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Done the double on Arsenal and Man Red in the same season. How long until we become the new Everton?
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(SPOILER)always bet on bafe
Done the double on Arsenal and Man Red in the same season. How long until we become the new Everton?
smurf you, Steve Bruce! Made up for the Foxes. :)
Oh and Steven Gerrard etc. did you know he's leaving? I didn't. The football press should've paid more attention to this story. I was also unaware he never won the premier league (because he slipped apparently?) but he won the champions league. Has anybody asked whether he is Liverpool's best ever player or the Premier League's best ever midfielder or whether he has the lineiest forehead in League Cup history yet? I feel like there should be copious online polls dedicated to this but they seem to be lacking.
look i love him but shut the smurf up already
Man, that Southamption-Aston game. Also had one of the finest shots on distance this season. A pleasure to watch.
You want a pleasure to watch? I think I just came.
The Stevie love-in is almost reaching the heights of the Scholesy wankfest, something I once thought was unattainable
Who had the best wankfest in Premier League history, Gerrard or Scholes? While Gerrard doesn't have the wankstain collection that the ginger has, let's not forget he had a supporting cast of generic Sainsbury's tissues compared to Scholes's Kleenex and jesus christ why I am even typing this I am so sorry.
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Originally Posted by Psychotic
Please say yes. I'm doing my best not to envisage the alternative.
Gerrard was quitting, and the fans were giving him a going away party.Quote:
Originally Posted by FormalhautI...I.. this has something to do with Football?Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
Please say yes. I'm doing my best not to envisage the alternative.
Anyway, back to football, not fan wanking, Herrera and Young are playing really well in the Arsenal-Man U. game.
Oh, that's what that was referring to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerith's Knight
I'm predicting a Man United victory. They're already 1-0 and are looking pretty good so far.
Hmm, not looking so good anymore, De Gea will always be man of the season for United. A lesser keeper can't handle the defensive screwups.
edit: Self-prediction came true. Defensive screw-up, and the lesser goalkeeper couldn't defend it.
Just out of curiosity, how do you decide which club to support? Is it the same as with professional North American sports? Family loyalty, by location, how the club is run, another arbitrary reason?
I'm starting to get into the Premier League and I was wondering about this.
I started supporting my main team because they wore red and at the age of 5 I loved everything to be red. Obviously after 23 years it's kind of become more than that! The other team I support because my Grandad supported them, and he died before they could get back into the Premiership (which they finally did this season) so I kind of feel like I'm doing it on his behalf.
I actually grew up in and around Swansea so that actually makes me the only ~*~TRUE FAN~*~ around here I'm afraid. 🎣 :hattip:
I support Man Utd because while I was born in London and live in South Wales, my Dad is Stretford born and bred, and he raised me on Man Utd.
His mother was United, as was her father, so I happily carry on the legacy even if I'm the first one not to be born in Stretford.
I superficially support Arsenal because my family does, even if my 'support' descends into me moaning profusely about their lack of defense.
I then usually surrogate an underdog team to support and see how they do. I do like smaller clubs beating larger teams. This season, it has been Southampton. I chose them because they got picked off like a dead carcass during the transfer window from what I hear, with some of their best players moving on. No-one expected them to be challenging for a European entry. Go Southampton!
Also, now that Bournemouth (my current home) has moved up to the Premier League after several years of promotion, I'll probably support them next season.
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#doublewankstain
#takecareall
#hymn of the faith
#prayforbruce
Gerrard deserved a better send-off. United deserved to win, I think, but given the Emirates game we had it coming (*). No pun in intended. :smug:
Born and grew up in Failsworth, just North of Manchester city centre. My Dad was a City fan as is my older brother. However, my Dad left my Mum when I was one-year-old and my Grandad encouraged me to follow the red half of the city.
The only other sport I have a team for is baseball and I'm a New York Yankee fan. My Dad's family were all from Connecticut on the East coast of USA and were all big Yankee fans. My Dad made me passionate about baseball and I've managed to attend three Yankee games in my lifetime. Not a bad effort considering my geographical limitations.
I just support clubs that either have a Dutch coach (3 teams so far), have the most Dutch players, or play the best.
Being a foreigner, I support my local team. The local team of the foreigner is absolutely Manchester United.
But seriously, my sister's husband was a massive Liverpool fan so I followed them with the intent of getting into football. Same with England. I fell asleep watching pretty much every match! Eventually they played some team called Manchester United and it was the way they played football that reminded me of the style of Auckland Blues / All Blacks. I started following Manchester United and got pretty caught up in their style and became a supporter.
I often wonder if I'd be an Arsenal supporter if I'd seen them play before I saw United play, because at the time I was first watching football, those two were both playing similar styles.
