Belgiannutt

Don't be stupid. You realize how ridiculous you'd look wearing 2 tinfoil hats...

Did you wear a tinfoil hat ? Gotta wear a tinfoil hat mate. That's how they get you.

I was talking about regular American people, not politicians. I know gun companies have got a large number of politicians in their pocket but i don't understand why so many regular Americans are against it.

Easy for Fergie to say. At the end of the day he doesn't give a rat's ass about this club.

Agree with everything you said. I just can't fathom why Americans are fighting gun control so hard. How many more school massacres do they need to have before it sinks in ?

I don't think our players are dragging their feet or playing poorly on purpose. Yesterday i saw a lot of good will from our players. They were definitely "trying" out there. Problem is that it's all so disjointed. In attack we played some good combinations at times but there's just no follow up. After the good combinations everyone just stands still and the player who's on the ball is thinking "fuck what do i do with it now ?" Usually the player with the ball will then just keep running with the ball untill he comes across a defender and then he just passes it backwards or sideways. Opposition regroups and we're back to square one. I'm not seeing any actual purpose to our attacks. It feels like our plan of attack is to just play the ball around, roam around a lot and hope defenders cock up so spaces open up that we can exploit. Our midfield: I thought Fabregas played some great passes but he's so so poor defensively. Anyone with a little ability and pace can just run straight past him. So frustrating and it's not like he wins a lot of second balls either. Too slow and too weak to play in a 2 man midfield for me. Matic needs help. He just can't hold the midfield on his own. Our defence: Looked disjointed and confused about what they were supposed to do. Bournemouth were able to run at our back four far too easily but you could just sense the panic when a Bournemouth player ran at them with the ball. Where's the composure ? Where's the confidence ? From a tactical point of view this team is just all over the place.

Missed the first half. Can anyone please give me a quick summary of what happened ? how are we playing ? Any big chances ? any standout players ? Any poor performers for us ? Edit : nvm just seen the highlights. Looks like i didn't miss much.

Tonight's international friendly Belgium - Spain has been cancelled due to the terror threat. Belgian government decided late last night to raise the "terror threat level" from 2 to 3. They advised the belgian football association to cancel the event as they felt it was too big of a risk.

Done. Could only answer 2 questions though.

People "care more" about Paris because it hit a lot closer to home then the other incidents you mentioned. Also Paris isn't a warzone nor does it have a history of these type of events. People simply weren't expecting this kind violence so close to their doorstep. No one in West-Europe expects to get gunned down while having a drink with some friends in a cafe or going to a concert and getting executed 1 by 1 or getting blown up while going to a football match. A lot of people are simply in shock and feel the need to do something even if it's just changing their facebook image background to a french flag. I mean my mom walked in the morning after the paris killings and asked me " you heared what happened in Paris? " I said "yeah, it's crazy" She then said with a terrified look on her face " That happened only 3 hours from here " She kept looking at me for a few seconds and walked out of the room. People are shocked because they realize if it could happen in Paris it could happen everywhere.

It really all depends on what you prefer. They're two very different competitions. Personally i prefer the CL. Margin for error is smaller. When you head into the knockout rounds 1 poor performance can seal your fate. Only have 2 games so you gotta make them both count. Also i simply find it more prestigious due to the opponents being better. Bayern, Barcelona, Real Madrid. We don't even have one team of that type of quality in the PL let alone 3.

Loaning RLC out ? Anyone working for our youth program will be like :

Don't be stupid. Mourinho doesn't rate anyone's opinion but his own. Or as Mourinho so eloquently put it: 'When you reach my level it's difficult to learn from others'

Euhm i did say the system sucks. The first line in my post. "Problem is that there's no attacking system in place. Everything we do in attack is improvised. Our players simply have no clue what the player with the ball is gonna do." I didn't complain about Pedro, Fabregas, Willian, Oscar. Again i clearly stated in my post which players (Costa, Ramires) i was targeting with the "not on the same wavelenght" "not being on the same wave lenghts. (lack of quality imo (Costa, Ramires))"

Problem is that there's no attacking system in place. Everything we do in attack is improvised. Our players simply have no clue what the player with the ball is gonna do. And like Muzchap said teammates not being on the same wave lenghts. (lack of quality imo (Costa, Ramires)) Lost count of the amount of 1-2 's he tried today. Constantly ignored though. Sure buddy. Keep telling yourself that.

You've got to be kidding right ?

I just typed in Eden Hazard you bunch of perverts. And that's my story and i'm sticking to it.

Looks fit.

Depends on the situation. In a medical situation the doctor is the highest authority and the football manager is in fact just a football manager in such a situation. Hazard was face down on the ground and the referee called the medical staff on to the pitch, twice even. There was no way of knowing what the extent of Hazard's injuries were. I understand Mourinho's point about being a man down and not wanting to be down another man but the way he responded was just ridiculous. I can understand that in the heat of the moment he'd yell at them. I can place that as emotions getting the better of him but to then afterwards insult them by calling them naive and then replacing them on the bench for the next games is just childish. This entire situation has been handled in such a piss poor manner. Why couldn't he just keep this in house. Just talk to them person to person and explain to them what he expects from them in such a situation. Treat people with some god damn respect.

Yeah you're so much better then them aren't you...

Mourinho only has himself to blame for that. He constantly went looking for conflicts even with his own staff and players. It's actually quite an achievement from Mourinho to turn this group of players against him. I mean there's not a single player in this group that has a bad personality. All of them have amiable, easygoing personalities, yet somehow he's managed to turn them against him and apparently even had one of them go as far as say he'd rather lose then win for Mourinho. Seriously how did Mourinho manage that ?

It really is mind-boggling how a manager who's so meticulous when it comes to defending can have such a lacklustre/ laid back "just go out their and express yourselves" attitude towards the attacking part of the game. Our entire attacking game rests on three things : Opposition f*cking up, set pieces and individual brilliance. I mean that's it. Over 2 years with this group and that's all he can come up with. About the Liverpool game, just textbook Mourinho wasn't it. Score a goal, sit deep and let the opposition get back into the game. You'd think after we'd score such an early goal we'd grab Liverpool by the throat. Keep disrupting their passing game. Not let them get into their game. Go for a second goal but no no let's just sit back. Let them get their passing game going. Let them settle into the game. Just defend for the remaining 85 minutes. What could possibly go wrong...

Would it help if he said he was "one of us" ? :ph34r:

He probably wanted to but again he spent 322 million in 2 years. That's a lot of players and a lot of money and then after that he goes to the board and says i need another +100 million for 2- 3 new players ? I can understand the board saying no to this last summer. Sorry pacquiao but imo he's had enough funding and backing from the board in the past 2 years. We shouldn't be in this mess even without 2-3 new players.

He's had over 2 years to get rid of the dead wood and in those 2 years we've spent over 322 million euros on players.