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2008-09 Football Thread - The Second Half

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney were involved in a furious half-time tunnel bust-up with Newcastle defender Steven Taylor during Manchester United's 2-1 win at St James' Park. One United player said Taylor was a "useless defender", to which he replied "at least I am not ugly"
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I wonder which of the United players that was aimed at? :D
 
Jaffa Cake said:
Excellent stuff, R. :)

How have you found getting tickets in general - I know you were concerned at the start of the season that you might miss out due to sheer demand?
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I partake is the "home membership" scheme which guarantees me 10 home games this season. I had to pay £40 for the privilege. So far I have seen:

Home:

Fulham
Wigan
Middlesbrough
Aston Villa
Newcastle (FA Cup)
Arsenal
Blackburn

Away:

Fulham

To come....

Home:

Newcastle
Portsmouth
Stoke
Man Utd

and hopefully the FA Cup game away at Arsenal

so not too bad really. Living near London means I would have liked to get to more of the London based away games and Fulham was best chance, especially as it was an evening game so not as many people travel down from Hull.

Hopefully that win can push us on to ensure our survival for the rest of the season.
 
pachyderm said:
soccernet.com/Foster/ipod

Soccernet - "The Football Association have revealed they will take no action against Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster after he used an iPod to watch Spurs taking penalties before Sunday's Carling Cup final penalty shootout.


Empics
Ben Foster: Shootout controversy
The 25-year-old confirmed he watched a spot-kick taken by Jamie O'Hara in the UEFA Cup defeat to PSV Eindhoven last season - and then saved his penalty at Wembley.

In that game, O'Hara fired a shot to the left of the goalkeeper and on Sunday he sent Tottenham's first penalty the same way and Foster saved.

The idea of using an iPod as a tactical aid is new and not against the laws of the game. It brings into question a loophole in FIFA's regulations with regards to the use of technology and it is possible they could now move to tighten up their rules.

An FA spokesman said: "What happened was not against the rules so we will not be investigating the matter further."..."
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I had to laugh out really loud over this. In American football, the large coaching staff on college and NFL teams do a LOT of film analysis and run very sophisticated statistical analysis of every opposing player tendencies. The is the legacy of the legendary Paul Brown, the first coach of the Cleveland Browns NFL team and was the first to use movie films to study how other teams played.

I'm actually kind of surprised association football teams in Europe don't have coaching staffs that do the same thing....
 
SactoGuy18 said:
I had to laugh out really loud over this. In American football, the large coaching staff on college and NFL teams do a LOT of film analysis and run very sophisticated statistical analysis of every opposing player tendencies. The is the legacy of the legendary Paul Brown, the first coach of the Cleveland Browns NFL team and was the first to use movie films to study how other teams played.

I'm actually kind of surprised association football teams in Europe don't have coaching staffs that do the same thing....
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Oh we do. There is a very popular suite of tools calledProZone as used by Hull City AFC, and now Real Madrid (whoever they are?)
 
^ That made me LOL Jaffa. Real Leeds...:D

The very notion that you could make a comparison between the Galacticos and, well, Leeds...:rolleyes:

R.Youden said:
Oh THEM, I mean who can't get at least a point at Anfield (and maybe three if it was not for a big 4 ref!)
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"Fortress Anfield" has certainly been breached this season. If I had to choose one single reason for Liverpool not winning the title this season, it would be the six draws at home. Turn most of those into wins and we are there or thereabouts. You can probably say the same about Chelsea (5 draws). United are 10-1-0 at home, and that's the story of the league in a nutshell.
 
Before the Fuham game there was a song on the P.A. along the lines of Fulham being better than Barcelona and Real Madrid, anyone know anything about that, it was so stupid!
 
R.Youden said:
Before the Fuham game there was a song on the P.A. along the lines of Fulham being better than Barcelona and Real Madrid, anyone know anything about that, it was so stupid!
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Colin and the Cottagers - We're not Real Madrid

We're not Real Madrid, we're not Barcelona, we are Fulham, Al Fayed's the owner. This is London calling, we are FFC, we've got three points, you've got none ha-ha-ha he-he, ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha, he-he

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And that ladies and gentlemen is yet more proof that Tevez >>>>> Rooney.
 
Rooney is an excellent striker, international quality. But then again, so is Tevez.

I think the English overrate Rooney a bit sometimes.
 
garybUK said:
Hahahahah yeh right
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Do you think Rooney is better than Tevez?

Lord Blackadder said:
Rooney is an excellent striker, international quality. But then again, so is Tevez.

I think the English overrate Rooney a bit sometimes.
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A bit, listening to commentators when ever Rooney gets the ball they all go gaga. He is good, he works hard but as a striker it is often in the wrong areas. The crowd loves it when he goes mental trying to get the ball back (usually after he has lost it) and runs around like a fool. He is good but in terms of quality Tevez is easily a cut above. It is just a shame that Manchester is in England. If it was in any other country Rooney would be the bench warmer.
 
garybUK said:
And that goal is why Rooney is one of if not THE best player England has.
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Keeper should've done better, good strike but nothing wholly impressive. Also are we forgetting how Rooney missed from 3 yards earlier. Best Player, no. Best striker probably.

Don't get me wrong he is good but there is just so so much hype around him that is simply not true. If Tevez was given half the opportunity Rooney has I think everyone would see things differently. When Rooney is on form he is very good.
 
Hahah did you see Rooney go with Dempsey? Yank don't wanna mess with a lad from L'pool.
 
xUKHCx said:
He is good, he works hard but as a striker it is often in the wrong areas.
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The is kind of the same criticism I'd level against Gerrard - I think he roams around too much at times.

xUKHCx said:
The crowd loves it when he goes mental trying to get the ball back (usually after he has lost it) and runs around like a fool. He is good but in terms of quality Tevez is easily a cut above. It is just a shame that Manchester is in England. If it was in any other country Rooney would be the bench warmer.
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If you compare Rooney to other top international strikers I think he's not quite at the level of the best. Like you said, his mental game is a bit suspect, and positioning can be problematic. He has the skills though.

But given the choice, I'd be starting Tevez. He works just as hard but is not as hot-headed.
 
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