-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Football Thread 2017/18 |OT2| Fractured but Ox
- Thread starter Lunar FC
- Start date
Frustrated_me
Member
Dude I was leading you on
Our locker room is one of the toughest to manage.
But our players did love Carlo though.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
Dude I was leading you on
Our locker room is one of the toughest to manage.
But our players did love Carlo though.
WTF yall getting the player/coach emojis, I wanna be part of the team ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
ohyouagain
Member
Hoffenheim are gonna lose too, right ? That would be fitting.
Sun Bather
Member
Look at the url.
ohyouagain
Member
We've reached comedy levels : Hertha loses in Sweden, Köln at home against a Serbian team. Now Hoffenheim are traing a Bulgarian team.
His Majesty
Banned
lolverton
SporeCrawler
Member
loosing against real or paris is one thing but this is just lol
Can't have 2 Liverpool based teams in Europa innit.
Unless they spend like £75M in the winter to get Alaba, this was probably one of the worst City players to get injured (besides Kompany but he already spend 75% of the time injured) because they don't have a quality sub for that position and not because Mendy is their best player (I do love his offensive and defensive ability and his crossing is superb...)
For any other position they have someone almost as good in the bench, but left back they don't. They will probably try to ride it out with Danilo, but while it will be enough for continue domination in the Premier League, the Champions League is a complete different beast.
Wish I could argue against it but I cant. We are in shambles.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
Could be worse, could be the Eredivisie.
Steverulez
Member
How has Danilo been this season? Not watched him much and not sure how much he has played but will be a good opportunity for him to stake a claim for the position.
Sad for Mendy though, cruciate injuries suck, hopefully he'll be able to recover well
They'll probably just spend 50 odd million and get someone in January.
Koeman basically spent 150 milliion or so quid and don't look the better for it. I see him getting the boot if they don't win their next few games.
The situation reminds me a little of LvG at United. Stubbornly sticking to his philosophy, utter reluctance to change tactics and fitting too many square pegs into round holes (and then theres also the utter insanity of trying to shoehorn Rooney into every starting lineup).
GoldenCrow
Member
Best player would be a massive stretch considering he is still very much learning the system and has been lacking in the defensive capabilities in the games he had played. Your statement may be true once he gets a good run as how quick he fixed errors from game to game was extremely impressive, plus he has a great attitude which is always good to watch.
The left wingback position will likely get rotated. Delph was very impressive against Shakhtar and his stats backed that up despite what the tabloids wrote, he obviously lacked the pace and crossing that Mendy provides but his interceptions and tackling were far better. He also did a much better job of leading the man than what Mendy has shown. Between Danilo and Delph the left side defensively looks ok against 90% of teams, the bigger problem is the width that Mendy created which caused a huge amount of problems for teams that play a low tight block. Sané however is starting to hit form so he could run that especially looking at the crosses he has provided for assists.
Need another left back anyway though.
Now lets chase Premier League lol.
A Serious Man
Member
Fucking hell.
Don Draper's Hat
Member
I love that your main concern is about the next game rather than the player's wellbeing.
His Majesty
Banned
It's a taxi in Amsterdam. He visited a Maluma concert there.
https://twitter.com/PabloStecco/status/913580892609794053
Horrible news & thank god he survived. Hope he recovers well.
Reports from Holland that Agüero only survived because he was wearing his seatbelt in the taxi.
Horrible news & thank god he survived. Hope he recovers well.
A Serious Man
Member
I laughed, this is pretty savage.
GoldenCrow
Member
Well damn. Thankfully its only a fractured rib he will be back in about 4 weeks. Could have been so much worse.
I got a taxi a few months back to take me to the airport in the early hours and the guy fell asleep at the wheel three times. Even had to grab the wheel once myself to keep on the road.
I got a taxi a few months back to take me to the airport in the early hours and the guy fell asleep at the wheel three times. Even had to grab the wheel once myself to keep on the road.
Don Draper's Hat
Member
What? After the first time you tell him to get his shit together and then report him.
Falling asleep at the wheel is no joke.
GoldenCrow
Member
I did do. I ended up driving the rest of the way.
Apparently it's one of the biggest problems with uber, you get a lot of people who end up doing 48hr shifts over holidays and events because they make most money doing that. They are fine doing short trips but once they hit longer journeys they crash. Wouldn't be surprised if its the same with all taxi drivers.
Turbo Killer
Member
Glad aguero is ok.
Don't think anyone is surprised about those.
Don Draper's Hat
Member
Alli banned for one match.
So are they going to start handing out bans for players who are clearly swearing during games now?
So are they going to start handing out bans for players who are clearly swearing during games now?
I'm still amazed how much playing time Muller got despite this and despite his poor form.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
How is it overrated? Even when they were 2nd in the ratings, nobody put them above La Liga or EPL. Even then they got far less exposure or money (hell Ligue 1 and Serie A have been killing them during this time). You need to have someone hype them up to use the word. What a weird term.
Saying that, pathetic representation this year. Getting passed by two countries in a year and another making a ton of head way is beyond embarrassing.
Bild GUESSES 5 names of the players most Bayern fans figured out. Unless Hoeness or Rummenigge leaked this, they're making shit up.
God bless regarding Aguerro. Very happy to see he came out of it allright considering...
lol somehow missed the 75M for Alaba in the winter post. Lawd have merc.
MoodyFog
Member
You mean the taxi driver was a Chelsea fan?
A Serious Man
Member
Like what? I've seen some people questioning why he was in Holland when they have a game on Saturday but that's it.
You should really start getting a sense for how Germans see themselves and their football.
Even our media mocks the "kick and rush" play in EPL or Serie A with their mob business. Ligue 1 is still considered as 3rd world. General tone is that we are still the best league behind La Liga, when in reality we only won 3 international club titles in the last 20 years... Even Portugal won more. We have a serious tactical problem as well as lacking talent on club level. In other countries it's a blessing to play in Europe, while in Bundesliga the clubs are happy to get out as soon as they can...
And no, Hoeness explicitly mentioned Coman and the four other players that were not in the starting line up in Paris.
Something about it just seems off to me. Could just be me though.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
No way, Coman is a huge WTF lol. He literally started two games in a row, why was he mad? :S I knew it made no sense that he didn't start vs PSG, this explains it. And jeez, Uli is such a dickhead to actually mention his name to the media. Is there a bigger attention whore in Germany than him? ffs...
Ok, yes German media is a bit condescending, but I don't remember where you get this "glad to be out of Europe" bit from? I think talent is ok atm, coaching/tactics on the other hand has been as backwards for too long. It's like watching Klinsi coach 5/7 teams every single year in Europe. And dude have you read other medias? All the top 4 leagues have that kind of idealistic mentality of their country, doesn't mean much.
