2012 - 2013 Football Thread! - Page 271

On February 05 2013 03:50 RvB wrote:


What? You're questioning Van Gaal!?!

On February 05 2013 03:57 Dirkinity wrote:


I don't watch stupid nationalteam-games. Only World Cup and EURO is worth it. Who is so stupid to watch Germany play Uzbekistan or some of these 3rd world countries?
Thats like watching MVP destroying some NA-Goldleaguer... just no fun at all!

On February 05 2013 04:00 Twisted wrote:


Haha true, maybe he'll give me a call now explaining why he's right and tell me that he told me this already. Then he'll proceed to tell me what he has won so far.

On February 05 2013 08:39 Lovedrop wrote:
Liverpool 1 - 0 Debrecen was the match.

http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/udenlandsk_fodbold/championsleague/article1914236.ece

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/the-fixed-champions-league-game-was-liverpool-1-debrecen-0-sept-2009/

On February 05 2013 17:41 Pandemona wrote:
Well that makes no sense to me. Supposed to let in 3 or more goals....and they lost 1-0 O.0

On February 05 2013 08:39 Lovedrop wrote:
Liverpool 1 - 0 Debrecen was the match.

http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/udenlandsk_fodbold/championsleague/article1914236.ece

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/the-fixed-champions-league-game-was-liverpool-1-debrecen-0-sept-2009/

“I just have one question: Why?,” he added. ”Why Ovrebo [Chelsea vs. Barcelona referee in 2007 semi-final], Busacca [Barcelona vs. Arsenal in this year's Champions League], Stark? In each semi-final it is the same. We are talking about an absolutely fantastic team. Why didn’t Chelsea make the final? Why did Inter have to be saved by a miracle?
”Why do the opponents of Barcelona always have a man sent off? Where does this power come from? Maybe it is to give more publicity to UNICEF, maybe because of the power of (Spanish federation president Jose Angel) Villar in UEFA.”
”Josep Guardiola is a fantastic football coach, but the Champions League he won was an embarrassment because of what happened at Stamford Bridge – it was a scandal. And if he wins it this year, he will win after the scandal at the Bernabeu. Let’s hope he gets the chance to win a clean Champions League (in future), without scandals. -Mourinho

On February 05 2013 04:41 Ferrose wrote:


This "third world country" that Germany is playing happens to be ranked 17th in the world.

On February 05 2013 18:49 ahappystar wrote:

After the ' 2008-09 disgrace at the Stanford Bridge' I lost all hope for European football.
Swedish referee Anders Frisk - Invited the Barça manager, Frank Rijkaard, into his room at half-time, an act that is against UEFA regulations. Swiftly retired after the match
Norwegian referee Terje Hauge - After the scandal with the Del Horno-Messi playacting UEFA put him in charge of the Champions League final in which Arsenal played Barcelona no less, and guess what happened?
Norwegian referee Tom Henning Øvrebø - Disgrace. This whole match-fixing thing made me go back and watch highlights of this game again... Words cannot explain. Swiftly retired after the match
Looking through the match-fixing allegations Barcelona has been accused of serious high-level rigging 5 times a year on average in the last 10/15 years

Again no formal investigation, no nothing. Maybe I will quote this post in 10 years when Barcelona are stripped of their titles but that would be ten years too long.
European football has no hope, I stopped watching it after the disgrace at the Stanford Bridge and it just goes to show you what a feat and magical run it was for Chelsea to win the CL last year.

I'd like to add I'm probably still under the influence of watching highlights of Ovrebo

On February 05 2013 19:03 Dirkinity wrote:


No one cares about a friendly! Germany is playing with its D-Squad and France isn't going to care much either.

On February 05 2013 02:44 sharkie wrote:
There is no reason Gomez is being nominated and Kiesling not.

Except the obvious reason of Gomez used to play for Stuttgart and Kießling not. That's a very important factor for Loew who is very biased.

On February 05 2013 19:23 haitike wrote:
Oporto talent scout must be the best in the world. It is incredible how all years Oporto buy uknown cheap players and then They sell to other teams as expensive players. The earn lot of money all years in trades.

Falcao, Hulk and lot of other players. And now "Jackson Martinez" is scoring a lot and sure they will sell it by lot of money again.

On September 05 2012 17:28 Rebs wrote:

I agree Portugal is where decent players go to become great players imo. Both Benfica and Porto in particular have done a crazy good job the last half a decade especially with respect to South Americans.

Taking the wonder kids out of South America and throwing them into top clubs straight away is so risky. It often ends up wasting a huge chunk of the players development stage and the club doesnt get much out of it either,

Want your South American done right ? Send him to Portugal. Its obvious they know their shit they make good players and seem to profit when they let them go (dont seem to mind it to much either).

On February 05 2013 21:05 warding wrote:
Question is whether Porto or Benfica can get to the next level and actually compete consistently at the top tier. Unfortunately with the current economic climate in Portugal, stadium attendance and sponsorship deals are suffering. Being a mere feeder club forever is a somewhat ungrateful position. IMO they should move to La Liga.