The English Football Thread

[DYC. 7,542]

1 minute ago, LDN Blue said:

His progress is incredible! My friend's Dad is from Milton Keynes so we went to a couple of Dons games and Alli really stood out then but so did a lot of that team, we didn't think much of him at the time for that reason. Then he got signed by Tottenham and were still unsure, knew he'd been doing things for England U21s at that time too so it wasn't out the blue he was scouted. We never quite thought it would be so soon he was breaking down the door of established first team members at Tottenham. Ryan Mason was meant to be their 'guy' and now it's Alli

At the time I said "i'm disappointed Chelsea never signed him", but I'm glad. He'd have never got that exposure for us here, the RLC comparison has already been alluded to. If that means we one day end up paying £40-60m for him because of that, so be it. Even if it is Spurs, it's just a refreshing to witness.

Ryan Mason. Never impressed me. They were never going anywhere with that Mason-Bentaleb midfield. Pochettino also finally saw the light concerning Dembele (I thought he'd make a clever Jan purchase, very useful player, but that's not happening anymore).

Haha, just the thought of it. He never would've played at Chelsea. He would've received the infamous 'old bottle of wine' treatment. It's in your house and you rave about it. You even show it off to your friends/peers. But you never take it out. You just keep saving it for that special that never comes.

[Special Juan 27,439]

Really fancy Stoke to do a number on Klopp's pussies tomorrow night....

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Did a couple of cheeky bets for this and got good odds from William Hill:

Shaqiri to score at any time and Stoke to win 3-2 was 100/1

Stoke win, 10-12 corners and over 6 cards was 40/1

And Bojan to score and Stoke to win was 7/1

 

I think it's obvious who I want to win!!

[Fulham Broadway 16,920]

14 minutes ago, CurlyHairLikeLuiz said:

Did a couple of cheeky bets for this and got good odds from William Hill:

Shaqiri to score at any time and Stoke to win 3-2 was 100/1

Stoke win, 10-12 corners and over 6 cards was 40/1

And Bojan to score and Stoke to win was 7/1

 

I think it's obvious who I want to win!!

Good shout. Can see them beating the dippers. Might do similar but with Arnautovic to get on the score sheet anytime

[Jase 43,479]

On 1/4/2016 at 10:49 PM, Special Juan said:

Really fancy Stoke to do a number on Klopp's pussies tomorrow night....

 

10 hours ago, CurlyHairLikeLuiz said:

Did a couple of cheeky bets for this and got good odds from William Hill:

Shaqiri to score at any time and Stoke to win 3-2 was 100/1

Stoke win, 10-12 corners and over 6 cards was 40/1

And Bojan to score and Stoke to win was 7/1

 

I think it's obvious who I want to win!!

 

10 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Good shout. Can see them beating the dippers. Might do similar but with Arnautovic to get on the score sheet anytime

Well that didn't happen although Liverpool did pick up a few hamstring injuries.

[Fulham Broadway 16,920]

Thanks for pointing out that it didnt happen.

Stoke will fuck them over at Shitfield. Possibly.

[Jase 43,479]

13 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Thanks for pointing out that it didnt happen.

Stoke will fuck them over at Shitfield. Possibly.

Need them to fuck Arsenal and United next week first though.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Lukaku was amazing. Really growing as a player. MOTM by far. 

City knocked out. Yaya again left Fernandhino to deal with the midfield all by himself. It's a great day whenever Man City lose. 

[Spike 12,049]

I read this on an unnamed, anonymous bulletin board.

 

On Manuel Pellegrini:

 

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He's clearly a pretty good manager.
The fact that shitty manage to win anything with that bunch of players is testament to that.

He does that whole defending with the edge of the box thing which is pretty clever and works most of the time.

He sets the team up in a way that allows the few players who actually try to influence the game and the ones who don't try at least stand in the right place.

