Other Football 22/23

[Jairzinho]

10 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

They'll win the Champions League this season with that fucker up front. 

They won't, and neither will PSG. They'll both shit the bed against a big club. Like they do every single season. 

[Kevin D]

Difficult to win with 10 men, especially playing against 13.

[3 Stacks]

City don't look particularly better, Haaland is just scoring every game. They're consistently going behind in matches.

 

I'm not sure what is supposed to be more scary about this side than other City sides, unless they keep improving throughout the season, but it's not like there's a huge margin of improvement there.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

So, Napoli are going to get two pens (score one, miss one) every game?

[johnsusername]

My message to Man City;

 

 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Fuck City and fuck the ugly guy out of the Goonies you guys.

[manwiththestick]

3 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

So, Napoli are going to get two pens (score one, miss one) every game?

They had three tonight. Granted one was a retake but still.

[El Rojo]

Haaland winning every game for them will definitely become a troubling issue for a personality like Guardiola. 

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

6 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

City don't look particularly better, Haaland is just scoring every game. They're consistently going behind in matches.

 

I'm not sure what is supposed to be more scary about this side than other City sides, unless they keep improving throughout the season, but it's not like there's a huge margin of improvement there.

Agree with this. Their performance tonight wasn’t very impressive. Seemed to lack both energy and creativity. Like us their pressing wasn’t at the normal standard.

 

Match was won by a moment of individual brilliance, which is always a good thing to have, but performance was far from their normal level.

 

 

[Jairzinho]

1 minute ago, El Rojo said:

Haaland winning every game for them will definitely become a troubling issue for a personality like Guardiola. 

Nothing that a spell as an inverted wide receiver hybrid setter couldn't fix. 

 

Haaland will soon learn that no-one is bigger than the diminutive Catalan. 

[Reckoner]

3 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Haaland winning every game for them will definitely become a troubling issue for a personality like Guardiola. 

Definitely. He’ll start playing a Christmas tree formation with Haaland as a false 65 and a half.

[KMD7]

20 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

They won't, and neither will PSG. They'll both shit the bed against a big club. Like they do every single season. 

Let's hope so mate. 

[Freddo]

Doesn’t Haaland  have a suspect fitness record. Maybe that will hurt them at some point. 

[lebron]

9 minutes ago, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

Agree with this. Their performance tonight wasn’t very impressive. Seemed to lack both energy and creativity. Like us their pressing wasn’t at the normal standard.

 

Match was won by a moment of individual brilliance, which is always a good thing to have, but performance was far from their normal level.

 

 

Haaland is useless at pressing, and City's team play suffer greatly from his (and Mahrez'/Grealish's) presence in that respect. Dortmund found it ridiculously easy to play through them most of the game. That probably won't be an issue as long as they keep turning games around and he pops up with match-winners, but I think they've regressed in many parts of their game (judging on tonight and the other games I've seen them this season). They're unfortunately still able to put consistent pressure on opponents in important periods of the games, and most of their opponents so far have crumbled under said pressure. Helps when your opposing keeper has shorter arms than Pickford, has to be said.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

57 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Haaland winning every game for them will definitely become a troubling issue for a personality like Guardiola. 

Like Tony Blair when Mo Mowlam was getting all the credit for the Good Friday Agreement.

[joe_fishfish]

Some goal, this. It's like they've been watching videos of us from 2019.

 

 

[George Costanza]

Roy Keane didn't do a good enough job on Haaland

[YorkshireRed]

8 hours ago, George Costanza said:

Roy Keane didn't do a good enough job on Haaland

Should have booted him in the bollocks, rather than the knee. It might have seen off the sperm that created his footballing monster of a son. 

[Code]

59 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

Should have booted him in the bollocks, rather than the knee. It might have seen off the sperm that created his footballing monster of a son. 

Erling Haaland was born when his father Alf Inge (Alfie) played for Leeds. 

[etho]

Just saw the Haaland goal. He's basically Olivier giroud but with absolutely loads of pace

[El Rojo]

1 hour ago, etho said:

Just saw the Haaland goal. He's basically Olivier giroud but with absolutely loads of pace

Unfortunately, that's all that prevented Giroud, who I think was already quality, from being world class.

 

Straw-clutching here, but the real challenge for City will come if he has a fall-off in form or if he gets injured. It's hard to argue that they're not already dependent on him. 

 

It's a pity too that Bernardo Silva didn't go to Barcelona. He's an awful little scrote but an excellent footballer. 

[dockers_strike]

12 hours ago, George Costanza said:

Roy Keane didn't do a good enough job on Haaland

Hmmmm!

[Scott_M]

Absolute crap. 
 

Looking forward to Senegal dumping England out of at the Last 16 stage already. 

 

[Johnlj]

My local club. Will be there tonight. Sold our two best players this summer, but still play decent football. We''ll probably get tonked. But this gesture is awesome. Think the Hammer supporters appreciate it. 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11215383/Former-Bolton-striker-Henrik-Pederson-serves-pints-West-Ham-fans-bar-Silkeborg.html

[AngryOfTuebrook]

BBC having fun with the All-Star idea. They asked people to name their North and South teams, now they're asking who would win.

 

Frankly, this would be revenge for William the Conqueror's atrocities against Northern England.