so... a creative player who is still better at dm than sergio buscunts
― ladywood (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
do u srsly think he is better than the player who has just replaced him
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
i mean i know it's a hoy but still
eduardo replaced henry doesn't mean he was better than him
― ladywood (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that's exactly the right comparison
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
Can't think why Barcelona would have replaced the African midfielder with the homegrown Catalan type.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
jesus u ppl
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
like do u get anything about football
touré was patently inferior to busquets at dmid while they were still playing in the same side
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
toure is better than busquets, but not at dm, and certainly not as dm at barca
Song is also not a dm, and neither is thudd. They just hang round there while performing other functions
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:02 (5 minutes ago)
this is the one where they throw the ball, wear helmets and text pictures of their weiners, right?
― ladywood (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
touré will never be as good at any given role as busquets is at his
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
featuring delap, cech and shelvey, yeah xp
― r|t|c, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
:-)
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
if u srsly believe barcelona overpromote their own youngsters at the expense of bought players u might want to consider former new messi bojan krkic whose agent is currently complaining he is getting shafted by barca who are trying to sell him to udinese against his will
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
DM at Barca is kinda different to being DM anywhere else though because they keep posession so well there just aren't as many opposition attacks to break up. Be interesting to see how Busquets would do behind midfielders that aren't Xavi and Iniesta.
In any other team Toure or Mascherano would be the better pick. Obviously Busquets is by miles a better passer of the ball than Mascherano, even if Masch is as good at positioning and better at tackling.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
I mean obviously Barca are the best team in 20 years so who are we to judge but...
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
busquet's main attributes are his close control and positioning, his passing is usually pretty simple
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
How many simple passes have you seen Mascherano fuck up though?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
i kinda hate busquets, wanted them to keep touré and thought mascherano would displace him this season, but the last season confirmed he is just insanely good at what he does, and i think 80% of that is transferrable to another top level side
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
then again my idea was that barca could do without without a dedicated deep lying, purely destructive midfielder hence my pref for touré as a kinda roving box to box type alongside x & i
but seeing busquets this season i doubt even fabregas is good enough to displace busquets and change the system of their midfield
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
cesc is going because xavi is getting on and iniesta hasn't the greatest injury record, not because of the cunt
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
idk if he is going
think arsenal would be happy to sell for a good price but barca have their own financial issues so
if it does happen, he will get enough games to keep him from bitching but assuming x & i are fit, their starting xi for big games will remain the same imo
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
xavi is getting on, is he
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
xavi could play for longer than scholes imo. He simply doesn't get tackled.
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
wouldn't mind seeing x & i vs xi england u-21 players in a possession competition
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
you'd want busquets there to keep the naughty stuff out of it, and alves there to run around a lot, dive and provide fuck-all end product
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
alves usually has one of the best assist records in la liga
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
he is one of those rare players whose obnoxiousness makes them even more useful, he is really exceptionally good at diving/feigning/sly fouls
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
the last time i played for barca i got six assists
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah but i created more "goal-scoring chances"
― Number None, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't Xavi and Iniesta start out at Barca as deeper-lying mids, more about short distribution than "playmaking"? Could see Busquets expanding his passing range and becoming a direct heir to one or the other of them. He's a dick but really, really good.
― boxall, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
true Number None but that was home to Oviedo in the cup...I wouldn't be giving up the day job
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
i lolled nn, i lolled
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
xavi was more of a guardiola type early in his career yeah
when iniesta was breaking through, rijkaard tended to favour a 2-1 midfield with deco as a dedicated attacking mid, so most of iniesta's opportunity's came in the '2' behind him, then by 2006 or so he got quite a few games at left wing
i don't think either of them played with as restricted a defensive role as busquets currently does, nor were they as good at retrieving possession
i can see him playing further ahead through his career, but i doubt he will ever be employed there on a permanent basis
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/273513/Theo-Walcott-to-be-new-Lionel-Messi
Walcott is confident he has the skill, pace and firepower to do for Arsenal what the little Argy does for Barcelona, playing as a striker rather than as a winger
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Sunday, 25 September 2011 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
made a nice cross for 2-0 today but Pique or Abidal would've finished the chances he missed
― (i don't really have an opinion atm tbh) (boxall), Sunday, 25 September 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
“The yellow cards are just a case of showing passion – and perhaps a little bit of frustration – with the way things have been going this season.
