maybe_next_year Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Not sure if its been posted elsewhere, but Pique is to retire from international football after the next world cup, partially due to being accused of cutting his sleaves off, so that he wouldn't have to wear the spansh flag trim on them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Surprised he doesn't have 100 caps yet. I guess he came in the team in the middle of their Golden Era. Only a handful more than Cazorla. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 I actually like Waddle as a pundit. Talks a fair bit of sense, particularly when he rants on about the state of English football. However - his inability to say 'penalty' correctly marks him down a bit! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk He is a fucking grade a arsewipe is Twaddle! He once slagged Shola for not hitting the ball hard enough despite the fact he actually scored. We won convincingly once as well a few years back and he said the fans should be unhappy because we didn't score more and yet he once also said Newcastle fans are too demanding wanting their team to win by big margins all the time. He is worse than Savage who is tongue in cheek at times and clearly likes to stir shit. Owen though... he is the absolute worst! I like Hoddle, but he sits on the fence too much and can be bland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 The thing is that the BBC know very well the value of expert footballing opinion outside of the ex-pro circle. The jewel in 5Live's footballing crown is Vickery and the other guests on the World Football Phone in, hidden away on Up All Night. But they also know that your white van man type feels more comfortable hearing from good old ex-pros, which is why we end up with Murphy, Savage and Co on the main shows. The best ex-pro pundit on the Beeb by an absolute mile is Lineker, and he's sat there doing nowt but asking Martin Keown to dribble on the microphone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 The thing is that the BBC know very well the value of expert footballing opinion outside of the ex-pro circle. The jewel in 5Live's footballing crown is Vickery and the other guests on the World Football Phone in, hidden away on Up All Night. But they also know that your white van man type feels more comfortable hearing from good old ex-pros, which is why we end up with Murphy, Savage and Co on the main shows. The best ex-pro pundit on the Beeb by an absolute mile is Lineker, and he's sat there doing nowt but asking Martin Keown to dribble on the microphone. Couldn't agree more, although Lineker is a very good host. I'm liking Shearer these days and although I can't stand the way Carragher and Neville talk with their accents, they know their stuff. Henry is awful, he was good a few years back during the WC, but he is awful these days. I like Gullit and quite like Jenas too. The best for me used to be James Richardson. LeTissier is OK on Sky, but the rest are piss poor outside of Carragher and Neville. Sadly I think the average fan is somewhat like these pundits, dim witted, inarticulate and and a bit of a closed shop when it comes to thinking in general. Its catch 22 though because that's how we see the game from a grassroots level. Its all about grafters, proper football men, proper tackling and all that bollocks. Our footballers are raised the same way as fans are with that one eyed kind of outlook on all things football. I could listen to several people talk all day long about football, Sir Bobby had it, KK is one of them and Klopp another. I could listen to Rafa all day long as well. The likes of Owen, Savage and Pardew though make me want to forget about football full stop because they talk absolute drivel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 I don't hold Rafa in the same regard when it comes to general football waffling. He doesn't exude the same level of romance when talking about the game as someone like Keegan or Bobby, imo. Those two are/were absolutely infectious, particularly KK but that's obviously because he talks about us the most. Rafa just speaks enormous amounts of sense and, more importantly, you actually believe him. Nothing ever feels like a baseless platitude when it's Rafa. He's chosen to be here because he wants to succeed and, fortunately for us, he knows how to. And that comes out when he's in front of a microphone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 I don't hold Rafa in the same regard when it comes to general football waffling. He doesn't exude the same level of romance when talking about the game as someone like Keegan or Bobby, imo. Those two are/were absolutely infectious, particularly KK but that's obviously because he talks about us the most. Rafa just speaks enormous amounts of sense and, more importantly, you actually believe him. Nothing ever feels like a baseless platitude when it's Rafa. He's chosen to be here because he wants to succeed and, fortunately for us, he knows how to. And that comes out when he's in front of a microphone. Aye with Rafa its the common sense. He is kind of charismatic mind, given the language barrier if you like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Somewhat interesting - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/sports/soccer/premier-league-lifestyle-fixer.