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The 2012-2013 Football Thread
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agreed on both and...
yeah!
Wednesday drew. Dumbarton won.
I need a Spurs win with Bale getting a hat trick and RVP* getting one too and then Deuce can get the winner.
COYS!
*I have goofy allegiences and am all over the place in football as it is. FANTASY FOOTY makes it x10's worse!
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Well back to real Football after all the rumours.
The winter stop ended on Friday, and we got our first really big surprise.
(No offense met Jaffa Cake but nobody saw this one coming)
PSV 1 vs PEC Zwolle 3
PSV league leaders were not just beaten they were humiliated, it was like only one team had turned up to play and it wasn't PSV. OK they are missing two players Ola Toivonen and Luciano Narsingh, but still.
They were very lucky Marcelo handled the ball in his own 16 meter area, but the referee didn't see it, every body else and his dog did though.
In the second half PSV's Erik Peters who has been sidelined for 9 months, was given a straight Red card for a really dangerous tackle. On his way to the dressing room he broke a large window with his fist and had to be taken to the hospital.
The home crowd began to jeer and shout that the players should start earning their pay.
Dick Advocaat's face during the after match interview was something to see.
PEC moves up the table out of the danger zone, and PSV lose top position.
Saturday
FC Twente 0 vs RKC Waalwijk
Twente couldn't win but the one point puts them back on top.
Sunday
It's all about Ajax vs Feyenoord this is always one of the major games in Dutch football since the the very start of football in the Netherlands. This time it also matters in the league they are 3rd and 4th.
I like the PSV kit.
How is King Willem II doing this season? I usually like their kit as well.
By the by it's Willem II, It is their Playing Ground is call King Willem II stadium...
I like the PSV kit.
How is King Willem II doing this season? I usually like their kit as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_II_(football_club)
Willem II home kit
Their away kit is all mid blue quite boring.
They are bottom of the Eredivisie and have been all season. They have neither the players or the money to change the situation.
They will be demoted this season and then within two seasons be back, they are like a yo-yo.
The do have a very loyal but extremely small supporters group.
Willem II were before the war one of the most successful football sides in the Netherlands. But when the sport turned pro in 1955 Willem II didn't make the transition very well. After the switch to pro football Willem II won the Eredivisie title 3 times at the very start, but failed to invest and over time were a spent force in football.
Do hope that this has been of some help.
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Ajax 3 Vs Feyenoord 0
As a neutral I was hoping to see a more balanced game, but this the 57th meeting between to two was any thing but a classic.
As a neutral I was hoping to see a more balanced game, but this the 57th meeting between to two was any thing but a classic.
Bully to you Clint! And at the most dramatic possible moment. He had a great performance overall too, which is pleasing for me after some of the criticism I've heard directed towards him this season.
A lopsided match in the Netherlands. It's almost like that time Dirk Kuyt scored a hat trick against Man Utd, though Fergie's boys sneaked a goal in that one.
A lopsided match in the Netherlands. It's almost like that time Dirk Kuyt scored a hat trick against Man Utd, though Fergie's boys sneaked a goal in that one.
well the lopsided game of the weekend was Bremen - Dortmund : 0-5
highest loss at home for Bremen since the 80ties
the msot entertaining game: Schalke vs. Hannover 96 5:4 ... after a snore fest first half with a 1:0 .. the second half turned out rather funny to watch with 8 goals in total
highest loss at home for Bremen since the 80ties
the msot entertaining game: Schalke vs. Hannover 96 5:4 ... after a snore fest first half with a 1:0 .. the second half turned out rather funny to watch with 8 goals in total
Will be interesting to follow whether Holtby (1 goal and 2 ass.) leaves this winter already and how he will perform in the PL.
Another fact from the weekend that appears to have escaped mention: Barcelona have lost a match, against a Basque team (Real Sociedad) no less. Messi did score though, and his goals-per-game average remains dizzyingly high. They are now merely 15 points ahead of Real Madrid, and a scant 8 points ahead of Atletico Madrid....the title race is on.
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Sneidjer looks set to end up in Galatasaray. I actually thought someone from the EPL would snag him but i guess he was too demanding in the end.
Also in transfer news. Looks like Reina wants to pull a Fabregas...at least according to Daddy.
Also in transfer news. Looks like Reina wants to pull a Fabregas...at least according to Daddy.
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Given an effective replacement, I have no problem letting Reina go. He has been a great servant of the club and an outstanding, if not quite top tier keeper. It's well known he wants to finish out his career in Spain.
Not sure who we'd replace him with, because none of our backups are up to the task. Too bad Tim Howard plays for Everton, I'd love to see him at Liverpool.
Not sure who we'd replace him with, because none of our backups are up to the task. Too bad Tim Howard plays for Everton, I'd love to see him at Liverpool.
It wasn't so much lopsided (had to look that up by the way
) it was that it was talked up as a old fashioned classic, and it wasn't.Another fact from the weekend that appears to have escaped mention: Barcelona have lost a match, against a Basque team (Real Sociedad) no less. Messi did score though, and his goals-per-game average remains dizzyingly high. They are now merely 15 points ahead of Real Madrid, and a scant 8 points ahead of Atletico Madrid....the title race is on.
I think that when everybody saw that result, they just thought Typo.
I was going to post, but then I thought I had spent far to much time on this saga.
LFC should go and tempt Vorm or Bergovic with big money. We don't mind loaning you Vito or Flapianski either
Not so long ago Arsene Wenger was casting envious looks in his direction. You don't think he's on his way to Barca rather than long-term admirers Real Madrid and he's demanded Reina be brought along? He has a £20m buy-out clause. He's been a loyal and longish servant at the club. Not many will begrudge him I don't think. I'd personally sign Begovic (my personal choice if we could get him for £10m), Ron-Robert Zieler or Michel Vorm (although he only signed a new contract last summer so won't be cheap) to replace him.
If we're to go for a youngster like Ter Stegen or Buckland to replace him, I'd rather there was a transition period of 12 months
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LFC should go and tempt Vorm or Bergovic with big money. We don't mind loaning you Vito or Flapianski either
Sorry, hadn't read your post before posting mine. But our views chime. to a point. we don't want your cast offs thank you, even though we don't have big money any more!!
Goalkeeper is one position where proven skill and experience can actually matter more than age. A 28 year-old striker has just 2-4 years left in him at best (with rare exceptions), but a 28 year-old keeper could play at the top level for 8-10 years as long as he avoids injury problems. Look at how dominant Brad Friedel looked at 40. If it wasn't for Hugo Lloris' whining, he'd still be starting for Spurs.
Even though Rogers is trying to acquire young players (and I agree with his philosophy), this is one position where an older player would slot in fine, as long as he isn't too expensive.
It wasn't so much lopsided (had to look that up by the way
That's like every SuperBowl I've ever watched. But with a name like that you're setting yourself up for failure. Silly throwballers.
absolute balls if you ask me
It makes no sense to me whatsoever. It's pure speculation on my part, but either Adkins personally fell out with the suits upstairs (Nicola Cortese seems to be the name on everyone's lips), or those suits think that Mauricio Pochettino is so much better of a manager that it is worthwhile to simply chuck Adkins and bring in the new man immediately. The latter sounds pretty unlikely.
Yeah seems like a fairly likely turn of events. Real shame getting rid of Adkins after the last 2 seasons though, could've at least let him see this season through... oh well hopefully Pochettino can live up to the challenge.
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