The BIG Football Thread

[ThatDudeWithTheFood]

I'd be surprised if Arsenal got in the top 4. 3 spots are already taken IMHO, Utd, City and Chelsea. The 4th one is between Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and maybe even Everton. It's going to be tense, like always in the PL! I love the fact there are so much decent teams there, instead of 2 against the rest like in Italy or in Spain.

Napoli could challenge for the title.Roma is pretty good with the new signings.Jueve improved greatly.In spain Villareal and Valencia are great just not as good as RM and Barca.

I'm basing my opinions purely on the titles of the past 10 years. I haven't watched any Serie A matches this season, don't know how strong Juve and As Roma are (although I know they both have invested a lot).

Villareal and Valencia are good indeed but in no way a contender for the title. At the time of writing, Barcelona is winning 8-0 against Osasuna. Shows what 'competition' they have there.
In the PL you have 6 teams that should be in the CL, and I'm sure 3 of those 6 would easily survive the group stage. There is no other competition who can say they have teams with those capabilities.

Counter point TAKEN

 

[rockstar99]

City to win 4-0 Aguerox2, Dzeko, Silva

 

[emigre]

I'd be surprised if Arsenal got in the top 4. 3 spots are already taken IMHO, Utd, City and Chelsea. The 4th one is between Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and maybe even Everton. It's going to be tense, like always in the PL! I love the fact there are so much decent teams there, instead of 2 against the rest like in Italy or in Spain.

Napoli could challenge for the title.Roma is pretty good with the new signings.Jueve improved greatly.In spain Villareal and Valencia are great just not as good as RM and Barca.

Are you insinuating two those six PL teams are Liverpool and Spurs?

 

[Satangel]

I'd be surprised if Arsenal got in the top 4. 3 spots are already taken IMHO, Utd, City and Chelsea. The 4th one is between Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and maybe even Everton. It's going to be tense, like always in the PL! I love the fact there are so much decent teams there, instead of 2 against the rest like in Italy or in Spain.

Napoli could challenge for the title.Roma is pretty good with the new signings.Jueve improved greatly.In spain Villareal and Valencia are great just not as good as RM and Barca.

Are you insinuating two those six PL teams are Liverpool and Spurs?

Uh yes, I think. I think Utd, City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham all should play in the CL. It's a shame that only 4 teams (?) are allowed in it.

 

[emigre]

I'd be surprised if Arsenal got in the top 4. 3 spots are already taken IMHO, Utd, City and Chelsea. The 4th one is between Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and maybe even Everton. It's going to be tense, like always in the PL! I love the fact there are so much decent teams there, instead of 2 against the rest like in Italy or in Spain.

Napoli could challenge for the title.Roma is pretty good with the new signings.Jueve improved greatly.In spain Villareal and Valencia are great just not as good as RM and Barca.

Are you insinuating two those six PL teams are Liverpool and Spurs?

Uh yes, I think. I think Utd, City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham all should play in the CL. It's a shame that only 4 teams (?) are allowed in it.

Increasing the number would just make the PL even more of a uneven cash cow than it already is. I'm old school, just the Champions of each league should be in the CL/European Cup. Other teams can go in the UEFA cup/ Europa league.

 

[luke_c]

Ugh, we should of drew that game to say the least. We missed two open goals and had more than enough on target chances to score more.
Was a bit unlucky with some of United's goals (Offside and deflects off our players) but with the way we defended we probably deserved that.
Time to go reflect on what could of been I guess :|
EDIT:

Spoiler: Rooney fluff

I eagerly await a Torres one now

 

[Satangel]

Here you go luke_c.

60 million for that, still an epic investment if you ask me!

 

[Shinigami357]

Who's smiling at the end, boys? Pretty sure it wasn't AVB... Or Mancini...

 

[rockstar99]

I feel so bad for Torres... he did not deserve such a miss after an amazing performance.He was my MOTM putting in so much effort, dribbling past players, shooting from range, making chances for others... my sympathy to the guy, he deserved a hattrick for his work last night, and now people will never remember the game for his great performance but for that miss but like AVB said 'The worst things happen to the best strikers in the world'

 

[BlueStar]

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini claims he is lacking midfielders in the wake of the team's 2-2 draw at Fulham on Sunday.

City led 2-0 at Craven Cottage thanks to Sergio Aguero's double before goals from Bobby Zamora and Danny Murphy sealed an unlikely comeback.

Mancini's side tackled Napoli in their UEFA Champions League debut on Wednesday and the Italian tactician insists he would have made more changes to his team if he had more options.

With the likes of Nigel de Jong and James Milner on the sidelines City's manager only has Gareth Barry and Yaya Toure as options in the middle of the park.
Lacking

"We're lacking players at this moment," commented Mancini.

"I can only change the full-backs or the strikers.

"I have only two midfield players, as James Milner and Nigel De Jong are injured."
Disappointed

Mancini is not angry his players failed to pick up all three points from their weekend London trip, although he was disappointed by the result.

"Do we lack that? Yes, probably," he continued. "I'm not angry but I'm disappointed.

"My players probably thought they had done enough to win."

Aye, OK

 

[BlueStar]

Ben Arfa should be back (again) tonight!

Let's just hope he's not immediately crocked (again) tonight by some clogger (or, more likely, by karl Henry when we play Wolves in a few weeks)

French football blogs have started referring to us as "Châteauneuf", thanks to all our French players.

 

[alidsl]

When Man City do badly Rockstars sig and ava change...

 

[Necron]

Eliminatories are going to start the next month here!

 

[rockstar99]

When Man City do badly Rockstars sig and ava change...

I dont support Man City, just like some players like Dzeko, Aguero and SIlva

 

[iNFiNiTY]

Just from the last page, i was thinking that getting AvB was actually kinda surprising considering how much money they supposedly paid to get him, plus his contract. He had a great season and might well be a great manager, but Porto did have an incredible frontline and it is Portugal. I would have waited one more season at least.

 

[rockstar99]

Just from the last page, i was thinking that getting AvB was actually kinda surprising considering how much money they supposedly paid to get him, plus his contract. He had a great season and might well be a great manager, but Porto did have an incredible frontline and it is Portugal. I would have waited one more season at least.

Well so far he looks like he knows how to handle this.Chelsea have been playing nice, they just need to improve finishsing and they could have even won at OT.United fans on other forums agree Chelsea were playing better at OT and not many teams can do that.Also watchout for Torres from now on, looks like he is coming back

 

[rockstar99]

Matches today.Gonna watch Chelsea VS Swansea, Torres to score

 

[BlueStar]

See if we can keep our 100% record and move into the top 3 today. Blackburn have been gash, in spite of a flattering scoreline against Arsenal, but we've not beaten them at home for ages.

Today's also the first time people get to see the way Ashley has defiled the iconic 'Newcastle United' sign with his bloody tacky Sports Direct logos. Guess at least as its on my stand I won't be able to see them...

 

[Shinigami357]

Hargreaves... Damn him, he scores one goal and then goes spouting off. See if he doesn't go down the Tevez path and into football obscurity pretty soon...

 

[BlueStar]

Man U and Aldershot's balls kept in the freezer beforehand I see.