Does the hoofball dross United have served up the past two seasons depress you? Also Arsenal and United's trademark styles of the 2000's are in no way similar wtf xD Arsenal were slow tempo, slow passing, play it through the middle, never put in any high balls while United were high tempo, bombard you down the flanks. I don't think Arsenal have actually signed a winger since Thierry Henry and look what they did with him. fwiw it's a good thing, Arsenal's sterile domination is boring as trout while United were a really exciting team.
It's definitely far from just the past two seasons, to be honest, but it's not been as hoofball as people have made it out to be. Certainly not that much more than previous seasons, which might surprise some people. SAF's sides saw the benefit of the long ball when the situation called for it. If anything, though, the biggest difference these days is that we have fewer quick players on the pitch. We would move the ball forward much faster beforehand. The past two seasons have had their moments, though, both good and bad. I don't like how much the game has slowed down for us, I miss wingers running down the line perfectly, beating players, etc... but I do love watching Blind/Young/Fellaini perfectly rotating the ball up the left side of the pitch, it's been good to see Valencia taking on and beating his man expertly, and last season watching Januzaj was awesome, him running off the pitch, around the player and back on to collect the ball... great fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
We seem to do okay against the sides that are willing to attack us, but I feel LVG hasn't quite uncovered a strategy that works effectively against sides who are willing to camp'n'counter. Moyes was probably the opposite.
I'm not sure if it's just the games I watched of Arsenal back then, which more often than not were against top sides where they would have to counter more often, but they played a high counter game when I watched, with trickery of the likes of Henry and a hell of a lot of falling over dramatically courtesy of some guy (Who was it again... Reyes or something?) on the wing who was just awful for it. But yeah, they did play pretty fast during the games I watched, and they played with flair and often down the wings, which is what I liked. I think it was 2002-2003 or so when I started watching football. All I remember is that I started following United at the beginning of their "barren spell" of 2-3 seasons without a trophy.Quote:
Also Arsenal and United's trademark styles of the 2000's are in no way similar wtf xD Arsenal were slow tempo, slow passing, play it through the middle, never put in any high balls while United were high tempo, bombard you down the flanks. I don't think Arsenal have actually signed a winger since Thierry Henry and look what they did with him. fwiw it's a good thing, Arsenal's sterile domination is boring as trout while United were a really exciting team.
I've never seen a transfer get as vicious as this Sterling business. I don't mean from fans because fans are always hatemonsters, but the trout going on between LFC and Sterling's moron of an agent. And I'm not calling him a moron because he's trying to get Sterling out because smurf it, I don't care, sell him if he doesn't want to be here though after this trout I'd be happy to let him rot in the reserves. I'm calling him a moron because he evidently has no idea how to broker a super transfer and get a sweet slice of that transfer fee.
You don't see Jorge Mendes going around calling people a knob in the media or having his clients do unsanctioned TV interviews. No club is going to want to do business with the guy after these shambles. Useful reminder that Liverpool literally ignored Suarez's release clause and then sold him for £35m more than that a year later. It works both ways though, we'll try to nickle and dime with clubs over players and end up getting our fourth or fifth choice.
You may now enter this post right here in the Manus End Of Season Review because damn. Laughing Stock status achieved with relish. Even Hodgson never did something like this, and he wasn't given £120m in one Summer either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Manus
I mean look, you can say delusions of grandeur but what ambitions should Liverpool have? Before you answer, consider that they are the 8th richest club in the world and have spent more than every other English club apart from City and Chelsea over the past 5 years. Champions League football is not an unrealistic goal. But even if it is and I'm wrong on that, I don't think you'd accuse even Bournemouth fans of delusions of grandeur if they hoped for better than having Stoke putting six goals past them when they come up next season.
I am not stupid enough to think getting rid of Brendan is a magic bullet that'll fix it. He's still been a smurfing moron this season though. He's been playing Can at right back, Glen Johnson at Centre Back, Markovic and Sterling at Wing Back and despite the fact that both work best in a strike partnership he's played Balotelli and Lambert up front as lone strikers. This trout definitely does not help.
KLOPP
FOR
THE
KOP.
That is all.
I became a Liverpool fan when I caught a random match in TV, which was not easy to find in the USA about ten or so years ago. It was the 3-1 Liverpool win at Olympiacos. Watching that game left mesmerized with how one player (Gerrard) could seemingly make all the difference in a match. Then, I began to dig in to Liverpool's history and haven't looked back since.
Today's game was impossible to watch. Literally every player on the field should walk home to Anfield, not by bus, by train or by private jet.
Rodgers has seemed more and more overwhelmed as this season has worn on and while I for a while thought he deserved a chance to have one full season to fix things, after the last few weeks, I think the club needs to move on. The defense is a shambles, the tactics are a mess and the whole operation just seems exhausted of ideas. That starts at the top and needs to change ASAP.
