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Re: soccer
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Sun May 20, 2012 6:01 am
by Who Really Cares?
And i doubt Barca/the spanish press went on about it before the game like the UK press did.
No they simply came over here and made UTD look like a sunday pub team.
Re: soccer
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Sun May 20, 2012 7:13 am
by PirateMuffins
What i find funny is when Italian teams did stuff like this they were lambasted for their style of play, but when it's an English team sticking the entire team in the box it's 'bravery', 'courage', 'determination', 'grit'
Abramovich is obviously happy with the CL win, however, once he reflects on it he won't be too chuffed with the way his team won it, it's well known he wants Chelsea to play free-flowing football (which is why he's been so hell bent on getting Guardiola) and be admired the world over, right now i doubt Chelsea are admired anywhere but England.
Re: soccer
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Sun May 20, 2012 7:50 am
by Who Really Cares?
Not really, most people in england see them as playing dull football. They have had spells over the years that saw them playing great attacking football but yeah against Barca/BM they pretty much camped the bus.
But yeah the press will go on about this like Chelsea just held strong against a 2,000 man army.
Re: soccer
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Sun May 20, 2012 7:58 am
by Tuffty
Ok which one of you beautiful bastards did this
Re: soccer
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Sun May 20, 2012 9:16 am
by PirateMuffins
Who Really Cares? wrote:Not really, most people in england see them as playing dull football. They have had spells over the years that saw them playing great attacking football but yeah against Barca/BM they pretty much camped the bus.
But yeah the press will go on about this like Chelsea just held strong against a 2,000 man army.
I meant more in the context of last night, although i am reading more and more people going against Chelsea now for the way they won it, the majority still seem to be heaping praise on them though simply because it's an english team.
I do feel sorry for Spurs, a team that played brilliant attacking football throughout the season and got the CL spot...only for it to be undone by a boring, un-imaginative, un-adventurous lucky as hell Chelsea side.
Re: soccer
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Sun May 20, 2012 9:30 am
by Who Really Cares?
As i said, Chelsea earned the right last season and won it this. But they did not earn the right to play in next years. If anything both should have to qualify for the group stages even if its against one another.
Pretty sure winning the WC and Euros does not = automatic spot in the next one?
And so it begins, reports saying both Bale and Modric will consider their future over the summer
I like both as players but i will say Bale was rather poor on the whole last season nd Modric went missing for the last few months but im sick of players at all clubs not giving a shit about the contract they signed.
Hope Levy puts them in their place a lot sooner this time as the start to the season costs us pretty badly aswell as the last month or 2.
Re: soccer
Posted:
Mon May 21, 2012 11:57 am
by Who Really Cares?
Re: soccer
Posted:
Sat May 26, 2012 5:14 am
by Vyse Hazuky
Team of the year, lads?
Re: soccer
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Sun May 27, 2012 5:40 am
by Vyse Hazuky
Alright here's mine:
Team /3-4-3
1 hart (man city)
2 hummels (dortmund)
3 kompany (man city)
4 barzagli (juve)
5 yaya (man city)
6 pirlo (juve)
7 götze (dortmund)
8 kroos (bayern)
9 falcao (atletico)
10 messi (barça)
11 hazard (lille)
manager: pardew (newcastle), bielsa (athletic), conte (juve)
golden boy: shaarawy (milan), draxler (schalke), walker (tottenham)
most improved: cavani (napoli), reus (gladbach), giroud (montpellier)
signing of the year: jones (man utd), pirlo (juve), sigurdsson (swansea)
disappointing: wilshere (arsenal), luis enrique (roma), liverpool
player: messi
Re: soccer
Posted:
Wed May 30, 2012 2:10 pm
by Who Really Cares?
Brendan Rodgers the new Liverpool manager. Suprised as he turned them down the other week
Re: soccer
Posted:
Wed May 30, 2012 6:53 pm
by Samanosuke Akechi
Yet another match fixing scandal going on in Italy right now.I watch the Seria A every now and then but these allegations are really throwing me off.
Re: soccer
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Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:45 am
by Vyse Hazuky
Hazard-Hulk-Torres?
Surely not, they need another H... Higuaín? Huntelaar?
Re: soccer
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Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:41 am
by Vyse Hazuky
Zonal Marking's Team of the Year is in:
http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/05/30/ ... ar-201112/ and complete with short commentary and videos.
Not that different from mine, curiously..
Re: soccer
Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:36 am
by Who Really Cares?
Cahill out of Euros
Dirk Kuyt leaves Liverpool for Fenerbahce
Rob Green leaving West Ham
Re: soccer
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Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:41 pm
by Vyse Hazuky
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJio5ZcBLLA[/youtube]
Shilton; Mills (C), Samsom, Thompson, Butcher; Robson, Coppell, Wilkins, Mariner; Francis, Rix
Ettori; Battiston, Tresor, Lopez, Bossis; Larios, Girard, Giresse, Rocheteau; Platini (C), Soler