Re: General Football Thread

by **Paleo** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:24 pm

Peszko
I don't know this man
*reads shit*

aha
Koln wide man, 30 years old, has had a career of playing for small clubs in big competitions
Not a particularly notable player, but not many Polish fans will hold that against him, especially now

by **Paleo** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:26 pm

His direct opponent today is Robbie Brady
Do Ireland really have so little left backs who are worth something that they have to put a midfielder on left back?

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:26 pm

The Polish here will be happy. Still 1-0. Totally uninspiring performance so far

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:28 pm

Murdoc wrote:His direct opponent today is Robbie Brady
Do Ireland really have so little left backs who are worth something that they have to put a midfielder on left back?

Yep. Our squad, or lack of, is terrible. Robbie Brady is playing shit. Gave away the goal too

by **Paleo** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:31 pm

Why are Clark and McClean not playing? Surely they're better than Wilson and Whelan?

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:32 pm

They are and better be brought on at half time

by **Paleo** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:40 pm

Also, due to the lack of a left back, I'd consider playing 3-5-2 with Coleman shifting to midfield and Clark instead of Brady if I were O'Neill

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:42 pm

We'd still just hoof it. I'd prefer the 3-5-2 but I'm not O'Neill or Keane

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:12 pm

67 minutes: Still 1-0 but McClean on

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:35 pm

1-1 Shane Long!

by **Paleo** Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:39 pm

Of course it's Long
That man can score a goal
90+1
Stats imply that it's a well-deserved goal

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:42 pm

We outplayed Poland in the second half, hit the post twice and Coleman sliced a shot wide.

1-1 fair result

by **Paleo** Wed Apr 22, 2015 11:47 am

Well, fuck
One of the biggest talents at Feyenoord isn't going to sign a new contract, which probably means that he'll be sold this summer
He hasn't played too many matches this season, but that stuff can happen if you play at a big club and you're just 20 years old

It is very probable that he'll be going to England, Southampton wanted to buy him last winter already. I think that'd be a good move for him, but I'd have preferred him staying for another year or two.

Oh well, as long as he's not going to Chelsea or some other club where his career is gonna go to waste

His name is Tonny Trindade de Vilhena btw, shirt name Vilhena
Born in Rotterdam, Cape Verdian heritage
He's an attacking midfielder who can score a goal, isn't shy of a bit of defending and tackling and has a magical left foot
We'll hear things from him in the future if he goes to a club where he can develop properly

by **Bitterness** Sun May 31, 2015 11:46 am

http://pic5.fc-zenit.ru/res/wallpapers/iv1.jpg
This is the best team photo ever created

by **Bitterness** Sun May 31, 2015 11:53 am

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/zenit-st-petersburg-players-pose-5791703
I really like their poll

by **Princess Alexandra** Sun May 31, 2015 12:23 pm

That is indeed highly amusing XD

by **Paleo** Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:27 am

Dis gud

by **Paleo** Wed Sep 16, 2015 3:48 pm

by **Princess Alexandra** Wed Sep 16, 2015 3:50 pm

The goalie is just like "well shit, that happened"

by **Zexiness** Wed Sep 16, 2015 4:02 pm

okay...

by **Bitterness** Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:20 pm

I need to find replays of all 5 today's goals in Valencia - Zenit
There is one spectacular goal there and 4 "where the fuck was the goalkeeper" goals

by **Paleo** Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:34 pm

Алексей wrote:I need to find replays of all 5 today's goals in Valencia - Zenit
There is one spectacular goal there and 4 "where the fuck was the goalkeeper" goals

I saw the summary on tv
Hulk can shoot hard

by **Bitterness** Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:38 pm

Zenit are at the worst form in the last 18 months, too
How the fuck did we get 3 points from Valencia we shall never know

by **Paleo** Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:45 pm

Алексей wrote:Zenit are at the worst form in the last 18 months, too
How the fuck did we get 3 points from Valencia we shall never know

3 chances, 3 goals
Zenit were hugely efficient

by **Bitterness** Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:14 pm

Not true

Zenit had 7 chances that didn't result in goals, Valencia had 4 (they were controlling the ball most of the time, but didn't really accomplish anything with all that posession apart from a bunch of crosses and corners)

10/6 overall

by **Cotton** Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:14 pm

Ireland 1-0 Bosnia (2-1 aggregate)

About 30 minutes played so far

by **Cotton** Mon Nov 16, 2015 4:14 pm

fuck yes.

