The English Football Thread

[lucio 5,418]

citeh win the micky mouse cup. LAME

[cosmicway 1,333]

There is the following strange pattern:

When two teams play against each other twice in a short space of time the winners of the first match are the losers of the second match.

Is that true you think or just my memory playing tricks ?

This will be the case with City and Sunderland.

[cosmicway 1,333]

Mods. start a world cup thread.

I think it's very interesting and it's about the right time.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

You know you are shit when Soldado scores against you. (And that goes for Torres, too)

[The Skipper 20,593]

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[Jase 43,479]

Cardiff v Fulham next weekend is gonna be huge! 19th v 20th and Cardiff are 3 points away from safety while Fulham are 4 points adrift. Could be a cracker as I don't see both teams capable of being defensive against the other.

[Jase 43,479]

Mods. start a world cup thread.

I think it's very interesting and it's about the right time.

Errr.....

http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/15566-world-cup-2014/page-19#entry853557

[didierforever 7,349]

Congratulations to city.

[Fernando 6,484]

Liverpool's John W Henry admits Luis Suárez did have £40m clause – reports

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/mar/02/liverpool-john-henry-luis-suarez-clause

[cosmicway 1,333]

Errr.....

http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/15566-world-cup-2014/page-19#entry853557

Ooops, missed it - maybe the slow loading we had.

I make thorough study now and I look forward to opinions.

[The_Flash 1,144]

Congratulations to city.

Haha **** them, if Sunderland had taken their chances early they would have won

[didierforever 7,349]

Haha **** them, if Sunderland had taken their chances early they would have won

so?

If barca n bayern hsd taken their chances we would have been embarrassed in the 2011-12 CL.

Be a sport, and extend congrats to the victor.

[The_Flash 1,144]

No chance, if Sunderland had won they would not have congratulated them, they would have had every excuse under why they had lost.

[cosmicway 1,333]

City had an attacking crescento early in the second half that paid off.

The 1-1 was a Seaman's dance though, then a Nasri goal out of the anthology of football.

Imho City is past it now.

[Jase 43,479]

Was just watching through the weekend's league action highlights again and looking at Arsenal's game at Stoke involving that penalty incident, it's quite incredible that none of the Arsenal players protested to Mike Jones (if I'm not mistaken)! In my opinion, I didn't think it was a penalty as Koscienly's hand didn't hit the ball but rather the other way round as it bounced off the ground and hit his hand. Heck, the linesman didn't even raise his flag when that happened and it was the referee who gave it but yet not one Arsenal player seem to argue their case with him, not Koscielny, Mertesacker or anyone closeby that saw the incident. Even when a penalty is 100% rightly given, you usually see some players arguing their point with the referee but this one (when it was a dodgy call), there isn't even one. It just look as if they accepted their fate as it is without showing any fight, desire and that passion to win.

There is no doubt Wenger is a good manager (not great IMO) but at times I can't help to wonder if he's just really a good manager (or coach) that coaches players on just the footballing side such as technical abilities, skills on the ball etc as opposed to doing that and toughen his players up mentally and physically as well to make them a truly world class, taking them to the next level. It looks as if he's just interested in collecting players who are 'pretty' with the ball to play their tiki-taka football and can't be bothered with combining that with the strong, tough, know-how winning mentality to win trophies - a characteristic typically obvious and found in Fergie and Mourinho's team for instance. I don't think it would be crazy to suggest that any player going to Arsenal won't win many trophies or develop into a better player overall, not just their ability on the ball but also that mental strength and toughness. They've gone 8 years without winning a trophy and might well eventually break that duck sooner or later anyway (will probably win it through quality football as opposed to other factors mentioned) but give them an 8-year period within the near future, don't think they'll be able to win trophies consistently like us or United tended to do under Fergie. Might win 1 here, 1 there along the way but doubt it will be consistent, though that is of course Wenger continues to manage them for the years to come.

[guddy69 174]

I would hate it if they god rid of the technical area just because of 1 person.

It all adds to the excitement.

[zolayes 14,489]

Adam gets charged by FA for a stamp ,, Toure didnt ,,,

[Tomo 21,733]

Just watched the football league show for the first time in a while and deary me the standard off football in league two is so bad, i almost forgot how much, don't know whether to laugh or cry.

95% off goals i have seen in that division ever have come from defensive cock up's, you would expect the 4th tier off English football to have some quality players that look capable off potentially going up the pyramid.

The bottom half off league one isn't much better either.