Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Scriptures Prophesied the Messiah Plays 3-4-3

[KingHurst]

Getting hype? We won breh... am i supposed to be apologizing because Bayern got a red? At the end of the day we got a result and we can still advance. My apologies for being excited about that. And what injuries did Bayern have other than Lahm and Javi who hasn't played all year?

you are right about the win part and Bayern don't give a fukk about the loss/game cuz they already through to the next round breh..they played with their 3string midfield breh wtf u talking about? they were missing Martinez,sweingteiger,thiago,lahm, goetze, Mueller and yet dominated you guys with 10 men lol
I know u guys were missing yaya n silva (fernandinho don't matter since hes just a runner) but at full strength yall so what happened last time yall played Bayern, they had nothing to lose or win this time so they didn't care enough breh

 

[Big Blue]

I'd agree with that to some extent but I wouldn't swap if given the chance though.

Costa is a perfect fit in Mourinho's system so I agree with your sentiment. But as a pure striker Aguero is superior.

 

[Liu Kang]

I'm not trolling, I'm a novice.

I know Ronaldo isn't a pure striker because he was a mid fielder in his prime, no? But I was under the impression that Messi was a striker but he's not one dimensional because he can also facilitate. Scoring goals is why he's so lauded though.

You're not really wrong, but you're not really right either :avb:

Ronaldo started out as a pure winger (Sporting Portugal days and early Man U). Then in 07 season, Ferguson began to start him up front to play as some sort of striker though he was (alongside Rooney and Tevez) often switching position. That worked really well because team-wise they reach the CL final back to back, (winning one and losing the other) and individually, Ronaldo (during 07/08) won the golden shoe, the ballon d'or and many other awards. At Madrid he went back to his OG starting position though with Benzema linking godly with him he often is at the end of a chance and therefore score a ton of goals.

Messi started out the same (on the right side). Then In 2011, Guardiola (during his "midfielders are the cleverest players of the world" phase where he stuffed midfielders everywhere on the pitch) began to start him as a striker but not the "fox in the box" type but more in some sort of the advanced number 10 role which is called "false 9". Since then, he's starting in the striker position but he's not pure striker either.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

again, WHO IS BETTER?

Why man won't answer the question @bboystyle

 

[The War Report]

You're not really wrong, but you're not really right either :avb:

Ronaldo started out as a pure winger (Sporting Portugal days and early Man U). Then in 07 season, Ferguson began to start him up front to play as some sort of striker though he was (alongside Rooney and Tevez) often switching position. That worked really well because team-wise they reach the CL final back to back, (winning one and losing the other) and individually, Ronaldo (during 07/08) won the golden shoe, the ballon d'or and many other awards. At Madrid he went back to his OG starting position though with Benzema linking godly with him he often is at the end of a chance and therefore score a ton of goals.

Messi started out the same (on the right side). Then In 2011, Guardiola (during his "midfielders are the cleverest players of the world" phase where he stuffed midfielders everywhere on the pitch) began to start him as a striker but not the "fox in the box" type but more in some sort of the advanced number 10 role which is called "false 9". Since then, he's starting in the striker position but he's not pure striker either.

@BLAZO da GAWD Sorry.

 

[Max B]

that casual self ether

i know my club is shyte

When are yall gon realize your club will forever be 4th

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Why man won't answer the question @bboystyle

He sorta did. implied Costa was better with a dap and said CR7 (who I see as a winger mostly like @Liu Kang said).

I can see an argument from Costa or maybe Suarez on the outside but neither man is hauling his team forward like Aguero is now. #factsonly

 

[mastermind]

i know my club is shyte

When are yall gon realize your club will forever be 4th

worry about YOUR club, breh

 

[Liu Kang]

@BLAZO da GAWD Sorry.

If you're a rookie, you may be interested in tactics and I can only recommend those pieces from Zonal Marking (blog is not updated since this season unfortunately) :
- Tactics in the 2000s : http://www.zonalmarking.net/category/decade/tacticsin2000s/
- 20 sides of the 2000s : http://www.zonalmarking.net/category/decade/twentyteams/
With that, you may be aware of everything that happens (in Europe mostly) in the last decade and that will help you catch up with football history. That's where I started myself when I started reading about tactics.

This blogger also wrote a book about the history of football tactics which is called "Inverting the Pyramid" and is a really interesting book though I couldn't care less about the beginnings of the game and everything related to England but I guess it was necessary to put things in perspective. @yoyoyo1 knows better about books than me as he owns a hundred of them about footy. Most of them about obscure american stuff but that's Yoyoyo for ya.

 

[gho3st]

It says winger on the teamsheet but CR7 is a striker because CR7 says he's striker. he gets to do everything a striker does without doing the dirty work: he takes all the shots, all the penalties and takes all the free kicks unless his legs get tired(which they never do ). If he could score on corners, he'd take them too but he resigns himself into heading the ball when a cross comes in...just like a striker

 

[Max B]

worry about YOUR club, breh

Aint worried cause i got my raptors shyttin teams like the wiz and rest of the nba breh

 

[mr x]

Drogba!

 

[mastermind]

It says winger on the teamsheet but CR7 is a striker because CR7 says he's striker. he gets to do everything a striker does without doing the dirty work: he takes all the shots, all the penalties and takes all the free kicks unless his legs get tired(which they never do ). If he could score on corners, he'd take them too but he resigns himself into heading the ball when a cross comes in...just like a striker

he's not a strker

he is an inside forward. #footballhipster

 

[BLAZO da GAWD]

@BLAZO da GAWD Sorry.

At least you're getting into the sport. I can appreciate a brother willing to learn the GOAT sport.

 

[Max B]

he's not a strker

he is an inside forward. #footballhipster

No hes SS aka second striker

Players like hulk ,reus and messi are true inside forward. Wrong again buddy