2014 - 2015 Football Thread - Page 277

On October 12 2014 05:44 739 wrote:
Poland the unofficial World Champions. Feels good.

On October 12 2014 05:44 Stratos_speAr wrote:
A lot of youngsters tonight, most of which were wasteful and not ready to take the big stage and make a finish (looking at you Bellarabi).

On October 12 2014 05:46 Mafe wrote:

You sure celebrated like it, and deservedly so. But no, the unofficial World champions are Argentina (according to the wikipedia rules).

On October 12 2014 05:44 Stratos_speAr wrote:


A lot of youngsters tonight, most of which were wasteful and not ready to take the big stage and make a finish (looking at you Bellarabi).

Promising overall though. The youngsters didn't look bad by any means. Poland executed their game plan really well though and they should definitely make waves in 2016. Germany just needs to realize this slow-ass strategy of passing the ball up the field little by little and letting their entire team get behind the ball is an absolutely stupid way to do this. Every team in the world knows how to beat it and Poland just did it. Put some fucking pace in the game or we'll become irrelevant and embarrassing like Spain is now.

On October 12 2014 06:53 Stratos_speAr wrote:


Both here and in the World Cup there were numerous points where the team actively chose to pass backwards or laterally instead of pushing the ball forward in order to slow the game down and control possession. It seems like Löw has been trying to emulate the Bayern style (which itself takes a lot from the Barca/Spain style), which isn't a good thing. This team has a lot of speed and strength and while you need to be good at possession football, you can't just sit back like this. Whenever Germany looked weak in the World Cup, it's because they were trying this same crap. They always looked their strongest when they were picking up the pace, using their strength, and not sitting on the ball.

Mesut Ozil wants to quit Arsenal as soon as January and the Gunners are ready to do business. Bayern Munich are lining up a bid of around £30million for Ozil, who joined Arsenal from Real Madrid last summer for a club record £42.5million. The Football Grapevine understands the German international has grown increasingly unhappy at Arsenal, not least because he is not being played in his preferred forward floating role by Arsene Wenger.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2789920/mesut-ozil-wants-leave-arsenal-january-bayern-munich-line-30million-bid.html

On October 12 2014 23:24 Micro_Jackson wrote:
35 Million for Özil? Unrealistic i would say, that would be too much of a steal i take him over Draxler any day.

On October 12 2014 23:58 TerransHill wrote:


Draxler >>> Özil. Draxler is the better dribbler, better on the wing and still only 21. I really hope we buy him and I can never imagine Bayern buying Özil. We have more than enough central midfielders we need wingers to replace ribery and robben in the future.

On October 13 2014 00:15 Dingodile wrote:

Tell that to Pep...
I dont like too. I think Bayern should buy a new top left winger and robben plays in the middle behind Lewandowski.

I heard Pep want a new chef who replaces Sammer...