Balls to Fiend (The Football Thread) (Read 1358263 times)

Jaspersharpe · September 13, 2013, 12:21:51 pm

After supporting Brighton through all the shit I'm not about to get bored with it now.

Falling Down · September 14, 2013, 11:02:53 am

Thank flip the prem is back this weekend. Should be a good one for our FF league too as there are some fixtures that could deliver big score lines.

moose · September 17, 2013, 08:27:35 am

Heads up: today (Tuesday) the Racing Post comes with the big Champions League pull-out - lots of stats and team analysis, always good if you want to win football-hipster arguments about the relative merits of the Plzen and Kobenhavn pressing games.

fatneck · September 17, 2013, 12:37:48 pm

Quote from: FD

Should be a good one for our FF league too as there are some fixtures that could deliver big score lines - for some...

Fixed that for you...

nai · September 17, 2013, 12:47:08 pm

Oh, are you top? You should have mentioned it

fatneck · September 17, 2013, 01:54:16 pm

Richie Crouch · September 17, 2013, 03:55:11 pm

enjoy it while you can fatface!

I started last season slowly but this one takes the biscuit! High scoring week for my bench warmers

moose · September 21, 2013, 12:56:37 am

Ozil does hiphop..... suddenly the Anfield Rap doesn't seem so bad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DM7FtvbK2mA#t=149

Adam Lincoln · September 21, 2013, 02:03:37 pm

Hmmm. So glad i didn't use my wild card to get Benteke in my team!

Falling Down · September 22, 2013, 06:50:37 pm

That was ace....

Snoops · September 23, 2013, 08:25:14 am

Shame, thats a lot of the season's entertainment gone

Jaspersharpe · September 23, 2013, 08:33:21 am

Quote from: Jaspersharpe on September 05, 2013, 08:11:32 pm

But I bet I still finish above tomtom.....

Only 88 points behind after two weeks....

tomtom · September 23, 2013, 09:30:58 am

Quote from: Jaspersharpe on September 23, 2013, 08:33:21 am

Quote from: Jaspersharpe on September 05, 2013, 08:11:32 pm
But I bet I still finish above tomtom.....

Only 88 points behind after two weeks....

As long as you think I'm not letting you catch up...

I'm off to Crete for a week tomorrow - so thats another free week...

Jaspersharpe · September 23, 2013, 09:37:11 am

Can't see it continuing anyway seeing as my entire gameplan rests on Man U being shit. Actually, you never know.....

nai · September 26, 2013, 02:19:14 pm

GraemeA · September 30, 2013, 07:24:25 pm

Maclaren to Derby. Thank fuck for that, means no way will he end up at SAFC

Jaspersharpe · September 30, 2013, 07:58:53 pm

Has Schteeve still got his Dutch inflection going on?

Poor Derby, what were they thinking....

Somebody's Fool · October 03, 2013, 04:23:29 pm

Pick that one out!

moose · October 03, 2013, 07:51:21 pm

Candidate for worst advertising slogan ever from the head of the Qatari World Cup preparations "This is not a World Cup being built on the blood of innocents." Do you reckon that one was on the bid document? Maybe they'll have bumper stickers.... perhaps a World Cup mascot of a gang-master benignly refusing to use a whip?!

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/03/qatar-world-cup-boss-migrant-workers

shurt · October 03, 2013, 08:42:02 pm

Yep its all getting a bit dark out in Qatar. Hope this corruption investigation comes back with something meaningful, not holding my breath tho.

That headers video is incredible, I've watched it about 10 times

Falling Down · October 03, 2013, 08:56:34 pm

Qatar... International football just gets worse.

Can't beat the Champions League for quality and excitement

shurt · October 03, 2013, 11:36:15 pm

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/oct/03/world-cup-2022-fifa-qatar

More interesting stuff on the Groniad

I remember being so excited I was literally vibrating leading up to the Eng v Ger Italia 90 semi. Just doesn't feel like that's ever going to happen again...

Although not a supporter I hope Arsenel do the business in Europe this year. They looked tasty the other night.

Jaspersharpe · October 04, 2013, 08:32:37 am

Good stuff. Sometimes it seems that Davin Conn is ploughing a lone furrow regarding all this shit.

On a lighter note, I know it wont last but isn't it bloody great to read stuff like this:

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/five-statistical-reasons-why-manchester-united-will-not-win-the-premier-league-this-season-8849099.html

This:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/10348290/Manchester-United-are-in-danger-of-doing-a-Tiger-Woods.html

This:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/03/david-moyes-manchester-united-ryan-giggs

Etc etc etc. And Scum fans all over the internet arguing about why they're so shit and if the manager should be sacked or not. Love it!

shurt · October 04, 2013, 12:21:40 pm

Can't say I'm mad about reading all that as they're my team! At least it feels like things have come full circle, I remember mid table mediocrity and getting stuffed by liverpool every season in the late eighties. I've had my fill of the good times that's for sure. I hope they just give David Moyes a bit of time instead of going all Chelsea

Jaspersharpe · October 15, 2013, 11:58:48 am

Maybe I'm just getting old but, THIS!

I'll probably still watch it though and unlike when McLaren was in charge I do actually want us to qualify, but it's not the same....