Weekend Football Thread 6th-9th

[CJay]

The RTE commentators have just gone on for a full minute about Isco's goal before realising it was called for offside. Buffon had already taken the free kick before they noticed.

Juve could have had three already. There'll be plenty more goals in this one.

[-james-]

Bayern are absolutely awful. Liverpool are winning this thing.

[SincereTheRebel]

It sets a dangerous precedent.

Shearar is now claiming that he has had 9 goals that were scored but not given.
https://twitter.com/alanshearer/status/984106645268652032?s=21

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oh my.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ronaldo :lol:

[Magic]

Fuck I was going to put a bet on Juve.

[phonics]

I just freaked out because I had gone away at half time and thought Juve had scored a third instead of simple punditry.

[Magic]

Jesus CHRIST.

[phonics]

Ronaldo to score one now to absolutely shit on the party.

[Bernanke]

Ronaldo to score one now to absolutely shit on the party.

And cement the fact that he's better than Messi.

[John]

This is terrific.

[phonics]

And cement the fact that he's better than Messi.

Because I don't want to steal a joke:

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[Baz]

Harry Kane’s got another.

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[-james-]

Need Peter Drury subbed in here really.

[Bernanke]

If Buffon wins this entire thing. :happycry:

[Magic]

If Buffon wins this entire thing. :happycry:

Should I cash out on my bet I made in 1993 that he'd never win the CL?

[John]

If Buffon wins it on his way out the door they amend the entrance criteria for stadiums to include a plaque in his honour.

[Magic]

James Richardson writing up his new Golazzo contract.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I made a bet in 1971 that Zinedine Zidane would win three CLs in a row as a coach, utterly seething.

[Dquincy]

Bet......

[Giggles]

:drool:

Buffon's end not quite as glorious.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bullshit.

[John]

Oof.

[Magic]

Oliver. :lol:

No wonder no English refs going to WC.

[Giggles]

This delay is too long, he's gonna miss.


EDIT: Or not. That's how you take one :cool:

[CJay]

Looked a very soft penalty to me.

[Magic]

Cheating cunts.

[John]

Michael Owen pulling out 'I probably think...' now. :D

[Dquincy]

Probably was a pen.

[Lewis]

lol at Buffon.

[Magic]

He is poison. What an absolute fucking clown.

'At least he won't miss the semi final!'

What a thick cunt.

[Giggles]

Ronaldo has big man sized balls.

[Foe]

Real Madrid spent all game trying to win free kicks going down under no / little contact.

Was obvious since the start and the ref just let it slide.

We're spending far too often talking about refs these days. Michael Oliver hasn't coped well tonight.

[Dquincy]

1 English
1 German
1 Italian
1 Spanish

Nicely set up.

[niko_cee]

Nothing beats seeing Juve getting fucked over, even if the beneficiary is the other great evil of world football.

Ital doing his finest Steve Smith impression into his Weetbix no doubt.

[Dquincy]

Real Madrid spent all game trying to win free kicks going down under no / little contact.

Was obvious since the start and the ref just let it slide.

We're spending far too often talking about refs these days. Michael Oliver hasn't coped well tonight.

You think it wasn't a pen?

[John]

Lineker on the draw there. 'It can't take them an hour to show four balls, can it?'

It's just taken Ronaldo an hour and a half to put two on display.

[Giggles]

Clear penalty when you see it back.

[Waffdon]

Messi hasn’t scored in his last ten Quarter Finals whilst Ronaldo now has fifteen. He’s also scored in eleven consecutive matches. Lol.

[Kikó]

Why couldn't Buffon have laid out Oliver and just ended it there? He's such a weasel of a man.

The Madrid insurance is good for the world.

[niko_cee]

Juve insurance would probably have been better for that purpose.

[Magic]

Why couldn't Buffon have laid out Oliver and just ended it there? He's such a weasel of a man.

The Madrid insurance is good for the world.

I was hoping for a Zidane moment.

[Lewis]

That Wolves goal is incredible. If someone did that in an important match you would see it every few days until you died.

[Foe]

You think it wasn't a pen?

If that much contact is a pen, we should have ten or fifteen a game.

But Real Madrid (any most 'elite' European football teams) are now using that extensively.

[Giggles]

That Wolves goal is incredible. If someone did that in an important match you would see it every few days until you died.

Absolutely unreal hit.

[CJay]

I’m with Foe.

[Giggles]

I’m with Foe.

You don't like Madrid either?

[Dquincy]

Interesting that the two homosexuals of the board are sticking together on this one.

[Giggles]

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Note - this 'hold my beer' thing is a big bag of wank, but it was the first one came up in a search.