Take care all.
That was not a proper last game for Gerrard. That will stay with him for the rest of his life, methinks.
I hate Steven Gerrard. Thats the biggest compliment I can pay him.
The :bou::bou::bou::bou:.
OFFICIAL EOFF FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE 2014-15 POWER RANKINGS
1 The LVG party bus Donal O'Brien 2,190 2 Brazers Van Braintz Brazerwish Van Braintz 1,994 3 Bony's Boner Bus James Hornby 1,948 4 Sonic Death Monkey Matt Conroy 1,887 5 i want to eat ham Krakow Pauw 1,837 6 Cap's Crew Devin K 1,742 7 Charlie Adams D Cups Daniel Wanchope 1,696 8 FC Chwarae Pêl Droed Thomas Corker 1,676 9 Southern Assassins Peter Verrall 1,655 10 Say It Ain't So Jô Max Power 1,618 11 BoB's Bunch Daniel Towns 1,565 12 Fairfield Rovers Col Hannah 1,455 13 Afternoon Delight J T 1,441 14 2Goals1Cup Damien Johnson 1,286
Congrats to the LVG Party Bus for winning for the 235346th year running! I still have no idea who some of these people are.
Sticking with my tradition of doing okay for the first handful of games and then completely ignoring them for the rest of the season. :shobon:
if liverpool sack off rodgers, there's only one direction to go...
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>>> Gotta love England football fans.
I was looking at some FA cup comments and I read some funny words that im really not familiarized with.
Now if somebody here can explain some:
Boring oilclub
Oilsea
Mickey mouse cup
Plastic fans
Parking the bus
Silverware
Bought trophies
Gooners
Goonettes
Red plastics
Blue Plastics
Cute little plastics (whats with all this plastic stuff? lol)
Little club syndrome
American soccer franchise
Mug
MUppets
and Why do Chelsea and Arsenal fans hate each other so much? :luca:
I never thought I would use the words "rooting for Barca" but rooting for Barca just so Suarez can jam it in Evra's face. And I mean hey, Juve have three ex-United players and Barca have two ex-Liverpool players, and of course the Premier League is the most important thing in football bar none!
Although most importantly, Andy Townsend's final hurrah. For me Clive, I thought it would last forever.
Suarez can go smurf himself with a baseball bat with rusty nails hammered through it. I would love it if Evra scores a cracker like he did against Munich.
Messi has been dangerous, Suarez has been annoying and I would like to see him break his ankles. Juventus has been irritating, Pirlo has not been able to do anything, a disappointing game so far :ohdear:
GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!
Have that Suarez you dirty :bou::bou::bou::bou:.
EDIT: I shouldn't have said anything...
No sir, you have that! Evra at fault for not reacting quick enough too, delicious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubba
UGH
at least he was yellow carded
Can't stand this trout. A few seconds of football followed by a change to typical continental divegrass. Rinse and repeat.
Have that Suarez you dirty :bou::bou::bou::bou:.
All brave and noble warriors like Luis Suarez incur war wounds. He's happy to sacrifice himself to the cause. What a guy.Quote:
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Oh, and have that you lying smurfer Evra. :flirt:
smurf off, Barcelona. Cheating bastards.
Their top three are so overrated. 122 lucky goals.
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Never mind, Patrice won something tonight too. (SPOILER)Patrice Evra has now lost a record four Champions League finals. http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psahv98z4q.gif
In the last ten years Patrice Evra has won 15 major honours.
Liverpool have won 5.
In a hundred years Liverpool have only ever lost two Champions League finals.
Very impressive. It must be all the other competitions where you do your losing?
Definitely not the competition for the worst possible banter :colbert:
So I don't know how good Liverpool's new £29m signing is, but I do know he has the best website a footballer has ever had:
http://www.robertofirmino.com/index.php
So, it's that time again...
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I'm feeling a bit confident now that Hull have made some tasty last minute signings.
Till next time, brothers and sisters. I would have been earlier but England have suddenly decided to not be trout at cricket and that has been taking up all my sporting time. #Ashes2015 #Eng5NilAus
The Hull thing I deserve :shobon:
The Mario Balotelli thing is deserved but not in the context you're presenting. I was exciting we'd signed him because I was looking forward to some wacky antics rather than his football ability. But then we didn't even really get those either, so :monster:
If we HAD signed Reus I stand by my Top 3 prediction! Instead we signed..... ugh, don't remind me.
Heaven help me, I actually like all of our signings so far. Still, we must, must, must sign a striker and a RB. Grab someone like Bacca and even though it's ANOTHER Southampton player, Clyne and then we can start tearing out the deadwood and move forward.
