On August 02 2013 20:21 Pandemona wrote: The Norwich thing is crazy, signed all these awesome attacking talents yet they were getting beat 4s and 5s last season so...i can see them becomming blackpool this season. When they played so offensively yet lost 5-2 or more.
Norwich played with 1 Forward and 6 defenders all season, the 3 games they didn't they beat Swansea 4-3, Man city 3-2 and 4-0 against someone in the 2nd last game of the season.... Howson and Johnson weren't allowed to pass the half way line and we basically relied on Snodgrasses mediocre free kicks.... Wth you on about...
Ok i think i understand, but still Hughton hates to attack so i don't see them being very aggressive going forward.
Ok the 58 goals conceded and that being the 7th worst in the league and the 5th worst Goal Difference says you weren't the best at the back nor going forward
What im on about, the lots of goals conceded. Yet Norwich are buying lots of attacking players. The 6 defenders a game might be true, but the statement of changing CB pairings through out the season isn't. We shall see how good the defense is next season but i can't see Norwich buidling a successful stint buying only attacking players and drastically changing.
On August 02 2013 20:21 Pandemona wrote: The Norwich thing is crazy, signed all these awesome attacking talents yet they were getting beat 4s and 5s last season so...i can see them becomming blackpool this season. When they played so offensively yet lost 5-2 or more.
Norwich played with 1 Forward and 6 defenders all season, the 3 games they didn't they beat Swansea 4-3, Man city 3-2 and 4-0 against someone in the 2nd last game of the season.... Howson and Johnson weren't allowed to pass the half way line and we basically relied on Snodgrasses mediocre free kicks.... Wth you on about...
Ok i think i understand, but still Hughton hates to attack so i don't see them being very aggressive going forward.
Ok the 58 goals conceded and that being the 7th worst in the league and the 5th worst Goal Difference says you weren't the best at the back nor going forward
What im on about, the lots of goals conceded. Yet Norwich are buying lots of attacking players. The 6 defenders a game might be true, but the statement of changing CB pairings through out the season isn't. We shall see how good the defense is next season but i can't see Norwich buidling a successful stint buying only attacking players and drastically changing.
Norwich have tried to buy defenders, we got Olsson and failed at getting Alderweireld. We where forced into swapping Cb's because of Injuries. We definitely do need others, Turner is useless and I have never thought anything of Martin.
I understand what you are saying now and completely agree, the funny part about it is, Hughton's excuse for playing with 6 defenders was "we are sorting out the defence" when really they where horrific. But i think our main problem was the fact we made so many stupid mistakes and literally where being attacked for 90mins a lot of the games because we had no outlet upfront, if he plays more aggressively our goal won't be under threat constantly.
Bunn is hopeless too, when Ruddy played we looked so much better.
We won't be like Blackpool though, the football Hughton wants to play is horrific and Blackpool where quite entertaining.
haha I remember watching that match at a Turkish Café in Rotterdam, a friend of mine invited me to watch with him. I was rooting for Arsenal but Galatasaray completely won me over. They were a really great side that year
On August 02 2013 23:31 sc4k wrote: You should try watching the EPL. It is ridiculously entertaining.
i sometimes watch, like every other leagues, when there's a good derby, i love it, but i'm not entertained by the hype around it, when every player is overhyped like shit and there's tons of talks about meaningless things. I saw it in France when all those average players travelled to Newcastle and suddenly became stars. That was difficult for me to see thoses guys in northern england believe so hard in our average players coming from average clubs in average Ligue 1... I don't know what they expected... I can't think of a french player in EPL not being overrated, so i believe all the ligue is like that, full of overrated players. And for the moment all the players coming from EPL to France were disapointing: Kalou, Joe Cole, Barton, Beckham. Average players, all of them, any of them deserving his salary.
I don't understand this, Newcastle almost got relegated last season. They brought in some good players but others who aren't that great. If you think Hatem Ben Arfa doesn't have some quality you are kind of insane.
I don't see your point about the random players who you have mentioned going to France. If you seriously believe the EPL lacks talent you are mental and obviously haven't watched much of the league...
