The Real Football Thread

[The Hitch]

I hope from now on the refs always give any player that fouls Costa the benefit of the doubt. Dude is a straight up cheat

 

[Põhja Konn]

Dortmund have been seriously impressive this autumn. Specially yesterday, when they played Leverkusen off the park. And this was a Leverkusen side in top form, full of confidence, also coming off from very good start to the season. They were not just beaten, but played completely off the park, from first minute to the last. It ended 3:0, but could easily have been 6:0 or 7:0.

Despite having less individual talent, this Dortmund side in a lot of ways resembles Guardiolas Barca from their first season.

Like they said in Eurospot commentary last night: Everybody loved Klopp, but Tuchel is ten times the tactitian.

 

[l.Harm]

http://spielverlagerung.com/2015/09/15/team-analysis-tuchels-borussia-dortmund/

If you have some spare time

 

[alspacka]

Lewandowski's just gone absolutely ape on Wolfsburg. Every touch a goal I believe.

 

[l.Harm]

I was watching it live... incredible.

 

[mrhender]

WTF? I thought that was some internet joke...

 

[Flamin]

Unbelievable indeed, but as a former CB/DCM I pay a lot of attention to defending and it was embarrassing to see a top team in the Bundesliga suck this hard.

 

[Gigs_98]

First I read on a football website that Bayern won 5:0 and just thought that Bayern had a good match.
Then I read that Lewandowski scored all of these goals and I was already very impressed.
AND THEN I READ THAT HE SCORED ALL GOALS IN 9 MINUTES AND I WAS LIKE

 

[Catwhoorg]

Fifa President Sepp Blatter is currently being questioned by representatives of the Swiss attorney general, the BBC understands.

In a statement, the attorney general's office said it had opened "criminal proceedings" against Mr Blatter.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34363289

 

[Amsterhammer]

I posted a topic on one of my football forums entitled "How corrupt is FIFA?" - just checked the date, posted nine years ago! They took their time, but it finally looks like Blatter, Valcke, and Platini are for the high jump.

 

[gooner]

Perfect timing to have got this book today which has just been released.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

That picture of Blatter is simply brilliant. Overused, but still brilliant.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Re:

Fifa President Sepp Blatter is currently being questioned by representatives of the Swiss attorney general, the BBC understands.

In a statement, the attorney general's office said it had opened "criminal proceedings" against Mr Blatter.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34363289

yep, from Guardian (headline:Sepp Blatter: Swiss attorney general opens criminal investigation) :

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/25/sepp-blatter-criminal-investigation-swiss-attorney-general

But I think more money will shift hands and the case will be dropped.

 

[Brullnux]

Re:

That picture of Blatter is simply brilliant. Overused, but still brilliant.

Not as good as the video of him falling from stairs: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BhAkwAIaDh8

 

[Dazed and Confused]

nah, sorry you are looking for something funny I think.

The picture is a thousand times better.

Think about it.

 

[Brullnux]

Re:

nah, sorry you are looking for something funny I think.

The picture is a thousand times better.

Think about it.

The picture does have more relevance and irony, i admit

 

[The Hitch]

I think I'm missing the inside joke on the picture. All I see is him holding the world cup.

 

[gooner]

Not a bad day of football this coming Sunday.

Ajax v PSV
Everton v Liverpool
Arsenal v Man Utd
Bayern v Dortmund
Atletico v Real
PSG v Marseille

 

[BigMac]

Porto totally smoked Chelsea on the second half. There should have been a penalty for Chelsea, but they didn't deserve it anyway. Just goes to show (yet again) how utterly useless goalline refs are.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re:

Porto totally smoked Chelsea on the second half. There should have been a penalty for Chelsea, but they didn't deserve it anyway. Just goes to show (yet again) how utterly useless goalline refs are.

English teams struggling in Europe yet again. I make that 5 defeats out of the 6 games English teams have been involved in so far. Whilst Porto are a decent side especially at home, only Man City have played a top side so far. Arsenal may now have to take 4 points off thier 2 games with Bayern to progress.

Whilst the premier league is one of the most entertaining in the leagues in the world, teams are falling behind some of the other European big teams in terms of quality.

 

[The Hitch]

That changes year to year though. It wasn't that long ago that English teams absolutely dominated Europe and you had 3 English teams in the semi final. There were 2 Italian teams in the final 11 years ago, 2 English teams 7 years ago, 2 German teams 2 years ago and 2 Spanish teams last year.

Anyway, does anyone actually watch Bundesliga. That league seems to be an absolute joke. Football's version of Manolo Saiz managing a team where the substitutes are worth more than anyone else in the league.

 

[del1962]

Bit like the SPL then (the substitutes part I mean)

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Re:

Anyway, does anyone actually watch Bundesliga. That league seems to be an absolute joke. Football's version of Manolo Saiz managing a team where the substitutes are worth more than anyone else in the league.

I guess you are referring to Bayern? Besides that:
The Bundesliga, as a whole, is an extremly close and very very tough contest. Very far from a joke really. There's a reason why Dortmung were at the very bottom of the league after half of the season. That's a team that won their CL-group while being in the relegation zone of the Bundesliga, and reached the quater final. But than again, I don't exactly know what you are actually talking about.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

nah sorry the liga gotta be unbalanced when the same team wins again and again.

So the coked up corp boys sends a signal to Blatter saying its better if he steps down.. well right now. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...-step-down-as-Fifa-president-immediately.html

Useless clowns.

 

[Amsterhammer]

Re:

nah sorry the liga gotta be unbalanced when the same team wins again and again.

So the coked up corp boys sends a signal to Blatter saying its better if he steps down.. well right now. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...-step-down-as-Fifa-president-immediately.html

Useless clowns.

All four main sponsors - Coca Cola, Visa, Budweiser and McDonalds - now calling for him to step down immediately, he's refusing.