European Football - 15-17/03/2016

[Kikó]

Quinton Fortune is being readied.

[SvN]

I don't think I've ever disliked a United player as much as I do Fellaini

[Kikó]

At least Mourinho will be with us in the summer. It's the only fucking relief that this turd is ending in about 10 games.

[Magic]

All the scummers leaving early. :harold:

[Kikó]

Why wouldn't you? It's fucking garbage.

[Magic]

I've never left early. And by God I've seen some shite.

[SvN]

Rafael might've been injury prone, but he was a better player than all 3 right backs we currently have.

[Kikó]

It's a shame we sold him as we could have used him as the third sub.

[John Arne]

Balls. Fell asleep a few hours before kick off and have just woken up.

Have I missed much?

[Luke Emia]

What has happened to Lovren by the way? He actually looks capable at the minute.

[Reg]

SvN - It's like Rio said the other day:

"Di Maria, Nani, Evra, Welbeck, Chicharito, Evans, Fletcher, Rafael, Kagawa, I could go on and on. Are they worse than the players that was out there? They're better than that team there."

[Magic]

Where did Rafael go?

[Boydy]

Sakho's been a wall tonight.

[Kikó]

Hammering on the weekend then lose in the cup and agent van Gaal can retire happy. The useless Dutch cunt

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why don't they just sack him? Get Paul Parker (second mention tonight) and Clayton Blackmore in until the end of the season or something and make a decision.

[Lewis]

SvN - It's like Rio said the other day:

"Di Maria, Nani, Evra, Welbeck, Chicharito, Evans, Fletcher, Rafael, Kagawa, I could go on and on. Are they worse than the players that was out there? They're better than that team there."

Rafael was a don (pointless talking about Dire Maria), but let's not pretend that the rest of them weren't crap/done.

[Kikó]

Why don't they just sack him? Get Paul Parker (second mention tonight) and Clayton Blackmore in until the end of the season or something and make a decision.

Ed's like a deer in the headlights. Can't make a decision and give the Ferguson mob any power with Giggs as temporary manager. The incompetence is staggering.

[Reg]

I'd play all of them over the lot tonight.

[John Arne]

Rafael was a don (pointless talking about Dire Maria), but let's not pretend that the rest of them weren't crap/done.

Chicharito, Kagawa, Di Maria and Welbeck would definately start ahead of the current 11, I reckon.

[CJay]

Has Kagawa played much for Dortmund this season?

[Lewis]

Hernandez seems to be in a bit of form, but Kagawa did nothing for United, and Dire Maria didn't want to play for them. Which part of that do people still not understand? Ronaldo might have got a game tonight as well.

The rest of them. Jesus. Welbeck is shit; Evans was rubbish; Nani had had a million chances; Fletcher was past it; Evra hadn't defended since 2009.

[Kikó]

We could have the Barcelona team and it would still look pedestrian and shite with this manager.

[Toby]

When Fletcher left United he was on the verge of retiring because of chronic illness. I'm sure even he will be fairly surprised he's managed to return to playing regularly in the Premier League.

[CJay]

Hernandez seems to be in a bit of form, but Kagawa did nothing for United, and Dire Maria didn't want to play for them. Which part of that do people still not understand? Ronaldo might have got a game tonight as well.

The rest of them. Jesus. Welbeck is shit; Evans was rubbish; Nani had had a million chances; Fletcher was past it; Evra hadn't defended since 2009.

Pretty much true. Welbeck is no worse than most of your current options, but you got good money for him. I still maintain that Hernandez is useless in any actual pressure situation. He'll score some goals, but he'll always let you down as well.

[John Arne]

Has Kagawa played much for Dortmund this season?

Yeah, he's been very good. 9 goals in 35 games and seems to play well whenever I see him.

[Kikó]

We're starting an 18 year old kid and relying on another 19 year old kid. Letting all those strikers go was and is suicidal management.

[Davgooner]

Welbeck is shit;

Hang on a minute son.

[Lewis]

When everybody is fit, United have a handy group of players. They still need a few more top, top additions, but one positive (the other being the youth) of 'LvG' is that he has shifted a lot of shit on and generally bought well. That he then leaves somebody like Morgan Schneiderlin on the bench is obviously baffling, but not the point.

[Kikó]

The squad is much worse now. You're delusional.

[Lewis]

Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw, Daley Blind, Matteo Darmian, Morgan Schneiderlin, and Anthony Martial are all very good signings (and we'll see with 'Memphis'). The fact they're all either perma-crocked, played in goal, or mysteriously out of favour is a different point. Similarly, he's obviously fucked up thinking that Wayne Rooney could score thirty goals (again, United still need more signings), but which senior players did he get rid of that United really miss?

[Boydy]

What's with Daley Blind's neckbeard?

[Kikó]

Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw, Daley Blind, Matteo Darmian, Morgan Schneiderlin, and Anthony Martial are all very good signings (and we'll see with 'Memphis'). The fact they're all either perma-crocked, played in goal, or mysteriously out of favour is a different point. Similarly, he's obviously fucked up thinking that Wayne Rooney could score thirty goals (again, United still need more signings), but which senior players did he get rid of that United really miss?

Very good is generous. Still we will see how good they are without a paint by numbers manager.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm still reading Fergie's crap book (and what a read it is) and in it, he doesn't say anything bad about Mourinho. Surely that appointment gets past the ghost at the wedding, even if they have to poison Bobby Charlton.

He also said Wenger was only good at Arsenal because he inherited the back four from Graham and could build the team on top of that, whereas once left to his own devices he just brought in loads of samey ponces who he likes. I'd never thought of it like that before. Probably because it's bollocks, but still.

