football: the beautiful game

[Kasper]

The Liverpool penalty was softer IMO, but what a stupid move from Eboue, the game was over...

[Aeros]

The Liverpool penalty was softer IMO, but what a stupid move from Eboue, the game was over...

...and now the season as well. It's tough being an Arsenal supporter.

[Nov Spur]

Go go Gareth ranger! Chuffed for the boy Bale.

[chchchip]

...and now the season as well. It's tough being an Arsenal supporter.

since the carling cup final loss shit has just gone straight down hill. hopefully, once again we can finally win something next year. sigh

[zeen]

that is if wenger manages to hold on to his players...

[Kasper]

that is if wenger manages to hold on to his players...

IMO the only one truly at risk is Fabregas. If he's so keen to go warm the barca bench, I'm sure wenger will get a full price for him and hopefully find a better replacement. I've never been that impressed with him so it wouldn't be the end of the world to lose him. A goalkeeper and better defenders are sorely needed though

[zeen]

yep. another hleb story in the making? but it will still be best to hold on to all the players and possibly bring in a defender and an outstanding keeper.

[chchchip]

honestly I don't think we need a new keeper.Szczesny is good and is going to be world class. I remember seeing his highlight reel from when he was on loan last season and thought that he should've been in goal since then. He's confident and a bit crazy. Just what we need. No Almunia or Fabianski pussy bullshit.

[WolfLikeMe]

what a weird game. i don't think the match should have gone into the 102nd minute for christ's sake, but both penalties were reasonable. i'm just glad to see lfc continuing to fight. next year is gonna be huge as long as we get a couple creative/speedy midfielders/wingers. oh yeah and as much as i love the gunners, is anyone really that surprised that they're about to walk away without silverware?

[chchchip]

^ before the carling cup final, yes i would be surprised. after the carling cup final, not surprised at all.

[cJajce]

FINALLY!!!

the streak is over. pretty epic game and the most important two are still to come...

[zeen]

This season is officially Arsenal's worst season

[Nov Spur]

In the future Manuel Neuer will be regarded as the archetype of a goalkeeper.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

a very ugly match

2009 final re-run coming up

[cyberPUNK]

i was really looking forward to a madrid-united final. i'm fucking sick of watching barcelona play.

[chchchip]

Buncha cunts.

[cJajce]

and the oscar goes to...

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[DJ_Flame]

[cyberPUNK]

drowned my sorrows in alcohol and masturbated with my tears. felt so strange knowing the result was the right one.

[cyberPUNK]

drowned my sorrows in alcohol and masturbated with my tears. felt so strange knowing the result was the right one.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

i'd love to see what fifa would do if the top euro associations left.

then they can pander to the corupt ones all they want, w/o fear they're upsetting the nations actually line thier pockets.

fucking cunt crooks, football is getting grimier by the day. so sad.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

i'd love to see what fifa would do if the top euro associations left.

then they can pander to the corupt ones all they want, w/o fear they're upsetting the nations actually line thier pockets.

fucking cunt crooks, football is getting grimier by the day. so sad.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

modric you're breaking my heart

we've become the official feeder club for the top teams. now we'll probably have a bad season, then make some inspired signings next season and mabye get into the CL again. then we'll sell the signings..

[78]

Yeah it sucks for Spurs... but he wants a chance to shine on a bigger stage...

[zeen]

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[ordo]

When we aren't rioting we are scoring the occasional wonder goal.

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[Carl]

Hell yea!

Fuck the sounders

[readytoignite]

Yeah it sucks for Spurs... but he wants a chance to shine on a bigger stage...

how retarded is it that he wanted to go to a club without a manager?

almost as fucked up as the owner deciding to sign a player without consulting his manager (who doesn't exist in this instance)

[JohannesDeSilentio]

To be honest it's a very english concept, the manager. Continental sides generally split responsibilities between a coach and a director of football, the DoF taking responsibility in the market and the coach taking responsibility for getting the best out of what he's given. Villas-Boas, the man who looks likely to be his manager should he cross London, is a perfect exemplar of this in his present role at Porto. Also Chelsea as a side, partly due to player power, partly due to having a european-style autocrat in the director's box, sometimes play very poorly under great managers (late era Jose, Scolari, much of Carlo's second season) and well under poor ones (Avram?). Not to mention the fact that players often have a preference for a particular managerial style, and the reason Modric is flirting with Chelsea rather than United may well be that the creative freedom offered by a manager like Redknapp seems more likely at Chelsea, regardless of who ends up coach, than United, where a much more authoritarian manager shows no signs of retiring gracefully. Modric has served Tottenham well, he arrived from Zagreb with a lot of other european clubs linked to him, slogged through a miserable spell under Ramos, and through tireless application became the creative centre of a reinvigorated Tottenham side. If he wants european football, he's earned it. Moving across London won't endear him to anyone, but it hardly makes him Ashley Cole.

[Gecko]

To be honest it's a very english concept, the manager.

And the reason the premiership is the best league in the world

Having a manager who doesn't get to select his own players is a silly system, it can work great, but so often the DoF and coach fall out/disagree/don't work together closely enough.