[Football] Midweek Semi-Finals 3-5 May

[Reg]

All on the various BT channels. None on Showcase this week.

Champions League
Bayern (0) v Atletico (1) - Tues, 19:45
Real Madrid (0) v Man City (0) - Weds, 19:45

Europa League - Thursday 20:05
Liverpool (0) v Villarreal (1)
Sevilla (2) v Shakhtar (2)

National League Playoff 1st Legs
Dover v Forest Green - Weds, 19:00
Grimsby v Braintree - Thurs, 19:00

[SincereTheRebel]

I have athletico and man city reaching the final along with villarrael and sevilla.

[Reg]

Very different lineup for Bayern tonight. Boateng, Muller and Ribery in (plus Alaba presumably switching to left-back).

[SincereTheRebel]

Ribery hasnt been scorching for a while. Not sure if he is even first choice anymore.

[Magic]

I'll take a shit 0-0 here lads. See those cheating German cunts out.

[Lee]

I'm happy with anything other than an all-Spanish final. Ideally Atletico-Man City so we get a new winner.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I want a Bayern-City final with the Germans absolutely smashing City.

[Raoul Duke]

Ribery is a fat-headed chancer. Is Robben actually dead?

Maybe Pep will stop fucking about and play an actual proper team this time, rather than try to be too clever.

[John]

I want a Bayern-City final with the Germans absolutely smashing City.

City would do them.

An Atletico v Man City final would be ideal. I'm not keen on the idea of another all Spanish final, but I'll take it for the unbelievable seething that would happen if Atletico turned them over.

[Ian]

The only way I want Man City to win is if they beat Guardiola. I could deal with that.

[bruhnaldo]

"Views: 13,599"

what the fuck?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

City would do them.

An Atletico v Man City final would be ideal. I'm not keen on the idea of another all Spanish final, but I'll take it for the unbelievable seething that would happen if Atletico turned them over.

City wont 'do' anyone in the final should they get there.

[Reg]

Real maybe, but there's no chance City beat Atletico and especially not Bayern.

[John Arne]

Pretty sure Jonathan Pearce keeps calling Javi Martinez, Juan Martinez.

[Raoul Duke]

Ronaldo is going to beat Man City 5-0 tomorrow, so it's irrelevant.

[John Arne]

Ribery is such a scummy little cunt.

[Baz]

"Views: 13,599"

what the fuck?
That is weird.

Anyway, football. I don't know why the bookies are hyping up Liverpool to progress.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Gimpenez has had a fabulous few minutes.

[Lee]

Fuck's sake. A late Atletico goal to sneak through would be glorious.

[Baz]

He's gon cry.

[Magic]

I've been making tea so I've walked in on a free kick goal and a saved penalty. Lol at that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mueller :(

Was at a nice height for Oblak.

[Lee]

"That keeper's brilliant. He's had a great season."

Owen doesn't know who he is, does he? :D

[Magic]

What a game we've got for you tomorrow!

Yeah, can't wait for no shots on goal again until the 82nd minute.

[Lee]

Hold on, "Death to Lee"? :D

Pretty sure magic wants to fuck me. To be honest none of my mates want to talk to me after sharing the earthworm sounding video with them so it's probably as good an offer of male company as I'd get.

[Waffdon]

Ribery is a proper mong.

[Magic]

Half tempted to bin this for Masterchef.

[Giggles]

Who cares til next year. Champions League is boring as fuck.

[Magic]

I've binned it. Still 1-1?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Griezmann is a beast.

[Waffdon]

Magical.

[Baz]

2-1. Offside too. :youpi:

[Magic]

:drool:

[CJay]

That pressing was kamikaze. Three players charged at the man in possession.

Lewandowski is playing like Torres in his Chelsea days.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That pressing was kamikaze. Three players charged at the man in possession.

Lewandowski is playing like Torres in his Chelsea days.

It's because I put money on him to score :moop:

[Sam]

It's because I put money on him to score :moop:

He hasn't scored in the CL for a good while now iirc?

[CJay]

He'll back to his best once Guardiola leaves.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He hasn't scored in the CL for a good while now iirc?

8 goals in 11 appearances (7 of them came in the group stage) with the last coming against Juventus.

He didn't start the second leg against Benfica though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lewandowski :cool:

What a hero.

[Lewis]

Turning Javi Martinez into a defender (having previously just sidelined him) is probably the worst thing 'Pep' has done at Bayern. He was pretty much the best midfielder in Europe during their treble season.

[Reg]

Nice timing.

Well you don't see many goals like that nowadays.

