Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - RIP Diogo Jota

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Kroos to real:wow:

I'm sick of the disrespect Kroos gets from Bayern bandwagon fans who don't understand just how much vision and patience are valued in playmaking.

I rate kroos higher then ozil and goetze
 

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@Don Rhymus that's what I came to OFT to read, well said.

I can't even be bothered with the reaction thread posted on here. It was fun trolling the WC thread but I couldn't keep going, or keep reading the monsoon of opinions. Most of which have been bad. I'm all for people getting into the spirit of the game but goddamn, I can only take so much bad commentary. Salute to the soldiers who kept their work going, especially @penfield who seemed to turn heel 37 times in the thread.

Wumming in that thread is a pyrrhic victory if I've ever seen one. Running on fumes myself.

I rate kroos higher then ozil and goetze

And this is good cause for me to not rate your opinion at all

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Wumming in that thread is a pyrrhic victory if I've ever seen one. Running on fumes myself.



And this is good cause for me to not rate your opinion at all

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Ok?? I dont care if you rate my opinion or not you cac:heh:
 
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7 goals....Even if you had Germany winning today, you never thought for one second they'd cut through Brazil like they did today. And Scolari practically handcuffed himself with the roster he picked for this world cup. Once Neymar went down....
 
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finally starting reading it again

:skip: @ how this reads like a long soap opera. first there were the brits who really did nothing except get receipts from the early cup games. then come the proper-americans who wanted to grow the game everywhere, they end up fighting and merging. and despite a dedicated pioneer (tom cahill) creating the ASL and advancing the game the in-fighting and disorganization was so vicious the game never solidified itself.
 

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Brazil's problem has always been they've had a wack attacking midfield with no passer.

Its been their problem since the 80s. Ganso having no knees hurt this group, and Oscar just being plain shyt has messed it up even more.

When people talk about Brazil only producing athletes, they are talking about the central midfield position. Now they just play goon ball and ask the wingbacks to create.

It has nothing to do with the demise of the trequartista position. Brazil won the 1994 world cup without one after benching Rai.

They have not produced a world class passer in the middle since Falcao. They were able to overcome it by great individual performances by their attackers, but with Neymar out they had no one else.
 

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Brazil's problem has always been they've had a wack attacking midfield with no passer.

Its been their problem since the 80s. Ganso having no knees hurt this group, and Oscar just being plain shyt has messed it up even more.

When people talk about Brazil only producing athletes, they are talking about the central midfield position. Now they just play goon ball and ask the wingbacks to create.

It has nothing to do with the demise of the trequartista position. Brazil won the 1994 world cup without one after benching Rai.

They have not produced a world class passer in the middle since Falcao. They were able to overcome it by great individual performances by their attackers, but with Neymar out they had no one else.
Oscar looked like a lost puppy out there. I really hope he gets his shyt together before the season starts for Chelsea. I ain't trying to field that type of player. I'm gonna miss lampy :to:
 

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The Fake Brazilians on here really are a a boring bunch. They've exhausted the book of football cliches to the point of absurdity. I'm not sure how many times we can hear that football is religion in Brazil, or that this will have ramifications, or that there will be riots blah blah blah. It's decidedly American. Reading the British sites, I feel like you rarely get that, it's a given. Only on American sites am I constantly reminded that Brazilians really enjoy football.

Also what holds those fukks back is the buying into the great Brazilian marketing juggernaut. I enjoy witnessing the link between advertising and the forming of an opinion. And not just advertising, but media in general tbf. Has a nation ever had a mystique built upon so much marketing and smoke? Nike been peddling Brazilian stereotypes for years now and people still fall for it hook, line and sinker.

On another note, watching that Vine that Diddly fukkwits posted above I've realized in the years that Vine has been a thing, I think I've laughed at like two, maybe three vines. How can a technology like that be so utterly unfunny? Just stick to goal replays recording your tv and the odd jiggly-ass shots from porn stars on their twitter.

On another nother note, I've realized I can't take anything seriously anymore. I was doing some extra side work for a website, just writing some content and copy, nothing too serious, and found myself constantly being a sarcastic a$$hole and taking the piss when that is definitely not what the website was going for. Just literally making fun of everything they wanted me to write, an insufferable sarcasm automaton with no off-switch. I'm incapable of writing anything that possesses any sort of gravity, I'm always hiding behind sarcasm, always a tongue lolling in one cheek or the other, acutely self-aware. My sarcasm has gotten to that level in real life where people just think I'm a fukking retard, that next level sarcasm that is as arid as Antarctica. I blame the coli.

On another nother nother note, "taking the piss." Can't believe it's gone this long without someone calling me a Fake Englishman.
 
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Thank you @mastermind, Ganso was the player I couldn't remember his name...shame on Scolari...imagine a top side taking Fred and Jo as strike partners for Neymar

Brasil is about flair, skill and winning...he relied on his past glories with Ronaldinho, Ronny and Rivaldo...

only so long the defensive bullshyt Mourinho style (2 defensive centre mids) will work...
 

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shytting on Fred and Jo is all well and good but who else do they have?

Pato? Luis Fabiano? Leandro Damiao? Wagner Love? :mjlol:
 
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