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Sunday, 25 September 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
that article highlights the lack of any sense of how formations work, there was another bbc article a few weeks ago suggesting walcott be played in a free role behind van persie where he could flitter about and presumably fire off savicevic style sliderule passes every two minutes
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Sunday, 25 September 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
France are over-rated. I was a bit disappointed with them. How many of their players would get into the England team?
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
jamie redknapp after one creditable result by england
to answer him, ferdinand, hart and ashley cole would get in an entente cordiale xi
i don't think you can make a reasonable case for any of the others, twp would get in as a supporting striker but most teams don't play one and as a #9 benzema is now above him
barry might be the closest, for all his limitations he is a regla in a title winning team
even then france have toulalan, alou diarra, lasanna diarra, yann m'vila, cabaye, flamini, matuidi etc
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
Pires goes for Hart, Terry and Rooney. Inclusion of Clichy is a puzzler
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/jun/07/robert-pires-france-england-euro-2012
― Number None, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/gMddhJA.jpg
― every soulless meta poster is a ✰ (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Saturday, 2 February 2013 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
MANCHESTER CITY could enter the fray to sign Real Madrid’s coveted youngster Raphael Varane.
The Frenchman has been given a more regular run out at the Bernebeu by Jose Mourinho this season, and he has been getting a number of alluring glances from Europe’s top clubs.
And his performance in last week’s Copa del Rey first-leg semi-final meeting against Barcelona, in which he headed home the equaliser, made many clubs sit up and take notice.
City may plot a move for him, as they are planning a major overhaul of the squad in the summer and Joleon Lescott is tipped to leave the Etihad.
― every soulless meta poster is a ✰ (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Monday, 4 February 2013 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
I heard Jamie Redknapp say on Super Sunday that Bale is 'absolutely world class', that he's 'as good as Ronaldo'.
I don't often disagree with Jamie, but I think it's got to the stage where you can say that Bale is better than Ronaldo because he's simply unplayable.
That's not to denigrate Ronaldo, who has got all the tricks and dynamite in his boots - but so has Bale.
What Bale's got that Ronaldo hasn't is incredible strength and power; Ronaldo is quick but when Bale gets up a head of steam, there's no stopping him.
http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,12088_8477969,00.html
― every soulless meta poster is a ✰ (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 7 February 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
stick to the shit puns Jeff
― Number None, Friday, 8 February 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
‘The problem we’ve got is that we think we should be competing against them on their terms – being technical and playing from the back.
‘Well, hang about, England have always been a country based on passion and motivation, getting in people’s faces. Yes we can play football. But you go back to Euro 96, we played some fantastic sides. There’s no-one more technical than the Dutch and we beat them just by being on the front foot with passion and, yeah, a bit of quality.
‘Bulldog spirit is what English football is based on. If you can add technical players to that then great but don’t think it’s all got to be technical. Don’t change the culture. Can we add to it? But keep the passion and motivation.
‘That’s what we’re good at and yet we’re trying to go from that and change our whole culture of the English game that’s been there for God knows how long.
‘That’s the problem. What happened to the passion, to being on the front foot, to closing down? Has that gone out of the window now all of a sudden? Because when we do that we’re good.
― 2 ℜ 4 u (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Saturday, 7 September 2013 23:58 (ten years ago) link
jesus fucking christ the retard actually uses the word 'eyetie'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6heA4SKBJ0#t=288
― 2 ℜ 4 u (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 8 September 2013 00:07 (ten years ago) link
top of the Championship nakh, can't knock it
― ... Jenkinson ... ... military spending ... ... ... Özil ... ... (imago), Sunday, 8 September 2013 08:15 (ten years ago) link