[Magic]

That Wolves goal is incredible. If someone did that in an important match you would see it every few days until you died.

They are also cheats and he's a top 6 PL player.

[CJay]

You don't like Madrid either?

Not fussed on either team. Just seemed very soft.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Harry Kane thing is lol. Completely destroyed his reputation over absolutely fuck all.

[Foe]

You don't like Madrid either?

I own more Real Madrid shirts than Newcastle shirts. I own zero juventus shirts. I was neutral in both this game and the Liverpool city game last night and both are tainted by dodgy decisions in my view. At a quarter final stage of the biggest club tournament, that's not good enough.

VAR would've caught one, but that one requires a change in stance by the leadership in football to be stronger in tackling diving and attempted deception of refs.

Deception of the referee is a legitimate tactic these days. Forget the 4-1-4-1 diablo, this is the real winner.

[Magic]

The Harry Kane thing is lol. Completely destroyed his reputation over absolutely fuck all.

His reputation of being an eloquent, charming intelligent man?

[Giggles]

The Harry Kane thing is lol. Completely destroyed his reputation over absolutely fuck all.

Between the wages he's on and stuff like this, whoever is advising him must be as big a mong as he looks.

[Giggles]

I own more Real Madrid shirts than Newcastle shirts. I own zero juventus shirts. I was neutral in both this game and the Liverpool city game last night and both are tainted by dodgy decisions in my view. At a quarter final stage of the biggest club tournament, that's not good enough.

VAR would've caught one, but that one requires a change in stance by the leadership in football to be stronger in tackling diving and attempted deception of refs.

Deception of the referee is a legitimate tactic these days. Forget the 4-1-4-1 diablo, this is the real winner.

Always has been. I've long been an advocate of just embracing it as a skill of being a footballer.

[Kikó]

It's not destroyed his reputation.

[randomlegend]

The fuck are you on about foe, that was a stonewall penalty.

[Foe]

Always has been. I've long been an advocate of just embracing it as a skill of being a footballer.

Fuck that.

I'd rather watch American football these days. There's still some dodgy decisions, but that's because of humans ultimately making them.

[Dquincy]

With Giggles. It's part and parcel of football. And VAR wouldn't have necessarily changed the penalty decision in the Madrid game. Something like that will always be subjective, regardless of VAR.

[Magic]

The fuck are you on about foe, that was a stonewall penalty.

Shut up you dramatic queen cunt.

[niko_cee]

"Tainted"

:harold:

[Foe]

The fuck are you on about foe, that was a stonewall penalty.

I respectfully disagree. There's contact, as shown by the super slow mo, that isn't a foul to me.

There's ten times more contact than that in every corner. I still don't understand how Vasquez feet react in the way they do. He sort of flicks them up. Not for me.

But hey, what do I know.

[randomlegend]

He jumped into the back of him and pushed him over. He almost certainly would have scored otherwise.

https://a.pomfe.co/ouxwy.mp4

I can't remember how to embed this (or if it's possible) but you can see Buffon almost losing it and knocking him out - then winding himself in - about 5 times at the end of that clip. It's amazing.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, that's a pen. Hands in back, comes through the man. What a twat.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Definite pen and Buffon should get the book thrown at him for that approach to the referee. Hopefully never plays again.

[Foe]

That neves goal is ridiculous by the way. Flicking it up for himself on the volley - who does that?

Just miscontrol it and snatch at it like a normal person you twat.

Amazing finish.

[phonics]

Go out with your head held high

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[Lewis]

That reads like an early-nineties wrestling promo.

[CJay]

That trash can line is superb. :D

Juve should get hit very hard for their reaction.

[Bernanke]

Buffon quote after Juve - Roma 3:2 of 2014: "Complaining about the referee is what losers do. At Juventus we can't do that".

:rosebud:

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's absolutely embarrassing and pathetic. That quote is proper Partridge as well.

[Dquincy]

Hopefully never plays again.

:lol:

You utter nobhead.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's only got about 6 games left anyway and should get banned for all of them.

EDIT: Why have you edited in 'you utter nobhead'? You're a proper nasty little shit.

[randomlegend]

Some of the stuff that gets thrown around on here and you're calling him "proper nasty" for calling you a nobhead :D

[niko_cee]

EDIT: Why have you edited in 'you utter nobhead'? You're a proper nasty little shit.

You can't come up with that sort of incisive wit in one attempt.

[Mazuuurk]

"Arsenal have a philosophy and have stuck to it for a long time, for many years, regardless of their record," he said.

"If they are losing or winning they still play to make supporters and fans happy. When you act like this, trying to cheer up the supporters, you can have some problems in the defence."


