EPT2012 - 2013 Football Thread! - Page 384
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kemoryan
Spain1506 Posts
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alwaysfeeling
Netherlands55 Posts
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Craze
United States561 Posts
On May 07 2013 07:35 sc4k wrote: The thing you guys are missing is that Luiz didn't actually dive. Busquets is a diving cock. Luiz doesn't dive. He just went down to Raphael's CLEAR angry kick. Nothing wrong with tweaking the moment to get Raph the red card if it was Raph's attack which was in the wrong. Busquets gets people carded for doing nothing wrong. Raph deserved a red, for kicking in anger. spot on. too many people here cry about "diving" like they've never played a game of football. If you get kicked hard enough you tend to want to "give way" to the guy kicking you, it is a lot less painful that way. Some people misconstrue this as diving, when in fact you're just protecting yourself. Now, the people who go down without being touched are indeed a disgrace, but Luiz had a legitimate reason to sell that foul. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
On May 07 2013 05:29 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: So if Stoke FC lose this game will this be the biggest choke of all time? Stoke are definitely staying up I guess. Sigh... | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On May 07 2013 07:35 sc4k wrote: The thing you guys are missing is that Luiz didn't actually dive. Busquets is a diving cock. Luiz doesn't dive. He just went down to Raphael's CLEAR angry kick. Nothing wrong with tweaking the moment to get Raph the red card if it was Raph's attack which was in the wrong. Busquets gets people carded for doing nothing wrong. Raph deserved a red, for kicking in anger. Not that he hasnt been a terrible offender but when do you remember the last time he did anything exhorbitantly theatrical. Week in week out this season there hasnt been anything painfully amiss. I dont think theres anything wrong with the David Luiz situation, whether he got hurt or not is irrelevant, its a red card but just keep his reaction in mind regardless that he wasnt hurt and he sold it .. There arent too many high profile acting incidents involving Busquets in particular recently. The micro scope just gets larger when people insist on hating on a series of misdemeanors, I guess Drogba dives are short for the memory.. my word the double standards.. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
Though I agree with you, it's annoying that no one seems to remember dives unless the player plays for Barca, is of Spanish nationality, or is Luis Suarez. | ||
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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
I'm not even sure if he dived against Chelsea in the famous meme pic. They were so mad for the "bad ref calls" they had to take it on someone. No one remembers the red on Abidal for not touching a guy or the clear penalty by Beckham tho. Still fun how people consider way worse to dive than to use unfair tackles all game long without seeing a yellow card lol. Alpha males yo. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Oh well! Not long to go footballer lovers! The season draws ever closer around Europe with some already finished. I'm going to attempt a write up of every league we have covered (the ones in the OP for example). If anyone wants to write up a piece for their domestic league then please PM me before the end of May. The write up will be posted on the 2nd of June! Please if you do write up a piece on your domestic league that you keep it as no bias as possible  I will probably just blog the write up, and i am pretty happy to write up all the domestic leagues we cover myself but i thought i'd give people the opportunity to do theirs if they want too  I'll also add it to this OP as well, and probably use them somehow in next season's OP too. | ||
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
On May 07 2013 10:03 Ferrose wrote: Stoke are definitely staying up I guess. Sigh... But Wigan still with a chance! A slim one, but still a chance. | ||
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WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
Not 'genius', but it's always interesting to see that every small detail is analyzed by these managers | ||
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kyllinghest
Norway1607 Posts
On May 07 2013 07:35 sc4k wrote: The thing you guys are missing is that Luiz didn't actually dive. Busquets is a diving cock. Luiz doesn't dive. He just went down to Raphael's CLEAR angry kick. Nothing wrong with tweaking the moment to get Raph the red card if it was Raph's attack which was in the wrong. Busquets gets people carded for doing nothing wrong. Raph deserved a red, for kicking in anger. Of course there is. The ref issues cards, not David Luiz. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Speaking in his pre match press conference ahead of the vital game against Tottenham he has said; The next year there will be another manager. I think everybody knows who will be here. xD | ||
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WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
Who will be available for them? Benitez? I doubt it... But Klopp/Heynckes (as mentionned before) don't seem possible... Klopp doesn't want to leave and Heynckes, if he doesn't retire, would probably not accept a 3 years contract, which is what they need if they want to start a new cycle... And I'm not sure that Madrid has the same aura they had several years ago, when being on their list to be the manager was like 'a dream come true' (a bit exagerated but you get the idea :p)... With all the circus that Mou created I'm not sure it helped in that sense either... So, attracting coaches that aren't 'free' will be very difficult: Conte, Ancelotti, Klopp, Wenger, etc... | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Updated Domestic League Tables; 4 out of the 8 Domestic Leagues have already crowned their Champions English Domestic League 2012-2013 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/pwAFeIP.jpg) Spanish Domestic League 2012-2013 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/2WOwjQX.jpg) Italian Domestic League 2012-2013 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/sKEpzza.jpg) German Domestic League 2012-2013 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/xaHaJ61.jpg) Russian Domestic League 2012-2013 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/tX6sPe6.jpg) Portuguese Domestic League 2012-2013 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/saCoeNI.jpg) Dutch Domestic League 2012-2013 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/cqQbKgt.jpg) French Domestic League 2012-2013 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/YuMeGli.jpg) | ||
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
On May 07 2013 14:24 Rebs wrote: The micro scope just gets larger when people insist on hating on a series of misdemeanors, I guess Drogba dives are short for the memory.. my word the double standards.. I don't forget that Drogba dived a shit load. He was crazy theatrical but it was almost to the point of farce with him, and he so rarely got people penalised after his reputation started to work against him. He was just funny but there's no doubt that if someone wants to call him a cock for diving I won't argue. But I will say, 9 goals in 9 finals, there isn't really a more majestic stat in single player football. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
http://swissramble.blogspot.ch/2013/05/uefa-prize-money-rhapsody-in-blue.html | ||
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malcram
2752 Posts
that said, i don't understand why they always leave it to the last moment to pull out results, maybe they don't deserve to be in the top flight after all. >.> can't wait for chelsea vs spurs. KTBFFH! | ||
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
On May 08 2013 02:01 malcram wrote: anyone feeling stoked for the wigan game? i'm hoping wigan can pull a houdini again. that said, i don't understand why they always leave it to the last moment to pull out results, maybe they don't deserve to be in the top flight after all. >.> can't wait for chelsea vs spurs. KTBFFH! Same here, I really hope Wigan can stay up again. Their run last year and the football they play has given me a soft spot for them. | ||
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Sated
England4983 Posts
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haitike
Spain2716 Posts
People usually hates Barcelona too much for the dives, but Barcelona is one of the cleanest teams in the world. They make normally few faults. But nobody merit them that, because Busquets or Dani Alves "dive" too much. And Messi never dives | ||
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