• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 16:38
CEST 22:38
KST 05:38
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
herO wins GSL Code S Season 1 (2026)0Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO4 & Finals Preview5[ASL21] Ro4 Preview: On Course12Code S Season 1 - RO8 Preview7[ASL21] Ro8 Preview Pt2: Progenitors8
Community News
Weekly Cups (May 11-17): Classic wins double0Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO8 Results2Weekly Cups (May 4-10): Clem, MaxPax, herO win1Maestros of The Game 2 announcement and schedule !18Weekly Cups (April 27-May 4): Clem takes triple0
StarCraft 2
General
herO wins GSL Code S Season 1 (2026) Weekly Cups (May 11-17): Classic wins double Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO4 & Finals Preview Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - The Finalists Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO8 Results
Tourneys
Maestros of The Game 2 announcement and schedule ! $1,400 SEL Season 3 Ladder Invitational GSL Code S Season 2 (2026) GSL Code S Season 1 (2026) $5,000 WardiTV Spring Championship 2026
Strategy
Custom Maps
[D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3 [A] Nemrods 1/4 players
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 526 Rubber and Glue Mutation # 525 Wheel of Misfortune Mutation # 524 Death and Taxes
Brood War
General
Lights Ro.8 Review (asl s21) 25 Years Since Brood War Patch 1.08 vespene.gg — BW replays in browser BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion
Tourneys
[ASL21] Semifinals B [BSL22] RO8 Bracket Stage + Another TieBreaker [ASL21] Ro8 Day 4 Escore Tournament StarCraft Season 2
Strategy
Muta micro map competition Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Hydra ZvZ: An Introduction Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne ZeroSpace Megathread War of Dots, 2026 minimalst RTS Nintendo Switch Thread
Dota 2
The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread YouTube Thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread UK Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread McBoner: A hockey love story Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
ETHEREUM RECOVERY ASSISTANCE streaming software Strange computer issues (software)
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Why RTS gamers make better f…
gosubay
How EEG Data Can Predict Gam…
TrAiDoS
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1752 users

2012 - 2013 Football Thread! - Page 333

Forum Index > Sports
Post a Reply
Prev 1 331 332 333 334 335 498 Next
Sated
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
England4983 Posts
March 25 2013 19:47 GMT
#6641
--- Nuked ---
ne4aJIb
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Russian Federation3209 Posts
March 25 2013 20:26 GMT
#6642
kerzhakov so bad xd
Bisu,Best,Stork,Jangbi and Flash, Fantasy, Leta, Light and Jaedong, Hydra, Zero, Soulkey assemble in ACE now!
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
March 25 2013 21:10 GMT
#6643
Haha Sated XD
Makes sense, i started one with my mate online and he was newcastle, sold half his team and bought Lewandoski and i bought a few kids from Barca Youth. I just play Fallaini holding mid and u win most games
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Sated
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
England4983 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-25 21:19:49
March 25 2013 21:13 GMT
#6644
--- Nuked ---
dmnum
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Brazil6910 Posts
March 25 2013 21:22 GMT
#6645
fred always saving our ass lol
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
March 25 2013 21:41 GMT
#6646
Fred! Scored a stunner vs England too!
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
sc4k
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United Kingdom5454 Posts
March 26 2013 00:18 GMT
#6647
lol I love his name
Ysellian
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands9029 Posts
March 26 2013 08:50 GMT
#6648
Mourinho to Chelsea confirmed?
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-26 09:32:39
March 26 2013 09:16 GMT
#6649
Holy shit, Ysellian dont give me a heart attack like that xD
After doing some "digging" on the situation and had many a laugh at reading the press articles, I'm pretty sure we are no where near knowing where Mr Mourinho will end up next season, but what it does look like, it is a two way shoot out between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain for where he will manage.

I think it will be a fun May for football fans, and quite a circus in the silly English and French press with stories being thrown around left and right.

What i do hope, that the on story of Torres going back to Atletico Madrid is true. They look certain to lose Mr Falcao in the summer, opening up a fairly decent wage slice which Torres would easily accept. Then hopefully (for his sake) he will rediscover his form and help keep Atletico Madrid competitive in La Liga and their little El Nino will be back as a god again.
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Ysellian
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands9029 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-26 10:16:20
March 26 2013 10:15 GMT
#6650
Haha sorry Pandemona XD I was reading the news on my phone and a dutch site said they had confirmation on Mourinho signing for Chelsea, but I was a bit skeptical so I had to ask for sure and apparentely it wasn't true (yet?).

