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[modjospinnin]

@Kaiser Ill deal with it..but begrudingly lol. But fr, they bought the right to host a WC, and now its going to be in the winter as opposed to the summer. But I guess money talks.

I'm not sure how things are in Germany. Do you get the local team's matches? Or is it decided by the national broadcasters?

I agree. I know that injuries have been bothering Messi this past year, and Ronaldo has been doing good. I think its time to start moving Messi to a more central role in the middle, but they have a glut of midfielders, and they are all world class. I haven't seen them play recently, so i can't say what needs work.

edit: @Kaiser do you know which players are likely to make the german wc squad? Any rising stars?

Modifié par modjospinnin, 13 janvier 2014 - 05:39 .

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

Ah well, I watch Bundesliga from Arabic sport channels of UAE (My country hardly have two channels that may show foreign matches sometimes). They say lots of "YAA SALAAAAAM!" in the matches. I don't get much by listening to the match commentator and others... That's Arabic!

All I can say that the others make young stars and Bayern Munchen buys them all over time. Still Dortmund has good players. You can find the list of their players somewhere on: Soccerway.com

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

^ About Germany team... don't forget Reus and Hummels. Khedira might be there too. Am I the only one who prefers Adler to Neuer?
Klose is great. Period.

[Druss99]

Klose for World Cup top scorer.

The Qatar World Cup is an absolute joke and show's FIFA don't have football's best interests at heart. Why would they give it to somewhere that's going to disrupt the rest of the world and cause fixture issues for years to come? It makes no sense. It should have gone to Australia or back to the US, I think they were in for it anyway.

The transfer window is a source of immense frustration for me. I think Moyes should be given time and that he inherited an unbalanced and injury prone squad that passed its peak a couple of years ago and had a fit RVP to paper over the cracks last year. But when everyone can see where the problems lie in the squad and have done for several years(midfield for years, the wings for about a year and a half, general lack of creativity and movement) and for a window and a half it appears we have done f*ck all about it, it's getting indefensible for either Moyes or behind the scenes. We had all summer, autumn and most of winter to get signings completed before January 1st, halfway through the month and we are still arsing around scouting and talking about how "difficult" it is. It's not been difficult for any of the teams around us, so why is it so hard for us? We ended up playing Cleverly something like 4 times in 9 days, is that really good enough for any top half team? All the midfielders signed by Spurs without a problem, how many would have improved us? It's the **** footing around that annoys me. Even with Fellaini. I accept we have injury problems and he inherited a squad that needed an overhaul, but we have basically wasted half a month playing with a severely weakened squad when we didn't have to if we had just acted with some sort of purpose. If he is going to wait until summer and hope RVP can get fit to drag us to the CL, then just say that.

Modifié par Druss99, 14 janvier 2014 - 04:33 .

[Druss99]

It's a shame what's happened to Italian football. It used to be the place for the best players in the world, now they get hoovered up by Real, Barca or one of the sugar daddy clubs. Unless they are German, then they end up at Bayern Munich. European football would be a better place if the Italian game could reclaim it's former glory. Mind you it would impact the Premier League fairly heavily I reckon.

Seedorf seems like a desperate roll of the dice for Milan, haven't they been slowly slipping away for a few years now? I hope they don't expect too much too soon from him and give him time. Probably means he won't be on the BBC's coverage of the World Cup this year. Which is a shame, he was one of their better ones last time.

It seems the Brazilian player of the year Everton Ribeiro will most likely be coming to the PL, bids have been made and the talk sounds like "give us some more cash please." Rumours were that we were very interested, but it's Spurs doing the bidding. Just what they need, another attacking midfielder.

[modjospinnin]

@Kaiser Yeah, the best players usually come up in smaller clubs and then get transferred (bought) by the big ones.

