On February 07 2013 07:55 Ferrose wrote: I cannot believe the US lost that game. Our defense was horrendous and the attack looked lazy. That is going to be a sorely missed point.
I thought the D was not too bad other than those blunders (Cameron and Gonzalez both messed up horribly) for the 2nd goal, except for the overall passiveness. Way too little ball pressure. That's always a tough game though, high 80's temperature road game in the middle of winter when almost all our players play in cold places.
But the other concern is we have no good actual natural wide forwards without Lando. Every single other good player likes to play middle. Notice how before Zusi came on (who isn't really a natural winger anyway and isn't that great either) the only width down the right was Chandler coming up from RB. And down the left, Eddie Johnson only provided wide attack sometimes (though I think he has good potential to do that more).
Sigh, Korea got owned by Croatia 4-0. I wouldn't have been surprised if it was much closer but conceding 4 goals is not a good sight. That defense is really bad.
On February 07 2013 21:30 GTR wrote: Sigh, Korea got owned by Croatia 4-0. I wouldn't have been surprised if it was much closer but conceding 4 goals is not a good sight. That defense is really bad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzHDk95HY1Q
You were a bit unlucky tbh in some situations. If korea could get their hands on some coach who could teach them proper tactical discipline they would be a real threat to anyone (since most of their players can run around the world two times and not break a sweat).
Korea has loads of young talent, its just that our stubborn manager doesn't use them/doesn't use them properly especially with our defense. Seriously, get rid of that Kwak Tae Hwi - Lee Jung Soo combo and get rid of Lee dong gook. We have proper defenders that played for us in the olympics, and they were good enough to get us a bronze medal.
Unfortunately, i doubt any serious manager wants to manage korea right now, since if our current manager gets sacked, that would be two sackings in a relatively short period of time. I wish hong myung bo, the manager for our olympics team would manage, but he recently declined as he is working with Hiddink right now at Anzhi. Wish I could manage this team lol.
Chelsea are set to back both a wage increase cap and a compromise financial fair play deal at Thursday's showdown meeting of all 20 Premier League chairmen, but Manchester City are one of four clubs ready to vote against plans.
Two proposals have been put forward - a long-term broad acceptance of UEFA's FFP break-even policy, and a shorter-term salary cap where clubs will be allowed only to increase wages per year.
On February 08 2013 00:28 Twisted wrote: Basically clubs need to make profit every year without the help of investors right? I.e. behing a healthy profitable company?
That's the way it works in the Netherlands right now at least and I believe that's what FIFA wants.
The Bundesliga approves of financial fair play too.
On February 08 2013 00:28 Twisted wrote: Basically clubs need to make profit every year without the help of investors right? I.e. behing a healthy profitable company?
That's the way it works in the Netherlands right now at least and I believe that's what FIFA wants.
Yes, but for the first few years they will accept losses as long as the owners are willing to inject the money to cover them.
Article 61 – Notion of acceptable deviation 1 The acceptable deviation is the maximum aggregate break-even deficit possible for a club to be deemed in compliance with the break-even requirement as defined in Article 63. 2 The acceptable deviation is EUR 5 million. However it can exceed this level up to the following amounts only if such excess is entirely covered by contributions from equity participants and/or related parties: a) EUR 45 million for the monitoring period assessed in the licence seasons 2013/14 and 2014/15; b) EUR 30 million for the monitoring period assessed in the licence seasons 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18; c) a lower amount as decided in due course by the UEFA Executive Committee for the monitoring periods assessed in the following years. 3 Contributions from equity participants and/or related parties (as specified in Annex X D) are taken into consideration when determining the acceptable deviation if they have occurred and been recognised: a) in the financial statements for one of the reporting periods T, T-1 or T-2; or b) in the accounting records up to 31 December of the year of the reporting period T.
I'm really looking forward to ManU crushing RM, with Mou spitting on Ferguson at the end of the 2nd leg, leading to a regain of energy from the old dude. Fergie then decides to stay on the bench 3 more years just to destroy Mourinho's plan to put Chelsea back on the throne in UK. Mourinho resigns after these 3 years and goes to Germany to confront his best enemy, Guardiola, but fails miserably. After a short move to China, he decides to take the lead of the national Qatar team for the 2022 World Cup and vanishes after losing the 3 games of the groupstage.
