The Football Thread

[trugoythewhitedove]

Originally Posted by victor meldrew

Another lunch time ko and another visit to the pub. Norwich having the better of a poor game and on another day, they might well of had a couple of pens. At least the beer was more enjoyable than the game. Could be a struggle for Norwich as a few of our went missing, especially in the second half.

Victor old bean, I feel your pain - and I raise you. Early kick-offs seldom produce Champagne soccer, and so it was with us today. We went ahead inside of 5 minutes from our stand-out player of the day - Kris Commons. a nice strike from a player who seems to be trying to make up for a dispiriting last season.

We were in cruise control for a time. Then a strange, gradual click down through the gears - as half the team seemed to put the tools away. Too many lads thinking about Wednesday's CL opener against Benfica, I suspect. That's not good enough, and neither were we. Well done St. Johnstone, they were worth the points.

On the bright side, my wee team, Wick Academy...

http://www.wick-academy.co.uk/

...picked up a thumping good 0 - 4 away win in the Highland League. We left when I was an infant, but both sides of my family are from the town, so they're my second team. It's near John 'O' Groats, which is NOT the most northerly part of the mainland.

[IngramJohn]

Well, we're still unbeaten in the League and showed a bit of fight to get back 2 goals against Birmingham yesterday. Cracking goal from 'Foxy' and second biggest attendance. Things are looking UP at the City Ground.

P.S. I really do not care a flying f*c* whether Ferdinand shakes Terry's hand!

[Devius]

Originally Posted by IngramJohn

Well, we're still unbeaten in the League and showed a bit of fight to get back 2 goals against Birmingham yesterday. Cracking goal from 'Foxy' and second biggest attendance. Things are looking UP at the City Ground.

P.S. I really do not care a flying f*c* whether Ferdinand shakes Terry's hand!

IMO the FA should just scrap the "handshake" process whenever Chelski & QPR meet...it would save all the agonising over "will he/won't he" (since we already knew the outcome)...

[pierrelm]

Originally Posted by Devius

IMO the FA should just scrap the "handshake" process whenever Chelski & QPR meet...it would save all the agonising over "will he/won't he" (since we already knew the outcome)...

Scrap the handshake full stop.

It's one of those political-correctness bullshit introductions that is meaningless and frankly tiresome. If players want to shake hands, swap shirts or even telephone numbers or wives after a great contest then by all means do so, but at the end of a game. Otherwise it's simply empty gesturing for the TV audience.

It's not about the handshake, it's about the 90 minutes thereafter.

[Eu Mesmo]

My team will be relegated here in Brazil. The rivals are laughing and SEP Palmeiras is dying.

In 1995 we had this kind of player:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CwuWlxNoRo

And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9yyy_dVSTI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVUUVg3fuCU

IngramJohn, after Nottingham Forrest, this guy will save Palmeiras.





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San Lorenzo fans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNPUPrlCpWw

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VEF football pool predictions week 5 here:http://www.vintage-erotica-forum.com...05#post2213905

[buttsie]

Was just watching the highlights of the Liverpool v Sunderland match

One thing struck me - English Fullback - namely Glen Johnson - is about the worst defensive
fullback for tackling I've ever seen - allowing a player to waltz past him and not even body check him,let alone put in a tackle to impede his passage is beyond bizarre.

Great attacker but his defensive frailties cost his team goals

Given their attack is at sixes and sevens with finishing
not something they can really afford to carry I would have thought

Maybe they should shift him to the forward line and move MR downing back to fullback
sooner rather than later given the manager seems hell bent on moving an inept attacker/winder Downing into defence - i'd suggest if Dalglish hadnt over paid for him he'd be long gone already

Seems like the perfect swap the fullback who cant defend but wants to attack
versus the winger who hasnt created an assist or scored a goal since joining Liverpool

Players often go between the positions successfully

Paul Warhurst for Sheffield Wednesday went from centre halve to striker and excelled all be it in only 12 games before the clubs injured strikers were back

Sheffield Wednesday came in for Warhurst in the summer of 1991, for £750,000. He began his career at the club as a solid defender, but midway through his second season, injuries to David Hirst and Mark Bright saw Warhurst employed as an emergency striker.

In a phenomenal sequence, he scored 12 goals in as many games, and after four years as a defender, was called up to the England national team as a striker. Warhurst was injured, however, and missed an opportunity to win his first cap. His scoring ratio inevitably slowed down, and when Hirst returned to action, Warhurst fell out with manager Trevor Francis, who wanted the player to return to defensive duties. In the summer of 1993, Warhurst was transfer-listed and left the club, having scored 18 goals in 88 games for Wednesday.

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Brazil 2014

[pierrelm]

Originally Posted by buttsie

Was just watching the highlights of the Liverpool v Sunderland match

One thing struck me - English Fullback - namely Glen Johnson - is about the worst defensive fullback for tackling I've ever seen Maybe they should shift him to the forward line and move MR downing back to fullback...Players often go between the positions successfully

Paul Warhurst for Sheffield Wednesday went from centre halve to striker and ...In a phenomenal sequence, he scored 12 goals in as many games, and after four years as a defender, was called up to the England national team as a striker.

Stop me if you've heard this before, but LFC have an awesome f/b by the name of Gerrard but the blighter won't play there - he started his acreer there incidentally...I was shocked at how easily GJ was outpaced in the recent Ukraine match - Downing is one of those oddities who can obviously play a bit but you'd prefer it if he didn't. Babbel's perfect replacement, then.

Warhurst did well - Chris Sutton was another famous Gamekeeper turned Poacher, as it were, starting out as Norwich centre half, turned into an emergency striker and the success at Blackburn - and couldn't hit the proverbial cow's arse at Chelsea.
There's been others - Jack Charlton played 21 games at c/f for Leeds during an injury crisis and managed a very respectable 12 goals in 21 starts up front.

But the finest of them all without a shadow of a doubt was the GREAT (not a word I use lightly I hasten to add) John Charles - simply world class in either position. The Italian media in 2000 voted him the greatest overseas footballer ever to play in Italy - ahead of Maradona, Gullit, Van Basten etc. which is one hell of a tribute. Even ahead of Luther Blisset.

My late Uncle Jack, who used to travel literally all over the country to watch football, being a football lover but never supporting one team, and whose opinion I respect hugely, reckoned that JC was second only to Duncan Edwards as the greatest footballer these islands have produced. Oh and before you ask, El Beatle Best was his third choice. Now there's a topic for debate...

[pariser80]

Both Clubs from Ruhr area have won their matches in Championsleague

BVB - Ajax 1 : 0
Olympiacos Piraeus - Schalke 1 : 2


The world will be black and yellow BVB !!!