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The 2012-2013 Football Thread

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Jaffa Cake said:
A smart look indeed, and a picture that highlights awkward Johan's two stripes perfectly. ;)
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Lord Blackadder said:
It's an interesting commentary on the rise of corporate power. I couldn't see Adidas making a two-stripe kit for any mortal these days, regardless of their wealth or fame...
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Jaffa Cake said:
I have a replica Dutch '74 away shirt, and it only has two stripes on the sleeves. This may be due either to clever attention to detail or the fact that it's not an Adidas manufactured replica. :p

Mind, you couldn't imagine a player nowadays having such a demand indulged, despite them arguably having more power over their 'image rights' than was the case decades ago.
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I thought for all those who are interested this article would be of some use.

A tale of strips, stripes and strops

CRUYFF TEARS A STRIP(E) OFF ADIDAS

"I recently saw a re-run of the 1974 World Cup final between Holland and West Germany and it brought back to me a question I had then but was never answered. Both teams were kitted out by Adidas (they of the three stripes) but Johan Cruyff's shirt had only two stripes on the sleeve. Any idea how come? And is this trivia or wot?!?" asks Hugh McGinley

Hugh, your question is concerned with trivia of the highest order. Which is exactly the reason we've chosen to answer it.

The Dutch FA had a deal with Adidas to supply their kit, and your Johnny Reps and Rob Rensenbrinks of this world were only too happy to wear the stripy orange shirts during the 1974 World Cup in Germany.

Cruyff, of course, had other ideas. He had an exclusive personal deal with Adidas's rivals Puma, who supplied him with their classic Puma King boots. Because of this, he was unwilling to sport the three trademark stripes of Adidas and insisted on a two-striped version instead. As you would expect, he got exactly what he wanted.

Although Cruyff wasn't around to cause the German kit giants bother when Holland embarked on their 1978 World Cup campaign, his rebellious spirit lived on. The van de Kerkhof twins, Rene and Willy, insisted on being issued with Cruyff-style two-striped shirts else they were off. But did the Dutch FA give in to this blatant show of player power?

Of course they did.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2001/may/30/theknowledge.sport


I thought that Newcastle were very unlucky last night. :eek:
 
Happybunny said:
I thought for all those who are interested this article would be of some use.
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Heh – it's rather old that link, and reading further down I saw...

"Has any side ever finished the season with own goals as its top scorer?" asks Martin Greensill. "I reckon that Hull City have done so this season: Eyre, Rowe and own goals top-scored in the league with six goals apiece."

We've long been football's great entertainers. :D
 
Barca seems to complain about the german ref Wolfgang Stark. I hate this guy!! He was beyond awful when Hertha played relegation...here's what Ibra thinks of him:


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Lord Blackadder said:
Excellent, twietee. :D

Here's more comic relief, this time starring England's Brave John Terry against Southampton last week:

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He tackles with his head?!?

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Twice?!!?

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That explains a lot! :D



Going with my head upfront against many opponents was the reason why twietee quitted Rugby.

After one training session. :D
 
In an enlightening move, John Terry has told the media that Paolo Di Canio is a "nice guy" and that he looked up to him as a young player.

It's obvious that the press are trying to bait poor Paolo if they've already resorted to associating him with John Terry. ;)

Re: Rugby. I've never played it myself, but after talking to a few players it seems to be all about pain tolerance. Our healthcare system in the US is far too screwed up for me to want to play a sport that is sure to put me on the operating table some day.
 
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"John Terry hails 'nice guy' Paolo Di Canio"

in the regular media down here, and with regular I mean non-sports centered mediabloids, he's just referred to as 'some fascist-coach'. I'm actually all ears in trying to re-integrate former fascists into society. But giving them the big spotlight? Better not. Better be that ticket counter clerk. Or street sweeper.


I did actually enjoy playing rugby (I was quite fast), but tackling big walking tree trunk like fellas with my head upfront against them running at full pace into my precious body + brain? Seriously? My school-sports teacher was a rugby legend in Germany and brought me to his team...I know a fella back from school always having crutches...poor guy
 
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Fizzoid said:
Strange that when Di Canio managed Swindon, no one cared! :p
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It's true. Media coverage of Di Canio at Swindon was disproportionate for a League Two side, but it was still fairly minor. Now that he's in the Premier League Dave Milliband finds it necessary to "resign" from a nominal position he was going to leave anyway as a public "protest" gesture and it makes front page news for days. :rolleyes: (politicians are obviously the same everywhere).

Personally, I don't see anything wrong with Di Canio managing the club. He might be outwardly right wing and even a (formerly?) self-identified fascist*, but so far he seems quite a bit more moderate than a lot of mainstream right-wing politicians in the US. I've seen worse here. :eek:

If he behaves himself, let the man get on with things.