[CJay]

Turning Javi Martinez into a defender (having previously just sidelined him) is probably the worst thing 'Pep' has done at Bayern. He was pretty much the best midfielder in Europe during their treble season.

I wonder which City players are due major positional changes a la Martinez and Lahm. Can't really think of any possible examples.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fernando and Delph.

[Lewis]

Samir Nasri as a holding midfielder (unless they sign Paul Pogba), and Pablo Zabaleta to centre-back.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's well outside of the box :D

[Baz]

Jonathan Pearce has had a stroke.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:harold:

[Magic]

Back with it. Lol at the miss.

[Waffdon]

Fuck off, Torres

[Reg]

That's well outside of the box :D
The second touch with his foot is inside. Not sure what the rule is there.

[Weaver]

This thread, which only has 51 posts, has had 13,000 views.

The whole Football Manager thread (55 pages) is only on 35k. What's going on there?

[Waffdon]

Why do folk rarely just smash it down the middle?

[Magic]

Torres to finish it Chelsea v Barca style.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why do folk rarely just smash it down the middle?

It's statistically the greatest chance you have of scoring as the keeper feels he needs to move but at the same time players feel like they need to put it to one side.

[Reg]

I wonder which City players are due major positional changes a la Martinez and Lahm. Can't really think of any possible examples.
I don't think (m)any. He'll want to choose a fair few players to come in, I think. Laporte has been agreed already apparently. I don't expect he'll like Jesus Navas or Bony much; Toure out the door as soon as possible.

[Magic]

OMG @ Simeone. :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's GBH.

Send him down.

[Vim]

Simeone. :D

[Reg]

Not as comical obviously but Simeone and his shirt/belt is like Wenger and his coat.

[Giggles]

What's the filthy poxrat done now?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Balls, all Spanish final then :moop:

[Magic]

LMAO. :drool:

[Magic]

Enjoy Pep the failure, Citeh.

[Waffdon]

'Pep' loves a semi final loss. :drool:

[Kikó]

Bottled it again. Proper Spanish bin man.

[Vim]

What's the filthy poxrat done now?

The fourth official didn't let him make a sub so Simeone hit him.

edit: https://streamable.com/jv7f There's a gif for ya.

[Lewis]

http://i68.tinypic.com/2vtw4rb.jpg

Three wasted years.

[Reg]

Pep's made Bayern better at beating weak teams and much worse at beating strong teams. The manner they went out in the last couple years has meant he hasn't done very well, IMO. No real shame in this year.

How he does at City may shape how people perceive his career more than anything.

[Magic]

The fourth official didn't let him make a sub so Simeone hit him.

edit: https://streamable.com/jv7f There's a gif for ya.

PMSL. :harold:

[Vim]

The man might actually be part of Simeone's staff, in that case he might not get banned. If it's a UEFA official, there's no way he's on the sideline for the final.

[Jeet]

Lolz if he gets banned from the final

[Max Power]

Great from Atletico again. Godin is a titan.

Leicester City - Atletico Madrid final next year. Can both teams have 35% possession?

[Reg]

Leicester City - Atletico Madrid final next year. Can both teams have 35% possession?
Less impossible than you winning the Premier League.

[Lewis]

Pep's made Bayern better at beating weak teams and much worse at beating strong teams. The manner they went out in the last couple years has meant he hasn't done very well, IMO. No real shame in this year.

How he does at City may shape how people perceive his career more than anything.

Luis Enrique has done more than anybody to shatter the genius myth by out-doing his Barcelona side with less qualifications than me. The problem is that whilst people should have just been happy to accept that he was a very good manager managing very, very good players, the short-termist, perspective-less idiots had to proclaim him the best manager ever, and convince themselves (so that they could be part of it) that he was re-inventing the wheel.

[Yevrah]

I'm not having your take on Leicester Lewis, but you've been bang on about Guardiola to date it seems.

City will be very interesting indeed.

[Baz]

I'd rather have Pellegrini.

[Vim]

I had a discussion the other day with someone I know who claimed Guardiola still has to "prove himself" which I think is bollocks. Ok, Lucho also won one Champions League with Barca, but I think for Guardiola to repeat himself by winning two CL titles as well as winning several league titles against Mourinho shows that he is a top tier manager.

He went to Bayern with the aim of winning CL and failed there, there's no doubt about that. I don't really like his insistance on putting several players out of position, such as Alaba centre-back (he was awful against Juve) and playing these weird formations. I feel he was always best with a normal 433, both with Eto'o or Messi upfront.

