Re: The Football Thread - 2011/12

by beamer Thu 28 Jul 2011, 23:42

The pundits seem to be suggesting he's better than Tevez in terms of skill but perhaps not quite giving the same sort of work rate, their scoring records are fairly similar.

by LeFromage Mon 01 Aug 2011, 20:01

Anyone want Joey Barton for free?

I suppose he could mow the lawn, do some odd jobs around the house...

What are Newcastle playing at?

by G.Wood Tue 02 Aug 2011, 02:02

Can he bowl offies?

by G.Wood Wed 03 Aug 2011, 07:41

JKLever wrote:They've obviously seen some marketing somewhere..... 'You too could become as good as Sunderland for just £84mn sterling'

would explain why they are interested in Ryan Shawcross

shirley that's bs

by LeFromage Sat 06 Aug 2011, 19:38

Yeeeooooouuuuu Saints!

by beamer Sat 06 Aug 2011, 19:44

Good start for all the promoted teams in fact. Last year's three were all at least in play-off contention and one of them (Norwich) went up again. Shows that sometimes after a club has stagnated in the Championship, going down then back up can revitalise them.

The customary opening day 0-0 draw for Forest. Lack of firepower could be an issue for the season I think.

by LeFromage Sat 06 Aug 2011, 20:41

Chelsea agree a deal for Romelu Lukaku, 18.

Superstar in the making, or another Emile Heskey whose phenomenal strength and physique at a young age made him stand out among his peers, but never really lived up to the hype once the grown ups started to play?

Time will tell.

by beamer Sat 06 Aug 2011, 20:48

Will be tough for him to make an immediate impact with the strikers they have on the books. Suspect he could end up being loaned out before he establishes himself. Given your description of him I guess they see him as an eventual successor to Drogba?

by LeFromage Sat 06 Aug 2011, 20:57

He's been touted as the New Drogba since he made his debut for Anderlecht at 16. He's a big boy. 6' 4". Quick. Skilful.

And he's been scoring Champions League and Europa League goals from the get go - and already has a couple of international goals for Belgium - so I don't think they're going to stick him in the reserves for a couple of seasons.

I suppose it depends on how Villas Boas intends to line Chelsea up. If it's just one striker with two wide forwards, Lukaku would seem unlikely to get much of a look in, behind Torres and Drogba and possibly Sturridge.

But if they go two up, he and Sturridge would understudy Torres and Drogba and probably play quite a lot of minutes.

Who knows? In any case, Drogba's only got a season or so left at the top level, I imagine, so that's him replaced for next season already.

by beamer Sat 06 Aug 2011, 21:17

If they don't play two up they're wasting a fair bit of talent... are the "wide forwards" really of the same quality? Malouda, when he wants to be... Kalou, not really... Anelka, his best season at Chelsea was when he was playing as the main man with Drogba missing a lot of the time. I suppose they could use one of their main strikers in a wider position as they have done with Anelka already.

by JKLever Sat 06 Aug 2011, 22:05

Phuck all these foreigners, Micky Chopra.... signing of the season.

by Zat Sun 07 Aug 2011, 00:34

beamer wrote:going down then back up can revitalize

Good advice in other areas as well, just quietly...

by LeFromage Sun 07 Aug 2011, 00:50

JKLever wrote:Phuck all these foreigners, Micky Chopra.... signing of the season.

Always been boss at Championship level.

by taipan Sun 07 Aug 2011, 14:27

Right. Here we go. Season about to kick off.

by Brass Monkey Sun 07 Aug 2011, 14:40

Kicked off Friday night you glory-loving dick-features.

by taipan Sun 07 Aug 2011, 14:46

Talking about the main event, not the supporting feature.

by Brass Monkey Sun 07 Aug 2011, 14:53

Yeah, I knew you were on about the awful, sneering high-and-mighties really Wink

by beamer Sun 07 Aug 2011, 15:28

City 2-0 up at half-time after United dominated possession. Dodgy start from De Gea, was always going to be tough for a young keeper coming into this situation.

by taipan Sun 07 Aug 2011, 15:55

2-2 now.

by JGK Sun 07 Aug 2011, 16:20

Can't believe this isn't on TV in Oz.

by JGK Sun 07 Aug 2011, 16:30

FFS:

90+4: GOAL - NANI! What drama! United have surely won it now! Kompany should clear on halfway but he dithers and Nani nicks the ball off his toes. He advances on Hart, sidesteps the City goalkeeper and slides home. Incredible.

by taipan Sun 07 Aug 2011, 16:34

Very happy with MU. Good youngsters coming through. Pace to burn all over the ptich. Rooney looking very sharp.

by JGK Sun 07 Aug 2011, 17:05

I would agree with you if I had watched the match.

by taipan Sun 07 Aug 2011, 17:25

Strange that Aus didn't get it.

by G.Wood Mon 08 Aug 2011, 00:00

JGK wrote:Can't believe this isn't on TV in Oz.

possibly because it was

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