@Knossos Couldn't have said it any better. Its just about money. Otherwise it doesn't make sense to hold a world cup in a desert. Australia is one of the few places which has been able to pull off these major events sucessfully. I suspect their facilities will also go into disuse after the WC. ..Just read up a little about Qatar. So apparently its one of the richest countries in the world. It makes sense I guess. They have so much money, they don't know what to do with it, so they are going to buy a WC! It makes perfect sense now! I suspect the very expensive stadiums they will build will go into disuse afterwards, just like so many other structures built for WC and Olympic events have gone into disuse after they are over. Just wait for the headache the WC will cause for ALL of the football leagues around the world. smh. hehe..fifa are not interested in something unless serious money is involved.

I recognize all of them and know that a good majority played in the last wc. I just saw Klose score a good goal the other day. If he is still playing well, he deserves a call up. Its all up to what the manager thinks will make a good team. I think it is good because since they have been playing togethor for a while now they are more comfortable with each other. Whatever happened to Podolski?? He had a great WC in 2006 but he never fully realized his potential. Its too bad because he played really well for the national team but not so well at the club level, and usually it is the opposite.

@Druss I agree. Australia and the US definately have the facilities for it.

As for Man U. Well, they always say, you don't know what you have til its gone, and I would say its true for Sir Alex hehe. Sir Alex got Man U fans accustomed to winning, its going to be tough for anybody going in after him. We'll see what happens with Man U in the upcoming years, but I am inclined to think it will not be the same. Glad I caught the last good years

Clarence Seedorf, for me, was one of the best midfielders I ever saw. In terms of favorite players of all time, he is amongst the top three. He always knew the correct pass and I don't think I ever saw him get nervous when he was pressed by a defender. I could tell he knew what he was doing out there. A very rare kind of player. However, I don't think this is a good decision. There are still a lot of things that need to be learned for coaching. Maybe it works out, maybe it doesn't. We will see.

The Italian league. My football league of choice. I knew all the clubs and how quite a few of them played.

Modifié par modjospinnin, 18 janvier 2014 - 12:34 .

[cato potato]

Seedorf is bound to be highly respected by the current Milan players (he certainly deserves to be anyway) and he always struck me as an intelligent individual so I think he might do quite well. I just hope he hasn't bitten off more than he can chew.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

You know something for sure: to avoid Iran's capital derby. Yesterday It had over 40 fouls, 7 yellow cards (two red ones was forgiven) and it had only 3 goal opportunities. Last 4 derbies result: 0 - 0

Seedorf may succeed in AC Milan, but I imagine his failure is more likely! - An Inter Fan

Best league is Spain League: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletico Madrid, Villa Real, Valencia, Bilbao and few more are great teams. Italian and German leagues were quite boring for me few last years. I wish I had the channels to watch the English League...

[CroGamer002]

Kaiser Arian wrote...

You know something for sure: to avoid Iran's capital derby. Yesterday It had over 40 fouls, 7 yellow cards (two red ones was forgiven) and it had only 3 goal opportunities. Last 4 derbies result: 0 - 0

JESUS!

That's not how you play football, Persians.

[Druss99]

KnossosTNC wrote...


Eagerly anticipating Chelsea vs Man United. I wonder if United fans will start to think their club should have made Mourinho their "Special One" instead of Chelsea's if they lose tonight?

Speaking of United, it was so strange to see Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the new Cardiff City manager, back in English football. The sight of him on the touchline fills me with... ...memories of dread.

In La Liga, the top three are all currently on 50 points, but both Barca and Atletico have games to play tonight. Just an interesting snapshot.

Never.

It's weird seeing OGS on someone else's bench. What memories would Ruud Van Nistleroy fill you with?

La Liga is a lot like the Scottish league used to be, only with more money. It would be the best league in the world if it was competitive. Hopefully Athletico can break the duopoly this season.

[Kimosabe]

Spain might have all the quality in the world but with only 2 (or now maybe 3) clubs it really isn't an interesting league to watch.
The Serie A doens't attract me either. Althought every season all competitions have their fair share of political and social unrest, Italy seems to top it every year. The matches are ofter not good or worse, not interesting to watch and there is no atmosphere. A lot of good players made big mistakes by going to Italy, almost destroying their carriers.

