2013-14 Football ("Soccer") Thread
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No, we (Belgium) will not win the World Cup. Actually, there are more people outside of Belgium that say the red devils are a "possible candidate", while in Belgium the people would be very happy with quarter-finals. It's a young team with a lot of quality and potential but they still need to grow, as a team and as players.
I'm not too impressed with the Dutch and Italians, so I guess Spain would be the only real European contender for the South American teams. On the other hand, there's still 5 months to go. Players can get injured, or could be on the bench for the rest of the season, etc. We'll see.
tartanterrier
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Yeah I kind of see what you're saying.But seeing as they are the favorites,and after all they have done & given to the world of football over the decades,a home win would be great for them and for the fan of football to see.
If they do indeed pull it off,it could be the best WC since France 98 in my opinion.
Saturday, December 14
Man City
7:45 AM
Arsenal
West Ham
10:00 AM
Sunderland
Chelsea
10:00 AM
Crystal Palace
Everton
10:00 AM
Fulham
Cardiff City
10:00 AM
West Brom
Newcastle
10:00 AM
Southampton
Hull City
12:30 PM
Stoke City
Sunday, December 15
Norwich City
8:30 AM
Swansea City
Aston Villa
8:30 AM
Man United
Tottenham
11:00 AM
Liverpool
Eastern time USA. Must be the television rights that times posted are USA ?
Man City
7:45 AM
Arsenal
West Ham
10:00 AM
Sunderland
Chelsea
10:00 AM
Crystal Palace
Everton
10:00 AM
Fulham
Cardiff City
10:00 AM
West Brom
Newcastle
10:00 AM
Southampton
Hull City
12:30 PM
Stoke City
Sunday, December 15
Norwich City
8:30 AM
Swansea City
Aston Villa
8:30 AM
Man United
Tottenham
11:00 AM
Liverpool
Eastern time USA. Must be the television rights that times posted are USA ?
So, Juventus got knocked out of the Champions League this afternoon, playing the last hour of their abandoned game from Tuesday night away to Galatasaray and losing 1-0 to a Wesley Sneijder goal, and finishing third in their group by a single point. Honestly, they have nobody to blame but themselves. They drew 2-2 at home to the Turks and 1-1 away to the fairly average Copenhagen (who finished bottom) - had the Serie A leaders shown the required bottle to win either of those games, they'd have gone through.
Now they'll drop down into the Thursday Night Cup.... oh, Jesus. That means my own sweet lot will probably have to beat them to stand a chance of winning the damn thing. I don't like the idea of Vlad and Daws having to cope with Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente.
Speaking of Serie A, we have learned today that much-coveted Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda will leave CSKA Moscow for Milan when his contract expires in January. Well, despite having the free-scoring Mario Balotelli up front, it just hasn't been happening for Milan, so they need something. They are a ridiculous 22 points off the pace set by Juve (title's gone, clearly) but even 14 points off the Champions League places at this point and 10 behind rivals Inter who sit in 4th. For a club the stature of Milan, that simply isn't good enough.
Some massive games coming up in the Premier League this weekend, now that the league is taking shape.
This is a massive game. City badly need to sort out their away form but they will look like major contenders if they can knock off the Arsenal. Conversely, City have been impervious at home so should the Woolwich go there and win, even the most ardent detractors will be forced to admit that they will be favourites for the title. The game takes on even more importance for the Wenger Boys when you consider that a week on Monday, they're at home to Chelsea.
Huge game for both teams, I'm trying to persuade my mate to let me take him as a Christmas present. United badly need to turn their form around IMMEDIATELY if they are going to have any chance of building towards finishing in the Champions League slots. If Villa were going into this game on the back of their win at St Marys, they might have been even more confident, but their defeat to the resurgent Fulham was precisely what they didn't need. Still, the "fear factor" of playing Man United seems to have evaporated, with not just City or Chelsea but Liverpool, Saints, Cardiff, West Brom, Spurs, Everton and Newcastle all able to avoid defeat to them so far, and Stoke considering themselves unlucky not to achieve the same.
With only 4 points separating 2nd and 7th, this is a gigantic match. Spurs sit a mere 3 points off Liverpool and Chelsea (2nd and 3rd) but with an inferior goal difference to both. A win here against a Liverpool team missing both Sturridge and now Gerrard could put Spurs right back among the pack pursuing a Champions League spot and possibly the title race if Arsenal slip up to both City and Chelsea (although that's probably wishful thinking). Worth pointing out that Spurs have beaten Liverpool five years in a row at White Hart Lane, including famously in a "bottom beating top" game in November 2008, so I would like to think we can do it again.
Now they'll drop down into the Thursday Night Cup.... oh, Jesus. That means my own sweet lot will probably have to beat them to stand a chance of winning the damn thing. I don't like the idea of Vlad and Daws having to cope with Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente.
