ponsaelius Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 What you mean is its exactly the same except Norway and Newcastle are shite now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Watching Brazil - Norway from the 98 WC. Fuck football used to be so much more fun and entertaining back in the day. And Ronaldo and Carlos in their prime... what even is life. I hate modern football. Fucking boring motherfucking shit with shit rich motherfuckers with no pride in what they are doing. I hate it so much. Fuck. But now you're American and have playoffs in the MLS. Weak argument tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Raúl retires. Very good player that made the most of what he had; had the past 7 years not happened he'd be remembered as one of Spain's best. Somebody post that silence pic because I obviously won't. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42058000/jpg/_42058106_healy3416.jpg Raúl's last game for Spain. Pipe down Messi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 What you mean is its exactly the same except Norway and Newcastle are shite now. No. The football played was genuinely more interesting and competitive back then. I recall the Champions League in those days as well, halcyon days of football. One could argue that the quality of footballers is much better now, and the quality of play. But the result is boring elite shitfests with spoiled cunts who don't care about anything. Now the new trend is to go all Moneyball football as well, where's the soul? Where's the fun? I've found myself a lot more entertained when watching League 1 matches than Premier League matches in recent times, for one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Where is the love? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Where is the love? http://www.billboard.com/files/styles/promo_650/public/stylus/100408-black_eyed_peas7_617_409.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Watching Brazil - Norway from the 98 WC. Fuck football used to be so much more fun and entertaining back in the day. And Ronaldo and Carlos in their prime... what even is life. I hate modern football. Fucking boring motherfucking shit with shit rich motherfuckers with no pride in what they are doing. I hate it so much. Fuck. You have a point about club football but international tournaments are as good as they always were and the players have as much pride in their country as they always had Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Watching Brazil - Norway from the 98 WC. Fuck football used to be so much more fun and entertaining back in the day. And Ronaldo and Carlos in their prime... what even is life. I hate modern football. Fucking boring motherfucking shit with shit rich motherfuckers with no pride in what they are doing. I hate it so much. Fuck. You have a point about club football but international tournaments are as good as they always were and the players have as much pride in their country as they always had My point was mostly about club football though, I was just reminded because of watching good old footballers play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Ronaldo man. I felt scared every time he was on the ball even though I knew the result in the game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Referred to himself in the third person. Anyone who does that can fuck the fuck off, the egocentric cunt. If that ever happened in real life I'd have to lamp the fucker. I have enough trouble already with getting bollocked for using people's first names instead of The Honourable Mrs David Jones or whatever, she's Lucinda to me, get over yourself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I agree with Kaizero, football was much more interesting in the mid-90s and it's become more and more formulaic and boring. In this country at least, but you could certainly say the same about Italy and maybe Spain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Raúl retires. Very good player that made the most of what he had; had the past 7 years not happened he'd be remembered as one of Spain's best. Somebody post that silence pic because I obviously won't. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42058000/jpg/_42058106_healy3416.jpg Raúl's last game for Spain. His tournament record for Spain was truly laughable. When Aragonès dropped him for the 2008 Euros (he was Spain's captain) the Madrid press got into a fit, yet that ushered the golden age of Spanish football. He was a very good player made to look better because of the players he had at his side. I'll say that somebody like Villa was a superior footballer (and for example has a much better record in tournaments for Spain), but only spent 3 seasons at a top team so he didn't get enough hype. The player he sort of replaced at Real Madrid - Butragueño - was a much better footballer too. A brilliant striker he was. He was just unlucky to face 80s Milan first and Cruyff's Barça second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I agree with Kaizero, football was much more interesting in the mid-90s and it's become more and more formulaic and boring. In this country at least, but you could certainly say the same about Italy and maybe Spain. I agree, but I've always wondered how much of that is down to me becoming old and miserable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 It probably was better before in many ways, but the biggest reason im so miserable about football in general is because of the club i support and love I was abroad for a couple of months and didn't follow Newcastle at all, in any way, and i haven't felt so good in a looong time. Back home i've tried to stay away from this club so many times but i just can't.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 People overrate the 90s imho - which is understandable since I guess is when the majority of us got into football, plus NUFC were great at the time. But you still had an elite of clubs dominating the big European leagues, and the CL. It's worse now, mind, but wasn't really that great back then. I blame the Bosman ruling myself. It allowed big clubs to hoard foreign talent. Back in the 80s-early 90s you had middling clubs with great players because the big clubs just couldn't hoard them all. By the same token, big teams in small leagues like Ajax or PSV were able to retain their talent for longer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Think for example of Real Madrid. If we still went with pre-Bosman rules, they'd have to pick 3 out of: Ronaldo Benzema Bale Modric Varane Rodríguez Kroos Navas Kovacic Danilo Casemiro (Marcelo has a Spanish passport IIRC) Now besides the fact they'd be weakened themselves, all the players they'd be giving up would be at smaller teams, a lot of them in their nation's leagues, strengthening them. That's how football was before the Bosman ruling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Ronaldo man. I felt scared every time he was on the ball even though I knew the result in the game Check for Thuram and Desailly pre World Cup final 98 talking about Ronaldo on that famous video site. It's golden. Listening to those guys talking about him just says it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson pay tribute as Newcastle's legendary tea lady retires after 49 YEARS http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsene-wenger-alex-ferguson-pay-6649249 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 In the 90s, there were Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch, French and Serbian winners of the CL. The last decade, we've had only English, Italian, German and Spanish sides win it. 8 occasions that's been between Spain and England There's a lot less diversity and I'd agree the football is generally much more tedious across the board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Thank fuck. We might win something now. Wages saved too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 “Alan Pardew was a gentlemen too. I think he was the perfect manager for Newcastle, the fans were disgraceful to him. Fuck off, Kath. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 “Alan Pardew was a gentlemen too. I think he was the perfect manager for Newcastle, the fans were disgraceful to him. f*** off, Kath. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 He probably tried to flirt with her Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 "The Tea Lady could do a better job" CONFIRMED as a LIE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 RIP Howard Kendall http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/legendary-everton-manager-howard-kendall-6649537 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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