The BIG Football Thread

[BlueStar]

3-0 flattered Chelsea, we really deserved something out of that game. Luis should have been sent off on 7 minutes as well and the ref bottled it. Hit the post, hit the bar, had a shot cleared off the line... Really rattled them for decent periods.

 

[alidsl]

3-0 flattered Chelsea, we really deserved something out of that game. Luis should have been sent off on 7 minutes as well and the ref bottled it. Hit the post, hit the bar, had a shot cleared off the line... Really rattled them for decent periods.

You guys were the better team, tbh Kruhl was my man of the match, he played really well and really summed up the efforts of Newcastle.

tl;dr: Chelsea got lucky

 

[rockstar99]

Chelsea got lucky?
Newcastle were lucky Sturridge was not clinical enough, Lampard's PEN was saved
NEwcastle could have had 3 or 4
Chelsea should of had 7 or 8

 

[Skelletonike]

Regarding the Euro Draws, I'm rooting for Portugal (obv), Spain and England.
It's sad how Portuguese football teams are really descriminated here. =S

 

[BlueStar]

We were lucky our player in goal was good enough to save the pen, that their striker wasn't good enough to put away his chances? How is that luck? Wow, Man City were lucky against wolves, if wolves players were better at football it would have been different.

How about the luck they had in that they should have played 85 minutes with 10 men? Compare that to Bolton's red card yesterday.

Chelsea were nothing special yesterday and on that showing they'll struggle to make the top four. They had their backs against the wall and they were getting booked for timewasting on 70 minutes, that should tell you something. Did you watch the whole game, Rockstar?

 

[rockstar99]

Yeah they were not clinical enough but on another day it might not have been the same>Coming into the game Sturridge was the most efficient epl striker with 6 goals from 8 shots on target.
Your defense was exposed far to much so the 3-0 was deserved.
You were not the better team, R.Taylor was a joke and your team is so frail without Colo and Tiote


Also Mata>David Silva

 

[BlueStar]

I wouldn't say we were the better team, but we could have got something out of the game and we would have deserved it. Ryan Taylor isn't the greatest player, but Luis makes him look like Roberto Carlos.

 

[rockstar99]

Luiz is a disgrace.


But Mata is another blessing from La Liga to the EPL.

 

[BlueStar]

R Taylor has been getting a lot of support from Jonas tracking back, we really missed him defensively yesterday.

 

[rockstar99]

Yeah and losing Colo(IN my opinion has been the best CB so far this season) was also a blow for you

 

[Satangel]

Regarding the Euro Draws, I'm rooting for Portugal (obv), Spain and England.
It's sad how Portuguese football teams are really descriminated here. =S

Portugal national team isn't anything special IMHO, classic example of superb players together but don't form a good team.
England is the same thing, France and Belgium too.

In your competition we have Defour and Witsel playing now (both ex-Standard, Belgians), it's getting a lot more coverage over here since they got there.

 

[emigre]

When did England have superb players?

 

[Satangel]

When did England have superb players?

Rooney in top condition is top 3 in the world. Terry/Ferdinand a couple of seasons ago, world-class duo, only beaten by Puyol/Piqué.
Lampard/Gerrard, excellent players.

 

[emigre]

Rooney- Unreliable, hasn't proved himself to a consistent top performer.
Terry- Overrated, overrated and overrated. He puts in a number of last ditch tackles because his reading of the game is so poor.
Ferdinand- Past his best. A few years ago, I would have agreed but not no.
Lampard-Past it, was never really world class. He just made the most of his ability, at his peak he was merely a class below world class.
Gerrard- Past it, consistently average at international level.

 

[alidsl]

Rooney- Unreliable, hasn't proved himself to a consistent top performer.
Terry- Overrated, overrated and overrated. He puts in a number of last ditch tackles because his reading of the game is so poor.
Ferdinand- Past his best. A few years ago, I would have agreed but not no.
Lampard-Past it, was never really world class. He just made the most of his ability, at his peak he was merely a class below world class.
Gerrard- Past it, consistently average at international level.

King might play

 

[rockstar99]

Hart​

Richards-King-Cahill-Baines​

Parker​

Wilshere-Milner​

Walcott----------------------Johnson​

Sturridge​

If England want to even try and threaten​

 

[ThatDudeWithTheFood]

Yeah they were not clinical enough but on another day it might not have been the same>Coming into the game Sturridge was the most efficient epl striker with 6 goals from 8 shots on target.
Your defense was exposed far to much so the 3-0 was deserved.
You were not the better team, R.Taylor was a joke and your team is so frail without Colo and Tiote


Also Mata>David Silva

BULLSHIT Silva might be the best player in the PL.
If you think Mata is better then Silva you are overrating Mata and underrating Silva at the same time.

 

[rockstar99]

Yeah they were not clinical enough but on another day it might not have been the same>Coming into the game Sturridge was the most efficient epl striker with 6 goals from 8 shots on target.
Your defense was exposed far to much so the 3-0 was deserved.
You were not the better team, R.Taylor was a joke and your team is so frail without Colo and Tiote


Also Mata>David Silva

BULLSHIT Silva might be the best player in the PL.
If you think Mata is better then Silva you are overrating Mata and underrating Silva at the same time.

Obvious coming from a City fan.
I wont argue here.

 

[emigre]

Who agrees David Silva is the best player in the EPL?

You don't!

 

[rockstar99]

Not anymore, I had hardly seen enough of Mata back then.. watched him straight every week since than and he is better