[Reg]

Luis Enrique has done more than anybody to shatter the genius myth by out-doing his Barcelona side with less qualifications than me. The problem is that whilst people should have just been happy to accept that he was a very good manager managing very, very good players, the short-termist, perspective-less idiots had to proclaim him the best manager ever, and convince themselves (so that they could be part of it) that he was re-inventing the wheel.
Pep had one forward who could carry a team, Enrique has three. Enrique has also coached and made big decisions well.

Before Pep came along, nobody had put such an extreme emphasis on possession. 85% and the like over 90 minutes was unheard of. (There were more subtle parts to their game too of course.) Whether or not you think he fully deserves his trophies, he has been one of the greatest innovators in football.

[Giggles]

"Hit" is a massive exaggeration, but I still hope they fry the cunt.

[Lewis]

I'm not having your take on Leicester Lewis, but you've been bang on about Guardiola to date it seems.

City will be very interesting indeed.

I'm reading it back now, and the fact that I was saying it a couple of months after their 2011 treble, when he was first pissing about with a 3-4-3 and somehow winning without defenders against all footballing logic... I'm like Christian Bale in The Big Short.

[John]

Turning Javi Martinez into a defender (having previously just sidelined him) is probably the worst thing 'Pep' has done at Bayern. He was pretty much the best midfielder in Europe during their treble season.

He was a centre back dying to be a midfielder at Bilbao. It's why he left.


Pep had one forward who could carry a team, Enrique has three. Enrique has also coached and made big decisions well.

Before Pep came along, nobody had put such an extreme emphasis on possession. 85% and the like over 90 minutes was unheard of. (There were more subtle parts to their game too of course.) Whether or not you think he fully deserves his trophies, he has been one of the greatest innovators in football.

'Pep' also had a peak of his powers Xavi and Iniesta in the middle.

Do you honestly think no manager had thought to keep the ball as much as possible before? His team were just better at it than anyone else, because they had the best player ever and two of the best passers ever to pop it around. There's no innovation in doing what everyone else is trying to do better than they can do it.

[Pepe]

The backtracking. :drool:

[niko_cee]

Pep had one forward who could carry a team, Enrique has three. Enrique has also coached and made big decisions well.

Before Pep came along, nobody had put such an extreme emphasis on possession. 85% and the like over 90 minutes was unheard of. (There were more subtle parts to their game too of course.) Whether or not you think he fully deserves his trophies, he has been one of the greatest innovators in football.


In 1872, the 11 Queen's Park players who made up the Scotland national side looked at the England team they were about to face in the first international fixture and decided they had to try something out of the ordinary. England were over a stone a man heavier and given the head-down charging that characterised the early game, that was a significant advantage. What Scotland had to do, it was decided, was to keep the ball away from England, to deny them possession and thus control the game.

I just googled innovators of high possession football and got that snipit from a 2012 grauniad shitpiece.

The personnel in Guardiola's Barcelona side were almost beyond reproach, and universal mook Frank Rijkaard was donning things with a (perhaps) lesser bunch a few years earlier.

If you want to have a 'philosophy' I don't know how compatible it is with modern day mega-clubs, where winning (and all the uncontrollable details that go into that) is paramount, and the arbiter of success.

It's not like he invented a diablo tictac.

[CJay]

Or Indoctrin's 4-4-2.

[Boydy]

"Hit" is a massive exaggeration, but I still hope they fry the cunt.

Have a night off from the vitriol.

[Boydy]

Pep was a great innovator at Barca because no teams had ever thought to be so good at football before.

[Giggles]

Have a night off from the vitriol.

What now? I'm the only one doesn't think it was murder.

[John]

Queen's Park are a bit of a curiosity. They've resolved to always remain an amateur club and their motto is 'play for the sake of it', but they play in a fifty odd thousand seater stadium and play in the professional leagues.

[Lewis]

I was even saying that 'The Little Genius' as a striker made them easier to beat when he was slamming in ten a week against Real Chorizo. I should be their manager.

[Reg]

universal mook Frank Rijkaard was donning things with a (perhaps) lesser bunch a few years earlier..
Irrelevant when we're discussing the way they played.


Do you honestly think no manager had thought to keep the ball as much as possible before? His team were just better at it than anyone else, because they had the best player ever and two of the best passers ever to pop it around. There's no innovation in doing what everyone else is trying to do better than they can do it.
He was the one to develop the methods to actually make that football possible, so he was the innovator.

[niko_cee]

Pass and move, it's the catalan groove.

Total football.

[Boydy]

What now? I'm the only one doesn't think it was murder.

It was the 'I still hope they fry the cunt' part. Every post from you at the moment just seems to be dripping in negativity and hatred for something or someone.

