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Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts
August 15 2017 14:24 GMT
#481
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sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18407 Posts
August 15 2017 14:31 GMT
#482
oh liverpool play tonight? exciting
haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2713 Posts
August 15 2017 18:21 GMT
#483
On August 15 2017 23:18 brinepumps wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2017 10:42 WillyWanker wrote:
Yeah what a joke. Even no transfer fee wouldn't be acceptable. Now Sergi Roberto wants to leave... It's funny how they accused Luis Enrique of not using the Masia x) Please elect a new president soon.

In other news, lesson-givers Bayern Munich just made a deal with Qatar's airport for sponsoring :D


Ikr, Barca won't go anywhere with current president, no more msn, la masia not trusted enough, while Real is on fire. It's all downhill from here


Sometimes I wish Luis Enrique didn't win the treble in 2014. That season the president called early elections because all the corruption, crimes and bad transfers from him, Rosell and Zubizarreta. But because Luis Enrique won the treble, the supporters chose him instead of Laporta. And now we are fucked with him as president since then.
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland1931 Posts
August 15 2017 18:59 GMT
#484
Anyone watching Hoffenheim - Liverpool?

Seemed like a pretty cheap penalty to me. A bit clumsy by Lovren too, but it's pretty easy to get a bit tangled up when the guy runs right into you like that.
TheNewEra
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3128 Posts
August 15 2017 19:00 GMT
#485
On August 16 2017 03:59 Bacillus wrote:
Anyone watching Hoffenheim - Liverpool?

Seemed like a pretty cheap penalty to me. A bit clumsy by Lovren too, but it's pretty easy to get a bit tangled up when the guy runs right into you like that.

I felt like the handball before was more of a pen than the foul
Midas <3 Casy <3 BeSt <3 | Pray to Doh-men, heathens! | Zwischen Harz und Heideland
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland1931 Posts
August 15 2017 19:01 GMT
#486
On August 16 2017 04:00 TheNewEra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2017 03:59 Bacillus wrote:
Anyone watching Hoffenheim - Liverpool?

Seemed like a pretty cheap penalty to me. A bit clumsy by Lovren too, but it's pretty easy to get a bit tangled up when the guy runs right into you like that.

I felt like the handball before was more of a pen than the foul

At least according to the Finnish commentary, the new handball rules are pretty forgiving on those.
sneirac
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany3464 Posts
August 15 2017 19:03 GMT
#487
what a great attempt that penalty was ....

https://my.mixtape.moe/lsciev.mp4
possession wins games, kante is washed up and shit - pande
Ysellian
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands9029 Posts
August 15 2017 19:19 GMT
#488
Wow really surprised this game was on, if I hadn't checked this thread I would have missed it. Such a big game too, CL qualifiers.
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland1931 Posts
August 15 2017 19:21 GMT
#489
Apparently you don't need Coutinho for those sweet free kicks...
TheNewEra
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3128 Posts
August 15 2017 19:24 GMT
#490
Rupp is such an Idiot. He needs to jump only 10 centimeters and he would head the freekick away. Instead he stays on the ground and Liverpool scores. Depp
Midas <3 Casy <3 BeSt <3 | Pray to Doh-men, heathens! | Zwischen Harz und Heideland
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18407 Posts
August 15 2017 20:22 GMT
#491
5 english cl clubs in group stage :0
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts
August 15 2017 20:26 GMT
#492
GOAT LEAGUE!!!
Hoffenheim been good offensively i guess is fair to say even with many missed chances. However defensively they look just as bad as Liverpool!
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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
August 16 2017 01:55 GMT
#493
Now watch as Morocco wins the bid.

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-16 03:20:55
August 16 2017 03:10 GMT
#494
Still more of a football country than the US :p I wouldn't mind a World Cup in North Africa, there's a lot of passion there.

On August 16 2017 03:21 haitike wrote:
Sometimes I wish Luis Enrique didn't win the treble in 2014. That season the president called early elections because all the corruption, crimes and bad transfers from him, Rosell and Zubizarreta. But because Luis Enrique won the treble, the supporters chose him instead of Laporta. And now we are fucked with him as president since then.

What's funny is that Rosell is going to go to prison and no one says anything about his number 2 at the time, Bartomeu, which sure as hell didn't have a clue about what was going on :D :D :D

sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18407 Posts
August 16 2017 05:48 GMT
#495
Btw something has been bothering me quite a while.
After Liverpool's game last night or with Klopp's Borussia everyone has always been saying "they need a better defense" instead of "they need to better convert their chances". Why is that?

If Liverpool would have used most of their chances to score they would have won 4-1 or something like that. Same with Arsenal games. Who cares if they concede 3 goals every game but would score 5-6 (by their chances)in return?
Why is always the defense at fault when something like this happens when it's in truth the offense that is screwing up?
sneirac
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany3464 Posts
August 16 2017 06:09 GMT
#496
Because defense wins tournaments/leagues, Mourinhos entire success is based on that and just last year Portugal won the Euros on that.
If you have score 5 goals every game with a shoddy defense it would be awesome however the instant you don't score or score only one you lose points. Meanwhile with a defense that does not concede or only concedes one you will almost always get points out of it.
Just look at Barca of the last few years, they couldn't always score multiple goals anymore but still kept conceding and were in a lot of trouble even against teams that were struggling hard in LaLiga.
possession wins games, kante is washed up and shit - pande
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18407 Posts
August 16 2017 06:40 GMT
#497
So your answer is because fixing your defense is easier than making your offense perform every game?
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts
August 16 2017 07:42 GMT
#498
Well that and the fact that it is impossible to score every time where as to improve a defense it is easier to do so. Less factors in having your back 4/5/6 doing their jobs properly. In Liverpool's case specifically they cannot defend set pieces and crosses at all. They look like they are going to concede every time, if they fixed that it isn't going to stop them having these 5-6 chances a game they can take and instead of winning 6-4 they win 6-0
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nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15845 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-16 07:55:36
August 16 2017 07:55 GMT
#499
If you look at Monaco and Madrid from last season, both struggled to get any clean sheets but they still had the best defense of their respective championships. When you look at the numbers, Real took 50% more goals than Atletico because they were indeed playing a more offensive football but they still had a very solid defense, Atletico would have took more goals than them if they played like Real.

You can choose to aim at scoring more goals than you take but you still require a good defense. And Liverpool defense is shit, no matter what their plan is.
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
sneirac
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany3464 Posts
August 16 2017 08:28 GMT
#500
On August 16 2017 15:40 sharkie wrote:
So your answer is because fixing your defense is easier than making your offense perform every game?

Yes 100%, it is much easier to win with defense than with offense.
That is also why no one really respects Chelsea and Mourinho, because it has been proven to be the easy way out. After all if Greece can win with a squad worth two goats and a donkey how can you respect one of the five best teams in the world playing the same style.
possession wins games, kante is washed up and shit - pande
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