Anyway yeah,Torres for Falcao seems like a great swap for all parties involved. Like you said, if Torres rediscovers his form, which should be more likely in his hometown than anywhere else, he is a top striker and Falcao seems to be able to score anywhere he goes.
Salteador Neo
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Andorra5591 Posts
March 26 2013 10:20 GMT
#6651
Lol Torres for Falcao is not a fair trade and I'm sure even the Atlético fans/manager/staff know it.

They will do it because the russian guy is loaded and will keep throwing money at them until they accept.
Revolutionist fan
Maenander
Profile Joined November 2002
Germany4926 Posts
March 26 2013 10:20 GMT
#6652
Montenegro vs England has now become a classic football rivalry xD
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-26 10:29:49
March 26 2013 10:25 GMT
#6653
It is a fair trade if Torres rediscovers his Atletico form......214 Appearance 82goals , but that was him being a young kid, he then left and scored 65goals in 102 games for Liverpool, 1goal in 2games ratio, which is nice. Obviously Falcao's 59appearances and 45goals is quite outstanding xD but i don't see Torres being to shy of that if he hits his form from his previous years there, with Adrian and co around him like Falcao has xD

But it is not going to just be Torres for Falcao will be Torres +20-25million for Falcao, which is more than fair? You get (potentially) a world class striker for a world class striker and money to help their debt situation xD

On March 26 2013 19:20 Maenander wrote:
Montenegro vs England has now become a classic football rivalry xD


Due to England being so shit, they take games vs Montenegro as "hard" "tough" international fixtures...because we are that bad, it quite sickens me at how much the press jump on everything and blow it all out of proportion. England, rank 4th team in the world, are taking Montenegro who are ranked 28th as a tough game they could easily lose. It's a joke >.< we should be turning these over 4/5-0 on paper, but because it's England and our pansy footballers can't handle the slightest bit of pressure to go out and do what they do for their clubs week in week out, it all turns to shit. Quite embarrassing if you ask me

How on earth we drew with both Poland and Ukraine and got ourselves into this position in the first place is another story too. It is not hard to win these games with the kind of players England actually have to choose from, the reason we don't who knows, but i can't point the finger at the manager just yet....
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Ysellian
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands9029 Posts
March 26 2013 10:56 GMT
#6654
@Neo, well I did say "if" he finds his form
Craze
Profile Joined July 2010
United States561 Posts
March 26 2013 11:16 GMT
#6655
On March 26 2013 19:25 Pandemona wrote:
It is a fair trade if Torres rediscovers his Atletico form......214 Appearance 82goals , but that was him being a young kid, he then left and scored 65goals in 102 games for Liverpool, 1goal in 2games ratio, which is nice. Obviously Falcao's 59appearances and 45goals is quite outstanding xD but i don't see Torres being to shy of that if he hits his form from his previous years there, with Adrian and co around him like Falcao has xD

But it is not going to just be Torres for Falcao will be Torres +20-25million for Falcao, which is more than fair? You get (potentially) a world class striker for a world class striker and money to help their debt situation xD

Show nested quote +
On March 26 2013 19:20 Maenander wrote:
Montenegro vs England has now become a classic football rivalry xD


Due to England being so shit, they take games vs Montenegro as "hard" "tough" international fixtures...because we are that bad, it quite sickens me at how much the press jump on everything and blow it all out of proportion. England, rank 4th team in the world, are taking Montenegro who are ranked 28th as a tough game they could easily lose. It's a joke >.< we should be turning these over 4/5-0 on paper, but because it's England and our pansy footballers can't handle the slightest bit of pressure to go out and do what they do for their clubs week in week out, it all turns to shit. Quite embarrassing if you ask me

How on earth we drew with both Poland and Ukraine and got ourselves into this position in the first place is another story too. It is not hard to win these games with the kind of players England actually have to choose from, the reason we don't who knows, but i can't point the finger at the manager just yet....


Every player from England seems to play in a different system, and they're brought in to the national team. Look at Spain and Germany as the teams to beat, they're basically each made up of 2 teams from their league (Bayern/Dortmund, RM/Barca). It's all-star team syndrome. No 2 players from the back four are from the same team. MU has 3 midfielders on the roster, but they don't start, the starting mids are all from different squads.

But at least your team has quality players, with the US we just have to pray that Dempsey does something great every game or its incredibly boring... unless they're in snow up to their ankles like last week, that's fun for everyone.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
March 26 2013 11:26 GMT
#6656
That cannot be the main reason, i fail to give that reason any justification. There is no reason why world class players cannot play next to/with other world class players, it's not like they come together the day of the game either? They have a good solid week of training before they play, if they cannot get to grips with a different partner by then they deserve to be dropped.

