EPTI didn't know a coach can influence the performance of players that strongly.
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sharkie
Austria18443 Posts
I didn't know a coach can influence the performance of players that strongly. | ||
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NuclearJudas
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hasuprotoss
United States4612 Posts
On March 31 2013 11:10 NuclearJudas wrote: Boom, O'Neill sacked by Sunderland as they face some hard times. Not very surprised, except for the timing. Will be interesting to see if they survive in the PL now. Hey, we're battling against relegation and if you don't get a result against a team that has dropped only 13 points so far this season, you'll be gone! -_-. | ||
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On March 31 2013 06:58 mevshero wrote: god, i'm so tired of these bayern-dortmund discussions. two good national seasons and the fans start talking like they were on the top forever.... i don't even get your point. neuer - lahm - badstuber - boateng - schweinsteiger - müller - kroos - gomez hummels - schmelzer - reus - götze - gündogan shame on me if i forgot somebody. badstuber is injured, so schmelzer is getting his playtime. gündogan is sitting on the bench when schweinsteiger is ready to play. reus and götze won't play together when gomez or klose is ready to play. you see? on the other note, of course bayern has many non-german players, but i don't get what this has to do with this discussion. bayern wants to replace every position 1 to 1 without losing quality in case of injuries or bookings. just for example, schieber cannot replace lewandowski in any way and i highly doubt that dortmund will buy a german player to replace him when he's gone. i'm sorry when this comes in an arrogant way, i hate it talking like this, but it's just like it is. btw, this is my last post to this discussion so take your time for your answer. this is way too silly ... The point, since you weren't paying attention, is that Bayern doesn't = the German team. Combined with Dortmund players, they still only make up about half the national team, and the team in and of itself is one of the most diverse in the Bundesliga (in terms of nationality). Robben is a diver and crybaby but pls dont compare people that complain WHEN they are hit to deliberate divers all across spain, portugal and the premier league. I don't know what has happened in Serie A in the last 5 years and Bundesliga in the last 2-3 years but there is such a massive difference in trying to fool the ref compared to the rest of europe that it hurts to see people complain about teams like Bayern being whiners and such... You can hate on Bayern for a shitload of reasons but this is just objectively wrong and disrespectful towards an anti diving attitude that is very visual when you compare football all over europe.. Yes, Germany is damn good at reducing diving. Part of the reason I love German soccer. That said, why not talk about complainers as well as people who dive when they aren't hit? Just because the latter is worse, doesn't mean the former isn't bad. Embellishing injuries just leads to more diving, so it needs to be stamped out as well. No team is perfect, as embellishing injuries is so incredibly ingrained in soccer culture, but Bayern is definitely the worst in the Bundesliga. It's not like you can just say, "Oh, Spanish players are worse, so Bayern's fine!" No, Bayern still whines a lot for German soccer standards, so we get to call them on it. Besides, it's not like that's my only reason for hating them. Just one of several. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/9doNZGE.jpg) In other news, the Stuttgart-Dortmund game was a fucking brawl. Schmelzer got kicked in the first half and had to sub out immediately (broken nose and cut). 3 yellows for VfB, 2 for BVB. 1 red for VfB in the 70th minute. 4 other Dortmund players were injured in some way, and two are questionable for the game against Malaga on Wednesday. Anyone tries to tell me that soccer isn't a contact sport should take a kick to the face like Schmelzer did. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On March 31 2013 13:43 Ferrose wrote: People think soccer isn't a contact sport? Do you actually live in the U.S. man? So many people here are drinking the Hatorade when it comes to soccer. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On March 31 2013 13:53 Ferrose wrote: I know they are but I've never heard anyone say it's not a contact sport. The only way someone could think that is if they've literally NEVER watched soccer. At all. You could watch five minutes of any game ever and see that it's a contact sport. Well for starters calling it soccer is the greater transgression. Secondly while it may have changed recently, atleast in my experience during college it was considered a sport for pussies. The culture leans more toward casual coed. | ||
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Maenander
Germany4926 Posts
On March 31 2013 12:43 Stratos_speAr wrote: In other news, the Stuttgart-Dortmund game was a fucking brawl. Schmelzer got kicked in the first half and had to sub out immediately (broken nose and cut). 3 yellows for VfB, 2 for BVB. 1 red for VfB in the 70th minute. 4 other Dortmund players were injured in some way, and two are questionable for the game against Malaga on Wednesday. Anyone tries to tell me that soccer isn't a contact sport should take a kick to the face like Schmelzer did. Well, Harnik breaking Schmelzer's nose was an accident as they happen in football and I would not blame Stuttgart for that, but let's say Niedermeier seemed a bit over-motivated at times ;-) | ||
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clementdudu
France819 Posts
On March 31 2013 04:09 Stratos_speAr wrote: Well, when you have players like Robben, Mueller, and Ribery rolling on the floor every time they're touched (or not touched), it's kind of hard to like you. Oh, and Neuer's turned into a total brat since he left Schalke. To be fair, I'm a hater. But still, this team can just buy their way to trophies. Takes a lot away from them. youre a chelsea fan arent you?thats the quote of the century. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
On March 31 2013 15:23 Rebs wrote: Well for starters calling it soccer is the greater transgression. Secondly while it may have changed recently, atleast in my experience during college it was considered a sport for pussies. The culture leans more toward casual coed. Well, I know people hate it because of diving, but I just find that funny since basketball and hockey are so popular in America. Never heard anyone say it's not a contact sport though. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
Side note: Benteke is awesome. | ||
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NuclearJudas
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
Gerrard's gonna get himself a red if he keeps arguing with the ref after that foul lol | ||
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NuclearJudas
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
And Gerrard nets it coolly. | ||
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