[Magic]

It was the 'I still hope they fry the cunt' part. Every post from you at the moment just seems to be dripping in negativity and hatred for something or someone.

Take no notice of him. It's better to ignore disgusting comments like that.

[Pleb]

Has BT shown an English side in Europe on Showcase this season or am I getting a little bit mad?

[Giggles]

Take no notice of him. It's better to ignore disgusting comments like that.


:D I hope that's ironic you liveleak junkie cunt.

[Reg]

Has BT shown an English side in Europe on Showcase this season or am I getting a little bit mad?
Think they always go with the foreign sides

[Giggles]

It was the 'I still hope they fry the cunt' part. Every post from you at the moment just seems to be dripping in negativity and hatred for something or someone.

Fry in ban terms. Are you related to him or something? Should I like him? Should I like everyone?

Also, "dripping". Wind the melodrama back a little.

[Pleb]

Think they always go with the foreign sides
I just seem to remember that they promised at least one English side to be shown at least once per season including the finals.

Must be me though.

[niko_cee]

I dislike Simeone as much as the next sane person, but you have to admit a certain begrudging respect. Another European Cup final with Fernando fucking Torres in tow this time, missing penalties galore. Could be up for his second European Cup winners medal and all. Dear god.

[Magic]

Sorry who could dislike Simeone? He reminds me of the Ugly in Good, Bad, Ugly. He's South American level 1000.

Oh, Beckham/England? I like him even more.

[Boydy]

Fry in ban terms. Are you related to him or something? Should I like him? Should I like everyone?

Also, "dripping". Wind the melodrama back a little.

I know it was in ban terms. I'm not related to him, no. You don't have to like him. You don't have to like everyone.

Everything just seems to be cunt this and fuck that with you recently. You seem to hate more people/teams in football than you do actually get any enjoyment out of it. All the loathing can't be good for your blood pressure either.

If it's me telling you to cheer up, there must be something wrong.

[GS]

Simeone has just knocked 'Barca, mate' and 'Bayern, mate' out of the European Cup in successive ties by playing tactically superb football and getting a team of less gifted individuals (relatively speaking) to sacrifice their egos, belt around the pitch and put the team first. If Ronaldo didn't spend half his life throwing a strop when the rest of his team mates don't pass the ball to him he might have mustered more than one league title in seven years, the massive wanker.

Simeone is great. He's one of those managers who is perfect for the club he's at, though. He'd probably be shit somewhere else. It's also great to see that you can't just go and buy a world class front three for nine figures aggregated and walk through ties. He has Fernando fucking Torres up front, for fuck sake. Hail to the chief.

[Lee]

Pep as an innovator is overblown. He has been a very good coach but he has only tried taking Michels/Cruyff football to its logical next stage. More emphasis on possession than those two but having Xavi, Iniesta and Messi at his disposal was the reason that was possible. And without somebody like Messi to make and score the goals his style of football was really boring. Look at the state of the Spanish World Cup winning team. Lauded by everybody but they were boring as fuck,

Anyway, fuck possession.

[GS]

Pep as an innovator is overblown. He has been a very good coach but he has only tried taking Michels/Cruyff football to its logical next stage. More emphasis on possession than those two but having Xavi, Iniesta and Messi at his disposal was the reason that was possible. And without somebody like Messi to make and score the goals his style of football was really boring. Look at the state of the Spanish World Cup winning team. Lauded by everybody but they were boring as fuck,

Anyway, fuck possession.

I think Guardiola three years into Barca was looking like a serious candidate for TOP, TOP level status. He's mucked it up a bit since there, largely because he seems to have got too clever for his own good - why can you not just play players where they're supposed to play, you cunt? But Barca 2008-2011 were fucking special.

[Giggles]

I know it was in ban terms. I'm not related to him, no. You don't have to like him. You don't have to like everyone.

Everything just seems to be cunt this and fuck that with you recently. You seem to hate more people/teams in football than you do actually get any enjoyment out of it. All the loathing can't be good for your blood pressure either.

If it's me telling you to cheer up, there must be something wrong.

It's fine, a little under normal truth be told but nothing to worry about.
To be honest an awful lot of football is just wankery about individuals rather than teams and it's all heading down the shitter so there's not a bit pile to like. The Leicester thing has been fun but there's not going to be anything to top that and it's all getting incredibly boring. I think my own time on this shithouse is aligning with my waning interest too.