Like the biggest load of crap i have heard in any footballing chat/punditry/analysis is that Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard cannot play CM together, it's crap. They can, and they could if they are allowed to do so, im pretty sure, Lampard and Gerrard arguably two of the best CMs England have ever produced cannot tell each other, you go up this time ill stay back, or something else tactical then i give up on professional footballers having the slight bit of a brain in their heads. Im pretty confident they will start together tonight in fact anyway, needing to actually win a game, their should be no need to play Cleverly next to Gerrard, they should give Lampard the first 60minutes atleast.
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Rebs
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Pakistan10726 Posts
March 26 2013 12:51 GMT
#6657
On March 26 2013 20:26 Pandemona wrote:
\

Like the biggest load of crap i have heard in any footballing chat/punditry/analysis is that Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard cannot play CM together, it's crap. They can, and they could if they are allowed to do so, im pretty sure, Lampard and Gerrard arguably two of the best CMs England have ever produced cannot tell each other, you go up this time ill stay back, or something else tactical then i give up on professional footballers having the slight bit of a brain in their heads. Im pretty confident they will start together tonight in fact anyway, needing to actually win a game, their should be no need to play Cleverly next to Gerrard, they should give Lampard the first 60minutes atleast.


That may well be true, but the fact is that they rarely if ever have played well together. and if it was really as simple as you say it is then either Lampard and Gerrard are numbskulls or just dont give a shit.

Either way it doesnt look to good. Lets see.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-26 13:06:18
March 26 2013 13:05 GMT
#6658
Well they haven't been played there together much? Never have had the opportunity too on an extended run?

In the last matches in which England was competitive, the Gerrard/Lampard combination yielded five wins, two draws and two losses, a win percentage of 55 percent.

Is the best information i can find on when they have played together, on a competitive level.
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Sated
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
England4983 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-26 13:32:22
March 26 2013 13:27 GMT
#6659
--- Nuked ---
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
March 26 2013 13:31 GMT
#6660
I feel that England is just a 2nd tier team, with good players, some very good (Rooney, Lampard, Gerard, Cole), but on average a lot weaker than teams like Spain, Germany, and even Argentina or the Netherlands. If the individuals of your team aren't the best, you can still be decent if you have an idea of playstyle or at least a team cohesion. But that's not the case in the England team because of internal disputes (Terry/Ferdinand, Lampard/Gerard), lack of a good management (or no stability) and the recent' tactical weakness' trend in the Premier League (it's just my opinion, the EPL is probably the most entertaining league but tactically speaking....).

The 'problem' is that the club culture is so huge there that the national team suffers. Look at Spain, during the season Barça and Madrid are always fighting (on the field, out of the field), but when the national team time comes up they're united.
And I agree that having 6-7 players from Barça + 3-4 from Madrid, and the same in Germany with Dortmund/Bayern, must really help.
Prev 1 331 332 333 334 335 498 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 3h 22m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
mouzHeroMarine 603
uThermal 324
JuggernautJason68
StarCraft: Brood War
NaDa 10
ajuk12(nOOB) 7
Counter-Strike
fl0m2162
pashabiceps2106
Fnx 1826
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu373
Other Games
Grubby5008
summit1g4573
FrodaN1494
C9.Mang0214
Pyrionflax196
ToD143
ArmadaUGS108
UpATreeSC73
Livibee59
Trikslyr48
CosmosSc2 18
Organizations
Counter-Strike
PGL435
Other Games
BasetradeTV112
StarCraft 2
angryscii 30
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Reevou 7
• intothetv
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota260
League of Legends
• Shiphtur281
Other Games
• imaqtpie1402
• WagamamaTV784
Upcoming Events
PiGosaur Cup
3h 22m
GSL
12h 52m
Cure vs sOs
SHIN vs ByuN
Replay Cast
1d 3h
GSL
1d 12h
Classic vs Solar
GuMiho vs Zoun
WardiTV Spring Champion…
1d 14h
Replay Cast
2 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
WardiTV Spring Champion…
2 days
Replay Cast
3 days
RSL Revival
3 days
Classic vs SHIN
Rogue vs Bunny
[ Show More ]
BSL
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Afreeca Starleague
4 days
Flash vs Soma
RSL Revival
4 days
BSL
4 days
Patches Events
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Universe Titan Cup
5 days
Rogue vs Percival
Wardi Open
5 days
Monday Night Weeklies
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Kung Fu Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Escore Tournament S2: W7
2026 GSL S1
Nations Cup 2026

Ongoing

BSL Season 22
ASL Season 21
IPSL Spring 2026
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 2
Acropolis #4
KK 2v2 League Season 1
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
YSL S3
SCTL 2026 Spring
RSL Revival: Season 5
Heroes Pulsing #1
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S2: W8
CSCL: Masked Kings S4
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Maestros of the Game 2
WardiTV Spring 2026
2026 GSL S2
Bounty Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.