The BIG Football Thread

[rockstar99]

Damn, that sucks for Villa. He's one of my fave strikers. Hope he gets back to 100% soon.

He says that he will try his best to stay fit incase we reach the CL Final.

If we win the CWC it's dedicated to Villa

 

[kakashi919]

So.. what you guys think about the UCL draw? And Europa?

Lyon v APOEL Nicosia Napoli v Chelsea AC Milan v Arsenal FC Basel v Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid Zenit St Peterburg v Benfica Marseille v Inter Milan

 

[Shinigami357]

Looks like Chelsea's "Epic moment of Awesome" against City was a one-time deal. They threw away whatever momentum they gained... to Wigan, even.

 

[rockstar99]

Club World Cup Winners.
Alves was fantastic.

 

[Shinigami357]

Top of the table [as of right now]!!!

Gotta cheer for Arsenal later XD


PS

No more hashtags... The "real" football fans might take affront from it... The rubes...

 

[ThatDudeWithTheFood]

Top of the table [as of right now]!!!

Gotta cheer for Arsenal later XD


PS

No more hashtags... The "real" football fans might take affront from it... The rubes...

We went back to the top as if we never left.
Good game I really thought they were gonna score an equalizer before the game was over.
I actually really enjoy watching Arsenal play.
We stopped RVP and thats what won the game.

 

[Shinigami357]

The upcoming fixtures are gonna be crazy! LOL

 

[Sick Wario]

that was a hell of a match for a neutral, but should have been more goals for both sides

best team won, again!

 

[Satangel]

I'm not going to ditch United in bad times

Lol, bad times. Like when you only get to play in the champions league for a little bit. What a martyr.

Seriously though, just to try and explain the attitude towards Man U/Man City/Chelsea/Liverpool 'fans'. Before the Man U bandwagon, and even now amongst most British fans, football is about more than football. It's representing your city and everything (cultural/political/class/history) that goes with it. You support that club because it stands for who you are, it's the club you cheer on as a symbol of your home - if you go there week in, week out or if you can get a ticket someone can't use that week, or pay on the door for a cup game. Rivalries aren't things like Man U and Chelsea being billed as a grudge match because a few seasons ago they were both in with a shot at the title and maybe someone dived to win a penalty. Leeds, the Sheffield clubs and Newcastle hate Notts County and Nottingham Forest because in the 80s when there was the miner's strike the Nottingham Miners scabbed and broke the strike. Liverpool and Manchester hate each other because they competed as the industrial heartland of the North West. Newcastle and Sunderland were on opposing sides in the Civil War. West Ham and Chelsea think of each other as scum and snobs, representing the class divide between east and west London. Wherever you come from, I'm sure you can think of regional groups, each with their own political, religious and civil leanings. Now imagine a group you don't particularly like happens to have a talented singer, or gets a big investment from a foreign businessman to make whatever product. And suddenly a load of people from all over the world are waving their flags, wearing their colours, singing their traditional songs, without the slightest clue about any of their culture or history, and calling you 'their' rivals, their enemies.

The reason Man U get it in the neck is because they seem to be the team who invented it. There didn't seem to be any of this as a kid, you supported you hometown unless, say, your dad had moved from another town for work and you inherited his bloodline. So suddenly in the 90s when people were going "Oh, I'm from Essex, but I support Manchester" people were all

I never said this were bad times. Otherwise, cool story bro!
I know rivalries in the PL have deeper meanings, I'm not that naive. It's a bit the same in Belgium, where you have the working class that sides with Club Brugge and the rich snobs siding with Cercle Brugge. The rivalry isn't near as fierce as Chelsea/West Ham though.

David Villa out for 5 months.
Still have Pedro, Sanchez, Iniesta and Cuenca.
If needed Pep can call up Kiko or Tello from the B Team.

Been watching lots of Barca B and U19s for the past month, they are class

How do you even find streams for those Barca B and especially U19 matches?
Do you perhaps know Victor Vazquez, and Victor (think that's his first name) Soriano?

Mackem wankers Bendtner and Cattermole arrested for vandalising cars. It's OK though, people on the Sunderland board are celebrating because they did it in Newcastle after a night out (Sunder;and players tend to live, eat and drink in Newcastle, because Sunderland is a shit hole).

Comes a few weeks after Bendtner was filmed demanding free pizza from a takeaway and then begging people for money to buy one, and shortly after he had a fight with someone in a hotel. What an utter cunt.

LOL, Bendtner wtf is that guy doing man. You're right, what a cunt.

Damn, that sucks for Villa. He's one of my fave strikers. Hope he gets back to 100% soon.

He says that he will try his best to stay fit incase we reach the CL Final.

If we win the CWC it's dedicated to Villa

He'll probably be ready for the EC 2012, that's in 6 months or so, he'll be there. CL final probably too, but not in topshape I think.
The CWC is just a joke, every year the same shit, 9 out of 10 times the CL winner wins it, it's incredibly stupid IMHO, and I don't think the players appreciate it that much too. They already have enough appointments without having to go to the other side of the world to play some football matches, in the middle of their competition.

 

[rockstar99]

David Villa out for 5 months.
Still have Pedro, Sanchez, Iniesta and Cuenca.
If needed Pep can call up Kiko or Tello from the B Team.

Been watching lots of Barca B and U19s for the past month, they are class

How do you even find streams for those Barca B and especially U19 matches?
Do you perhaps know Victor Vazquez, and Victor (think that's his first name) Soriano?

Victor Vazquez is class, needs to become more clinical but overall he is pretty creative and technically gifted, how has he been at Brugge.
Not seen enough of Soriano to judge him.
I don't watch the games live, I just download them and watch them later because finding live steams of Barca B is near impossible so I download the game from barcaforum.com

 

[Satangel]

David Villa out for 5 months.
Still have Pedro, Sanchez, Iniesta and Cuenca.
If needed Pep can call up Kiko or Tello from the B Team.

Been watching lots of Barca B and U19s for the past month, they are class

How do you even find streams for those Barca B and especially U19 matches?
Do you perhaps know Victor Vazquez, and Victor (think that's his first name) Soriano?

Victor Vazquez is class, needs to become more clinical but overall he is pretty creative and technically gifted, how has he been at Brugge.
Not seen enough of Soriano to judge him.
I don't watch the games live, I just download them and watch them later because finding live steams of Barca B is near impossible so I download the game from barcaforum.com

Vazquez has been a better finisher than I expected him to be. Based off his Wiki stats it seemed he didn't score that much at all, but he's scored 4 times in 16 matches now (IIRC), and some of them were pretty nice too. Also very happy he doesn't seem to neglect/underrate our competition, he's always trying his best and definitely not acting cocky. His technique and insight is remarkable, one of the best of the league. Only problem I have with him is his physical presence/power.... It's rather lacking for our competition, he's too weak to play 2 full matches in 7 days, and he barely wins 30% of his duels. He's a pushover, hopefully that'll be fixed soon, it'll get better because that are things that can easily be trained.

 

[Shinigami357]

Suarez fined [not gonna bother with the amount, it's change to him anyway] and banned 8 matches by FA.

Comments?


PS

So yeah... Obviously all fines/sanctions are suspended pending an appeal. And odds are they'll appeal it, anyway.

 

[emigre]

Liverpool fans think this is all a conspiracy.

Christ Liverpool fans are simple.

 

[BlueStar]

Tony Pulis @TonyPooless 3m "Suarez" and "Blackburn" are trending. So the Liverpool player AND his thoughts right now are trending. Powerful man. #lfc #brfc

 

[BlueStar]

If they appeal it it could be extended to 10. Which would be hilarious.

 

[Sick Wario]

glad the fa have brought the hammer down on the cheating diving twat.
he will still receive some sort of punishment for the gesture towards the fulham support

 

[Flame]

fuck liverpool.

 

[rockstar99]

8 matches is harsh.. now watch John Terry not even get a suspension

 

[Satangel]

LOL and all the United haters saying Evra was the bad guy You don't hear them anymore.
Glad Suarez got a severe punishment, they should ban him a lot more based on his dives, it's unbearable.

 

[Shinigami357]

And now Terry's gonna be tried. Whew.


In other [on the pitch] news...
Phil Jones injured Really, did we need another defender injured?!? WTF?!?
On the other hand... 5 - 0... And with a depleted lineup, at that.