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baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
are Liverpool destined to be eternal also-rans now, unable ever to recapture the 70s or 80s?
Bangpuss
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What? So you think they're stronger without Van Persie and Song? You're joking, right?
I read an article about Rodgers and Swansea last year. They don't even have a training ground. They train at a leisure centre. For a few weeks, they didn't even have a grass pitch so were training on astroturf. With all the excesses of the Premiership, it's remarkable there's a team who still do things like that.
Ransbeeck
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almost front row futsal world cup final ticket
Jealous!
I hope to go to the EC in Antwerp in 2014. But a lot of the top teams aren't European (Brazil, Argentina, Iran,...).
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/sep/05/cesc-fabregas-unhappy-barcelona-tito-vilanova
things aren't looking so bad for Arsenal suddenly
things aren't looking so bad for Arsenal suddenly
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
In the comments:
"My dead dog is better than him at football".
There was another video where he looked alright. But no more.
"My dead dog is better than him at football".
There was another video where he looked alright. But no more.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Oh Jose.
From another corner of Spain: ' "We deserved to win but it was a really tough game," Messi said. "It's not easy when they defend so deep and you can't find the spaces," added the 25-year-old, who has scored 109 goals in his last 100 official matches for Barça.'
That stat is incredible, especially given the general quality of the opposition Barca have faced in that time (a significant proportion of those games must've come in the CL). Has anyone ever managed anything comparable, besides Ronaldo?
From another corner of Spain: ' "We deserved to win but it was a really tough game," Messi said. "It's not easy when they defend so deep and you can't find the spaces," added the 25-year-old, who has scored 109 goals in his last 100 official matches for Barça.'
That stat is incredible, especially given the general quality of the opposition Barca have faced in that time (a significant proportion of those games must've come in the CL). Has anyone ever managed anything comparable, besides Ronaldo?
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
i'd agree there. but i think there's a serious doubt whether either he or Ronaldo would be able to make a mediocre (Edit: not mediocre, but a team below the 3-4 best in the world) team great, but that'd be the same for any player who's primarily a striker (Ronaldo's played at two main clubs, sure, but they are Real Madrid and Manchester United, hardly second division).
Which players aside from Maradona could be reasonably claimed to have done that, though. Would have to be a very short list.
Which players aside from Maradona could be reasonably claimed to have done that, though. Would have to be a very short list.
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baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Le Tiss is definitely a good shout for the second tier of such players (i.e. players who didn't quite raise their teams to the highest level/winning anything, but made a huge, out-of-all-proportion difference to them).
As far as players who inspired their teams to glory virtually single-handedly, I guess some have attributed Man U's success in 1992-3 purely to Cantona, but it seems a huge stretch to me, given the quality of the rest of that United team.
Zidane in 1998?
As far as players who inspired their teams to glory virtually single-handedly, I guess some have attributed Man U's success in 1992-3 purely to Cantona, but it seems a huge stretch to me, given the quality of the rest of that United team.
Zidane in 1998?
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Football trivia question of the day, brought on by excessive boredom at work:
What is the most famous pair of European teams never to have met each other in competition?
I think I have a very good answer, but I am open to advancements.
What is the most famous pair of European teams never to have met each other in competition?
I think I have a very good answer, but I am open to advancements.
crackerjack
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Zidane missed 2 of France's 7 games cos of his red card for stamping.
Other than the final – and that result was more down to Brazil's self-imposed meltdown than anything else – did he have a great impact? My main memory of them is goalless draw/penalty wins and Thuram in the semis.
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Zidane in 2006 would be a better shout. That team was nowhere near as good, he dragged them to the final by himself.