many pot-shots from distance. But hes played better than Lambert, who has also been short of confidence (since missing a penalty in pre-season), and yet hes the opposite of Balotelli in how badly he wants it. Hes trying too hard.
Lamberts issue is that the legs have gone, and as such isnt capable of running in behind (whereas Balotelli can, he just likes the ball to feet). Lambert is playing for Liverpool like the young boy who was rejected for not being good enough, not the one who gradually built up his reputation in the lower (and then higher) leagues. If he can indeed work any magic, Steve Peters needs to get his wand out and start waving it about. (Note: this is not a euphemism.)
Play Balotelli and you lose tempo and work-rate. Play Lambert and you lose pace. Play them both and you lose a creative threat from midfield, and youre starting two players low on confidence. Play Borini and you get the work-rate but not the quality, and again, he has no confidence. Play Coutinho from the start and for some reason this season hes looked lost, yet has changed two games as a sub. Whatever Rodgers does, he must play Sterling, apart from when he needs to be sensibly rested. Easy, huh?
Play Sturridge and you get it all. But hes injured, again.
Liverpool desperately need Divock Origi another 19-year-old saviour but its unlikely to happen in January unless Lille drop into mid-table mediocrity (and out of the cups), and are willing to accept a bonus payment to sweeten the deal; the irony being that Origi is the one who has got them up to 7th. He is precisely what the Reds need, and yet in order to get him they had to wait another year.
Its nerve-wracking stuff, this Liverpool lark. Every game feels like a must-win, and yet with this back four (or any back four from the permutations available to Rodgers) feels ready to undo any good work in an instant. Despite people thinking that bad defending cost Liverpool last season, I believe that the overall approach got more out of the set of players than we had any right to expect; and to try and change it in the final games would have been unnatural to them. Rodgers had to go with what had worked, and going gung-ho had worked.
However, Liverpool arent scoring as many goals right now OG is their joint-top scorer and yet the defending feels no better than it did in those end-to-end games of the spring; if anything, it feels worse. The final few minutes at Loftus Road summed up the teams strengths and weaknesses. The only good news this season is that the league table doesnt look as bad as it should.
This Shit Is Getting Real
By Paul Tomkins.
Yes, the must-win games are coming thick and fast. Including the Champions League matches, there must be 40 must-win games left. Suddenly you realise why being a football fan is so exhausting.
Indeed, simply watching Liverpool since April has been hard going. You end the match feeling a nervous wreck. As the top teams generally win a greater percentage of their games than 20 or 30 years ago, theres less room for error. And to make matters worse, games are spread out over the weekend, making it an ordeal. If rivals slip up the day before, you must win to capitalise; and yet if they win the day before, you must win, to keep up
I thought the first-half performance against QPR was about as poor as it gets, and for the whole game the defence was an absolute shambles. Its embarrassing to watch, as there appears to be no understanding, and too much ball-watching. Play the ball to the far post not a complicated tactic and all Liverpools defenders run over, and then cant deal with a simple header across goal.
And yet, due to some counter-attacking brilliance (and luck), Liverpool sit 5th, albeit well adrift of Chelsea in first. You have to wonder how long the Reds can keep salvaging something after defending so chaotically, but even though they relied on two own goals (and a deflection), it was good play that created those slices of fortune.
And at the other end, Mignolet, who inspires no confidence from crosses, earned his shot-saving corn. If Liverpool earned their good fortune going forward, they didnt earn the rub of the green when QPR kept narrowly failing to score (but theyll take it). For a team thats only played really well once this season to be in 5th place and not out of the running in any cup competition suggests something must be right, even if its hard to put your finger on it. On average the Reds have played their best football in the FA Cup in 2014/15, not least because they dont kick a ball in the competition until January.
And yet I have little doubt that Liverpool will play better against Real Madrid. Ever since the Reds stopped being a ruthless winning machine at the end of the 80s, theres usually one constant: the Reds will play well at Anfield against glamorous European opposition. Or, at least, start well. Go a goal or two down early on, and it could get ugly.
From the start the tempo will be high, the crowd will be vocal, and people will say why didnt they play like this at QPR?
Well, why didnt QPR play this well away at Burton, who knocked them out of the League Cup? Why didnt Boro play as well as they did against Liverpool in a number of their league games against far worse opposition? Its because teams rise to the occasion, and, conversely, often drop a level when the standard is lower. The best teams tend to beat everyone, but theyre the best teams.
In midweek, Liverpools strongest possible XI (from those who are fit) will be playing, with no one rested, and you wont have three or four players trying to avoid injury.
There will of course be a number of issues, but at least Real Madrid wont be playing tons of long balls and trying to gain set-pieces.
