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

[Kunty McPhuck]

he's outclassed bc he's 21 thrown into the fire at a position he doesn't play. give him a run at cm next season and let's see how he grows. as for hollywood balls, the criticism was the exact opposite last season. he played too safe, too many sideways and backwards passes for a certain faction

Stop makin excuses for him, against better players you either try and hold your own and make it hard for them or go home. Hollywood balls is whats wrong with football in England, rather him play 5-10 yard passes then 40-50 yard balls. Especially when Liverpool have hollywood 1 and Hollywood 2 in Gerrard and Adam. He just look like a good pro thats it. You either got to be a goal scorer, creator, high energy/runner or defender in midfield and hes none of the above.

 

[Roaden Polynice]

laughing stock of the world brehs

They show Roon looking sullen-faced and all the sudden it's a 'sad saga' lol.

fukk off, they just aren't really good and given the size of their nation they've actually been perennial over-achievers.

But it's still sad I guess.

 

[Stewart Downing]

Stop makin excuses for him, against better players you either try and hold your own and make it hard for them or go home. Hollywood balls is whats wrong with football in England, rather him play 5-10 yard passes then 40-50 yard balls. Especially when Liverpool have hollywood 1 and Hollywood 2 in Gerrard and Adam.

where are you gettin this "henderson plays hollywood balls" from? some quotes from today's telegraph article about henderson

He is a natural athlete and covers more yardage on a football pitch than most of his team-mates. His possession stats are equally impressive as he rarely gives the ball away.

The pass completion rate does not take into account that much of his distribution is a six-yard, safe pass back to a centre-half or full-back

ask any pool supporter about hendo's passing and they'll say he plays too safe.

He just look like a good pro thats it. You either got to be a goal scorer, creator, high energy/runner or defender in midfield and hes none of the above.

that was his role when played at CM. Michael Cox wrote about this in his article on ramires

Jordan Henderson, for example, has been criticised for his contribution at Liverpool this season, but when fielded alongside Lucas Leiva, who stays very deep, and Charlie Adam, who lacks mobility, he performed an important function simply by covering a lot of ground.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

where are you gettin this "henderson plays hollywood balls" from? some quotes from today's telegraph article about henderson

u21 championships last year where he was in the poisition you beatin your dikk over.

ask any pool supporter about hendo's passing and they'll say he plays too safe.

The Pool fans i know hate him. £20m for Henderson

that was his role when played at CM. Michael Cox wrote about this in his article on ramires

The Kenyan give you goals, can beat players, has pace and can play in different positions, the anti-Hendo. Nor is he a Gattuso type either


NEXT

 

[emoney]

(Excluding pen shootouts) Only Brasil and Germany have beaten England in the knockout stages in the last 20 years of tournaments.

which doesn't mean much

because your not making it to the semi's or finals and then getting beaten

your getting beaten at the rounds of 16 and 8, not getting out the group or not even qualifying for the tournament

 

[Gilver]

which doesn't mean much

because your not making it to the semi's or finals and then getting beaten

your getting beaten at the rounds of 16 and 8, not getting out the group or not even qualifying for the tournament

I thought you were English?

I mean i just assumed, with you supporting an English club and everything.

 

[Gilver]

this is an example of the delusional state of mind that England media and fans suffer under

the rest of the world is not thinking about England

They like to tell themselves they aren't. Whether our national team is successful or not, England is the centre of the football world

A football world without English football =

 

[emoney]

They show Roon looking sullen-faced and all the sudden it's a 'sad saga' lol.

fukk off, they just aren't really good and given the size of their nation they've actually been perennial over-achievers.

But it's still sad I guess.

yup

if foreign money and foreign players would vanish from the Premier League England would be just slighter better than Scotland

I think some English see the success of the PL and then go @ their national team

 

[emoney]

I thought you were English?

I mean i just assumed, with you supporting an English club and everything.

nah

Ghanaian-Canadian

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

which doesn't mean much

because your not making it to the semi's or finals and then getting beaten

your getting beaten at the rounds of 16 and 8, not getting out the group or not even qualifying for the tournament

Means more than sayin Ghana are closer to winning a World Cup before England.

Ghana only just started goin to World Cups, rather shyt for a nation with such a proud football history, alie?

 

[Gilver]

nah

Ghanaian-Canadian

So support a Ghanain or Canadian football team then you disgraceful plastic.

 

[emoney]

They like to tell themselves they aren't. Whether our national team is successful or not, England is the centre of the football world

A football world without English football =

but wouldn't you admit that it's mainly England's ability to attract foreign investors which brought superstar foreign footballers that has made England the centre of the football world?

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

yup

if foreign money and foreign players would vanish from the Premier League England would be just slighter better than Scotland

I think some English see the success of the PL and then go @ their national team

Your not sayin anything new, this has been a topic thats gone on for the past 8-10 years. And the PL has money before the foreign investment came, why you think the foreigners wanted to buy teams in the PL in the 1st place?

 

[emoney]

Means more than sayin Ghana are closer to winning a World Cup before England.

Ghana only just started goin to World Cups, rather shyt for a nation with such a proud football history, alie?

but look how fast we have been progressing since making our debut.. we have been improving. England has been on the decline since 66

2006 (first world cup): round of 16 (eliminated by brazil)

2010 (second world cup): round of 8 (eliminated by uruguay)

2014 (third world cup):

 

[Gilver]

but wouldn't you admit that it's mainly England's ability to attract foreign investors which brought superstar foreign footballers that has made England the centre of the football world?

We attract foreign investors because we're the centre of the football world.

There's a reason they all come here. We have the oldest and most prestigious football league(s) in the world.


Does canada even have a football league, gtfoh