Ireland 2-0 Bosnia (3-1 agg)

by **Cotton** Thu Sep 29, 2016 5:07 pm

Dundalk 1-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Zenit 5-0 AZ Alkmaar

Europa League Group D standings after 2 games
Zenit 6pts
Dundalk 4pts
AZ Alkmaar 1pt
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0pts

by **Bitterness** Thu Sep 29, 2016 6:04 pm

I think it's safe to say that Dundalk is not the weakest team in the group stage.

by **Cotton** Fri Sep 30, 2016 12:35 am

Thankfully that's true. Think they'd need another win against Maccabi Tel Aviv just to be sure of getting out of the group. Dundalk's next two games are against Zenit while Alkmaar and Maccabi play each other twice.

Also Dundalk have more points than Manchester United do

by **Bitterness** Fri Sep 30, 2016 5:36 am

That's because Manchester United are a bad team

by **Paleo** Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:24 am

I'm a bit disappointed after yesterday
Feyenoord lost, unfortunately
AZ losing was something I expected, it's just the magnitude of the loss that disappoints me

At least Ajax managed to beat Standard Liège

Previous round was more satisfying for me

by **Cotton** Fri Sep 30, 2016 9:03 am

I suppose Feyenoord beating Manchester United was a high.

Though AZ drawing to a semi-pro side in the first round of fixtures wouldn't have been taken too well from some

by **Cotton** Fri Sep 30, 2016 9:04 am

Bitterness wrote:That's because Manchester United are a bad team

That's true

by **Paleo** Sun Oct 02, 2016 3:19 pm

Cotton wrote:I suppose Feyenoord beating Manchester United was a high.

Though AZ drawing to a semi-pro side in the first round of fixtures wouldn't have been taken too well from some

Yes to both
Feyenoord beating Man U was awesome, made my week
But AZ's draw against Dundalk was disappointing indeed
They really did underachieve, they can play so well which made this even more disappointing
They'll have to do the double over Maccabi to still have a chance at the knockout phase, which is something Dutch football really needs in order to keep our direct CL group phase slot

by **Bitterness** Sun Oct 02, 2016 3:39 pm

You know it's bad when your league performs worse over the course of the last five years than Blegum and Czech Republic

I saw a belge refer to Belgium as Blegum once and I think that the latter name is vastly superior

by **Cotton** Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:04 am

Paleo wrote:
Cotton wrote:I suppose Feyenoord beating Manchester United was a high.

Though AZ drawing to a semi-pro side in the first round of fixtures wouldn't have been taken too well from some

Yes to both
Feyenoord beating Man U was awesome, made my week
But AZ's draw against Dundalk was disappointing indeed
They really did underachieve, they can play so well which made this even more disappointing
They'll have to do the double over Maccabi to still have a chance at the knockout phase, which is something Dutch football really needs in order to keep our direct CL group phase slot

Yeah. Most people here were expecting Dundalk to finish bottom, actually. AZ may have a good chance of qualifying as Dundalk's next two games are vs Zenit. Can't see AZ or Maccabi talking Dundalk as easy the second time around either

by **Paleo** Sun Oct 09, 2016 5:54 pm

Bitterness wrote:You know it's bad when your league performs worse over the course of the last five years than Blegum and Czech Republic

I saw a belge refer to Belgium as Blegum once and I think that the latter name is vastly superior

Almost all countries around us have been doing better than us over the past 5 years
Blegum, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Greece, the lot of em
And with the points from 2012, a very strong year for us, fallng away at the end of the season, we really need some European wins this year
The beginning has been hopeful

by **Paleo** Sun Oct 09, 2016 5:57 pm

Cotton wrote:Yeah. Most people here were expecting Dundalk to finish bottom, actually. AZ may have a good chance of qualifying as Dundalk's next two games are vs Zenit. Can't see AZ or Maccabi taking Dundalk as easy the second time around either

I do hope so
But before the return match at Dundalk AZ have to play the double against Maccabi, which is crucial. If they don't get results there, the match against Dundalk is irrelevant

by **Cotton** Mon Oct 10, 2016 5:04 pm

Paleo wrote:
Cotton wrote:Yeah. Most people here were expecting Dundalk to finish bottom, actually. AZ may have a good chance of qualifying as Dundalk's next two games are vs Zenit. Can't see AZ or Maccabi taking Dundalk as easy the second time around either
I do hope so
But before the return match at Dundalk AZ have to play the double against Maccabi, which is crucial. If they don't get results there, the match against Dundalk is irrelevant

That's true. Also the fixture pile-up for Dundalk is big. They're playing a game every 3 days until the end of the month afaik.
Also return match is in Dublin. Dundalk's stadium isn't big enough.

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