Domestic football - spam version

[Loveless]

I would almost say that the days of tiki taka even with Messi in the team are coming to an end.

We're not even 12 months on from Spain utterly destroying Italy in Euro 2012 using that style. I don't think it's dead by any means, I just think Barcelona without Guardiola can't defend for fuck.
As for Bayern, they really should win it this time but I've got a suspicion they're going to choke again.

 

[Ming]

Bayern/Dortmund is too close to call, don't be surprised if it goes to penalties.

 

[Captain Morgan Freeman]

It won't be as close if Gotze's not fit.

 

[KettleFace]

Ok then.

Football thread I do believe? Yes, it is.

 

[Alastor]

Anyone's better than Venky's.

 

[Tastycles]

Fulham were utterly abysmal today. Wigan look like they're doing the usual, it's so wide open as to who will go down. So I say, get on the BBC Predictor and say who you think it'll be.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/predictor/default.stm

My table ends:

1. Manchester United
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2. Manchester City
3. Chelsea
4. Arsenal
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5. Tottenham Hotspur
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6. Liverpool
7. Everton
8. West Bromwich Albion
9. Swansea City
10. West Ham United
11. Stoke City
12. Sunderland
13. Wigan Athletic
14. Newcastle United
15. Southampton
16. Fulham
17. Aston Villa
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18. Norwich City
19. Reading
20. Queen's Park Rangers

 

[Lee]

Good performance from us today, shame the other results didn't go our way.

 

[Loveless]

1. Manchester United
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2. Manchester City
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
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5. Tottenham Hotspur
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6. Liverpool
7. Everton
8. West Bromwich Albion
9. Swansea City
10. West Ham United
11. Aston Villa
12. Southampton
13. Sunderland
14. Newcastle United
15. Stoke City
16. Fulham
17. Norwich City
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18. Wigan Athletic
19. Reading
20. Queen's Park Rangers

I had a feeling that Norwich would go down but when I run it through the predictor but even with losing those last 2 games, it didn't matter because Wigan weren't picking up the points needed.

 

[Барбоса]

I had Norwich going down.

 

[Lee]

The Wigan hand ball pisses me off more and more as I think about it. That would be 2 less for them, 1 more for us and pressure would be off.

 

[Miko]

I am pretty certain Bayern will win the final, they are overdue anyway. Should've won last time but they couldn't find the net behind the bus that Chelsea parked. And as for Chelsea, if you are going to fuck another team out of the Champions league, at least try and stay in it past the group stages, now they're going to win the Europa League, can't let Spurs have anything. The swine.

 

[Miko]

Barcelona's football looked like me and my mates after just having left the pub, but its not dead, Bayern found the formula but I am not sure if other teams, even Bayern themselves are good enough to repeat it against a full strength Barcelona.

 

[future admin]

For me it's been derby day for 20 and a half hours, but I am so fucking keen! Had a shit weekend in other sports and a knee operation Thursday, so if we lose, I will most likely kill someone

 

[Lee]

You sheep shagging bastards I love you!

 

[Remix]

Fergie's retiring at the end of the season. Kind of a shame really, guy was a fucking good manager.

 

[future admin]

It is a shame to see Ferguson retire, but it becomes interesting to see what happens with United over the next few years. Depending on the manager, it could be a while before United are back to the stage they are at now. Will players leave? how many managers around the top leagues are going to be changing? The off season will be an interesting one.

 

[Captain Morgan Freeman]

First person to say Moyes should get the job gets red rep.

 

[future admin]

https://twitter.com/AndyTCarroll_/status/332068075249741824

@AndyTCarroll_
First Thatcher dies, then Ferguson retires.

Somewhere, there is a Scouser with a lamp and one wish left.

This is honestly the best thing I've seen on twitter

 

[Brilliant Human Being]

Devastated. No other word to describe how I'm feeling right now; hasn't sunk in yet.

 

[Барбоса]

Better Fergie retires than do a Jock Stein at the side of the pitch.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

Friend or foe, Fergie's the best. Amazing...don't think it's quite sunk in yet.

 

[a0161613]

I think United might be in trouble without him.

 

[Miko]

Will he pass that piece of chewing gum on to the next manager?

 

[Dave]

With a French kiss...

 

[Tastycles]

How anyone can think Moyes' has the requisite experience at handling that kind of job is beyond me. He has come 5th a few times with no money, and that's good, but he's won literally nothing and his record when he's tried to go big is abysmal.

David Moyes' buys over £6.5 million:

Diniar Bilyaletdinov
Marouane Fellaini
Andy Johnson
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
James Beattie

David Moyes' Champions League Experience:

P0 W0 D0 L0

David Moyes' Champions League Qualifying Experience:

P2 W0 D0 L2

David Moyes' Record Against Teams from "Big 5" Leagues

P5 W2 D0 L3 (By way of comparision, Sam Allardyce - P6 W1 D4 L1)


I hope he does get the job as both Everton and United will tank when he does, but there's so many others better equipped than him. He's literally won less than Avram Grant.