Speaking of Serie A, we have learned today that much-coveted Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda will leave CSKA Moscow for Milan when his contract expires in January. Well, despite having the free-scoring Mario Balotelli up front, it just hasn't been happening for Milan, so they need something. They are a ridiculous 22 points off the pace set by Juve (title's gone, clearly) but even 14 points off the Champions League places at this point and 10 behind rivals Inter who sit in 4th. For a club the stature of Milan, that simply isn't good enough.
Some massive games coming up in the Premier League this weekend, now that the league is taking shape.
This is a massive game. City badly need to sort out their away form but they will look like major contenders if they can knock off the Arsenal. Conversely, City have been impervious at home so should the Woolwich go there and win, even the most ardent detractors will be forced to admit that they will be favourites for the title. The game takes on even more importance for the Wenger Boys when you consider that a week on Monday, they're at home to Chelsea.
Huge game for both teams, I'm trying to persuade my mate to let me take him as a Christmas present. United badly need to turn their form around IMMEDIATELY if they are going to have any chance of building towards finishing in the Champions League slots. If Villa were going into this game on the back of their win at St Marys, they might have been even more confident, but their defeat to the resurgent Fulham was precisely what they didn't need. Still, the "fear factor" of playing Man United seems to have evaporated, with not just City or Chelsea but Liverpool, Saints, Cardiff, West Brom, Spurs, Everton and Newcastle all able to avoid defeat to them so far, and Stoke considering themselves unlucky not to achieve the same.
With only 4 points separating 2nd and 7th, this is a gigantic match. Spurs sit a mere 3 points off Liverpool and Chelsea (2nd and 3rd) but with an inferior goal difference to both. A win here against a Liverpool team missing both Sturridge and now Gerrard could put Spurs right back among the pack pursuing a Champions League spot and possibly the title race if Arsenal slip up to both City and Chelsea (although that's probably wishful thinking). Worth pointing out that Spurs have beaten Liverpool five years in a row at White Hart Lane, including famously in a "bottom beating top" game in November 2008, so I would like to think we can do it again.
I forgot to mention the flipside to this, what a defeat could mean for Liverpool - after the Cardiff game they've also got to go to City and Chelsea away, so three defeats from their next four could leave them well off the pace. Having said that, were the Arsenal to lose both the City and Chelsea games, a five horse race could suddenly open up. Six if Everton keep their form up, I suppose, although to keep in the pack, Liverpool could do with NOT losing these three big upcoming away games.
Yeah, the next few games will be very telling for Liverpool
I'm still convinced Liverpool (hiss spit) will get relegated. United to win everything.
tartanterrier
Is somewhere outhere.
I've been hearing that Brendan Rodgers has been at it with trannys....is this true :dunno:
https://twitter.com/chelsey_harwood
https://twitter.com/chelsey_harwood
The relevant tweets of Chelsey, for the interested and lazy :
..... on the one hand, I probably would. On the other hand, he's a "happily married man." Great story to break the week they're playing my lot, anyway.
Some bold Champions League predictions :
(1) Whoever Arsenal draw - Real, Barcelona, Atletico, PSG, Bayern - in the next round, they'll get beat. Whether it's Bale, Ronaldo & Benzema, Neymar, Pedro & Messi, Diego Costa & David Villa, Ibrahimovic & Cavani or Mandzukic, Robben & Gotze... I see Jenkinson, Gibbs and Koscielny getting torn to small pieces over two legs.
(2) I think Real might just get it right this year. Just a weird feeling. I'm usually wrong, but I got it right with Bayern last year.....
But the real news of the week, clearly, was Ze Holtby scoring a sexy goal for Spurs last night. TEKKERS.
tartanterrier
Is somewhere outhere.
I'd probably have a pop at it as well to be honest.A hole's a hole an aw that!!!
"TITLE CHASING GUNNERS SHIP SIX"
Man City (2) 6-3 (1) Arsenal
1-0 Agüero 14
1-1 Walcott 31
2-1 Negredo 39
3-1 Fernandinho 50
3-2 Walcott 63
4-2 Silva 66
5-2 Fernandinho 88
5-3 Mertesacker 90+4
6-3 Toure [pen] 90+6
Good shit. Belting game for the neutral (which I probably wasn't, despite loathing Citeh too). Great game for my Fantasy League team too, assists all over the shop and one in the onion bag from Negredo. We'll learn about Arsenal's resolve at last now, how they recover from defeat. Good game to test it out as well, at home to Chelski who traditionally butcher them. Although, maybe that was just Drogba. My ideal result from that match would actually be 7-7 with all the players somehow catching AIDS.
