The FOOTBALL thread

[Emre]

holy shit this song

me2 ftw

That song is sex.

[Dolfagr]

Oceana - Endless Summer (Official Video UEFA EURO 2012)

 :banana:

[nikos]

Joe Hart is a good goalkeeping,by some statistics his the player who touched the ball most times on this EUro,including all the players, all the teams.
But then again that gives a whole new picture about England's representation.

[Sawyer]

All I know about England is that when Gerrard's career started getting fucked up, England got fucked up.

[Alsatian]

All I know about England is that when Gerrard's career started getting f**ked up, England got f**ked up.

Gerrard's career is not f**ked up. He's been unlucky with injuries the past couple of years, but for a player of his age, he's still doing extremely well just like Lampard.

He was the best player in a squad that, as a whole, was shit. You say that England have gone to shit since Gerrard's apparent slump in performance, but truth is we've been shit for a long time now - since about, hmmm, oh I dunno, 1966.

The problem is that we're too cautious. Instead of going for the win, we sit back and hope we can catch a lucky one on the counter-attack. No disrespect to Italy (they were brilliant that game and fully deserved to win based on performance) but if we went with a more "F**k you, we're coming for you motherf**ker" setup - and yes, I'm talking about play-it-safe James Milner - I think we could of gone through. Or, Italy could of smashed us even harder. But, I'd much rather concede through open play than suffering endless pressure for a team finally to net one against us. Or just lose on penalties like we always goddamn do.

[Rick.]

As I heard, Its RMD who want to switch Higuain for Silva.

Well.. On the city website, it says their getting offers from RMD for around 25 million for Silva or what not. No clue..

[Thomas_A]

Oceana - Endless Summer (Official Video UEFA EURO 2012)

 :banana:

Why all World Cup and European Champ. soundtracks or songs have to be so ridiculous...?

[Dolfagr]

Why all World Cup and European Champ. soundtracks or songs have to be so ridiculous...?

This one though is one of the best in the whole World Cup history

K'NAAN - Wavin' Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix)

[Thomas_A]

This one though is one of the best in the whole World Cup history

K'NAAN - Wavin' Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix)

Yes, Its good but that 'waka waka' came out of nowhere and basically and people thought Its the one and only.

[Frank_West]

I prefer this video over that one

FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa Official Theme Song-Wavin' Flag

[Alsatian]

Giroud accepted a long-term contract with Arsenal.

fuuuuuuuuuuuuck yeahhh

[Sawyer]

Gerrard's career is not f**ked up. He's been unlucky with injuries the past couple of years, but for a player of his age, he's still doing extremely well just like Lampard.

He was the best player in a squad that, as a whole, was shit. You say that England have gone to shit since Gerrard's apparent slump in performance, but truth is we've been shit for a long time now - since about, hmmm, oh I dunno, 1966.

The problem is that we're too cautious. Instead of going for the win, we sit back and hope we can catch a lucky one on the counter-attack. No disrespect to Italy (they were brilliant that game and fully deserved to win based on performance) but if we went with a more "F**k you, we're coming for you motherf**ker" setup - and yes, I'm talking about play-it-safe James Milner - I think we could of gone through. Or, Italy could of smashed us even harder. But, I'd much rather concede through open play than suffering endless pressure for a team finally to net one against us. Or just lose on penalties like we always goddamn do.

Yeah Gerrard's career is f**ked up, that is why Liverpool goes shit aswell. You have to admit it, Gerrard is the best english player the past 10 years. Perfect keep, perfect kick. He is a true captain, England's and Liverpool's leader. He is everything in the mid field. Scoring goals, making assists, amazing tackling skills.. But that is past he only makes good freekicks and passing to the most easy solution to pass. Yeah Alsa, that is why England does not suceed in the attacking side of the game. England has legendary players, but 0% teamwork. I mean, Rooney, Welbeck, Milner, Parker.. They are great as players, but not as one. Gerrard used to make ALL of the squad one team. And those are fully supported words by TV. And I do not mean Greek TV. I support England as I love the english football. If you wonder if I am a Liverpool fan, no I am not I support Tottenham.

[Alsatian]

Yeah Gerrard's career is f**ked up, that is why Liverpool goes shit aswell. You have to admit it, Gerrard is the best english player the past 10 years. Perfect keep, perfect kick. He is a true captain, England's and Liverpool's leader. He is everything in the mid field. Scoring goals, making assists, amazing tackling skills.. But that is past he only makes good freekicks and passing to the most easy solution to pass. Yeah Alsa, that is why England does not suceed in the attacking side of the game. England has legendary players, but 0% teamwork. I mean, Rooney, Welbeck, Milner, Parker.. They are great as players, but not as one. Gerrard used to make ALL of the squad one team. And those are fully supported words by TV. And I do not mean Greek TV. I support England as I love the english football. If you wonder if I am a Liverpool fan, no I am not I support Tottenham.

In Gerrard's first match back after his ankle infection, he got a hatrick and played absolutely fantastic. Please do not try to pin Liverpool's dismal season on Gerrard when it's due to the fact that their squad is shit. Not to mention the fact that they had to rely on Andy Carroll for a bulk of their games whilst Suarez was banned. Gerrard is still brilliant, and unfortunately he's a gem within a less than spectacular team.

We did not succeed in the attacking side of the game because, as I said previously, we played it too cautiously. We played with a very standard and safe 4-4-2 formation and sat extremely deep. Whenever we did manage to steal the ball to launch a counterattack, we gave it away almost instantly because players like Young (who had an absolutely terrible tournament and was by far our worst player) couldn't keep hold of it or do anything useful with it. I'll give it to Gerrard and Parker though - they both did really well trying to maintain the center of the park. But, they were never going to hold it forever, and Italy towards the end of the game were so dominant. On another day, they could have easily scored 5 or 6 goals.

The blame can't be placed on a single player - especially not Steven Gerrard. England need to change their game and do it fast. No more of this bulk up the defence style and hope to get lucky with a quick counterattack. We need be more daring and start taking the game to the other team. If we play like we did in this tournament when it comes to the WC in 2014, we'll be annihilated.

[Thomas_A]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuck yeahhh

We got now 2 strikes, now Its time for good midfielders, but Wenger should make some space for new blood, as Arshavin and Denilson problaly dont want to be in Arsenal anymore.

[Emre]

I still see it as a pity that Arshavin was bought (not considering that he's overpowered on fifa = good for my team), he's a bitched up fool who keeps idling as a striker, what a waste ...