Happy indeed :harold:

[Magic]

Some of the stuff that gets thrown around on here and you're calling him "proper nasty" for calling you a nobhead :D

It's the fact he edited just to put an insult in.

EDIT: Vile little headache cunt.

[Spikey M]

Real men use a follow up post.

[Spikey M]

Beef Wellington denying cunts.

[phonics]

When's the draw? I need Ronaldo to knock out Liverpool ASAP.

[Magic]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6_eBzQeVwMY/UcVnSAiDd6I/AAAAAAAABiw/U_FXoeR72YE/s640/1707399_w2.jpg

[-james-]

I can understand Buffon losing his cool in the moment and getting sent off, but doubling down and calling Rt. Hon Michael Oliver names for hours afterwards is sheer lol.

[Magic]

He should send him daily abusive letters but in that wonderful Italian flairy way.

Dear Michael,

You are the son of a thousand whores, and you probably drive a Vauxhall.

Regards,
Gigi

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can understand Buffon losing his cool in the moment and getting sent off, but doubling down and calling Rt. Hon Michael Oliver names for hours afterwards is sheer lol.

And the whole team/staff also producing variances on the theme.

I suppose they're not used to refs playing fair.

[igor_balis]

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novi novi novi novi good

[Spoonsky]

That was a brilliant end, really unforgettable. If the penalty had been saved would have been next level.

Also, in eight years I can't remember once seeing Jimmy as angry as Buffon/quincy has made him here.

[mugbull]

Jimmy’s been getting angry a lot more often recently

[Spikey M]

It’s all the work he’s been doing with the salt of the earth.

[Giggles]

Picking up bad habits :drool:

I didn't think he could be improved, but I like this angle.

[Pepe]

Jimmy always sides with authority. That's why he loved Korea so much.

[randomlegend]

Picking up bad habits :drool:

I didn't think he could be improved, but I like this angle.

Stroke the shaft, massage the balls, swallow the gravy.

[Giggles]

Stroke the shaft, massage the balls, swallow the gravy.

And the new anger will only make the gravy all the tastier.

[randomlegend]

I believe that's pineapple, not anger.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Spoon will remember I was seething just as hard about that Suarez handball in 2010. I hate cheating, sneaky cunts and entitlement, and Juventus basically embodies all three.

[Raoul Duke]

Spoon will remember I was seething just as hard about that Suarez handball in 2010. I hate cheating, sneaky cunts and entitlement, and Juventus basically embodies all three.

Brexit, mate

[Magic]

:lol:

[Giggles]

Does another one get Moscow through? :drool:

[Spoonsky]

Spoon will remember I was seething just as hard about that Suarez handball in 2010. I hate cheating, sneaky cunts and entitlement, and Juventus basically embodies all three.

You'll notice I said eight years - that summer was the first time I ever posted on TTH. But yes, I just barely remember it, because I was following that game on here as there was no tv where I was.

[Magic]

Fuck off Red Bull.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The other thing with Buffon is it's properly cowardly. Buffon is a multi-millionaire superstar with legions of fanboys hanging on his every word. If he wants to have beef with Ronaldo or someone then fine, but going after a referee paid 1/10,000th of his salary and who was just doing his job (competently too) is properly low. Same goes for all his team mates and the club itself.

Won't someone think of the children.

[Magic]

Sad to see Lazio bowing out to Red Bull. Fuck football.

[Magic]

The other thing with Buffon is it's properly cowardly. Buffon is a multi-millionaire superstar with legions of fanboys hanging on his every word. If he wants to have beef with Ronaldo or someone then fine, but going after a referee paid 1/10,000th of his salary and who was just doing his job (competently too) is properly low. Same goes for all his team mates and the club itself.

Won't someone think of the children.

Do you carry toilet roll to wipe the near unabating flow of manure from your own entitled chops?

[Mazuuurk]

That was sweet from Welbeck throughout. Love that little turn he made.

He's had some proper touches this game, looks in good shape at the moment so will no doubt be borked soon.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I have a man who wipes it for me (commission based package).

[Magic]

I think we can all agree people who go shopping in their exercisewear can die immediately.

[John]

I'd give Salzburg an outside chance of winning this. They've put out Dortmund and Lazio now, who surely would have been two of the four favourites.

[Kikó]

Interesting (for me) that one of the guys who I follow on Twitter who is hot on doping in sport basically calls out Ronaldo as being on it. When you look at his physique (and Bale) it's not a very normal football healthy body.

Shame the only drug people care about in football is cocaine.

[phonics]

Jim has offered life bans to 40% of football at this point.

