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Football Thread 2017/18 |OT| Relegated to Community
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BMO = GOAT
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£36.5m for Draxler? Damn i would love him at Bayern but they have enough attacking players. 🤔🤔
I think he would have already been a Bayern player if the club wanted him.
I want to know more on this. She comes of as a bit of a bitch before this shit kicked off, but then he comes across as a cunt as well.
MrS
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His comments about France at the Euro's were quite embarrassing. He's Billy Big Balls, isn't he? He needs to shave that jarg goatee off too.
MaizeRage25
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Don't blame the Everton player at all, ref needs to do a much better job.
Thought City did well to get a point and were the dominant side even down a man for most of the game.
As always they got burnt with poor finishing and giving away one chance.
I mean, she's an accomplished footballer so being a bitch doesn't really matter when it comes to the truth. It seems like Sampson decided he didn't like her or want her as a part of his set-up and was a complete dick to her. Now, I have no idea if the 'arrests' comment was racially motivated but regardless it's just a fucking straight up nasty thing to assume about a person.
Going down like a little bitch should always be ridiculed, IMO. He can go down without pretending he's been shot.
MrS
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If the ref thinks Walker deliberately elbowed him, why hasn't he given him a straight red? Shit like this is maddening.
Yeah the arrest thing is the bit that I am like 🤔. Has she got a record? If not that shit is getting dodgy.
Tbf she isn't that good compared to the latest team. She is basically a lot of speed and now and again has a mad game. But then she still deserves to be treated with respect.
GoldenCrow
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Thats was just an attempt by Davis to do what Calvert-Lewin did but was obvious without playback. He kicked the ball in the direction he was heading then took a few steps to the left. Normally you trail a leg not change direction.
Havent you been arrested before? Four times isnt it?
Oh, he said. Nigeria? Make sure they dont bring Ebola with them.
'Aluko also alleges that one member of staff repeatedly spoke to her in a mock Caribbean accent'
She's never been in trouble with the police in her life.
brokenbeans
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Where is Draxler off to then?
GHG
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He's got huge fitness issues though so not sure how much of a difference he'll make.
We've had this thought with every half-decent striker we've bought.
"Can't wait to see Carroll link up with Zaza!"
"Can't wait to see Chicharito play with Big Andy"
It's a false hope. He is destined to always be heading for another injury.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
He can't be relied upon, and I'm not just talking about his terrible injury record. He goes missing for far too long in almost every game.
Also he likes Boyzone.
The same was said about Carroll and Suarez at Liverpool, and it took people far too long to realise that Maxi Rodriguez and Craig Bellamy were far better options than Andy.
Don Draper's Hat
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I doubt she's got a record, she's a lawyer isn't she? Or at least training to be.
Sampson has always come across as a jumped up prick to me. None of this surprises me. He has a "my shit don't stink" attitude about him.
GoldenCrow
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From some of the stuff Steph Houghton said about Sampson the women give just as much shit to him but there is a fine line and wouldn't be surprised if he crossed it due to some of his comments in the past. There is giving players shit and then there is being a racist arsehole.
I disagree, it was soft foul (if that foul was awarded in the first place) but a foul nonetheless. he lunged forward and his leg was clipped. Doesn't need to the leg to change the direction in order to get a foul.Soft clipping is even a bigger issue in football, and players should be punished.
Christ, don't say that. Rustles will be jimmied.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Predictions at this stage of the year are worthless. Last year, just after Chelsea had lost to Liverpool and Arsenal, I remember reading an article about how Sean Dyche could do a better job than Conte at Chelsea.
I am not making that up.
And City won the first 10 games and almost every pundit was saying City would not lose the entire year.
Of course it's normal for people to say who looks good or bad at any point of the season, but it's so early to make proclamations about how it's going to pay out in the end except for the part where Huddersfield will be the Champion.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
There's always one team every year that overachieves at the start of every season, and morons like Merson and Thompson will start talking them up for a Champions league place. Hull in 08/09 and Blackpool in 2010/2011 were the funniest. 1 was relegated and the other narrowly avoided relegation on the final day.
Leicester winning the league is going to make these predictions more commonplace for the next few years.
Of course they are worthless. Barely any point even thinking about the title till after Xmas.
pidgin translator?
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
MrS
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GoldenCrow
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That really annoyed me last year. The quality of the football wasn't good at all but City were getting goals, they showed nothing to warrant the praise. They actually got significantly better when they lost some games and it was primarily down to keeper errors that they lost. The game when Everton beat City 4-0, City were by far the better team (only Davis for Everton really stood out in that game) but Bravo was a liability and every time they shot they scored.
That is one of the biggest criticisms I have about punditry in the UK. A team can play crap for 89 mins then have a min where they bang in three goals and the performance will be lauded. When often it is the other teams mistakes not anything to do with the quality of football being played by the team that won.
Standards of football in the PL should be much higher. People got bent out of shape when Henry criticised Lukaku this weekend but everything he said was correct. If fans had more demand for quality football then the quality might get much better.
MrS
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Based on what? Fans have literally no say in the matter. What can the fans do in your opinion?
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
The quality of punditry in the UK is shocking, and it's because it's mostly reliant on ex-players who are all part of the same lad-culture clique. Most of them spend more time attending charity golf events and gala dinners than they do actually watching football, which is their bloody job. I doubt that any of them watch any football outside of the PL aside from the classico, yet they all pretend like they are experts about foreign players as soon as an English team is interested in them. I cite an example I used previously in the thread: Jamie Redknapp described Granit Xhaka when he was signing for Arsenal as a player that doesn't like to make a tackle.
It's not like any professional writers are any better either, most of them just sensationalise the most mundane events to get clicks or sell papers. All they peddle is faux outrage and hot takes. Carra, Neville, Henry and the odd journo like Sam Wallace and the Football365 writers are the only ones worth bothering with.
Dutch Gronk
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FUCK UNITED! FUCK MOU! FUCK LUKAKU! FUCK MATA! FUCK MATIC!
I wanted to say fuck you as well, but you're kinda bae so I won't <3
GoldenCrow
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Simply have a basic expectation of how the teams should play and call out poor passes, control and movement. Players and teams don't like to be derided for their lack of quality but when they are getting praised for some shoddy performances or basic but flashy skills nothing is going to improve.
Listen to La Liga, Seria A and Bundisliga fans when they watch games they are all about the details which I rarely hear from Prem fans, post game analysis is also far better and the teams from those leagues show a much higher level of skill even though most of the players in the Prem are better players. Most prem fans can't even read off ball play or formations or the role of players in said formations so it is a big ask.
MrS
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I'm not sure how many English football matches you go to, but this already happens, at least at the Boro matches I attend. Part of the reason Karanka was sacked was because he fell out with the fans when he accused them of being too critical of the team and going against his tactics during a match. We've also had countless managers talking in post-game interviews about how the fans got on the teams back and demanded more from them, getting riled up at wayward passes and the like. Some speculate that fan criticism is why Ozil is so bad. Fans are relentless with him when he makes the slightest error, and he's not the only one who experiences it.
I've read some rumours today. Not very specific, but I could see it happening.
That'd be the best outcome for both sides imo.
Mass_Pincup
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Looks like Barca is losing its negotiating power, Nice is getting fed up with their behaviour regarding the potential transfer of Seri and are requesting money and a player.
I love watching this trainwreck.
I love watching this trainwreck.
MrS
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Netherlands were pretty entertaining at the Euros
cromofo
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