Kitchandro Posted 21 November 2012 Posted 21 November 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1hxFBeyI4Y wow
marko Posted 21 November 2012 Posted 21 November 2012 Some finish, that. Almost RvP style I was just thinking the same. Pretty similar to his goal against Charlton a few years back.
Jimothy Posted 21 November 2012 Posted 21 November 2012 Not a great goal but I've just seen Wilshere's goal tonight. What the hell is Bedimo, the left back for Montpellier doing? He throws his hand up claiming offside against Wilshere after watching Wilshere run past him! How is that ever going to be offside?!? I hate seeing defenders throw their arms up at every opportunity, it's clearly not offside, do your job stop expecting the linesman to defend for you. http://youtu.be/PuMGekdu5sw
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 21 November 2012 Posted 21 November 2012 Geez they are both Cracking goals. Dortmund too good again
Kitchandro Posted 21 November 2012 Posted 21 November 2012 That Mexes goal is making FIFA look even more silly for compiling a goal of the year list in November, in fact they probably did it last month.
Danizen Posted 21 November 2012 Posted 21 November 2012 Definitely. Found the top corner and beat the goalkeeper.
definitely not finners Posted 24 November 2012 Posted 24 November 2012 one of the most technically gifted players in the world scores a wonder goal and some of you call it a fluke A centre back with little previous pulls off something similar and it's completely intentional and superior? Heh.
shen Posted 28 November 2012 Posted 28 November 2012 Luiz Adriano has gotten a one-match suspension for his unfair goal against FC Nordsjælland along with one-day 'community service'. As Shakhtar are already through, it renders the ban utterly meaningless. In fact, it just helps Juventus. Very soft by UEFA and ridiculous that they didn't discipline the club or staff, who could've easily rectified it during or after the game. Fair play and respect my bottom!
Matt Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 Anyone seen the Zagreb v Dynamo Keiv game? It gives Ipswich v Leicester a run for it's money, still think Ipswich v Leicester wins but it's still a joke, snow everywhere, ball hadly rolling, dangerous.
Jimothy Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 Anyone seen the Zagreb v Dynamo Keiv game? It gives Ipswich v Leicester a run for it's money, still think Ipswich v Leicester wins but it's still a joke, snow everywhere, ball hadly rolling, dangerous. I was watching the snow for about 5 minutes until I realised there was actual football I could be watching and switched over. Didn't think they'd start playing again, seems crazy neither can qualify or in fact move at all from the positions they currently have in the group, so seems dangerous to make them needlessly play in this pointless game.
MC Prussian Posted 4 December 2012 Author Posted 4 December 2012 Bye bye Manchester City, laughable display in the Champions League this season. 1-0 down at Dortmund and probably even missing out on playing in the Europa League.
BlueSi13 Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 Another bad night for the English clubs. The performance of our clubs this year will undoubtably mean that we will lose our number 1 spot on the UEFA coefficient, however the rate of decline is truly staggering. I don't think there's a single English club i'd now put in the top 10 in Europe Is too much focus on flooding the Premier League with either overpriced, or cheap foreign players with little motivation other than money, rather than developing world-class home grown talent now having a severe effect on the overall quality of English football? As apart from Manchester United, it appears that the English contingent at Chelsea, Manchester City, and Arsenal is minimal at the very best. I can't help but feel when watching those teams that their communication, desire, and character is utterly dreadful when compared to other European clubs where the majority of their players come from the same country. Is there a link....i can't help but think so sometimes...
Vacamion Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 I agree that the rate of decline is remarkable but the Prem has been full of foreign players for years. Maybe the decline is just a relative decline. It feels like other clubs around Europe have caught up and in some cases overtaken the Prem clubs. ???
marko Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 Is too much focus on flooding the Premier League with either overpriced, or cheap foreign players with little motivation other than money, rather than developing world-class home grown talent now having a severe effect on the overall quality of English football? I'm not really a big fan of this whole "foreign players in the Premiership are ruining the National Team" argument. After all, between the first World Cup in 1930 and the inception of the Premier League in 1992, we've only won it once. And since 1992 we've put in similar performances at World Cups. Here's a quick run down which shows were at about the same level, regardless of all these foreign players. World Cups: 1950 - Group Stage 1954 - QF 1958 - Group Stage 1962 - QF 1966 - Winners 1970 - QF 1974 - Failed To Qualify 1978 - Failed To Qualify 1982 - 2nd Group Stage 1986 - QF 1990 - 4th Place 1994 - Failed To Qualify 1998 - Last 16 2002 - QF 2006 - QF 2010 - Last 16 Looking at these World Cup past performance, I don't think anyone can argue foreign players have dented the performance and achievements of our National Team. Let's face it the 1970's and early 80's performances don't make for pretty reading and I think we'd be hard pushed to blame that on foreigners. I think the main reason is we're just pretty average, to be honest. Incidentally, our record in the European Cup has improved since the Premier League was founded.
Finnegan Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 Eh, all leagues have their ups and downs. So the English clubs aren't as strong at the moment but neither are the Italians really and the Germans are obviously on the up. In a few years time it could be the French taking over and the Spanish clubs declining. Trends rise and fall all the time, it's hardly worth getting depressed about. One of ten or fifteen clubs could realistically win the Champs' League in any given year and there'll always be one or two English in that. Chelsea had a tidy year last year, United are doing okay this year.
ScouseFox Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 Depends which way you look at it. I've read in this thread (and lots of other places on the internet) that "the last two years" English clubs haven't performed as well in the CL. An English club won it last year! Not too bad.
Raj Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 Man City. I'll second that!!! ££££==== No guarantee.... Now all the Man City lovers will say how long it took Chelski and Manure years to win in Europe!!....True but the aint got Barry and Milner in midfield against the best Europe have to offer!!!!
I am Rod Hull Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 Eh, all leagues have their ups and downs. So the English clubs aren't as strong at the moment but neither are the Italians really and the Germans are obviously on the up. In a few years time it could be the French taking over and the Spanish clubs declining. Trends rise and fall all the time, it's hardly worth getting depressed about. One of ten or fifteen clubs could realistically win the Champs' League in any given year and there'll always be one or two English in that. Chelsea had a tidy year last year, United are doing okay this year. Excellent analysis. Swings and roundabouts.
Raj Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 Eh, all leagues have their ups and downs. So the English clubs aren't as strong at the moment but neither are the Italians really and the Germans are obviously on the up. In a few years time it could be the French taking over and the Spanish clubs declining. Trends rise and fall all the time, it's hardly worth getting depressed about. One of ten or fifteen clubs could realistically win the Champs' League in any given year and there'll always be one or two English in that. Chelsea had a tidy year last year, United are doing okay this year. have french clubs ever been good in the Euro Leagues???
FoxyPV Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 I'll second that!!! ££££==== No guarantee.... Now all the Man City lovers will say how long it took Chelski and Manure years to win in Europe!!....True but the aint got Barry and Milner in midfield against the best Europe have to offer!!!! Wealthy billionaires prop up Man city and Chelsea and drain wealth from Man U.
David Guiza Posted 4 December 2012 Posted 4 December 2012 The Man City plastics are becoming rather annoying, yes it was an extremely difficult group but no wins and behind Ajax is a disaster no matter how you dress it up. All be it in a much easier group Malaga, with next next to no champions league experience, qualified with ease. I really think United will win the league as well so it may well be farewell to Mancini.
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