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

[KingHurst]

Talking about Barca like we're still in 2009-2012 the team has drastically declined since then. They're not the same team they were under Pep and don't play at that intense level anymore. Fuentes is no longer around to dope them up.

Barcelona and Chelsea are in the same tier. I would only put Bayern and Real Madrid above them. As I said before PSG are a tier below Chelsea.

PSG only have 1 good centre back in Thiago Silva. Cahill/Terry had to carry Luiz for the best part of three years. The central midfield of Fabregas, Oscar and Matic is better than the one of Matuidi, Motta and Veratti. Hazard's also midfielder.

PSG won the game in Paris last year off 3 silly errors, not due to being the better or superior team. This was against a broken team with no recognised striker. It was an even game and Ibrahimovic didn't do anything in it. In fact Ibrahimovic being out of the second leg should have worked in PSG's favour as Cavani up front with Lavezzi and Moura supporting should have allowed them to counter attack better and much faster than if Ibrahimovic was in the side. They were restricted to one chance for the whole game, which Cavani blew.

You are delusional as fukk breh

 

[merklman]

There is a campaign tho.

Hazard is targeted every game and the refs let it happen. How many times was he hauled down yesterday? Vertonghen should have been shown a straight red for one challenge (went in from behind, was nowhere near the ball, and raked his studs down the back of his ankle) but didn't even receive a yellow.

When have you ever seen the best player(s) in any league not receive a bit of protection from the refs? They wouldn't allow the opposition to breathe on Hazard if he played for another club.

Talk to me bout Cahill kicking BDK on the floor then stamping his ankle, 2 straight red card fouls right there

 

[Max B]

Shaquiry/Snejdeir in the hole behind teves and morata/Llorente with 3 out of Pirlo,Vidal,Pogba or marchisio behind might just give some teams that work in the CL Brehs

They should go for shaquiri..sneijder only has atleast good two years left in him and is pretty injury prone dude. Shaquiri would atleast help out at the wing and bring some dribbling and abit creativity to juve. Juve has enough MF players.

 

[KingHurst]

They should go for shaquiri..sneijder only has atleast good two years left in him and is pretty injury prone dude. Shaquiri would atleast help out at the wing and bring some dribbling and abit creativity to juve. Juve has enough MF players.

Sneijder is the cheaper option but I think hes going to back to Inter to play behind Podolski and Icardi/Palacios and Juve will probably make the effort and buy shaquiri he can play in the hole behind the strikers or move him up/wide play off Tevez in a Robben/Suarez type support striker role with Tevez as the # 9 and bring marchisio to add more recuperation/possession to the midfield and drop Llorente off

 

[Opie]

 

[yoyoyo1]

Soccer fans: A rabona??!!
Non-soccer fans: a reverse back kick!!!
Men In Blazers listeners: he did a Lamela!

now someone with the appropriate twitter audience tweet this and watch the notifications roll in.

 

[KingHurst]

Does Simeone plan on playing both Torres and Mandzukic at the same time brehs
Gabi and koke in the middle with Turan and Griezzman out wide

could hit on the counter really well if torres can still run fast but im guessing hes gonna b super sub status tbh

 

[SCORCH]

Talk to me bout Cahill kicking BDK on the floor then stamping his ankle, 2 straight red card fouls right there

What's there to talk about? That happened in the 80th minute. Spurs were systematically fouling throughout with impunity.

 

[Max B]

Does Simeone plan on playing both Torres and Mandzukic at the same time brehs
Gabi and koke in the middle with Turan and Griezzman out wide

could hit on the counter really well if torres can still run fast but im guessing hes gonna b super sub status tbh

Dont matter breh..valencia about to overtake em

 

[Jazzy B.]

You are delusional as fukk breh

Chelsea were 3-1 down after the first game against them last season. Yet almost everyone was confident that Chelsea would advance. To no one's surprise they did. Chelsea also have the better manager which also plays into it. You're the one saying a team are done after one bad result and playing 4 games(with pretty much the same first XI) in 8 days, with three of them being away. Sounds delusional to me.

 

[Diddly Drogba]

AT THAT GOAL SWANSEA JUST GAVE UP

 

[merklman]

What's there to talk about? That happened in the 80th minute. Spurs were systematically fouling throughout with impunity.

What sort of clown shyt is that

Didnt chelsea get a free kick for the foul on hazard that you originally referred to?

Ok talk about costa fouling spurs on the break consistently

So what you're saying is that its ok to kick and stamp a dude because its the 80th minute and you're butt hurt?

 

[gho3st]

Wenger talking about Poltergeist...Pardew to Crystal Palace , Gerrard to NYCFC

 

[NSSVO]

Gerrard taking Lampard spot?? #fukkery

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Manchester City B dipping in the bin dippers bins?

#OFCSGC