EPT2011-2012 football (soccer) thread - Page 135
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Garnet
Vietnam9033 Posts
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Ayush_SCtoss
India3050 Posts
On December 31 2011 01:08 AngryLlama wrote: what if there was a player who was the greatest technically gifted player of all time clearly... but he comes from India, a country that will never win a world cup in the near future. but every year in and year out he crushes for say, Man U, and wins them leagues, champions league, etc etc but people say "OH WELP, HEL NEVER BE DUH BEST CUHZ HE HAS TO WIN DUH WORLD CUPZ HURR DURR" ...Does that sound fair?  It's not fair because even though he crushes ~60 games a year for 4 years, then on the fourth year the world cup comes around and his country never is able to make it and people diminish him based on that? not cool...edit: teams practice with their clubs all year. the only have a small time frame to practice with their nations which usually are at least different than what theyre used to. you can't expect players to lead entire teams on their shoulders anymore nowadays. the defense is too strong. more tactical awareness, less space allowed, no pointless slide tackling/commiting oneself, like they used to do in the past when pele was around (not so much maradona, but still to a degree the defense was lacking big time back then) Not to mention that the world cup isn't even the top level anymore. Like the above poster said, that way of thinking is incredibly outdated. OI. Just you wait >.> jk Although it is pretty sad that we have 1bn people but not even 20 that can make a proper team :/ On another note, Arsenal head into the new year with 4th place woot | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2011/12/31/2672726/fa-report-luis-suarez-racism-liverpool-premier-league Evra seems like an ass but Suarez still seems incredibly out of line in how he brought color in there like this: In the goalmouth, Mr Evra and Mr Suarez spoke to each other in Spanish. Mr Evra asked Mr Suarez why he had kicked him, referring to the foul five minutes previously. Mr Suarez replied "Porque tu eres negro", meaning "Because you are black". Mr Evra then said to Mr Suarez "say it to me again, I’m going to punch you". Mr Suarez replied "No hablo con los negros", meaning "I don't speak to blacks". Mr Evra continued by saying that he now thought he was going to punch Mr Suarez. Mr Suarez replied "Dale, negro, negro, negro", which meant "okay, blackie, blackie, blackie". And Suarez's denial that that whole exchange happened seems not very credible. On another note: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/a2zFU.jpg) | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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duckii
Germany1017 Posts
What the hell is wrong with Capello. Looks like he has gone senile | ||
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ilj.psa
Peru3081 Posts
On January 01 2012 07:28 zulu_nation8 wrote: how does evra know spanish he knows french and Negro in france is pretty much the same thing. Although it has a slighlty more deragatory connotation than in spanish. | ||
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uberMatt
Canada659 Posts
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TemplarCo.
Mexico2870 Posts
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Timurid
Guyana (French)656 Posts
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
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TemplarCo.
Mexico2870 Posts
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King.Crimson
Romania478 Posts
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TemplarCo.
Mexico2870 Posts
On January 02 2012 03:08 King.Crimson wrote: My guess is that the biggest factor of why these big teams lost was New Years Eve. I don't understand why they force them to play in this period. Their minds are obviously somewhere else, not on the pitch. Yeah I've never liked that part of many sports it does take your mind of the game, I do agree with you on that. But still I don't believe how Chelsea lost 1-3 after dominating the 1st and most part for the 2nd half yesterday same goes for United. | ||
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
On January 02 2012 03:08 King.Crimson wrote: My guess is that the biggest factor of why these big teams lost was New Years Eve. I don't understand why they force them to play in this period. Their minds are obviously somewhere else, not on the pitch. Also the schedule is ridiculous right now, Man City plays again in 2 days, most of the teams that played yesterday play again tomorrow. | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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DragoonPK
3259 Posts
On January 02 2012 08:32 zulu_nation8 wrote: Any recommended matches from first half of the season? I know Barca/Milan was probably the best CL game. I tried to find Lille/Marseille but couldn't. Very few good matches in the EPL this year. If you can find Juventus vs Napoli, that was probably the best match in the Italian Calcio. | ||
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TemplarCo.
Mexico2870 Posts
On January 02 2012 08:32 zulu_nation8 wrote: Any recommended matches from first half of the season? I know Barca/Milan was probably the best CL game. I tried to find Lille/Marseille but couldn't. Very few good matches in the EPL this year. If you want a lot of goals from EPL you can see Arsenal - Chelsea or the Manchester Deby and also Chelsea vs Man City/Man United/ were good games. From CL idk, and from La Liga the Clásico, or some Barça/Madrid vs Villareal/Valencia/Sevilla some of those games were close. | ||
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ilj.psa
Peru3081 Posts
On January 02 2012 08:32 zulu_nation8 wrote: Any recommended matches from first half of the season? I know Barca/Milan was probably the best CL game. I tried to find Lille/Marseille but couldn't. Very few good matches in the EPL this year. I recommend the Barcelona vs Atletico Bilbao. You'll be amazed by the high quality football. Note Bielsa (Bilbao coach) is Guardiola's mentor they both play similar styles. | ||
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divinesage
Singapore649 Posts
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