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Football Thread 2015/16 |OT| The Great American Sport
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Roberto Larcos
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You do Argentina a disservice.
Ape Gone Insane
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Goes both ways. You'd be lower down too if you hadn't scored an offside goal against Everton.
Don't think I saw Remy actually run once. Jogging to every ball no matter the situation.
Aren't you banned from making new signings?
Resident_UA
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It was penatly for sure, but they should be showing replays of that chance that Ronaldo f%cked up. Much more telling
Would much rather have seen Bamford on the bench. Hopefully he plays next weekend against MK Dons.
Ape Gone Insane
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Modric entering god mode and everyone else running around like headless chickens.
Whatever. We should have had the penalty earlier anyway.
like half the madrid team was offside lol
Terbinator
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Christ almighty.
Ape Gone Insane
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jesus, even navas was offside
Lol
Fucking magnificent GIF.
The injuries have been massive. Not even a new manager can turn things around. I think one of the factors is when clubs see United or Chelsea coming, they usually put a huge price tag on their players, even if they are average.
United is left to filled the gaps with players from their youth teams who also lack experience.
LvG will probable be fired come Friday, United will be shit for a few seasons after that. A new manager will have to get rid of Wayne. It's an absolute must.
Milchmonster
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At least Adnan is back
At least Adnan is back
lol
GoldenCrow
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Looks like Leicester have a tough February ahead. Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal and Norwich. Hopefully you drop points. I have a feeling this will go all the way especially how all the teams are playing at the moment.
That's the sort of Chelsea fans I remember from pre-2004! I'd wondered if they'd been completely replaced by the plastics...obviously not.
Steverulez
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Lololol you guys spend far too much time focused on Chelsea in here. As if we're the only club in the world to have some utter dickhead fans, you should spend your time focused on your own teams
WadiumArcadium
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Pretty scummy.
I decided to do a bit of scouting on Alex Teixeira, Liverpool are obviously very interested and Chelsea were reportedly interested and about are about to sell Rameres for £25m so will now have funds to make a bid in the low 40m range which may well be tempting to Shakhtar.
Anyway, rather than watching a goals compilation on Alex I decided to looked at three games of his against varying degrees in quality of opposition. We've got Alex vs Real Madrid [link], Alex vs Fenerbahce [link] and Alex vs Dynamo Kiev [link]. All fairly solid teams which are roughly in the same ballpark as premier league opposition based on their performances in European football.
His game against Real Madrid appears fairly quiet, Madrid are defending well and there isn't much space in the box for him to use his good movement. Madrid also defends deep preventing Alex from using his pace and positioning to break away. His biggest weakness in this game is the amount of time he wants on the ball, he simply doesn't get it against this quality of opposition. Nevertheless, he still scores one goal from open play and second by a penalty.
His game against Fenerbahce is his weakest of the three. Fenerbahce look like they are playing a very high line and look ill disciplined at the back and let Alex through via a lobbed through ball. Alex miscontrols it and ends up pulling the shot wide of the post. He still has good movement but this wasn't his day.
His third game is against Dynamo Kiev who are the second biggest side in the Ukrainian first division and are a regular of the Europa League. Alex has great game scoring twice from open play, using almost Diego Costa positioning in the box for his first goal and then racing past the last defender for a one on one against the goalkeeper. His finish for the second goal is superb and most goalkeepers would be doing well to save this.
So overall he appears to be quite the player and should relatively easily adjust to the premier league, he'll miss chances no doubt and it will take him some time to get used to the new league should he arrive. Will he justify his price tag? I'm not 100% sure, he plays very well for a CAM but Liverpool and Chelsea are both full of players who want to play as a number 10 so it would a bit of a reshuffle to have him fit into either team.
Anyway, rather than watching a goals compilation on Alex I decided to looked at three games of his against varying degrees in quality of opposition. We've got Alex vs Real Madrid [link], Alex vs Fenerbahce [link] and Alex vs Dynamo Kiev [link]. All fairly solid teams which are roughly in the same ballpark as premier league opposition based on their performances in European football.
His game against Real Madrid appears fairly quiet, Madrid are defending well and there isn't much space in the box for him to use his good movement. Madrid also defends deep preventing Alex from using his pace and positioning to break away. His biggest weakness in this game is the amount of time he wants on the ball, he simply doesn't get it against this quality of opposition. Nevertheless, he still scores one goal from open play and second by a penalty.
His game against Fenerbahce is his weakest of the three. Fenerbahce look like they are playing a very high line and look ill disciplined at the back and let Alex through via a lobbed through ball. Alex miscontrols it and ends up pulling the shot wide of the post. He still has good movement but this wasn't his day.
His third game is against Dynamo Kiev who are the second biggest side in the Ukrainian first division and are a regular of the Europa League. Alex has great game scoring twice from open play, using almost Diego Costa positioning in the box for his first goal and then racing past the last defender for a one on one against the goalkeeper. His finish for the second goal is superb and most goalkeepers would be doing well to save this.
So overall he appears to be quite the player and should relatively easily adjust to the premier league, he'll miss chances no doubt and it will take him some time to get used to the new league should he arrive. Will he justify his price tag? I'm not 100% sure, he plays very well for a CAM but Liverpool and Chelsea are both full of players who want to play as a number 10 so it would a bit of a reshuffle to have him fit into either team.
Ape Gone Insane
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I'd say it's a combination of a dearth of quality fullbacks available right now, a manager who has already spent a shitload and is on his way out and saving funds for the summer.
Two fun videos on Twitter to check out.
1st -- crazy solo goal in an U15 match between City and Newcastle: https://twitter.com/WeLoveManCityFC/status/691738310977388546
2nd -- hilarious reaction to an insane nutmeg in a youth game (not sure the level, but obviously more like the 10-12 age range): https://twitter.com/beINSPORTSUSA/status/691696576788459521
This kid's soul is absolutely broken.
1st -- crazy solo goal in an U15 match between City and Newcastle: https://twitter.com/WeLoveManCityFC/status/691738310977388546
2nd -- hilarious reaction to an insane nutmeg in a youth game (not sure the level, but obviously more like the 10-12 age range): https://twitter.com/beINSPORTSUSA/status/691696576788459521
This kid's soul is absolutely broken.
Season is over
Milchmonster
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Malli is staying at Mainz for at least the rest of the season.
I'm kinda happy
I'm kinda happy
CecilRousso
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Adebayor and Pardew, don't know what to think.
At least my dear Palace didnt buy Lord Bendtner.
Extremely. I was waiting for the Stoke players to realise it hadn't counted and stop celebrating, then I realised the ref and linesman just weren't paying attention.
Denied a perfectly legitimate penalty now too.
Phantast2k
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Yeah, I'm with you. I think Tuchel's judgement may be clouded when it comes to Mainz players (see Park).
On the plus side, Torres looks pretty neat judging by highlight reels.
Not all Torres are created equal, I hope.
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