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Strike

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  1. Football is different. All 22 players vying for the same thing, of course there will antics to take advantage. But in cricket there is no need to hurl insults at the batsman in order to take a wicket. Australia can justify it any way they want but some of the things they resorted to was very extreme.
  2. That is true. 90's and 2000's was a glorious time in the sport and Australia ripped the competition clean then but for such a great team, they were a team of the least sporting players in the world. Bar Glichrist, I don't think there was a single fair player in Australia. Bunch of sledging wankers
  3. Happy Birthday mate and you share yours with Cech! Brilliant.
  4. Why? Because Australia did not win? And you Aussies can't even play the 4-0 card anymore. Australia's glory period is over mate. Too bad they didn't get to host a WC under Waugh or Punter
  5. Aamir Khan is one of the more serious actors. He doesn't have the same cult following that some of the "parody" actors do but his films are often critically appreciated. 2-3 of them were nominated for the Oscars The plan to make a commercially successful bollywood movie is simple - Muscular hero, Beautiful lady, Evil father, Karate-fight scenes, Song and dance, happily ever after...
  6. Lagaan is good. Nominated and ran to the final two in Oscar Foreign film category. My favorite film growing up...But it's based on cricket and british oppression edit: Everyone here expected Lagaan to win the Oscar but when it lost, many pointed to the length of the film as a possible reason. it's over 3 hours
  7. Works like "Gangs of Wasseypur" is like needle in a needlestack though. Very very rare. For every GoW, there will be hundreds of Dabanggs
  8. @CHOULO19, "Naturally, when your opposition are in control and are committing men into the box, your DM should get into the box because 2 CBs to defend the area wouldn't be enough" This is where you're wrong. Defending Mikel's contribution as the starting point of attacks is fine but there isn't an excuse for a defensive midfielder slotting in between the CB's that often. that mentality puts us under more pressure because as soon as the CB's get the ball away, the opponents will regain control of it. Unless we are playing Bayern/Barcelona OR defending a lead very late in the game, that is not acceptable. It rounds back to your initial point of gaining control of the midfield - Mikel unbalances the double pivot by falling too far back. Won't stand for Vidal with you being a Juve follower, I'll assume you know more. Yacob started of brilliantly and then went unnoticed a bit but about the "out-of-position" argument against Yacob - he has Mulumbu next to him - another defense-minded midfielder. Mikel doesn't have that security. I am quite bemused by the Sandro criticism. He had a great season up until the injury As for "Cant pass to save his life" Arteta - He has a 91.5% Pass-Completion rate this season in the Premier League (whoscored)
  9. Ha! Yeah. Whenever I'm dragged to a bollywood movie by family, I enjoy it by treating it as a comedy. It's hilarious when the 'hero' is backed into a corner and he rips off a lamp-post or a car-door like it was nothing and proceeds to use it as a weapon
  10. It has nothing on Indian television.Take this as an example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0tA42km_1Q A man running with a lamp-post in hand catches up to a jeep (in slow motion ofcourse) and proceeds to destroy all the goons on the jeep by defying the laws of physics. This was considered a "serious" movie btw
  11. This is what is wrong with Arsenal now Celebrating scraping a Top 4 finish. What the actual fuck? Even when Chelsea declined after the double-winning season in 2010 and even when Chelsea finished 6th last season, we were ALWAYS competing for the cups. Always tough to beat in a knockout competition. That mentality/expectation never changed
  12. It depends on how much of a disadvantage it is to go to Med school without taking Biology. If it's manageable then taking some other subject but if it's not then take Biology. Ask a senior or someone in Med.School about this before deciding In India, you cannot take Medical without taking Biology before University but there are those who've said that you can make it up in Med School as Biology is just mugging up a bunch of stuff and remembering them
  13. Sign Eva Carneiro on a 8-year contract
  14. Turnbull Azpi Cahill Ivanovic Cole Ake Mikel Moses Oscar Feruz Torres Give game-time to Christensen and Baker perhaps
  15. @CHOULO19, I understand that sometimes committing to a tackle can give the opponent an opportunity to get past but I think ball-winning or atleast interceptions count under a holding-midfielders job description. Vidal and Fernandinho get stuck into 50-50's and come away with the ball. Mikel doesn't have that ability nor the tendency to go for the ball. He's a holding midfielder - who doesn't recover possession. Chelsea are settling for Mikel in DM. He's not mobile enough,(that's also a reason why he doesn't win or intercept the ball) and also, he backs off instead of cutting off the angles as you said. Very often he backs off all the way into the penalty box to slot in as a 3rd CB, which is one more reason why Chelsea lose control of the games btw, Arteta, Lucas, Yacob, Schneiderlein, Sandro all better for me this season
  16. Neuer was covering that post! He had no chance even though he got a hand on it because he had no time to react and punch it away. Bullet
  17. Thank You Paulo Ferreira, Florent Malouda, Ross Turnbull, Henrique Hilario and Yossi Benayoun Will never forget some of the moments - Hilario saving Ronaldinho's freekick on his debut, Malouda's brilliant run in 2010 and Paulo Ferreira - The right back under Mourinho and a servant at the club all these years.
  18. Supporters had a laugh at Spurs after the game. Were even chanting for Jose Mourinho
  19. Rafa is starting even Torres on the wing over Marin. That's a bit insulting
  20. You're right. There is CFC on the neck. Is it there in the new kit as well?
  21. dont get worked up just yet. Torres maybe on the wing
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