Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

[Premeditated]

Memphis needs more help....

when is Fati and Dembele coming back. they are needed asap.

and Garcia is performing like how everyone expected. This man is Marc Batra level bad

 

[Fenian]

Big Ange is the fukkin man. We’re going to absolutely skelp they lot on the 29th

 

[nyknick]

Big Ange is the fukkin man. We’re going to absolutely skelp they lot on the 29th

What a summer it's been for Taliban

 

[I.AM.PIFF]

@I.AM.PIFF you bums be sure to win your group, we will do the same and see you on the 6th to handle that unfinished business we got

"Pride comes before fall."

You bums are getting washed again

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

This is Pep and Del Bosque fault from a decade ago.

 

[African_brehda]

This is Pep and Del Bosque fault from a decade ago.

cos they had the right personnel for that type of ball

 

[TobiOT]

 

[gho3st]

The dutch are holding it down for barca.

It’s only right. Barca owes them their whole existence lol

 

[gho3st]

Ole must be stopped

Matic + fred + mctominay? ??

 

[TobiOT]

Ole must be stopped

Matic + fred + mctominay? ??

McTominay picked up a knock, that's why Matic is starting. Folks thought it was tactical.

Van De Beek is a bench player now, if it wasn't obvious last season.

Should still be smacking Southampton regardless though.

 

[Ukbrotha]

Ole must be stopped

Matic + fred + mctominay? ??

McTom on the bench.

 

[TobiOT]

Graeme "No nikkas" Souness at it again..

 

[gho3st]

Graeme "No nikkas" Souness at it again..

Just shows you Graeme don’t know what he talking about. Greenwood can do a job a out wide but he’s not a wide player lmao. there are things he can’t do. Which is why they bought Sancho

 

[gho3st]

McTominay picked up a knock, that's why Matic is starting. Folks thought it was tactical.

Van De Beek is a bench player now, if it wasn't obvious last season.

Should still be smacking Southampton regardless though.

McTom on the bench.

I got McFred withdrawing symptoms

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

cos they had the right personnel for that type of ball

It's shyt football. It's nothing to do with personnel because many teams with lesser ability than that Spanish squad do the same thing just not to that level. Try to control the game by over playing and lacking intent to attack by taking the pace out of the game. No different to what Waistcoat did in the Euros when England went a goal up. Both Waistcoat and the FA both cited they want England to use the same methodology as the Spanish. Once the pace of play went out of the La Liga the overall league became shyt. Those late 90's and 00's Depor Valencia (apart from when Rafa won the league with a 6 for top scorer) Sociedad and Sevilla teams were fun to watch. Villarreal played great passing football.

The only good thing about Del Bosque team was the movement of the midfield. Other than that it was a chore to watch Spain post Euro 08. The best game of Del Bosque era is the Euro 12 final where everything clicked.