[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

So both Honduras and Jamaica give up stupid own goals..

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i just found out that pinto, which led CR to such a great world cup campaign, is currently coaching honduras

i thought he'd get a better job!

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

So both Honduras and Jamaica give up stupid own goals..

no no-- costa rica gave up the OG

(the bad jamaican save i think was already in)

(these guys suck though)

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

I didn't see the first half.. looked like the Jamaican touched it before it went in (not saying it wasn't going in regardless but still)..

Same thing with Honduras own goal.. it was going in regardless but to have touched it beforw it went in has to sting

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ah... see, the sucky CR defender did change the direction of the jamaican shot though-- a true own goal.

the jamaican attacker was shooting towards the CR keeper but the stupid CR defender came to "block" the shot-- so poorly that he put it way out of reach of his own keeper

i didn't see yesterday's. will check out highlights.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Gotta love futbol... no possible contact and if a dude falls he jumps right back up.. the slightest hint of contact? Stop drop and roll like he was on fire

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

Gotta love futbol... no possible contact and if a dude falls he jumps right back up.. the slightest hint of contact? Stop drop and roll like he was on fire

the women don't do that

jamaica really wants to win this and with 2 minutes i don't think they will-- but the defending has been so sucky on both sides anything can happen

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HOLY SHIT FOX SPORTS JUST BEGAN TO SHOW BUNDESLIGA YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!


!!!!!!!!!!

fucking fantastic. hello 2015-2016.

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and all 306 games are gonna be on foxsoccer2go. i don't have to buy shitty cable. FUCKIN A RIGHT!!!

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

the women don't do that

That's only because no one cares on way or the other

#DoubleStandard

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

That's only because no one cares on way or the other

naaah... it's because when men get hurt, they cry for their mamis.

it's well documented in war, etc. everybody knows that.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

But that is the whole thing.. flopping is not about getting hurt, its about getting the refs attention. In the women's game they don't flop cuz their refs don't care. Btw, that is why i like CONCACAF , refs usually let em play which discourages flopping (more or less)..

Shit i think i saw just one free kick during US Honduras and that was the only time ref took out his spray foam!

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

In the women's game they don't flop cuz their refs don't care.

how do you know if you don't watch?

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[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

how do you know if you don't watch?

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[h8kurdt]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

But that is the whole thing.. flopping is not about getting hurt, its about getting the refs attention. In the women's game they don't flop cuz their refs don't care. Btw, that is why i like CONCACAF , refs usually let em play which discourages flopping (more or less)..

Shit i think i saw just one free kick during US Honduras and that was the only time ref took out his spray foam!

 

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[demonrail666]

Confirmed: Schweinsteiger to Man U

++Bayern’s chief executive, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, said he regretted having to sell the Germany captain but explained that Schweinsteiger “just wants to do something new at the end of his career … Bastian was an extremely deserving player for us. He has done great things. I can only wish him all the best with what will be an interesting task.”++

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...louis-van-gaal

[h8kurdt]

Friend of mine wrote this about Sterling's signing after a talk between the two of us. He puts it better than I ever could.

Raheem Sterling and the most damaging transfer in British football history.
*OK, so I in no way can pretend to be a great writer or have any authority on football related matters, but inspired by text conversation I've been persuaded to try this *

So, Raheem Sterling is finally on the verge of his protracted £49 million transfer to Manchester City... only this is no ordinary transfer, it's the most damaging in British history.

Firstly, all the plaudits this morning are for Liverpool, congratulating them on reaching a financially stunning deal for a 20 year old who has tried to drag the club through the mud in his attempts to force through his move to Manchester. Cast as the victims in this piece, Liverpool have supposedly been let down by a player lacking loyality, yet have held firm in the face of the media circus conducted by Raheem's agent and in return been rewarded with the biggest sum of money ever received for an English player. Well done Liverpool it seems. However, the reality is very different; Liverpool are the overwhelming winners of the monstrous system of hyper inflation in the transfer fees of young English players that they themselves have created. By showing a distinct lack of ambition in accepting Chelsea's money for Fernando Torres, and spending a completely unrealistic chunk of that on Andy Carroll, they have ensured that the parameters of skill vs age and nationality are permanently skewed in the British market. Consequently nearly every transfer of a young English talent since has ended in horrible disappointment. Carroll himself, Johnson, Rodwell, Sinclair, Shaw. Smalling and Jones still find themselves under scrutiny. Yes, English players had gone for big money to other clubs before Carroll, but the fees for Rooney, Ferdinand, Lampard have been justified by success. In one hugely misjudged deal Liverpool have, hopefully unwillingly, placed unprecedented amounts of pressure on the new generation on English players and created a grim system for themselves to exploit for serious financial gain. Will Brendan Rogers reinvest this money in a English replacement? Of course not. His club have insured there's no value in that. Bravo, Liverpool!