Happy ending: he joins Pepe in his slaughterhouse business venture in the south of Portugal.
On February 08 2013 02:12 WillyWanker wrote: I'm really looking forward to ManU crushing RM, with Mou spitting on Ferguson at the end of the 2nd leg, leading to a regain of energy from the old dude. Fergie then decides to stay on the bench 3 more years just to destroy Mourinho's plan to put Chelsea back on the throne in UK. Mourinho resigns after these 3 years and goes to Germany to confront his best enemy, Guardiola, but fails miserably. After a short move to China, he decides to take the lead of the national Qatar team for the 2022 World Cup and vanishes after losing the 3 games of the groupstage.
Happy ending: he joins Pepe in his slaughterhouse business venture in the south of Portugal.
On February 08 2013 02:12 WillyWanker wrote: I'm really looking forward to ManU crushing RM, with Mou spitting on Ferguson at the end of the 2nd leg, leading to a regain of energy from the old dude. Fergie then decides to stay on the bench 3 more years just to destroy Mourinho's plan to put Chelsea back on the throne in UK. Mourinho resigns after these 3 years and goes to Germany to confront his best enemy, Guardiola, but fails miserably. After a short move to China, he decides to take the lead of the national Qatar team for the 2022 World Cup and vanishes after losing the 3 games of the groupstage.
Happy ending: he joins Pepe in his slaughterhouse business venture in the south of Portugal.
On February 08 2013 00:28 Twisted wrote: Basically clubs need to make profit every year without the help of investors right? I.e. behing a healthy profitable company?
That's the way it works in the Netherlands right now at least and I believe that's what FIFA wants.
Yes, but for the first few years they will accept losses as long as the owners are willing to inject the money to cover them.
Article 61 – Notion of acceptable deviation 1 The acceptable deviation is the maximum aggregate break-even deficit possible for a club to be deemed in compliance with the break-even requirement as defined in Article 63. 2 The acceptable deviation is EUR 5 million. However it can exceed this level up to the following amounts only if such excess is entirely covered by contributions from equity participants and/or related parties: a) EUR 45 million for the monitoring period assessed in the licence seasons 2013/14 and 2014/15; b) EUR 30 million for the monitoring period assessed in the licence seasons 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18; c) a lower amount as decided in due course by the UEFA Executive Committee for the monitoring periods assessed in the following years. 3 Contributions from equity participants and/or related parties (as specified in Annex X D) are taken into consideration when determining the acceptable deviation if they have occurred and been recognised: a) in the financial statements for one of the reporting periods T, T-1 or T-2; or b) in the accounting records up to 31 December of the year of the reporting period T.
The best tie in world football its about to happen, absolutely. Both teams are pretty good at the moment but both have quite nasty weaknesses,cannot wait!
On February 08 2013 02:12 WillyWanker wrote: I'm really looking forward to ManU crushing RM, with Mou spitting on Ferguson at the end of the 2nd leg, leading to a regain of energy from the old dude. Fergie then decides to stay on the bench 3 more years just to destroy Mourinho's plan to put Chelsea back on the throne in UK. Mourinho resigns after these 3 years and goes to Germany to confront his best enemy, Guardiola, but fails miserably. After a short move to China, he decides to take the lead of the national Qatar team for the 2022 World Cup and vanishes after losing the 3 games of the groupstage.
Happy ending: he joins Pepe in his slaughterhouse business venture in the south of Portugal.
You are truly the king of all deluded Barca fanboys. You love Barca so much you even hate its rivals with intensity.
Btw, news for fans of Chelsea...apparently contract talks are back on with super Frank!!!!!
On February 08 2013 02:12 WillyWanker wrote: I'm really looking forward to ManU crushing RM, with Mou spitting on Ferguson at the end of the 2nd leg, leading to a regain of energy from the old dude. Fergie then decides to stay on the bench 3 more years just to destroy Mourinho's plan to put Chelsea back on the throne in UK. Mourinho resigns after these 3 years and goes to Germany to confront his best enemy, Guardiola, but fails miserably. After a short move to China, he decides to take the lead of the national Qatar team for the 2022 World Cup and vanishes after losing the 3 games of the groupstage.
