Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - 'We will not be there.' - Pep Fraudiola

[dennis roadman]

reading the article about Corinthians in the New Yorker, brehs. its a beauty


http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=2014-01-13#folio=044

negged

i'm genuinely reading this with a quickened heartbeat and fury racing through my veins

at this point i hate them more than the cowboys

 

[hommeaetage]

I can't defend Balotelli anymore. So much talent, but the guy is just plain lazy

 

[gho3st]

 

[hommeaetage]

I'm not even mad. I can't expect a team constructed of free transfer and fodder to be good

 

[mastermind]

Arsenal brehs, when are we gonna talk about Baby Gerrard in our ranks?

its been discussed. THEY wont acknowledge it until its too late.

God Please heal Ramadan's body and bring him back healthy

These brehs dont understand the difficulty of playing without one of the top 5 midfielders in the world.

 

[mastermind]

Balotelli

His first half performance against Napoli just now is the worst I've seen from a player in years. Welbeck > Balotelli and I mean that

Balo's an Italian Rooney

 

[SCORCH]

Balo's an Italian Rooney

Even at his worst Rooney is still twice the player Balo is.

 

[mastermind]

Even at his worst Rooney is still twice the player Balo is.

my point was more about his inconsistency vs his talent level.

When Balo is playing like shyt he is lazy. WHen Rooney is playing like shyt, he runs like a headless chicken.

 

[SCORCH]

my point was more about his inconsistency vs his talent level.

When Balo is playing like shyt he is lazy. WHen Rooney is playing like shyt, he runs like a headless chicken.

Balo's talent level is grossly exaggerated and he almost always plays like shyt.

Rooney has his fair share of poor games etc but we can never accuse him of being a fraud.

 

[hommeaetage]

For a striker Balo has no sense of positioning at ALL. he always get the ball wide, no off ball movement. And to make things worse, he tries to pattern his style of play like Ibra

 

[mastermind]

Balo's talent level is grossly exaggerated and he almost always plays like shyt.

Rooney has his fair share of poor games etc but we can never accuse him of being a fraud.

thats where we disagree, Balo's a scary talent. You think he is Welbeck-ian.

If you carved out a striker, and identified all of the qualities you want in him, then you have Balotelli. But he will never reach that level. He is just incapable of it.

 

[SCORCH]

thats where we disagree, Balo's a scary talent. You think he is Welbeck-ian.

If you carved out a striker, and identified all of the qualities you want in him, then you have Balotelli. But he will never reach that level. He is just incapable of it.

I just don't see it at all.

 

[gho3st]

For a striker Balo has no sense of positioning at ALL. he always get the ball wide, no off ball movement. And to make things worse, he tries to pattern his style of play like Ibra

its not that simple. but I hope dude can get it together soon . Lookin back, maybe he should have stayed at City

I just don't see it at all.

you are obviously ing

 

[Montez]

its been discussed. THEY wont acknowledge it until its too late.

I love Jack and I know I risk a Ramsey type resurrection from him but his refusal to do a job is what frustrates me. Against City and today, he puts in no work defensively. He just runs and has pashun. Lacks all kinds of awareness. Unless he has a strictly defensive player alongside him it's pointless. Sagna and Monreal bombing forward () was bad enough but we had 3 players defending. Save that shyt for home.

Today I see a bunch of "only Jack and Woj can hold their heads high" Rather have Oxlade starting in the middle and Serge out wide.

These brehs dont understand the difficulty of playing without one of the top 5 midfielders in the world.

They don't, a few laughed but you can't find 5 better midfielders than Ramsey in the world. Don't @ me.

Crazy how everything clicks with Ramsey for the team and a few players. Mesut lost his partner in crime, Arteta looks a right bum, and we have Giroud's lay offs being wasted.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

I just don't see it at all.

I'm so happy we're together on this

Since day one I just haven't seen it. If I were to carve the perfect striker from stone, he'd have Chicha's acceleration, Supper Offside Pippo's positioning, and Ruud's inability to give off the air of a professional athlete

Balo isn't ticking any of the boxes. Brehs get enamored in dem physical traits and the one time a month he'll take in a long ball with a good touch and forget that the GOAT forwards bar R9 basically have you looking at the tv like for 88 of 90 minutes with their general inability to do anything of worth of the field.