On August 02 2013 23:31 sc4k wrote: You should try watching the EPL. It is ridiculously entertaining.
i sometimes watch, like every other leagues, when there's a good derby, i love it, but i'm not entertained by the hype around it, when every player is overhyped like shit and there's tons of talks about meaningless things. I saw it in France when all those average players travelled to Newcastle and suddenly became stars. That was difficult for me to see thoses guys in northern england believe so hard in our average players coming from average clubs in average Ligue 1... I don't know what they expected... I can't think of a french player in EPL not being overrated, so i believe all the ligue is like that, full of overrated players. And for the moment all the players coming from EPL to France were disapointing: Kalou, Joe Cole, Barton, Beckham. Average players, all of them, any of them deserving his salary.
I don't understand this, Newcastle almost got relegated last season. They brought in some good players but others who aren't that great. If you think Hatem Ben Arfa doesn't have some quality you are kind of insane.
I don't see your point about the random players who you have mentioned going to France. If you seriously believe the EPL lacks talent you are mental and obviously haven't watched much of the league...
Ben Arfa have some quality, EPL obviously doesn't lack of talent, in my opinion this is the overrall strongest league in the world, just sayin there's too much about it, far too much. players and team are overhyped and i don't like that.
haha I remember watching that match at a Turkish Café in Rotterdam, a friend of mine invited me to watch with him. I was rooting for Arsenal but Galatasaray completely won me over. They were a really great side that year
We also beat Real Madrid at Super Cup final in that year
Thanks for all the replies. Of course there are "unofficial" streams that I can google. Those tend to lagg a lot, in my experience. I would prefer legal/official streams (Maybe Tv channels that you can watch online or something like that)
On August 02 2013 23:31 sc4k wrote: You should try watching the EPL. It is ridiculously entertaining.
i sometimes watch, like every other leagues, when there's a good derby, i love it, but i'm not entertained by the hype around it, when every player is overhyped like shit and there's tons of talks about meaningless things. I saw it in France when all those average players travelled to Newcastle and suddenly became stars. That was difficult for me to see thoses guys in northern england believe so hard in our average players coming from average clubs in average Ligue 1... I don't know what they expected... I can't think of a french player in EPL not being overrated, so i believe all the ligue is like that, full of overrated players. And for the moment all the players coming from EPL to France were disapointing: Kalou, Joe Cole, Barton, Beckham. Average players, all of them, any of them deserving his salary.
I don't understand this, Newcastle almost got relegated last season. They brought in some good players but others who aren't that great. If you think Hatem Ben Arfa doesn't have some quality you are kind of insane.
I don't see your point about the random players who you have mentioned going to France. If you seriously believe the EPL lacks talent you are mental and obviously haven't watched much of the league...
Ben Arfa have some quality, EPL obviously doesn't lack of talent, in my opinion this is the overrall strongest league in the world, just sayin there's too much about it, far too much. players and team are overhyped and i don't like that.
Thats too bad for you mate, youre letting your prejudice rob you of the fastest and most action packed football there is!
On August 03 2013 02:00 EchoZ wrote: Thoughts on Gomis?
fat ass, slow as fuck, not that good in the air, good shot, not bad technicaly, he can hold the ball verry well. But, for exemple, i think Giroud is better than him. He would be a strong player if he was better in the air. But he is better than Gouffran for exemple (not difficult i agree).
Personally i like him because he seems to be a nice guy, i believe he re-started studies at home to obtain the "baccalauréat". And this is not an easy task.
haha I remember watching that match at a Turkish Café in Rotterdam, a friend of mine invited me to watch with him. I was rooting for Arsenal but Galatasaray completely won me over. They were a really great side that year
We also beat Real Madrid at Super Cup final in that year
On August 02 2013 23:04 AIOL! wrote: I think it would be nice to make an EPL 2013/2014 thread apart from the football thread. Then we could talk about other european leagues.
Why don't you make your own football thread then?
On August 03 2013 00:23 Kleinmuuhg wrote: I am in the US for another few weeks. Most of my time I spend in Germany ^^.
There's a few specific sites that always have streams, I can PM you links if you are interested.
If you are in the US, every PL game will be live on TV now that NBC has the rights to the PL. If you don't have access to a TV, they are also streaming every game live online.
I have to think that Fiorentina will hold out for more, especially since they would be selling to a direct rival, but they don't have much leverage as Ljajic's contract expires after this season.