I focus on the Eredivisie, the Premier League and the Bundesliga (it really helps that we receive a lot of foreign networks here. I usually watch Match of the Day and Sportschau and we can often watch the Bundesliga live.

The skill level here in the Eredivisie is usually not that high, especially in the last few years but it is always great to watch. A lot of clubs are really close to eachother and this season everybody beats everybody.

The Premier League has always attracted me. It is very good and often offensive football. Same with the Bundesliga, they have really good players but it is a shame that Bayern buys every single one of them to weaken the opposition. I've been to a couple of Bundesliga matches and the atmosphere is unbelieveabe but I wished that the players would do the sensible thing and don't move to Bayern.

Seedorf being the new coach for Milan surprised me but it might work out. He always was one of the best Dutch players, not only on the field but also outside it. He is young for a coach but also highly respected there. I think he might just succeed.

As for the World Cup in Qatar; The FIFA knew exactly what they were doing. They were getting a boatload of cash. period. They can say whatever they want about moving it or the working/playing conditions there but they didn't care about it during the choice, nor do they now.

[Druss99]

KnossosTNC wrote...

Druss99 wrote...

It's weird seeing OGS on someone else's bench. What memories would Ruud Van Nistleroy fill you with?

My lasting memory of him was him apparently getting into a fistfight with Ronaldo. Beyond that, mostly deja vu. Miserable, miserable deja vu.

Anyway, United put in quite possibly the best performance of the season. They dominated possession, especially in the first 15 minutes of the game, they tested Cech multiple times, and Januzaj was probably the best player on the pitch. And the reward for all their outstanding effort was... ...a 3-1 loss and a red card? Wait, that's not right.

For once, the midfield was not entirely the culprit. This time, it was just good old fashion terrible defending; Cahill and Eto'o checked in and checked out of the United red zone like an expensive hotel, and the latter got three goals as souvenir. Hernandez clawed one back, but by then ol' Mo was already building his Great Wall in the midfield to frustrate United to death. Vidic probably physically demonstrated how United players were feeling by that point, and Rafael probably should have collected red and joined him.

Moyes says they're still aiming for the title. Others may laugh, but I will not. You see, I am a science enthusiast; I have a keen scientific mind, and I am genuinely intrigued, fascinated and positively overwhelmed with enthusiasm by the possibility and/or probability that Mr. David Moyes may have discovered and applied a fully-functional method of opening a portal into an alternate universe. Rest assured, I shall be intently investigating this potentially ground-breaking scientific breakthrough in due time.

Beyond Chelsea vs United, both Atletico and Barca slipped up, so now the top three looks like this: 51, 51 and 50. The plot thickens.

Favourite chant of the day: “You wanted his job” - Manchester United fans. Favourite quote of the day: “Manchester United were once Goliath, then came David.”

I'm not sure if it was an actual fist fight, I think Ruud just made him cry with his words. Which is probably a lot worse.

It wasn't our best performance of the season, the hammering we gave Bayer Leverkusen probably was. We were the better team for most of the match though, unfortunately that doesn't say much because Chelsea were a bit sh*t too.

It might be time to let Vidic go, he is our captain and is supposed to be organising the defence but yesterday was evidence that he isn't doing that at the minute. He seems like a headless chicken and is just shouting at people apparently randomly. I'd fine him a months wages for getting sent off while we had already lost another defender to injury. Rafael is a very, very lucky boy not to have walked too.

Jones though as much as I like him was comfortably the worst player on the pitch(I no longer count Young), especially in the first half. Why he played instead of Fletcher when he looked unfit I do not know, but he wasn't up to the pace of it at all.

The fascinating part about this alternate universe Moyes has discovered is that Ashley Young seems to warrant selection. Well done, I'm now reimagining Bioshock Infinite with Moyes as Elizabeth. It's f*cking terrifying!!

The sad part is Moyes actually sent out a team that was the better team away to Chelsea, only to be completely undone by stupid individual errors that he had no control over.

Hernandez sub appearance was the best he has played in a long, long time.