[Giggles]

Simeone has just knocked 'Barca, mate' and 'Bayern, mate' out of the European Cup in successive ties by playing tactically superb football and getting a team of less gifted individuals (relatively speaking) to sacrifice their egos, belt around the pitch and put the team first. If Ronaldo didn't spend half his life throwing a strop when the rest of his team mates don't pass the ball to him he might have mustered more than one league title in seven years, the massive wanker.

Simeone is great. He's one of those managers who is perfect for the club he's at, though. He'd probably be shit somewhere else. It's also great to see that you can't just go and buy a world class front three for nine figures aggregated and walk through ties. He has Fernando fucking Torres up front, for fuck sake. Hail to the chief.

Bayern and Barca 'mate' have been replaced for a few years now by 'Atleti mate', so fuck that theory.

[Lee]

I think Guardiola three years into Barca was looking like a serious candidate for TOP, TOP level status. He's mucked it up a bit since there, largely because he seems to have got too clever for his own good - why can you not just play players where they're supposed to play, you cunt? But Barca 2008-2011 were fucking special.

They were, but how much of that was down to him is questionable. He was brilliant there, but look at the players he had. How could he not be brilliant?

[GS]

They were, but how much of that was down to him is questionable. He was brilliant there, but look at the players he had. How could he not be brilliant?

I don't disagree, but Rijkaard had the same players and they were, relatively speaking, a bit shit the previous year. The 5-0 when they swept Mourinho's Madrid aside was excellent. I also saw that team live a month before when they took Panathinaikos apart and it was football from a different planet.

[John Arne]

I just seem to remember that they promised at least one English side to be shown at least once per season including the finals.

Must be me though.

I'm sure Arsenal were on a couple of months ago. Could be wrong.

[Spoonsky]

Bayern and Barca 'mate' have been replaced for a few years now by 'Atleti mate', so fuck that theory.

It's different. 'Atleti mate' is for contrarians like Waff or for the sort of hipsters that buy Dortmund jerseys in America. 'Barca mate' is for dinguses like Foe.

[bruhnaldo]

or for the sort of hipsters that buy Dortmund jerseys in America.

I've never even once seen a Dortmund jersey, have you? This intrigues me.

[Pepe]

Can't wait for the Leicester tricots to begin popping out.

[Giggles]

Can't wait for the Leicester tricots to begin popping out.

Seen a good few US folk on Twitter sporting them since around Christmas.

Only thing is though that kids don't really do teams any more (they 'support' Messi) so you won't have the situation in 20 years of poor people stuck like Blackburn duped so many in the '90s.

[Kikó]

Don't worry. They'll end up supporting Spurs.

[Reg]

Why are they playing Toure... 15 yards of space for Kroos.

[John]

Kompany is finished. 'Pep' needs to bin him and buy Godin.

[John]

Toure looks about three stone overweight and even more of an ambling twat than usual.

[Lee]

That's fucking awful defending.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Man City are going to get shafted here.

Christ knows how that went in.

[John Arne]

Bottler is generally overused, however, Navas is such a massive bottler. He'll always play the easy ball and always shirk responsilbility.

[Reg]

I think he's just not very good.

[Davgooner]

Anyone got a decent stream for the City game?

[CJay]

Same can be said for most of the City squad. Their recruitment over the last 2 or 3 seasons has been dreadful.

[CJay]

Anyone got a decent stream for the City game?


RTE2 with a proxy. :thbup:

[Weaver]

Toure looks about three stone overweight and even more of an ambling twat than usual.

I think I've seen him touch the ball twice and other than that, he's just jogging very slowly.

I can't imagine it'll be long before Ihenacho comes on.

[Reg]

CJay Agreed, they've really failed to build on the title wins. They also just don't seem that arsed in lots of league games.

[John Arne]

If you want the full Chelsea strip, including "premium" shirt, with name, numbering and Premier League logo, it will set you back £145.

Well done, Chelsea.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

John Terry was happy paying for it.

[Giggles]

If you want the full Chelsea strip, including "premium" shirt, with name, numbering and Premier League logo, it will set you back £145.

Well done, Chelsea.

Seen a Tweet earlier comparing the £101 Chelsea shirt to a £104 Bayern Munich season ticket. Is that right? Where are the seats for a £104 season ticket, Berlin?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Seen a Tweet earlier comparing the £101 Chelsea shirt to a £104 Bayern Munich season ticket. Is that right? Where are the seats for a £104 season ticket, Berlin?
In the standing section I'd imagine.

[Reg]

Slam dunk from Ronaldo. :D

[John Arne]

City to score a 93rd minute equaliser here, and unleash the Real seeth.

KDB has been garbage.

[CJay]

This is one of the most woeful 'goal-chasing' performances I've ever seen. Dreadful. No pace, no pressure.