[Reg]

But then he had an almost entirely different back four and won the league without losing a game.

[Kikó]

Ferguson is one of the main blockers of Mourinho.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why? It's not like Jose will overshadow him, unless he wins 14 titles.

[Kikó]

If I recall correctly, he thinks he's a pup in management and has no respect for him. It's probably also to do with him being a self serving twat.

[Yevrah]

Why?

Because recent evidence suggests he's a monstrous twat. He had his tin hat on again the other day in a recent interview.

[Giggles]

If I recall correctly, he thinks he's a pup in management and has no respect for him. It's probably also to do with him being a self serving twat.

Which one?

[Magic]

I'm surprised He's got time to go to games with all that business coaching at Harvard.

[Kikó]

Which one?

Ferguson (I know that was rhetorical)

[Max Power]

Is it really that Fergie is anti-Mourinho or more that he is pro-Giggs? Seeing as that would sort of extend his own legacy.

[Kikó]

Pro Ferguson.

[Lewis]

I'm still reading Fergie's crap book (and what a read it is) and in it, he doesn't say anything bad about Mourinho. Surely that appointment gets past the ghost at the wedding, even if they have to poison Bobby Charlton.

He also said Wenger was only good at Arsenal because he inherited the back four from Graham and could build the team on top of that, whereas once left to his own devices he just brought in loads of samey ponces who he likes. I'd never thought of it like that before. Probably because it's bollocks, but still.

Which book is this one? I said something similar to bug Harold recently, so that's good to know.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The one he released in a hurry after retiring. Most of it is banal wank, although he drops the odd lol bit in, like Vidic claiming he was about to be called up to fight in Kosovo.

[Lewis]

I read that one in four hours on the train. It's really pointless.

[Boydy]

I heard that theory about Wenger being good because of Graham's base years ago. Don't think it was from Ferguson.

[Dark Soldier]

With regards to Ferguson/Mourinho/Our board being a shambles, this Red Issue thing is good, albeit a few months old. Could be bollocks but I buy it:

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/red-issue-provide-fascinating-insight-into-the-power-struggles-at-man-united-tweets/

[Kikó]

It's truth.

[Dark Soldier]

Then we're a beautiful shitting clusterfuck. I'd like Ferguson to fuck off and leave the club alone currently, massive and huge respect for what he's done for the club but having him leering over everything will only add up to disaster.

[Lewis]

You wouldn't have thought there were enough hours in the day for David Gill to still have any influence at United. Doesn't he basically run football by stealth?

[Boydy]

They should just bring Ferguson back.

[Max Power]

There's been some good laughs at United being a bit shit in the past few years, but Giggs getting the job and crashing and burning worse than Moyes + Van Gaal combined would be so, so sweet.

[Shindig]

Now I'm looking up Darren Ferguson's whereabouts.


This event has been latched onto by supporters of rival teams, leading to terrace chants of "He hooks with his left, he jabs with his right, that Darren Ferguson, he beats up his wife".[25]

Well, that's sorted. Now for Paul Dalglish. Can't hold a job down in the US, apparently.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ed and the Glazers will win that battle eventually.

[John Arne]

Can someone tell Jurgen to stop wearing that white tracksuit. Scally.

[niko_cee]

I particularly liked this quote from the BBC about last night's game:


In other words, you can see Klopp's imprint on how Liverpool go about their work, even though he has only been at Anfield since early October. Liverpool's graph is on an upward curve.

That's got to be a reference.

[Baz]

Is Mourinho to United in the summer as much of a shoe-in as everyone seems to think?

[Kikó]

Yes .

[Foe]

Liverpool and united fans fighting over a UEFA cup game is quite the shock. Small pockets obviously doesn't share the same desire for the tournament they do.

[Magic]

Some Scousers went in the Stretford with a flag subs started doing the aeroplane with their arms.

[Magic]

And*

[phonics]

Wolfsburg v Real Madrid
Bayern Munich v Benfica


Barcelona v Atletico Madrid
Paris St-Germain v Manchester City




Braga v Shakhtar Donetsk
Villarreal v Sparta Prague
Athletic Bilbao (http://www.theguardian.com/football/athleticbilbao) v Sevilla
Borussia Dortmund v Liverpool (http://www.theguardian.com/football/liverpool)

[Lewis]

I can't remember a Champions' League being this predictable (I think Barcelona will win it).

[phonics]

'“I was treated worse than a hooligan, because banning someone from a football match, a training session, is just incomprehensible.'

Poor Luis Suarez.

[Mellberg]

If anyone knows how to knock out Barca it's Atletico. Get past them and they'll probably win it. Madrid would fold and Bayern aren't good enough.

[Luke Emia]

Tough draw and Dortmund will be favourites. But, if we were to beat them I'd fancy our chances of winning the whole thing. As good as they are going forward as well I think they can be got at defensively.

[Luke Emia]

After Sturridge's reaction to getting hooked last night as well I genuinely think he could be on his way in the summer. He was pretty awful over the two games and I think there might be something to the niggling when he was out injured and reckoned he was ready to come back. I'm not sure he fits in to what Klopp wants in a striker either.

[Boydy]

I fucking knew Liverpool would get Dortmund.

[Giggles]

Only just seen this. How is he still getting paid? :D


http://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/four-strikers-one-as-a-holding-midfielder-picked-in-garth-crooks-team-of-the-week/69749


http://m0.sportsjoe.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/14085509/88754717_garth.jpg

[GS]

'“I was treated worse than a hooligan, because banning someone from a football match, a training session, is just incomprehensible.'

Poor Luis Suarez.

Still seething over 2013, I see.

[Davgooner]

You'd hope Suarez is over that by now.