Aye, Kimo. That's the problem with Spain, it's just so uncompetitive it's boring. Athletico will probably have to sell some of their best players again in the summer, probably some of them to Barca or Real.

Germany has amazing atmosphere, even on TV it looks and sounds amazing. But Bayern slowly absorbing Dortmund's team is not going to end well for the league I'd imagine, they are already so far ahead of the competition with the squad they have.

The Dutch league doesn't seem to get shown here anymore. I grew up watching the glory days of the Italian league with players like Batistuta, Ronaldo, Savicivic, Maldini, Rui Costa and the like. But now who is there in Italy that's worth tuning in to see? I agree, the last few matches I've watched from there had almost no atmosphere.

Modifié par Druss99, 20 janvier 2014 - 04:32 .

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

I was watching 2004-2011 Serie A when Inter and AC Milan were at their best. I had/have good memories with Inter being the greatest team of Italy.

Valencia was a great team (3rd in Spain) until it sold David Villa and David Silva; then it goes downhill. But somehow managed to keep its quality at a certain level.

Arsenal is keeping the 1st place in premier league. I hope they'll win the cup this year

[Star fury]

Selling Mata to Man U would be one of the most retarded things in the premier league. It's much worse than Arsenal selling RVP to Man U, because Mata is younger, better and bound to give them a huge lift. Both on and off the pitch. Mata has long term contract, Chelsea thanks to Abramovich and his dirty money don't even need a huge fee.

It's like Inter swapping Cannavaro with Juve's reserve keeper or swap of Seedorf and Coco.

[Star fury]

KnossosTNC wrote...
I think Chelsea's line of thinking is that United, even with Mata, is no longer a threat to them, so if they're desperate enough to cough up 40 mil to sign him, then they could do with the cash in hand. They might as well let United go wreak some havoc in the lower parts of the table, perhaps even taking Arsenal out of play.

Mata's a fine player, and at 25, his best years are still ahead of him. But on a collective level, is one attacking midfielder really going to make much a difference in a team that desperately needs so much work in so many parts of the field?

I don't get logic behind "Mata will not play Chelsea this season", he will play against them 4 more seasons and possibly he would go on to play 10 seasons for Man U. Seeing how undead Giggs still plays for them in his 40s. Mourinho haven't sold Demba ****ing Ba to Arsenal ffs. And now they're selling their best player of the last two seasons. Mou has gone mad in Real Madrid imo.

Modifié par Star fury, 24 janvier 2014 - 04:52 .

[Druss99]

Well we haven't signed Mata yet, I'm still refusing to believe it's happening. I think he is exactly what we need, it's just that we need more than him. We struggle to create chances and lack creativity, that's exactly what Mata brings. It's not just getting Mata though, it's getting RVP, Nani and Rooney back too. Suddenly we are an attacking threat and teams can't just attack us any more. When teams have been lining up against us this last month or more and have been seeing us fielding an attack of Welbeck, Januzaj, Valencia, Kagawa and Young they have nothing to fear and can attack without much chance of getting a hammering. Throw Mata, RVP, Rooney and Nani back in there though and it becomes a whole other matter.

We haven't had a playmaker for a while now, Rooney isn't one and Kagawa needs a different style of play (which we are more equipped to play with Mata and the others back), I think Mata suits us perfectly and not only that but he is a much better option than Young on the left. Plus its a sign of intent to attract other players, rumours that we are looking to make another signing and Moyes is confirmed to be at the Bayern match tonight.

Signing Mata gets the fans back onside too, showing them its the start of the rebuilding(which should have started at least 2 years ago). We aren't their title rivals, but we do face all their current title rivals so strengthening us against them helps Chelsea in the short term. Also we are probably the only team desperate enough to give them £40m. Did the Ba thing actually happen or was it just paper talk?

Those penalties were diabolical. Jones' was inhuman, his leg nearly wrapped around himself. Should never have got that far though, it was a performance from last season for us. Score and then just stop playing and start defending deep inviting them on. The fact they only had one shot on goal and De Gea f*cked it up just shows how unlucky Moyes has been. So again signing Mata is a bold statement he is looking to change things.