I've watched city on tv three times in the last few weeks (Arsenal, Watford and Everton) and they've put in maximum of about 5 minutes effort combined.
Don't know why the media are criticising the defenders when they are the only good thing about city, everything is down to the midfield and most significantly Yaya Toure. 

Don't get me wrong, I'm pissing myself watching him, but he trundles round like a paraplegic on opium. 
No other team that I've ever watched do I get the sense that these players genuinely never hang out outside of training and games and that any of them actually enjoy playing football. 

City have to be the most depressing team to watch. They show up, play at the slowest pace ever before seen, put in the occasional two minutes effort and still manage to win most of their games because they have talented players and because they are well managed.

They remind of those middle-aged divorced men who have a well paid executive job and three children they never see who go on in life completely alone and hating themselves but never end it or themselves because it's all too easy to accept the status quo.

 

[Hostedenis 556]

1 hour ago, Blue-in-me-Veins said:

Lukaku was amazing. Really growing as a player. MOTM by far. 

City knocked out. Yaya again left Fernandhino to deal with the midfield all by himself. It's a great day whenever Man City lose. 

Lukaku might've picked up an injury though. And City aren't out, not yet at least. There's still a return to be played, no?

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

4 hours ago, Hostedenis said:

Lukaku might've picked up an injury though. And City aren't out, not yet at least. There's still a return to be played, no?

 

Your right, don't know how I forgot that.. lol

[Fulham Broadway 16,920]

Claudio got another five points

 

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/leicester-city-manager-gets-five-points-and-hefty-fine-from-peterborough-court-after-hitting-nearly-100mph-on-a14-1-7147600#ixzz3wTysz13c

[Roquila 1,335]

I was reading a dailymail arcticle about the FIFA team of the year and look what i found in the commenct section.



" The biasness in this is unpalatable. I would list Coutinho ahead of an Iniesta way past his prime and Firmino who was the king of assists in the Bundesliga deserves the spot instead of Rodriguez who has done nothing apart from having a huge transfer fee. It pains me greatly that the media, uefa are all against Liverpool, the set of injustices handed to our mighty club is nothing short of disgraceful. I demand an inquest! "
 

[Essien19 1,415]

Yaya Toure labels African football confederation 'indecent' and 'pathetic' after missing out on Player of the Year award

'I'll give an example. Messi won all the trophies, but it's Cristiano Ronaldo who won the award [Ballon d'Or 2014]. What would you say? It's unfair. 'Even FIFA, with all its history of corruption, wouldn't do [what CAF judges did].

Yaya will take care of Yaya and let Africa take care of itself. As I've been told many times, you can't take care of Africa too much because Africa will be the first to let you down.  When I return to Europe, a lot of questions will be asked. I think I'm going to have to answer them. As I'm someone who's honest, I will always tell the truth.'

Cake jokes incoming....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3390476/Yaya-Toure-labels-African-football-confederation-indecent-pathetic-missing-Player-Year-award.html

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

Yaya wants cake! Yaya wants trophy!!!!

[LDN Blue 7,903]

LMAO, oh dear Yaya

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Hahaha yayatoure..... Someone forgot to give him an apology cake 

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

guys have a look at old football formations on how they use to play and lineup.

http://www.football-bible.com/soccer-info/old-football-formations.html

In the earliest days of football there were no specific formations or designated positions. Football was played like a children’s game of kick and run: the ball was kicked long and all the players ran towards it.

In 1863, the offside rule in football was formalized with the creation of the English Football Association. The rule stated that any player in front of the kicker is offside and cannot play the ball. The kick and run game was no more and became a game of charge-and-dribble: players dribbled the ball as far as they can towards the opponents goal with several teammates to their sides. Players rarely passed the ball and there was no real formation.  

Because of excess of dribbling and the poor number of goals scored, the FA amended the offside rule. Forward passes were allowed again as long as there were three players between the receiver and the goal line. With the new rule, teams began to play a more organized football which led to the creation of tactical formations.

Below are the most influential formations in the formative years of football.