Official Football Thread - 11/12

[cityfan31]

Has anyone got Football Manager 2012?

Got the Demo but got an epic game on FM11 going so hanging on for a few weeks before buying the proper version. You got it? Any good?

[Innovation]

Has anyone got Football Manager 2012?

Got the Demo but got an epic game on FM11 going so hanging on for a few weeks before buying the proper version. You got it? Any good?

Nope not yet. I was thinking about getting the digital download for like £23. I prefer having the disc though.

ShopTo are doing the physical copy for £25. Very tempting.

[Innovation]

Lovely finish from Balotelli. It's ridiculous you get booked for showing a message under your shirt these days.

[gvdz]

wow, didnt expect this lol
congratulations City

[xRas]

Evans is a piece of shit... why did Alex even put him on he is below average.

United need to stop playing like fucking bell ends.. the defending has been awful the last couple of games.. they've been lucky until now, We need a new midfielder Rooney was overworked.



Waits for that one brain dead City fan

[Innovation]

Wow. The last 10 minutes were awesome for a neutral. I take back what I said about wanting to see Utd smash City, I think this was more satisfying. 6-1, fucking hell. Glad I caught the last 20 minutes of the second half.

We can now move second! Never count us out like everyone did at the start of the season.

[cityfan31]

I guess that will shut the reds on here up for a good while!


6 - 1

Suck on that.

[cityfan31]

It's very quiet.....

[xRas]

Said whats had to be said bro.

[Innovation]

The referee is a mug. Fair enough the Drogba challenge did warrant a red card but the Bosingwa challenge? No fucking way. They were BOTH pulling on each other shirts. Not only that, but he hasn't booked a single QPR player. He didn't even give a freekick on the challenge which has put Mata out of this game. Give Helguson an oscar for his performance today! Going down like a sack of bricks when Luiz gave him a nudge. It was a penalty but does the bloke want to overreact anymore? Very unlucky from Cech, he did get a strong hand to it.

I'll be happy getting a draw out of this, down to 9 men and the referee has shown clearly he's not favoring us today.

I've watched every Chelsea game this season and this is by far the most frustrating.

[Innovation]

We played our heart out. We had them on the back foot for the vast majority of the second half even though we had two men sent off. It's the result that matters but QPR fans can't really be chuffed with their performance.

Anelka, I was screaming when he missed that header lmao. The best chance of the game. We had 2 clear penalties but of course, the ref didn't have any of it. Very poor referring. I don't usually blame referees often but when it's deserved, it's deserved.

Can't wait to play them at the Bridge.

[Innovation]

Second half we was good considering we had 9 men. Ref is a cunt but end of the day he can only give these cards if there is a excuse too. Just a shame he "didnt see" the same offences being made by QPR players.

No doubt. It's funny how he "didn't see" tugging on Luiz's shirt when we had a corner. I hope Boas follows up on it, he has done that before. It's deserved, the ref was bias. Cech had an awesome game though, didn't put a foot wrong all game.



^ That says it all.

[gvdz]

It's very quiet.....

lol look a page back

[Innovation]

"I was very aggressive to him. Did he have a problem with that? I don't care." - Villas Boas on the referee

Go on Boas!

I know he's only been here for a short time, but he's on his way to being my favourite Chelsea manager. I love how he's making us play more fluid and attractive football. I mean we've scored 10+ more goals than Jose's first season with us in the same time. That's awesome. It's good that we're not really associated with "boring" football anymore. We have let in more under Villas though.

[momentsgolden]

So, what does a Manchester united supporter say after losing 6-1 to the biggest cunt in the world? How does one vent the pent up frustration and ANGER not at the referee, the opposing team, or even his own players but the club itself and injuries. How about a selection of my own posts on this forum to show that as soon as i saw the line-up, i HOPED to win not EXPECTED it. Disappointing performance, yet eerily predictable

on 30 MAY 2011 My wishlist of those to join VDS, Neville and Hargreaves is

Carrick
Bebe
Kuzack
Evans
Brown
Gibson
Scholes
Owen.

Well, right now, De Gea is almost signed and thats great. Sneider looks like it might finally happen which should also be good news. Oh, Evra needs to step up or ship out. His drop in form has been costly.

of the players on that wishlist only Jonny Evans played today and he managed a hatrick of being responsible for the first goal, missing the only chance we created in the half and getting a red.

Evra, when good, is great. When bad, as stated, is costly.

June 08 2011:

That said, could Phil Jones mean Evans is on his way out? Hope so.

Why Manchester United did not play smalling in the centre and Jones at right-back is beyond me. Smalling has stated it as his prefered position and Phil jones was energetic when he came on.

Best news i've heard all week-

Park said: I might retire elsewhere. I dont know how many years i have at the top

If he goes, Young comes in, Nani and Valencia are retained and Obertan actually plays decently, we'll have a great set of wingers.

The wings were good, not great, but good enough. They put crosses in, worked the defense and retained possession. To substitute Nani when 2 goals down is testament to how underrated he is by the United management.

Ok, Great news. De Gea has been sealed, has been my first choice successor since early season. I'd say 50 Million pounds well spent. Now, just hoping Fergie can spend an extra 30 million more on the critical area of the pitch.

Which so happens to be the centre of the park. United played to City's plan of going out on the wings and putting balls in because City knew it had the numbers and the height to deal with long balls. We did just that resulting in us failing to create any reasonable amount of chances. For me, De Gea is new, has potential and was only partially responsible for most of the goals.

Our attack is mesmerizing. To think we ddnt need Bebatov, Hernandez or Owen and still probed the way the second half went is phenomenal. Only "weak" position i guess is the defensive midfield role as i think this whole "ambition" to out-pass Barcelona (read Sneider pursuit) is folly and a more practical signing would make us immaculate.

That said, great entertaing game. Cleverly gonna shock people

And i stand by that statement forever. Cleverly was clearly missing as Anderson never was and never will be United quality. MAYBE a good deputy but nothing more. Kid is fat.

August 13 2011

Its about taking the leap of faith such that you ensure the players bought suit the direction the club wants to go. I do concede however, City could pip United to the Title if the Glazers stay in charge. *sigh

The day i conceded that money does buy you everything. again, *sigh

14 August 2011 when we won against Wes Brom, my last rant.

United keeps making the wrong decisions it gets more and more frustrating! Rio Ferdinand is slow and perpetually injured, why not play Smalling with Vidic? Anderson is looking more and more lost and confused in the games... give the lad a position or (preferably) ship him out. Defensive midfield is a disaster waiting to happen. Fletcher is consistently injured, Phil Jones looks brash and Carrick has been below par for 3 years now. Only hope for the team is a fit Vidic and an on-form Nani and Rooney.

When i fell prey to using results to judge perfomances. I hate myself for this post.

8-2

AMAZING GAME!! Rooney was on fire, the wings were terrific, the defense was hungry and once again, it was the introduction of the old "class" players (Giggs, and Park that is) which slowed us down. Wow, at this rate, the difference between us and the league is the injuries of Vidic and Fletcher. Other than that, bring on any team,- Chelsea having added mata and lukaku, City with its millions or the optimistic Liverpool. Either way, i'm pretty confident things are on the up at the club.

And how wrong was i. Vidic got injured and ddnt play, Fletcher never regained his form