Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

add that to the compilation of all those other suarez dives. oh, wait.

ffs hope avb fines bale for that. embarrassing

suarez dive was a shocker. any sympathy he did have wrt him not getting anything has evaporated. although as daft as it was, still incredible that he's made the headlines when bale's was equally as laughable, and huth stayed on the pitch for that stamp. it's a fucking pantomime.

actually, having looked at it very closely, there actually is contact, and i'll happily upload a pic to prove it. fancy that. it was the indecision that did for him. he should've stayed down when he first felt contact. instead, he's realised a split second too late and gone down afterwards, which is what makes it look so ridiculous.

i think you're missing the point Chris

that's ridiculous chris. there's an initial touch, he sets himself, thinks about it, two seconds later he decides to jump and pull his own legs out from under himself. Any contact couldn't be less relevant.

Bale's was all the more infuriating because of the position he'd have been in if he'd not flopped. 'anticipating contact' is no excuse, take the hit if you want your foul, otherwise continue footballing pls.

oi take this 'flopped' nonsense to the mls thread.

suarez incident looked like an actual penalty and maybe would have been given if he hadn't added some impromptu planking to the routine.

uh flopping is not exclusive to mls, yall kidding yourselves

he meant the word "flopped" as opposed to "dived"

I maintain that 'flopped' is the better word

he actually flopped, is what i'm saying

spurs would be looking p good now if we'd not been so wobbly at the start. Callin top four at expense of utd.

no way!

Wobbly starts are okay by me, gives the manager the opportunity to pinpoint weaknesses and sort them out. Better than going great guns at the start and then being found out. The table's really tight at the moment.

sorry, not saying that the delayed flop (or tumble, whichever you prefer!) wasn't ridiculous, it clearly was, and he's daft for doing it.

anyway, i've just found a photo i took of rafa and mascherano holding a scarf in a carpark. crappy quality but vaguely exciting i suppose, i'll try to upload it in a bit.

Newcastle and Wonga. Perfect.

lol "entice the leg to come out"

and still available for England too

feel like there's an important dive to come from Owen this year

he's got many important dives left in him

http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2011/08/14/1226114/847874-bozza.gif

need to get this pic edited into the opening post asap

Aw hell, Borini's got a broken foot. I'd been thinking that when the team gets onto his wavelength it'll be spectacular, but I guess that's not happening before Christmas.

This Christmas?

Borini will be great I tell you

ooof strong zing from pandemic, and while borini's on the floor to boot

If I were a Liverpool fan I'd be more excited by the prospect of Sterling-Suarez-Suso front line getting a consistent runout.

I dunno, Sterling's pretty raw and I feel he could do with a rest and a think shortly. Excited to see Suso get a run though, yes. And tbf the alliteration is very pleasing - if Shearer-and-Sutton could win the league, these three should do even better.

Is this true? It would make for an interesting alt history to have Falcao rattling in goals for Villa for three seasons, though MON would probably have tried to make him a wingback or something.

"In 2009, Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill was offered Radamel Falcao for £7m. He chose to buy Emile Heskey instead. #StupidFootballFacts"

Wenger opted to sign Jeffers instead of Ibrahimovic in 2001. Of course Zlatan never would have made it in a proper league

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ibra2.jpg

'He never actually made me a serious offer, it was more, "I want to see how good you are, what kind of player you are. Have a trial".

'I couldn't believe it. I was like, "No way, Zlatan doesn't do auditions". I thought "You either know me or you don't and if you don't know me you can't really want me".

It would make for an interesting alt history to have Falcao rattling in goals for Villa for three seasons

If you mean "rattling in goals for Villa for one season before being sold to Man City for £30m" then I'd agree with you.

Poor Theo with his bruised lung. There are certain body parts shouldn't get injured in football.

26 January 2008 - 10:32 GMT, by eyefootball editor
Football Transfer Centre

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has rubbished rumours that Colombian striker Radamel Falcao Garcis Zarate would soon be signing for the club from River Plate.

The 21-year-old forward from River Plate – the Argentinian club Villa signed Juan Pablo Angel from seven years ago – has been linked with a £5m switch to the West Midlands.

But O’Neill said:[ “It’s news to me. I think we’d be looking a little closer to home.”

The Colombian striker is considered one of the best young and up and coming youngsters in the Argentinian leagues.

i don't think he has bought a player from a team outside the uk since he was at celtic

yeah just guzan from chivas and big j carew from lyon by the looks of it

a right proper pair of tricky continentals

guzan true....tho carew was a swap when he wanted to get rid of baros

I wonder what he'd've done at Liverpool if it had been him instead of Dalglish?

kind of amazing that john carew was probably about 27 by the time he ended up in england

firm supporter of bigs without borders.

Since I doubt there's a thread for next year's Cup of Nations yet - Cameroon have just managed to get themselves eliminated by Cape Verde

Has ribobert song retired yet?

Controversy

According to his 2008 biography, Carra, Song's former Liverpool teammate Jamie Carragher claimed he launched a deliberate hard tackle in a practice session against the Cameroonian player because of the latter's perceived mockery of Carragher's defending.[31] "Song walked on to the training pitch with a smile on his face. He was limping off it with a grimace an hour later. The first chance I got, I did him. Never have I hunted down a 50–50 tackle with greater appetite. 'You're not fucking laughing now, are you, you soft cunt?' I said as he hobbled away."[32]

Was reading the other day that one of Cameroon's defenders was investigated for racially abusing an opponent by calling him "a dirty Corsican" in Ligue 1 last season.

by U13147014 04 September 2008

Manchester United fan in peace

Whilst I certainly dont condone Jamie Carraghers violent thuggery I can understand as to why reacted to the ridiculous provocation by Rigobert Song. What Rigobert Song did to Carragher was very very bad and I think players from Africa and other parts of the world should not be so rude as to speak in their language and mock their English team-mates.

Songs crime was far worse than Carraghers

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Was looking at one of those lists of "the most expensive footballer by nationality" and realized that Fulham are collecting these! They have four currently - Berbatov's sale to Man Utd was the highest ever for a Bulgarian, Mahamadou Diarra's to Real Madrid, Duff's to Chelsea, and then Bryan Ruiz to Fulham. Only one other club had that many and it's Madrid obv (Essien, Kaká, Modric, Ronaldo).

That Falcao to Villa thing makes my blood boil. Seriosuly, FUCK Martin O'Neill

yeah i might

but yeah he's living in 1979

hmmm for every 21 yr old falcao there's a bosko balaban, this alternate reality stuff is slashfic tbh

talk that is real

Yeah, don't find it particularly galling about what Falcao might have been for Villa / what he's since become. More annoyed by "I think we’d be looking a little closer to home.” So much money that could have been spent on players with, y'know, talent and resale value, rather than fucking Marlon Harewood