Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - Will Arsenal bottle it again?

[ciubaca]

Real underachieved by their standards domestically. Look what happened after they got rid of Makelele.

And Arsenal would beat Atletico if they played right now.

when did they underachieve...when they won the 2001 la liga? when they won the 2003 la liga? the early 2000s were real's best years in recent history. makele left in 2004, i think thats like mid 2000s
neither of us can tell for sure what will happen if atletico would play arsenal this year... im just looking at what la liga teams achieved last 2 seasons in europe and what epl teams achieved

 

[BelieveBeOK]

Ander Herrera finally gets a start. Here's to hoping he gets a brace and an assist and makes van Gaal look like the arrogant fool we all know he is

 

[ciubaca]

Ander Herrera finally gets a start. Here's to hoping he gets a brace and an assist and makes van Gaal look like the arrogant fool we all know he is

idk how relevant this is against brugge.... depay was brilliant against brugge and shyt against newcastle

 

[William F. Russell]

Chicharito is trash

 

[gho3st]

Chicharito is trash

just need more games.

 

[mson]

That Partizan goal was phenomenal.

 

[William F. Russell]

just need more games.

Yeah, BUT that's still pretty bad that he missed that PK

 

[Roovers410]

It took him 2 years...but finally I see the hand of van Gaal. United will be a candidate for the title

 

[Roovers410]

I already saw it against newcastle...and I saw it again today.

typical van gaal tactics are executed as they should be

blind and smalling going into midfield positions to create an extra player in possession.
Wingers keeping the field wide in possession
defenders going against the attacking midfielders when the ball is played high against them
no balls are played horizontal

 

[BelieveBeOK]

just need more games.

Did you see the look LvG gave Giggs after that penalty miss though? And that was BEFORE the miss from 2 yards out.

Think it might be a wrap for the Little Pea's United career

 

[Roovers410]

Did you see the look LvG gave Giggs after that penalty miss though? And that was BEFORE the miss from 2 yards out.

Think it might be a wrap for the Little Pea's United career

yeah...van gaal will do anything to get muller...if he gets muller he will become champion.

 

[BlackAchilles]

We need that Chelsea/Real Madrid/Roma/BATE Borisov group

 

[BlackAchilles]

They stuck us with Bayern again

Tho I'm kinda surprised FIFA's darlings got the group of death w/Leverkusen, Roma and Borisov

 

[ciubaca]

They stuck us with Bayern again

Tho I'm kinda surprised FIFA's darlings got the group of death w/Leverkusen, Roma and Borisov

what doeS UCL have to do with fifa?
at first i tought man utd had a lucky draw, but if you look at it

 

[ciubaca]