Real Madrid have been terrible too.

[Giggles]

What was the first leg?

[Jeet]

Toure should never play for the club again after his joke performance today. Gave no shit at all.

This made me :D

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[Reg]

This is the worst lot of semi-finalists in quite some time I think.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Is there a way to see all the match stats on the BBC Football site rather than this minute by minute summary and fuck all else?

[CJay]

Toure should never play for the club again after his joke performance today. Gave no shit at all.

Both Aguero and De Bruyne have been worse. I want to know how many times they've lost possession tonight.

[Max Power]

Not sure about Aguero in this holding midfield position tbh

[Reg]

Pep's told him to get used to it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a dogshit game.

Hamez falling over there summed it up well.

[Andy]

If you want the full Chelsea strip, including "premium" shirt, with name, numbering and Premier League logo, it will set you back £145.

Well done, Chelsea.

Fair play to them. If you're the sort of cunt that wants a premium shirt with badges and a name on the back you deserve to get fleeced. Football would be a far better place if all clubs took the same approach.

[CJay]

That was terrible.

[Andy]

Toure is utterly pointless in this sort of game.

[Reg]

Fair play to them. If you're the sort of cunt that wants a premium shirt with badges and a name on the back you deserve to get fleeced. Football would be a far better place if all clubs took the same approach.
Damn all those people! With their clothes! Don't they know what they're doing to our game!

[Max Power]

What an utterly limp effort that was from City. Madrid weren;t much better but at least they have some tidy midfielders. Dull tie.

[Magic]

Glad I missed that. Hopefully now Atletico fuck them.

[Davgooner]

Never looked like doing anything in either leg. Wankers.

[Andy]

Damn all those people! With their clothes! Don't they know what they're doing to our game!

Don't even get me started on grown men wearing about four different layers underneath their shirts. :mad:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Even when I was a dreaming teenager I never wanted a football shirt. Why would you? The material's horrid and you look like a twat.

[Vim]

Well you're not exactly going to wear a suit and tie for a kickabout. There's an Indian bloke here who always came to football wearing a button down shirt and khakis, looked comical.

You've got to be cynical as fuck to dislike football fans wearing football shirts.

[CJay]

Yeah, they're literally only good for playing football in. My most recent shirt is Liverpool's 07/08 effort, I think. Still does me fine.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I like the sound of the Indian bloke.

[Magic]

I quite happily still wear football shirts. It's definitely a finger up to the wife.

[Vim]

Last shirt I bought is a knockoff Italy Pirlo shirt, a friend of mine gets them sent over from Thailand or something. It doesn't look much like the original but I don't care. I haven't gotten an original current year shirt in probably six years, when I got a Hertha shirt as souvenir from Berlin.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The last one I bought was the AON one with a white collar and Chicharito on the back :cool:

It's about two sizes too small for me now.

American Football shirts are better anyway, I need to buy a new one.

[Lewis]

If you're over thirteen you probably shouldn't be wearing them, and if you're fat then fucking hell. I'm not even having that they're good to play football in, seeing as whatever technological boasts the fabrics make for themselves will have no effect on anybody playing casually.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If you're over thirteen you probably shouldn't be wearing them, and if you're fat then fucking hell. I'm not even having that they're good to play football in, seeing as whatever technological boasts the fabrics make for themselves will have no effect on anybody playing casually.

That's why American football shirts are better. When this guy is playing, you're fine:

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/usatsi_8027249.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/k4A6CaH.jpg?1

http://emptynetsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jared-lorenzen-gif.gif

A true American hero.

[Vim]

That's a river monster alright.

[Pepe]

If you're over thirteen you probably shouldn't be wearing them, and if you're fat then fucking hell. I'm not even having that they're good to play football in, seeing as whatever technological boasts the fabrics make for themselves will have no effect on anybody playing casually.

The only 'technology' they have is being made of polyester, which does come in handy. Cotton just gets soaked with sweat.

[Pepe]

The last one I bought was the AON one with a white collar and Chicharito on the back :cool:

I have the same one. :cool:

It's a knockoff obviously, so the fit around the neck is atrocious and the letter started peeling off the first time I stared at the thing. Still. :cool:

[ItalAussie]

That's why American football shirts are better. When this guy is playing, you're fine:

A true American hero.

Do people have "pickup" games of American football? Like in the park?

It seems so structured, that getting a bunch of mates down and having a throwaround would be a difficult thing to do.

[Jimmy Floyd]

According to films it's mainly used for doomed father/son bonding sessions.

[Ian]

Do people have "pickup" games of American football? Like in the park?