[randomlegend]

Interesting (for me) that one of the guys who I follow on Twitter who is hot on doping in sport basically calls out Ronaldo as being on it. When you look at his physique (and Bale) it's not a very normal football healthy body.

Shame the only drug people care about in football is cocaine.

Speaking as someone who knows literally nothing about it, Ronaldo seems less suspicious to me because his physique changed fairly steadily over a long period of time, which would seem to be the natural way of things. By all accounts he works for it like a mentalist.

[Kikó]

You're not yevrah, you're a doctor. Look at some of his pics and compare it with other professionals and body builders. Also consider how lean that body is and the intensity the sport he plays in. What would human growth hormones do to him?

[Magic]

We'll see if he gets cancer in 5 years' time.

[randomlegend]

You're not yevrah, you're a doctor. Look at some of his pics and compare it with other professionals and body builders. Also consider how lean that body is and the intensity the sport he plays in. What would human growth hormones do to him?

Yeah I was just making clear that the fact I've done a medical degree doesn't mean I think I know what I'm talking about with regards to doping, because I don't (beyond having a better understanding of basic physiology than average). It's an extremely niche 'field'.

EDIT: On the subject of his super low body fat %, people like super-long distance runners have a similarly fatless frame (although obviously less muscle-bulk).

I don't really know what's naturally possible.

[Lewis]

Ronaldo isn't unnaturally lean by footballer standards. It's just that everyone else looks skinny rather than jacked, and really he will only be carrying a few kilograms more of actual muscle mass than most others, which you can easily explain away with what are presumably mega genetics and his obsession with himself. 'Alexis' has a similar rig, but he's a manlet and doesn't show it off.

[Shindig]

He's the mid-life crisis without the crisis. I bet he still cries if you bring his dad up.

[phonics]

Arsenal - Atletico
Marseille - Salzburg

[SincereTheRebel]

Simeone will show you why he should be the next arsenal manager.

[niko_cee]

'Atleti' are wank, Ramsay and co will lol them off the park.

Hopefully we get Franco's mob.

[Lewis]

It's Arsenal - sorry - Arsene Wenger's to lose from here. Danny Welbeck will murder them.

[phonics]

Liverpool - Roma
Bayern - Madrid

[Smiffy]

Oh it's on. It's on.

[Mike]

Happy with that.

[Gray Fox]

Really dislike the home leg being first.

Hoping Klopp keeps everyone grounded. Can't go thinking Roma is an easy tie.

[Giggles]

Jammy cunts.

[niko_cee]

I'd have preferred either of the other two.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yeah. Bit of momentum behind Roma now. John Henry wasn't exactly doing back flips over the green monster when you professionally saw out a 3-0 first leg lead.

[-james-]

Liverpool will win the home leg 3-0. Beyond that, it's anybody's game.

[Mike]

Win the first leg, early goal in the second to see us through I think. Hopefully.

[Magic]

Would love nothing more than to see those bin dipping murderers go out 1-0 over two legs.

[Mazuuurk]

Athletico will murder Arsenal. Being at home first doesn't help either I think, having to go into the away tie with a 0-0 or a 0-1.

[Waffdon]

Has Simeone ever lost a European Semi Final? Atletico will piss it now Griezmann is back to form with Costa beside him.

[-james-]

Lost one last year.

I agree though, should be fairly straightforward.

[Waffdon]

Aye, thought that was the QF’s for some reason. 3/4 isn’t a bad record.

Having looked, he’s been knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid four years in a row until this season. Brutal. His record in the league against them is great too.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Arsenal easily. 1-0 win there, 3-0 here.

[Waffdon]

Atletico would be in the semis of the Champions League if they had Costa from the start. They’ll piss it.

[mugbull]

Atletico win this tie 8 times out of 10. Liverpool win theirs 9 times out of 10. It's pretty easy.

[Spikey M]

Liverpool should win, but Roma have beaten better teams to get to the Semi’s than Liverpool have. Better teams than Liverpool too.

[mugbull]

Teams (or players) that perform miracles and get a huge upset in one round, in any sport, in any knockout competition, almost universally play like shit in the next round

[Giggles]

Teams (or players) that perform miracles and get a huge upset in one round, in any sport, in any knockout competition, almost universally play like shit in the next round

It's going to be a really poor game then.

[mugbull]

Liverpool beating City wasn't a miracle...this was only the second time City had ever even been to the CL quarters in their history

How u gonna be favorites for something you have no pedigree in?

[mugbull]

I was talking about City in that post mate. But I'm not sure you appreciate just how much of a one-off game that Roma performance was. They've been so shit the past few months.

[Lewis]

Arsenal have United between the two 'Atleti' matches, so they can rest the full team knowing they would lose regardless. No bother. Wenger IN.