Footie Random Thoughts

[Fappin Raptor]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKGpy2eDKxc"]Ball platzt beim Spiel Bayern München - FC Köln - YouTube[/ame]

[Bigpapa42]

Nice. It was probably the studs of the defending player, but I'm going to credit Van Buyten's massiveness for that.

[Rudi]

How the club world cup b/t Barca and Santos gunna come on at 530? Of course I'm still up drunk, and I might as well stay up and watch this cus its gunna be a cracker!

[kyhadley]

Should have come away with a win if Cech could just hold on to the damn ball, but a draw still seems deserved for that game. We made so few real threats. Also don't understand why AVB took off Sturridge when he was our only player doing anything.

[1ke]

LeArse couldnt get it done today. Good game, but not enough quality other than Verm, and RvP.

[Bigpapa42]

LeArse couldnt get it done today. Good game, but not enough quality other than Verm, and RvP.

Sorry 1ke. Was hoping they could take something away from the match.

Was half expecting a rout, to be honest. Playing four central defenders across the back because if injuries against a side like City is a frightening idea, especially when one of those defenders is as slow as Merteseacker. But they held up reasonably.

Have to agree that the Arsenal side as a whole lack the overall quality of years past. There isn't that spark of creativity from midfield often enough. Song manages it every so often but its hardly his strength. Hoping that once Wilshire is back and in form, he'll be able to provide something there.

[Rudi]

That was a hell of a match though. Some great defending on both sides, could have been many more goals scored. Very enjoyable to watch

[Bigpapa42]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/998927/blackburn%27s-scott-dann-out-for-six-weeks-with-ruptured-testicle?cc=5901

I am often bemused by the "toughness" of soccer players compared to other sports. But that is just... fucking ouch...

[Rudi]

Found this on Reddit about Balotelli. Some good shit in here.

Survived a usually fatal disease at birth
£10,000 in parking fines
Car impounded 27 times
£300,000 fine for throwing darts at the youth team
Won £25,000 in a casino, gave £1,000 to a tramp outside
Rescued a child from bullying
Threw tomatoes at some Serie A manager
Threw water balloons at Serie A meeting
Started a fight with 4 bouncers, after breaking the no touching rule at a strip club
Thinks milk with tea is strange
Bibotelli saga
Had a £120,000 Audi R8 imported and wrote it off within a week
Had his friends approach girls in clubs and say "Balotelli will see you now."
Sent to John Lewis by his mother to buy essentials for the house, like an ironing board Came back with a giant trampoline and a Vespa and Scalectrix
Started fights with Kompany, Boateng and Tevez at training
Was frequently seen at the AC Milan superstore while playing for inter
Went on TV in an AC shirt with his name on while at inter
U21s game for Italy, kicks a swedish player while he's down and proceeds to just sit on the pitch ignoring the opposition and the referee for about a minute.
Is then offended when he gets sent off and protests about it
He winked at Ferdinand at the semi final of the FA cup and celebrate in front of the Man U fans.
After the FA cup final, on live TV, says "This season I have been s***. Can I say that?"
Was stopped by police driving round Hulme (a real craphole) in his maserati with £25,000 cash on the passenger seat. When asked why he said "because I'm rich"
Had to go off at half time in a game in Ukraine due to an allergy to the pitch
Had to be physically hauled away by Zanetti for refusing to let Samuel Eto'o take a penalty that he had won
Once broke up with a girlfriend via text while she was presenting a live television show
Slept with a model while his girlfriend was asleep downstairs
*** mental chicken hat
When he won the European Golden Boy trophy, said he had never heard of Jack Wilshere
Said he would find out who he was so he could remind Wilshere he came second
Drove his car into a women's prison so he could have a look around
Swore on live TV after the FA cup final
Attempted a roulette back heel shot against LA Galaxy and missed
Connections with the Naples Mafia, he even testified in court at a Mafia trial
Brought iPad to bench during International friendly.
Set house on fire using fireworks
Said only Messi is "a little stronger" than him, and he is better than all other players
"Why always me?" shirt, made for him by City kitman Chappy
Drove around Manchester high fiving city fans from his car the day after >1-6
Became the face of a firework safety campaign days after setting his house on fire
Hands £20 notes out to strangers when in Manchester
Chanted Rooney! Rooney! at the prostitute who claimed to have slept with Wayne
Italy were showing off their brand new home kit. After half time, Balotelli came out for the second half, having for no apparent reason changed into the old kit. Nobody else on the pitch had changed.
Turned the landscaped back garden of his rented mansion in to a quad bike race track

[Fappin Raptor]

He sounds like a real winner.

[1ke]

Super fuckin Mario. Lol

[Rudi]

Something excites me about the bottom of the table matchup today between Bolton and Blackburn. The fact it is probably a "must win" for both managers [and a W still might not be enough for Kean] adds to the spectacle, I'll definitely be watchin

[Bigpapa42]

Something excites me about the bottom of the table matchup today between Bolton and Blackburn. The fact it is probably a "must win" for both managers [and a W still might not be enough for Kean] adds to the spectacle, I'll definitely be watchin

Relegation battles are always interesting. A great aspect to this sport is that finishing in the bottom part of the table comes with real consequences (except in the MLS). In most other team sports, it gets you a top draft pick.

[1ke]

Relegation battles are always far more interesting that title races.

[1ke]

Holy fuck, I just saw that the scouser Vampire got 8, yes 8 games for what was allegedly said to Patrice Evra.

Holy fuck, ouch. Thats insane to me.