It seems so structured, that getting a bunch of mates down and having a throwaround would be a difficult thing to do.

If TV/films aren't lying to me they do and just don't worry about the linemen.

[Kikó]

I hadn't had a chance to mention it yet but haha City :)

Just need Liverpool to do their best now.

[Baz]

Just tried to watch the highlights from last night but even those were boring.

[Raoul Duke]

Joe Cole has joined something called the 'Tampa Bay Rowdies', which I think is the name of the bad guys gang from The Goonies?

Atletico vs. Real should be tasty. Even though Simeone is a swine, I'd probably rather they won it than Real. Might as well have someone new on the trophy before Leicester's decade of dominance begins...

[Vim]

I've played a couple of 2v2/3v3 American football games.

[Baz]

What are we all expecting/hoping for from tonight's games?

A Liverpool/Shakhtar final would be best, I reckon, but I honestly expect it to be the other two.

[John Arne]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChtfdYFW0AESv4a.png

[Magic]

Dece game this Shaktar Sevilla one.

[Shindig]

Milner can Lallana should be a sentence.

[Magic]

Also lol @ a war torn country having such a good team.

[Raoul Duke]

Is there a sweepstake for what minute Sturridge will get subbed off injured?

[Magic]

So I think I was watching the highlights. :D

[Baz]

So I think I was watching the highlights. :DYeah. It's only just kicked off.

First leg was 2-2 and featured a very good injury.

[Magic]

Sturridge is just a massive cunt, isn't he? Hopefully he either has a horrific injury and never plays again or...just that really. CUNT.

Edit: suck on that vitriol, Boyd.

Edit 2: :moop:

[Boydy]

That wasn't a freekick, the keeper fell over the top of his own man.

[Magic]

Marcelino is tiny. :D

He reminds me of David Acaveda.

[Gray Fox]

It really does turn to all out panic if someone gets in behind Emre Can. Can see them scoring before long.

[Waffdon]

So I think I was watching the highlights. :D

Hahahahaha, you utter mong.

[Magic]

I thought it was an early kick off. :(

[Magic]

I love Firmy. He looks like he should be on Liveleak mowing down undercover cops in Brasilia.

[five time]

Lol at Soldado. Was he like this at Spurs?

[Gray Fox]

Spaniards are getting feisty here.

EDIT: Sturridge has been infuriating so far.

[Boydy]

Get Benteke on for the second half. This lot can't deal with crosses.

[Magic]

DRAMATIC 90th minute sucker punch by Villareal to break the murderers hearts.

[Boydy]

Milner's been brilliant tonight but his corners are still terrible.

[Magic]

Kloppy is seething. :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

Soldado is another one for the knacker's yard.

Sevilla actually pissing into the final. Classic. They are wank really too.

[Boydy]

Think I just came in my pants at that turn by Firmino.

[Magic]

Firmy. :drool:

[Boydy]

Why have Villareal employed the Hoff to give their oncoming substitutes a pep talk?

[Boydy]

Areola has made quite a tit of himself tonight. Eh? EH?!

[John]

Marcelino is tiny. :D

He reminds me of David Acaveda.

He looks nothing like him.

Lord John Marbury from The West Wing is his lookalike.

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1575301761/John_Marbury__The_Wake_Up_Call.png

[Gray Fox]

That makes things interesting.

[Magic]

They've dicked this lot but shit it against crap Premiership sides?

[Baz]

Is Areola first choice ahead of Asenjo? Crazy.

[Magic]

Bonera. :cool:

Must be about 38 now?

[Magic]

Just read RAWK. Fucking lol.

[Magic]

Klopp. :D

What a hero.

[Magic]

Sorry for all the posts but absolutely lolling at Spuds writing this off for the league. :harold:

[Magic]

Lol @ Jake suggesting Liverpool fans turning up to the final ticketless...

:uhoh:

[Shindig]

Sevilla have made this competition their own but I wouldn't begrudge a Liverpool win.

[Giggles]

Hope the walls are strong in Basel.

[phonics]

That's disgusting and fuck off with that shit Giggles. Will it be pictures of airplanes in the FA Cup Final thread?

[Giggles]

That's disgusting and fuck off with that shit Giggles. Will it be pictures of airplanes in the FA Cup Final thread?

Why? Because the self righteous cunts have conveniently wiped the event from their history? No planes though, Utd are sound.

Also, 'disgusting' :D Fuck right off.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think phonics was more disgusted by the idea that Swiss wall builders aren't Europe's finest.

[Shindig]

Hooliganism in 2016 the preserve of Italians, mate. All the Russian ones are fighting in Ukraine.

