The College Dropout Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I'm a bit early but it seems every match in the EURO's and the latter stages of the Champions League are bore fests. Very tight games, few goals. It seems everyone is scared to lose. Speak on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 It is beyond boring..if thats what the UEFA want then they should fuck off rather watch Bristol vs Hull again than this load of shit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I quite enjoy watching the technical aspect of the game, it's nice to see possession football at times but yes it can get a bit tedius. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 been my opinion for a while, but i think these euro's have been ok so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago_shearer Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 First half hour of France/Romania has been boring, that much is for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 International football is shite, the teams are thrown together and have no cohesion. In the CL negative play is probably the best way to go in 2 legged games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 It is right now. None of the matches have been anything worth talking about, imo. Holding out hope for the late match today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 International football is s****, the teams are thrown together and have no cohesion. In the CL negative play is probably the best way to go in 2 legged games. Jose and Rafa have suffocated the Champions League.... most teams follow their blueprint. The best game so far in this championship has been the 2-0 thriller between Germany and Poland.. it will get better.. but i don't think the degree will be drastically better. I've said European because it seems in the Copa America and ANC there are more goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Teams are to shit scared and dont want to go home early so they play cautious football. Especially in the first group game. I'll watch them in the hope we see the odd cracker. I agree with TCD, Jose and Rafa have killed euro football with those shit bollocks tactics, i cant think of a more boring team then Liverpool. Is that the price of success? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I don't think Rafa Benitez gets enough criticism in England because his team is geared to cup football, and he's won cups. Liverpool get found out in the Premier where their safety first approach means they miss out on points against weaker teams. Romania will be hard to knock out of this tournament if they get through the group stages, similar to Greece last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jawesome Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Football is boring though. It has been since like 97 or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Teams are to s*** scared and dont want to go home early so they play cautious football. Especially in the first group game. I'll watch them in the hope we see the odd cracker. I agree with TCD, Jose and Rafa have killed euro football with those s*** bollocks tactics, i cant think of a more boring team then Liverpool. Is that the price of success? I agree with that. Liverpool are enough to put me to sleep. With some of the players they've got you'd think they'd be a bit more exciting. Also, did anyone else prefer the old format of the Champions League where they would go into a 2nd group phase? I thought it was quite good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 there seems to be a lack of footballing brains in the france side. there are a lot of athletic players, but i can't see anyone there who can make things happen. they need to bring henry on, provided he's not injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Were spoiled with the Premiership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I've been starting to sort of think this since the last 16 of the last World Cup, cos every game after the group stages in that was boring as sin. I'd probably agree when you say international football, however we've naturally been jaded due to England's chronic performances for the last few years. Teams are shit scared of losing, and it reflects in tactics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Were spoiled with the Premiership. You think so, i think most of the teams are fcking wank. And most of them are happy to kill off/play out a game with negative football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Martin O'Neill was priased for making his team hoof long balls up front against us when they beat us 4-1. They didn't have a fucking clue agaisnt us in the first half. Second half, "lets lash some long balls up against that Cacapa guy and see what we get" Not really clever football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Were spoiled with the Premiership. You think so, i think most of the teams are fcking wank. And most of them are happy to kill off/play out a game with negative football. Agree with this. Bolton at SJP last season was a joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 a lot more goals though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 a lot more goals though. Fair point, goals get people out there seats. Tell that to big sam, steve mcclaren and shit sticks like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Martin O'Neill was priased for making his team hoof long balls up front against us when they beat us 4-1. They didn't have a f***ing clue agaisnt us in the first half. Second half, "lets lash some long balls up against that Cacapa guy and see what we get" Not really clever football. Well its certainly not attractive but you can't deny there's logic behind O'Neill playing like that when we've got someone on such inconsistent defensive form as Cacapa. He'd be a fool not to try and exploit that weakness tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Its not clever football tho is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Its not clever football tho is it? What do you mean by clever football? In that instance, he exploited a huge weakness of ours and it got them the win. Clever in the sense that it got them the 3 points and that was all that was needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Its not clever football tho is it? I'd say it is, yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 What truly makes top level European football boring is the obvious lack of proper underdogs. I mean the teams that nobody fancies a chance in games but still gives 110% for their team trying to get a win and pushes their opponent into playing actual attractive football to make sure they don't lose to a lesser team. Even though the likes of France and Italy are great big nations, I'd think it'd be more fun to watch a final between an underdog and either France or Italy, than a final between France and Italy as both teams would be too afraid to attack in case they'd fall behind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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