Re: The Football Thread 2014/15

by skully Thu 22 Jan 2015, 20:11

Probably??

by lardbucket Thu 22 Jan 2015, 20:34

Probably.

by Merlin Thu 22 Jan 2015, 22:14

Possibly.

by PeterCS Fri 23 Jan 2015, 00:14

How unAsian of you. Bang go your trade agreements with China. It's sweatshop prices flooding your market from now on.

Should have played for the honourable 1-2 defeat.

by Blackadder Fri 23 Jan 2015, 09:34

Iraq beat Iran on penalties 7-6, after it was locked at 3-3 after extra time. Cracking game in Canberra.

by skully Fri 23 Jan 2015, 20:00

Well FMD, UAE beat Japan!!!!

So it's Aus v UAE in Newcastle and South Korea v Iraq in Sydney in the semis. Clearly the schedulers expected Aus to win its group and the QF and play in a Sydney semi.

by G.Wood Fri 23 Jan 2015, 20:28

You know it is all set up for an Aus choke with 19 chances being created and none taken

by skully Fri 23 Jan 2015, 20:31

Not unless Sir Timmy Cahill gets carried off on a stretcher.

by G.Wood Fri 23 Jan 2015, 20:36

Perhaps. The Japanese did create lots of headed chances that Timmmmmmy would have buried

by lardbucket Fri 23 Jan 2015, 21:19

two very surprising results

by skully Fri 23 Jan 2015, 22:06

G.Wood wrote:Perhaps. The Japanese did create lots of headed chances that Timmmmmmy would have buried

Does the UAE have tall defenders (I'd assume not)? Either way, Timmmehhhh's pogo-stick like leaps in the box usually gets him above the defenders anyway.

by beamer Fri 23 Jan 2015, 22:07

Cambridge get a draw with Man Utd and a lucrative Old Trafford replay...

by skully Fri 23 Jan 2015, 22:17

Crikey!!

by Brass Monkey Sat 24 Jan 2015, 10:07

Had it on in the background, though pretty drunk, I do remember that Cambridge had something along the lines of 20% possession. Funny as ****** that United couldn’t score

by beamer Sat 24 Jan 2015, 11:09

20% in second half I think, they matched them pretty well in the first (and had the best chance of the match).

by beamer Sat 24 Jan 2015, 17:16

Anyway, United's result suddenly looks pretty good. Chelsea incredibly lose 4-2 at home to Bradford from 2-0 up... City dumped out by Boro... Spurs, Southampton and Swansea also shown the exit door.

Gerrard's dream farewell just moved a whole lot closer. Of course, Bolton could put paid to that in the next couple of hours! Anyone for a Heskey hat-trick?

by Merlin Sun 25 Jan 2015, 14:24

1,750 to 1 .... the odds that ALL of the top 3 Prem League sides would get beaten yesterday!

by LeFromage Mon 26 Jan 2015, 23:34

Poor old Villa fans. Sucks to be them.

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by skully Tue 27 Jan 2015, 09:48

Crackerjack 1st Half in tha Asian Cup semi with 2 early goals for Aus really making for an open game. UAE have very silky on-ball skills, This one's not over at 2-0 at oranges.

Hunter Stadium looks surprisingly good after all the rain they've had.

by Red Tue 27 Jan 2015, 10:10

How relevant is this tournament?

by taipan Tue 27 Jan 2015, 10:11

Red wrote:How relevant is this tournament?

As relevant as AFCON

by tricycle Tue 27 Jan 2015, 10:40

Giving the Asia cup a lot of credit there. AFCON's at least has a very decent level of talent, although the football itself has been a bit shit this time.

Neither is exactly an event of world beaters (team wise, anyway), but both have their place...

by skully Tue 27 Jan 2015, 11:13

UAE basically owned 3/4 of the park in the 2nd Half but couldn't break down Aus's defence. Matt Ryan didn't have to make any save of note.

So 2-0 win takes Aus through to the Final next weekend v South Korea. They will need to be better than they played tonight to win that one.

by G.Wood Tue 27 Jan 2015, 11:34

Aye that was Aus's worst performance of the tournament. Defence was solid but they stopped playing football after the 35 minute mark

by lardbucket Tue 27 Jan 2015, 11:55

Aye, not so much FIFA as FAFFA.

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