Mario Balotelli remains a problem for Rodgers, although hes a lightning rod for excessive criticism. His leisurely style seems to lower the tempo, in direct contrast to how Suarez upped it, but he can do good things in wide and deep areas; he just cant be Suarez. He has zero confidence in front of goal right now, and takes too many pot-shots from distance. But hes played better than Lambert, who has also been short of confidence (since missing a penalty in pre-season), and yet hes the opposite of Balotelli in how badly he wants it. Hes trying too hard.
Lamberts issue is that the legs have gone, and as such isnt capable of running in behind (whereas Balotelli can, he just likes the ball to feet). Lambert is playing for Liverpool like the young boy who was rejected for not being good enough, not the one who gradually built up his reputation in the lower (and then higher) leagues. If he can indeed work any magic, Steve Peters needs to get his wand out and start waving it about. (Note: this is not a euphemism.)
Play Balotelli and you lose tempo and work-rate. Play Lambert and you lose pace. Play them both and you lose a creative threat from midfield, and youre starting two players low on confidence. Play Borini and you get the work-rate but not the quality, and again, he has no confidence. Play Coutinho from the start and for some reason this season hes looked lost, yet has changed two games as a sub. Whatever Rodgers does, he must play Sterling, apart from when he needs to be sensibly rested. Easy, huh?
Play Sturridge and you get it all. But hes injured, again.
Liverpool desperately need Divock Origi another 19-year-old saviour but its unlikely to happen in January unless Lille drop into mid-table mediocrity (and out of the cups), and are willing to accept a bonus payment to sweeten the deal; the irony being that Origi is the one who has got them up to 7th. He is precisely what the Reds need, and yet in order to get him they had to wait another year.
Its nerve-wracking stuff, this Liverpool lark. Every game feels like a must-win, and yet with this back four (or any back four from the permutations available to Rodgers) feels ready to undo any good work in an instant. Despite people thinking that bad defending cost Liverpool last season, I believe that the overall approach got more out of the set of players than we had any right to expect; and to try and change it in the final games would have been unnatural to them. Rodgers had to go with what had worked, and going gung-ho had worked.
However, Liverpool arent scoring as many goals right now OG is their joint-top scorer and yet the defending feels no better than it did in those end-to-end games of the spring; if anything, it feels worse. The final few minutes at Loftus Road summed up the teams strengths and weaknesses. The only good news this season is that the league table doesnt look as bad as it should.
Yep..absolutely agree.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Did anyone like The Leftovers?
Just finished Ep 6. I find it riveting.
Just finished Ep 6. I find it riveting.
That's how I feel about Arsenal. We're only 2 points outside the top 4 despite playing shocking and having one of the shittiest starts to a season in a long time.
bonesmccoy
Banned
I think Gerrard's gradual decline is the biggest issue tbh. He doesn't seem to be able to act as a 'shield' for the defence, and he doesn't seem nearly as involved in the build up play as he used to be.
He's what, 34? Maybe it's time to consider him more to a sub role. A lot of miles on his legs.
Gerrard was until he dropped back in the second half when we changed formations. He found lots of time and space once he was back in front of the defense, and our ability to put the ball into dangerous positions increased exponentially.
There's no single person to blame here, though Balotelli and Enrique get the nod for me for being especially shit. Gerrard was mediocre, as were Johnson, Lovren, Lallana and Can. It's the entire way we play that is problematic - always second to every ball, never creating enough space for each other, passing to marked men, wasting possession in the final third, letting the ball casually fall into the box and getting muscled out of dangerous battles.
dark_prinny
Banned
Monday morning. Kill me, pls.
Creep factor high.
Most least self-aware person here confirmed.
If you it makes you feel any better, I just finished my Monday work day and am now on my way home to lounge around and be lazy.
dark_prinny
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Marc
Member
why are we showing off desktops
i should probably clean it up a bit
Mine is usually like that but just built a new PC so pretty clean at the moment, I will dirty that whore up though. Oh yes.
Vertical or go home.
the sweetest points we've ever dropped.
actually when you think about it, it's two points gained. <3 Mimmo <3 Zazo <3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGHd_nJwS48
LOOK AT EVRA
FUCK ME
who cares about Desktops :lol NO ONE is going to see it except for you. Mine is messy as hell :lol
looool dat Zapruder feel
FlutterPuffs
Member
the sweetest points we've ever dropped.
actually when you think about it, it's two points gained. <3 Mimmo <3 Zazo <3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGHd_nJwS48
LOOK AT EVRA
FUCK ME
who cares about Desktops :lol NO ONE is going to see it except for you. Mine is messy as hell :lol
Thanks for buying him Yurt.
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
I wouldn't say I am creepy. The girls are doing all the work. I never look at that app except to reply to girls who message me. Creepy would be if I was sending every single girl a message. I haven't started a single conversation with a girl on it. I know that they get tons of messages from creeps so I just wait till they find me and decide hey like the look of me to send a message.
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