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I don't hold Rafa in the same regard when it comes to general football waffling. He doesn't exude the same level of romance when talking about the game as someone like Keegan or Bobby, imo. Those two are/were absolutely infectious, particularly KK but that's obviously because he talks about us the most. Rafa just speaks enormous amounts of sense and, more importantly, you actually believe him. Nothing ever feels like a baseless platitude when it's Rafa. He's chosen to be here because he wants to succeed and, fortunately for us, he knows how to. And that comes out when he's in front of a microphone. Aye with Rafa its the common sense. He is kind of charismatic mind, given the language barrier if you like. That's a bit of an excuse, he's just not charismatic in that light. And that's okay, that's not his strength. Rafa is our first real tactician. KK & Bobby knew their stuff no doubt but were more focussed on getting the best out of attacking players. Bellamy has spoken about both managers. How Bobby made him feel like Didier Drogba, while feeding him tactical tidbits. With Rafa it would be the reverse, focus on the tactics, then the man management. It's cool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I disagree that he's not charismatic like. He seems to have cheered up loads since his Liverpool days too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 David Platt been relieved of duties from FC Pune, been spending too much time up at the Ashram in them communal showers allegedly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Hoddle said at 5-0 up during the 6-0 Villa dismantling that we needed to be careful having such a high line and that Villa could expose it. He's a fucking braindead tit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 https://www.instagram.com/p/BLYjYjADs3y/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Hoddle said at 5-0 up during the 6-0 Villa dismantling that we needed to be careful having such a high line and that Villa could expose it. He's a fucking braindead tit. Waddle. This happens a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 https://www.instagram.com/p/BLYjYjADs3y/ The charismatic black friend that I've wanted my whole life but never had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 People probably hate Mondays because they hate their shit pointless office jobs and are not obscenely rich MATE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Celtic apperantly been involved in a massive tax dodge. Good job their fans are all experts in this sort of thing after a few years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Here’s a quick quiz: since the start of Neymar’s career in 2009, who has more yellow cards – him or notorious Real Madrid bruiser Pepe? Well, clearly it’s not the obvious answer, otherwise we wouldn’t be asking the question. The totals, if you’re interested, are 133-108 in ‘favour’ of the Brazilian. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/12/international-football-10-talking-points-from-the-world-cup-qualifiers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Here’s a quick quiz: since the start of Neymar’s career in 2009, who has more yellow cards – him or notorious Real Madrid bruiser Pepe? Well, clearly it’s not the obvious answer, otherwise we wouldn’t be asking the question. The totals, if you’re interested, are 133-108 in ‘favour’ of the Brazilian. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/12/international-football-10-talking-points-from-the-world-cup-qualifiers Quite few of them were for his haircuts, to be fair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 That's interesting. It could be the position. Lamella committed a lot of fouls last season but people don't see him as a dirty player and he doesn't get as many yellows as a defender or CM would get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Hang on, 133 yellows since 2009? So Neymar's averaged almost 20 bookings a season since he broke through? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 First El Classico of the season won't be live for British TV Viewers. 3:15 kick off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Hang on, 133 yellows since 2009? So Neymar's averaged almost 20 bookings a season since he broke through? Aye that's total shite surely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Not per season but per calendar year as they're counting all yellow cards picked up in international games as well. Sounds about right for the seahorse coiffed wanker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisMcQuillan Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Hang on, 133 yellows since 2009? So Neymar's averaged almost 20 bookings a season since he broke through? Aye that's total s**** surely. http://uk.soccerway.com/players/neymar-da-silva-santos-junior/102697/ 71 in domestic leagues, 9 in domestic cups, 19 in continental tournaments, 20 in internationals. 119 according to that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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