Any City fans celebrating murdering a title rival in such fashion would do well to remember that you need to win a few away games to win the Premier League, and they've been terribly inept in that regard so far. Losing at Sunderland, fucking hell. They drew 0-0 with those cloggers West Ham today and celebrated the clean sheet like they'd won the World Cup! Having said that, it's also the first clean sheet West Ham have kept since Bobby Moore's West Ham actually won the World Cup.
Well, apart from that witchcraft/voodoo/lasagne trickery they pulled at the Lane. Anomalous, obviously.
She's had the op, so I'd want to see what a man-made flange feels like first. Sounds like Brendan and me are kindred spirits in that regard.
It LOOKS like THIS.
Man City (2) 6-3 (1) Arsenal
1-0 Agüero 14
1-1 Walcott 31
2-1 Negredo 39
3-1 Fernandinho 50
3-2 Walcott 63
4-2 Silva 66
5-2 Fernandinho 88
5-3 Mertesacker 90+4
6-3 Toure [pen] 90+6
Good shit. Belting game for the neutral (which I probably wasn't, despite loathing Citeh too). Great game for my Fantasy League team too, assists all over the shop and one in the onion bag from Negredo. We'll learn about Arsenal's resolve at last now, how they recover from defeat. Good game to test it out as well, at home to Chelski who traditionally butcher them. Although, maybe that was just Drogba. My ideal result from that match would actually be 7-7 with all the players somehow catching AIDS.
Any City fans celebrating murdering a title rival in such fashion would do well to remember that you need to win a few away games to win the Premier League, and they've been terribly inept in that regard so far. Losing at Sunderland, fucking hell. They drew 0-0 with those cloggers West Ham today and celebrated the clean sheet like they'd won the World Cup! Having said that, it's also the first clean sheet West Ham have kept since Bobby Moore's West Ham actually won the World Cup.
Well, apart from that witchcraft/voodoo/lasagne trickery they pulled at the Lane. Anomalous, obviously.
She's had the op, so I'd want to see what a man-made flange feels like first. Sounds like Brendan and me are kindred spirits in that regard.
It LOOKS like THIS.
tartanterrier
Is somewhere outhere.
Looks like somebody tore him another arsehole :eek:
Well, from some of the other pics she's tweeted, we also know she'll spit on your cock lots during a gobble, and take a load in the mouth. So, I definitely would.
BOLD PREDICTION FOR TOMORROW : If Sandro follows his pre-match instructions and we nick the first goal, we'll win. And his pre-match instructions will read "BREAK SUAREZ' LEG"
tartanterrier
Is somewhere outhere.
I hope you didn't put a bet on for that.I'm just seething at the fact that I didn't make Suarez captain in my fantasy football team,as I was expecting a draw today.
How wrong was I
Don't be daft. I haven't bet on a Tottenham match since backing Burnley to beat us on the last day of 09-10 at a tasty 9-1. Obvious result, that.
Sure. Me and my BFFF both had Lukaku as captain this week, assuming Everton would murder Fulham stone cold dead.
I'm not going to make any excuses ; 2-0 at 65 minutes was more than fair. They were clear and aware the better team and WORKED HARDER which was the key. However, the scoreline was tilted heavily by a harsh dismissal - the replay proved that the ref wasn't even LOOKING at the tackle that he sent Paulinho off for. We'll never know if Townsend (who had JUST come on) on the flank and Chadli moved into the hole would have given us chance to claw something out of the game. Outplayed I could cope with. We were OUTWORKED for the first 65 minutes. I question the commitment, and I think that's a first in 20 years as a Lilywhite/Yid.(shrug) Move on. But on the bright side, all the players I slate (Welbeck, Cleverley, Henderson) or loathe (Suarez, Sterling) scored today.
One last note - as a neutral, GREAT to see Darren Fletcher back on the pitch. Hope this is the end of his trouble, top pro.
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Olympiakos Piräus - Manchester United
AC Milan - Atlético Madrid
Bayer Leverkusen - Paris Saint-Germain
Galatasaray Istanbul - FC Chelsea
Schalke 04 - Real Madrid
Zenit Saint Petersburg - Borussia Dortmund
FC Arsenal London - Bayern Munich
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Bayer Leverkusen - Paris Saint-Germain
Galatasaray Istanbul - FC Chelsea
Schalke 04 - Real Madrid
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FC Arsenal London - Bayern Munich
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Man United name on the trophy.
Yes great to see Fletch back on the pitch. You looking forward to Glen Hoddle back at Spurs?
Fuck that. David Pleat had a better win % as Spurs manager despite managing by text with his feet up on the desk watching Spankwire. Glenn Hoddle in his last run took Tottenham out of mediocrity and guided them carefully to mediocrity, losing a cup final to relegation threatened Blackburn on the way and in his last game in charge oversaw us getting humbled at home by Fulham. Not the shit Fulham of today, an even worse Fulham. With Barry Hayles.
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