It is also massively hypocritical of the FA/Premier LEague to hold him to a high standard of behavior when you look at the dregs of humanity that are accepted as team owners so long as they have money.

* I hate to cut Italians too much slack when it comes to fascism, but fascism's history there vis a vis mainstream culture is somewhat unique and complicated. If Di Canio came from anywhere else I'd be less inclined to be generous.
 
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Typical Everton, blow the lead in the last five minutes. Looking forward to watching Chicago get dismantled by NY this afternoon.
 
Wenger will be delighted with that Everton/Spurs result.
 
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Football from the Eredivisie.

Friday

Feyenoord 1 vs VVV Venlo 0.
Feyenoord kept their championship hopes alive by beating VVV, it was not a good game, and Feyenoord were very lucky to have got this win.
But if you are going to win the championship you some times need a bit of luck. With this win they stay fourth.


Saturday

Vitesse 3 vs NAC 0
Vitesse is the real one man team, Wilfried Bony, even if Vitesse win the Eredivisie championship this year Bony will be bought by a bigger club. That is the fate of all clubs in the Netherlands, but at this moment he is the reason that they are second. He has played 29 games and scored 29 goals.

FC Twente 2 vs Roda JC 0
Finally a win for Twente, they made hard work of it and it was against one of the weaker teams but it was a win.

Willem II 1 vs PSV 3
This score makes PSV look far better than they really were, Willem II were not out of it until the 76th minute. Against a better team PSV would have just about got a draw. The newspapers are full of stories about friction and discontent in the ranks of PSV.:eek:

PEC Zwolle 1 vs RKC Waalwijk 1
This was a game of two goals, RKC scored early and dominated the match, the PEC equalised and the PEC dominated. After the break they held each other in balance, hence the draw.

Sunday

FC Utrecht 1 vs ADO Den Haag 0
A real mid table match, the game was played mostly in the mid field and was only decided in the last 20 minutes. This win puts Utrecht in the play off positions, and Den Haag slip slowly down.

Ajax 4 vs Heracles Almerlo 0
Ajax knew what they had to do, and did it in style it wasn't, they ended with 10 men. 2 yellow and one direct red cards all for Ajax players. There were moments of good football, but they were few and far to see.


4 points still cover the top 4 teams in the race to the title, it has not been this close for years, the expectation is that it will all be decided in the last game of the season.:)

Saturday
In the amateur football things just got stranger and more depressing. Now a linesman attacks two players. The 23 year old linesman had a run in with two 15 year olds. The police were called and the linesman was taken to the police station and arrested. This all happened in Tolkamer.
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0-0...just the kind of result I expect whenever Big Sam is involved.

2020mike said:
Looking forward to watching Chicago get dismantled by NY this afternoon.
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Looks like you'll be disappointed then. ;) The Fire might be having a tough season so far, but NY continue to demonstrate their uselessness by losing 3-1 to Chicago.

Columbus 1-1 Philadelphia

Philly played dirty again and the Crew needed a 78th minute equalizer to steal a point from a game they probably should have won except for a very poor offside trap that gifted Philly a goal.
 
Lord Blackadder said:
0-0...just the kind of result I expect whenever Big Sam is involved.



Looks like you'll be disappointed then. ;) The Fire might be having a tough season so far, but NY continue to demonstrate their uselessness by losing 3-1 to Chicago.

Columbus 1-1 Philadelphia

Philly played dirty again and the Crew needed a 78th minute equalizer to steal a point from a game they probably should have won except for a very poor offside trap that gifted Philly a goal.
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After the first NY goal I thought "great another game with no points" but thankfully I was wrong Palladeni and Santos provided some very nice goals. Still not to optimistic for the season though.
 
cambookpro said:
:eek:

Oh well, the Championship's much better anyway.
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Indeed! It's much more exciting. With a mere 6 points being the difference between relegation and mid table mediocrity, anything could happen. It is, as they say, 'squeeky bum time!'

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Fizzoid said:
Indeed! It's much more exciting. With a mere 6 points being the difference between relegation and mid table mediocrity, anything could happen. It is, as they say, 'squeeky bum time!'
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Blackburn are staring a second relegation in two seasons in the face. Do Venky's need any more evidence of how useless they are?
 
The Manchester City players must've been on the floor pissing themselves laughing after hearing Giggs was starting. Fair play to them, they made kick-off. Ferguson caught up in the game again, and gone Benitez on substitutions. What is Mike Phelan for? What does he do? Other than make Phil Neal look good. Buy Lewandowski and stick him on the bench to keep Kagawa company. :rolleyes:

Donald Duck it. ;)

Mancini moaning about missing players. :D Have a look at Arsenal, Spurs, Newcastle, Villa, Manchester United and others.

Phil Neville - obviously past it at Everton's level but good luck. Hopefully Giggs and Scholes will retire.

Cheers,
OW
 
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