Bacca Firmino
Coutinho
Milner Henderson Can
Moreno Sakho Skrtel Clyne
Mignolet
That could challenge for Top 4.
Bring in Ibe, Lallana, Lazar when we need width. If Danny is ever healthy, he can jump in the squad too but not as a lone striker.
Bye Bye to: Borini, Lambert, Allen, Manquillo, Balo and obviously Sterling. I'd guess he's definitely gone as we're already splashing the cash.
Take care all.
*Rubbing eyes in disbelief*
Is this real life? We're targeting and signing players before the window even opens?! What a novel concept.
Clyne in, Johnson out, not a bad swap.
Now bring in a striker!
Take care all.
Januzaj, you have not been impressive this season. However, that is no excuse for growing your hair and turning out for the French Women's side, you filthy turncoat.
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Poor Raheem Sterling. Just making a bigger mess by the day.
I'm surprised City are actually thinking twice now about buying him.
Take care all.
Whatever the outcome of this saga, I don't think he will ever be referred to as "Poor Raheem Sterling"Quote:
Originally Posted by The Captain
City and Madrid are probably the current pinnacle of clubs that will take on players that will play (let alone sit on the bench) for ridiculous amounts of money, so it doesn't surprise me one bit that they're after Sterling. :p
As for United, a little worried about how things are going, but not overly so. We're looking to sell RVP & Hernandez, which leaves us with Rooney and Wilson up front, so I assume we'll be looking for a striker. As for keeper, while I really hope DDG stays, if he goes then I'm pretty happy with Valdes as a replacement, but would obviously like another keeper regardless. Beyond that, really hope we get either of the SchweinScneider duo, because both of them are pretty good at what we need a midfielder to do.
Not really sure about Ramos. I know he's rated highly by a lot of people but I always saw him as a walking red card whenever I watched him. Dirty player.
49m top kek
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This excites me. Interesting that there's no Rafael or Valdes though.
Why is Angel Di Maria on that picture?
He's joining us after international duties along with Rojo!Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
Next question, why is Wayne Rooney being crucified?
Interesting signings for Man Utd. I reckon they definitely need a striker now though.
Same thing for Liverpool. Supposedly we're swapping Balo for Mario Gomez, which is like rearranging chairs but maybe they both can use the change.
I'll say it again, like last season: Sign Marco Reus! Use the Sterling money on him.
Take care all.
Very, very happy with our midfield signings in particular so far. Not really clued in with Darmien but hopefully he'll do the business. Need a striker now to replace RVP, and potentially a center back and a keeper to replace the possible outgoing players in Evans and DDG and/or Valdes.
Reus has turned down Real Madrid and Bayern Munich supposedly. I'm not sure he'll be going anywhere anytime soon. Seems to be a very loyal player.
And Sterling, man, that is good business by Liverpool. Crazy by City.
It might be good business but the money is still going to be spent on overpriced dross.
He should be used to it after all the major tournaments he takes part in for England.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
Really excellent business by Liverpool. When you consider that Sergio Aguero cost City £32M... I know which player I would rather have.
If only Liverpool could buy as good as they sell...
Buying Raheem Sterling for £500k was a pretty good one.
Worth it for the corner alone.
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Originally Posted by Psychotic
Seems like Benteke is on the way in. While he was not my first choice, I think he'll be a vast improvement over what we currently have and will be better than everyone predicts as just a mild upgraded Andy Carroll. Yes, he is big and heads a lot of goals but he also links up well and shoots from distance. Most importantly, he scores goals which is all we really can wish for in a striker.
I have to say, our team for once actually has so much depth, our starting XI doesn't seem obvious and our bench isn't a joke. If Danny ever got fit, I could see him playing just off of Benteke, much like he did with Suarez. Then we have the Brazilian duo, Hendo and Milner in midfield, Clyne, Sakho, Skrtel and Moreno or even Gomez in the back with Migs in net. But, that still doesn't leave room for Can, Lallana, Ings, Ibe, Origi and even Lucas or Allen if need be. Plus some of the young kids waiting in the wings as well. Not too bad.
I'm very curious to see what everyone else does. Man Utd and Arsenal need striker depth I think, Chelsea and City are always hungry for a big splash, though I guess Sterling counts, doesn't it? Spurs have been relatively quiet too, which I expect to change and I am interested to see who else steps up with some big moves.
Football is only weeks away! European, that is.
Take care all.
I cannot think of two less Brazilian footballers than James Milner and Jordan Henderson.Quote:
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(I know what you're really referring to but I couldn't help myself)
so gutted jimmeh is gone, boring leeds bastard is such a hero.
also in no way, shape, or form is Jordan Henderson ever to be referred to as "Hendo". There is only one Hendo and it is certainly not him. :colbert: