2012/13 Soccer Thread

One newspaper has described today's QPR v Southampton game as 'El Sackico'.

Well, it amused me.

My favourite headline today? "Wenger admits concern over Diaby’s injuries". He might be onto something, you know.

I was initially upset at the red card as it would obviously disturb the dynamic of what is always a good game. Upon replay though, what on earth was Adebayor thinking? What a stupid stupid stupid challenge. I don't think the ref had a choice. Two feet laces up.

Tom Huddlestone - proof that there is a good reason why things that think and move that slowly became extinct.

Hahahaha. Most delicious deja vu.

edit: Adebayor for Arsenal's MoM?

bigred wrote:

I was initially upset at the red card as it would obviously disturb the dynamic of what is always a good game. Upon replay though, what on earth was Adebayor thinking? What a stupid stupid stupid challenge. I don't think the ref had a choice. Two feet laces up.

I was never upset or surprised.

Hes been sent off in the same match by Webb for doing less wearing an Arsenal shirt. Hes a grade A moron.

UCRC wrote:

Hahahaha. Most delicious deja vu.

edit: Adebayor for Arsenal's MoM?

Hard to take anything away from games when your up a man. Let in 2 soft goals and scored a couple of nice goals... vs 10 men.

Next Prem game is away to Villa. Would be nice to actually win a game in convincing fashion :/

Chelsea dropping some points would be the cherry on top of winning the derby!

please please please please.

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jowner wrote:

Chelsea dropping some points would be the cherry on top of winning the derby!

please please please please.

Your wish is WBA's command. Edin Dzeko's winner at the Hawthorns is looking more and more valuable.

Arsenal's next game is at Villa, you say ? You should be fine, they're very poor. Much like QPR, as Hughes continues to build his CV to succeed Fergie at The Swamp. At this rate, Twitcher will have his choice of jobs...anyone else noticed that since Pardew got his 10-year deal, Newcastle have only won 1 game in 11 ?

Quote of the day, from that most erudite of pundits, Craig 'f**kwit' Burley - "If City are capable of beating Aston Villa 5-0, how come they haven't cracked the Champions League ?". Well, it's just possible that there is a teensy gulf in class between a team 18th in the Premiership and Real Madrid, Craig - not that you'd know about winning things, you drooling simpleton. Honestly, given commentators / pundits like him, Chris 'Mullet' Waddle and John 'please please please score against City' Champion, the end of ESPN's Premier League contract can't come soon enough.

I enjoy Ian Darke and Macca

bigred wrote:

I enjoy Ian Darke and Macca

Not sure if they get them in the UK?

I do to for the most part. Macca pretty much calls it as is with no bias I find. Then again I haven't caught many games with him covering Liverpool.

and.....

United

I like Dutch, Spanish and French streams. Partly because they don't have any English pundits.

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UCRC wrote:

RvP

did he injure himself also?

and thank god he missed. Nothing like seeing him score screamers to drive me nuts.

I think Giroud will come around (and already is) so the its not that part that stings.

Its the fact that if United manage to win the title its going to be close. So if that happens we pretty much sold them a title for 24m or so pounds. 'For footballing reasons'.

The Clattenburg thing is getting absurd. Fourth week he hasn't reffed a game now.

Even if you think he's a bad ref it's kinda silly that he can pretty much just be accused, no evidence turns up and as a result the league losses a ref for 4 weeks?

Does Chelsea even face any blow back? What's stopping teams from just accusing refs each week of anything they like.

Any room for college soccer talk in here? NCAA tournament 2nd round was this weekend. #10 seed Louisville smashed Winthrop 5-0 last night, including a hat trick by our midfielder Dylan Mares.

And also the #7 seed Marquette got upset by Northwestern, so Louisville gets to host another home game next Sun.

CBS Sports actually had a very good live stream of the games to watch. No replay sadly, so I actually looked away and missed a goal. But was cool to see a game live from so far away.

Hmm, let's see.

Do I watch West Ham vs Stoke, which is to the 'beautiful game' what Kristen Stewart is to being attractive, or do I find something else to do ?

Hmm, sure I've got some job applications to be working on, so sorry Big Sam and Tony Pulis, I shall have to give it a miss. I must admit, part of the dilemma that I would be faced with in watching what has been described as the 'Cro-Magnon Derby' is that there is no way I can seperate the fans, managers and players of both of these fine old clubs. They ALL deserve to die.

Not that I'm a connoisseur, but I reckon that's very harsh on Kristen Stewart.

Stele wrote:

Any room for college soccer talk in here? NCAA tournament 2nd round was this weekend. #10 seed Louisville smashed Winthrop 5-0 last night, including a hat trick by our midfielder Dylan Mares.

And also the #7 seed Marquette got upset by Northwestern, so Louisville gets to host another home game next Sun.

CBS Sports actually had a very good live stream of the games to watch. No replay sadly, so I actually looked away and missed a goal. But was cool to see a game live from so far away.

So how was Paolo Del Piccolo in the game?

She's one of the ugliest, dull-faced nonentities to have crawled out of the primeval ooze. Her and that other slab-faced emo halfwit deserve each other.

Harsh, yes. Fair, also yes

Yes, but it's Stoke and Big Sam we're talking about. In terms of lack of sex appeal it's up there with Henry Kissinger and this guy.

So's she

And Henry Kissinger bedded Jill St John (allegedly), so he must have had something going for him.

Less about men/women you secretly find attractive and more about football please.

davet, never took you to obsess over kristen stewart. tsk tsk, she's a trampire! SHE CHEATED ON BOBBIE!

ps. You gooners are just crabby RvP hasn't fizzled off after moving away like so many other stars you've grown and sold in the past.

pps. Walcott though... he's definitely gonna be a let-down no matter where he goes if he marches off the reservation Wenger has lovingly set-up for him these past few years.

ppps. UCRC, that said Davet is absolutely right. In the past, Hollywood has manufactured some really horrendously talent-less and/or not-even-that-nice-to-look-at disasters that were absolutely not deserving of the money/fame they received (I realize the irony that this is a thread for modern football). But Hollywood really pushed to new lows with some of the Twilight lot, Kristen Stewart being the most obvious of them all.

Blimey, ello Pikey - not seen you for a bit. And I was using her as a metaphor for something worse than West 'Aam versus Stoke, so I'm still talking about football

Meanwhile, I do believe that the team with the 'defensive crisis' (TM - Alan Hansen, every week on Match of the Day) has now got the lowest goals against total in all 4 divisions. No wonder he was noticeably reserved with Vincent Kompany sat next to him on last week's show. Thereagain, he looked more involved than Twitcher, who seemed somewhat intoxicated...maybe he was thinking about something else (cough *QPR* cough).

Pikey26 wrote:

Less about men/women you secretly find attractive and more about football please.

Sure, no probl-

Pikey26 wrote:

ppps. UCRC, that said Davet is absolutely right. In the past, Hollywood has manufactured some really horrendously talent-less and/or not-even-that-nice-to-look-at disasters that were absolutely not deserving of the money/fame they received (I realize the irony that this is a thread for modern football). But Hollywood really pushed to new lows with some of the Twilight lot, Kristen Stewart being the most obvious of them all.

Chelsea lose here their qualification is out of their hands

Chelsea lose here their qualification is out of their hands

Edit: double post for joy

Pep's packing already. British tabs love to get the knives into non-British managers, so tomorrow's papers should be a bloodbath. Now that the 'Mancini is losing the plot' thread is unravelled, it's time for them to lump onto something else, so RDM is tailor-made for them. We could have a sweepstake on how many times the word 'stopgap' is used.

Personally, I'm not sure whether Pep would be a big success at Chelsea. He won't get the sort of flameproof adulation that being a trophy-winning ex-player got him at Barca, or the sort of team and youth academy setup. And he will get an owner who's a completely clueless c*ck and likes to stick his oar in, which might not go down too well.

davet010 wrote:

Personally, I'm not sure whether Pep would be a big success at Chelsea. He won't get the sort of flameproof adulation that being a trophy-winning ex-player got him at Barca, or the sort of team and youth academy setup. And he will get an owner who's a completely clueless c*ck and likes to stick his oar in, which might not go down too well.

Well, from what i've heard/read, between Cruyff always sticking his nose in and Sandro Rosell's.... existence, Pep surely is familiar with having a management structure above him with a "hands-on" style...

...but Pep was worshiped at Barca before he got the gig, he was part of the club's fabric, so when he walked into the room, as you said, he had their respect. If he gets the job at Chelsea, he'll have to deal with Frank Lampard and John Terry, who already fancy themselves player-managers. If he's smart, he won't take the job and wait to see if Berto gets sacked.

Since Mourinho left, Chelsea have had seven managers in just over five years. There are deranged chairmen of Argentine clubs who are on their fourth manager this season who think that's a bit much.

davet010 wrote:

Thereagain, he looked more involved than Twitcher, who seemed somewhat intoxicated...maybe he was thinking about something else (cough *QPR* cough).

Quick
Phone
Redknapp

You know it's coming. How does Hughes keep on getting PL jobs anyway? He's done notably worse at every stop since Blackburn.