Soccer Thread

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by Rosebud

That Luiz free kick was filthy, the wall was terrible, but still just filthy.

Yup, he hammered that.

[Rosebud]

That Brazilian defensive line is going to so talented in 2014, with one of Dante or Luiz partnering Silva between Marcelo and Alves. I've still got big questions about the double pivot in front of them and how much cover they'll get from the attackers, but damn.

[Rob S]

Talent does just ooze from that back 4. Luiz and Marcelo scare me though....not the most reliable/consistent players. Luiz because he sometimes thinks he is a CF and Marcelo because, well, he's a moron.....a very talented moron.

[Rosebud]

That's why I think that they should use Dante-Silva if those two work together. Dante's just amazing, so consistent, great at organizing his defense and making sure everyone knows what's going on and where they should be, plus he's a great athlete and can really get up for headers. Luiz is a great talent, but Dante's so much more experienced and stronger mentally that he worries me more as a title rival. Marcelo wouldn't worry too much, with Silva and Dante thinking for him he'd be great. It's Alves getting old and not getting back as quickly that I think is the weakness of the backline. Well that and the double-pivot.

[Rob S]

Boxing Day football! I love it. Gonna have the record the 2nd half of the Newcastle game....hopefully it won't be over by then.

[djp]

Originally Posted by Rosebud

That's why I think that they should use Dante-Silva if those two work together. Dante's just amazing, so consistent, great at organizing his defense and making sure everyone knows what's going on and where they should be, plus he's a great athlete and can really get up for headers. Luiz is a great talent, but Dante's so much more experienced and stronger mentally that he worries me more as a title rival. Marcelo wouldn't worry too much, with Silva and Dante thinking for him he'd be great. It's Alves getting old and not getting back as quickly that I think is the weakness of the backline. Well that and the double-pivot.

Not to mention the WC is in Rio... and all the other talent like Neymar, Lucas Moura, Oscar, Pato, Damiao, etc... plus one of the world's best holding mids (when healthy) in Lucas Leiva (who will be in his prime).. Brazil and Germany both have incredibly bright futures. I do rate Germany a bit higher, but it's real close.

EDIT: I just gotta talk about the World Cup some more. I really can't wait for Rio. One of the teams I'm looking forward to seeing is Belgium with all their young talent. Argentina obviously will be very good as well. And of course, you can't forget about Spain either. Interested to see Spain's squad, it'll be tough to drop some of the older players from the past, should be some tough decisions

[Wootylicous]

I love me some Norwich for some reason. Kind of hope they get the equalizer.

[Cigaro]

How the **** does Manchester keep missing/screwing up all of these chances?

[SuperPacker]

Holy **** this game is ******* crazy!

[Brent]

I wake up hungover and it's 3-3



WHAT THE **** ROB.

[Cigaro]

4-3, finally didn't **** the bed.

[Bosanac01]

******* city, no one can cross the ball. Everyone wants to be the hero, selfish bastards.

[Brent]

Originally Posted by djp

I just gotta talk about the World Cup some more. I really can't wait for Rio. One of the teams I'm looking forward to seeing is Belgium with all their young talent. Argentina obviously will be very good as well. And of course, you can't forget about Spain either. Interested to see Spain's squad, it'll be tough to drop some of the older players from the past, should be some tough decisions

I'm interested to see what goes down with France. They are so goddamn deep.

[SuperPacker]

we defended like **** today, but i'm proud of the team for actually playing like they wanted to win.

vurnon anita's injury is worrying, with all the injuries we have atm. especially in the midfield with cabaye and ben arfa out. looks like perch and bigirimana will be playing more games than they should be over the christmas/new years period. we get tiote back though, which is a plus.

we should take confidence into the next game, but i dont know how emotionally spent our players will be. we could either go in with the momentum from today, or our level of play could drop completely.

but only point from our next two games would actually still be quite encouraging.

[xjxdarren]

Typical United! Hope SAF doesn't get taken away from the sideline.

Defense still sucks big time.

[MetSox17]

Chicharito *************.

[Rob S]

Great performance from Newcastle...deserved a point for sure. Shame about Anita, hopefully it's not as bad as it looked.....he's been our best player over the past month or so. That challenge should've been a second yellow.

[SuperPacker]

[Wootylicous]

******* Liverpool already being down 2-1 with 19 minutes in

[JRTPlaya21]

Smh glad I'm not currently watching then.

[djp]

For how strongly Rodgers talks of his top CB pair, they sure do give up a lot of dumb goals..

[thefalconer]

ouch.



didn't realize it happened in the 96 minute. that's ass.

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by thefalconer

ouch.



didn't realize it happened in the 96 minute. that's ass.

Yeah, he's a real POS. The ball wasn't even in an attacking area.

[SuperPacker]

i'm pretty sure the reason he didn't get any sort of card for it was because it was the 96th minute and he already had a yellow card. which is just stupid, because it deserved at least a yellow.

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by SuperPacker

i'm pretty sure the reason he didn't get any sort of card for it was because it was the 96th minute and he already had a yellow card. which is just stupid, because it deserved at least a yellow.

yeah....not that it would've made a difference in the game....it's just ridiculous that Anita will probably miss 1 month plus and Valencia gets nothing.