Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!
Julius Skrrvin
I be winkin' through the scope
so Deadspin wrote a whole book about Mourinho killing Cassillas' career
Only halfway through but this is classic
@SCORCH might have to check this out http://screamer.deadspin.com/the-assassination-of-iker-casillas-by-the-coward-jose-m-1651379145
Julius Skrrvin
I be winkin' through the scope
yes, and nothing will kill people's enthusiasm more than asking to turn off ad blocker.
i noticed they implemented it, then took it off, then just put it on again. so funny cause i keep track of some scores and would just give a quick click to watch a goal or the end of a match, but i cant even be bothered anymore
atdhe is weird as well now too, but there's VIPBox which is great, rojadirecta, drakulastream
Julius Skrrvin
I be winkin' through the scope
Julius Skrrvin
I be winkin' through the scope
Gonna be a crushing week for KC sports 
I really pick em
this bytch is just emotionally a mess. I cant win.
Yea, leave those emo mess chick alone, unless, she like to fukk once a while.
Diddly Drogba
Superstar
Honestly, I don't think ASO cares about the nationality of the winner. This year's tour debut was great in the UK and it's not the first time it had started there and they will do it again and again as long as it's popular and that generates overall revenue because that's all about ASO cares. In cycling, from a french perspective, pretty much every neighbor country is an enemy (Spain, UK, Belgium) and even though we hated Armstrong, it was not because he was american but because he had that arrogant steez and obviously because of the doping process going on in US Postal. Even though the breh learnt french and tried to speak it to appease us, it didn't work (though it works usually) because of that. Obviously, there is a special rivalry with the Brits (no denying that) which lives both on road and track (?) cycling (above all with Team GB being godlike since the last Olympics
) but in the last few years, we all knew that only a foreigner would win the Tour (same with the French Open) because we had NO riders able to do it.About Wiggo's 2012 win, let's be honest, it was boring. It was because of Wiggo's riding syle but also because it was obvious that Froome was way better than him and that his second place was some kind of Ferrari Barrichello/Schumacher orchestrated first place. 2013 Froome victory was also boring but not for the same reason : dude obliterated the competition in the first climb stage and it was obvious that nobody was on his level (and Contador was nowhere nere ready for that Tour). Even last year was kinda boring after half of the Tour because Froome and Contador got injured and Nibali had nobody to fight against. A 100% climbs based would favor Froome who is a machine who doesn't like hazard and that was proof. A more diverse Tour would favor more complete riders who can shine on classiques but also in Tours. For real, a good Tour needs fukkery and when it's plain boring like Froomey and Wiggo's wins, it's just not interesting at all. The best Tour I've witnessed was the 2003 one where fukkery was at an all time high.
Also, the problem about the Giro/Tour double is these days, the Giro is too hard and make it impossible to perform well in both. Last person who did the Giro/Tour double is Pantani and we know he wasn't on water only regimen. Contador did the Giro/Vuelta in 2008 (Sastre won the Tour, another boring victory) because he didn't do the Tour and had 2 months to rest between them. I really think nobody can do it nowadays.
And yeah, I need my boy Quintana in this Tour. He proved he could won a Grand Tour so he needs to perform this year in the only one that matters
. 2015 race with him and Contador, Nibali, Purito, Aru, Van Garderen, Koenig (Froome ?) and with young promising Frenchies like Bardet or Pinot could be GOAT status if all of em are 100% and survive the cobbles.Casillas is a snitch. He stayed ratting out locker room secrets to his journo wife.Only halfway through but this is classic
@SCORCH might have to check this out http://screamer.deadspin.com/the-assassination-of-iker-casillas-by-the-coward-jose-m-1651379145
He's not as good as he was once and refuses to hand it to the younger generation both in club and in NT. Diego Lopez was better than him at the time and Mourinho chose him but Casillas took it bad. And you also got to consider all the pro-Madrid papers (Marca in the front line) only rides for him by constantly campaigning for Iker and downplaying his competition. That forced Diego Lopez out and Casillas is now keeping Navas (in Real) and De Gea (for Spain) out currently. He should have done like Puyol and bow out gracefully. I respect the player but as a man Iker is garbage.
In France, we had the same in 2008 with the likes of Thuram, Gallas, Makélélé and them and we ended up getting trashed because we had
players who used to be great and were living off their past. Spain will only solve their current problems once they get rid of the old guard. Starting by Del Bosque obviously.Only halfway through but this is classic
@SCORCH might have to check this out http://screamer.deadspin.com/the-assassination-of-iker-casillas-by-the-coward-jose-m-1651379145
That sounds like the perfect approach to elite level football. What's wrong with being adaptable? That's the question all these philosophy mugs can't and won't answer. Sure, Mourinho can be overly pragmatic at times - and that's something I've criticised him for - but he'll do whatever it takes to win, and that deserves far more respect than refusing to make adjustments out of principle.
And what's that about Chelsea not being criticised for not playing a certain style? It happens all the time, whether it's warranted or not. This guy doesn't have a clue.
:whatsthat:
How the fack was Lampard marginalised?
He played 40 games in his final season and left as a club legend at the age of 36.Xavi agreed to leave Barca in the summer at 34-years-old and only signed a new one-year deal late in the summer.
And Casillas is only in the team now because they've got a yes-man in Ancelotti at the helm; Lopez would still be at the club and first-choice if they had a manager with any say.
That's one of the worst things I've ever read. José making these clowns angry enough to write novellas and shyt, I love it :smugjose:
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