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Football Thread 2016/17 |OT| Mou Money Mo Pogba
- Thread starter Lunar FC
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His finishing is his main problem.
Still think he will be really good, its a shame that FSG didnt get Klopp the summer he left, cos it would be interesting to see how he would be in this team at the moment, especially if we still bought Mane
GoldenCrow
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He needs players with pace around him, the second he has to play to others pace rather than his own he becomes a bit shit. The England team have that pace but they never really use it. Slow build up doesn't suit him at all, Guardiola has highlighted that pretty clearly this season.
WhateverItTakes
Banned
Barca want Coutinho for Rakitic. James Rodriguez will join Liverpool if we make champions league.
BELIEVE
WhateverItTakes
Banned
Apparently Lallana is injured, FUCK. Gotta hope Henderson is completely ready for Saturday.
Argentina, Russia, Sponsors, TV networks will appeal against the ban
Yup, thigh injury, out for a month apparently. That's a huge dent in any top 4 hopes we had.
McMoneyman
Member
Yeah if Henderson is back I'm less worried but both of them injured... yikes.
Fútbol starts in a hour and a half.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Bolivia 2 - 0 Argentina right now
Grassclipper
Member
So Sweden is actually playing fairly good as of late. As a Swede it is once again fun to watch them. Under our last coach it was a constant fear no matter what team we were facing. Since switching coach for this qualifier we haven't really had a bad game, the one against the Netherlands was so-so but it can be blamed on him just having one week with the players as well as a lack of experienced players in the midfield. Even our only loss against France (Ivory coast in January was a team composed of young up and comers) showed some good play.
Carl2291
Member
Absolutely fucking hilarious if they fail to qualify.
McMoneyman
Member
Party-Janne!
Alexis assist on top of that. Incredible. All three goals for Chile: https://streamable.com/atnjm
Undoubtedly one of the three best International players in the last 5 years alongside Neymar & Bale. Just amazing.
Undoubtedly one of the three best International players in the last 5 years alongside Neymar & Bale. Just amazing.
GoldenCrow
Member
During the faff between the vid ref and the ref I was a bit like "hmmmmm hurry up", then they made the right call and I want it in the prem immediately. Its gonna get rid of so many shitty decisions. Man City and Arsenal fans will love it and pretty much most other team fans as bad calls seem to be endemic at the moment.
Not yet. But Dybala is still growing there. However, Dybala do all those thing you said though. He get goals, assists, take on def and also score FK.(Actually, all of this don't sounds special thing here.)
He literally make Juve play on the field much livelier as his dribble and pacing is great.
On Transfer next season, being Juve fans is great.^^ So many huge player link to us here.^^
Tolisso, Donnaruma( we will just get Meret i think.^^), Alexis Sanchez, Bentacur, and Bernardeschi(Going to be really hard as this one come from Viola and we know how Viola really hated Juve.)
All hot prospect which will be lovely to follow.^^
AcademicSaucer
Member
Uruguay fucking up again, they love playing against the Oceania country
Brazil is the first one qualified for WC. Tite is amazing.
When he came we were 6th (out of the WC), nobody would respect us, we didnt have faith in the team, the 7x1 talk was present 100% of the time ...
He basically won all 9 matches (1 was a friendly, in honour of the Chapecoense tragedy), 8 in the Qualifiers (thats a record of consecutive wins), and we are literally playing better than when we had Ronaldo Adriano Kaka Ronaldinho around 12 years ago. Solid defense, fast counterattack, controlling the game most of the time. Our midfielders playing well offensively and defensively.
I will be next year in Russia and we are bringing the 6th title. Before that, I plan to be in Berlin for the friendly against the Germans, the first after the 7x1, in March. The gods of football are smiling at us again.
Yeah, the hype train is completely crowded, but we have our reasons.
When he came we were 6th (out of the WC), nobody would respect us, we didnt have faith in the team, the 7x1 talk was present 100% of the time ...
He basically won all 9 matches (1 was a friendly, in honour of the Chapecoense tragedy), 8 in the Qualifiers (thats a record of consecutive wins), and we are literally playing better than when we had Ronaldo Adriano Kaka Ronaldinho around 12 years ago. Solid defense, fast counterattack, controlling the game most of the time. Our midfielders playing well offensively and defensively.
I will be next year in Russia and we are bringing the 6th title. Before that, I plan to be in Berlin for the friendly against the Germans, the first after the 7x1, in March. The gods of football are smiling at us again.
Yeah, the hype train is completely crowded, but we have our reasons.
The fact we are not playing in the next Confederations Cup makes me happy. We weren't lucky that last times we won it. Also glad we have a coach who knows we still have a lot to improve until we face world-class natiomal teams.
GoldenCrow
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ReplacementPelican
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It would make the Champion's League more interesting. Probably would have made quite the difference in the Barca/PSG match.
How would it work though, the Ref double-checks when he's not sure? The managers are allowed a certain amount of 'challenges'?
GoldenCrow
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Apparently it is two way between the ref and vid ref, no other involvement. The ref can request a decision and the vid ref can flag things up.
I think the biggest change it will have is how teams now play with offsides. Often you see the defending team drop once they see the flag go up, or teams that play high lines and offside traps will all scream for offside immediately when they play the trap. The whole engagement of that will likely change as a ref will now be able to let play continue then pull it back if need be.
Isn't that just Niall Quinn dipped in copper?
Made in cataluña
I refuse to believe they won't qualify.
WC is the new friendly game in the summer, footy gaf will not give a shit
Unreal Champ
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Why? What's the point of stacking up on talent when most of them sit in the reserve. Talk about bad career choice. Unless Liverpoolcooled their interest in him.
McMoneyman
Member
Apparently Henderson's renaissance as a holding midfielder made Liverpool drop their interest.
CONCACAF having as many spots as CONMEBOL seems off. I know CONMEBOL doesn't have many countries so you can't qualify all of them, but it's still a bit ridiculous that countries like Ecuador or Peru could miss out on the World Cup while Trinidad and Tobago gets in. Weren't there talks of merging the 2 confederations ? Where did that go ?
Anyway, don't know how much I'll care about the world cup by then, between the consecutive Russia and Qatar WC and the expansion, it's not going in a direction I like.
Anyway, don't know how much I'll care about the world cup by then, between the consecutive Russia and Qatar WC and the expansion, it's not going in a direction I like.