The Football Thread

If nothing sensational happens I think that Arsenal and Shakhtar have booked the #1 and #2 spots in their group. Braga were excellent last night, the difference was provided by the experience (lack of, in Braga's case) and the quality of that Brazilian striker from Shakhtar, which I didn't remember from the previous seasons. And maybe a referree error too. They're pretty good for a team at the first CL participation, but it will take them a few years untill they can be a match for the CL greats.

RE Arsenal, by the way Chelsea are looking, I think they have better chances at winning a continental trophy rather than an internal one.

The first ten minutes of Inter - Wurdah Bremen () are excellent. 

VERY frustrating night. I forgot that matches in Europa League start two hours earlier than those from the Champions League, so I caught just the end of Steaua - Napoli, and the extra time. The f**king referee did his best to steal Steaua, and managed to get Napoli to equalize in the last seconds of the seventh (!!!!) minute of extra time. f**k f**k f**k the bloody b*****d.

After that there was the second batch of EL matches, of which I was shown Man City vs. Juventus, but I couldn't enjoy it because of the bitterness.

Anyone rememer this?



I read that he just broke the leg of Ben Arfa during the last match (Man City - Newcastle). What a b*****d.

^ I sort of agree on accidental, but then, if you're beeing reckless on a regular basis (he also broke someone's leg in a friendly this April, Netherlands vs. USA), then how accidental is that?

And also, agreed about the PR stunt.

This is too good to stay in the Shred Room only 

Lizzy wrote: Kinda nice of her she didn't book him.

What team are you a fan of, Luca? I ask so that I know what words do I pick when talking about Napoli 

I just read that Liverpool's new owner, John William Henry II, was in a prog band in his youth

Good luck to the Liverpoodlians with the new chore.

harmonium.ro wrote: What team are you a fan of, Luca? I ask so that I know what words do I pick when talking about Napoli  I just read that Liverpool's new owner, John William Henry II, was in a prog band in his youth Good luck to the Liverpoodlians with the new chore.

b4usleep wrote: Accidental ??

That's not accidental. Watch that he is watching at him. That was a criminal action and he should sent off right there. And you all know that I hate Spain but he could did a big injury, lucky it wasn't the case...

De Jong's foot is raised (which is reckless) long before Alonso intercepts the ball, of course he is looking at the Spaniard, that's where the ball now is.

Mercifully however, he wasn't seriously injured.(more luck than anything else admittedly)

Anyway, Scotland's already threadbare hopes of reaching Euro 2012 are looking distinctly dodgy after a 1-0 loss to the Czech Rep in Prague. Although the latter are a decent side (but not nearly as strong as they were 10 years ago) the Scots manager Levein decided to do a 'Walter Smith' and park two buses in front of our long suffering and probably valium addicted goalkeeper.
(Perhaps they were 'open -top' buses as we conceded from a set piece)
Defensive football is only justified if you have a lead to protect or don't concede - once Scotland fell behind in this game they had no Plan B to fall back upon and to compound matters, left their only in-form striker (Kenny Miller) on the bench. I don't have any great expectations from the current generation of Scottish footballers and would much prefer them having 'a real go' and trying to win games even if it meant zero points in qualification.

Still, it's only Spain next (the world champions)


Edited by ExittheLemming - October 08 2010 at 22:26