Happy ending: he joins Pepe in his slaughterhouse business venture in the south of Portugal.
On February 08 2013 02:12 WillyWanker wrote: I'm really looking forward to ManU crushing RM, with Mou spitting on Ferguson at the end of the 2nd leg, leading to a regain of energy from the old dude. Fergie then decides to stay on the bench 3 more years just to destroy Mourinho's plan to put Chelsea back on the throne in UK. Mourinho resigns after these 3 years and goes to Germany to confront his best enemy, Guardiola, but fails miserably. After a short move to China, he decides to take the lead of the national Qatar team for the 2022 World Cup and vanishes after losing the 3 games of the groupstage.
Happy ending: he joins Pepe in his slaughterhouse business venture in the south of Portugal.
You are truly the king of all deluded Barca fanboys. You love Barca so much you even hate its rivals with intensity.
Btw, news for fans of Chelsea...apparently contract talks are back on with super Frank!!!!!
Why so serious? I thought the slaughterhouse part made the joke obvious but next time I'll put html tags for you! I don't hate Barcelona's rivals, I even sometimes enjoy watching Real Madrid play football, and I've been cheering for both Inter Milan and Chelsea for the last CL finals. How deluded is that?
I just hate the part where a coach freely destroys the image of a club like Barcelona implying doping, match fixing, deals with the league committee, the referees, etc... He's responsible for 90% of the hate on Barcelona if not more. He made Guardiola crazy, he put a finger in our actual coach's eye, he implied (with a lot of subtelty) that we won trophies that weren't deservee and even quoted the names of the referees of the 'scandalous' games. And for that, what sanction did he receive? 3 games in CL out of the bench.
I don't hate the man, I even think he's a good guy inside (from some interviews that were a bit different than usual), I just want him to work somewhere else where he will be focused on destroying other club's image. Pretty please.
Or do you want him elsewhere as he clearly is the only manager probably in the world who can mastermind defeats of Barcelona as he has proven many a time;
Last year, beat them to the title Year before he beat them in the domestic cup Year before that he beat them in the Champions League (over 2 legs) At Chelsea he beat them in the Champions league
He probably has the best record of any manager vs Barcelona in the 00's + And that is pretty good..maybe thats why you want him out?
On February 08 2013 17:41 Pandemona wrote: Or do you want him elsewhere as he clearly is the only manager probably in the world who can mastermind defeats of Barcelona as he has proven many a time;
Last year, beat them to the title Year before he beat them in the domestic cup Year before that he beat them in the Champions League (over 2 legs) At Chelsea he beat them in the Champions league
He probably has the best record of any manager vs Barcelona in the 00's + And that is pretty good..maybe thats why you want him out?
Right now, I would reckon those who want him elsewhere would be the RM players, fans and medias and not barça's.
On February 08 2013 17:41 Pandemona wrote: Or do you want him elsewhere as he clearly is the only manager probably in the world who can mastermind defeats of Barcelona as he has proven many a time;
Last year, beat them to the title Year before he beat them in the domestic cup Year before that he beat them in the Champions League (over 2 legs) At Chelsea he beat them in the Champions league
He probably has the best record of any manager vs Barcelona in the 00's + And that is pretty good..maybe thats why you want him out?
Right now, I would reckon those who want him elsewhere would be the RM players, fans and medias and not barça's.
Indeed, right now the people who want Mourinho out are mostly in Madrid (specially the main Madrid Sport Newspaper (Marca), but also most of supporters and fans).
On February 08 2013 17:41 Pandemona wrote: Or do you want him elsewhere as he clearly is the only manager probably in the world who can mastermind defeats of Barcelona as he has proven many a time;
Last year, beat them to the title Year before he beat them in the domestic cup Year before that he beat them in the Champions League (over 2 legs) At Chelsea he beat them in the Champions league
He probably has the best record of any manager vs Barcelona in the 00's + And that is pretty good..maybe thats why you want him out?
Right now, I would reckon those who want him elsewhere would be the RM players, fans and medias and not barça's.
Indeed, right now the people who want Mourinho out are mostly in Madrid (specially the main Madrid Sport Newspaper (Marca), but also most of supporters and fans).
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