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

[Chris.B]

Bayern won't win the CL this year, mark my words.

Pep has got them lacking the killer instinct. They played at 100% effort all the time last season, which is why they won everything and won by ridiculous scores. This season they are taking it easy even against the worst teams. They should be beating a team like Hamburg 5-0, Braunschweig 8-0, but they don't get out of 1st gear. When they will need to play at maximum effort against top teams, they won't be able to.

no team has won the champions league twice in a row

 

[Montez]

Koscielny's knee

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Think some of y'all in your thirst to see Arsenal fall are reading into things and are a bit irrational. To say it's a collapse when you play City at home and draw with Everton is a stretch. Collapse is Arsenal 2007/08, United 2011/12, Spurs 2011/12, where you are dropping points against teams you really shouldn't.

Arsenal were shyt and were still giving City trouble, only issue is when their legs went. And the offsides calls.

In every season there are a few games where you can't read too much into it and this is one imo despite it being a title rival. City dominant at home, high intensity week for us a loss was on the cards. Put any team in this position and the outcome is the same.

If anything Wenger who notoriously doesn't like to rotate needs to learn to chill, Ozil, Gibbs, Koscielny, and Ramsey had no business out there in 2 or 3 matches.

 

[Mané Swagincha]

Bayern won't win the CL this year, mark my words.

Pep has got them lacking the killer instinct. They played at 100% effort all the time last season, which is why they won everything and won by ridiculous scores. This season they are taking it easy even against the worst teams. They should be beating a team like Hamburg 5-0, Braunschweig 8-0, but they don't get out of 1st gear. When they will need to play at maximum effort against top teams, they won't be able to.

The Club World Cup is enough in my book.

Speaking of Brazil, it seems Flu isn't going to get relegated at all.

Brazil's Fluminense may get relegation reprieve
Rio de Janeira, Dec 11 (IANS): Fluminense could be spared relegation to Brazil's second tier amid revelations that rivals Portuguesa fielded an irregular player.

Brazil's superior sports justice tribunal (STJD) will this week make a ruling on Portuguesa's decision to introduce suspended midfielder Heverton in the final minutes of Sunday's 0-0 draw with Gremio, reports Xinhua.

The club faces a possible three-point deduction, which would leave them with 45 points, one less than Fluminense.

STJD prosecutor Paulo Schmitt said he was awaiting a report by the Brazilian Football Confederation before proceeding with the case.

"We still haven't received any notification," Schmitt said. "I understand that we will be sent a document Wednesday informing of the irregularity and we will then decide the next step."

Fluminense, Brazil's 2012 league champions, and fellow Rio de Janeiro giants Vasco da Gama were among the four clubs relegated to the second division following Sunday's final round of matches.

 

[yoyoyo1]

thought brasil was better than that

 

[Mané Swagincha]

@SCORCH Think I'm starting to feel some type of way about Willian breh

 

[Roaden Polynice]

no team has won the champions league twice in a row

get him in the booth.

 

[Liu Kang]

Bayern won't win the CL this year, mark my words.

Pep has got them lacking the killer instinct. They played at 100% effort all the time last season, which is why they won everything and won by ridiculous scores. This season they are taking it easy even against the worst teams. They should be beating a team like Hamburg 5-0, Braunschweig 8-0, but they don't get out of 1st gear. When they will need to play at maximum effort against top teams, they won't be able to.

Didn't they just beat Werder 7-0 last week ?

 

[yoyoyo1]

Newcastle allow a counterattack goal while up 1-0

Didn't they just beat Werder 7-0 last week ?

yes, their first big win of the season. barely beat hamburg today, same hamburg thats been destroyed against the bigger teams

 

[Ari Gold Bawse]

when you guys see the chance remy missed

 

[Chris.B]

get him in the booth.

prove me wrong...

since it was renamed UCL(1992) ....I dare you.

 

[mastermind]

@Chris.B dropping knowledge

 

[Roaden Polynice]

prove me wrong...

since it was renamed UCL(1992) ....I dare you.

Damn, I just checked Wikipedia, you were right

 

[mastermind]

Damn, I just checked Wikipedia, you were right

 

[dennis roadman]

The Club World Cup is enough in my book.

Speaking of Brazil, it seems Flu isn't going to get relegated at all.

portuguesa are my lil bros, they never bothered anyone, but i will have trouble forgiving them for this

i've talked so much shyt to my flu brehs already

 

[Premeditated]

what will it take for Chelsea to start scoring goals?