Board 8 > Board 8 Football/Soccer Discussion Topic - Let's laugh at Chelsea as well

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From: Naye745 | #100
the invincibles were only 8 years ago. nice try, though. what have you even done again other than fire a bunch of quality managers?

well Naye they did win the Champions Lea-oh wait



lol

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From: Naye745 | #100
the invincibles were only 8 years ago. nice try, though. what have you even done again other than fire a bunch of quality managers?

He said nearly a decade

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sweet jesus christ, Messi.

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12 goals in CL...

Heh, a Cypriot team in the last 8 of the Champions League, and quite possibly no English or German teams!

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Congrats to APOEL, but I fear for them if they draw Barca. Anything less than 10 conceded would be a victory.

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#### man barca. 10 - 2 against leverkusen.

http://1nildown2oneup.tumblr.com/post/18911536253/is-it-still-a-fantasy-to-win-the-league-with-these

This made me think quite a bit. I still feel like we need one of Hazard/Goetze, but honestly both would be overkill right now.

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Well, like it or not, looks like you're signing Podolski.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/mar/07/lukas-podolski-arsenal-cologne-transfer

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Well, that is certainly something. Old school FM legend, though he seems to be more of an international star than a club goalscoring machine. Maybe that will change at Arsenal since Roque Santa Cruz did pretty good at first when he came over from germany.

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I can see Podolski coming to England and being the next Kezman/Shevchenko

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malyg posted...
I can see Podolski coming to England and being the next Kezman/Shevchenko

Nah. I'm thinking more along the line of Marouane Chamakh.

Hats off to Athletic Bilbao. Came to Old Trafford with brilliant support, played an intense, attacking match, and won. Hope they go through.

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Their second goal was offside and the third, that free-kick was dubious. Well I don't know, maybe it is a clearcut rule that you have to have both boots on but hardly something he could help.

That being said, despite the goals being 'dodgy', can't complain at the actual result as Bilbao were the better side and deserved to win.

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Their second goal should've been ruled offside, but then again, they should also have had a penalty in the first half (Smalling on Llorente). Mistakes like that happen all the time though.

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Sometimes I wonder, once you try and break football down with stats and Sabermetrics I wonder if one day we'll be able to gauge player efficiency in a better manner than today.

I just think that people will look at a player's goals/assists/clean sheets and they might be well not really all that useful in properly assessing how good a player really is. Would really like to see just how far you can push stats in football since in other sports there really seems to have been an incredible development in how the player performances have been measured.

Drawback is that european football is run either by rich people who don't really care about that since they can afford the glamour players, or by very old school owners who stick with tradition, a sort of its never been done so why bother?

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so nobody wants to talk about city's loss?

the epl is the best league in the world


oh wait

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Podolski flopped hard at Bayern. He's only good for the NT. Gonna be Arshavin 2.0

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From: Revenus | #119
the epl is the best league in the world


oh wait

XFD try harder

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I just think that people will look at a player's goals/assists/clean sheets and they might be well not really all that useful in properly assessing how good a player really is.

They aren't. There's a reason Modric is worth 40 million quid despite getting like 3 goals and assists each per season.

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If you were to breakdown Modric's game statistically you'd prolly find more relevant data into what makes him good.

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The city of Manchester doing the Premier League proud again, I see...

The bigger headline with City though is losing Kompany. That could have a big effect if he's out for even a few weeks.

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City were dire against Sporting Lisbon. I don't know how much of that was them not caring about the 1st leg of a Europa League match but... if they play like that in the league they will drop points frequently.

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voltch posted...
If you were to breakdown Modric's game statistically you'd prolly find more relevant data into what makes him good.

Like him having some ridiculous pass completion % and such, but don't expect your average mong to think something like that actually matters.

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So uh been talkin' with ngirl on that Podolski signing which seems to come across almost as preparation in case RVP leaves. Since Arsenal don't really seem to reinvest funds much, wouldn't Arsenal fans rather see a player return?

Like would you say no to RVP for Pato straight up if you KNEW RVP was leaving at the end of next year.

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RVP is staying. Shut up.

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Can't wait to see Bolton beat "Man City Wannabe" QPR.

And Bolton rob QPR blind. Good chance they get relegated now, with their horrid last run of games (the whole of the top ten, minus Fulham, plus Sunderland (A) and West Brom (A)). Don't think many will be sad to see them go.

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Can't believe Bolton won.

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chelsc***s dire.

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Things just look better and better for Arsenal.

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i feel like i should change my topic title and laugh at tottenham now.

unfortunately, our prospect looks grim as well, facing the in-form gunners while down in the doldrums ourselves.

It's time to see if we've rounded the corner or not.

The Arsenal teams of old would see the opportunity to close the gap to 1 point above us and drop points. Time to put up or shut up for these Gunners.

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Also would like to just say I can't believe people thought Liverpool could win the league this year.

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Holy crap just saw the Sp*rs highlights. I can't believe they didn't get a goal.

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Woah JT. You are suppose to be one of the more respectable old guards but that's pretty douchebag of you man. Di Matteo had managed just 2 games and haven't even lost yet man and you are already eyeing his removal already?

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1034166/john-terry-and-didier-drogba-would-back-jose-mourinho-return?cc=4716

I don't think anyone was seriously suggesting Liverpool would win the league this year. but really, top 4 should have been within their reach.

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C'mon CIty! AArrgghh!!!!!!

lololol SWANSEA!!!

UNITED!!!

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ExThaNemesis posted...
Also would like to just say I can't believe people thought Liverpool could win the league this year.

Who the hell thought this?

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From: do_ob_tpkillr | #138
Woah JT. You are suppose to be one of the more respectable old guards but that's pretty douchebag of you man. Di Matteo had managed just 2 games and haven't even lost yet man and you are already eyeing his removal already?

Is this facetious?

John Terry is a slimeball and pretty much everyone knows that hahahaha.

also rofl City.

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From: malyg | #142
Who the hell thought this?

At the beginning of the season there were people in this topic who said Liverpool had a shot and were far superior to Arsenal (XFD).

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was that "people" or was that just curt

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It could've been just Curt but I feel like someone agreed!

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*checks table*

*checks remaining fixtures*

Man U win the title again. Good season guys, time to pack up.

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1 team league.

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If Man U win this year, they will have won the Premier League 13/20 times - a win rate of 65%.

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From: do_ob_tpkillr | #138
Woah JT. You are suppose to be one of the more respectable old guards but that's pretty douchebag of you man. Di Matteo had managed just 2 games and haven't even lost yet man and you are already eyeing his removal already?
Is this facetious?

John Terry is a slimeball and pretty much everyone knows that hahahaha.

also rofl City.

I'm talking in terms of how he was to his club and manager. I've never heard him openly bashing anyone or stirring any trouble with regards to Chelsea FC. (i.e. he's not like drog, lamps or cole or kalou)