[Boydy]

Areola has made quite a tit of himself tonight. Eh? EH?!

Nothing.

I'm too good for this place.

[Magic]

Nothing.

I'm too good for this place.

Sorry mate only penis worms and dead scouse jokes wash on here.

[Lewis]

The other day I was reading that thread where we had the Only Fools and Horses theme on the go and thinking that we're the best forum in the world.

[Yevrah]

Taking the Europa League seriousy. Klopp. :cool:

[GS]

It's always worth taking seriously if you shit your way to the latter stages, but it's never going to be a priority in the group stage. That said, we had to start taking it seriously earlier than usual because it was United and you can't fuck that game off.

Thought we played excellently. It'd be nice to win this, as we've lost three of our last four finals and getting into the CL after this shite would be MASSIVE.

I do think this plus the league cup run reinforces that we were quite right binning Benny Rodgers off, mind.

[Boydy]

I do think this plus the league cup run reinforces that we were quite right binning Benny Rodgers off, mind.

Is that even open to questioning any more?

[GS]

Is that even open to questioning any more?

Lewis, probably.

[Boydy]

Yeah but he thinks Leicester winning the league wasn't even that big a deal.

[Lewis]

Between 'Pep Watch' and my backing for clubs that sack their shit managers, I'm basically untouchable as far as these sort of verdicts go, so let's wait and see.

[Baz]

Between 'Pep Watch' and my backing for clubs that sack their shit managers, I'm basically untouchable as far as these sort of verdicts go, so let's wait and see.But who will win the 6:45 at Nottingham?

https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/13119784_10153692807304912_4460663179768373147_o.j pg

[Kikó]

Alnashama.

Anyway, viva Seville. Where's the final?

[Magic]

I was lolling at LvG appointment when Lewis was giving it BUT BARCELONA. So fuck him.

[John Arne]

Alnashama.

Anyway, viva Seville. Where's the final?

Basel. 9,000 tickets for each team :face:

[Davgooner]

OX is OUT of the Euros. Shocking as I never saw it coming.

[Lewis]

I was lolling at LvG appointment when Lewis was giving it BUT BARCELONA. So fuck him.

It was a three year project, so I can cash out if they sack him.

Go for Sarmadee, Baz.

[Mazuuurk]

This is going to be the first time (?) that the EURO cup final will actually be more interesting than the Champions League final. To me at least.

[Kikó]

Basel. 9,000 tickets for each team :face:

12 quid an Amstel pint. It'll be great.

On the theme of 12, that's the 12th European final for Liverpool. Pretty impressive (poxy United only at 6 but the conversion rate is well better (4 from 6))

[Jimmy Floyd]

It would be more for United if Manchester were so magical a city.

Speaking of final records, Sevilla's is 4 finals, 4 wins. 5 in 11 years would be taking the piss.

[niko_cee]

On the theme of 12, that's the 12th European final for Liverpool. Pretty impressive (poxy United only at 6 but the conversion rate is well better (4 from 6))

8/11 > 4/6

[Adramelch]

It would be more for United if Manchester were so magical a city.

Speaking of final records, Sevilla's is 4 finals, 4 wins. 5 in 11 years would be taking the piss.

4 in 10 was already taking the piss to be honest. But 3 titles back to back would also be taking the piss (in an even more extreme way).

[Kikó]

8/11 > 4/6

We've only lost the two finals mate. [/mathsignoretheconversionratestuff]

[Spoonsky]

I have two tests on the day of the final, which is a shame, but DVR is a magical thing.

[Magic]

Not the same as live, mate.

[Spoonsky]

I know.

[Pepe]

It's just a tape recorder with a clock mate.

[Magic]

Flunk your exams so you can come on here and post live during the game like the rest of us. I'm afraid that's bants you simply don't want to miss.

[Pepe]

Mod your TI-89 so you can watch live from the exam.

[Magic]

Why don't you just pause the exam so you can watch the match live?

[Lewis]

8/11 > 4/6

0 > 39

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Spoon should be banned if he goes to fucking exams instead of the final.

What a fanny.

[niko_cee]

0 > 39

Apart from anything else, I think that's technically incorrect.

[Lewis]

I've done my best here. But if you say that I had to win the Champions League, then I have failed. Go ahead and write that I have failed.

Righto, lad. The context of that was him moaning about the 'Bayern Mole', which leaked to the press that he went mental and blamed the medical staff (again) because they couldn't get Arjen Robben fit. M-M-M-M-MELTDOWN! He's another Jose Mourinhoing away from coaching Sunday league and flashing people.