What about Raheem himself? We know he's not worth £49 million. We know he's yet to produce the goods for a full season. We know he has an agent who has far too much influence on him. Yet there aren't many 20 year old's around with much more potential than he has. Young, English, skilled. The nation should love him. Except he's now going to find himself the most hated player in the country. He's now going to be labelled as disrespectful. Greedy. A bad egg, as the super hypocritical Joey Barton would say. Could he have already tainted the rest of his career? The pressure levels are going to be extraordinary. Not only does he have to fit into a City team that has notoriously wasted English talents but also, after citing wanting to join a club capable of winning things as his main desire for leaving, deliver a trophy AND better Liverpool in doing so! Couple that with rediscovering and improving on his form of 13/14, together with finding much needed consistency, and it's already a pretty daunting task.

Manchester City aren't exempt from this pressure either. After the flops of Rodwell and Sinclair, and the need to fulfil the home grown quota, they desperately need an English transfer to deliver. The rebuttal of Fabien Delph will have set the alarm bells ringing at the Etihad. It was a commendable decision of Delph to put playing time ahead of money and glamour (no doubt after hearing horror stories from his new team mates Sinclair & Micah Richards) but on the flip side he's now an English international, and for the development of the national side we need our best players to be playing regular top level and Champions League football. Sterling will be the benchmark the next young English player looks to before deciding upon a transfer to a Top 4 side. Another failure and we may see the new generation settling for the relative safety of mid-table over the chance to make it at the very top.

[demonrail666]

I know you never wrote it but have to take issue with some points.

"showing a distinct lack of ambition in accepting Chelsea's money for Fernando Torres"

Torres handed in a transfer request and not many clubs keep a player who does that, especially when you're talking about a then Prem record of £50m.

"spending a completely unrealistic chunk of that on Andy Carroll, they have ensured that the parameters of skill vs age and nationality are permanently skewed in the British market."

Carroll was a terrible signing, no doubt, but it wasn't the root cause of where we're at now with Sterling. For that you have to blame money-chasing agents and players facilitated by a misguided quota system which puts a premium on a very small pool of talented English players. Without the quota system, Sterling wouldn't be worth anything close to £50m. As it is he's merely exploiting a poorly thought out supply and demand situation.

[h8kurdt]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

I know you never wrote it but have to take issue with some points.

"showing a distinct lack of ambition in accepting Chelsea's money for Fernando Torres"

Torres handed in a transfer request and not many clubs keep a player who does that, especially when you're talking about a then Prem record of £50m.

"spending a completely unrealistic chunk of that on Andy Carroll, they have ensured that the parameters of skill vs age and nationality are permanently skewed in the British market."

Carroll was a terrible signing, no doubt, but it wasn't the root cause of where we're at now with Sterling. For that you have to blame money-chasing agents and players facilitated by a misguided quota system which puts a premium on a very small pool of talented English players. Without the quota system, Sterling wouldn't be worth anything close to £50m. As it is he's merely exploiting a poorly thought out supply and demand situation.

You make a good point with Torres. Carroll, however, was clearly a sign of how bad things are and how it was going to get worse.. Him along with the others mentioned on the piece.

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Confirmed: Schweinsteiger to Man U

++Bayern’s chief executive, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, said he regretted having to sell the Germany captain but explained that Schweinsteiger “just wants to do something new at the end of his career … Bastian was an extremely deserving player for us. He has done great things. I can only wish him all the best with what will be an interesting task.”++

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...louis-van-gaal

oh shit. a bit sad, but he's no longer the player he used to be. still, could have been like paul scholes, one shirt forever, playing until his last days.

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

oh shit. a bit sad, but he's no longer the player he used to be. still, could have been like paul scholes, one shirt forever, playing until his last days.

I like one team players and it'd feel wrong watching him face Bayern in a cl fixture. Seems an odd buy for man u, too. He offers nothing long term due to his age and will be an injury risk now till he retires.