The Soccer Thread

[1ke]

The red card was the right decision. No choice, Albiol tried to strangle him.

Villa should have won the game on two occassions though, poor first touch let him down

I watched it on ESPN 3 on my Xbox. Tommy Smith from was the commentator and he basically took a jab at Barca. He said Villa has the same goal scoring record as Zlatan did and Zlatan got ran out of town. For some reason Villa's gettin a pass. He was bad.

Also just throwin this out there, and I know how bad Nani is. But if you wanna see some real acting, just watch Sergio Busquets. That kid makes me wanna shoot myself.

 

[calgaryballer]

There's a lot more to Villa than his scoring record. Ibra had a good one, but he forced Barca to play one way. Villa is able to move out to the flanks and cut in, allowing Messi (and sometimes Pedro) to play up top. Not being able to track a single striker is the entire base of Barca's offence as Xavi and Iniesta pick out their runs.

 

[1ke]

I agree with everything you said...Except. They paid €40 million. Sooner or later, hell have to start scoring again.

Heres the one thing I never understood. How Barca drop points to the worst teams in La Liga sometimes?

 

[calgaryballer]

I agree with everything you said...Except. They paid €40 million. Sooner or later, hell have to start scoring again.

Heres the one thing I never understood. How Barca drop points to the worst teams in La Liga sometimes?

I think it's only natural to take your foot off the gas on occassion. In the Hercules game, Herc parked the bus and Barca couldn't find that breakthrough. Drenthe was able to use his pace to open up Barca on the counter for the winner.

 

[calgaryballer]

Also, the Neverkusen tag will stick for another year. Currently getting trounced 4-0 by Bayern. If Dortmund can beat an average Freiburg side (and keep my new man crush Papiss Cisse off the scoreboard), they will be back to 8 pts clear with 4 to go

 

[1ke]

Also, the Neverkusen tag will stick for another year. Currently getting trounced 4-0 by Bayern. If Dortmund can beat an average Freiburg side (and keep my new man crush Papiss Cisse off the scoreboard), they will be back to 8 pts clear with 4 to go

Thats funny. I stopped watching at halftime. Very disappointing. The goals they have allowed have been pathetic. An O-G, a back heel in the box that obviously got stolen, a shot Adler should have saved and some pathetic defense.

 

[1ke]

Alright you fucks... In the rare occasion Im rooting for you to beat the Goomers, dont you let me down!

 

[CaribbeanJoseph]

We're half rooting for the Gunners!

Yep

 

[BigHouseUSA]

Also just throwin this out there, and I know how bad Nani is. But if you wanna see some real acting, just watch Sergio Busquets. That kid makes me wanna shoot myself.

Busquets is probably the worst right now. His CL exploits last season are well known.

 

[BigHouseUSA]

Thought Carroll was dead for a moment there.

 

[1ke]

Liverpool definitely deserved a point...but LOLREFS!

 

[BigHouseUSA]

Game should have been a draw, this was just a lot more exciting.

 

[Bigpapa42]

Fucking refs. Fucking Gunners.

 

[CaribbeanJoseph]

:smh:

 

[mgoblue2290]

 

[mgoblue2290]

Kenny is such a legend. Just give him the job now, any man who can earn a draw against team playing for the title with two teenagers at fullback deserves it.

 

[Bigpapa42]

Bale player of the year? GFTO.

No shit. He hasn't even been the best player for Sperz this season.

 

[citizenerased]

Next year, there's a chance we might finally see Messi do it on a cold Wednesday Night at Stoke if Barcelona crash out of the group stages of the CL.

 

[CaribbeanJoseph]

Kenny is such a legend. Just give him the job now, any man who can earn a draw against team playing for the title with two teenagers at fullback deserves it.

It would be class if they did it for the last game of the season at Anfield vs Spurs.

Apparently United fans want Dalglish banned under the Respect campaign for telling Wenger to "piss off".

Class. Pure class.

:jonesy:


Also Celtic through to the cup final, still on track for the double :redsmug:

 

[Senser81]

Watched the Liverpool-Arsenal game. I had taken a break from watching Liverpool, so now I don't know half the players on the team, and the people who I dislike (Lucas, Aurellio) are still playing.

Anyway, the first penalty was a penalty. I think the incidents prior to the second penalty probably had a lot to do with it. Eboue fouled Lucas at the edge of the box, then they get in a shoving match with both receiving cards. I think the ref wasn't going to cut Eboue any slack, so when he ran up the back of a diving Lucas, he felt the need to give a penalty. I don't think a penalty is given if the prior events did not occur.

Arsene's bitchiness was obviously heat-of-the-moment stuff, as was Dalglish's "piss off" comment. It should be a humorous talking point, nothing more.